Return to Zhe City, Becoming the Family Favorite (4th Update)
A villa area in Zhejiang.
"Stop swaying back and forth!"
Lu Ran, who was cooking, watched her husband pacing back and forth in front of her, glancing out the window every now and then. She felt annoyed but also a little amused.
What's frustrating is that this situation started at 4 pm, even though Su Santai clearly said that Su Qi and he would be home around 7 pm.
It's past 6 o'clock now, Lu Ran has been watching her husband walk around in front of her for more than two hours.
What's funny is that in the past month or so, Lu Ran has witnessed a change in her husband.
Since returning from Su City, Su Lujun has spoken more softly, his temper has improved, and even his personality has changed. At least in the past month, he hasn't had any physical conflicts with Old Zhao while playing chess. Lu Ran said this is all thanks to her calling her daughter every two days.
If Su Lujun speaks even slightly louder, she will complain to her daughter about him.
That's why Su Lujun was trained into this state.
Looking at Su Lujun now, Lu Ran felt that his fierce face resembled a blooming chrysanthemum. It was almost as if the words "doting father" were etched on it.
However, Lu Ran said she could understand this, since it wasn't just Su Lujun who was involved, but also herself.
I've always been too lenient with my daughter.
She was planning to pamper her daughter lavishly this time she was back.
Therefore, she specially prepared ten more of her signature dishes today, as she had regretted not being able to let her daughter eat them last time.
As she put the last dish into the pot, Lu Ran heard her husband say, "You're back, you're back."
He then left the room.
Lu Ran found it quite amusing to see her husband's excited yet seemingly calm demeanor. She recalled that he hadn't been this happy when he was promoted from deputy Division Commander to Division Commander.
Because there were already dishes, Lu Ran didn't go out to greet them.
Su Qi had been studying Stock Trading Secret Manual 2 for over five hours in the car. After jumping out, she stretched and felt a slight crackling in her bones, her whole body trembling from the effort.
This stretching exercise made me feel comfortable.
After completing these movements, Su Qi noticed that her father had also opened his arms, looking like he wanted a hug.
Su Lujun felt a little embarrassed. He had expected his daughter to give him a hug after she got off the train and opened her arms.
But to his surprise, it was just stretching exercises. How could he possibly save face like that?
Seeing Su Lujun's embarrassed look, Su Qi remembered what her mother had said on the phone: that her father loved her hugs. She blushed a little and prepared to hug her father.
But just then, Su Santai saw his father looking like this.
After a long time apart, he gave Su Lujun a big hug, which made Su Qi and Su Lujun both freeze in place.
The scene suddenly went silent. Two seconds later, Su Lujun took the storage box from his son's hand.
Looking at the storage box that his daughter had bought a few years ago, even the left wheel was a bit broken. He felt even more sorry for his daughter. He hadn't paid for Su Qi's college tuition, and he hadn't even bought her a storage box.
Su Qi didn't know what her father was thinking, but she felt that her father had become very gentle this time.
Smelling the aroma of food wafting from the doorway, Su Qi couldn't help but pat her little belly.
Seeing his younger sister's little action, Su Santai found it amusing and reached out to pat his sister Coco's head.
But before he could even touch Su Qi, his father grabbed him.
Looking at his son's grimy hands, Su Lujun said with some disdain:
"How can you be so dirty? And you still want to touch your sister?"
Hearing his father say that, Su Santai was hurt. As he went into the house, he explained, "Dad, I got this sunburned in Sanya. I'm not dirty at all."
Su Qi also looked at Su Santai's hands because of their conversation, and thought that his chubby hands and dark skin looked rather greasy.
She looked at her father with some gratitude; she had just taken a shower the night before.
Su Qi didn't want to take another shower today, since her hair was really long now, and the process of blow-drying hair for girls was quite troublesome.
At this moment, Lu Ran finished cooking the tenth dish and placed it on the table. She then saw her husband bring her daughter and son into the house.
Looking at Su Qi, who was wearing a Uniform Set today, with a smile on her face that reached her eyes, Lu Ran felt her heart melt.
He rushed over and hugged his soft, fragrant daughter tightly.
Su Qi is now quite familiar with her mother's embrace. After all, she slept with her mother the whole time during her stay in Zhejiang. Only when she hugged her mother did Su Qi feel like she was back home.
Su Lujun, standing to the side, felt a surge of anger and glared at his adopted son.
It was all because he had just interrupted his daughter's attempt to embrace him.
Holding a smelly son is nowhere near as good as holding a sweet and soft daughter!
Su Santai felt his father's gaze and couldn't help but shiver. Hadn't his mother said that his father had changed his ways? Why did he seem even fiercer now?
Fortunately, he breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that his father's good friend, the "Seven Wolves" belt, had disappeared.
He wasn't bragging, but with his current high level of armor, his father, who didn't have a suitable weapon, really couldn't do much damage to him.
Having absorbed enough of her daughter's energy, Lu Ran released Su Qi and turned to look at her adopted son, whom she hadn't seen for half a year.
Upon seeing him, Lu Ran felt that her son seemed to have gained a couple more pounds.
Moreover, unlike his previous fair and chubby appearance, Su Santai is now dark-skinned and chubby. To be honest, at first glance, what can I say?
Hmmmm, it just feels a bit greasy.
Lu Ran looked at her dark-skinned, greasy son, who had his arms outstretched, looking like he wanted a hug from his mother too.
Lu Ran took her daughter's soft, delicate hand and said:
"Hey, Xiaoqi, look what delicious food Mommy made for you!"
Left alone, Su Santai, hurt by being neglected, remained in the same spot.
This time, eating at home made Su Qi feel the long-lost warmth of home.
My mother's cooking is delicious, and it's just as good as what I used to eat.
Lu Ran made a lot of sweet dishes this time, especially the sweet and sour Cherry Pork, which was so delicious that Su Qi squinted her big eyes.
The only drawback is that if my fourth brother were here now, then we could truly be considered family.
It's all neat and tidy now.
With this meal, Su Qi's summer vacation in Zhejiang Province began.
Unlike any summer or winter vacation she experienced as a child, the most striking feeling Su Qi had about this holiday was that she was the "most beloved member of the group"!
My second brother at the hospital visits me every day after get off work and brings me interesting things.
My chubby third brother has been quite free lately, and he often shares snacks with me.
Although my fourth Su Siyang, hasn't come back, he calls me almost every three days.
Fifth Brother Su Wujun, because he is in the army, also called to express his condolences.
Su Liuyun, nicknamed "Brother Su," comes to eat every day, and as a food vlogger, he always brings Su Qi food.
Some delicious food.
Aside from Su Qi's brothers, her uncle Su Haijun and her uncle Su Kongjun also came to see her.
The old lady and her aunt also came to visit. Because they lived relatively close by, they always brought various kinds of food with them each time they came.
Su Qi felt as if she was being stretched into a little pig.
None of these people doted on Su Qi the most; Su Lujun and Lu Ran were the ones who doted on her the most.
While Su Qi was reading Stock Trading Secret Manual in the study, Su Lujun would come over to refill her water, but he shouldn't refill it five times an hour!
Lu Ran, the mother, would even feed the washed fruit to herself.
After that, whenever she studied for more than 2 hours, the two of them would force her to rest on the bed for a while. Su Qi felt that this excessive pampering was not so good after all!