You Must Make Milk Popsicles!

Shangguan Dandan was the first to see Liu Chang'an. She didn't get up, but remained seated in Liu Chang'an's usual chair. She patted his clothes, as if to welcome him home. Then she continued to imitate the kettle, pouting her lips and making two "doo-doo" sounds. She shook her two feet, which were wearing teddy bear slippers, and finally managed to put her feet on the ground before getting up and picking up the kettle to fill it with water.

The Empress Dowager is very dignified and does not act cute; this is part of her sense of ritual.

"I passed through Nanchang, where there's a Tomb of the Marquis of Haihun. The gold unearthed from that tomb is far more than all the gold unearthed from Han tombs across the country combined. I think you gave me quite a lot of gold back then." Liu Chang'an remembered this on the high-speed train, and his tone softened considerably. After all, he was someone who loved gold, and burying so much gold meant it would last for many years... He just forgot about it later, but that didn't mean he didn't appreciate her kindness.

"Then can you give me sixty yuan every day from now on?" Shangguan Dandan drank some water and stretched out her clean, white hand.

Liu Chang'an slapped her hand lightly, then nodded. Such a request wasn't unreasonable.

"I took your home appliances and you're still angry? You stingy person... The TV is my favorite appliance. I like all kinds of TVs, big ones, small ones, and bulging ones." Shangguan Dandan finished speaking, she hugged the kettle to her chest, bit into the milk that Zhou Dongdong brought, lay down on the chair, and began to drink the milk with her cheeks puffed out.

Liu Chang'an couldn't help but watch her drink milk. He had always known that Shangguan Dandan had special techniques for eating and drinking with her lips, tongue, and mouth. Now, when she drank milk, she would pout and shrink her lips, and her cheeks would look like a hamster with a whole carrot stuffed in its mouth, puffing out its cheeks.

Liu Chang'an couldn't help but raise his hands and pat her puffed-up cheeks. Shangguan Dandan just glared at him angrily, but didn't spit out any milk. This disappointed Liu Chang'an. He clearly saw that her throat didn't move, as if she had swallowed the milk she drank.

What a strange guy.

"You're back." Zhou Shuling ran downstairs. She had been standing at Liu Chang'an's door for a while, waiting for him to come up so they could go in together, but he just stood there, seemingly talking to Shangguan Dandan, so Zhou Shuling came downstairs too.

"Mmm." Liu Chang'an nodded with a smile. "Come pick me up, I didn't buy you anything delicious."

Zhou Shuling waved her hand a little shyly, "I was just wondering if you had a lot of luggage, so I could help you carry it... carry it for you."

"In ancient times, Lin'an was a place with a wide variety of high-quality cosmetics. Many people would bring back cosmetics from there when they went on business trips or study abroad, or they would be asked to bring them back by the female relatives of their friends and family." Liu Chang'an took out a gift box from his bag and handed it to Zhou Shuling. "I didn't buy you any food, but I bought you a set of cosmetics. Study makeup techniques carefully. After all, you can't control what you're born with, but you can still make up for it with your efforts."

"Can't you... can't you... okay." Zhou Shuling originally wanted to say, "Can't you praise me?" But she wasn't a child like Zhou Dongdong anymore, so why should she be praised? More importantly, she was so happy to receive the gift, especially since it was something she wanted but couldn't bring herself to buy—cosmetics and such. So Zhou Shuling happily accepted it.

Zhou Shuling has recently gained some confidence. In the past, Liu Chang'an would always put her down, and Zhou Shuling really felt that her looks and figure were very average. But now, after spending more time with super beauties like the Third Miss, Zhong Qing, and Qin Yanan, they all say that Zhou Shuling is good-looking. Whether they are being polite or not, Zhou Shuling's confidence, like her hip line, has swelled up a bit.

"I heard I was bringing a gift back, so An Nuan picked this out. She even chose the lipstick," Liu Chang'an explained. Besides his mother... a boyfriend can't choose lipsticks for any other woman.

"She's so thoughtful. I'll treat her to noodles next time," Zhou Shuling said happily.

Shangguan Dandan chuckled. She loved this simple and honest daughter-in-law the most... Never mind, Liu Chang'an wouldn't admit it.

At this moment, Zhou Dongdong ran downstairs because she rushed straight to Chang'an's house, wandered around, and even opened the refrigerator to take a look before running back downstairs.

"Look, this is a gift that Brother Chang'an brought me." Zhou Shuling showed off the gift bag to Zhou Dongdong.

Zhou Dongdong stood on tiptoe, craned her neck to peek into the bag, sniffed, but it didn't smell like anything delicious. So she turned her head away uninterestedly. Adults are so strange. What's there to be happy about if it's not something tasty?

"Let's go for a buffet lunch," Liu Chang'an said to Zhou Dongdong and Shangguan Dandan, who didn't have any gifts. Bringing these two along would be a good deal at any buffet restaurant; he didn't have the habit of bringing gifts for everyone when he went on a trip.

The key is Zhou Dongdong and Shangguan Dandan; delicious food is their favorite gift.

Zhou Dongdong jumped up and down happily, and decided that before lunch, she would not eat peanuts, milk, oranges, cantaloupe, chocolate beans, sandwich cookies, Want Want rice crackers, or Lay's Flavors.

Liu Chang'an waved, and Lu Si'en rushed over, circled Liu Chang'an a few times, and then lay down at Liu Chang'an's feet to lick his shoes.

"Brother Chang'an, did it snow where you went?" Zhou Dongdong asked expectantly.

It's snowing.

Did you pour snow into a cup and make ice cream?

"Do you want some ice cream?"

Zhou Dongdong didn't say anything, but just licked her lips. She knew that she could eat ice cream at the buffet lunch today.

"You can put the milk in the refrigerator, and it will turn into ice cream milk in a while," Liu Chang'an suggested.

"Sister Egg told me to do this, and then Mom hit me," Zhou Dongdong said, feeling wronged, even though everyone else said it was okay to do it.

Shangguan Dandan giggled again. Dongdong was so cute and silly. It was a pity she didn't listen to Liu Chang'an and try to do it again.

"Have you had breakfast?" Zhou Shuling asked. "If not, go upstairs and put your things down first. I'll make you some noodles."

"Okay, egg noodles will do, and some chopped braised vegetables or something." Liu Chang'an nodded and went upstairs, with Zhou Dongdong following behind him.

As soon as Liu Chang'an stepped into his home, he sensed something was wrong. A thief had broken in? Impossible. Not to mention that Zhou Shuling always locked the door for him, even if a thief did break in, who would steal a bunch of appliances from a neighborhood these days? Especially in an old neighborhood like this, where there are idle old men and women wandering around, and a stranger would immediately be watched suspiciously.

The TV is gone, the computer is gone, and the electric commode is gone too!

Seeing that even the electric heating table was gone, Liu Chang'an knew who had created the scene of his empty house with only the sofa left... He didn't even need to ask Zhou Dongdong had silently found the milk and put it in the refrigerator.

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