At the entrance of the mental hospital, Lin Ting leaned against his car, the cigarette in his hand almost burned out, but he didn't take a puff. In his other hand, he played with a strangely shaped lighter.
Seeing Suisui come out, he straightened up and asked, "How is she? Is she alright?"
Suisui walked to his side and stopped. "Thank goodness, Mom is still the same as before."
Lin Ting remained silent for a moment, then walked around to the other side, opened the car door, and got into the driver's seat.
Turning to look at Suisui, who was facing the window, he chuckled, "Don't be so gloomy. She's perfectly fine. Don't be like her and waste your time."
Lin Ting was relatively fortunate that he had bought a villa in River Moon Bay, and that the lively child there should change things a bit about Suisui.
Lin Ting then asked, "I heard Chaochao is back. Are you going to visit them tomorrow?"
After waiting a while, a very soft voice came from behind, "Hmm."
Lin Ting smiled slightly but said nothing more.
Chaochao lay on the bed, staring blankly at her phone, still reeling from Lin Wanjun's abrupt hanging up on her.
Hearing a knock at the door, Chaochao finally snapped out of it, staring intently at her phone.
Just then, Gu Wancheng's voice rang out from the doorway again, " Chaochao, is she inside?"
Chaochao climbed out of bed, went over and opened the door, peeking her head out from behind it. "Is there something you need?"
Gu Wancheng leaned over, supporting herself against the door, and said, "Dinner will be ready soon."
"Oh, I see."
Gu Wancheng frowned. He noticed Chaochao's slightly red eyes, and his expression instantly turned serious. "What happened? Why are you crying? Who bullied you?"
A barrage of questions rained down on Chaochao. He raised his hand and rubbed his eyes. "I didn't cry, and no one bullied me."
Still not convinced, Gu Wancheng continued, "Then why are your eyes so red?"
Chaochao rubbed her eyes. "I called Suisui, but he didn't answer. Then I called again, and his mother answered."
Gu Wancheng straightened up, turned around expressionlessly, and thought to herself, "What a waste of his feelings."
Chaochao immediately followed, "Dad, why aren't you saying anything?"
Gu Wancheng turned her head and smiled slightly. Her father was speechless and didn't want to talk for the time being.
Chaochao blinked, not understanding what his smile meant.
But Gu Wancheng had no intention of answering his question.
Downstairs, Wen Shuyu noticed Chaochao's red eyes and asked, "What's wrong, Chaochao?"
Gu Wancheng said, "It's nothing, my eyes are just red from rubbing them."
Upon hearing this, Wen Shuyu immediately told Chaochao that she shouldn't rub her eyes anymore, as there are many bacteria in them.
She only shut her mouth after seeing Chaochao nod and remember it.
"Alright, it's time to eat. You must be hungry, Chaochao."
"Mmm, I'm hungry."
"Okay, let's go eat."
Gu Wancheng's eyes lit up when she saw the table full of food. Although she sometimes ate pretty well on the show, nothing was as delicious as what the chef made.
However, he still paid attention to his image and did not wolf down his food. Chaochao, on the other hand, had no regard for his image at all. Bo Yizhou could not bear to look at him. Only Wen Shuyu and his wife thought he was cute through their filter.
" Chaochao, Chengcheng, come try this and this too."
They ate with relish, Wen Shuyu put down her chopsticks, looking at them with tender eyes.
After finishing her meal, Gu Wancheng chatted with them. Looking at the kind old father in front of her, she remembered what Bo Yizhou had said and began to feel sorry for him again. The poor old father had no idea that he was about to start work again.
Chaochao was playing with Snowball nearby. Watching Chaochao throw a rag doll, Snowball stared at it for a moment, then immediately turned around Snowball, picked up the rag doll, and placed it in front of Chaochao.
A question mark slowly appeared above Gu Wancheng's head. Why is this cat like a dog? I don't understand it.
Chaochao turned her head and said, "Grandma, I want to eat a croquette."
Wen Shuyu responded, "Grandma will make it for you later. Do you want some for Suisui?"
Chaochao said loudly, "Yes, I want to! I'll go tell him."
After saying that, Chaochao ran upstairs.
Wen Shuyu glanced at his retreating figure, then turned to look at Gu Wancheng and smiled, " Chengcheng, want to do it together?"
Gu Wancheng was taken aback for a moment, "Me?"
"Uh-huh."
Gu Wancheng hesitated for a moment, "But I've never done this before, will it be very complicated?"
Wen Shuyu stood up and said, "It's very simple, Mom will teach you."
Gu Wancheng followed her to the kitchen.
While they were making croquettes, Chaochao called Suisui from her room.
On her way home, Suisui saw her phone screen light up and was about to reach for it when it went black shortly after.
Suisui picked up her phone, which had run out of battery and shut down, and found a charger to plug it in.
Lin Ting asked, "What's wrong?"
"My phone's dead," Suisui said.
"Oh."
Suisui turned on her phone and saw two missed calls, so she called them back.
" Chaochao."
Chaochao was initially feeling down, but when she saw the call from Suisui, her face instantly lit up with a smile.
Chaochao immediately asked, " Suisui, why didn't you answer the phone?"
"My phone died Suisui shut down," she said casually.
Chaochao hadn't expected it to be because of this; he almost thought Suisui didn't want to talk to him anymore. "Then you must remember to charge it next time!"
"Okay."
" Suisui."
"Um, is there something you need?"
"Your mom just answered the phone."
Suisui was taken aback; he hadn't expected his mother to answer the phone. "Yes, what's wrong?"
"It's okay, Suisui, do you want to come over to my house to play tomorrow? Grandma made some croquettes."
Suisui said, "I'll be visiting your house tomorrow."
Chaochao's eyes lit up, and she excitedly rolled around on the bed.
Listening to the Suisui sounds coming from the other side, Sui Sui asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"
Chaochao immediately stopped rolling around. He didn't want to admit he was rolling around; only dogs do that, and he wasn't a dog. "I didn't do anything," he said.
Suisui doesn't have the habit of pressing for answers; she just asked casually.
Chaochao then said, " Suisui, I brought you a gift, do you like it?"
Suisui: "... I don't know, but I think she'll like it."
Chaochao held her phone, grinning foolishly, until she reluctantly put it down when Suisui said she'd talk about it when she got home.
In the kitchen, Wen Shuyu was teaching Gu Wancheng how to make croquettes. " Chengcheng, come on, do it like this."
Gu Wancheng looked nervous and did as she was told, feeling completely lost.
Wen Shuyu smiled slightly, peeled the cooked potato and handed it to him, "Don't be nervous, just mash it into a puree, it's okay if there are a few small pieces."
Gu Wancheng nodded stiffly, carefully pressing the potatoes, while Wen Shuyu stir-fried minced meat and onions on the side.
After the potatoes were mashed, Gu Wancheng watched Wen Shuyu stir-fry the minced meat and onions. Wen Shuyu his head slightly and said to him, "The onions must be stir-fried until translucent."