Chapter 288

"A guest is a guest."

After Jiang Ye finished speaking, he took a bite of the bun his wife fed him, finishing one in three bites.

He opened his mouth to drink some water again. After eating, his stomach didn't feel as uncomfortable, so he shook his head, indicating he wouldn't eat anymore and would wait for Grandpa's knife-cut noodles.

Come to think of it, his son had already peed all over the guy; that was a pretty good welcome gift, wasn't it?

Shen Man took a sugar triangle; perhaps because it had cooled down, it was hard.

She took a bite, it was white flour, and she hadn't reached the filling yet.

So she handed the bitten sugar triangle to her husband's mouth, signaling him to take a bite.

The couple had great tacit understanding, and their behavior was natural and generous, intimate and inseparable.

This was seen by Gu Tingchen, who had just come out of the washroom.

A family of four, looking so happy and harmonious—it was truly an eyesore.

Their gazes clashed in the air; one was calm and composed, the other looked down from above. In the standoff, it was unclear who had the upper hand.

Shen Man took the two little ones from her husband's arms and introduced them:

"This is my husband, Jiang Ye."

"Aye, this is Gu Tingchen, the grandson of Grandpa's friend, and also Manman's husband."

Shen Man's introduction was standard, not revealing that she knew Gu Tingchen and Lu Manman had divorced and he had remarried.

This saved the other party from realizing that the Lu family had left eyes and ears in the Capital.

"Nice to meet you."

Jiang Ye stood up from the chair; the two were of similar height, each with their own merits.

After looking at each other, even the aura on their bodies was evenly matched.

Shen Man saw it and thought, as expected of the original male lead that Lu Manman wanted to snatch.

However, he's a scumbag.

If a scumbag can be a male lead, this world is finished.

Fortunately, fortunately, she took back the space, and without the space's support, this Gu Tingchen was no longer the unshakeable male lead.

Thinking of a TV show she watched before, a line in it was very fitting for the current situation.

Only the man chosen by the heroine recognized by the Heavenly Dao is the male lead.

Leaving the support of the destiny heroine, the man is nothing!

If the current heroine and male lead are not worthy of their positions, then change them!

Some more suitable people replace the unworthy original male and female leads, new male and female leads are born, and the small world continues to operate!

"Nice to meet you."

The two shook hands, secretly exerting force, and let go after three seconds with tacit understanding.

Everything was as natural as could be, as if nothing had happened.

"The children at home are ignorant and have been rude to our distinguished guest."

"It's fine, your clothes fit me just right."

"Oh, really? If you like them, then keep them as a gift, as an apology from my child."

"Then I will respectfully decline to refuse, thank you."

The two were exchanging pleasantries, but the back-and-forth made others feel something was strange; the atmosphere always felt tense.

"Sister, why do I feel a chill?"

"Brother, Lian Lian peed."

"Eh?"

Lu Xiu Bai looked down and saw it was true.

His daughter's diaper had shifted at some point, and it had leaked.

"It's fine, it's fine, I'll go take a shower and change my clothes."

A real father wouldn't mind his own daughter's pee.

It just so happened he hadn't showered in many days, his body was itchy, and he could shave his beard while showering!

Old Master Pei wanted to say something but stopped, thought about it, and took his great-granddaughter to change her diaper first.

With this commotion, Shen Man's attention shifted from her husband to the children.

Her son had already peed and pooped.

Then she would hold her daughter to pee, saving someone else from being peed on later.

In the time that followed, Gu Tingchen was almost self-torturing, excluded and watching someone show off their affection...

If it weren't for his reason telling him that since he had decided to stay for lunch, he had to endure it.

Fortunately, he still had his dirty clothes; if he didn't want to watch, he could go wash his clothes, right!

Anyone who often eats sugar triangles knows that when they are fresh out of the pot, they are fluffy and soft, and the white sugar inside melts into syrup, which is super sweet.

But after they cool down, the syrup inside solidifies, and it has the texture of sandy white sugar.

One bite is fine, but a few more bites will get stuck in your teeth; it's too sweet.

Shen Man dodged and hurriedly shook her head: "It's too sweet, I won't eat it."

"Mm."

The sugar triangle in Jiang Ye's hand changed direction, went into his own mouth, and he chewed it in big bites.

Is it sweet?

Mm, a bit cloying.

It's fine, it's fine, as long as it makes someone else sour.

It's good that he finished the mission early this time, and he and his brother-in-law rushed home at noon; otherwise, this person staying at home and interacting with his wife always made him feel like the other party had bad intentions!

Old Master Pei couldn't eat sweets, so after eating a pickled vegetable bun, he handed his great-granddaughter to his grandson-in-law, who had showered and cleaned himself up.

He himself went to the kitchen to help his old friend with the fire.

Old Master Lu was in a good mood, humming an opera tune.

Seeing his old friend come over, he smiled and made a gesture of invitation.

"Old Lu, what medicine are you selling in your gourd? Why didn't you send him away at the beginning and even let him stay for lunch?"

"Sigh, how could I have expected Jiang Ye and Xiu Bai to come home."

Old Master Lu shrugged, looked at the dough, it hadn't fermented enough, let it rest a bit more.

He could boil water in the stove. While waiting for the water to boil, he cut a handful of small green vegetables and took a jar of lard from the cupboard to prepare.

"Actually, it's a coincidence. Gu Tingchen came and brought humiliation upon himself; I'm happy to see it happen. Who told him to be blind and let himself be hooked by my unfilial son's stepdaughter back then."

"You, you, you just love to watch the chaos, don't you?

You didn't see the way your grandson-in-law shook hands with him just now..."

"Sigh, children and grandchildren have their own blessings. My granddaughter is so beautiful and outstanding, it's normal for her to be coveted.

If Jiang Ye has no confidence at all, that's his own lack of ability, his own lack of drive; he has to protect his own lover, doesn't he?"

"Hey, now that you put it that way, it does make some sense."

Old Master Pei was moved by his old friend's words; it really was true.

Back in his day, didn't he also rely on his own ability to protect his family business and his lover?

Who didn't have a bit of madness when they were young?

"Stoke the fire, stoke the fire. Once the water boils, I'll make knife-cut noodles. I haven't cut them for many years, I don't know how my skills are now."

"Don't mess it up, I don't want to eat a lump of dough."

"Hey, you're hoping for me to do well, don't jinx me before I've even started."

"Yes, yes, yes, you're the best, keep it up."

"Near vermilion, one gets stained red; near ink, one gets stained black. You've been hanging out with Old Lin, you've even learned his catchphrases."

"Hmph."

The two old masters lowered their voices at first, but now they were bickering without restraint.

Shen Man and the others were used to it, but Gu Tingchen, while wringing out his clothes, heard the bickering and couldn't help but think of when his grandfather was still alive...

Suddenly he felt a bit sad, his eyes dimming.

If only his grandfather were still alive.

Or perhaps, if he hadn't been deceived by Lu Manman back then, the person sitting there chatting and laughing with Shen Man and teasing the children would be him, right?

Pity, there are no "what ifs" in the world.