Chapter 250: Problems

【Wait—could something have gone wrong on my mother's side?】

Su Yu was anxious inside; she wanted to go over and find her mother.

Wulongcha said hurriedly, 【It's not your mother, and not your family either!】

【Oh, who is it then? Is it a big problem?】

Since it didn't involve her family, Su Yu was relatively unconcerned. Something had happened at the banquet that was related to their family, but probably only tangentially.

【Ji Xiaoling wanted to kidnap you and throw you into a remote mountain valley—worse than what happened to your mother!】

Having just found one child back, only to lose another child they'd grown attached to—that would absolutely be a critical blow to the Xu family!

【Hm? She grabbed the wrong one? Did the Xu family's security manage to rescue the child?】

If some other child suffered in her stead, she would feel awful!

Su Yu's emotions were fluctuating too much. Afraid that staying here would let the sharp-eyed adults notice something wrong, she simply stood up. "The banquet's almost over! I'll go to the kitchen and ask how many extra pastries there are, and we'll split them together!"

"Yay!"

Most of the children were delighted! The few who weren't interested in food watched everyone chattering about what they'd get, and they didn't say anything to dampen the mood either.

Su Yu actually walked toward the kitchen. 【Wulongcha, hurry up and tell me!】

【Don't rush. Your grandmother and the others haven't finished handling it yet, so I don't know the final result either!】

Su Yu wandered around the kitchen and came back with pastries!

"Let's distribute to the registered ones first, then the people who haven't received any get to take next! When the next batch comes, the ones who didn't get any this time go first. Is that okay?"

A chubby boy stood up, squinting his eyes wide. "If there isn't enough, can we ask the chef uncle to make more?"

Su Yu had checked the kitchen's ingredients—there was still plenty—so she nodded. "Mm-hmm, yes you can!"

"Then I have no problem with it!"

Since the well-known foodie had no objections, the other children, thinking that if they didn't get their favorite they could still ask the chef to make it, agreed to Su Yu's plan.

The adults wanted to leave, but a brave one had tried. The moment they spoke up—not only would their own child be unhappy, but the other children would all stare at them in unison.

Not wanting the other children to stare at them like monkeys, the parents could only sit aggrieved on the stools at the edge of the room, waiting for the kids to divide up the pastries.

One parent saw his daughter get her pastry and hurried over to ask gently, "Qingqing, you got your pastry—shall we go home?"

"No, Daddy! This one I registered for earlier, and I can still share the extra ones! Daddy, if you're bored, you can go find your friends and play for a while!"

Having brushed off her parent, the girl called "Qingqing" hurried over to listen to the other children's reviews of the pastries. She hadn't eaten all of hers—she needed to hear the other children's opinions so she could pick her favorites next!

The parent pressed his hand to his forehead and grabbed hold of his child. "We have lots of pastries at home—we'll have our own chef make them!"

"Daddy, we don't! Look, the ones at home can't be made this pretty!"

The pastry chef specially hired by the Xu family made pastries for the children that were full of childlike charm—not only flowers, leaves, tigers, and other plants and animals, but also characters from TV shows and anime.

Not every family was willing to spend money like the Xu family. Even those who had chefs couldn't match a professional pastry chef.

The pastry chef was happy to work overtime—the Xu family paid overtime! Especially hearing the children call him "Chef Uncle" one after another, he had even more energy to make pastries!

It wasn't until nine o'clock at night, when the ingredients were all used up and the children were forcibly carried off by adults, that the Xu family's servants began cleaning up the banquet venue.

Su Yu looked at Su Xi beside her. "Uncle, where's Mom? Why hasn't she come over?"

【If Wulongcha hadn't said it was fine, I'd have gone over to find her!】

"She's with your maternal grandparents—very safe!"

The moment they discovered Ji Xiaoling's plan, they contacted the authorities immediately. Because the person Ji Xiaoling hired had poor eyesight and was red-green colorblind, he accidentally grabbed the wrong child—mistaking the Wei family's child for Su Yu—and nearly got away with the child.

Most of the people Su Xi had sent were protecting Su Yu. The remaining few keeping watch on Ji Xiaoling had to use every method to intercept her.

The ones who stopped the person and called the police were Xu Mingyue's people; she had to go give a statement. Ji Yan was implicated as well, so naturally she also had to go explain the situation.

"Can I go see them?"

Su Yu was worried about Ji Yan.

"Very soon—five minutes!"

After five minutes, Ji Yan indeed came out!

Su Yu nuzzled against Ji Yan, then took the chance to ask Wulongcha what exactly the situation inside was.

【They're arguing with the Wei family!】

For the first time, Wulongcha was certain that humans suffered from selective blindness.

【This time it was clearly your family's help that kept the Wei family's child from harm, yet the Wei family still blamed it on the Xu family. I really don't know what they're thinking?】

Their daughter who had married out was being suppressed every day by Ji Xiaoling, this sister-in-law who hadn't even married into the family yet. Did they not think to do anything for their daughter at all? Instead, they helped the chief culprit and turned around to bite the Xu family.

【Check whether they have any financial ties.】

【Checked, but found nothing.】

【That's strange then. If they have no financial relationship, why would the Wei family help Ji Xiaoling? To flatter and destroy?】

That was completely unnecessary, wasn't it?

When she couldn't figure it out, Su Yu stopped trying. As long as the final result benefited her family, that was enough!

Xu Mo Bai checked the household's furnishings and cleanliness, then came over to Su Xi's side to pick up Su Yu and Ji Yan so they could take off those clothes and jewelry.

"Sweetie, great-grandmother and great-grandfather both said they're gifts for you. Why don't you keep them on and wear them home? Your great-grandmother would love to see you dressed up like this!"

Su Yu declined. "Sister, I'm sleepy!"

"Alright, Sister will pack them in a box for you. This is a cosmetics box that every girl in our Xu family has. Inside are videos given according to blood relation. You must keep them safe—they're your dowry for the future!"

Su Yu, all of three years old: …

Su Yu ultimately accepted the cosmetics box. "Thank you, Sister!"

On the way, Su Yu and Ji Yan opened their cosmetics boxes together. Inside Ji Yan's box, besides the imperial green jewelry set she wore today, there was also a set of mutton-fat jade jewelry.

Su Yu had much more—hair clips of all sorts of little animals and little plants!

Ji Yan looked carefully and wasn't angry at all! The more given to her daughter, the better. If these weren't gifts from elders, she would have wanted to pass them on to Su Yu for her to keep.

By the time Su Yu and her group got home, it was already past ten!

After Su Yu finished bathing, she fell asleep as soon as her head hit the pillow!

The next day, after waking up, she finally had the energy to ask Wulongcha about yesterday's result.

【Wulongcha, how was that matter finally resolved?】

Good night, babies~