Chapter 2345: Chapter 2349: A Child’s Innocence
Ye Xingbei smiled and pinched his cheek: "So, you don’t care about mom now?"
"I still want to care for mom, but I don’t have any money!" Xiao Shumiao sighed sadly, "I’m still being supported by dad, I can’t give money to mom."
The whole room burst into laughter at his sorrowful, helpless little expression.
Sheng Xicheng was sitting closest to Gu Junzhu.
He looked at Gu Junzhu and said, "Fifth Brother, no matter what, we never thought Xiao Shumiao would actually be your and Sister-in-law’s biological son. You and Sister-in-law are truly a match made in heaven, it’s mystical!"
"Exactly," Ning Huaijing said, "Fifth Brother is extraordinarily gifted, different from us mere mortals. Even the way he gets married and has kids is unique. I admire that."
Si Nuo said, "Fifth Brother, your son is already five years old, and we don’t even have girlfriends. Fifth Brother, tell us how we should live in the future?"
"Exactly," Lu Shiqiu said, "My grandpa went to your family’s Xiang’s ancestral mansion this morning to attend Xiao Shumiao’s family recognition ceremony, and after coming home, he talked to me for more than two hours."
Si Nuo gloated, "Urging you to get married and have kids?"
"Of course," Lu Shiqiu shook his head, "My grandpa said, look at yourself, hanging out with Xiao Zhu all day long. Xiao Zhu’s son is already five years old. You should also get me a granddaughter-in-law!"
Lu Shiqiu cried out in grievance, "Heaven and earth, when did I ever hang out with Fifth Brother all the time? It’s Sister-in-law who hangs out with Fifth Brother all the time, okay?"
Si Nuo was speechless, "Isn’t that the point?"
"Exactly," Qiao Jieran said, "Isn’t the point that Grandpa Lu is asking you to hurry up and get a wife and have kids?"
Sheng Xicheng shook his head and laughed at him, "Qiujie, you’re really hopeless! I truly feel sorry for your grandpa."
"Come on, you all!" Lu Shiqiu pointed at them one by one, "You, you, you, and you, each and every one of you, whoever has a girlfriend, raise your hand and let me see! If you don’t have a girlfriend, keep quiet. What right do you fifty-steppers have to laugh at me, another fifty-stepper?"
Qiao Jieran, Si Nuo, Ning Huaijing, and Sheng Xicheng looked at each other.
Okay.
None of them have girlfriends.
They really are all fifty-steppers.
Qiao Jieran took a sip of wine and mumbled, "What’s so great about getting married? Being single is much freer."
"You’re wrong!" Ning Huaijing said, "If I could meet a girl as sensible and beautiful as Sister-in-law, and we hit it off, I would also want to get married. But a girl as good as Sister-in-law is hard to find. I haven’t met one yet, have I?"
"Indeed," Lu Shiqiu agreed deeply, "If there was a woman who could give me a son as cute as Xiao Shumiao, and she was as beautiful and virtuous as Sister-in-law, I would also want to get married. But I haven’t met one yet, have I?"
Si Nuo patted Lu Shiqiu and Ning Huaijing on the shoulders, "Flatterers!"
Ning Huaijing glanced at him and complained to Gu Junzhu, "Fifth Brother, look, we’re being honest and saying Sister-in-law is beautiful and sensible, and he calls us flatterers. What does that imply?"
Lu Shiqiu said, "That implies, in his mind, Sister-in-law is neither sensible nor beautiful!"
Si Nuo: "...You guys are horrible! Framing me, I’ll fight you!"
He let out an "ouch" and lunged at Ning Huaijing on the sofa, pinching his muscles.
Ning Huaijing naturally wouldn’t let himself be pinched without a fight, laughing and resisting, the two of them rolled off the sofa and onto the floor, playing around.
Lu Shiqiu watched for a while, then took the opportunity while Si Nuo wasn’t paying attention to pull open the back of Si Nuo’s shirt collar and pour half a glass of iced brandy down his neck.
