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Chapter 660: Chapter 660: Miaomiao Is Crying
Li City.
Si Boyi, who had just hung up the phone, was filled with indignation. His mother seemed unable to stand the sight of them doing well. When life got better, she would only start causing trouble.
Now that the family was better off and he was in good shape, his elder brother and sister-in-law now had a child, and here his mother was, stirring up drama again.
Luckily, he had made up his mind not to let her antics bother him anymore.
Si Boyi went to the vegetable market and bought a couple of pounds of large bones to prepare a nutritious soup for Zhang Lijuan at lunch. He also bought some meat, planning to cook a delicious meal for his elder brother and Hongwei to try. His elder brother and Hongwei had been running around outside for days and were exhausted.
Si Boyi prepared a table full of dishes, and not long after he was done, Si Chen and Gu Hongwei arrived home. They sat in the courtyard eating and chatting, and Si Boyi found out that Si Chen had finished everything he needed to do and would be leaving tomorrow. Si Boyi was a bit reluctant to see him leave.
"Brother, when are you going abroad? Once Lijuan’s confinement period ends, we’ll go to Kyoto for Si Yang and Tong Yue’s Full Moon Wine Ceremony. Why don’t you wait until after the ceremony to leave?"
Si Chen nodded, "I’ll wait until after the Full Moon Wine Ceremony to leave. You and Lijuan should take care of your health. If the shop is too busy, hire more staff. Health is the most important thing. You should have regular check-ups at the hospital every year."
Si Boyi nodded, "I’m recovering very well, Brother. Don’t worry about me. Instead, it’s you who should take good care of yourself when you’re alone abroad."
He then turned to Gu Hongwei, expressing his gratitude, "Hongwei, thank you so much for your help. Otherwise, my brother wouldn’t be able to leave abroad with peace of mind."
Gu Hongwei modestly responded, "I didn’t do much. On the contrary, Brother Chen and Yaoyao have helped me a lot. If it hadn’t been for them, I might not have had the chance to go to college in Kyoto."
"Let’s not mention these courtesies. It’s too formal. Try the braised pork Boyi made, it’s pretty good." Si Chen casually changed the subject.
After chatting for a while, Si Boyi steered the conversation towards Lin Fengying, "Brother, our mom called today. She asked why you didn’t go home to see her now that you’re back. She wanted to visit Si Weimin, but I put her off. I’m now quite enlightened about it. She’s being taken care of at home, and is not lacking in basic needs. If she is depressed and something happens, it’s her fate."
Si Chen simply acknowledged with ’hmm’, "We should just do what we’re supposed to do, and let her do what she wants."
Hearing Si Chen say this, Si Boyi felt relieved and continued, "I’ve stopped dealing with Xiaohui’s issues. I heard she started fooling around with other men. She’s infamous in our city, just like a rat that everyone wants to bash, I don’t think she can stay in Li City for long. I suspect she’s up to her old tricks of wanting to move to Kyoto, so be careful not to get entangled." 𝙣𝙤𝙫𝙥𝙪𝙗.𝒄𝙤𝙢
Having lived together for so many years, Si Boyi had a pretty good understanding of Si Xiaohui. He reckoned that if Si Xiaohui felt she couldn’t stay in Li City, she would definitely scheme to move to Kyoto.
Once a person gets in the habit of being lazy and not doing anything, they’re practically ruined. If she made it to Kyoto, she would only fall deeper into this habit.
Si Chen frowned, "She wouldn’t dare."
Si Chen had long given up on Si Xiaohui, his sister, as if she was a stranger.
Gu Hongwei listened silently to their conversation, not uttering a word. This was the internal affairs of Si Chen’s family and he felt it wasn’t appropriate for him, an outsider, to butt in. However, he didn’t have a good impression of Si Xiaohui either.
Si Xiaohui had always been spoiled by the Si family since childhood and had an unpleasant temperament. Although he had not had much contact with her, he had some understanding of Si Xiaohui’s character.
After Si Xiaohui had arrived in Kyoto, her true nature had been revealed, which gave Gu Hongwei even more reason not to like her. Now hearing about Si Xiaohui’s issues, he was indifferent and did not want to get involved.
After dinner, Si Chen and Gu Hongwei stayed over at the inn that night, and they returned to Kyoto together the next day.
For some time after that, Si Chen stayed home to assist Tong Yao in her postpartum confinement, taking care of the twin babies daily. The pair were generally well-behaved, eating and sleeping mostly, and only cried occasionally from hunger or when needing a diaper change.
Wen Yun would jokingly say that the two babies came to repay a previous debt of gratitude.
As her postpartum confinement period was drawing to an end, Tong Yaohui and Wen Yun began to pick a date to hold a Full Moon Wine ceremony for the babies. Despite having left his factory director position several years ago, Tong Yaohui had many friends. Furthermore, now that Tong Yao had successfully established a breeding farm and bubble tea shop, Tong Yaohui’s social status also began to rise. Old friends who hadn’t been in touch for a long time also initiated contact with him.
They initially planned for ten tables for the banquet, but on final count, it wasn’t enough.
Just the families of Tong Zhiyuan and Lin Jinwu alone occupied one table each. Speaking of which, Tong Yaohui was rather helpless. He had originally not planned to invite these two families, but they took the initiative to come. After discussing it with his wife and daughter, they agreed on the principle that the more, the merrier for a joyous occasion. So they decided to add extra tables if need be and let whoever wanted to attend, come!
So, more tables were needed.
The location for the Full Moon Wine Ceremony was a somewhat famous restaurant in Kyoto. In those times, it wasn’t common for families to celebrate happy events in restaurants. Only wealthy families did it. Few people were so generous.
Because of this reason, many people tried to curry favor with Tong Yaohui.
The same went for relatives and friends. They despised you when you were poor and feared you when you were rich. But when you had accumulated a certain level of wealth, they would start currying favor with you. The main idea was, even if the relationship wasn’t good, you couldn’t afford to offend them.
Tong Yaohui and Wen Yun made the decision and set the date for the Full Moon Wine Ceremony for five days after Tong Yao’s confinement period. The day after the celebration, Si Chen was scheduled to leave for abroad.
After being confined for a month, Tong Yao couldn’t wait to take a walk downstairs on the second day of her confinement period. Who would have thought that as soon as she arrived at the entrance of the bubble tea shop, she’d see Guo Miaomiao at the reception desk wiping tears. Seeing her teary-eyed and looking pitiful, Tong Yao walked into the shop and asked worriedly, "Miaomiao, why are you crying? Are you homesick? Jinnian will be in Kyoto tomorrow. She’ll stay for half a month before leaving this time, so she can spend more time with you during her stay."
Guo Miaomiao was still just a teenage girl after all. With Tong Yao having been confined to her room all the time recently, she hadn’t been able to take care of Guo Miaomiao as much as she would have liked and wrongly assumed she was homesick and crying about it.
Guo Miaomiao, who didn’t expect Tong Yao to suddenly show up, hastily wiped away her tears and shook her head, explaining, "No, it’s not like that, Sister Yaoyao."
Tong Yao was puzzled, "Then why were you crying? Did some difficult customers bully you?"
When running a business, it was inevitable to encounter unreasonable customers. Given that Guo Miaomiao was just a young girl, it wasn’t impossible for someone to take advantage of her. Tong Yao felt a bit guilty as she’d been focusing solely on her baby in recent times, leaving her little time to consider Guo Miaomiao’s situation.
A young girl living alone in Kyoto was bound to feel lonely at times. She had promised Guo Jinnian that she would take good care of Guo Miaomiao, but she’d neglected her while looking after her own baby.
