Who said that only Su Yuze knew Su Rou best? After getting along with Su Yuze for so long, Su Rou was also quite good at gauging his emotions.
"Just now, Uncle Big and Uncle Second called," Su Yuze said. Since Su Rou wanted to know, he wouldn't hide it from her.
Su Rou nodded. The news spread so fast! Most likely, Su Kaiming and Su Yue had called Su Yuze about work matters... No, if it was just about work, Su Yuze's expression wouldn't be like this. There must be something else.
"Grandpa wants me to go to the Su family's old mansion tomorrow."
"Ah, he wants you to go?" Su Rou understood. It meant they were excluding her! "Are you going?" She could stay at home alone.
"Not going," Su Yuze said firmly. "You're my family. If you don't go, I won't either."
Su Rou nodded. "Then stay at home and play with me."
"Okay," Su Yuze said, putting his arm around her and walking downstairs. "What shall we play?"
"Play whatever you want."
"Then... how about some bed play?"
"..."
"This is the game of adults."
Su Rou smiled. "Sure."
"You said so."
...
The next day,
Both Su Kaiming's family and Su Yue's family had gathered in the Su family's old mansion. It should have been a picture of a happy family reunion, but the atmosphere at the dining table was rather cold.
Su Rongqi sat with a gloomy face, not touching his chopsticks. Since Su Rongqi hadn't started eating, Su Kaiming and Su Yue didn't dare to either. Su Meimei hadn't even had breakfast and had slept until now. She was brought here by Su Kaiming and Liu Rulan. She was starving. Why weren't they starting to eat?
Su Yue's family was relatively calm. In particular, Su Ziqi wasn't in the mood to eat at all. He hadn't seen Su Rou for a long time. When he heard that Su Yuze had returned and that Grandpa had said there would be a family dinner in the old mansion, he wondered if Brother Yuze would bring Xiaorou.
But after waiting for half an hour, neither Su Rou nor Su Yuze came.
After waiting for an hour, they still didn't come.
Were they still coming?
Su Meimei was really starving. She poked her bowl with her chopsticks. "Grandpa, can we start eating? I'm so hungry..."
"Meimei!"
"Meimei..."
Liu Rulan and Su Hongyu both warned her. This silly Su Meimei couldn't tell that Grandpa was in a bad mood. Talking at this time was like walking into a trap!
Su Kaiming's eyes also unconsciously turned serious. "Eat, eat, that's all you know! Eat! Our family members haven't even come yet, and all you can think about is eating!"
Su Meimei pouted. "What's wrong? Of course I want to eat when I'm hungry..." she murmured in a low voice.
"Su Meimei!" This time it was Su Kaiming who spoke.
Su Kaiming looked at Su Meimei sternly. "Can't you be more well - behaved?"
Su Meimei stopped talking. The whole dining table fell into a tense atmosphere again. No matter how hungry Su Meimei was, she could only endure it. But as time passed, Su Rongqi's expression became more and more serious. Su Kaiming had been observing Su Rongqi's expression and was secretly happy. Since Yuze was so openly defying the old man, no matter how much the old man favored Yuze, he couldn't tolerate it, could he?
"Su Yue," Su Rongqi finally spoke. He looked at Su Yue. "Is Yuze really back?" Had Su Yuze already started to openly defy his requests?
"Yes, he's really back. I called Yuze last night," Su Yue nodded firmly. Then he looked at Su Kaiming. "I remember, Big Brother also called, right?"
Su Kaiming glanced at Su Yue. "Yes."
"Dad, how about I call Yuze again? I think Yuze might not know the time. Maybe he thought it was in the evening..." Su Yue said and took out his phone, ready to call Su Yuze.
After Su Yue dialed a number, the phone suddenly disappeared from his hand. Su Rongqi snatched the phone from Su Yue. "Let me do it."
"Uh, okay," Su Yue was stunned.
...
Su Yuze was lying on the big bed, holding Su Rou in his arms. It was already past eleven o'clock, but he still didn't want to get up. It was a rare weekend. Maybe influenced by Su Rou, he had also become a bit lazy.
He had specifically told Aunt Wang not to come, just wanting to spend a day of two - person world.
The sunlight shone in through the window. Su Yuze opened his eyes and looked at the girl still sleeping in his arms. He couldn't help but kiss her forehead. She was sleeping soundly and didn't wake up even after being kissed.
They had tossed and turned all night last night. It was normal for her to sleep so deeply. She had said she would "play" with him today, but then she had fallen asleep...
Just as Su Yuze was thinking about whether to wake her up, his phone suddenly rang. He reached out to grab it. The caller ID was Su Yue. He answered the call. Before he could even say "Uncle Second," he heard a serious voice on the other end of the phone. "Yuze."
"Grandpa."
"You're back in the country?" Su Rongqi asked.
"Yes."
"When did you come back?"
"On Tuesday."
Su Rongqi took a deep breath angrily on the other end of the phone. "You've been back for a week and didn't even tell me?!" If Su Meimei hadn't seen Su Rou in the hospital, would they have been kept in the dark all the time?
"Well, you know now, don't you?"
"Su Yuze!" Su Rongqi's tone became sharp. "Come to the old mansion today. We've been waiting for you all morning."
Su Yuze looked at Su Rou. The quilt had slipped a bit, revealing her shoulder. He carefully pulled the quilt up for her while answering, "Not going."
"Why?" Su Rongqi's face had turned black. "Is it because of Su Rou?"
Just then, Su Rou was woken up by their conversation. She opened her sleepy eyes blankly. Probably finding the sunlight outside a bit too bright, she burrowed into Su Yuze's arms and murmured softly, "Ze, go and draw the curtains..."
Su Rou's voice was lazy from just waking up, and her words were so ambiguous. Draw the curtains... What did she want to do after drawing the curtains? Su Rongqi was an experienced person. Knowing the relationship between Su Yuze and Su Rou, he immediately got the wrong idea. "You two..." Were they doing something... in broad daylight?
"Hehe..." Su Yuze knew that Su Rongqi had the wrong idea, but he didn't explain because half of it was the truth. "Grandpa, we're not going. You all enjoy your meal."
Su Yuze was still more respectful to Su Rongqi than to Su Kaiming and Su Yue. "Grandpa, I'll hang up now."
Su Rongqi stared at the phone. He had said "we" weren't going. Was this a protest against his exclusion of Su Rou?