While Xu Qingqing was rejecting, Xu An'an directly hugged Lu Chuanbai's arm. "Mummy, I like Uncle Lu. I want to live with Uncle Lu for a while. Mummy, please."
"What?" Xu Qingqing stared in disbelief.
"Stop being naughty, An'an. Why are you following your brother and acting like this?"
Xu An'an pouted. "I don't want to. Why can brother live with Uncle Lu while I can't? Waaah, Mummy is so partial."
As she said this, she started to cry. Xu Qingqing covered her forehead. She knew this girl must be faking it. Since they were two years old, these two kids rarely cried.
But now she was crying so realistically that some people had stopped and were looking this way.
There were all neighbors around. Although Xu Qingqing didn't really care, she didn't want to be like a performer and be laughed at behind her back.
"Fine, fine, fine. If you want to go with him, then go." Xu Qingqing said helplessly.
Anyway, this child wouldn't suffer if she was with Lu Chuanbai. Judging from Lu Chuanbai's attitude, it was obvious that he doted on her.
When they arrived at the shop, Lu Qi was also there. Seeing Xu Qingqing, he smiled. "Qingqing, last time you helped restore Mr. Yang's painting. It's his birthday tomorrow. He specifically told me to bring you there. I think you should stop doing anything today and prepare well. Get a nice evening dress so that you can amaze everyone then."
Xu Qingqing was a bit surprised. "Amaze everyone? Young Master Lu, you think too highly of me."
Hearing this address from Xu Qingqing, Lu Qi was a bit unhappy. "We're so familiar with each other now. Don't still call me Young Master Lu. If you don't mind, just call me Brother Qi."
"Okay, Brother Qi."
Although she was surprised that she could be invited to Mr. Yang's birthday banquet, since the old gentleman had asked Lu Qi to pass on the message, she couldn't let this down.
Lu Qi glanced at Lu Chuanbai and said, "I'll take care of the two kids. Let Chuanbai take you to buy clothes. He has several stores under his name. Let him go so that you don't have to pay."
Xu Qingqing quickly declined. "No need. I have my own money."
But Lu Chuanbai took over the conversation. "Anrou said something wrong before. I've always felt guilty. Now that I have the chance to make it up, please give me this chance, Miss Xu."
"Yeah, Qingqing. He's a rich guy. You should take advantage of him. Don't be polite."
Xu An'an hugged Lu Chuanbai's neck. "I want to go with Uncle Lu and Mummy. Just let brother stay at the shop with Uncle Lu Qi."
Xu Yiyi was a bit unhappy. "I also want to go with Mother."
"Brother, you're a man. How can you always be so clingy to Mummy? You should stay with Uncle Lu Qi and learn some useful skills from him."
After Xu An'an piled on a bunch of compliments, Xu Yiyi thought it made some sense and nodded. "Okay then. You take good care of Mummy."
Xu Qingqing rubbed her forehead, feeling helpless.
Who was the mother here? Her or these two kids?
Seeing that Xu Qingqing was about to drive, Lu Chuanbai offered. "It's too troublesome to drive two cars. Just take mine."
"Alright." Xu Qingqing reluctantly nodded, thinking it made sense.
On the other side, Gu Anrou went to the Lu family early in the morning but found that Lu Chuanbai wasn't there.
"Where's Brother Chuanbai? What's he doing? Is he in the company?" Gu Anrou stopped a maid in the house and asked.
The maid was a bit uncomfortable with her attitude of acting like she was one of the family. Suppressing her impatience, she said, "Miss Gu, our young master doesn't need to report his every move to us. Since you're so close to our young master, why don't you just ask him directly?"
Gu Anrou was angry. "You, what do you mean? Do you think my relationship with Brother Chuanbai is not good?"
"Fine. When did a maid in the Lu family dare to bully me? Do you know what my relationship with your young master is? Maybe I'll be the mistress of this family in the future. If you talk to me like this now, be careful that the first thing I do in the future is to fire you!"
Hearing Gu Anrou's words, the maid couldn't help but look down on her.
She had been with the young master since he was a child, and even the young master was polite to her. Now an outsider was here bossing around.
"Miss Gu, if you have such abilities, then wait until you're engaged to our young master before you say this. You've known the young master for many years. If the young master really wanted to be with you, why hasn't he confessed yet?"
Hearing this, Gu Anrou immediately exploded. "What do you mean? Even you look down on me, right? Someone, is there anyone in the Lu family? Is this how the Lu family treats guests?"
The commotion here soon attracted the butler.
Seeing this troublesome guest again, Butler Zhong immediately felt a headache.
"Miss Gu, you're here again." The butler greeted.
Gu Anrou pointed at the maid, Zhang Sao, and scolded. "She's just a servant. Now she's questioning me, a guest? What did she say? It means that Brother Chuanbai doesn't like me?"
"Although the relationship between our Gu family and your Lu family has become a bit distant, if we really get down to it, there's still some cooperation. If we really fall out, do you think the Lu family can protect you?"
Seeing that she had brought up the Gu and Lu families, Zhang Sao didn't say anything anymore and just let the butler comfort her.
"Miss Gu, don't be angry. You're of a high status. Why bother arguing with a maid in the house? Moreover, Zhang Sao has watched the young master grow up. If this gets out of hand and the young master finds out, it'll be difficult for him to deal with."
"Maybe the young master will be angry with both of you. You know our young master's temper. He hates troublesome things the most."
Hearing the butler mention Lu Chuanbai and point out that making a big scene would affect her position in Lu Chuanbai's heart, Gu Anrou finally stopped.
She called Lu Chuanbai. Seeing the incoming call, Lu Chuanbai in the car just ignored it and didn't answer.
Gu Anrou looked at the butler. "You, call your young master and ask him what he's doing."
The butler had no choice but to make a symbolic call. To his surprise, the young master actually answered.
Gu Anrou immediately snatched the phone and asked. "Brother Chuanbai, where are you? Why did you answer the butler's call but not mine? Brother Chuanbai, are you still angry with me? I've said that I didn't do it on purpose. I'll definitely change in the future."
Lu Chuanbai didn't have the earphone on, so Xu Qingqing and Xu An'an also heard the voice.
Xu Qingqing's face darkened, and Xu An'an snorted. Originally sitting in the front passenger seat, she turned her face away, looking like she didn't want to talk to Lu Chuanbai.
Seeing this, Lu Chuanbai was a bit helpless and said to the phone. "I'm driving. It's not convenient to talk. We'll talk about it later."
Then he hung up the phone directly.