After the waiter refunded the items as requested, Gu Anrou picked another fight. She said haughtily, "Come with me." She walked to the shoe - trying area and demanded, "Bring out your store's collectible items for me."
Song Yahan trotted after her. Gu Anrou turned around, saw Song Yahan, and reminded her, "Go and pick some things too. I'll pay."
"Sure thing!" Song Yahan had been waiting for this. She started picking clothes and shoes on her own. Every time they went out, she just needed to bring someone along. She didn't even need to carry her wallet because the naive and sweet - looking Gu Anrou would pay for everything. It felt really good.
While Gu Anrou was inside trying on shoes and making things difficult for the waiter, Lu Chuanbai appeared here with Xu An'an in his arms and Xu Qingqing.
"Ugh, it's you again, Xu Qingqing." Gu Anrou had been half - hearted about trying on shoes. When she saw Xu Qingqing, she reacted like a cat whose tail had been stepped on.
When she saw Lu Chuanbai, her expression changed again.
Xu Qingqing rolled her eyes. Gu Anrou was acting like a lovestruck girl. If it weren't for bringing Xu An'an to buy clothes and Lu Chuanbai suggesting she come in and pick some for herself, she wouldn't want to see Gu Anrou at all.
Lu Chuanbai ignored Gu Anrou. He just said gently to Xu Qingqing beside him, "Go and pick. I'll take care of An'an."
"Yes, Mommy! There are so many pretty clothes! Mommy, buy pretty clothes like An'an!" Xu An'an urged Xu Qingqing to go and pick.
Seeing that they were ignoring her, Gu Anrou was extremely annoyed.
So wherever Xu Qingqing went and whatever clothes she picked, Gu Anrou would follow.
After a while, Xu Qingqing stopped and picked a soft, off - white dress. Just as she was about to tell the waiter to pack it, Gu Anrou said first, "Waiter, pack this one for me too!" Then she lifted her chin, looking like a hooligan challenging Xu Qingqing.
Xu Qingqing didn't want to argue with her and continued looking.
Unexpectedly, whatever clothes Xu Qingqing took a fancy to, Gu Anrou would claim. Even someone with the best temper would find it hard to bear. Xu Qingqing snapped, "What do you mean, Gu Anrou?"
"What do I mean? I just like this dress as much as you do." After saying that, she put on a wronged look. People who didn't know better might think Xu Qingqing had just threatened and bullied her.
"Fine." Xu Qingqing decided not to argue with her and planned to go out to find Lu Chuanbai and Xu An'an.
"Don't go!" Gu Anrou reached out to block Xu Qingqing.
Song Yahan was busy picking clothes outside, so she didn't notice that Gu Anrou was having a conflict with Xu Qingqing inside.
Xu Qingqing was speechless. She crossed her arms.
"Xu Qingqing, I don't know what spell you've cast on Brother Chuanbai, but let me tell you, Brother Chuanbai is mine. He always has been!" Gu Anrou looked confident.
In the past five years, she had snatched the credit from that ugly woman and accompanied Lu Chuanbai nervously, just to be on an equal footing with him and have a family with him.
She subconsciously thought that if Xu Qingqing hadn't come back and disrupted her plan, maybe Lu Chuanbai would have been with her long ago.
Xu Qingqing seemed to have heard the biggest joke in the world. She retorted, "Yours? Are you sure? He's not an object. He can't be exchanged between us at will." Then she tried to leave.
Seeing Xu Qingqing's disdainful look, Gu Anrou got even angrier.
With her parents' disapproval and Brother Chuanbai's neglect, all these factors combined made her have a terrible thought. To suppress this thought, she reached out and was about to slap Xu Qingqing.
"What do you think you're doing!" Lu Chuanbai said, his eyes flashing with cold light as he stared at Gu Anrou's raised hand.
"Let's go!" Lu Chuanbai came out, took Xu Qingqing's hand, and led her away. When passing by the waiter, he said politely, "Pack all the clothes this young lady wants and send them to the Xu family later." After giving the address, he took Xu Qingqing and Xu An'an away.
It felt really good to have someone standing up for her, Xu Qingqing thought.
For five years in a foreign country, when she was just raising Xu An'an and Xu Yiyi, those days were really tough. She took care of them day and night, fearing that they wouldn't eat well, sleep well, or get sick. If one of them got sick, the other would follow.
Now, Lu Chuanbai had appeared. She hoped so much that their family of four could be reunited.
Afraid of getting lost in her thoughts, she shook her head to clear it. How could Lu Fenglin allow their family of four to be reunited? She was just thinking too much.
Because of Gu Anrou's appearance, Xu Qingqing had no more interest in buying clothes. It was already ten o'clock when she got off work, and it was very late. So she suggested going home. Xu An'an had been yawning.
Seeing that Xu Qingqing and Xu An'an had no mood to buy clothes, Lu Chuanbai finally had to take them home and escorted them safely.
As soon as they entered the house, they saw Lu Fenglin sitting in the Xu family's living room. Xu's father, Xu's mother, and Xu Yiyi were also there.
Seeing Xu Qingqing and Lu Chuanbai together, Lu Fenglin's expression was a bit strange.
"Uncle Lu!" Xu An'an greeted sweetly. Lu Fenglin picked her up.
"Why are you here so late?" Lu Chuanbai frowned and asked.
"Since you're here, why can't I be?" He retorted, then stared straight at Xu Qingqing behind Lu Chuanbai.
Xu Qingqing saw his expression and knew what Lu Fenglin meant. After all, she had promised him not to have too much private contact with Lu Chuanbai, but she had been caught red - handed today.
It was probably too late. When Xu's mother saw them come back, she took Xu An'an upstairs to take a bath. "An'an, go take a bath with grandma."
Hearing grandma's words, Xu An'an jumped out of Lu Fenglin's arms and followed Xu's mother upstairs.
Xu's father was also going to sleep. Only Xu Yiyi was playing with building blocks.
Xu Qingqing didn't want to stay in this awkward situation, so she told them to leave. "You guys should go back quickly. It's too late. We're going to rest." Then she was going to take Xu Yiyi upstairs to sleep.
"Good night, Uncle Lu!" Xu Yiyi said goodbye to Lu Chuanbai and Lu Fenglin, then took her mommy's hand. The two of them, one big and one small, disappeared from their sight.
"What on earth are you doing here at the Xu family? I've warned you many times not to come here so often!" Lu Chuanbai asked in a low voice.
Lu Fenglin didn't take Lu Chuanbai's words to heart. "Why not? You can come and go as you please, but I can't?" Then he snorted.
"I'm different from you." Lu Chuanbai replied.
"Yeah, yeah, yeah. We're different. Only you can do whatever you want!"