Mother Xu lovingly pulled the two kids into her arms. "Oh, my dear grandchildren!"
"You must have been so scared. Grandma will cook you some delicious food tonight to calm your nerves."
"Thank you, Grandma."
The two kids skipped inside.
Mother Xu noticed the bandage on Lu Chuanbai's other hand and couldn't help but ask worriedly, "What happened to your hand?"
"Auntie, I'm fine." Lu Chuanbai tried to hide his hand behind his back.
Xu Qingqing forcefully showed Lu Chuanbai's hand. "This guy tried to disarm someone with his bare hands. It's a miracle he didn't get hurt."
"Disarm someone with his bare hands!" Mother Xu was shocked and quickly pulled Lu Chuanbai into the house.
"Aren't you being stupid, kid? Does it hurt?"
Lu Chuanbai shook his head with a smile. "Auntie, my hand is not as serious as Qingqing said. It's just a scratch."
"This is not serious? You're staying for dinner tonight, Auntie will cook you some pork rib soup to nourish your body."
With that, Mother Xu went to the kitchen to get busy.
Xu Qingqing also went upstairs to freshen up.
Father Xu and Lu Chuanbai, who was sitting on the sofa, looked at each other awkwardly.
He had just thrown rice at the young man, and he really didn't know what to say.
Lu Chuanbai took the initiative to speak up, understandingly saying, "Uncle, please sit down."
"Okay."
Father Xu sat down awkwardly. He wanted to ask if the blow still hurt, but he was too embarrassed to ask directly.
Father Xu just pointed at Lu Chuanbai's palm. "Does it still hurt?"
"Thank you for your concern, Uncle. It doesn't hurt anymore." Lu Chuanbai shook his head.
An awkward silence fell between them until the kids came downstairs to play with their toys. Lu Chuanbai quickly got up to play with them, and the awkwardness between Lu Chuanbai and Father Xu was broken.
During dinner, Mother Xu kept serving Lu Chuanbai food and constantly praised his bravery.
Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an also changed their attitudes and became Lu Chuanbai's fans, echoing Mother Xu's praise.
"Dad was so cool back then!"
Although Father Xu was not happy to hear this, he kept silent and just ate his food.
Just as the family was having dinner, the door was suddenly pushed open.
Xu Yan stumbled in from outside and fell to the ground.
Xu Yan reeked of alcohol and stank horribly.
Xu Yiyi and Xu An'an couldn't stand the smell and covered their noses. Mother Xu waved her hand in front of her nose and walked over to kick the drunk Xu Yan.
"Why did you drink so much?"
Seeing Xu Yan drunk like a mud, Father Xu got angry.
Father Xu was a traditional man who always warned his son and daughter not to drink too much of this harmful stuff.
So Xu Yan only drank a little during social occasions, but he had never been this drunk before.
"This useless boy! No one is allowed to help him. Let him sleep on the ground!" Father Xu angrily threw down his chopsticks.
"Um... this gentleman hasn't paid for the taxi yet..."
A middle - aged man with glasses poked his head in from outside.
"How much?" Mother Xu sighed and took out her wallet.
"A total of 550 yuan." The middle - aged man rubbed his hands.
"What!" Mother Xu was shocked when she heard the fare.
She instinctively thought the driver was a scammer.
Mother Xu angrily said, "Do you think I'm stupid? He didn't even go abroad. How could it cost 550 yuan!"
"The taxi fare is really 350 yuan. I used the meter. I picked up this gentleman at 10 a.m. and he told me to just drive around until now."
"Plus 200 yuan for the car cleaning fee. He drank too much and vomited all over my car." The driver looked a bit aggrieved.
It wasn't easy for him. He had been forced to listen to a whole day's worth of a broken - hearted story.
"This good - for - nothing. He really has money to burn!" Mother Xu angrily kicked Xu Yan on the leg and reluctantly paid the fare.
"Sorry for the trouble."
"I'm really speechless. Even if you're heart - broken, you don't have to torture yourself like this."
Xu Qingqing sighed and casually threw a blanket over Xu Yan.
Her back was injured, so she really couldn't help her brother upstairs.
Lu Chuanbai's hands were also injured and couldn't help. Father Xu definitely wouldn't help.
As for Mother Xu, who was still heart - broken about the taxi fare, she definitely wouldn't care about him either.
Let Xu Yan sleep outside then.
After dinner, Lu Chuanbai offered to leave.
Xu Qingqing offered to see him off. Lu Chuanbai saw that Xu Qingqing was dressed thinly and the autumn wind was cold, so he took off his windbreaker and put it on her.
Lu Chuanbai said with some pity in his voice, "It's such a short distance. You don't need to see me off."
"I just want to get some exercise." Xu Qingqing said with a smile. Her beautiful peach - blossom eyes curved into small crescents, which was very healing.
Lu Chuanbai's heart skipped a beat. He reached out and pulled Xu Qingqing into his arms.
Xu Qingqing was startled and put her hands on Lu Chuanbai's chest. "What are you doing?"
Xu Qingqing was too shy to look into Lu Chuanbai's eyes, but she secretly hoped for something.
Lu Chuanbai gently kissed Xu Qingqing on the forehead three times and then let her go.
"Didn't you say that only the magic of love can make you recover faster? I've given it to you."
Xu Qingqing's face blushed. She didn't expect Lu Chuanbai to still remember.
"I was just joking with the kids. But I'll give it back to you too."
Lu Chuanbai buttoned up Xu Qingqing's windbreaker and stroked her head. "Okay, go back quickly."
"Okay." Xu Qingqing felt the warmth of the windbreaker and walked home, looking back every few steps.
Lu Chuanbai stood at his door until Xu Qingqing got home, then he opened the door and went inside.
The next morning, Xu Qingqing was woken up by a hurried phone call.
Xu Qingqing sat up, scratching her head, and answered the phone.
It was the variety show's director on the other end. "Hello, is this Miss Xu Qingqing, the mother of Xu Yiyi?"
Xu Qingqing quickly cleared her throat. "Yes, I am. What's the matter, Director?"
"Miss Xu Qingqing, I hope you and Mr. Lu can come forward to prove your relationship with Xu Yiyi."
Probably feeling that this request was a bit offensive, the director added, "Of course, our production team believes in you 100%!"
"But there are too many irrational people on the Internet. The post asking for clarification of your identities has already made it to the hot search!"
"Oh, okay..."
Xu Qingqing quickly logged onto Weibo. Sure enough, the post questioning whether Xu Yiyi was Lu Chuanbai's child was ranked first on the hot search.
"I'm sorry, Director. I'm really sorry for the trouble. Don't worry, we'll definitely find a way to clarify today!"
"Okay, thank you for your cooperation, Miss Xu Qingqing."
After hanging up the phone, Xu Qingqing flopped back onto the bed and frowned, thinking about how to clarify.
Those trolls were not only questioning whether Xu Yiyi was Lu Chuanbai's biological son, but also her relationship with Lu Chuanbai.
After thinking for a long time, Xu Qingqing could only think of a DNA test. So she called Lu Chuanbai.
He had experienced so many ups and downs. He must have a way to solve this.
Lu Chuanbai was already awake and running on the treadmill. When he received Xu Qingqing's call, he got off the treadmill.