Chapter Fifty-Five

  Yu Cai avoided the party, but couldn't avoid her fate of integrating into the Qi family life. The second uncle of the Qi family came to visit Qi Shu and his son with his parents and wife.

  Qishu Fan had already informed several high school students and asked Auntie to make a series of preparations. Yucai thought that last year Qishu Fan seemed to have gone to live with his second uncle for two or three days, but this year they were coming over instead. There was also the issue of her own identity, but thinking about it, since Qishu Fan had invited them, he must have already arranged everything, so she just needed to be polite and courteous. So she continued to read books and write drafts as usual.

  When the Qi Er Shu family arrived, Qi Shu Fan specially took time off to receive them. He Qi didn't come over, so Yu Cai and Qi Shi led the way, and Shi Cheng Yu moved the chessboard to the study upstairs.

  Yu Cai, who had been paying attention to the movements downstairs, immediately stood up when he heard someone calling him and his friends to go downstairs. He felt his heart beating fast and couldn't help but pull at Qi Xizhe's sleeve. "Qi Xizhe, your grandfather, grandmother, and Second Uncle won't be difficult to get along with, will they?"

  He nodded in relief and thought for a moment before saying, "It's okay."

  Yu Cai originally saw him nodding and put down half of her heart, but when she heard another sentence, her heart immediately picked up again. She took a deep breath and said in a resolute tone, "Let's go."

  "Take no notice of them," she said with a glance at her.

  Yu Cai's mouth twitched slightly, and he said, "You think everyone can be as carefree about life and death as you are?"

  Qiji's second uncle and aunt look like they are all shrewd and capable people, Grandpa Qiji is as simple and kind as a general rural old man, but Grandma Qiji looks very capable, I guess the two brothers of the Qiji family inherited her strong genes.

  Yu Cai followed the second aunt to greet everyone, and the second aunt pulled her hand, "This is Little Cai, indeed a clever child".

  Yu Cai Lian was being polite, while on the other side, Qi Nainai was pulling Shi Chengyu and kept complimenting him on how handsome he looked. Although Shi Chengyu's face still had some pallor, it was much better than before, and surprisingly, he didn't seem impatient at all, occasionally responding with a couple of sentences.

  Yu Cai and Qi Shi sat down beside Qi Shu Fan, their faces filled with smiles, as if listening intently.

  Qí's younger brother is over a year old, can already walk, but still doesn't speak much. He was restless in his grandmother's arms, twisting and turning, so Grandmother Qí had to put him down. He immediately started walking unsteadily on the floor with his little short legs.

  Yu Cai saw him laughing non-stop by himself, thought it was interesting, and compared to the expressionless face of Ji Shi next to him, found it even more interesting, her eyes kept following him.

  That kid ran around and got bored, set his sights on Jiexi, pounced over, Yu Cai sighed, indeed a beauty is a calamity, even a child knows to find a pretty one to pounce on.

  Ji Xi's body stiffened, unsure of how to deal with the laughing child who had suddenly pounced on him. The adults were clearly waiting for Ji Xi to make a fool of himself, and Ji Nai Nai even laughed and said, "Okay, let's have him give his older cousin a gift of infant urine as a welcoming present!"

  Qí shì zhī gèng jiù bù zhī suǒ cuò, jiāng mù guāng zhuǎn xiàng yù cǎi, yù cǎi suī rán hěn xīn téng shuài gē shòu kǔ, què bù hǎo dǎ rǎo zhòng rén kàn rè nào de xìng zhì, suī yǎng le qí shū fán yī yǎn, qí shū fán wú guì huí shì, tǐ xià shēn zǐ, "xíng zhī, dào dà bó zhè lái, ràng dà bó kàn kan wǒmen xíng zhī zhǎng dà le mei yǒu!"

  Qī Shì let out a subtle sigh of relief, Yù Cǎi gave him a glance that seemed like a smile but wasn't quite, and on the other side, Qī's grandmother asked, "Is little Cǎi helping Shì with his English homework now?"

  "Yes, grandma."

  " I heard Xiaocai's English is very good and always comes first in exams."

  "Are you and Xie in the same grade?"

  "Yes."

  "Next year is also the college entrance examination, how can you have time to help Zhi with his studies?"

  "Uh, I think when helping Ah Shi with her studies, I also learned a lot of things myself, it should be considered mutual help, but Uncle is too polite, that's why he said I was helping Ah Shi with her studies."

  "Are you listening to me?"

  Qī shū fán zhòu méi jiào le shēng mā.

  Translation:

  Qi Shu frowned and called out "Mom".

  Yu Cai Chao smiled and said calmly, "Grandma, although I'm older than A Shi by a few months, we're actually the same age. It's not right for him to listen to me."

  Qī's grandma bumped into a soft nail, her face turned gloomy, Qī's second aunt hurried to mediate, "Mom, I remember you brought many things for Shìzhī, why not let him take a look first and see if he likes them".

  "Qi Er Shu got up to fetch his luggage, 'Shi Zhi, your grandparents are now taking care of you, but in their hearts, they always think of you. When you grow up, they will definitely be jealous.'"

  Qí èr shěn opened the package brought back by Qí èr shū, taking out everything inside. Qí èr shěn was very thoughtful and didn't miss anything, including the books for Qí Fāng and the jade pendant for Yù Cǎi. After everyone had a look at the gifts, it was time to eat. Yù Cǎi felt uncomfortable due to Qí Nǎinai's questioning, but couldn't show it, so she quietly ate while forcing a smile, almost straining her facial muscles.

  Qishu Fan had some regrets, originally he had already said hello to his parents and two younger brothers, but unexpectedly his mother agreed and suddenly changed her mind, making Yu Cai embarrassed, constantly serving Yu Cai dishes, letting her eat more.

  Yu Cai didn't want to make a fuss, so he continued after she had served him. Unexpectedly, under Qi Shu's guilty conscience, there was an endless supply of dishes, and Yu Cai could only kick him under the table, which finally stopped his attack on the dishes.

  After eating and sitting for a while, Yu Zai and Qi Shi Zhi Shu went upstairs to rest, but then rushed back up.

  Yu Cai asked Ji Shi, "Do you want to take a nap?" Seeing Ji Shi looking at her, she said again, "I think I'll take a nap. If you're reading, just close the door."

  Ji Shi nodded and went to the study, Shi Cheng Yu followed him in. Qin Wan chatted politely with Ji's grandmother downstairs before going upstairs, saw two boys reading books, and also picked up a book to read.

  Qin Wan walked away, and Granny Qi said discontentedly, "Shu Fan, that girl looks like trouble, can't let her get too close to Zhi".

  "Qibook Fan also got a bit angry, 'Mom, I told you before not to interfere with this matter. How Xiaozhai is, I'm very clear about it. Can I still harm him?'"

  "Hey, don't think I didn't see that! Just now, when Xingzhe pounced on Shizhe's body, she actually dared to glare at you, and you actually obediently handed over Xingzhe to her. What kind of behavior is this?!"

  "Mom, Xiaocai is always laughing and joking with us, this isn't a big deal at all, Xiaocai didn't do anything wrong either, you..."

  "A little girl is so fierce, what will she be like when she grows up!"

  You think it's funny now, Mother, but you haven't seen the worst of Xiao Cai yet!

  "You're still hiding things from me, if someone hadn't told me, I wouldn't have known that I had a new niece, Shu Fan, you're trying to curry favor with too many people now, and it involves Shi Zhi, no matter how careful you are, it's not enough".

  "Mom, I've told you that I have a sense of propriety in this matter, and since Xiaozai came back, Shiyi has also become more cheerful, which is something we can all see."

  "So we must be even more careful, after all these years of being with us, he's not close to us at all. A young girl like her gained his trust in such a short time, didn't you see how eagerly he ran over to her? He only had eyes for her, and his nature is so simple, if she really has any ill intentions..."

  "Mom! Xiaocai is not what you think she is. You won't be able to stay here for a few days either. I hope you can treat her politely, if not, I'll have to send her to Hexia's place to stay for a few days."

  "Book for you——"

  Qí èr shěn saw that the two were getting more and more awkward, and she herself couldn't conveniently interrupt, so she kicked Qí èr shū.

  "Actually, Second Uncle was also quite helpless. He couldn't afford to offend either his mother or elder brother. Coughing, he began to speak, 'Mother, Elder Brother, don't you trust me? Besides, I think that little girl is a kind and honest child, and she's only so young, what bad intentions could she possibly have?'"

  Grandma Qi realized that Qishu Fan might be really angry, so she stopped pursuing the topic and changed to another one. "Let's put this aside for now, Shufan. You're already so old, you should find someone else too. This household doesn't have a woman, what does it look like? I've already picked out several suitable ones for you, when you have time, go get to know them, take advantage of your youth and have another child, Zhiye will also have more companions."

  "Mom, don't bother about me, I can take care of myself."

  "Do you have a number? You have a number, how come I haven't even seen the shadow of my daughter-in-law until now..."

  Yu Cai woke up from her sleep and habitually walked downstairs, but halfway down, she suddenly heard someone mention something about a wife and children. Only then did she remember that the Qi family had guests over. Upon hearing that the voice belonged to Old Lady Qi, Yu Cai's expression turned wicked. How dare you try to make things difficult for me? Just wait for my counterattack!

  Yu Cai quietly retreated and went back, knocked on the door of the study, pushed the door open and said, "Qí Shì zhī, can you help me with something?"

  Then, after being brainwashed by his mother for over an hour, Ji Shu Fan suddenly got a headache and heard the sound of footsteps coming from downstairs. He looked up to see who it was, feeling as if he had been granted amnesty.

  Grandma Qi heard the noise and immediately stopped talking, looking up at the floor above, "Has Shì woken up?"

  Qizhi nodded and walked closer, throwing the chewing gum in his hand to Qishu Fan, then went upstairs silently.

  Qishu Fan was smiling wryly as he tossed the cigarette in his hand into the ashtray, unwrapped a piece of chewing gum and put it in his mouth.

  Second Uncle was shocked, "Big brother, is that chewing gum?"

  Qishu Fang merely nodded in agreement.

  Qī èr shěn xiào dào, "shì zhī dào shì xué huì téng rén le".

  Translation:

  Qi Er Shu smiled and said, "Shi Zhi has learned to care for others now."

  Qī's grandmother also started to praise, Qī Shūfán naturally didn't dare say that more than half of this was arranged by Yù Cǎi to have Qī Jiè send over, otherwise who knows what his mother would bring up again.

  Everyone praised for a while, and Granny Qi again turned the topic back to the daughter-in-law issue.

  Just as Qishu Fan was having a headache and a bit of a nicotine fit, Qishi Zai slowly went downstairs again, and threw another pack of gum to Qishu Fan. This time, before going upstairs, he went to the refrigerator to grab a box of yogurt.

  "Big brother, this child may not say it out loud, but he's still very concerned about you."

  Qishu Fan couldn't help but smile wryly again, and said, "Don't mention the next life, I reckon there are still a few years to wait." This was probably still Yucai that girl, only she would notice when she's anxious and wants to smoke, timing it just right so that Shizhi has to make a run.

  After several times, Aunt Qi was really afraid of Qi Shi's sudden attacks from time to time, so she had to put off the plan for her daughter-in-law and pulled out other family affairs. Alright, Aunt Qi, it's better to offend a petty person than to offend Yu Cai!