Chapter Ninety-Five

  Whenever Qishu Fan heard that Yucai hadn't gone to do that so-called part-time job, he felt a little comforted and also a bit guilty, but only for a short while. Okay, about Shichengyu, he was slightly exaggerated, but it was all for her own good, of course. Comrade Qishu Fan would absolutely not be shameless enough to think that he was wise and unparalleled, so he decided to make up for it in other ways.

  Yu Cai received a house full of dolls in various shapes and sizes one afternoon, and after she had unpacked all the boxes with great effort, she was left holding a set of beautiful Barbie dolls, exclaiming "A Shi, what is Qi Shu Fan up to now?"

  Qī shì zhī wēi wēi gōu qǐ zuǐ jiǎo, wēi fěng, "tā shì zhēn bǎ nǐ dàng zì jǐ nǚ ér le".

  Translation:

  A faint smile played on the corner of her mouth as she whispered, "He really treats you like his own daughter."

  Yu Cai smiled wryly, okay, this considerate daughter, Qi Shu Fan's loving old dad, played one more successfully than the other.

  "Where can we put all this?"

  "It matches your room."

  Yu Cai curled up her mouth, okay, Qi Da Shao, has more and more poisonous tongue potential!

  Deng Yucai has lost another half jin of flesh, and all the dolls have been placed in a more suitable position. He Qi Xiaoyun came to visit, bringing with her a 25- or 26-year-old girl who was none other than Zhang Ju's daughter, Zhang Xiao, Jian Xun's cousin.

  Zhang Xiao's personality is a bit like Jian Xun, although she can't compare to Xia Yunyun's beauty and elegance, but she has a bright and refreshing air about her, and walking beside her doesn't make one feel inferior at all.

  Zhang Xiaoxue is also a law student, and it just so happens that He Licheng is her superior. This time, she ran into He and the others on the road, so she sent them over. Of course, in her heart, she wanted to take the opportunity to get along with her father's colleague, Qi Zhi.

  Yu Cai didn't know anyone would come, and all the packaging paper, flowers, boxes, etc. were still scattered on the living room floor when they entered, covering the entire floor, quite a spectacle.

  A few people greeted each other, and Xia Yunyun curiously asked, "Yu Cai, what are you guys doing?"

  "I just bought some stuff and opened it, I'm really sorry, Ah Shi, help me move it out."

  He Qi blocked her way, "Let me go with A Shi instead, you stay and chat with Xiao Jie."

  Zhang Xiao didn't know Yu Cai, but Yu Cai knew her. At the Shi family's celebration banquet, Jian Xun had pointed her out to Yu Cai, but at that time Zhang Xiao was happily chatting with a group of people and hadn't been introduced to her.

  Zhang Xiao was older than them and good at socializing, turning the tables to tease Yu Cai, who was indeed her cousin's son, praising him nonstop, saying things like "how" and "what", waiting for the others to return. Several people started playing cards, with the addition of Zhang Xiao, who was eloquent and skilled in conversation, the atmosphere at the card table was very lively.

  In the evening, when Qi Shu Fan returned, He Tuo and others had not left yet. Several people were playing cards, and Yu Cai was still watching beside Qi Shi. Seeing Qi Shu Fan coming back, he got up to take his things at the door.

  After some small talk, several people continued playing cards, while Qi Shu Fan went to take a bath.

  Zhang Xiaoxiao smiled and said, "Governor Qi is really getting more and more elegant, unlike my dad, who has started to go bald and get a beer belly."

  Yu Cai started thinking about how Qiboshan would look in a few years, with his balding head and beer belly, and indeed, May-December romance requires courage!

  Xia Yun nodded in agreement, "Uncle Qi seems to have become younger over the past few years".

  "What a sigh! So it's true that career is a man's strong backing of charm!"

  Zhang Xiao laughed, "Yu Cai, I really envy you. Rui Ze is more handsome than Jian Xun, and Qi Sheng Chang is even more handsome than my dad."

  Yu Cai also smiled, "I'd rather they be uglier than Zhang Bo Bo and I be prettier than Xiao Jie".

  "You're no better than me now."

  "Xiao Jie, we must respect reality!"

  "Are you spending your summer vacation here?"

  "Uh-huh."

  "Not going home?"

  Yu Cai was taken aback, as if she hadn't returned home for many years during summer vacation...

  "What's on your mind? You're always spacing out like this. When are you going to break the habit?"

  "Oh, nothing, I just suddenly remembered that it's been a long time since I last went home."

  "Really? You've been spending your summer vacation at Uncle Qi's place since high school, and your mom agreed to it all along? If it were my mom..." Xia Yunyun shrugged her shoulders.

  Yu Cai's eyes dimmed, and she heard Xia Yunyun say this as soon as she came out of the bathroom. Seeing Yu Cai's abnormal expression, she felt inexplicably annoyed. "Yunyun, then what should you do if you get married in the future and spend summer vacation at your mother-in-law's house?"

  Xiǎo Yùyù chì le qí shū fán yī yǎn, "Qí shūshu, nǐ yòu ná wǒ dǎ qù".

  English Translation:

  Xiao Yuyu scolded Qi Shu with a glance, "Uncle Qi, you're teasing me again".

  Qí Shū merely shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm telling the truth."

  Xia Yun thought for a moment, "Then I'll just marry someone close by, so my mom can come see me right away," as she said this, her eyes involuntarily drifted towards Qi Shi's body, which was pretty close too.

  He Qi smiled and patted Xi Zhi on the back, Yu Cai's gaze also turned to Xi Zhi, in recent years it seemed that she had invested more energy in Xi Zhi than in Yu Xian...

  Ji Shi looked at her and comfortingly held her hand, Yu Cai patted his shoulder and stood up, "What do you want to drink? I'll go get it for you?"

  After drinking, a few people chatted for a while. He Qi San and the others bid farewell. As soon as they left the yard, Xia Yunyun complained, "Yu Cai is always like this. I didn't say anything, but she's unhappy. Even Qi Shu Shu seems to think I said something wrong."

  "Really? I didn't feel that way."

  "You don't know, every time she's unhappy, Ji Shi will notice her."

  "What's so strange about it? You've noticed it too?"

  Xia Yunyun gave him a white eye.

  Zhang Xiao had a knowing look on her face, "Yun Yun, I'm asking you something, don't get angry, does Shi Zhe like you?"

  "He's always like that, how am I supposed to know!"

  "A Xi doesn't like you, but he also doesn't like other girls. You still have a chance, after all, he basically doesn't talk to other girls, when you talk to him, he will always respond!"

  "But I think Jiexi really likes Yucai," Zhang Xiao objected.

  Yu Cai is his cousin.

  "Do you think Jixi will like Yucai just because she is his cousin?"

  What a coincidence, he suddenly remembered that Yu Cai seemed to be unable to count as Qi Shi's cousin, except for the five generations? What concept is this?

  "By the way, what's the relationship between Yu Cai and Qi Shi?"

  Xia Yunyun thought for a moment and took out the words of Qi Shu Fan that year, "Yu Cai's great-grandmother was the second elder brother of Qi Shi Zeng's grandfather's dry sister, originally living in the same village, later Yu Cai's family moved away".

  "Is that not a relative?"

  "How can it not be..." Xia Yunyun subconsciously retorted, and then paused her voice.

  He Qiu rubbed her head, "It doesn't matter if it's not a big deal, the key is that Uncle Qi likes Yu Cai, just like treating her as his own daughter. The packaging paper just now was Uncle Qi ordering a whole house of dolls for Yu Cai."

  "A whole house of dolls?" Zhang Xiao raised an eyebrow. "Yu Cai should have passed the age of liking dolls, right?"

  He shrugged, "Who knows? Maybe Uncle Qi is just making up for his own regrets. When we were young, he liked Xia Yunyun the most and held her in his arms every day. Every time he came back, he would bring her some little dresses or dolls. My mother always said that he was more meticulous than a woman."

  Zhang Xiao's eyes were deep and meaningful, "Is Governor Qi now transferring his affection for Yunyun to Yucai?"

  Xia Yunyun suddenly felt a wave of discomfort, she had not noticed before that Yu Cai was Qi Shu Fan's niece, he spoiled her as a matter of course, but now...

  He Qi was dissatisfied, "You can't say that, Yu Cai is Ah Shi's older cousin, Uncle Qi liking her is normal, and Uncle Qi still likes Xia Yunyun".

  Zhang Xiao smiled and didn't comment, "It doesn't matter about the provincial governor, what's important is that you understand, Yunyun, you need to get along well with Yu Cai and learn more from her, learn the things that Xi likes about her."

  Xia Yunyun felt a little flustered and suddenly realized a more important issue, Yu Cai was not Qi Shiyu's cousin, but Qi Shiyu liked her very much, it could even be said that she was the only girl Qi Shiyu liked...