Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!

She anticipated all of this.

When the time comes, the people who were curious and gossipy might change their tune and say unpleasant things.

But even so, Li Xiaoyun wants to immerse herself in the dream.

Li Xiaoyun looked up at Zhao Dingli, somewhat dazed.

Zhao Dingli had envisioned many types of reactions from Li Xiaoyun, but never this one.

He was also somewhat surprised, and saw Li Xiaoyun shaking her head saying, "No, but I worry I might cause you trouble."

"I wouldn’t," Zhao Dingli chuckled.

"In that case, there’s nothing to worry about anymore," Zhao Dingli said with a smile, "We don’t need to avoid suspicion now, do we?"

Li Xiaoyun was momentarily stunned.

In a sense, that’s true.

Although everyone misunderstood, they do know about her and Zhao Dingli.

Besides, Zhao Dingli came looking for her so openly.

Avoiding suspicions now seems pointless.

Seeing Zhao Dingli relax, as if solving a major issue, he sighed, "So if I come to pick you up this afternoon, can I just park the car right at the company entrance?"

Li Xiaoyun didn’t expect such a small matter to be important to Zhao Dingli.

"I would have forgotten about it if you hadn’t mentioned it," Li Xiaoyun laughed along, "We don’t need to avoid suspicion anymore, so there’s no need to hide. You can park right at our company entrance."

"Alright, let’s go," Zhao Dingli said, "What do you want for lunch?"

Since Zhao Dingli was there, Li Xiaoyun couldn’t let him eat in the company cafeteria.

Even without needing to avoid suspicion, there’s no need to be too showy.

So they chose a nearby restaurant to have lunch.

When lunch break was over, Li Xiaoyun returned, and in the company whenever someone passed by her, they definitely looked at her.

If someone came to their office, they would look at her too.

But it wasn’t as blatant as before.

Li Xiaoyun found it a bit uncomfortable but could tolerate it.

At the end of the day, Li Xiaoyun walked to the company entrance with Zhou Yunyun and Lin Lingli.

It’s the end of work hours, naturally there were many people at the company.

There weren’t many colleagues staying behind to work overtime, so the company entrance was quite lively.

Everyone chatted while heading to the subway station.

Today, it was especially lively.

Thanks to Zhao Dingli.

Although Li Xiaoyun said there’s no need to avoid suspicion, she didn’t expect Zhao Dingli’s understanding of "no need to avoid suspicion" to be so high-profile.

He was directly standing outside waiting.

He didn’t care at all as everyone who saw him looked ready to surround him.

Every colleague walking out of the company saw Zhao Dingli.

As they walked, their gaze inevitably fell on him.

Zhao Dingli didn’t mind either.

The colleagues walking near Li Xiaoyun couldn’t help but turn their heads to look at her again after spotting him.

Zhou Yunyun and Lin Lingli gasped.

They felt that Zhao Dingli’s stance was truly impressive.

The two didn’t say much but just said goodbye to Li Xiaoyun.

Under everyone’s gaze, Li Xiaoyun approached Zhao Dingli, her head tingling.

"Why are you standing outside?" Li Xiaoyun asked.

"I was afraid there’d be too many people at the company entrance and you would miss my car," Zhao Dingli explained.

Li Xiaoyun thought there’s no way she wouldn’t notice his car.

Zhao Dingli didn’t care whether Li Xiaoyun believed this excuse or not, he directly opened the passenger’s car door: "Hop in."

He ushered Li Xiaoyun into the car, then circled back to the other side to drive.

Li Xiaoyun thought of something, picked up her phone, and searched for Ye Fei on WeChat.

"Xiao Fei," Li Xiaoyun called out, "When you have time, can you teach me some dishes that are good for the stomach? Porridge or soup, anything is fine."

For dishes that are good for the stomach, Li Xiaoyun’s first thought is porridge and soup.

Ye Fei replied quickly.

She had just come to the old house with the little one.

Zhao Gushen won’t be back until Friday, three days away.

Ye Fei had brought the little one to stay at the old house.

The little one wanted to see the elders too.

Since she was at the old house, things like cooking didn’t fall to Ye Fei.

Ye Fei had plenty of free time lately.

Li Xiaoyun’s message was seen by her immediately.

"Why? Is your stomach acting up?" Ye Fei asked with concern, "Is it because work has gotten busy again, and you’re eating irregularly?"

Since Li Xiaoyun lives alone, if her stomach is upset, she naturally wouldn’t order takeout but would cook porridge and soup herself.

This is what Ye Fei guessed.

"It’s for... a friend," Li Xiaoyun replied, "His stomach isn’t great, so I thought I could help him condition his stomach."

Since it wasn’t Li Xiaoyun, Ye Fei felt relieved and didn’t rush.

If it was Li Xiaoyun’s stomach that was upset, Ye Fei intended to go straight to Li Xiaoyun’s place.

Li Xiaoyun wanting to take care of someone else’s stomach meant there was no need to hurry.

However, Ye Fei caught a key point.

"He?" Ye Fei instinctively teased, "A man, right?"

Li Xiaoyun covered her eyes.

She usually doesn’t hide things from Ye Fei.

So when typing, she subconsciously and honestly used the word "he."

Ye Fei didn’t wait for Li Xiaoyun’s answer and directly called her.

When Li Xiaoyun’s phone rang, seeing it was Ye Fei’s name, her hands trembled slightly.

"Not answering?" Zhao Dingli glanced sideways, coincidentally seeing the name Ye Fei on the screen, "A call from Ye Fei, huh."

Now Zhao Dingli saw it.

Li Xiaoyun had no choice but to answer, "Why did you just call me directly?"

"Hmm?" Ye Fei instantly sensed something unusual, "Did I call at a bad time? Is someone nearby? Is your male friend right beside you?"

"What male friend..." Li Xiaoyun whispered.

She tilted her head, her face facing the corner of the window.

Her hand covered her mouth.

She only hoped Zhao Dingli didn’t hear what she said.

Li Xiaoyun nervously glanced back at Zhao Dingli.

Seeing Zhao Dingli focused on driving, she couldn’t tell whether he heard or not.

"Oh oh oh, I misspoke, a male friend," Ye Fei teased further, "Is he right beside you?"

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

"Xiao Yun, you’re not being honest with me now," Ye Fei said.

She even had a hunch.

Could it be that Zhao Dingli is the one next to Li Xiaoyun?

"It’s him." Li Xiaoyun didn’t know how to tell Ye Fei.

Should she flat-out say she’s with her fourth uncle?

The generational roles seemed completely scrambled.

"It’s rare, you usually find it a hassle to cook for yourself, but you’re willing to make stomach-soothing dishes for this friend," Ye Fei said.

If she’s doing this, can he really be just an ordinary friend?

"He helped me a lot," Li Xiaoyun said, "I never figured out how to thank him properly. Since I found out his stomach isn’t well, I thought I’d do what I can, starting with these little things."