Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!

But Zhao Dingli wouldn’t be like that.

Li Xiaoyun sighed inwardly, the Zhao Family’s upbringing is really good.

Although she hadn’t interacted much with the Zhao Family, from watching Ye Fei’s competition and encountering the Zhao Family, to having dinner at the old house before.

After interacting with the Zhao Family, she found that when outsiders don’t understand them, they think they’re unreachable and difficult to approach or something.

But in reality, they’re no different from ordinary people.

Very modest and harmonious, the whole family laughing and joking around, exceptionally lively.

If you didn’t know their background, just looking at the way they interact and their personal personalities, you wouldn’t think they’re some affluent family.

Perhaps it’s because of such upbringing that they seem especially charming.

Li Xiaoyun tried hard to take apart the plastic wrapping on the phone box.

The wrapping was a bit hard to remove, but since she had plenty of time and was idle anyway, Li Xiaoyun didn’t rush.

Meanwhile, Zhao Dingli took advantage of the red light to put on his Bluetooth headset and said, "Call Shi Hongze for me."

The phone’s voice assistant replied, "Okay, calling Shi Hongze now."

Li Xiaoyun quieted down, afraid of disturbing Zhao Dingli’s phone call.

After a little while, the call seemed to have connected on the other end.

Because she heard Zhao Dingli say, "Come over to my house, my friend got a bit injured."

"..."

"Wait a minute." Zhao Dingli then turned to ask Li Xiaoyun, "Do you have any wounds beside bruises?"

"No." Li Xiaoyun listened to Zhao Dingli, seemingly wanting to call a doctor.

She quickly said, "It’s just a bruise, nothing else, no need to see a doctor."

Zhao Dingli didn’t reply to her, only informed the person on the phone, "It’s a bruise."

"..."

"How can you call it a minor injury?" Zhao Dingli disagreed immediately with whatever was said on the line, "I saw it with my own eyes, the bruise is all purple and blue, looks really serious."

Li Xiaoyun blinked and looked at the injuries on her arm and wrist.

Is it really that serious?

Why didn’t she notice it?

Was Zhao Dingli really talking about her injury?

Li Xiaoyun couldn’t help but look towards Zhao Dingli, as he had just asked her, so it shouldn’t be about someone else.

"Just apply some ointment, that’s enough?" Zhao Dingli asked.

On the phone, Shi Hongze exasperatedly said, "It’s just a bruise, what else can be done besides applying ointment?"

"..." Zhao Dingli said, "Aren’t I consulting you? Are you the doctor or am I?"

"I’m the doctor, so are you going to listen to me or not?" Shi Hongze rolled his eyes, he spoke, but it’s not like Zhao Dingli listened anyway!

"Besides, I’m a brain surgeon, you’re asking me about a bruise? Don’t you feel it’s overkill!" Shi Hongze was annoyed, "I have numerous surgeries lining up!"

Why is he even being asked specifically to look at a bruise?

Look for what?

Just to apply ointment!

Zhao Dingli: "..."

"Really just apply some ointment, that’s enough?" Zhao Dingli asked.

"Applying ointment is more than enough, actually, you don’t even have to." Shi Hongze said speechlessly, "By the way, who is this friend that makes you so nervous over just a bruise?"

"Is it a guy or a girl?" Shi Hongze asked again.

"What kind of ointment for a bruise?" Zhao Dingli didn’t answer him and countered.

"Go to the pharmacy and ask for a topical medication to promote blood circulation and reduce swelling, ointments or oils will work." Shi Hongze said.

"Fine, I’ll have someone bring it to you." Shi Hongze figured that if he didn’t send it, he didn’t know how much longer Zhao Dingli would pester him.

"Give me your address, and I’ll have it sent over." Shi Hongze said.

"My home address, don’t you know it already?" Zhao Dingli raised his eyebrow.

Shi Hongze: "..."

"Send it to your place?" Shi Hongze "yo"-ed, said, "Now I’m genuinely curious, just what kind of friend do you have? Just a bruise, and you personally brought them home with you."

"Otherwise, it’s not appropriate to let outsiders know a girl’s home address." Zhao Dingli said.

"A girl?" The volume on the call suddenly spiked.

Zhao Dingli was still wearing the headset, and the loudness stung his ear.

He quickly took the headset off his ear, waited for a moment, and then put it back on: "Speak softer."

"Really, Zhao Dingli, you have an issue!" Shi Hongze said.

"Call me Uncle!" Zhao Dingli squinted, "Show some respect."

"..." Shi Hongze pretended not to hear, saying, "Oh Zhao Dingli, tsk tsk tsk."

Zhao Dingli: "..."

"Talk properly!" Zhao Dingli heard him making random noises.

"You’re such an old fox; can you even let something slip?" Shi Hongze knew him too well, "You did it on purpose, right!"

Zhao Dingli: "..."

"Why? Purposefully telling me to gloat over you finally finding love this spring, huh?" Shi Hongze said.

Zhao Dingli: "..."

Shi Hongze really guessed it right.

But Zhao Dingli would never admit it.

"Quickly have someone send the ointment over." Zhao Dingli finished the sentence and hung up.

Li Xiaoyun beside him, although she couldn’t hear the conversation on the other side, she clearly heard what Zhao Dingli was saying.

So, at this moment, she opted not to pretend to be ignorant and directly asked, "We’re... going to your house?"

Zhao Dingli nodded, saying, "I initially planned to send you home first, but letting someone deliver the ointment is not good if a stranger knows your home address."

How could one casually let a man know Li Xiaoyun’s home?

Besides, if someone’s delivering medication, wouldn’t they have to enter Li Xiaoyun’s house?

Li Xiaoyun wasn’t the type of person to have someone come yet deny them entry.

So, Zhao Dingli simply decided not to have anyone go to Li Xiaoyun’s home.

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

Since it’s Zhao Dingli’s friend, it should be alright?

Now that they’re actually going to Zhao Dingli’s house, Li Xiaoyun felt quite caught off guard.

As Li Xiaoyun was still in shock over going to Zhao Dingli’s house, she heard Zhao Dingli’s voice again: "Aren’t you opening the phone?"

Li Xiaoyun snapped back: "Oh, I’m doing it now."

As for going to Zhao Dingli’s home, it would be discussed once they arrived.

Li Xiaoyun opened the phone box, taking out the phone inside.

She directly and swiftly tore off the screen protector from the phone.

She then removed the SIM card from her old phone and placed it in the new one.

Next was powering on the phone, following the system prompts, step by step.

All apps and data from the old phone were synced to the new one.

After Li Xiaoyun just finished setting it up, she heard Zhao Dingli asking, "All set up?"

"Yeah, just finished." Li Xiaoyun nodded.

"Then hurry up and add me as a WeChat contact." Zhao Dingli reminded.

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

Is it that urgent?

Li Xiaoyun logged into WeChat and accepted Zhao Dingli’s friend request: "It’s done."