Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!

Li Xiaoyun wasn’t dreaming, she had a pretty good sleep quality.

To be honest, Zhao Dingli’s mattress is indeed more comfortable than the one she bought herself.

Suddenly, her phone rang loudly, startling Li Xiaoyun awake.

Li Xiaoyun was still shaken, her heart was beating particularly fast.

The phone was still on the bedside table next to her.

The ringtone kept going.

Li Xiaoyun groped for the phone.

Like Zhao Dingli, her eyes had been in the dark for a long time, so she wasn’t quite used to the phone screen’s brightness.

Squinting, she finally managed to make out the name on the screen.

It was Ye Fei.

Li Xiaoyun was also puzzled, why was Ye Fei calling her at this time?

Meanwhile, Ye Fei looked over at Zhao Gushen.

Zhao Gushen silently shook his head at Ye Fei.

Indicating that there was no other sound coming from the other side of the phone.

Ye Fei nodded, at that moment, Li Xiaoyun picked up the call.

"Xiao Fei, why are you calling me at this time?" Li Xiaoyun answered.

Ye Fei wasn’t afraid of being overheard by Zhao Dingli, so she directly asked, "Xiaoyun, where are you now?"

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

How should she respond?

She doesn’t lie to Ye Fei.

Zhao Dingli’s eyebrow twitched, it seemed like the couple was acting out in the middle of the night just for this!

Zhao Dingli also didn’t say anything, he wanted to hear Li Xiaoyun’s response.

He wondered if Li Xiaoyun would admit it.

Li Xiaoyun had no choice but to brace herself and say, "I’m at Zhao Dingli’s place."

"But we’re totally innocent!" Li Xiaoyun quickly said, "Didn’t I tell you before? I’m competing with a colleague in our department. He got fired by the company for having his business tactics exposed, and he resented me for it, even threatened me. Yesterday he even showed up at my door, it scared me to death."

"Zhao Dingli thought this wasn’t good, so he let me stay over temporarily to avoid running into danger when I’m alone," Li Xiaoyun said. "I planned to explain everything to you anyway."

Ye Fei nodded at Zhao Gushen, and Zhao Gushen gave a small smile.

Li Xiaoyun yawned and asked, "Why are you still up so late? Calling me in the middle of the night, just for this?"

Ye Fei felt a bit embarrassed and just said, "I just... suddenly thought of it."

"Sorry for bothering you, go back to sleep, we’ll chat more later," Ye Fei said.

"Alright, you get some early rest too," Li Xiaoyun yawned again, finally hanging up the call.

But even though she was really sleepy when the phone rang, now that she’s hung up, she wasn’t sleepy anymore.

Zhao Gushen spoke again, "Fourth Uncle, when are we going to start calling her Fourth Aunt?"

Zhao Dingli wasn’t sleepy anymore either, he chuckled lightly and said, "This weekend we’ll go back to the old house for a meal. If you guys are willing, you can call her that then."

Just not sure if Li Xiaoyun could handle it.

Zhao Gushen was just joking, of course, it wouldn’t happen so quickly.

Obviously, Zhao Dingli hadn’t won her over yet.

However, he understood Zhao Dingli’s attitude now.

"You better hurry, once you’ve really won her over, we’ll immediately change what we call her," Zhao Gushen said. "Just worried if we change it too soon, it might scare her off."

"You’re aware of that, and you even let Ye Fei call her in the middle of the night," Zhao Dingli said.

"They’re close, it’s not a problem," Zhao Gushen said.

As they were talking, Ye Fei gave Zhao Gushen’s arm a little shake.

He turned his head to see Ye Fei looking at him expectantly.

Ye Fei didn’t need to say anything, Zhao Gushen immediately understood.

Zhao Gushen then said to Zhao Dingli, "Fourth Uncle, don’t bully her."

"I’m serious about wanting to date her, only respect, no bullying," Zhao Dingli promised.

"Then you can continue sleeping," Zhao Gushen said, "We won’t disturb your rest."

With that, he hung up the phone.

Zhao Dingli: "..."

"You brat, you’ve already woken me up, what’s the point of going back to sleep!" Zhao Dingli said with annoyance.

He couldn’t sleep now, and he knew Ye Fei had just called Li Xiaoyun. He didn’t know if Li Xiaoyun was asleep yet.

Zhao Dingli sent Li Xiaoyun a WeChat: "Are you asleep?"

Li Xiaoyun hadn’t slept, after finishing that call, she felt really energized.

So when Zhao Dingli’s message came, she heard it immediately.

With nothing better to do and not feeling sleepy, her eyes adjusted to the phone’s light.

Li Xiaoyun opened WeChat and saw Zhao Dingli’s message.

Li Xiaoyun immediately thought of Ye Fei’s call just now.

She wondered if Zhao Dingli just got one too.

Lying down, Li Xiaoyun was too lazy to type, so she sent a voice message: "Ye Fei just called, so I’m not asleep yet."

Shortly after, she received a voice message from Zhao Dingli, still carrying his laughter: "What a coincidence, Zhao Gushen just called me too."

"..." Li Xiaoyun, "Do you think they’ve figured something out?"

"But it doesn’t really matter, I’ve already admitted it to Ye Fei anyway," Li Xiaoyun said.

"I also explained to Gushen, don’t worry, he won’t misunderstand," Zhao Dingli said.

"I didn’t mention it before because I was worried about people gossiping since you’re a girl staying here," Zhao Dingli said.

Touched, Li Xiaoyun rolled around on the bed.

Zhao Dingli was so considerate!

"Get some rest, Gushen’s back now and will probably monopolize Ye Fei, so she won’t have time to look for you," Zhao Dingli said.

Li Xiaoyun really didn’t know, Ye Fei hadn’t had the chance to tell her: "He’s back? So soon?"

If Zhao Gushen heard that, wouldn’t he be absolutely pissed?

Zhao Dingli decided to keep it secret for Li Xiaoyun and said, "He’s probably jet-lagged after coming back, couldn’t sleep so he called me, keeping me awake too."

Zhao Dingli casually complained about Zhao Gushen.

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

It really sounded like something Zhao Gushen would do.

"So now that he’s back, Ye Fei probably has no time," Zhao Dingli said. "You’ll have to wait until this weekend when we go back to the old house, and you can have a proper chat with Ye Fei then."

Now, Li Xiaoyun not only had to go to the old house to see Ye Fei, but she also had to go with him.

***

Even though Zhao Gushen was jet-lagged, he still had to go to the company on time.

So he set an early alarm.

He only got around two hours of sleep, having just barely entered a deep sleep when he was woken up, feeling quite uncomfortable.

The little guy didn’t know Zhao Gushen was back yet.

Because he needed to go to kindergarten, he also woke up early.

He didn’t need Ye Fei to wake him up, he set his own alarm.

The alarm went off, and he dutifully turned it off and got up.

As usual, without washing his face or brushing his teeth, he ran straight through the moon gate to Ye Fei’s side.