Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!

"Before, there wasn’t anything; life was smooth and peaceful, not much to talk about." Ye Fei said with a smile. "But today, there really is something."

"Oh?" Zhao Gushen showed interest. "What happened today?"

It was precisely today that Ye Fei asked him when he would return.

Zhao Gushen’s expression immediately turned serious: "Did someone bully you?"

When being bullied, she thought of him.

Hoped that if only he were by her side.

Zhao Gushen’s logic wasn’t flawed.

"No one can bully me now." Ye Fei laughed.

Or, it should be said, who would dare to bully her now?

"Really? No one bullied you?" Zhao Gushen asked. "I was thinking, you said something happened today, and today you asked when I’m coming back. Isn’t it because you want me to come back to support you?"

"What are you thinking!" Ye Fei gave him a light slap. "Am I someone who only thinks of you when there’s trouble?"

Zhao Gushen thought, perhaps not before, but now she’s becoming a bit heartless.

However, Zhao Gushen dared to mock only in his heart.

He wouldn’t dare to actually say it out loud.

"It’s Xiao Yun. She seems to have a very close connection with Uncle. Today, she even asked me for recipes to support stomach health, to cook for Uncle." Ye Fei said.

"You don’t know, Xiao Yun usually is too lazy to cook for herself. Not to mention simmering porridge or soup; she’s even too lazy to boil noodles and mix them for herself." Ye Fei said.

"But she went out of her way to make stomach-nourishing soup and porridge for Uncle." Ye Fei said. "Of course, that’s not the only main point. The point is their relationship has become quite good. Today, when I called her, she was sitting in Uncle’s car; Uncle went to the company to pick her up."

Zhao Gushen was even better than Ye Fei at catching the main points.

Because he knew Zhao Dingli better.

Zhao Gushen thought, Zhao Dingli surely wouldn’t just do something as simple as picking up Li Xiaoyun from work.

Zhao Dingli isn’t one to do monotonous and plain things.

If he’s going to do something, he must have prepared for a string of subsequent actions.

Zhao Dingli doesn’t do things step by step; he finds it inefficient.

Just picking up Li Xiaoyun every day isn’t Zhao Dingli’s style.

"I need to call Uncle." Zhao Gushen suddenly said.

At any rate, he’s not sleepy now.

Ye Fei was bewildered by his sudden action, quickly asking, "Why are you calling Uncle? It’s the middle of the night!"

Waking someone up isn’t polite.

"I’ve got a suspicion; I need to confirm it." Zhao Gushen said.

Ye Fei blinked, what suspicion?

"You’ll know in a moment." Zhao Gushen acted quite mysteriously.

He reached for his phone and indeed called Zhao Dingli.

Ye Fei: "..."

She felt a bit sorry for Zhao Dingli now.

What harm did he do to deserve this? Just being mentioned, and now he’s suddenly disturbed.

Zhao Dingli was sleeping soundly now, especially after walking around the supermarket with Li Xiaoyun at night, feeling a bit like a newlywed couple.

Then Zhao Dingli dreamed about marrying Li Xiaoyun.

On Saturday, he went to the company to work overtime.

Li Xiaoyun didn’t need to work overtime and was leisurely at home making soup for him.

She even planned to bring it to him at noon.

In the dream, for some reason, Li Xiaoyun remembered something and called him.

Zhao Dingli heard his phone ringing.

This ringtone felt incredibly realistic, as if it were right beside him.

So real it didn’t feel like a dream.

Zhao Dingli thought, is this dream that realistic?

Yet, the phone ringing felt increasingly real.

The dream scene became blurrier and more distant.

Gradually, Zhao Dingli’s consciousness became a bit clearer.

The phone ringing sounded increasingly real, as if it were right by his ear.

Due to not answering the call for an extended time, the phone automatically hung up.

But Zhao Gushen persistently called again.

Just when Zhao Dingli thought the world had calmed, the phone ring, indeed fake.

Relaxing briefly, who knew the phone would ring again.

This time, the ringtone startled Zhao Dingli awake.

He opened his eyes fully, regaining awareness.

It was just a dream earlier.

Zhao Dingli regretted, if only it weren’t a dream!

The dream was too happy!

All thanks to this annoying ringtone; otherwise, he could’ve continued in sweet dreams.

Now, Zhao Dingli was quite irritable with the phone ringing.

He reached for the phone, wanting to see who was so excessive, calling in the middle of the night.

Once eyes adjusted to the darkness, the phone screen’s light became particularly glaring.

The brightness made Zhao Dingli squint his eyes.

It took him a while to adapt to the phone’s brightness.

But he still couldn’t open his eyes fully.

Squinting his eyes, he finally recognized it was Zhao Gushen calling.

"Is this guy crazy?" Zhao Dingli angrily answered the call.

Picking up, Zhao Dingli unhappily asked, "What do you want?"

He knew Zhao Gushen traveled and had time zone differences.

Seeing Zhao Gushen call at this hour, he assumed Zhao Gushen was still abroad.

Zhao Dingli angrily said, "Don’t you know there’s a time difference? It’s middle of the night here!"

Who knew Zhao Gushen’s reply was even more infuriating: "I know, I’m back, no time difference with you."

Zhao Dingli: "..."

His temper...

If Zhao Gushen were in front of him, he would definitely throw the phone at Zhao Gushen’s face!

"You..." Zhao Dingli rarely found himself speechless from anger, "Since you know, what’s so urgent that makes you call at this hour?"

Then Zhao Gushen asked: "Uncle, are you at Li Xiaoyun’s house?"

Beside him, Ye Fei gasped at Zhao Gushen’s words, quickly covering her mouth worried she’d shout, letting Zhao Dingli hear.

"No, I’m at my own house." Zhao Dingli replied.

Zhao Gushen nodded, asking: "Is Li Xiaoyun at your house?"

Ye Fei figured was this what Zhao Gushen was hinting at?

Li Xiaoyun living with Zhao Dingli?

Li Xiaoyun is quite outrageous then!

Something this major, not telling her!

Zhao Dingli: "..."

He needed to think about how to respond.

Especially as he had just woken up, still sleepy, his mind not as quick as usual.

So, he hadn’t quickly thought of a good reply for Zhao Gushen.

Ye Fei and Zhao Gushen’s chemistry was high.

She immediately called Li Xiaoyun.

If Zhao Gushen could hear another ringtone, it meant Li Xiaoyun was indeed sleeping beside Zhao Dingli.

Ye Fei couldn’t care about waking Li Xiaoyun in the middle of the night.