As noon approached, Grandpa Hua's wife arrived. However, Ji Xingmi and her two elder brothers were busy in the kitchen making soup. Today, it was pork rib soup. Although making soup didn't require so many people, Ji Xingmi was also preparing other dishes! Moreover, both elder brothers felt more at ease staying with Ji Xingmi, so they came to the kitchen to help. The task of tending the fire was given to Ye Yu. As for her youngest brother, he was put in charge of slicing the meat into strips, while Ji Xingmi herself was preparing the seasonings.
"Why aren't you in the study today?" Deng Caiyun entered and saw her old man standing at the kitchen door. Usually, he would be in the study at this time. Following his gaze, she also saw the three children bickering in the kitchen. She recognized the two boys, and the girl was probably the child Old Ye mentioned yesterday! She turned to look at her old man again, and indeed, his face wore an expression of tenderness she had never seen before.
"Grandpa Hua, what are you doing standing at the door? Oh~ did you smell the aroma too? Wait a moment, I'll trick my youngest brother out and sneak a bowl for you!" Ji Xingmi saw the two people standing at the door. She didn't recognize one, but she could guess who it was. "Hello, Grandma Hua~"
"You're talking nonsense, why would I be tricked out? I'm not stealing food, Second Brother is watching the fire, he must be the one who wants to eat! Hello, Grandma Hua!"
"Hello, Grandma Hua!"
At Ji Xingmi's words, both of them turned to see the people at the door and quickly came out to greet them. Ji Haoqi also heard his sister's words, what did she mean? Was he greedy? So his first reaction was to refute his sister!
"Hello~ Hello to you all!"
"I'm not like you, thinking about stealing food. I just wanted to see what you were all chattering about!"
"Aiya, don't deny it, I know my soup is delicious!" Ji Xingmi said proudly, but before she could be happy for long, she was playfully hit on the head! Seeing Hua Lao's gaze, Ji Xingmi could only stick out her tongue and stop talking.
"You, you~" Deng Caiyun was a little surprised by the interaction between the old man and the young girl. Was her old man joking?
"Let's go. Let them cook here. You can taste it properly later. Although the child is a bit mischievous, what she makes is indeed delicious."
Grandpa Hua finished speaking and didn't look at Ji Xingmi's expression. He knew without looking that she must be making faces over there. He took his wife's hand and walked towards the room. There were some things he needed to explain to his wife, otherwise, she wouldn't be at ease.
Grandpa Hua told her everything that had happened these past few days. This included his fainting spell, how Old Ye rushed to the Ji family to pick him up for help, and the reason for bringing her over. Originally, they should have lived together, but she was unwilling to be confined to such a small space, and she also held a position, so she was allowed to live here.
This time, it was because his health was truly declining. Bringing her over was a precaution in case he passed away and she couldn't see him, which would leave him disappointed. Although Ji Xingmi was here now, no one could guarantee there wouldn't be any accidents, and it would also reduce unnecessary trouble. Just as he had anticipated, she cried when she learned everything. He wasn't afraid of death, but he was afraid of her crying.
"You, at your age, are still crying like a child. If that little girl sees you later, she'll laugh at you!"
"You old fool, why didn't you die on the battlefield back then, making me worry about you every day! Laugh at me? I think it's you who should be laughed at. How old are you and you're still afraid of seeing a doctor? Well, a minor illness has turned into a major one! You brought so much medicine in for me, didn't you? You wait, I'll go out and tell that little girl to prescribe some very bitter medicine for you to drink. Old Ye said that girl treated Little Ye that way back then! She subdued Little Ye completely, and I think you need to be dealt with like that too!" Deng Caiyun was indeed sad, but more so, she was angry. If anything were to happen, would she not even get to see him one last time? In this life, they only had each other.
"How dare she! That girl is cunning, she wouldn't dare offend me!" Hua Lao Ye Zi couldn't hold back any longer when he heard about drinking bitter medicine.
"Hmph! I told her to. Do you think she'll listen to you or me? I heard from Old Ye that she's not afraid of you!"
"That's because I was letting her off easy since she was young!" Although Old Hua said this, he was still blaming Old Ye in his heart for telling everything. Now it was good, he had fallen into someone's hands.