Chapter 255
She is going to wash the trimmed vegetables when she hears a crash sound suddenly and then Fu Xing’s cry comes to her ears . She is startled, throws down the vegetable basket and runs outside .
In the sitting room, Han Tengyue throws down the chess box and runs to the landing too, and Ji Yashu runs after him . Zhen Mingzhi hops to the landing .
Fu Zhengzheng follows them, but her way is blocked, so she can’t run quickly . Then Han Siqi’s voice comes from upstairs .
“Xingxing, what happened?”
“Daddy, I want to take the cake to you, but I fell over and broke the cake . ” Fu Xing says in a choking voice .
“Thank you all the same, Xingxing . Stand up . Don’t cry . You are a man . ”
Fu Zhengzheng goes upstairs with them and sees Fu Xing picking himself up . Han Siqi is holding the plate and wiping the cake butter from Fu Xing’s body, and cake crumbles are scattered on the floor .
It seems that Fu Xing, who was holding the cake plate, didn’t watch out when he walked on the last step, so he stumbled and fell over in the stair aisle .
Ji Yashu and Han Tengyue lift Fu Xing up, look at him up and down with loving eyes and feel relieved after they are sure he isn’t hurt .
Han Tengyue says first, “Xingxing, if your daddy wants to eat cake, he can go to fetch it by himself . Don’t take it to him again . Luckily, it’s the last step and you wear many clothes . If you fall over in the middle, you will roll down the stairs and the consequence will be unimaginable . ”
Ji Yashu blames Han Siqi while wiping tears for Fu Xing, “Siqi, Xingxing is so young, and how can you have the heart to order him to do these things? What did you do when you were young?”
Fu Zhengzheng knows Ji Yashu is taking the chance to scold her because she often asks Fu Xing to do something within his power . She keeps silent . Finding her son is all right, she lowers her head to clean the cake crumbles on the floor .
Seeing his mummy lower the head, Fu Xing defends her at once, “Grandma, mummy didn’t ask me to take it . I offered to do that . I’m a filial kid . ”
What he says makes others have clues . Ji Yashu moves her eyes to Fu Zhengzheng and says meaningfully, “Zhengzheng, don’t blame me . I’m worried about Xingxing . He is only a kid . Besides, look, it’s a floor, not carpet . His head can be broken easily . ”
Chen Yuying, who goes upstairs later, hears Ji Yashu’s “floor and carpet” and knows she is taking the chance to show off their wealth, so Chen Yuying talks back unhappily, “Can the head be broken so easily? It’s not made of porcelain . ”
“Even if the head can’t be broken easily, it’s terrible to make it red and swollen . We have to protect him . ”
“The cake is taken to your son, not others . My daughter is afraid that your son will be hungry when he is busy with work and knows I can’t manage to cook for so many people in the kitchen, so she wants to help me . She has no choice but to ask Xingxing for help . We should put ourselves in her shoes . ”
Chen Yuying knows Fu Zhengzheng asks Fu Xing to take the cake, but she doesn’t know Fu Zhengzheng is in a cold war with Han Siqi .
Fu Zhengzheng’s mind is revealed by her mother and she sees Han Siqi looking at her, so she is embarrassed . What’s more, he raises his mouth corner, so she feels bad and glowers at him .
Ji Yashu hears Chen Yuying’s implication and responds drily, “If you are busy, you can tell us . Of course, we’ll help you . ”
Listening to her belated offer, Chen Yuying says unhappily, “There is so much work in the kitchen . So long as a person has eyes, he can see that and doesn’t need others to…”
Fu Zhengzheng is afraid that they will quarrel, so she has no time to “cast amorous glances” at Han Siqi and interrupts her mother immediately, “Mom, you didn’t turn off the tap . ”
“Didn’t I turn off the tap?” Chen Yuying plans to go downstairs in panic when she looks up and sees Zhen Mingzhi come up too . She goes to support him, “Your foot hasn’t healed . How can you climb the stairs?”
Hearing that, Fu Zhengzheng turns around and sees her father . She goes to support him too, “Dad, why do you come up? Watch out for your foot . ”
Although her father’s foot will heal soon, it’s still difficult for him to climb upstairs .
Ignoring questions of his wife and daughter, Zhen Mingzhi looks at Fu Xing and asks, “How is Xingxing?”
“Xingxing is well . ”
Fu Xing has run over to support Zhen Mingzhi and replies crisply, “Grandfather, I’m fine . ”
“That’s good . That’s good . ”
Seeing Zhen Mingzhi come upstairs, Han Siqi is afraid that they will dispute again, so he says to Fu Zhengzheng, “Zhengzheng, please help dad go downstairs . ”
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Then he tells his mother Ji Yashu, “Mom, please take Xingxing downstairs to change clothes . ”
Refusing Han Siqi’s arrangement, Fu Zhengzheng calls her mother, “Mom, please help dad go downstairs . I’ll clean here . ”
She loosens her hold of her father and takes the rag to wipe the floor again, but it is snatched by Han Siqi, who says softly, “I’ll clean it . Help mom to cook . ”
Listening to his tender voice, Fu Zhengzheng isn’t moved at all . She turns around to help her father with her mother, without glancing at him .
“Grandfather, let me help you go downstairs . ” Fu Xing’s loosens Li Yashu’s grip and runs to Zhen Mingzhi .
Ji Yashu shouts worriedly at once, “Oh, Xingxing, watch out . You are going downstairs . It will be terrible if you fall over . ”
Zhen Mingzhi is also afraid that he will fall over, so he waves immediately, “Xingxing, go downstairs with your grandpa and grandma . Your mummy can help me . ”
Han Tengyue and Ji Yashu hold Fu Xing’s hands on both sides right away and pretend that they can’t walk stably . Seeing that, Fu Xing grasps their hands firmly at once .
Han Tengyue and Ji Yashu exchange glances, smile and then take Fu Xing downstairs .
When they just come downstairs, the doorbell rings . Zhen Mingzhi becomes excited, “I’m sure Old Zheng and Dongze have arrived . Honey, open the door . ”
“OK . ” Fu Zhengzheng rushes to open the door .
Four people are standing outside . She only knows Sun Dongze . The other three ones are all gray-haired, but they have bright piercing eyes and are in good health . They stand with head high and chest out, showing their military demeanor clearly . She guesses they must be her father’s old comrades in arms .
When she is about to ask, Zhen Mingzhi walks after her, sees them, straightens his face instantly and says to Old Zheng standing behind, “Old Zheng, I just invited you for dinner, but you’ve brought so many people! We don’t prepare so much food . Go . Go . Go . ”
“Dad!” Fu Zhengzheng pulls her father secretly, “They are all guests . ”
Old Hu who walks before others squeezes into the house directly, “We’ve arrived, and do you still want to drive us away? We’ll drink alcohol if you don’t have enough food . Old Li, come in and take your seat . ”
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Zhen Mingzhi blocks the gate and says with the straight face, “No alcohol . Only bullets . ”
“Dad!” Fu Zhengzheng pulls her father again .
Old Li ignores Zhen Mingzhi, bypasses him, squeezes into the house and smiles, “I had enough bullets when I was young, so I have no interest in them . Old Zhen, leave them to yourself . ”
The next one is Sun Dongze’s uncle, Old Zheng . He doesn’t take Zhen Mingzhi’s unhospitable attitude to heart either and smiles complacently, “Old Zhen, I bring Old Hu and Old Li here especially to show them I will defeat you as usual even in your house . ”
Zhen Mingzhi snorts, “The result is unknown before the battle . Dongze, lay out the chessboard . ”
“OK . ” Sun Dongze smiles at Fu Zhengzheng and enters to lay out the chessboard .
When they are going to enter, Old Hu says suddenly, “Old Zhen, you have bragged to us many times that you have quality alcohol . We specially come to taste it today . ”
“Why will I give you quality alcohol?”
Old Li smiles, “If you defeat Old Zheng today, we’ll just eat dishes and not drink . But if you lose, we can drink as we like, OK?”
“OK . ” Zhen Mingzhi agrees without hesitation .
“You agree without hesitation?” Old Hu and Old Li exchange glances and look doubtful apparently .
Old Zheng smiles, “Can’t you see that? Old Zheng will share his old alcohol with us obviously . ”
Old Li and Old Hu laugh out .
Zhen Mingzhi snorts, “Old Zheng, it’s too early for you to be complacent . I’ll defeat you totally .
After Sun Dongze lays out the chessboard, Old Zheng and Zhen Mingzhi sit down . Fu Zhengzheng carries stools for Old Li and Old Hu . Seeing Han Tengyue come over, she carries a stool for him too and then returns to the kitchen .
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Sun Dongze serves a glass of water for each of the five chess fans . Then he has nothing to do and wants to help in the kitchen but is afraid it’s improper, so he watches TV alone .
When it’s past 6:00, dishes are put on the table . After bowls and chopsticks are laid out, Chen Yuying asks Fu Zhengzheng to go upstairs to call Han Siqi, and she goes to the sitting room to call others for dinner .
Fu Zhengzheng doesn’t dare to ask Fu Xing to call him and is afraid that her mother will find something if she refuses, but she doesn’t want Han Siqi to know that she goes upstairs to call him for dinner specially . After thinking for a while, she picks up a rag and comes to the room, pretending to clean the cake crumbles in it .
Unexpectedly, after she enters the room, she finds the dirty place has been cleaned .
“I cleaned it . ”
“Oh . ” She turns around with the rag . When she walks to the door, she says, “Time for dinner . ”
“Let’s go downstairs together . ”
But Fu Zhengzheng pretends not to hear that and goes downstairs first without a backward glance .
When she comes to the dining room, others have been seated .
Looking at her father cheerfully pouring alcohol for others, Fu Zhengzheng feels confused . When her mother goes to the kitchen to scoop soup, she follows her and asks quietly, “Did dad lose or win?”
Chen Yuying chuckles, “I heard he won for several consecutive rounds . Can’t you see your dad is excited?”
“Don’t they say if dad wins, they only eat and not drink?”
“It’s impossible for them to stay away from alcohol when they get together? They all have a great capacity for alcohol . After retirement, they often take the chance of playing chess to get together and drink . They are very happy to play and laugh together . ”
It turns out that her father’s greeting with a straight face is their way to get on with each other .
Fu Zhengzheng is enlightened . After her mother scoops the soup, she takes it out .
Old Zheng looks up and down at Fu Zhengzheng and smiles at Zhen Mingzhi, “I only saw her for several times when she is young . If I had known she would be so beautiful, I must have proposed marriage for my nephew so that our families can be doubly related . ”
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