After rebirth, I became Qingmei's white moonlight

Chapter 378 Chapter 376 There is a Ventriloquist in the Capital

After dinner, Jiang Shu and Xu Xinzhu were sent out by Fu Wanying for a walk.

The two walked along Green Heart Street to Green Heart Forest Park. There were many people here in the summer, but it was cold in the winter and only a few people could be seen.

"Xiaoshu, why are we here? Aren't we here to look for Xiaolu or Yaoyao?"

Xu Xinzhu looked at the bare forest in front of him, and for some reason he felt it was eerie and scary.

"Yaoyao has to accompany grandma, Xiaolu has a classmate at home, and we are both alone, so it's just right for them to keep each other company." Jiang Shu said with a smile.

Xu Xinzhu understood the implicit meaning and knew that he could go on the date without any worries today as there would be no one to disturb him.

She blushed slightly. She didn't have many opportunities to be alone with Xiaoshu.

"Your hands are so cold."

Xu Xinzhu held Xiaoshu's hand. It felt icy and cold, and his hands felt a little frozen.

She cupped her hands in front of her, lowered her head and blew out a few breaths gently, then rubbed them vigorously, and the temperature in her palms soon became warm.

"Now that your right hand is warm, give me your left hand."

Jiang Shu smiled slightly and took his hand out of his pocket: "It's not cold."

"Do not believe."

As expected, touching the tree with his fingers that looked like snowballs, Xu Xinzhu couldn't help but pout: "You still call this not cold?"

"I'm not cold in my heart."

Jiang Shu smiled and watched Zhu Zhu rub her hands together to warm them up, then he grabbed her hands and put them both into the pocket of his down jacket.

As the night gradually deepened, there was soon no one to be seen in the Green Heart Forest Park. The two walked for only a short while before turning back the way they had come.

"Would you like to go to a movie?"

"There probably aren't many good movies to watch right now, as the Spring Festival is almost here."

"What about painted plaster dolls?"

"No, it's freezing."

"Then shall we go home?"

"I want ice cream."

"Didn't you say it was cold?"

"You have to eat ice cream when it's cold."

Jiang Shu couldn’t quite understand girls’ train of thought, but it seemed that girls all liked eating ice cream in winter, Yaoyao was like that, and so was Zhuzhu.

So the two of them walked into a milk tea shop and ordered two chocolate vanilla flavored ice creams.
Jiang Shu looked at Zhu Zhu sticking out her tongue and licking it, looking very cute, and couldn't help asking: "Why do girls like to eat ice cream in winter?"

“For me there are two reasons.”

Xu Xinzhu stretched out his finger and made a "yeah" gesture, then took a sip of the top of the ice cream, feeling the sorbet quickly melt in his mouth, leaving only a rich milky flavor.

"Which two?" Jiang Shu asked with a smile.

"First, girls don't like to eat ice cream only in winter, they like it in spring, summer, autumn and winter. It's just that it's cold in winter and ice cream is cold too, so it looks a bit weird, but ice cream is a sweet food after all~"

Jiang Shu nodded, agreeing with this reason.

"Where's the other one?"

Xu Xinzhu blinked his eyes, stuck out his tongue and licked it, then laughed, "Because ice cream melts slowly in the winter, you don't have to rush to finish it, you can enjoy it slowly, and you won't get your hands covered in cream."

"The second one is the most important, right?"

"Hmm~"

Jiang Shu stretched out his fingers and gently wiped the cream off the corner of Zhu Zhu's lips. She took a look and suddenly opened her mouth to take his entire finger into her mouth.

Jiang Shu suddenly felt his fingers being wrapped in a warm and moist chamber, and the soft and fragrant substance moved between his fingers, releasing a suction force that was neither fast nor slow.

Her face turned red, and she seemed to realize that her behavior was inappropriate. She quickly spit out Xiaoshu's finger and licked the ice cream in her hand to cover up her embarrassment.

"I just don't want to waste this little ice cream, Xiaoshu, don't think of it in the wrong way." She said in a low voice with a red face.

"I'm not thinking nonsense. It's you who are thinking the wrong way." Jiang Shu said with a smile.

"I didn't!"

Xu Hsin-chu immediately retorted.

"You like licking it?"

"It only happens when I eat ice cream. If it's a popsicle, I'll just slurp it."

Jiang Shu suddenly realized, no wonder his ventriloquism was so proficient, it turned out that it was all learned from sucking on popsicles.

"Hmm...eat it well. Here, this ice cream is for you too. Work hard, it will be very useful in the future!"

Xu Xinzhu was slightly stunned, but his mind involuntarily thought of something like a sausage, and his ears felt slightly hot.

"Smelly little tree, are you thinking of something bad?"

"I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense."

"Humph, that's for sure. I guessed it all."

"Then tell me, what I'm thinking about?" Jiang Shu turned his head and looked at her with a smile.

"Yes……"

Xu Xinzhu's tone froze, and he imagined its outline in his mind. His face instantly turned red with shame: "Humph, you stinky little tree, you big pervert, I won't tell you, you want to do something bad again!"

She turned her head away and walked forward angrily. She guessed what Xiaoshu was thinking and not only her ears but also her whole body felt hot.

At home, Li Qiuyu came over at some point.

Fu Wanying took out some melon seeds, peanuts and fruits, and poured two cups of hot tea on the coffee table. The two of them sat on the sofa and watched TV.

"Xiaoshu and Zhuzhu went out to play?"

"Yeah." Fu Wanying nodded lightly.

"Have you been to Yaoyao's place?"

"How should I know that?"

Li Qiuyu was cracking melon seeds: "Chinese New Year is coming soon. The company has been a bit busy these days. I can't usually cook for Zhuzhu. Although I can order takeout, it's not clean outside. How about I let her eat at your place? Zhuzhu is not picky about food. She eats whatever Xiaoshu eats. I'll give her living expenses." Fu Wanying glanced at her and pouted: "Don't think I don't know what you're thinking."

Having his thoughts seen through, Li Qiuyu did not quibble and chuckled, "I see that Xiaoshu and Zhuzhu have reached puberty. They are childhood sweethearts and have feelings for each other. Why don't they just settle their major life events like this? Wanying, what do you think?"

Fu Wanying pursed her lips. She didn't expect Li Qiuyu to say such big words. It was obvious that she wanted to get engaged.

"Isn't it a little too early for two children now?"

"We're already in high school, it's not too early. Even earlier than that, there were still cases of childhood marriages."

Speaking of child marriage, the first person that Fu Wanying thought of was Yaoyao. Although Li Xiuzhen didn't say anything, since Yaoyao was entrusted to her care since she was a child, in a sense, it was no different from a child bride.

She sighed softly and said helplessly, "Qiuyu, we are both mothers. In the new era, the system of parents' orders and matchmakers' words is no longer effective. Marriage is a serious matter and it is not a joke. It depends on the children's own wishes."

"I think they both have a strong desire. Zhuzhu has never been so interested in other boys before, and Xiaoshu is also very nice to Zhuzhu. They are a perfect match, a talented man and a beautiful woman." Li Qiuyu said with a smile.

Fu Wanying took a sip of tea and remained silent.

But she knew that Xiaoshu was not only good to Zhuzhu, but also to Yaoyao and Xiaolu. That was why she didn't dare to match them up randomly. If she made a mistake, it would hurt the hearts of four children.

Li Qiuyu looked at her and said what was in her mind directly: "I have asked Zhuzhu today. She likes Xiaoshu. If she can get engaged to Xiaoshu, she will definitely not object."

"Wanying, good things should be kept within the family. You like Zhuzhu, and I like Xiaoshu. If they are together, we can be in-laws, right? Is there anything more perfect than this in the world?"

Fu Wanying smiled bitterly and said, "Do you think I can't see that Zhuzhu likes Xiaoshu? But I don't know what Xiaoshu thinks."

"Didn't you ask him?"

"I asked him, and he said he didn't have that idea for the time being."

Fu Wanying said earnestly, "Qiuyu, I think what Xiaoshu said is right. Children are in a critical period of learning. You said that letting them fall in love at this time will easily distract them."

"Besides, they live together. If we as parents agree, there will be no reason to stop them if they want to taste the forbidden fruit. Aren't you afraid that you will become a grandmother someday?"

Li Qiuyu felt inexplicably guilty. She didn't dare to agree to this openly. After all, if she told others that she was preparing 003 for Zhuzhu, it would seem like she was plotting against Xiaoshu. At that time, she didn't know how Fu Wanying would look at her.

"What you said makes sense, but even if we disagree, if the two of them really want to taste the forbidden fruit, we can't stop them, right?"

Fu Wanying shook her head: "Xiaoshu won't do anything rash. He will take good care of Zhuzhu and Yaoyao, but he will definitely not do anything out of line."

At this time, she was the one who believed in her son the most. If he said he would not do anything wrong, then he would definitely not do anything wrong.

"Of course I believe in Xiaoshu's character."

Li Qiuyu sighed, knowing that he could not convince Fu Wanying, so the engagement had to be abandoned.

"Qiuyu, things will work out when the time comes. Let the children solve their own problems. Xiaoshu and Zhuzhu still have a long way to go in their lives. You also said that they have a close relationship. If they don't want to separate, no one can separate them." Fu Wanying said seriously.

She did not reveal that she saw Xiaoshu and Zhuzhu being intimate at the door in the afternoon. Otherwise, given Li Qiuyu's personality, she might have dragged her daughter to confront Xiaoshu.

"That's the only way. Just promise me that I'll leave Zhuzhu with you during this time."

"I treat Zhuzhu as my own daughter. Can I really not feed her a single bite?"

Fu Wanying chuckled: "Don't worry, I'm busy at other times, Zhuzhu must be following Xiaoshu, have you fulfilled your wish now?"

"That's more like it." Li Qiuyu nodded with a smile.

She believes that as long as two people spend enough time together, their relationship will naturally be closer than others. How does that saying go?

Love grows with time.

Fu Wanying smiled without saying anything. She thought that Zhuzhu and Xiaoshu had been together day and night at school. If the two were in love, it wouldn't have taken such a long time. They might have been secretly dating for a long time, but they didn't know about it.

If not, it will be useless no matter how long you are together.

At this moment, there was a sound of the door lock being inserted.

"It should be Xiaoshu who is back." Fu Wanying said.

"Wanying, do you want to make a bet?"

"What are you gambling?"

"I guess Zhuzhu will definitely come back with Xiaoshu. If I win, even if they are not together yet, can you still raise Zhuzhu as your daughter-in-law?"

"What if we lose?" Fu Wanying asked back.

"If I lose, I will treat Xiaoshu as my son-in-law." Li Qiuyu answered confidently.

Fu Wanying rolled her eyes silently, thinking that the result would be the same no matter whether she won or lost.

Without waiting for her to answer, the door slowly opened. The two mothers turned their heads and saw Zhuzhu coming back with Xiaoshu.

Li Qiuyu couldn't help but curl the corners of his mouth and whispered to Fu Wanying: "Wanying, I won!"

"Okay, okay, I got it."

Fu Wanying looked helpless. She knew that it was highly likely that Xiaoshu would take Zhuzhu home.

Because since she was a child, Zhuzhu basically played here until very late, and then Xiaoshu would take her back.

As for why she didn't refuse the bet to treat Zhuzhu as her daughter-in-law, Li Qiuyu didn't even need to remind her, she had always done so.

Jiang Shu and Xu Xinzhu changed into plush slippers at the door and were surprised to see Aunt Qiuyu there too.

"Mom, mom, why are you here?" Xu Xinzhu was inexplicably nervous, afraid that she would tell Aunt Wanying that she liked the little tree.

"Can't I come? You two go to Rongcheng to study, and I often come to chat with your Aunt Wanying after dinner."

Li Qiuyu smiled meaningfully and asked casually, "It's so cold outside, where did you go to play?"

“I took a walk around Green Heart Park.”

"In this weather, there shouldn't be many people over there, right?"

"Well, I only saw a few people here and there."

Hearing this, the smile in Li Qiuyu's eyes deepened. He looked up at Fu Wanying and winked at her subtlety.

Both of them were experienced people, so they understood immediately. After all, it was so cold, and a man and a woman went to a place with few people. What else could they be doing except to be intimate?
It seems that Xiaoshu and Zhuzhu’s close relationship may be even deeper than they both thought.

"I just told your Aunt Wanying that the New Year is coming soon and the company is a bit busy. I can't take care of you, so I specially asked Aunt Wanying to take care of you." Li Qiuyu said with a smile.

"Mom, I'm not a child. When I'm hungry, I know to run to Aunt Wanying's place. Aunt Wanying's cooking is delicious."

Fu Wanying couldn't help but smile and nodded: "That's how it should be. Auntie will make delicious food for you every day. Why don't you just not go back at night? I'll vacate Xiaoshu's room for you. He can sleep on the sofa and you can sleep on the bed."

As she spoke, she looked at Li Qiuyu, meaning, you see, I treat Zhuzhu as my daughter-in-law, I didn't lie to you, right?

Jiang Shu's face twitched slightly. She is really worthy of being a mother. She doesn't love her own son but only loves her daughter-in-law, right?
Besides, your wife hasn't even married yet. Isn't it a little too early for you to pamper her like this?
When Yaoyao and Xiaolu come in the future, there won’t be enough rooms in your house. Shouldn’t you buy a bigger house?
(End of this chapter)