Snowflakes were floating slowly outside the warm wooden house. Inside the misty glass windows, a group of people were busy preparing lunch.
Ou Yingxin received a call from Assistant Xiaotian and had to go upstairs to handle some work.
She has to assist in handling the opening ceremony of the scenic spot tomorrow, and has arranged several groups of artists to perform on the stage.
Sister Qiao was even busier, so Dad Qiao was left to lead a few unfamiliar people to cook.
"You... handle it yourselves." Mr. Qiao is only good-tempered towards his daughter. In front of outsiders, he is still the domineering Mr. Qiao.
He sat back by the fireplace and watched TV. The talent show that Ou Yingxin participated in was already on.
Looking at his daughter on TV, Mr. Qiao was relieved, "My daughter is really beautiful."
Lin Cijiu and assistant Xiaobei became the main force in the kitchen area, and Li Yuzhi could also help a little on the side. Only Su Xiaoxuan came here just to steal food. She even picked up a few of the radish cubes that Lin Cijiu had just cut and put them in her mouth.
Lin Cijiu looked at her puffed up face, his cold eyes turned and sized up her thickness, "Are you a squirrel?"
Su Xiaoxuan chewed with her mouth puffed out, muttering, "I'm so cute that I'm not a squirrel."
Lin Cijiu glanced at her and walked away helplessly.
"Xiao Lin, we need to add some firewood to the fireplace." Mr. Qiao watched TV with a smile and even took the time to order people around.
Lin Cijiu was about to get it, but Su Xiaoxuan stopped her protectively, "Aunt, I'll go!"
"With your small body, just stay here and I'll go get it." Lin Cijiu said lightly and went outside to get firewood.
"Hmph!" Su Xiaoxuan glanced at Mr. Qiao, who was watching TV with his legs crossed, and pouted angrily.
Dare to bully her aunt, she rolled her eyes and seemed to be thinking of bad ideas.
"You..." Li Yuzhi was about to say something when Su Xiaoxuan glared at her defensively.
She moved her short legs and soon climbed the stairs upstairs.
"Aunt, are you done?"
Ou Yingxin just hung up the phone and asked her, "Where's your aunt?"
Su Xiaoxuan was waiting for her to ask this, and immediately said sweetly: "Oh, Grandpa asked her to move firewood."
"Grandpa?" Ou Yingxin thought for a moment before remembering who "Grandpa" was.
Ou Yingxin immediately put down her phone and went downstairs, greeting him from a distance, "Old Qiao, you are still very young, and you have changed girlfriends several times. How come you can't carry firewood anymore?"
“It can be moved! It can be moved!” Father Ou quickly got up and went out to get firewood.
Su Xiaoxuan slipped back triumphantly, her eyes turning cleverly.
Li Yuzhi pushed up her glasses and glanced at her secretly.
But Su Xiaoxuan still discovered her. Although she was young, she had a strong aura when she was cold, and it was a sharp and aggressive aura.
She picked up the kitchen knife from the chopping board and suddenly stabbed the big radish next to her.
Li Yuzhi, who was about to wash radishes, was startled.
She never thought that kids nowadays are so cruel. Why did they resort to knife attacking after just observing for a few more times?
"You think you're very smart, don't you?" Su Xiaoxuan squinted her eyes and looked at her. "You can see through anyone at a glance. You're amazing."
As Su Xiaoxuan spoke, she was playing with a smaller fruit knife in her hand. Li Yuzhi looked at the sharp blade and her glasses slipped off in fear.
"Hmph!" Su Xiaoxuan snorted coldly, stabbed the knife into the radish, and then walked away with cold eyes.
Lin Cijiu came back from outside at this time, and Su Xiaoxuan immediately put on a lovely smile, walked up to Lin Cijiu and took his arm, being so affectionate as if she was a different person.
"Aunt, is it cold outside? Are you tired? Have some tea and take a rest."
"It's okay, just be good." Lin Cijiu said, touching her head.
She saw the two knives stuck on the chopping board from a distance. Su Xiaoxuan's ferocity was very similar to that of Ou Yingxin, who dominated the street back then. She didn't know if she learned it from her.
Girls all use knives to scare people.
"I didn't do anything wrong. I'm going to play with my aunt." Su Xiaoxuan walked away with a puffed face.
Lin Cijiu looked at her running away and shook his head helplessly.
Lunch was not ready yet and Lin Cijiu joined in the busy work.
She pulled the knife out of the radish and continued cutting vegetables.
Li Yuzhi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw her coming.
She pushed up her glasses and asked in a puzzled voice, "Your niece doesn't seem to welcome me."
"It's okay. She is the same as Ou Baobao. She is a cat-like person and you can't mess with her. Just stay away from her." Lin Cijiu said lightly.
But Li Yuzhi looked at the cut on the radish and became worried. "This child has a scary personality. Is he the legendary yandere?"
"I don't know." Lin Cijiu didn't say anything else and continued cutting vegetables seriously.
Li Yuzhi glanced at her and knew that she didn't want to talk about Su Xiaoxuan, so she didn't mention it anymore.
How could she know that Su Xiaoxuan's family situation was complicated. Even Lin Cijiu himself didn't know much about his sister's family affairs. Moreover, when he mentioned it, he would inevitably think of his deceased sister, so naturally he didn't want to talk about it.
"You are still the same as before." Li Yuzhi said while washing vegetables.
"Really?" Lin Cijiu didn't think so. She felt that she should have changed a lot, but she still wanted to hear Li Yuzhi's opinion. Knowing what she wanted to say, she led the topic down, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing, it's just..." Li Yuzhi hesitated for a moment before continuing the topic, "Actually, I came here this time because our tutor wanted to ask you if you want to go back to school to teach."
"Not interested." Lin Cijiu refused without even thinking about it.
Li Yuzhi knew that she would still answer like this, and said helplessly: "Is it the same reason as before?"
"Yeah." Lin Cijiu responded indifferently.
In fact, the place to stay in school was reserved for Lin Cijiu, but she had no interest at all.
The instructors thought she wanted to go out and make money, but only the old monitor knew the real reason.
Lin Cijiu has no emotions. It is difficult for her to feel the ties between people, so naturally she doesn't have the patience to teach students.
Maybe because of family relationships, Lin Cijiu had very cold family relationships since he was a child, as his parents and sister were all busy with work and study.
She doesn't know what the fun in life is.
Just mechanically living like ordinary people.
"Just look at how you treat your niece. You are still so cold. You still can't feel any emotions, right?" Li Yuzhi thought she could work with her old classmate, but she didn't expect that Lin Cijiu hadn't changed after all these years.
Lin Cijiu couldn't answer this question very well. She felt that she had changed, but she was not sure whether she was as emotionally rich as ordinary people.
Seeing that she didn't say anything, Li Yuzhi thought that she was still the same as she was back then. She was a little curious: they had been married for so long, how could they maintain this relationship when they had no feelings for each other?
"What about you towards your wife? You still don't know how to like her. Are you learning?"
"Maybe..." Lin Cijiu wanted to say that maybe he had learned something, but Ou Yingxin happened to come down from upstairs. Su Xiaoxuan saw her and shouted, "Aunt, are you done? Do I have work tomorrow?"
Ou Yingxin's expression was a little indifferent. She said in a very formal way: "I need to go, no need to perform, just walk the red carpet."
"Well, I don't want to sing or dance. I can't do it, and I will be criticized again." Su Xiaoxuan was too modest. She was obviously not bad, but she was criticized too much when she was a rookie, so she was not very interested now.
"Well, let Firev and the others go." Ou Yingxin said lightly, seeming a little tired.
Lin Cijiu noticed something was wrong and asked, "What's wrong? Are you tired? How about taking a rest?"
"It's okay. Do you need my help?" Ou Yingxin said as she rolled up her sleeves and came over to help.
Lin Cijiu knew he couldn't persuade her, so he took an apron and tied it on her.
"Take a rest after you finish your work in the afternoon. You've worked hard." Lin Cijiu said apologetically. Maybe it was because she made such a fuss for too long last night.
"It's okay." Ou Yingxin said with a smile and took the knife from Lin Cijiu's hand.
It is impossible to let a nerd cut vegetables quickly. Lin Cijiu always strives to cut each piece of food into the same size. Can this be fast?
Ou Yingxin couldn't stand her delicacy and would chop it up every time she took it.
Lin Cijiu stood nearby, watching with a frown on his face, feeling as conflicted as if the pyramid he had built as a child had been pushed away.
But no matter how Ou Yingxin prepares it, she will eat it, which makes Ou Yingxin very satisfied.
With the help of someone as decisive as Ou Yingxin, the process was accelerated several levels.
Even Mr. Qiao came to help, and soon a table full of sumptuous dishes was ready.
No matter what the grudges were, everyone was in a good mood while eating hot pot and drinking wine.
After dinner, Mr. Qiao left early because of something.
The remaining younger generations seemed to be freed from their shackles in an instant. Su Xiaoxuan saw that it was snowing heavily outside and there was snow accumulating on the ground. She happily insisted on pulling Sister Qiao to play snowball fights with her.
Sister Qiao took a look at the custom-made coat she had just ordered and was reluctant. "Look, you already call me aunt, why are you still having a snowball fight? I'll just watch you play."
Su Xiaoxuan pulled Sister Qiao and swayed, acting like a spoiled child and said, "No, I can't beat my aunt and my aunt's mother, so I can only play with you."
Sister Qiao's mouth twitched, and she said speechlessly: "From what you said, you can only beat me."
Sister Qiao felt a headache when she saw the little one. She glanced around with her fox eyes and saw Li Yuzhi next to her. She immediately dragged her into the water, "Professor Li, why don't you play with us?"
"Tsk, he's a professor, how could he play such a childish game?" Su Xiaoxuan said with a snort.
Sister Qiao was hurt again. What? Do I look more childish?
"I can." Li Yuzhi said suddenly, making everyone look at him in confusion.
What's going on? Was he provoked by Su Xiaoxuan?
But everyone was only a little surprised. After all, Li Yuzhi was not that old, and she and Lin Cijiu gave people a different feeling.
Although both of them are academic masters, Lin Cijiu is really cold and indifferent, while Li Yuzhi is the silly and cute type.
She pushed her glasses and said naively, "I've always wanted to try it, but unfortunately I didn't find anyone to play with."
"Oh?" Sister Qiao joked with her, "Your former friends weren't all nerds, were they?"
Li Yuzhi glanced at Lin Cijiu with obvious meaning.
Everyone understood immediately and laughed out loud.
Lin Cijiu frowned and thought, is it really that funny? Is snowball fight fun? Is it okay if I don't want to play?
Ou Yingxin glanced at her and smiled.
It’s not that the nerd doesn’t like playing in the snow. When they were young, Ou Yingxin also tried to pull her out to play in the snow, but the nerd refused to move.
Ou Yingxin was so angry that she stuffed a carrot into her mouth and made her act like a snowman.
There was soon a loud noise outside the wooden house. Su Xiaoxuan was running outside and chasing Sister Qiao. Suddenly, she threw a snowball at Li Yuzhi's glasses.
Li Yuzhi pushed her glasses that were covered with snow particles and quickly rolled a huge snowball to throw back.
Lin Cijiu wanted Ou Yingxin to rest more, so he took charge of the cleaning work and let Ou Yingxin sit by the fireplace to rest.
Ou Yingxin was probably really tired, but she didn't want to rest, so she followed Lin Cijiu sleepily.
Even when she went out to move some firewood, he put on his clothes and followed her out.
"The fireplace consumes so much firewood that it will burn out in a short while." Ou Yingxin said while yawning. At this time, a snowball fell from the sky and hit Ou Yingxin.
Lin Cijiu was standing nearby and she quickly moved sideways to block the snowball, causing a huge snowball to hit her on the head.
Ou Yingxin was so angry that she woke up from her sleep. She grabbed a ball of snow, squeezed it hard, and walked over. She threw the hard snowball at the three people, forcing them to beg for mercy.
"No, we were wrong!" Sister Qiao ran away with them with a strong desire to survive.
Ou Yingxin just came back and quickly helped Lin Cijiu brush off the snow on his head, "Go back, it's cold."
"Wait a minute, I want to take a look." Lin Cijiu looked at Ou Baobao, who looked particularly beautiful against the snow scene, and couldn't help but soften his eyes.
"Wife." Lin Cijiu hugged her and rubbed her face.
Ou Yingxin looked at her and sighed slightly in her heart, "Don't you understand love?"

(End of this chapter)

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