So all the wives were waiting for me to break up with them.

Xiao Chuchu: [Zhou You and I have only a purely platonic mother-son relationship.]

415. Surprise and Luck

Xiao Yan chatted with Xiao Chuchu for a few more minutes before ending the conversation.

It's six o'clock in the evening, and night has finally fallen.

Because it was the Dragon Boat Festival, the whole city was bustling with activity, and Zhou You's family could hear some lively sounds coming from the direction of West Lake in their small courtyard.

Following the festive atmosphere, one man and four women began preparing a barbecue and eating zongzi (sticky rice dumplings). The three older women and a little girl were in charge of eating, while he was in charge of grilling.

Barbecue is not healthy. If there were a professional nutritionist here, they would definitely advise Yun Mingyue and the others to avoid eating it if possible.

But just like some middle-aged men and women who own tens of millions of dollars in real estate, they hide their identities and discreetly ride a three-wheeled motorcycle to pick up passengers on the street, charging three or four yuan per trip. What's their motivation? They just like chatting with people.

If they wanted, they could easily eat healthy, plentiful, and delicious food, but they might not be as happy as having meat skewers grilled by a young boy himself.

Being able to enjoy happiness is already the most luxurious thing in the world.

The beef and pork belly sizzled softly on the grill, accompanied by wisps of smoke, and began to release their aroma as the meat turned golden brown.

Zhou You was focused on grilling the meat, and Yun Mingyue gave him a few skewers of lamb kidneys, telling him to grill more delicious food.

At the dining table, Ning Moxin watched Chen Tangtang rummaging through the rice dumplings, trying to find the lucky one, and spoke up to dissuade her.

"Tangtang, stop turning the rice dumplings, you'll get them all dirty."

"Ok."

Chen Tangtang put down the zongzi in her left hand, preparing to try a different approach. According to probability theory, as long as she eats the zongzi that isn't the lucky one, the probability of her little male god eating the lucky one will be much higher.

If she eats all the non-lucky rice dumplings, the little boy's chances of getting lucky will be 100%.

Looking at the mountain of rice dumplings in front of her, her gaze hardened. "Go, Tangtang!"

She peeled back the dark green bamboo leaf from the rice dumpling on her right hand. Inside, the white rice ball seemed to be studded with several deep red, glossy agates. The fragrant aroma made her swallow hard before taking a bite.

"..."

"..."

"Ptooey! Who put wasabi in the zongzi?!"

Chen Tangtang suddenly sprayed all the glutinous rice in her mouth onto the grass. Her cute little round face twisted together, and she was caught off guard and almost cried from choking.

"Tangtang, your luck is just too..." Ning Moxin didn't know whether to say she was unlucky or lucky.

"Cough, cough." Chen Tangtang, choked by the wasabi, didn't have time to pay attention to Ning Moxin.

Xiao Chuchu, who had just picked up a zongzi (sticky rice dumpling) and was about to eat it, stopped and asked Ning Moxin, "You actually put wasabi in the zongzi?"

"It's a surprise rice dumpling," Ning Moxin said, sticking to her usual excuse.

She paused, then smiled and lowered her eyes, which resembled crescent moons, saying meaningfully, "Perhaps the one you have is one too."

Xiao Chuchu silently put down the zongzi that was as big as her two fists. "You wrapped a lot of surprise zongzi?"

"Hmm... not many, maybe three, four, five, or six, I can't quite remember."

Ning Moxin, who had only prepared a surprise rice dumpling, blatantly lied without batting an eye.

Xiao Chuchu glanced at the mountain of rice dumplings and felt like she was playing Minesweeper, not knowing when she would step on a mine and get a dizzying headache from the spicy wasabi.

"Chuchu, you don't need to be afraid." Ning Moxin picked up a zongzi, peeled off the bamboo leaves, and took a big bite. "There are so many zongzi here, you won't be so lucky as to find a surprise zongzi."

"This……"

Xiao Chuchu frowned, thought about it seriously, then suddenly jumped off her seat, took a few quick steps, and ran into the kitchen, returning with a gleaming little kitchen knife.

"Chuchu, I just made a few surprise rice dumplings. You're not so angry that you'd want to stab me, are you?" Ning Moxin shifted her buttocks to the side guiltily.

"Who's going to stab you? Don't talk nonsense."

Xiao Chuchu first placed the knife on the dining table, then climbed back to her seat. Next, she picked up the small cleaver and cut the zongzi in half, revealing a piece of fatty but not greasy pork belly sandwiched between the white glutinous rice.

"See, this way I can tell if a zongzi is safe or not," she said smugly.

A 'problem' was easily solved.

As expected of her!

"Well……"

Looking at the smug Xiao Chuchu, Ning Moxin subconsciously moved a little further away. If Xiao Chuchu knew that she had only made a surprise rice dumpling, all her efforts would have been in vain.

Would Xiao Chuchu really get angry and stab herself with a knife?

Probably not, Chu Chu is such a magnanimous person.

剁！

Xiao Chuchu swung the small cleaver again, cutting the zongzi in half into four small pieces, and turned to look at Ning Moxin, who was getting further and further away from her.

"Mo Xin, what are you doing? I'm not angry with you, I won't stab you with a knife,"

"..."

At this moment, Chen Tangtang, who was next to her, also recovered from the pungent smell of the wasabi, and she picked up another zongzi.

Go, Tangtang!

She clenched her little fists to encourage herself.

Chewing~~

Chewing~~

One, two, three...

A stack of zongzi leaves gradually piled up in front of Chen Tangtang.

"Burp~~ I've already eaten a lot, I should be finished soon..."

Chen Tangtang looked up at the still towering mountain of zongzi in front of her, her mouth agape as if she could fit a salted duck egg inside.

"Are these rice dumplings even capable of multiplying? Why don't they seem to be decreasing in number?"

"It seems I still need to keep working hard."

She muttered to herself as she put a peeled rice dumpling to her lips and took a bite. "Ugh... no, no, I really can't fit any more in. I'm already stuffed full."

"Sister Bing, if you can't eat anymore, don't eat anymore." Zhou You, who had brought the roasted meat to the table, took the zongzi with a small tooth mark from Chen Tangtang's hand, both amused and exasperated.

I don't know why Chen Tangtang got so hung up on zongzi (sticky rice dumplings).

"Take a break, have some more roast meat. I'll help you eat this zongzi," he said, taking a bite without any sign of disgust.

Click!

A crisp sound of teeth striking metal.

"Pooh!"

Zhou You spat a one-yuan coin onto the table. "Who put a one-yuan coin in the zongzi?"

He had barely uttered those words when he realized what he meant and turned to look at Chen Tangtang, "So, Sister Bing, you just wanted to eat this lucky rice dumpling?"

"If you don't mind that I've taken a bite, Sister Bing, you can have this zongzi." Zhou You picked up the coin, wiped it with a tissue, put it back into the zongzi, and handed it to Chen Tangtang.

Once she's rested and her stomach is a little emptier, she can eat the lucky rice dumpling she's been searching for.

"no need."

Chen Tangtang shook her head and waved her hand in refusal, "This is fine."

A big smile spread across her face, radiant like an angel's. "With my help, the little god has been blessed with good fortune."

that's it.

A perfect ending.

416. Three years of blood money

While everyone was eating zongzi and skewers, Chen Tangtang got excited and pulled Zhou You to bring out a home theater system from her house, where they started showing "The Killer Is Not Calm" in the courtyard.

The movie was playing, the smoke from the barbecue kept rising, and he and the others laughed and joked around, their cheerful laughter never ceasing in the courtyard.

Such happiness is so pure and precious.

The fun continued until 8 p.m., when it was time to leave.

The more fun you have before, the more painful it is to clean up the mess afterwards.

Not to mention Chen Tangtang, even Yun Mingyue and Ning Moxin have quit.

"Let's leave these things for now and find temporary workers to organize them tomorrow," Yun Mingyue suggested.

Zhou You looked at the mess in the courtyard, nodded slightly, then looked at Xiao Chuchu and said to the older sisters, "I'll take my godmother back. You can go upstairs first."

It was getting late, and Xiao Chuchu was a light and delicate 'little loli' who could be easily pushed over. What if she encountered a bad guy on her way home who was planning to take advantage of her and thought that three years of blood money would be worth the death penalty? It would be bad if something happened to her.

"I'm going upstairs to take a shower first." Yun Mingyue waved her hand, turned around and went into the house, slowly going upstairs.

"Xiao You, don't linger too long, come back as soon as possible." Ning Moxin smiled gently, giving Zhou You instructions like an old married couple.

Seeing Yun Mingyue and Ning Moxin like this, Chen Tangtang blinked and waved to Zhou You, "Little male god~~ Go and come back soon."

"Ah."

Zhou You left home with Xiao Chuchu.

I don't know when the wind picked up, it was howling and blowing the fallen leaves on the ground, making them swirl and rustle as they passed by.

The small white building where Xiao Chuchu was temporarily staying was not far from Zhou You's house. The two of them arrived at the small white building after walking for a short time.

Zhou You handed several rice dumplings tied together with thin string to Xiao Chuchu and said goodbye, "Sister Lian, you can come and play often when you have time. Just treat my place as your own home."

"No need, it's not good to keep nagging you." Xiao Chuchu took the string of rice dumplings, holding it in her hand like a meteor hammer, and shook her head.

"We're all family, Sister Lian, why are you being so polite with me?" Zhou You said sincerely. Everyone would be happy if Xiao Chuchu came to visit.

"Family?" Perhaps it was because of Xiao Yan's previous comment that she thought Xiao Chuchu was also her son's girlfriend, but Xiao Chuchu felt a strange unease upon hearing this word.

Zhou You didn't think much of it. He added, "Sister Lian, you and my mother are sworn sisters, so of course you and I are family."