The room fell into a collective silence...
Xie Bei gradually regained his composure. He knit his brows slightly, but the tension quickly dissolved.
He had seen the look in Lu Yinghan’s eyes. She hadn't lied to him...
The disbelief and skepticism from the staff behind him reached Xie Bei as well.
Perhaps because he had been frail since childhood, he was exceptionally sensitive to the emotions of others.
He looked at Lu Yinghan and saw the little girl’s high spirits visibly deflate, leaving her shrinking back somewhat nervously...
He hurriedly stepped forward and took Lu Yinghan’s hand, his voice firm and reassuring.
“Yingying, do you want to cook for me?”
“Mm...”
Lu Yinghan also realized that her behavior just now hadn't fit a seven-year-old child at all.
However, the warmth from Xie Bei’s hand eased her mind slightly.
Xie Bei placed both hands on Lu Yinghan’s shoulders.
“Yingying, how about we go to the supermarket in a bit to buy some cooking utensils and groceries?”
Lu Yinghan immediately looked up, looking as if she wanted to say something.
The hesitant and insecure look in her eyes pained Xie Bei’s heart terribly.
“Is there something you want to say? Just say it.”
“Can I really say it...?”
Xie Bei’s lips tightened.
“Of course you can!”
He stepped forward and picked Lu Yinghan up, gently patting her back to reassure her.
Facing Xie Bei’s encouraging hug, Lu Yinghan was still a bit shy.
However, so that everyone could get by comfortably over the next two weeks, she chose to speak softly.
She glanced at the staff members behind them, her gaze faltering.
She was a little afraid to speak.
Xie Bei turned slightly, signaling with his eyes for them to step back.
Lu Yinghan naturally noticed Xie Bei’s gesture, and she spoke up cautiously:
“Father Xie Bei, Qianqian’s house isn't far from ours. They're in the residential area, so they might have a kitchen. I want to borrow their kitchen, and then I can cook a meal for four. We can split the cost of the groceries between our two families...”
【Holy crap?! Seven years old?! Handling things like this?】
【I'm starting to waver... It really seems like she knows how to cook.】
【She's so clear and logical...】
【Oh my god! Hurry up and check Heavenly King Chen's house! Let's see if there's a kitchen! I want to watch Lu Yinghan cook!】
【If she actually knows how to cook, I'm going to feel completely useless...】
【Isn't she the young miss of the Lu family?! Shouldn't she be living in luxury and spoiled rotten?】
After Lu Yinghan clearly articulated this plan, whispers instantly broke out across the room.
Everyone looked at Lu Yinghan in disbelief, as if trying to get a better look at this seven-year-old young miss of the Lu family.
She seemed completely different from what they had imagined.
While everyone here was marveling in astonishment...
...over at the Lu family residence, the atmosphere was somewhat different.
Lu Xiong’s face was extremely dark.
After getting up today, he had walked into the living room and seen Lu Yue watching the live stream.
Although his second son worked in the entertainment industry, he usually didn't watch live streams.
What was going on? Had the sun risen from the west today?
Lu Xiong lightened his steps and walked over.
He choked on his words before he could speak.
Lu Yue’s expression right now was as grim as could be.
“Yo, why the terrible look on your face so early in the morning?”
Hearing his father's voice, Lu Yue adjusted his expression slightly.
It was no longer as grim.
“It’s nothing.”
Lu Xiong laughed out of annoyance.
“You're still too young. If it’s nothing, then don't wear your emotions on your face.”
Lu Yue, knowing he was in the wrong, remained silent.
Lu Xiong held his hand out toward Lu Yue.
“Hand over the phone. Let me see what you're watching.”
Lu Yue looked at Lu Xiong, pondering something in his mind.
Suddenly, his brow relaxed.
“Here. This is the variety show Lu Yinghan is participating in. It was originally meant for Yaoyao, but the living conditions for this show aren't great, so I gave it to Lu Yinghan instead.”
Lu Yue spoke nonchalantly, making Lu Xiong’s brows knit slightly.
He patted Lu Yue’s shoulder.
“Lu Yinghan is also your younger sister.”
Ever since Lu Yinghan was bullied by people at school last time, Lu Xiong had paid a bit more attention to her.
He didn't like what Lu Yue just said.
Just because the environment was poor and Yaoyao couldn't handle it, he could just use Lu Yinghan as a replacement?
She was a daughter of the Lu family!
Lu Yue turned his head and shrugged casually.
“Then go ahead and watch, Dad. Just don't let it anger you.”
Lu Yue handed his phone to Lu Xiong, got up, and went to get something to eat.
Lu Xiong looked at Lu Yue with a strange expression.
It was just a variety show. What was there to be in a bad mood about?
Leaning back on the sofa, he began watching contentedly.
However, Lu Xiong’s relaxed expression gradually turned dark...
The moment Lu Yinghan called Xie Bei “Father Xie Bei,” he stood up abruptly, his lips pressed into a tight line, thoroughly enraged.
Lu Yue had finished eating and was working nearby.
He glanced at Lu Xiong from time to time.
The sour mood he had felt earlier that morning had eased slightly.
“Dad, what’s wrong? Didn't you say it’s just a live stream?”
Lu Xiong shot Lu Yue a fierce glare.
“What kind of mess of a variety show is this?! Why is she calling just anyone her father?!”
“It can't be helped. That’s the rule of the show. What can I do?”
Lu Yue answered back with a hint of dissatisfaction.
The two of them sat in the living room just like that...
After a long silence, Lu Xiong muttered softly:
“Fortunately, Yaoyao didn't go.”
Lu Yue nodded in agreement.
Another silence fell...
A moment later, they picked up the phone again and watched together.
Lu Yinghan’s subsequent actions left both of them deeply shocked.
“How does she know so much?!”
Lu Yue couldn't help but exclaim out loud.
“...Where on earth did she learn all that?”
Compared to Lu Yue’s confusion, Lu Xiong felt more uncomfortable than anything.
Why was someone from the Lu family so adept at doing housework?
Did she feel he had mistreated her?
Even when she lived in the storage room before, she could have had Butler Liu help clean it. Why did she need to do it herself?
Before Lu Xiong could finish his thoughts, the news that Lu Yinghan intended to cook made him jump up in fury.
“Bring her back!”
“We can't, Dad! Filming has already started! If we bring her back now, won't that just prove to everyone that our Lu family can't handle hardship and spoils our children endlessly?”
Lu Xiong cared about saving face above all else, and Lu Yue hit his weak spot dead on.
Sure enough, after he spoke, Lu Xiong opened his mouth, but no sound came out.
He could only glare furiously at Lu Yue before storming back to his study in anger.
Lu Yue watched Lu Xiong leave, then immediately tapped open his phone.
He stared with a solemn expression at Lu Yinghan on the screen, who lacked confidence and even asked for permission before speaking.
In his mind, he recalled the moment he fought her over her homework notebook and tore it to pieces.
The dead, hopeless look in her eyes back then.
“Tsk, so annoying...”
Irritably scratching his hair, Lu Yue put down his work, crossed his legs, and sat on the sofa watching the live stream...
In the live stream, Xie Bei listened to Lu Yinghan’s idea, asked the staff for Chen Jialin’s address, and began walking there on foot.
Seeing her idea accepted, Lu Yinghan’s face flushed pink with a smile.
Her entire being was in a state of excitement.
Fearing she might bother others, she forced herself to suppress her excitement.
However, her cheerful, bouncing little steps betrayed her inner joy.
Watching the happy Lu Yinghan out of the corner of his eye, the ache in Xie Bei’s heart eased a bit.
As long as she was happy, that was all that mattered.
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