Zhou Yushen could have been discharged from the hospital much earlier.
But he deliberately dragged it out until his stitches were removed.
Anyone who didn’t know better would have thought he had suffered some life-threatening injury.
Li Che had nothing but contempt for this behavior.
Especially when he saw Shen Nanyue running around after Zhou Yushen and practically waiting on him hand and foot, he felt Zhou Yushen was being completely shameless!
On Zhou Yushen’s first day back at the apartment, he immediately issued an eviction order to Li Che.
“You have one day to find a place and move out.”
Li Che instantly jumped to his feet in protest.
“You’re seriously burning the bridge after crossing it! When Sis wasn’t talking to you before, I was the one keeping you company. Now that you’ve got a girlfriend, you’re kicking me out.”
“Sis?”
Li Che proudly lifted his chin and glanced toward the two sisters sitting on the sofa, chatting and eating snacks.
“An’an and I have already pledged ourselves to each other. Calling her sister ‘Sis’ isn’t wrong, is it?”
Defending her boyfriend, Shen An’an linked arms with Shen Nanyue and called out to the two men in the kitchen:
“That’s right! From now on, my sister is Li Che’s sister too!”
While whisking eggs, Li Che shot Zhou Yushen a smug look.
Zhou Yushen remained calm and merely said, “Let’s hear you call me brother-in-law, then.”
Li Che: …
Had he just swallowed a fly or something? Why did his throat suddenly feel so blocked?
The two men cooked in the kitchen while Shen Nanyue and Shen An’an cracked sunflower seeds, watched TV, and chatted.
“I see you’re pretty protective of Li Che. So why didn’t you speak up for him when Zhou Yushen tried to kick him out?”
“This isn’t my apartment. How could I interfere?” Shen An’an replied.
Then she leaned close to Shen Nanyue’s ear and added suggestively, “Besides… I’m afraid he’d disturb your alone time with brother-in-law too…”
She emphasized the words brother-in-law heavily.
Shen Nanyue gently pushed her head away.
“I think you’re the one looking forward to having your own private world with Li Che. It’s inconvenient for him to keep living here, isn’t it?”
Compared to Shen Nanyue, Shen An’an was much more thin-skinned.
Hearing the teasing tone in her sister’s voice, a blush immediately spread across her face.
“Oh? Did I hit the mark?”
“Come on, Sis!”
Shen Nanyue laughed and stopped teasing her.
Just then, the doorbell rang.
Shen Nanyue went to answer it.
Wu Jinshu arrived carrying several large bags, with Xiaogu in tow.
The moment Xiaogu saw Shen Nanyue, his eyes lit up.
“Pretty Aunt!”
He rushed forward and hugged her leg, tilting his little face up at her with wide blinking eyes.
“I missed you so much.”
Her heart instantly melted.
She crouched down and picked him up.
“I missed you too. How have you been lately, Xiaogu?”
“Not good…”
Xiaogu suddenly puffed out his cheeks and lowered his head, looking pitifully wronged.
“Grandma makes me study every day. Xiaogu is so tired!”
As he spoke, he deliberately let his little head droop onto Shen Nanyue’s shoulder as though he were utterly exhausted.
Wu Jinshu laughed.
“What? Found yourself a backer, so now you’re complaining about Grandma?”
Xiaogu immediately perked up and grinned.
“How could I? Xiaogu likes Grandma the most. I’m just complaining a little.”
Laughing, Shen Nanyue welcomed Wu Jinshu inside.
When Wu Jinshu entered and saw Zhou Yushen and Li Che busy in the kitchen, she nodded approvingly.
“This is how a household should be. Men should do the cooking. You two are doing well in that regard.”
She placed the fresh ingredients she had bought on the kitchen counter.
“This grouper can be used for a soup. I also bought some seafood and beef. Figure out the rest yourselves.”
After saying that, she returned to the living room and joined the conversation between the Shen sisters.
Zhou Yushen and Li Che exchanged a glance.
Zhou Yushen pushed most of the ingredients toward Li Che.
“My injury hasn’t fully healed yet.”
Li Che ground his teeth.
“You’d better never recover for the rest of your life!”
Fuming, he grabbed the ingredients and started preparing them.
With Xiaogu around, the living room quickly became lively.
The little boy was clever and sweet-talking.
He chattered nonstop, constantly making the three women in the room burst into laughter.
“Oh, by the way, Nanyue,” Wu Jinshu asked, “is your mother coming today?”
Shen Nanyue shook her head.
“The company is too busy. My mom isn’t coming today.”
Ever since Shen Nanyue had gone to the hospital, Zhou Yu had taken over all the work at the Shen Group.
As a result, Shen Nanyue finally got some time to relax.
She was even considering handing the entire Shen Group over to her mother so she could go back to living the carefree, spoiled-rich-girl life she used to enjoy!
“That’s a little disappointing, but there will be opportunities in the future. No need to rush.”
The group continued chatting casually.
Meanwhile, the two men quickly prepared a full table of dishes, and the aroma of the food soon filled the entire apartment.
Drawn by the smell, Xiaogu ran into the kitchen, grabbed Zhou Yushen’s pant leg, and immediately launched into an enthusiastic stream of praise.
“Uncle, you’re amazing! The food smells so, so good!”
Receiving the compliment, Zhou Yushen saw that his little “servant” had arrived and handed him a pair of chopsticks.
“You’re amazing too. Go set these on the dining table.”
“Okay!”
Just like that, Xiaohu was tricked into voluntarily helping out.
“You’re amazing. Take the soup spoons to the table.”
“You’re amazing. Set out the bowls one by one.”
“You’re amazing. Carry this fruit platter over to your aunt and the others.”
“…”
Xiaogu was exhausted, yet somehow he felt incredibly happy from all the praise.
When Shen Nanyue saw that after setting down the fruit platter, Xiaogu immediately went back to his uncle asking for another assignment, the corner of her mouth twitched.
Sometimes Zhou Yushen could be… incredibly childish.
“Our little rascal has been a spoiled young master ever since he was little,” Wu Jinshu said frankly.
“He doesn’t like studying or doing chores. Only his uncle can keep him in line.”
Smiling, Shen Nanyue replied, “I can see that. Zhou Yushen is very good at fooling children.”
Shen An’an chimed in, “Sis, when you and brother-in-law have kids someday, you’d better be careful. Don’t let brother-in-law trick them into becoming innocent little fools.”
All three women burst out laughing.
Once dinner was ready, everyone raised their glasses for a toast.
Xiaogu insisted on clinking glasses with every single person at the table using his cup of fruit juice.
After making the rounds, he slapped the table dramatically and declared, “To all the uncles, aunties, and Grandma—no more words! Everything is in the juice!”
Then he gulped the entire cup down in one go.
The performance sent the whole table into laughter.
Even Zhou Yushen couldn’t help curling the corners of his lips into a smile.
The dinner was lavish, and both Zhou Yushen and Li Che were excellent cooks.
The only problem was that the two men were ridiculously childish.
Whenever they served food to their respective girlfriends, they would only serve the dishes they had personally cooked while criticizing the other’s cooking at the same time.
One dish supposedly lacked salt.
Another had too much sugar.
Another wasn’t flavorful enough.
By the end of the meal, both Shen Nanyue and Shen An’an were rubbing their foreheads in exasperation.
Tonight’s dinner was meant to celebrate Zhou Yushen and Shen Nanyue being discharged from the hospital.
Though, in truth, the main focus was Zhou Yushen’s discharge.
After everyone had eaten and drunk their fill, Shen Nanyue and Shen An’an prepared to leave.
At that moment, Zhou Yushen grabbed Shen Nanyue’s hand.
“I have something for you.”
As he spoke, he led her toward his room.
Shen Nanyue followed him into the bedroom.
After rummaging through his wardrobe for a while, Zhou Yushen pulled out a wooden box and handed it to her.
“What is this…?”
“Open it and see.”
Shen Nanyue opened the box.
Inside lay a jade bracelet of the richest emerald green.
It was crystal clear, lustrous, and flawlessly vibrant.
At a glance, it was obvious that the bracelet was worth a fortune.
“Do you like it?” he asked.
— The end of the Chapter–
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