RPAGF Chapter 268 Ah Li, you value romance over friendship!
Chapter 268 Ah Li, you value romance over friendship!
The two were not displeased when they heard Mengze say that; on the contrary, they were all smiles.
Uncle patted Mengze's hand: "Ze'er, if you say that, it means your sister is doing well!"
My aunt also looked relieved: "Yes, all these years we've been looking for you two siblings, just to see you live peacefully and happily, in a stable life."
If your sister is doing well, we won't bother her.
But if your sister is living in dire straits, just like you, then we can't just stand by and do nothing.
They are poor, and if their children are doing well, it's better than them returning to their side, so they won't disturb their children's lives.
But if they are struggling, they will take it back even if it means stealing it, and keep it by their side. They will sell everything they own to take good care of it.
Besides, if they were doing well, their poor relatives wouldn't bother her by going up to her.
If her in-laws find out about their presence, they might talk about her in front of others, making her lose face.
That would make her life in her husband's family even more difficult...
At this point, Mengze squinted and quickly looked up at the sky.
A man doesn't easily shed tears; he owed his aunt and uncle too much...
He held back his tears, then looked up at the two happy-looking people in front of him with his reddened eyes: "Auntie, Uncle, my sister, you actually met earlier..."
"Just now?"
The two exchanged a glance, then beamed with joy.
My aunt clasped her hands together and said, "So that young lady was your sister! I knew she looked like your father!"
Judging from that young woman's appearance, she hasn't suffered too much over the years; thank goodness!
"Who says it isn't?"
The uncle nodded in agreement, and the two exchanged a surprised glance before bursting into tears.
Over the years, they lived in constant fear, terrified that she would be sold to a filthy place by those two men and suffer there.
They tossed and turned every night, unable to sleep.
Now that the person has been found, their long-standing knot in their hearts has finally been untied, and their pent-up emotions have poured out like a flood.
My aunt cried uncontrollably, and my uncle was also in tears.
Mengze looked at her aunt and uncle, who were embracing and crying, and her eyes welled up with tears again.
He gently stepped forward, embraced the two of them, and said in a voice that was clearly choked with sobs, "Auntie, Uncle, you've suffered so much all these years."
"Um... excuse me, Yunze, why don't you take your aunt and uncle into the cafeteria for lunch? It's quite cold outside."
At this moment, Gao Mengli's voice appeared, breaking their "trio"!
The three of them looked up at Gao Mengli with teary eyes.
Gao Mengli was stumped by this, and she touched her nose somewhat awkwardly.
Damn, it seems like this came at the worst possible time.
Gao Mengli's aunt and uncle looked her up and down, their eyes filled with an intense light that left her bewildered.
The aunt was the first to react, quickly wiping away her tears with her sleeve and forcing a smile through her tears: "Thank you, young lady, for your trouble!"
Gao Mengli quickly waved her hand: "It's alright, you guys come inside quickly, it's very cold outside."
After saying that, Gao Mengli ran away as if fleeing.
Anyone would feel uncomfortable being stared at so intensely by three people.
Lin Xi thought that the two of them had come from a long way and were relatives of Yun Ze, so she prepared some good things for them.
He lifted the pot lid and took out a large pork knuckle.
He turned around and saw Ah Li standing behind him with a blank expression.
Lin Xi explained with a beaming smile, "Ah Li, we have a guest from afar. We'll use one of your braised pork knuckles, but there's another one left in the pot!"
He was really afraid that the stubborn Ah Li would disagree, after all, he had almost been "hunted down" by Ah Li when he used his big elbow in the disaster camp.
He was still a little scared!
Lin Xi, who thought he would have to explain himself at length, was surprised to see Ah Li nod at him. Ah Li even put the last remaining egg from the pot into the large bowl in Lin Xi's hand.
"Take both of them, one for each of them. They need a good boost!"
Lin Xi was flattered, but also a little jealous.
After all, comparing yourself to others is truly infuriating.
His grinning expression immediately vanished: "Ah Li, I never expected you to be so loyal to Yunze."
"You're so willing to be cruel to him, but why aren't you so willing to be cruel to me?"
A-Li was taken aback: "Really?"
Lin Xi nodded fiercely, the memory of the last "chase" still vivid in her mind.
Thinking of this, he nodded even more vigorously: "Yes, you have it!"
After saying that, he remembered that Yunze's gaze towards A Li was a bit strange. Could it be that these two...
Thinking about this, Lin Xi felt that she had discovered a shocking secret!
His face broke into a grin again, and he took a few small steps.
She nudged Ah Li's arm with her elbow, tilting her head to look at him: "Ah Li, you don't actually like Yun Ze, do you?!"
"No...no way! Don't talk nonsense, we're all men!"
Ah Li's face instantly turned bright red, like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and she jumped back a step.
He waved his hands frantically, trying to dismiss his master's words.
Does his master even know what he's saying?
Lin Xi, however, persisted, a mischievous smile on her face, circling around A Li:
"Oh, your reaction is pretty obvious, isn't it!"
Look at you, so generous to Yunze. Last time I just bribed Ruan Dan with a pork knuckle, and you almost fought me to the death.
Today, they took both of them out.
What else could this be but liking someone?
Ah Li was both anxious and angry, and stammered in his defense:
"I...I only came because I saw that Aunt Yunze and Uncle Yunze had come all this way, which was not easy."
Besides, Yunze is here, and we're all friends; shouldn't we look out for each other?
Lin Xi blinked, looking incredulous: "Oh~ a friend~"
After saying that, he carried the big pork knuckle and walked around while glancing at the red-faced Aba, who was about to explain again!
After Lin Xi left, A Li touched his slightly flushed face and said, "Is it...is it that obvious...?"
Lin Xi, after teasing Ah Li, was in a great mood and quickly took the braised pork knuckle to serve the dish.
As soon as she reached the table, her aunt's husband affectionately took Lin Xi's hand: "This must be your husband, young lady! He's quite the handsome man!"
Lin Xi was taken aback and turned to look at Gao Mengli, who was shrugging at him: What's going on?
Gao Mengli: I don't know, I don't know, I'm not sure.
The aunt next to him quickly glared at her husband, telling him to tone it down.
Then he turned to Lin Xi with a beaming smile and said, "My dear husband, I'm so sorry, my old man meant no harm."
Lin Xi placed the braised pork knuckle on the table and quickly waved her hand, "It's alright, it's alright! You've come all this way, you must be hungry, you should eat first!"
The two of them were so focused on looking at Gao Mengli that they hadn't even glanced at the food on the table.
Looking up, I saw sorghum rice, braised pork hock, braised pork belly, and a bowl of pickled fish on the table.
They had never seen such good food before, so they seemed a little uneasy.
My aunt quickly stepped forward: "No, no, this is too much of a waste. You can just give us two cornbreads. We don't need such fancy food."
My aunt's husband waved his hand repeatedly, saying, "Yes, yes, you can keep these for dinner. We can just have some."
As she spoke, she gave Mengze a wink, signaling him to elaborate.
The food on this table would cost half a tael of silver in a restaurant; how could we let people spend so much?