112: Invitation

Papa Wang couldn't figure it out. He was just moving houses, why did his son move himself to the police station? When he received the phone call, he was so anxious that he could fly over immediately. However, he was the only one in the shop, and it was only two days since he received the pig back. He couldn't walk away, so he had to inform Mama Wang.

Mama Wang was even more shocked when she learned, and quickly found the aunt. The sisters rushed to the shop together. They were going to ask the aunt to look over the shop first, and then Mama Wang and Papa Wang would go to the police station to see their son. However, they did not act as quickly as Chu YIfeng. The phone rang as soon as they arrived at the shop.

"Chengcheng? How are you doing now, is the situation serious?" Papa Wang answered the phone immediately at the urging of Mama Wang, and opened his mouth to throw a bunch of questions about what happened. "Oh, well, alright. Then come back quickly."

After he hung up the phone, Mama Wang hurriedly asked, "How about it?"

"Chengcheng said he is okay. The police did not embarrass him, and he is now out of the police station. He said it was Mr. Chu who picked him up." Papa Wang said this with a smile, he did not misunderstand that person.

"Thanks so much."

Mama Wang and the aunt were relieved. When they received the call, it scared them to death. They thought that Chengcheng had offended many talents and they were arrested at the police station. It would be fine.

Papa Wang nodded. He had been anxious, but Chu Yifeng had been a confidant before. "Chengcheng said that they are on their way back. Jiahe and his wife are driving the truck, and Chengcheng is taking his boss's car and will return soon. Lanfang, would you like to go back with your elder sister first, and I'll report to you when Chengcheng comes back?"

"Okay then."

At the same time, Wang Cheng felt this seemed similar to Me, Myself & Irene. The reason was nothing but the baby in his arms. The baby was his cousin's son, that is, the older brother twin. Because he had to drive the truck, taking both babies was inconvenient, so Wang Cheng had offered to hug one. As a result, the little baby did not see his mother, and cried all the way. He cried so much that Wang Cheng wanted to commit suicide.

[T/N: Charlie (Jim Carrey) in ‘Me, Myself, & Irene’ took his wife’s black triplet sons, that she conceived after cheating on him, as his own. He developed a split personality to deal with the confrontations that his pushover self couldn’t bear to.]

The one-year-old baby had already begun to recognize people. Although he was not afraid, he started crying after not seeing his mother or father for a while. At first, Wang Cheng felt that it was very interesting. The little baby was sitting on his lap and poked his head around, curious about everything. However, this situation didn't last long before the magical sound began to penetrate his brain.

"Boss Chu, why don't you drive the car to the front and let him look at Cousin. If we continue like this, then I will cry." Wang Cheng hugged the baby with one hand on his little butt and shook him, patting his back with the other hand. However, he kept crying.

Chu Yifeng was calm, "What if he can't see him, are you sure he will be happy?"

When Wang Cheng heard this, his face suddenly collapsed.

"Children are very cute as long as they stay with their parents." Chu Yifeng said.

Wang Cheng glanced at him, "I couldn’t tell that Boss Chu actually likes children."

"My second uncle's son is married and has a son, one year older than your cousin's child. He is very smart and rarely cries." What Chu Yifeng did not say was that the little guy liked to stick to him. Every time he went home, the little guy would look for his uncle with his two short legs. Because he didn’t cry or make trouble, he would often tolerate the little guy staying with him.

"It depends on whose child, eh? He’s not crying." Wang Cheng just found out that the crying of the little boy stopped, and when he lowered his head, he saw his pair of big watery eyes staring curiously at Chu Yifeng.

Chu Yifeng also noticed it, and the corner of his mouth twitched.

The child babbled as if he discovered a new world, and his little hands kept fluttering.

"It seems that he likes you very much. How about, let's switch for a while. You take care of him and I drive?" Wang Cheng suggested. He was really afraid that the child would cry again.

Chu Yifeng ignored him directly.

Wang Cheng pouted his mouth, what was so great about him.

Fortunately, the child showed no signs of crying continuing the journey, but Wang Cheng tried his best to make him happy and made himself amused. Once they arrived at Chengping, they went to the jam shop, and Papa Wang was standing at the shop door. As if he was finally cleared of duties, Wang Cheng threw the child in his arms to Papa Wang as soon as he got out of the car.

"Dad, this is Cousin's child. He is the older brother."

It was not Papa Wang’s first time to see the two children. Guan JIahe’s family came back to visit relatives, and he also met the wife and children once or twice. At their age, he wanted to hug grandchildren. Although his son failed to satisfy their wish, they also regarded their nephew’s children as their grandchildren. When he saw the child’s cute and lovely appearance, Papa Wang's face smiled like a chrysanthemum.

“You’re obviously getting cuter and cuter, let uncle hug you."

"Uncle." Cousin Jiahe and his wife walked over after they came out of the car.

Papa Wang looked at the child in the second cousin’s arms. "This is Langlang? He looks exactly like his brother."

"Yes, uncle," He replied in a warm voice. The older brother's name was Guan Ming, nickname Mingming, and his younger brother was called Guan Lang, his nickname Langlang. The two names were coined by grandpa.

Papa Wang then gave his brother Mingming to the cousin, and came to Chu Yifeng, saying sincerely: "Mr. Chu, I really want to thank you this time. If it weren't for you, my family might have come back so soon." Papa Wang also gave all the credit for Wang Cheng’s return to Chu Yifeng.

"It’s just a little thing, Uncle Wang doesn't have to remember." Chu Yifeng said with a smile.

Wang Cheng gave him a glare.

"Why, is this your attitude towards your benefactor?" Papa Wang happened to see his movement and greeted him with a slap.

Wang Cheng remembered this slap for Chu Yifeng.

"If Mr. Chu doesn't mind, come to my house for dinner tonight. The child will ask his mother to buy more food. It is right that we help you with a little heart, I hope you don't refuse." Papa Wang saw him and gave him away. When the son returned, guessing that he should have time, he warmly invited him to his home.

Of course, Chu Yifeng would not refuse; this was an opportunity to enter Wang Cheng’s family in a fair manner.

He nodded, and Papa Wang was even happier. He closed the shop and went back to the Guan’s Village with them. Because Guan Jiahe was still moving, they went to the grandparents’ house first, and the things from the car together into the house before returning home.

Mama Wang already knew that they were back, and she also knew that there was one more guest. Before going home, she went to the market, bought a lot of food, and planned to make a rich dinner. Because she went early, Mama Wang was lucky to grab a dozen silverfish today. Its nutritional value was relatively high, and it would be robbed every time it appeared, so the price rose a bit high.

In addition, there were bamboo shoots that they produced here. The bamboo shoots grown in the Guan’s Village and other places were more delicious than from other places and were tender like radishes. Generally, they would use bamboo shoots to burn as a pot of incense when it was a holiday or a feast, or meat stewed with bamboo shoots.

In Wang Cheng's house, there were saltwater bamboo shoots and dried bamboo shoots made by Mama Wang from the bamboo shoots in the Guan’s Village. The process was very simple. There were no preservatives, pigments, or hanging white blocks that had been added. The hanging white blocks were sodium formaldehyde sulfoxylate, commonly used in industrial bleach or reducing agent.

Finally, there were several hairy crabs. Hairy crabs were very expensive. It was a seasonal food. As the saying, ‘nine females and ten males’, went, it referred to the time to eat hairy crabs. However, some people liked to eat them in November, though they came out in September.

[T/N: ‘Nine females and ten males’ refers to the breeding seasons, and means to eat females in September and males in October.]

In the past, Mama Wang rarely bought hairy crabs home. Because hairy crabs were more expensive, after the failure of the eldest son's company, they rarely ate hairy crabs. In addition, the second son had not returned, and they did not find it interesting to eat.

Mama Wang came home with her things, and it was no surprise that her husband was pulling the guests in the living room to talk about the world. Wang Cheng was not here, so he might be upstairs. After greeting them, she got into the kitchen. After a while, Wang Cheng came in.

"Mom, I'll help you." Wang Cheng rolled up his sleeves.

"Then help your mother wash the fish." Mama Wang did not refuse and poured the tightly bound hairy crabs from the bag into the sink for cleaning.

"Wow, mom, why did you buy hairy crabs? It should be expensive at this time, right?" Wang Cheng vaguely remembered that he had eaten it once before. At that time, a catty of crab would cost more than a hundred, and a catty would account for one or two. The bigger ones were one catty.

"Don’t mind if it’s expensive or not, didn’t you want to help? What are you doing?" Mama Wang started to steam the crabs after washing them. The steaming method of crabs was very simple. If one was particular about the taste, they could add some ingredients such as ginger, garlic, pepper, and more.

Wang Cheng saw that she refused to say, so he didn’t ask, carrying the bag to wash the fish. He served a rich dinner, and he didn’t need to guess who it was for. He thought he was really cheap. For Chu Yifeng, this man, he started to lie to his father and mother. He was helpless to him when he took advantage of his own household.

In the living room, as if he could feel Wang Cheng's resentment, Chu Yifeng glanced at the kitchen door.

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