Ye's father felt a trace of embarrassment on his face when he heard this.
They didn't expect they misjudged either.
But he was also glad that his son had been good friends with Lu Yun since they were little.
And the person Lu Yun trusted the most was his son, rather than his other cousins with whom he had no real feelings.
**
A sweet aroma of corn and meat wafted from the living room.
The two little ones couldn't help but swallow, their eyes fixed on the aunt busy in the kitchen.
Su Xingwan was bustling in the kitchen but finally managed to finish stewing the corn and pork rib soup.
The two little ones had been hungry for a while, but were too absorbed in cartoons to notice.
As soon as auntie brought out the stew pot, the two little ones rushed to the dining table.
Su Xingwan looked down at them, "Go wash your hands before you have the soup."
Then the two little ones quickly ran to the bathroom to wash their hands.
When they returned, auntie had served them two bowls of soup, each with a spoon inside.
They sat obediently at the table, and Su Xingwan reminded them, "The soup is still hot, be careful with the meat."
After finishing the stew, she had removed all the bones, leaving only the tender meat.
The two little ones listened, then cautiously picked up their spoons and scooped up a small piece of steaming meat.
They couldn't wait to take a bite. While the meat was well stewed, it wasn't as flavorful as what they had in the hospital last time.
Little Su Hua looked up, "Auntie, why does the meat taste different?"
Su Xingwan was puzzled, thinking she meant the meat smelled bad.
She quickly picked up some meat from her bowl with chopsticks and tasted it.
"It doesn't taste any different?"
Little Su Luo said, "Auntie, don't you realize the meat tastes different from the one you served us in the hospital last time?"
Su Xingwan realized the situation.
The kids were complaining that her cooking wasn't as good.
But looking at their innocent faces, they didn't seem to understand why.
They thought since both were corn and pork rib soups, they should taste the same.
Su Xingwan explained, "The corn and pork rib soup you had at the hospital wasn't made by your auntie, so naturally it tastes different."
"Oh..."
The two little ones seemed to have a moment of realization.
"Auntie, can't you make the hospital's soup here?"
Su Xingwan was embarrassed.
Staring at their confused yet expectant little faces,
She had worried she'd make the soup too salty, so she purposely used less salt.
She thought less salt was perfect for little children.
Unexpectedly, the stew she made wasn't to the little ones' liking.
She felt sad.
The two little ones noticed auntie's silence.
They guessed inside, did they say something wrong, and made auntie unhappy.
The system came online at this moment, intentionally saying.
"Your auntie made such awful meat on purpose for you."
This wicked aunt is so malicious, and the two little ones are still blindly devoted to her. It wanted to expose her conspiracy as soon as possible to stop the two little ones from being deceived.
Little Su Luo frowned after hearing the system.
This annoying system appeared again.
The system didn't realize it was disliked by the little host and kept babbling.
"Little host, you shouldn't be deceived by this wicked auntie, find your uncle quickly and let him defeat this cruel auntie!"
"Shut up!" Little Su Luo said angrily.
Su Xingwan was bewildered by the sudden outburst from Little Bao.
Out of nowhere, why did he get angry?
The system heard the little host's babyish outburst and promptly chose to keep quiet.
It wasn't afraid of the little host but worried he'd reveal the existence of the system.
If the wicked auntie found out, the little host's path to finding his uncle would get more complicated.
The system was sure that the little host's trust in the wicked auntie must be due to some trick she used to deceive them.
**
At Lu Group.
Lu Yun, engrossed in reading documents, heard his assistant Xu Xiao say.
"Mr. Lu, Young Master Ye is here."
Lu Yun didn't look up, "Did the old madam send him over again?"
Xu Xiao said, "Probably."
"Cousin! I heard you worked yourself into the hospital the other day due to overwork?"
Before Ye Yixing arrived, his voice was already in the office.
Ye Yixing's handsome and charming face appeared in Lu Yun's office.
He unceremoniously plopped himself down on the sofa in the office.
Lu Yun looked up, "What are you here for?"
Ye Yixing asked, "Did you argue with your father again?"
Lu Yun replied, "That's none of your business."
Ye Yixing said, "Come on, wasn't it the old madam who asked me to come and comfort you?"
Lu Yun: "..."
"What did you argue about with your father this time?"
Instead of comforting him, Ye Yixing looked nosily interested.
For him, it was quite admirable to see his cousin defy his own father.
If it were him, his father would likely have canceled his credit card the same day and given him a scolding in front of his mother.
Indeed, being the head of the family was different; it allowed him to stand tall.
Lu Yun didn't bother to respond to him.
Even so, Ye Yixing knew what the issue was.
"I heard from my father that your father arranged a marriage for you? With Jiang Mengqi, the youngest daughter of the Jiang family?"
Lu Yun said, "If you're free, just get out."
Ye Yixing grinned, "Don't be like that, cousin, you're not as cute as you were as a kid."
Lu Yun: "..."
"But cousin, you're really brave! Just looking at Uncle Lu's fierce face makes me scared, and yet you dare to challenge him?"
Lu Yun said, "He's just being a jerk."
Ye Yixing gave him a thumbs-up, "Awesome, really awesome! If it were my dad, he'd probably give me a few beatings and make me write a three-thousand-word essay at home."
Then, after a pause, Ye Yixing said, "Cousin, do you know why Uncle Lu insists on marrying you off to the youngest daughter of the Jiang family?"
Seeing that Lu Yun still had an indifferent expression, he continued, "You might already know, but it's because the eldest daughter of the Jiang family was once engaged to your elder brother. Everyone in Beijing knew she was his fiancée, but later, your brother publicly rejected the marriage, causing the Jiang family to lose face and vow never to associate with your family again. So to compensate and mend the business relationship, your father wants you to marry their younger daughter."
Lu Yun coldly said, "He deserved it."
Ye Yixing laughed, "I think so too. Your brother clearly didn't like the eldest Jiang daughter, but Uncle Lu forced her onto him. I heard he even had a girlfriend back then, and Uncle Lu disapproved?"
Lu Yun's eyes flickered at his words.
Ye Yixing sighed, "But all of that is in the past now."