Madam Lu watched the father and son pair, who were both stiff like wood. It really broke her heart. "Tingxiao, did you hear what I said? And what’s going on with Little Treasure? He hasn’t eaten a grain of rice all night. My baby darling is only staring at the cellphone!"
Lu Jingli was still chewing on the sweet and sour ribs, so when he spoke, it was unclear. "Little Treasure is waiting for the pretty auntie’s phone call!"
Madam Lu was confused, "What pretty auntie?"
Lu Jingli waved his hand. "Aiya, dad and mom, you don’t have to worry. My older brother already found someone he likes!"
Madam Lu was shocked but still disbelieving. "Are you telling the truth? Old Two, don’t lie to us!"
Master Lu’s expression was serious as he put down his chopsticks to observe Lu Jingli.
"Why would I lie? This is the truth! If you don’t believe me, you can ask my older brother!" Lu Jingli said while looking at his brother.
"Tingxiao, is what Jingli said true?" Master Lu asked gruffly.
"Tingxiao, why don’t you say something?" Madam Lu urged.
Lu Tingxiao: "Yes."
Madam Lu felt as though she was going to die of impatience; like she had waited half a day to only hear a single "Yes". Her stomach was full of anger. "You brat, why can’t you say more than one word? Talking to you is such a waste of effort!"
Lu Tingxiao said, "Is that so?"
Great, so he could say more than one word.
Madam Lu still wasn’t reassured, and asked suspiciously, "Tingxiao, the person that you like… is it a he or she?"
Lu Tingxiao’s face went black, his teeth nearly gnashing together, and he spat out, "Female."
Lu Jingli laughed so hard, he nearly fell off the chair. "Of course it’s a woman, and a very beautiful one. Our Little Treasure likes her so much that he’s even waiting for her call!"
When Madam Lu heard this, she was ecstatic. "The ancestors have blessed us, the ancestors have blessed us! Tingxiao, which family’s young miss is this? How old is she? Where did she come from? What does she do? How big is her household? Why didn’t you tell us sooner…"
Lu Jingli hurriedly cut her off. "Mom, calm down! Nothing has even happened between them yet. We didn’t tell you because we were afraid you would intervene and ruin everything!"
If they found out who Ning Xi was, about her less than stellar reputation and the fact that she was currently working in the entertainment industry, their plans would surely go sour.
At this time, Master Lu said, "Since Tingxiao likes this person, then she must be decent. Don’t worry so much."
"What don’t worry? Aren’t you worried yourself? Who is it that worries so much he can’t sleep at night and has to go out to the porch to smoke?" Madam Lu mercilessly exposed her own husband.
But after hearing what her husband had to say, she relaxed a lot. "Tingxiao’s standard is so high, the girl he likes must be pretty good. Even Little Treasure likes her!"
After everyone quieted down, the cellphone Little Treasure had been holding all night suddenly rang.
This was Lu Tingxiao’s personal cellphone, so not many people knew the number.
Lu Jingli rushed over to see. Indeed, it was Ning Xi’s phone number.
"Is that girl calling?" Madam Lu excitedly asked, rushing over as though she was going to meet her daughter-in-law.
Lu Jingli nodded his head and then helped Little Treasure answer the phone. Little Treasure didn’t know how to use cellphones. Lu Tingxiao had bought him a cellphone before, but he hadn’t like to use it, and who knows where it went.
At the same time, the entire table of people were focused completely on the cellphone.
Lu Jingli was the most shameless, pressing against the side of the cellphone to eavesdrop.
Ning Xi had struggled for a long time about whether to call or not, but in the end, she made the call.
Due to the incident five years ago, she was actually not too fond of children, and even avoided getting close to them.
It would only cause her to think of unhappy memories and to think of the child she had lost…
That child had once carried her warm hopes, but also represented the dirtiest part of her past.
For some unknown reason, Little Treasure didn’t discomfort her at all. On the contrary, the more she saw him, the more she liked him, and couldn’t help but want to be closer to him.
It was really strange.
"Hello… hello?" The call connected, but there was no sound.
Ning Xi knew that it had to be Little Treasure, and she laughed lightly. "Is it Little Treasure? Sorry, Auntie just finished work and just remembered to call you."
Little Treasure wasn’t capable of replying, so Ning Xi could only talk like she was talking to herself. With no proper topic of conversation, she had to find something to say.
"Darling, have you eaten yet? You’re too skinny, so you have to eat a lot, okay?"
"Children shouldn’t be picky, only then will you grow quickly. Actually, being chubby would make you even more adorable! Although right now, you are already cute enough…"
"Oh, right, I just saw on TV that your father successfully closed a big business deal. He’s really amazing, so help me congratulate him!"
…
Ten minutes later, Little Treasure put down the cellphone and took out a tablet that had not been used in a long time.
He quickly wrote something down: Congratulations.
Even if Little Treasure could not speak, he was very fluent in Chinese and English. He felt, though, that Chinese was bothersome to write, so for the most part, he would write in English.
However, he had not written anything in a long, long time.
Because he had had no desire to communicate.
The two elders were completely shocked.
Lu Jingli had witnessed this before, so he was rather calm about it.
Lu Tingxiao had secretly heard what Ning Xi had said on the phone, so when he saw the word on the whiteboard, his usually frozen face displayed a rare smile as he rubbed his son’s little head. "Thanks."
After Little Treasure had finished writing, he started to eat his dinner in a serious manner.
He was even eating the carrots he hated most.
The two elders remained in stunned silence.
Their eldest son had smiled, their good grandson had written a word, their good grandson was taking the initiative to eat dinner, their good grandson was even eating carrots…
Madam Lu finally recovered from her incredulity and immediately asked, "Jingli, what did the girl on the phone say to Little Treasure just now?"
Master Lu’s face showed that he also wanted to know.
Questioned by his parents, Lu Jingli slowly replied, "Nothing much. She only told Little Treasure not to be so picky with his food and to have Little Treasure pass on her congratulations to my elder brother."
Madam Lu’s face was filled with disbelief. "That’s it?"
Lu Jingli shrugged his shoulders. "What else would there be?"
Master Lu’s face was full of gratitude. "One phone call from this girl can already do this much. The results are already even better than one year of working with the psychiatrist."
"It really is!" Madam Lu was both surprised and delighted. "This lady is really not bad. Tingxiao, work hard!"
Lu Tingxiao: "Yes."
Madam Lu didn’t give her eldest son a second glance before turning to her youngest son. "Old Two, your brother is a piece of wood. He won’t know how to woo girls, so you have to help him, do you understand?"
"Now you realize how useful I am!" Lu Jingli chortled. "Relax, I will definitely use my lifetime of knowledge to help my brother! But we have to make a deal that you two cannot intervene! Parents are always the easiest way to ruin relationships!"
The two elders agreed. "We understand, we understand, we were just asking!"
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