Chapter 76
76 Chapter 75, Are You Two Together?
“What?” He stopped the tricycle and looked back at Li Xu. He asked in surprise.
He stood still and rubbed his ears. He wondered if he had heard wrong.
Li Xu pursed her lips and said with a smile, “Zixuan told me last night that he wants to invite you to our house for dinner this weekend. When is convenient for you? I’ll tell Zixuan.”
“It’s okay, I don’t have anything to do this weekend,” Zhang Kun said quickly.
Zhang Kun’s work unit was on a two-day weekend, but occasionally, someone had to be on duty. If someone was on duty, Zhang Kun would have to go to work and cook for the employees.
Of course, such situations were rare.
Li Xu lowered her head and asked, “Why don’t I ask Xiao Yong to see when he’s free and ask him to come over for dinner?”
Li Xu thought that if Zhang Kun was alone, the atmosphere might be a little awkward.
He was dumb and couldn’t speak. The three children were all smart and clever, especially Ji Zi’ang, who had a glib tongue.
If he asked an awkward question, it wouldn’t be easy for him to smooth things over.
However, if Li Yong was here, things would be completely different.
He had a glib tongue and was close to Zhang Kun.
“That’s good too, call Yong Zi then. He should know about this too,” Zhang Kun said as he got pedaled the tricycle again.
After returning from the market, Li Xu didn’t go home directly. Instead, she went to the phone booth and called Li Yong’s restaurant.
“Sister, why are you looking for me?” Li Yong had just gone to work and wasn’t too busy. His voice sounded especially calm.
Li Xu suddenly became a little embarrassed.
After stuttering for a long time, she said, “Zhang Kun is coming over for dinner this weekend. When are you free? Come over too.”
“My Master? Going to your house for dinner? Are you two together?” Li Yong asked in surprise.
His words were too straightforward, and Li Xu’s face turned even redder.
“It’s fine to just come. Why do you have so much to say?” Li Xu said somewhat helplessly.
Li Yong paused for a moment and thought it through very carefully, “Then, should I bring our parents along?”
“It hasn’t been decided yet, it’s just a meal. Let’s talk about it after it’s fixed.” Li Xu really didn’t want to continue talking to Li Yong, she directly asked, “Are you taking Saturday off this week or Sunday?”
“Saturday!”
“That’s fine, then let’s have dinner together on Saturday night. Come over early.”
With that, Li Xu hung up the phone.
Hence, the time was set for Saturday. No one had any objections.
In a flash, it was Saturday. Li Yong had come over on Friday night.
From Ji Zi’ang’s words, he naturally knew about Zhang Kun’s visit last weekend and Ji Zixuan’s dilemma.
Li Yong came to the kitchen door and asked in surprise, “What did my Master tell you?”
Li Xu was picking vegetables in the kitchen, preparing for the dinner.
Hearing this, she shook her head, “Nothing much.”
Li Xu was obviously unwilling to say more, but Li Yong could not help but ask, “Did you tell him about not having a child? He said it’s acceptable?”
This was something that Li Yong was more concerned about.
Since Li Xu was determined, she could not lie to Zhang Kun. Otherwise, her days would not calm.
Li Xu nodded, “He said that he can accept it. In the future, he will treat Yuanyuan as his own daughter.”
When Li Yong heard that his eyes widened, “Does my Master really think so?”
Could he really accept that he might not have a child of his own for the rest of his life? To raise someone else’s child?
If he were to put himself in Zhang Kun’s shoes, he would not be able to accept it.
As long as their relationship was good, it would not be a problem for them to raise another person’s child. However, they had to have a child of their own in this life.
Li Xu paused for a moment before sighing, “That time when you brought Yuanyuan to look for Zhang Kun, it was Yuanyuan who personally promised Zhang Kun that she would be his daughter. Yuanyuan is a good child. If we really get together in the future, we can even change Yuanyuan’s surname.”
Only then did Li Yong realize that day Yuanyuan went to look for Zhang Kun because of this matter.
In that case, it was all thanks to Yuanyuan that his Elder Sister and Master were able to reach this stage.
To be honest, ever since he knew that his Elder Sister wasn’t willing to have another child, he thought that the two of them would miss out on this opportunity.
But who knew that Yuanyuan would be able to solve this situation by accident.
“If Yuanyuan is willing, this is the best arrangement,” Li Yong said with a sigh.
At four o’clock in the afternoon, Li Yong went downstairs to pick up Zhang Kun.
The appointment was at five o’clock. It was expected that Zhang Kun was expected to come early.
Sure enough, at four forty, Zhang Kun appeared downstairs.
He was carrying a lot of things and wearing a black woolen coat.
After knowing Zhang Kun for so many years, Li Yong had rarely seen Zhang Kun dressed so formally.
He went up to him, touched Zhang Kun’s clothes, and asked with a smile, “You just bought it, right?”
When Zhang Kun was facing Li Yong, he was obviously not as comfortable as before.
After all, he was his disciple before, so he could say whatever he wanted.
Now that he was his future brother-in-law, he had to be careful with his words.
Otherwise, if he offended him, it would be terrible if he said a few bad things in front of Li Xu.
“Yes, I just went to buy it yesterday.”
Li Yong smacked his lips, “It’s pretty good-looking.”
Zhang Kun pondered over Li Yong’s words and muttered in his heart.
What did this mean? Could it be a hint?
“You like it? Why don’t I give it to you? Our sizes are about the same, and you can wear them too…” Zhang Kun probed.
Li Yong looked at Zhang Kun as if he had seen a ghost. After a long while, he came back to his senses, “Why do you want to give it to me? Do you think that by saying that it looks good, I’m hinting that I want you to give it to me? Do you think I look like that kind of person?”
Zhang Kun chuckled and did not say anything.
Li Yong took the things from Zhang Kun’s hands and led him upstairs, “Do you have to be so careful? Just treat me like you did in the past. Why are you being so careful?”
Zhang Kun still smiled and did not speak.
Li Yong brought Zhang Kun into the house. Ji Yuanyuan and Ji Zi’ang immediately stood up from the sofa and greeted him in unison, “Hello, Uncle Zhang.”
“Hello!” Zhang Kun hurriedly put down the things in his hands.
Ji Zixuan, who was standing at the side, also greeted him when he saw this, “Hello, Uncle Zhang.”
However, his voice was not as loud as Ji Zi’ang and Ji Yuanyuan’s.
Zhang Kun straightened up and took out a few red packets from his pocket. He handed one of them to Ji Zixuan, “Zixuan, this is for you.”
He handed it to Ji Zixuan first with a fawning smile on his simple and honest face.
Seeing Zhang Kun’s expression, Ji Zixuan hesitated for a moment before saying, “Thank you, Uncle Zhang. I’ve received your kind intentions, so I won’t accept the red packets.”
Zhang Kun reached out his hand, and his expression became a little awkward.
At this moment, Li Yong had already entered the kitchen and replaced Li Xu.
Li Xu stood at the entrance of the kitchen. Seeing this, she could only say, “Zixuan, it’s alright. This is Uncle Zhang’s welcome gift to you, you should accept it.”