Her unspoken implication was clear: if no one had taught him, Gu Ziting could never have suddenly known such words.
Gu Huaijin remained silent, but his tightly pressed lips and the suddenly freezing air around him betrayed his displeasure.
Gu Ziting was a perceptive child.
Although Gu Huaijin hadn’t spoken, he could still feel his father’s anger.He opened his mouth, instinctively wanting to explain.
“Mom didn’t say it, it was…”
Before he could finish, Lin Susu interrupted him.
“Ziting, I know these words didn’t come from Miss Xia.
Some random passerby must have been talking nonsense, right?”
Gu Ziting completely missed Lin Susu’s underlying meaning.
Thinking she was truly amazing for somehow knowing this, he nodded very seriously.
“That’s right.
I just heard people from another table saying it in the restaurant.”
Lin Susu spoke in a gentle, tender voice, “Ziting, Auntie believes you.”
Gu Ziting was about to smile when, as if remembering something, his expression turned serious again.
He looked at Lin Susu, who was sitting in the passenger seat, stubbornly demanding an answer.
“Auntie Lin, will you become a mistress?”
Gu Huaijin frowned and was about to speak, but Lin Susu stopped him.
She shook her head gently at Gu Huaijin, then turned to Gu Ziting.
“Ziting, did you forget?
Auntie has six months left to live at most.”
Usually, Gu Ziting would call her Pretty Lady or Auntie Susu.
His sudden use of the formal “Auntie Lin” sparked a hint of crisis in Lin Susu’s heart.
Although this child was only five years old, he couldn’t be treated like an ordinary child.
Gu Ziting froze, as if only just remembering this fact.
He didn’t even know why he had asked such a question.
He felt a mix of regret and frustration.
Auntie Lin was so good and so gentle; how could he possibly doubt her?
Besides, she didn’t have much time left.
Although Gu Ziting was smart, he was still only five years old.
He completely failed to notice that, from start to finish, Lin Susu hadn’t given him a definitive answer.
He subconsciously bit his lower lip and apologized, “I’m sorry, Auntie Lin.”
Lin Susu smiled warmly and gently.
“Alright, let’s not talk about this anymore.Think carefully, Ziting, what do you want to eat later?Auntie will take you to get it.”
Gu Ziting quickly tossed the earlier awkwardness aside and happily chatted with Lin Susu about food.
“Auntie Susu, I want to eat fried chicken today!”
Lin Susu agreed without a second thought. This chapter is updated first at g.com.
“Sure.”
Gu Huaijin, however, spoke up, “Susu, your health is poor.
he doctor specifically told you not to eat fried foods.”
“Eating it once in a while won’t be a problem.”
With that, she turned back to glance at Gu Ziting.
“Besides, Ziting wants to eat it…
What’s the point of living such a rigid, monotonous life?
You have to indulge yourself occasionally to make life fun.”
Thinking of Xia Xing, who wouldn’t let him eat anything, Gu Ziting suddenly thought: Yeah, Auntie Lin is the one who truly understands me.
Mom just bosses me around.
…
The next morning, as Gu Ziting came downstairs, Gu Huaijin was sitting in the dining room reading a newspaper.
Seeing Gu Ziting rubbing his eyes and looking sleepy as he walked down, Gu Huaijin frowned.
“Ziting, why haven’t you gone to kindergarten yet?”
Gu Ziting lowered his head.
“No one woke me up, so I overslept.”
Just then, Aunt Lin walked out of the kitchen carrying breakfast.Gu Huaijin looked at Aunt Lin with displeasure.
“Why didn’t you wake Ziting up?”
Seeing that Gu Ziting hadn’t left yet, Aunt Lin was startled.
She then explained awkwardly, “Mr.
Gu, it’s usually Madam who wakes the young master…”
Gu Huaijin’s face turned icy.
“If meals are prepared by Madam, and the child is woken up by Madam, then…
what exactly did I hire you for?!”
Gu Huaijin was aloof, indifferent, and a man of few words.
Since she had come to work here five years ago, Aunt Lin had never seen Gu Huaijin lose his temper.
At this moment, the imposing aura of a man accustomed to being in charge radiated from him, and Aunt Lin couldn’t help but shrink back.
However, thinking of everything Madam had devoted over the years only to be unappreciated, Aunt Lin still couldn’t help but feel aggrieved on Xia Xing’s behalf.
“No, sir.
Madam said that you and the young master have weak stomachs and spleens, so you can’t just eat anything.
Special medicinal recipes had to be researched.”
“For some medicinal recipes, it takes at least two hours just to simmer the herbs, and the preparation process is extremely tedious.
When Madam first wanted to learn how to make them, she studied traditional Chinese medicine on her own for a long time.”
Medicinal recipes?
Gu Huaijin’s eyes shifted slightly.
No wonder his stomach hadn’t acted up in a long time.
Aunt Lin continued, “Later, once your and the young master’s bodies were finally regulated, Madam could finally rest for a while.”
Aunt Lin glanced at Gu Huaijin and muttered, “Once, when Madam was delivering your meal, Miss Lin happened to have low blood sugar from hunger.
You took the medicinal recipe Madam prepared for you and gave it to Miss Lin.”
“After Miss Lin ate it, she thought it tasted great.
After chatting with Madam for a bit and finding out it was a medicinal recipe, she said her doctor had also advised her to use medicinal recipes to nourish her body.
Unfortunately, she couldn’t find anyone who knew how to make them, and she kept praising Madam’s cooking.”
“You then said that since Madam was making it for you and the young master anyway, it wouldn’t be any extra trouble to make a portion for one more person.”
“Madam said Miss Lin’s tastes were different from yours and the young master’s, and she was afraid it wouldn’t suit Miss Lin’s preferences.”
“But you and the young master said that whatever Miss Lin wanted to eat, you also wanted to eat.
From then on, whenever Miss Lin wanted to eat something, she would just send the menu to me and Madam.”
“I was responsible for buying the groceries, and Madam was responsible for cooking.”
As soon as she finished speaking, the phone on Aunt Lin’s body buzzed.
Aunt Lin took out her phone, glanced at it, and handed it to Gu Huaijin.
“See, Miss Lin has sent another menu.”
Gu Huaijin casually glanced at it and noticed it was a three-person group chat.
The group only included Lin Susu, Aunt Lin, and Xia Xing.
Most of the messages in the group were from Lin Susu.
An Zhi Ru Su (Lin Susu’s chat name): I want three dishes and one soup today.
Below that was a long, lengthy recipe sent by Lin Susu, taking up the entire screen.
Before Gu Huaijin could even finish reading it, Aunt Lin quickly snatched the phone back and hastily replied with a “1”.
Gu Huaijin stared at Aunt Lin’s frantic actions in astonishment.
Seeing Gu Huaijin’s confused expression, Aunt Lin began to explain.
“Last time, because I was cleaning, my reply wasn’t prompt enough.
As a result, when I delivered lunch at noon, Miss Lin acted as if she had suffered the greatest injustice in the world and absolutely refused to eat.”
“Miss Lin later fainted from low blood sugar and was rushed to the hospital for emergency treatment.
After waking up, she said she was a dying person anyway, and no matter how much she was nourished, it would be a waste.
She said she shouldn’t trouble Madam anymore.”
“You were absolutely furious with Madam at the time, saying she was deliberately ignoring Miss Lin.
No matter how I explained, neither you nor Miss Lin believed me.”
As she spoke, Aunt Lin untied the apron around her waist.
“Sir, Young Master, please make do with this breakfast for now.
I need to go buy vegetables first.
If I go any later, the vegetables won’t be fresh, and Miss Lin will think Madam is deliberately trying to harm her by feeding her stale food.”
And then she’ll go running to you to tattle again, Aunt Lin complained inwardly.
Just then, a new line of text suddenly appeared in the group chat.
Aunt Lin’s footsteps, already on their way out, suddenly froze.