Lu Baiyi, looking at Xu Gui, had a somewhat helpless expression on his face.
He glanced at Lu Baiyuan and said, "She heard some nonsense from someone, saying that 'Xuanzhu' is a very precious pearl, so these past two days she's been clamoring to change her name to Lu Xuanzhu."
"But what Xuanzhu? I've never heard of it before." Lu Baiyi shook his head. He'd heard of pearls, oriental pearls, gold pearls, and silver pearls, but never the so-called "Xuanzhu," so this so-called Xuanzhu was definitely a lie.
"..." Xu Gui didn't know what expression to make for a moment.
She pondered how to tell Lu Baiyi that she was the one "talking nonsense" to his sister. Oh, no! She hadn't talked nonsense. "Xuanzhu" was an extremely precious item in their Xuan Turtle clan.
Thinking this, Xu Gui couldn't help but glance at Lu Baiyi, then at him again, and puffed out her cheeks.
Lu Baiyi was also wondering who this "nonsense" person was when he suddenly heard Xu Gui whisper, "It was me..."
Xu Gui's voice was very low, and Lu Baiyi didn't hear what she said. He looked at her and asked, "What did you say?"
"I said it was me!" Xu Gui raised her voice, looking at Lu Baiyi defiantly, and said, "The person who told your sister nonsense was me! I told her that 'Xuanzhu' is a very precious pearl!"
Lu Baiyi: "..."
He looked at Xu Gui glaring at him, and at this moment, only one thought was in his mind: "Oh no."
"So, it was you?" Lu Baiyi's mind was racing. He said, "If it was you, Xiao Gui, you definitely weren't talking nonsense. There must be such a precious pearl in this world... Oh, right, this is the osmanthus cake I made!"
Lu Baiyi chose to change his gaze. He took out a transparent food storage container from his pocket. Inside, there were neatly arranged beautiful and tempting osmanthus cakes.
On top of the osmanthus cake, a layer of osmanthus honey was drizzled on top. The transparent honey, coated with golden osmanthus petals, looked incredibly tempting. Even through the transparent container, the unique sweet aroma of osmanthus honey seemed to waft out.
Unsurprisingly, Xu Gui's eyes were immediately glued to it.
"I also made mochi, mango and strawberry flavors..." Lu Baiyi brought over another container, this one kept in ice, radiating a chill.
He said, "I made five in total. You can share them with your friends."
Xu Gui nodded enthusiastically, her face beaming with joy. Seeing this, Lu Baiyi's expression softened.
"Oh, by the way, my parents want to treat you to a meal later," Lu Baiyi suddenly remembered and said to Xu Gui. "They want to thank you in person. That day, it was all thanks to you taking care of Yuan Yuan."
After news of Lu Baiyuan running away from kindergarten reached Lu's parents, the couple couldn't continue their trip and returned the same day they heard the news. After learning the whole story, they were both angry and frightened, and very grateful to Xu Gui.
Therefore, they really wanted to treat Xu Gui to a meal.
Xu Gui listened and thought for a moment before saying, "But I don't have time lately." She's currently busy filming "360 Trades," and afterwards she'll be joining a TV series production, and after that, there might be other plans.
Xu Gui sighed after doing the math, "I'm so busy."
Seeing her earnest sigh, Lu Baiyi smiled and said gently, "It's alright, we can arrange things when you have time. You're Yuan Yuan's savior, so we should be making do with your schedule." Since
he said that, Xu Gui nodded: Why not take advantage of a free meal?
After that, one had filming, and the other had work, so they naturally separated. At this point, Lu Baiyuan hugged Xu Gui tightly, puffing out her cheeks, "I want to stay with Sister Xu Gui!"
Lu Baiyi said, "Your Sister Xu Gui has work, she doesn't have time to play with you. Yuan Yuan, be good, I'll have Uncle Wang take you home."
"Yuan Yuan won't listen!" Lu Baiyuan shook her head vigorously, saying, "Yuan Yuan doesn't want to go home, Yuan Yuan wants to stay with Sister Xu Gui!"
Lu Baiyi: "..."
"Sister," Lu Baiyuan looked up from Xu Gui's arms, gazing at her expectantly, and said sweetly, "Yuanyuan loves you the most, loves you the most! Sister, please don't send Yuanyuan away, Yuanyuan will be good, Yuanyuan promises."
She kept calling her "Yuanyuan", and Xu Gui could only hear the soft murmur of "Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan, Yuanyuan" in her ears…
She looked down at Lu Baiyuan seriously and asked, "Do you really want to be with me?"
Lu Baiyuan nodded vigorously, "Yes, Yuanyuan loves you so much, sister."
As she spoke, she rubbed her soft, fragrant face against Xu Gui's face, saying softly, "Just let Yuanyuan stay with you, Yuanyuan hasn't seen sister in so long, I really, really miss you!"
Xu Gui: !
Xu Gui didn't want to admit it, but she was charmed by the child—human cubs, terrifyingly cute.
She hugged Lu Baiyuan's soft body, her already wavering resolve beginning to falter, and couldn't help but look at Lu Baiyi expectantly.
Lu Baiyi: "...I'm afraid she'll disturb your work."
Lu Baiyuan retorted: "No way! I'm such a good girl, I won't disturb my sister's work." She hugged Xu Gui's neck tightly, glaring defiantly at her brother.
Xu Gui blinked and said: "No, Lulu's here, she'll help me take care of Yuanyuan."
Both faces, one big and one small, looked at Lu Baiyi expectantly. Lu Baiyi: "..."
Lu Baiyi facepalmed. He finally understood; these two were clearly "mutually in love," and he felt like the villain trying to break them up.
"You can stay if you want!" Lu Baiyi relented, and seeing Lu Baiyuan's expectant gaze, he decided to make a deal with her. "But you can't be naughty, you have to listen to your sister Xu Gui!"
"I'll have Uncle Wang go with you. If you disobey even a little, I'll have Uncle Wang take you home!"
Lu Baiyuan nodded obediently: "Brother, I'll be good."
Hearing this, Lu Baiyi's expression softened. He looked at Xu Gui and sighed, "Then I'll have to trouble you today, my little sister."
Xu Gui nodded and carried Lu Baiyuan out of the car.
*
Yuan Lu saw Xu Gui go out for a while. When she returned, she not only had two boxes of food in her hands, but also two other people with her: a middle-aged man and a pretty little girl.
Yuan Lu couldn't help but look at her questioningly.
Xu Gui introduced her, "This is Yuan Yuan, her full name is Lu Baiyuan, she is Lu Baiyi's younger sister; this is Uncle Wang, the person who takes care of Yuan Yuan, they will be going out with us today."
Xu Gui then looked at Lu Baiyuan and introduced Yuan Lu, "Yuan Yuan, this is Yuan Lu, you can call her Sister Lulu."
"Mr. Lu's younger sister?" Yuan Lu looked at Lu Baiyuan in surprise, and indeed found that she looked very much like Mr. Lu.
Lu Baiyuan greeted Yuan Lu politely, "Hello, Sister Lulu, I'm Yuanyuan. I'll be six years old soon! Don't worry, I'll be good and won't cause any trouble for you!"
Hearing her sweet, childish voice, Yuan Lu couldn't help but exclaim, "So cute! Such a cute child!!"
Thinking of her own niece, who was always running around like a headless chicken, Yuan Lu couldn't help but think, "Sure enough, cute and polite children are always someone else's." Of course, she also really liked her own niece, who couldn't sit still for a moment.
Xu Gui put down the food container containing osmanthus cake and mochi, packed her things, and prepared to leave. Lu Baiyuan followed her closely the whole time.
Xu Gui suddenly stopped, and Lu Baiyuan, not noticing, bumped into her leg.
Lu Baiyuan rubbed her sore face and looked up at Xu Gui.
Xu Gui looked down at her and asked, "What do you want to talk to me about?"—She could tell that Lu Baiyuan had something to say to her, as she had been circling around, hesitant to speak.
Hearing this, Lu Baiyuan said awkwardly, "Sister, please squat down first."
Xu Gui readily squatted down.
Lu Baiyuan: "Sister, please hold out your hand first."
Xu Gui raised an eyebrow and extended her right hand. Then she saw Lu Baiyuan raise his hand, as if placing something in it. Xu Gui felt a weight in her palm, and
only after Lu Baiyuan moved his hand away did she see clearly what Lu Baiyuan had placed in her hand
—a large, bright red gemstone, of excellent quality.
Xu Gui looked at her suspiciously: "Why are you giving me this?"
Lu Baiyuan said: "Sister, this is my reward for you!"
"Reward?"
"Yes, I want you to come with me to meet someone in person!"
Xu Gui was full of questions: "Meet someone in person?"
"Yes!" Lu Baiyuan nodded emphatically, her expression very serious.
Xu Gui: "So, this is why you're following me today? To come with me to meet someone in person?"
Lu Baiyuan nodded shyly.
Xu Gui reached out and picked up the child, placing her on the single sofa chair next to her. Then, standing beside her, she said expressionlessly: "Tell me, what exactly happened?"
Lu Baiyuan secretly looked up, carefully glancing at Xu Gui, and said seriously: "It's like this..."
Yuan Lu and Uncle Wang had arrived at some point, and the three adults stood next to a child, listening to her tell her "online dating story." That's right, it was an online dating story.
Who would believe that a five-year-old child, still in kindergarten, had already started an online relationship?
The three adults were somewhat dumbfounded.
...
According to Lu Baiyuan, she met her "soulmate" through a game, a beautifully designed dress-up game.
Yuan Lu searched it up and found that the game was quite popular, thanks to its excellent character models, good storyline, and especially its beautiful and exquisite outfits released each time, which garnered countless loyal players.
Lu Baiyuan was one of these players, and also the biggest spender among them.
"This is my character!" Lu Baiyuan proudly showed her character to Xu Gui and the others. At first glance, the character was flashy and looked quite extraordinary.
In other words, the character looked very expensive, and indeed it was.
As the player with the most spent character and a full collection, Lu Baiyuan was always called a rich woman by other players. Because she had limited time to play on her phone each day, and not much time to play the game, and she wasn't very literate, she was seen as extremely aloof and arrogant by others.
Under such circumstances, naturally many people wanted to contact her. After all, she was a wealthy woman with a fully-fledged character collection; who wouldn't want to get to know a rich woman?
Xu Gui: Hmm, probably no player in this game expected that the person behind this "character" was just a five-year-old kindergarten student, who would be six at the end of the year.
"And what's with your romantic relationship?" Xu Gui asked her.
Lu Baiyuan said, "It's just..."