Chapter 2387 - 2391: Heartache
Chapter 2387: Chapter 2391: Heartache
Ye Xingbei said, "I like spicy fish soup."
Gu Junzhu said, "I’m just like your mom."
"Alrighty!" Xiao Shumiao cheerfully agreed, and said to Gu Chi, "Brother Xiaochi, then you teach me how to make spicy fish soup!"
"Sure, no problem," Gu Chi said, "Spicy fish soup is easy. First, slice the fish into fillets, and marinate them with scallions, ginger, garlic, and seasonings. Then, heat the oil, fry some peppercorns, we have the base ingredients for spicy fish soup. Boil the base ingredients first, then put the fish in the pot, let it boil on high heat for ten minutes, take out the fish, and pour on the peppercorn oil we fried. That’s it!"
"Alrighty, Brother Xiaochi," Xiao Shumiao nodded and said, "I remember it now!"
Gu Chi said, "I’ll slice the fish fillets first."
Xiao Shumiao said, "I’ll fry the peppercorns."
Lingyue said, "Xiao Shu, I’ll help you."
Qin Junye quickly said, "I’ll help too!"
So, with the help of Gu Chi, Lingyue, and Qin Junye, Xiao Shumiao really cooked a pot of spicy fish soup.
Of course, one fish wasn’t enough for the five of them to eat.
Gu Chi sliced two fish, and the bodyguards also grilled some fish, made chicken soup, and roasted wild chicken and duck.
Along with the vegetarian snacks they brought from Beijing, spread on the oilcloth, it looked very sumptuous.
Xiao Shumiao served a few pieces of fish to both Gu Junzhu and Ye Xingbei, placed them in front of them, and said happily, "Dad, Mom, this is the spicy fish soup I made for you to enjoy!"
"So sweet!" Ye Xingbei patted his little head.
"My son is amazing!" Gu Junzhu beamed like a gentle spring breeze, feeling very delighted.
Qin Junye whispered to Lingyue, "Xiao Shu’s dad and mom are really good to him."
"My master and master’s wife are also very nice to me," Lingyue said.
"Nowadays, not many people call them master and master’s wife; it’s more common to call them teacher," Qin Junye said. "Why do you call them master and master’s wife? It sounds so old-fashioned!"
Lingyue said, "A day as a teacher, a lifetime as a father."
"Oh," Qin Junye nodded and said, "I get it, you don’t have parents, so you treat your master and master’s wife as your parents, right?"
Lingyue pressed his lips together and did not argue.
He has a dad.
But he also felt that what Qin Junye said was true.
He nominally has a dad, but he always felt like he had no parents.
The master and master’s wife were his mom and dad.
Qin Junye was not wrong.
Qin Junye looked at Gu Junzhu and Ye Xingbei, "I don’t have parents either..."
If only his parents were as gentle and beautiful as Xiao Shu’s parents, and also capable.
However, even if his parents were really like Xiao Shu’s parents, gentle, beautiful, and capable, it was useless, because he didn’t know where his parents were.
He grabbed a braised chicken claw in front of him and took a big bite.
His second uncle and aunt always say that he was abandoned by his parents.
His grandpa says that’s not true.
His grandpa says when he picked him up, his clothes were very neat and exquisite; it was obvious he was a child from a wealthy family, and his parents raised him very well.
He must have been stolen from his parents by bad people.
It’s a pity that even though his grandpa tried for a long time, he still couldn’t find his parents.
His second uncle and aunt said his grandpa was lying to him.
He must be some shameful illegitimate child or something, born but unwanted, so they left him in a remote mountain area.
His grandpa was afraid he’d be hurt, so he lied that he was his parents’ beloved child, just stolen by bad people.
Who knows?
Maybe he’ll never find his parents in this lifetime.