Chapter 24

Of course.

Today’s Captain Lu had a straight face, like someone owed him a million bucks. He wasn’t as cute as his own milk ball.

When the milk ball smiled, it was like healing the whole world.

That Captain Lu, with his straight face, looked like a demon from hell.

No comparison, no comparison!

“Mommy,” Junjun saw her mom not looking at the road but always looking at her. She stopped and held her hand, tilting her head in confusion. “Why are you always looking at me?”

“Because our Junjun is so cute!”

Shen Youran shook her head randomly, picked Junjun up, and kissed her twice. “You’re getting cuter and cuter. Mommy loves you so much.”

“Junjun loves Mommy too.”

…

In the distance.

Li Shunyi and Lu Zheng appeared at the corner of the road.

Li Shunyi complained helplessly, “You know, you were supposed to encourage the excellent female soldier properly, but you only said two words. Aren’t you slapping her in the face?”

Lu Zheng didn’t say anything, and Shen Youran’s face flashed in his mind.

Li Shunyi wanted to complain more, but he saw the impatient look on Lu Zheng’s face, so he shut his mouth.

The two of them were about to go back.

As they turned their heads, they saw a small figure in the distance, being held on a female soldier’s shoulder, facing their direction.

The moment he saw that face clearly, Li Shunyi’s eyes widened, and he reached out to grab Lu Zheng’s arm. “Look, look! There’s a little kid over there who looks just like you, a mini version of you!”

Lu Zheng stubbornly refused to turn his head.

Li Shunyi saw that they were about to walk past, so he was very anxious. “Look! I’m not kidding! There’s a little kid over there, and they look exactly like you.”

Lu Zheng sighed helplessly after hearing this. That’s how his friend was.

Sometimes he would talk nonsense!

“Hurry up!” Li Shunyi was anxious, so Lu Zheng finally turned around slowly.

However, when he turned around, Shen Youran and Junjun had already left that road and turned onto another one.

Li Shunyi pouted. “I told you to hurry up, but you didn’t. Now they’re gone!”

Lu Zheng turned around and didn’t see them. He glared at Li Shunyi. “Can you be more reliable next time?”

“Me?” Li Shunyi was furious and grabbed him. “When have I ever been unreliable? You’re the one who’s unreliable! So many people were waiting for you to praise someone, and you just blurted out two words. Who told you to be slow just now? They really look just like you!”

“You don’t think I’m lying to you, do you?”

Lu Zheng released his hand and glanced at him calmly, as if to say, “Isn’t it obvious?”

Li Shunyi was helpless. “Do you think I have any reason to lie to you? The kid that female soldier was holding, they really look just like you. If it weren’t for your impeccable reputation, I would have suspected that you had a love child!”

Upon hearing the words “love child,” Lu Zheng’s hand trembled slightly. He thought of something that happened a few years ago, but he still didn’t show much emotion.

Then he continued walking forward. “It’s normal for people to look alike. You can’t just see someone who looks like me and say they’re my love child. Why don’t you say that they look like you?”

“Because I don’t look like them either!” Li Shunyi mumbled. He had seen people who looked alike, but he had never seen anyone who looked so alike. It was like they were carved from the same mold.

If they stood together and said they weren’t father and son, no one would believe them.

They looked so alike, but it was just a coincidence?

He didn’t believe it.

“Alright, stop talking about this. Let’s discuss the next plan. Among this batch of female soldiers…” Lu Zheng didn’t take the matter to heart and started talking about today’s events. Li Shunyi also put away his teasing smile and focused on the task at hand.

Shen Youran and the milk balls returned home. She took the vegetables she had bought and went into the kitchen.

Her cooking skills from her previous life were still good, and she continued them to this day. She stir-fried some pork with vegetables, made a dish of four-joy meatballs, and also made a tofu and cabbage soup. The mother and son sat down at the dining table.

“Mommy, did we eat too much?” Junjun looked at the food on the table, already licking his little mouth with desire.

Shen Youran looked at his little appearance and put a four-joy meatball into his bowl. “As long as it’s just the two of us eating, it’s not considered wasteful. If baby likes it, eat more.”

The two of them ate happily. Junjun would sometimes tell Shen Youran about the interesting things that happened at the military nursery today.

When he smiled, Shen Youran felt like all the flowers in the world had bloomed.

They were all over the mountains and fields, incredibly magnificent.

When they were almost finished eating, Junjun rubbed his little belly. He looked at the last four-joy meatball in his bowl and licked his lips.

Shen Youran picked up the meatball and put it in her mouth. “Junjun has already eaten several today, and you’ve also eaten other meat. Mommy will make it for you again later, okay?”

Children have no self-control. If they eat too much, they will get full, so Shen Youran didn’t hesitate to eat the last one.

“Okay!” Junjun was very sensible. He didn’t cry or make a fuss. Shen Youran coaxed him. “Mommy will make other meatballs for Junjun later.”

They had just finished talking when they heard the sound of the key turning in the lock at the door. Then they saw Lu Yifan pushing the door open and coming back.

Shen Youran turned her head, and their eyes met.

Their gazes crossed in the air for a moment, then Shen Youran retracted her gaze and looked at the empty bowls on the table. She stood up and cleaned up.

Lu Yifan looked at Shen Youran’s actions of cleaning up the dishes, and his face showed displeasure.

He couldn’t even remember when he started coming home later and later. Today, he wanted to come home early, but he didn’t expect to catch Shen Youran and Junjun eating.

But there was no food for him.

Clearly, in the past, if he came back early, Shen Youran would prepare food for him.

After all, they lived under the same roof. It was nothing for him to come back and eat together, right?

He took a couple of steps forward and heard the noise from the kitchen. He tilted his head and took a look.

Shen Youran was holding a plate in her hand. There were some leftover vegetables in it. Without thinking, she directly poured the remaining vegetables into the trash can and then started washing the dishes.

The smell of the food still lingering in the air, Lu Yifan’s stomach began to rumble.

Shen Youran heard it, and so did Junjun.

They looked over from different directions. Lu Yifan was suddenly annoyed, as if he had done something wrong and been caught. He was very unhappy!

“Haven’t you eaten yet?” Shen Youran had finished washing the dishes and came out of the kitchen.

Lu Yifan nodded.

“Sorry, I didn’t prepare any food for you.” Shen Youran smiled faintly, a very fake smile. After she finished smiling, she walked over and took Junjun’s hand and went back to the room.

This man, he thought she would cook for him like the original owner.

What a dream!

He usually comes back late at night. Could it be that he was abandoned by Zhou Xiaohui today, or did they have a fight? He couldn’t figure it out?

Shen Youran didn’t care about that. She played with Junjun in the room for a while, and then they heard Lu Yifan go out again.

“Where’s Daddy going?” Junjun didn’t quite understand. “Daddy doesn’t come back to eat either. Should we leave some food for Daddy in the future?”

Where did he go?

Shen Youran, adhering to the idea that she must answer every question a child asks, gently stroked Junjun’s little face and replied, “Your dad went out to look at tea. Very beautiful green tea.”