After all the relatives of the old Lu family left, Wu Shi also left with her three children.

When she left, she had a smile on her face and was very approachable. She asked Su Qingyu to wander around the house and nearby markets to get familiar with it. She also specifically said that the breakfast cooked by Su Qingyu was delicious, and she also asked her to cook dinner.

Su Qingyu agreed with a smile and watched her leave.

When her eldest son and daughter left, they glanced at Su Qingyu lightly and left without saying hello. Only the younger one smiled shyly at her.

Su Qingyu breathed a sigh of relief seeing the backs of their mother and children.

It wasn’t until Lu Bocheng came back from seeing someone off that he realized: “She didn’t seem to ask me to prepare lunch?”

“My father usually doesn’t eat lunch at home. Wu and her children sometimes eat and sometimes don’t. I rarely eat lunch at home.”

“Where do you take your lunch?”

“Uh…”

“Drinking wine outside?”

“No, no! Either at the martial arts gym or with the others.” After speaking, he wiped his forehead.

Su Qingyu looked at him sideways.

“I’m serious!” Lu Bocheng almost broke into a cold sweat seeing the look in her eyes.

“I didn’t say what you said was false.”

“Then you look at me like that…”

Su Qingyu didn’t respond.

She lowered her head to look at the bracelet in her hand. “This old silver bracelet… Your grandmother’s expression just now was a bit strange.”

Lu Bocheng looked at her hand with a sad look in his eyes: “This was given to my mother the day after she got married by my nai ^[1]paternal grandmother, and she had been wearing it on her hand all these years.”

After hearing this, Su Qingyu looked at her hand, pinched it with her right hand, and turned it around. She saw that it was engraved with patterns of bats and auspicious clouds, which was a bit heavy. There should be three or five taels, but the color had turned black and lacked luster.

After a moment of thought, she took it off. “I’ll take it to the jewelry store someday to polish it up and keep it as a memento.”

Lu Bocheng glanced at her palm and nodded.

Seeing that his mood was a little low, Su Qingyu looked at the bracelet, thought about it, and said, “Should we go see your mother and burn some paper money for her?”

Lu Bocheng was stunned, looked at her, and shook his head: “Let’s find another day before I leave.”

Su Qingyu nodded.

She asked him again: “Your stepmother asked me to prepare dinner. You can take me out for a while and I will buy some ingredients.”

When Lu Bocheng heard this, he bared his teeth and said: “This Wu Shi! Instead of using the maid we pay monthly, she insists on making you cook dinner. Sweet on the surface but bitter at heart, full of calculations. Unfortunately, my father just can’t see it!”

Su Qingyu rolled her eyes at him: “You are so big in front of her, reminding her of her identity all the time, and her disgraceful past, how can she not be worried? Besides, she is living with your father and not with you. As long as your father is happy.”

Lu Bocheng, furious, took a few steps forward, leaving Su Qingyi behind.

Su Qingyu rolled her eyes, so childish.

Insisting on seeking attention, only makes oneself uncomfortable. Su Qingyi followed slowly behind him.

After taking two steps, she heard him say again: “I’ll accompany you out in a while.”

The corners of Su Qingyu’s mouth curled up.

The two of them went back to their room to tidy up a little and then went out onto the street.

Lu Bocheng took to the streets like a fish in water. He had been hanging out in Fengting Town since he was a child, and he was well-connected to the city. He could tell her about every corner of the alley. The sense of direction was also very good. Su Qingyu turned around a few times before feeling dizzy. Every store she looked at seemed like she had been there before.

The town of Fengting had a considerable population, divided into four districts: east, south, west, and north. The main street was also divided into four sections accordingly. The Lu family lived in the west district, while their shop was located in the south street. Su Qingyi made sure to memorize the route as she walked, afraid of getting lost.

As they walked along, Lu Bocheng recounted everything as if it were his own backyard.

He introduced various shops to Su Qingyu, including which one had the fairest prices and products, what kind of personality the shopkeeper had, which shop was stealing a lot, and which shop had any gossip. For example, the shopkeeper of the wine shop he often went to was henpecked. He told Su Qingyu all about it.

“Well, Lu Bocheng, you actually said behind your back that Shopkeeper Wang is henpecked. Let’s see if Shopkeeper Wang will sell you wine next time!”

Lu Bocheng was unexpectedly slapped from behind. He took a step forward and hurriedly stopped and turned around to look…

Liu Juye, Guan Muye, and Lu Yaozu were standing behind Lu Bocheng, arm in arm, looking at him with smiles.

Su Qingyu also recognized them.

The first time she met Lu Bocheng, the four of them were drinking in a wine shop. It could be seen that they had a good relationship. At this time, Lu Bocheng reacted and started laughing with them.

After a while, Lu Bocheng took them to Su Qingyu and introduced her.

“Hello.” Su Qingyu smiled and nodded to them.

“Okay, okay.”

Liu Juye and the other two saw that Su Qingyu was not shy at all, but was open and generous, and looked at their faces, still having this strange way of greeting them.

They all looked at her with some curiosity, feeling that she didn’t seem as naive as they had thought.

“Where are you looking?” Lu Bocheng stood in front of Su Qingyu with a straight face and waved his fist at them.

The three of them hid with smiles and said in unison: “You said Shopkeeper Wang was henpecked. Look at you, tsk tsk…”

“What are you talking about!”

Several people started making trouble again.

“You go with them, I can wander around by myself.” Seeing the four of them looking like they had something to say, Su Qingyu said.

Lu Bocheng turned around and looked at her: “I’ll go shopping with you first.”

“No, I can just go shopping by myself.”

Seeing Su Qingyu’s insistence, Lu Bocheng had to watch her go.

“Tsk, tsk, are you still Lu Bocheng? You went out as a couple on the first day of your marriage. You were afraid that people wouldn’t know your relationship. They also said that Shopkeeper Wang was henpecked. Why do I think you were also dealt with last night?”

Several people laughed together and looked at him jokingly.

Lu Bocheng rolled his eyes at his friends and walked away: “How many more days can I stay with her? Maybe it’s just these few days.”

When he mentioned this, the atmosphere suddenly turned cold.

Liu Juye felt a little sad when he looked at the three friends around him who were going to the battlefield together.

Smiling, he hooked his shoulders at them: “Let’s go and have a drink with Shopkeeper Wang. His wife won’t come to the wine shop now, so it’s just a good time for him to have a few sips with us.”

After gathering their emotions, they went to the wine shop together.

And Su Qingnao continued shopping. She had just visited some shops and probably understood some of them. Thinking about what to cook tonight, she was going to have a look at the vegetable market.

Before she could get closer, she heard a roaring noise and saw someone pushing in the distance.

(End of chapter)