My wife is in my arms

Chapter 1378 Barbecue Part 2

"..."

Xiao Zishan's eyes widened.

As if she hadn't expected Li Ran to say such a thing, after a long while, the girl swallowed hard and said, "Li Ran, how could you say that!"

"It's what you wanted to eat, but you're trying to pin it on me."

Li Ran patted her round little belly and said, "I don't want to eat anything. I ate a lot of fruit at Qingya's house."

Fruit doesn't fill you up.

Xiao Zishan spoke.

As she spoke, Xiao Zishan looked at her father expectantly and said, "Brother Ayou, please take me with you! Just put the lamb skewers on the grill, light the small flames, sprinkle some cumin on them, and bring out the drinks—good things will naturally follow."

Seeing that her boss seemed unmoved, Xiao Shan reached out and grabbed Zhang You's arm, pleading, "Brother You, please take me with you! I have school tomorrow, if you take me, I'll be so motivated, I'm sure I'll do well on my exams!"

Why aren't you eating hot pot?!

Zhang You asked back.

"Hot pot is so hot that it might burn your mouth during the exam. Who knows, the heat might shrink your score. I'm not a good student to begin with, and if I get burned, I'll be even less likely to get a good grade."

Xiao Zishan shook Zhang You's arm back and forth, saying, "Brother You, please help me!"

Holding her son and sitting on the sofa, Jiang Yiren didn't even bother to look at her daughter. She spoke as if she were performing in an opera, saying things like, "Once you bring a drink, good things will naturally come." What a load of rubbish.

"Can you give me a surprise this year!?"

Zhang You raised his wristwatch to check the time, and when he saw it was just past nine o'clock, he asked this question.

"There will be big surprises!"

Xiao Zishan replied without hesitation.

After saying that, the girl swallowed again. Zhang You noticed his daughter's reaction and really didn't know what to say. She wasn't usually like this; for some reason, she suddenly wanted barbecue tonight!

"Let's go!"

Zhang You, who had just returned home and hadn't even sat down yet, turned around and went downstairs.

Xiao Zishan immediately followed, noticing that Li Ran had also come along. The girl said somewhat unhappily, "Didn't you say you were full from eating fruit?! Why are you still coming along!"

"If my master goes, I'll go too."

Li Ran grabbed the stair railing and quickly caught up with Zhang You. She then took her master's hand and said, "Master, the snow outside is so heavy tonight. Zhang Zishan and I came back without umbrellas, and our heads are covered in snowflakes."

"Remember to bring an umbrella next time it rains or snows, or you might catch a cold."

"Yes, Master."

Hearing her husband and Li Ran talking downstairs, Jiang Yiren was furious. She realized that she was becoming less and less important to Mr. Zhang. She was sitting right there and hadn't indicated that she didn't want to eat with them, but they hadn't even asked her. This proved that Mr. Zhang didn't care about her at all.

The snow is still falling outside.

This is the third snowfall of the winter, more than in previous years, which is good news for many people, but not so good news for those heading to their work cities.

The arrival of this snow will make the already congested traffic even worse. Gasoline cars are fine, but electric cars are the real problem. If you're stuck in traffic for hours, you won't even dare to turn on the air conditioning, which would be pure torture.

"Dad, the snow is so heavy tonight!"

Xiao Zishan, who was sitting in the back seat with Li Ran, looked out the car window and immediately said something.

Then, the girl seemed to remember something, her eyes lit up, and she said, "Dad, do you think the teacher will post a notice in the parents' group tonight that there's no need to go to school tomorrow?!"

"do not know"

Zhang You replied helplessly. School hasn't even started yet, and they're already showing signs of not wanting to go.

Not long ago, he had said he had a "surprise" for him, but he was afraid it would be more of a "shock." After thinking for a moment, Zhang You asked, "Have you two finished your winter break homework?!"

"It's done."

Li Ran replied, "My teacher's wife checked me this afternoon and even praised me."

"Where's Zhang Zishan!?"

Zhang You asked as he drove.

"No praise."

Xiao Zishan replied unhappily.

"You're starting to have some self-awareness."

Zhang You laughed and said, "I'm asking you if you've finished your winter break homework!?"

"I definitely finished writing it, but the accuracy rate is low. Dad, Mom said I was as stupid as a pig again this afternoon. I was really angry at first, but then I remembered that she gave birth to me, so I wasn't angry anymore. Let her scold me! Anyway, she's scolding herself."

With her hand resting on the back of the driver's seat, Xiao Zishan leaned over and asked, "Dad, did you go see Zhang Wangshu? I wanted to go see her this afternoon, but Mom didn't take me because it was snowing outside."

"If you want to see it, you can video chat with your Aunt Zhang."

Zhang You replied.

“I was video chatting with Zhang Wangshu, but she was asleep. Dad, Zhang Wangshu is so cute. Aunt Zhang said I was just as cute when I was her age…”

Before Xiao Zishan could finish speaking, Zhang You replied with a smile, "You were cute before, you're cute now, and you'll be cute in the future. If you could get second place in your grade like Li Ran, your dad would think you're the cutest girl in the world. Right now, you can only be second; Li Ran is still number one."

Sitting in the back seat, Li Ran heard her master say that she was the cutest girl. The little girl was a little embarrassed. A few minutes later, the car stopped in a parking space in front of a store called "Shuiwan Barbecue" in Repulse Bay.

This barbecue restaurant was very close to the dim sum restaurant where Zhang You always met Lin Bao'er and had breakfast together, only four or five shops away. After getting out of the car, Zhang You reached out and put the hoods of the two girls' down jackets on.

The snow did not stop.

After several hours of continuous snowfall, the roadside green belts were covered in a blanket of white under the streetlights. The glistening snowflakes, illuminated by the streetlights, resembled fairies falling from the night sky.

The wind was still blowing, and the combination of snowflakes and light made the city tonight look like a dream scene from a movie. From a barbershop across the street, you could faintly hear his song "The Brightest Star in the Night Sky," which he released last year.

However, there were no stars in the night sky tonight, but there were snowflakes as beautiful as starlight.

The starlight was untouchable, but the snowflakes were clearly tangible. Li Ran followed her master for a few moments, then bent down and grabbed a handful of snowflakes, kneading them into a small ball. However, the girl didn't throw it away. By the time she reached the door, the small snowball had melted into snow water. Li Ran shook it off and walked into the barbecue restaurant.

After getting off the bus, Zhang You put on a mask and, after helping the two children choose the barbecue they wanted, led them to a private room on the second floor. Summer is the busiest season for barbecue restaurants, and now should be the quietest.

Especially today, with snow falling outside, the barbecue restaurant was even quieter. So, not long after we ordered, the waiter brought the barbecue over.

Like Xiao Zishan, Li Ran was eating skewers while drinking beverages.

Xiao Shan, who was a little angry not long ago because Li Ran wasn't standing to the side, took the initiative to clink her drink cup with Li Ran's and asked, "How is it? Isn't it delicious!?"

"Um"

Li Ran nodded.

"Then why did you make me talk?!"

Xiao Zishan replied, "You can't do that next time. If you say that, even my mom will bring you here."

As she spoke, Xiao Zishan looked at Zhang You sitting opposite her and said, "Dad, I've noticed that my mom's gaze towards Li Ran has been a bit scary these past few days, like she's about to eat someone alive."

(End of this chapter)