No one notified me in advance. Everyone in the end times is crazy.

Chapter 548 Truly Virtuous

"Brother Bai Yuan, slow down and wait for me!"

Mo Zhuo glanced at the person who spoke, then nudged Sun Zhigang with his elbow, looking like he was watching a show.

"Look who's there, a big star."

Sun Zhigang followed Mo Zhuo's gaze and saw Yuwen Baiyuan striding forward with a cold face. Qiao Xinyue tugged at his clothes like a child, struggling to keep up with his pace.

Sun Zhigang shook off the ash from his cigarette and squinted slightly as he scanned Qiao Xinyue's clothes.

"Who is the person next to him?"

"I don't know. Why don't you go after them and ask? They just happened to go to the training room next door."

"Not interested in."

"Really? Then the person who interests you has arrived."

Sun Zhigang quickly stubbed out his cigarette and bent down to straighten his clothes.

"What's the rush? She's still in the elevator." Mo Zhuo finished his last puff of cigarette, stubbed it out on the trash can, exhaled the smoke from his mouth, and kindly reminded her, "You'd better not get your hopes up too high. Her husband is right next door; he might not be looking for you."

"I know, a greeting from afar will suffice."

Wang Rui appeared from around the corner, his face tense, carrying a picnic basket in one hand and tapping something on his smart device with the other.

He looked up and his gaze met Sun Zhigang's. He turned off his smart device, his eyebrows curving into a beautiful arc, and waved to the other man with a smile.

"Arui, what a coincidence."

"There are no coincidences. I came here to find you."

Sun Zhigang glanced at the training room next door, then pointed at himself incredulously and asked, "Me?"

"Well, I've come to return the handkerchief you lent me, and I also baked some cookies and made some milk tea for the children," Wang Rui said, taking a neatly folded handkerchief from the basket and handing it to Sun Zhigang.

Before the softness of the handkerchief, you can feel the delicate woody pine scent.

Sun Zhigang, disregarding his image, brought the handkerchief close to his nose and took a deep breath.

That was a perfume scent unique to Wang Rui (custom-made).

"It smells good."

Mo Zhuo refused to believe what he was hearing and opened the door to the training room, leaving this place of trouble.

The sound of the door opening snapped Sun Zhigang out of his reverie.

He blushed deeply and lowered his head, unsure how to face Wang Rui.

A beautifully packaged bag of cookies was handed to him by a pair of well-defined hands, the ring on the ring finger being particularly eye-catching.

"I made this myself, would you like to try some?"

"Arui can cook?"

"Is it strange?"

"No, I was just thinking that Arui's family must have a maid who is responsible for cooking."

“There used to be one, but I fired him.”

"Is it because the maid is not doing a good job?"

Wang Rui shook his head, choosing not to hide anything: "On the contrary, she did too well, so well that she caught my father's attention. My father is a very promiscuous man, and to prevent him from harming the servants in the house, I fired them all. In order to take care of my younger brother, I had no choice but to learn how to cook well. I just don't know if you can get used to it. Try it."

Sun Zhigang opened the tin box containing cookies, picked one up and put it in his mouth. He was determined to praise how delicious it was no matter what, but to his surprise, it was soft, crumbly, and just the right amount of sweet, and surprisingly delicious.

"How is it? Does it suit your taste?"

"good to eat!"

"As long as you like it."

“Arui is so virtuous.” Sun Zhigang looked at the cookies in his hand, jealousy filling his mind. “Yuwen Baiyuan must be so lucky to have a partner like you.”

"Fortunately, I rarely do housework after we got married." (Yuwen Baiyuan does all the housework.)

"Because you hired a servant?"

"No."

Are you afraid he'll end up like your father?

Wang Rui didn't expect him to ask that question and didn't know how to respond, so he chose to remain silent.

Seeing Wang Rui's dejected mood, Sun Zhigang recalled the boy from his childhood who had watched the basketball court through the protective netting.

That's how it was—lonely, repressed, and powerless.

He knew that Wang Rui, having grown up in such a family, would definitely not be able to accept his partner's betrayal, but he had just seen Yuwen Baiyuan entangled with someone else.

While he was hesitating about whether to tell Wang Rui about it, the other party spoke first.

"what are you thinking about?"

Sun Zhigang was startled and swallowed the words he was about to say, unable to bear seeing Wang Rui upset.

"No, thank you for the cookies."

"You're too kind. Would it be convenient for me to go in and distribute these to the children?" Wang Rui said, shaking the basket in his hand.

"Ok."

Sun Zhigang turned to the side and gentlemanly opened the door for him.

"Xiaobao?"

As soon as Wang Rui entered, he saw Luo Shiyu lying on the ground panting, and a group of seemingly busy people.

"What's going on here?"

Luo Shiyu sat up and pointed to everyone present, then demonstrated how to tickle his armpits and belly before resigning himself to lying down.

"Pfft! Haha~ Is the performance really that vivid?"

My brother is still laughing, and he's not even standing up for me.

"Get up quickly, are you hungry? I brought some food."

Speaking of hunger, Luo Shiyu did not feed Wang Xiaobao's body at noon.

He nodded, looking aggrieved.

Wang Rui just thought he was cute, so he smiled and patted his head. He found an open space, squatted down, took out a picnic blanket from the basket, spread it on the ground, laid out the prepared food, and finally called everyone over to eat together.

Luo Shiyu was the first to run over and take the spot next to Wang Rui, while the rest of the people sparsely surrounded him.

Wen Feiyu: "Since you've extended such a warm invitation, I won't stand on ceremony."

Wang Rui: "Then I'm really sorry to have troubled you."

"Absolutely." After taking a bite of the cookie, Wen Feiyu's eyes were filled with admiration. "It's delicious!"

An Ran: "Mmm! It really is delicious."

Wen Feiyu: "Right! Right!"

An Ran: "Mmm!"

Wen Feiyu: "Hey! You stinky brat, where did you buy these cookies?"

Wang Rui: "I made it myself."

Wen Feiyu: "I didn't know you had this skill!"

Wang Rui: "It's alright. I cook all the meals at home; I've gotten used to it."

Luo Shiyu's cheeks were bulging, and she nodded in agreement to confirm Wang Rui's words.