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"Hasn't your son come back yet?"

Chen Zhenjiang hurriedly returned home, looked around, and headed to the kitchen.

"It's just time for school to let out, there's still a while. Why are you back? Isn't the supermarket busy?" Zeng Ling was busy in the kitchen and glanced back.

"There aren't many people here at this hour. With Sister Wang and Sister Lin here, can't I go home for a meal?" Chen Zhenjiang said.

"Alright, alright, bring that plate of fish over and steam it for me." Zeng Ling smiled, not exposing Chen Zhenjiang's little scheme.

Since that phone call this morning, Chen Zhenjiang has asked her a lot of questions all morning.

Has that brat really changed?

Did he really go to school?

He didn't ask for the motorcycle keys?

Are you really going home for dinner?

He usually clamors that he'd rather die outside, but deep down he cares a lot. He's happier than anyone else to see his son seem to have changed, and he rushes home whenever he has a spare moment.

I just wanted to see if Chen Dong was really coming back.

Is it really changing?

"Ding-dong~"

Ten minutes later, the doorbell rang.

"I'll go open it."

Chen Zhenjiang clapped his hands and headed for the door.

"I'll go get the dishes and serve the rice."

Zeng Ling then went to the kitchen.

"Where's your key?" Chen Zhenjiang asked in a calm tone as he opened the door.

"I didn't bring it, Mozi, come in."

Chen Dong responded with a smile and beckoned Liu Yumo, who was behind him, to come inside.

The moment Chen Zhenjiang saw Liu Yumo, the faint smile on his face instantly turned gloomy.

He knew Liu Yumo, Chen Dong's close friend, and the one he was closest to. Chen Dong had brought him home a few times before, and each time the two of them would argue afterwards.

I brought it home again today.

Is this what change is?

Could it be that those two kids spent the whole morning fooling around and came back because they had no money for food?

He instinctively wanted to close the door.

Zeng Ling, who was serving the food, saw this scene and quickly came over with a smile to greet him, "This must be Liu Yumo, come in and eat."

"Hello, Auntie. Hello, Uncle."

Liu Yumo greeted them with a smile, thinking he was being well-behaved, but his sleazy appearance and long, blond hair made him look nothing like a good kid.

Chen Zhenjiang was too lazy to even look, and with a long face, he snorted, "Very good."

"Hey, hello Xiao Liu, come in quickly."

Zeng Ling greeted them as they entered the house, then followed behind to remind Chen Zhenjiang, "Don't look like that. At least your son is back. Calm down and go get your own rice."

She pushed Chen Zhenjiang away and greeted Liu Yumo with a smile, "Little Liu, sit down and eat. Auntie was in a hurry and didn't cook many dishes. If it's not enough, Auntie will make more."

"That's enough, Auntie."

The table was laden with four dishes and a soup, and the soup was even stewed chicken soup. He had never been treated so well at home.

"Eat up," Zeng Ling said with a smile.

"Where's Uncle?" Liu Yumo looked around.

"He's serving the rice, let's eat first."

"Let's wait for Uncle to come over so we can all get together."

"It's just a bowl of rice, it's not like we have nothing to eat, hurry up and start eating." Chen Dong didn't stand on ceremony, picked up his chopsticks and gestured for Liu Yumo to eat quickly, as he still had to go to the hairdresser.

He knew how this family got along. The original owner and Chen Zhenjiang argued constantly, and even came to blows several times. Fortunately, Zeng Ling mediated between them, otherwise the father and son would have fought countless times.

Chen Dong would definitely not do that again, but he liked the "not-so-polite" way he interacted with his father last night.

This home perfectly matches his past fantasies.

There is tender maternal love, and also irritable paternal love.

"Even Xiao Liu knows that the younger generation doesn't eat until the elders sit down, but all you do is eat." Chen Zhenjiang came over from the kitchen with a bowl in his hand, glaring at Chen Dong with annoyance.

"If you're not eating well, there's something wrong with your brain, Dad. Why don't you take some time to go to the hospital to get checked out and have an X-ray or something?" Chen Dong said with a laugh as he shoveled his food into his mouth.

"I'll slap you on the head!" Chen Zhenjiang tried to kick Chen Dong with a sudden, awkward movement.

"Sit down and eat."

Zeng Ling glared at him, stopping a potential family meltdown.

"Son, eat more vegetables."

After Chen Zhenjiang sat down, Zeng Ling changed her gentle smile and served food to Chen Dong, and also gave Liu Yumo a chicken leg, saying, "Xiao Liu, don't be shy, eat more."

"Thank you, Auntie, I can do it myself, I can do it myself."

Liu Yumo was a little reserved. It wasn't that he had never been to Chen Dong's house before, but he could only stay for a few minutes, or Chen's mother would push Chen's father out the door to leave them alone.

I knew Aunt Chen was warm and welcoming, but I'd never experienced such warmth before.

"How did you feel at school today? Are you keeping up with your studies?" Zeng Ling asked Chen Dong with concern while eating her meal.

"Senior year is now in the review stage. The first round of basic review is almost over. I haven't been following the schedule and I'm reviewing on my own. It feels pretty good." Chen Dong picked up a piece of meat and stuffed it into his mouth, wolfing it down.

"That's good." Zeng Ling was very satisfied.

"You? You studied on your own? You seem to be doing quite well?" Chen Zhenjiang asked three questions in a row, his distrust mixed with undisguised sarcasm.

"Is there any law that says it's not allowed?" Chen Dong retorted.

"You can't even learn with a teacher, and you won't listen to the teacher and try to learn on your own. What can you possibly learn with that blockhead of yours?" Chen Zhenjiang sneered.

"Let me give you a quick science lesson. From a biological perspective, a child's intelligence is mainly determined by their parents' genes. If I'm a blockhead, then you definitely have a problem here." Chen Dong shoveled some rice into his mouth and pointed to his head.

"You little brat, I'm going to see if I'm the one with the problem or if you're just asking for a beating."

Chen Zhenjiang suddenly stood up in anger, put down his chopsticks and was about to unbuckle his belt.

Zeng Ling was almost unable to hold him back.

"Mozi, have you finished eating?"

Chen Dong also jumped up and quickly shoveled food into his mouth.

"Um, I..."

"run."

After finishing his meal, Chen Dong put down his bowl and chopsticks, grabbed a piece of paper, and ran off to wipe himself.

Liu Yumo paused for a moment, glanced at the situation, and decisively put down his chopsticks, grabbed a chicken leg, and ran after Chen Dong. Before leaving, he didn't forget to say goodbye and call out, "Uncle and Auntie, goodbye."

"That brat~"

Chen Zhenjiang was still furious and, muttering curses, wanted to chase after him to fight.

"Look at you, our son finally agreed to come home for dinner, and he's been studying hard at school. What more do you want? Do you want to kick him out and make him never come home again?"

Zeng Ling pulled him back, watching the two children wolf down their food and "escape" before even finishing their meal. She glanced at Chen Zhenjiang, not even wanting to say anything to him.

"Who told him to dare say I'm mentally ill? He deserves a beating. And that Liu Yumo, do you think he's a good student? All he does is hang out with people like that all day."

Chen Zhenjiang still had some energy left, "Fortunately, it was a son."

If this were a daughter, and she were to spend all her time fooling around with that blond guy, I'd be worried to death.

Seeing Chen Zhenjiang's expression of both anger and relief, Zeng Ling found it amusing.

"What's wrong with this kind of person?"

Zeng Ling retorted, "You're judging people with prejudice. Who said Xiao Liu is a bad student? I think he's quite polite. He might not be good at studying, but that doesn't mean he's bad-behaved or irredeemably evil."

In Zeng Ling's view, Liu Yumo and Chen Dong are the same; the two children are just a little rebellious, but they are not bad at heart, so she will be tolerant and give them gentle love.