Chapter 401: Chapter 401

As noon approached, because grandpa suddenly craved dumplings, Song Qiao, Auntie Zhang, and one or two other housemaids in the villa were making dumplings in the living room, while Mu Shinian and Lu Yulin were playing chess with the old man on a soft couch by the floor-to-ceiling windows not far away.

Song Qiao could also play a good game of chess, having been taught by Elder Mu in the past few years. Although she would easily be defeated when playing against Elder Mu, she could hold her own for half an hour against a strong player.

Mu Shinian could play chess as well. Although he started learning late, he was smart and learned quickly, and now he could also last for dozens of minutes against Elder Mu.

Since Lu Yulin saw Song Qiao, he looked like he wanted to speak with her. After hesitating for a long while, when their dumpling-making was halfway through, he finally plucked up the courage to stand beside Song Qiao and asked, "Can I help with anything?"

Auntie Zhang was just rolling out dumpling wrappers. Seeing him come over, she hurriedly asked with a smile, "Oh my, Young Master Lu, you don’t have to come over here. It wouldn’t be good if you got your face covered in flour." This update is available on novelꞁire.net

Lu Yulin pursed his lips and didn’t respond to Auntie Zhang. Instead, his eyes were fixed on Song Qiao, as if waiting for her to say something.

Initially, Song Qiao only knew of Lu Yulin as someone close to Shinian, and hadn’t expected him to be Lu An’an’s biological older brother and the son of Lu Jingchen’s cousin.

Perhaps... this is what they call fate.

With a gentle smile pulling at the corners of her mouth, Song Qiao asked, "Do you know how to make dumplings?"

Lu Yulin thought for a moment and then shook his head, "No, but I’ve seen Grandma and the others make them."

"Do you want to learn how to make dumplings?" Song Qiao caught sight of the gleam in his eyes and her smile deepened.

Not far away, Mu Shinian was playing chess with Elder Mu, probably too busy to entertain the young Lu Yulin, who had come over to find something to do.

Lu Yulin’s eyes lit up, but he still asked somewhat awkwardly, "Really, can I?"

"Stand beside me and help out. I’ll teach you. With one more person, we can get the dumplings in the pot sooner," Song Qiao said nonchalantly with a laugh, and scooted over to make space for him.

It was very simple to teach hand-to-hand dumpling making, and with Lu Yulin being very smart, he learned after a short time and even made some that looked really nice, earning praise from Auntie Zhang and the others.

Originally, as a step-aunt who suddenly appeared, Lu Yulin wasn’t too enthusiastic about her, but because of his good relationship with Mu Shinian, even if he wasn’t favorable towards her, he still had a bit of a good feeling.

Now, feeling the warmth and kindness from Song Qiao, he was very happy to think that having an aunt wasn’t so bad after all.

Because Lu Yulin took the initiative, he got along quite well with Song Qiao throughout the day. During lunch, Lu Yulin even took the initiative to pick a particularly big dumpling with thin skin and plenty of filling for himself.

After Elder Mu was discharged from the hospital, his health has been gradually recovering. He had developed the habit of taking a nap after lunch, so after chatting with everyone for a while, he had Auntie Zhang wheel him back to his bedroom to sleep.

Lu Yulin and Mu Shinian, perhaps too excited from playing, seemed thrilled to death. They took their Husky outside to the grass to run about and play.

During lunch, she had called Ning Wan intending to invite her over too, but unexpectedly, no one answered the phone.

She couldn’t help but worry, but considering Ning Wan’s character wasn’t someone easily bullied, she thought maybe she was just held up by something.

Sitting on the sofa in the living room with a bag of potato chips, she started crunching away while a dramatic Korean drama played on the TV. She wasn’t very keen on Korean dramas, usually preferring to watch Western movies.

When she used to live in a rented apartment with Ning Wan, they would search for American horror movies to watch together. Even if they were scared, they’d watch together, and if it was too scary, they’d cover their eyes with a pillow.

Thinking back to the times she and Ning Wan lived together, Song Qiao couldn’t help but remark on how fast time flies. In the blink of an eye, so much has happened; she married Lu Jingchen, Ning Wan had a baby with Xi Mohan but unfortunately lost it in a car accident.

The only thing that remained unchanged was the relationship between them two.