#1 A child from relatives
“In the Ethan LU’s house, always listen to his grandfather.”
Two more turns and we're almost there, Emma confided for the third time.
She opened her handbag and took out two thousand dollars, “This is all the cash I have on me, if you're short of money, just ask Mark for it.”
Lily answered and took it.
At the mention of that name, Emma was a little fired up, Lily hurriedly handed over a candy, “Mom, have a peach flavored candy.”
Emma waved her hand and looked out the window, “Here it is.”
This was Lily's first visit to Ethan's house.
She sits on the short couch, her eyes honestly drooping and not glancing around.
On the other side of the room, Emma complained to Ethan's grandmother about her difficult marriage, tearfully and emotionally.
Ethan's grandmother listens and sighs, “Mark's gone too far with you.”
Emma again complained, “more than excessive, I really can't live with him anymore, that's why——” she choked up so much that she couldn't continue.
Ethan's grandmother nodded her head repeatedly,“Just rest assured that you will go to the United States, take care of things, Lily I will take care of, you don't have to worry about it.”
Emma cried and wiped her tears, striking while the iron was hot, “Then thank you godparents - Lily.”
Lily raised her head.
Ethan's grandmother sat over and shook her hand with a narrow smile. “I heard from your mom that you got good grades and are preparing for grad school, feeling tired?”
Lily nodded honestly, “Tired.”
Ethan's grandmother patted the back of her hand, "You're a good girl, come here, if there's anything you want to eat, want to play, just tell grandma“.Ethan's grandmother was older, she couldn't resist this kind of well-behaved children, the more she looked at them, the more she liked them.
In this way, Emma flew to the United States that night to fight with Mark for the family property.
Lily, officially boarded in Ethan's home.
But——
“Your school is in the east, it's too far from here.” Ethan's grandmother worried, “It takes time to go back and forth, and it will delay your revision.”
Lily then was just about to say it's okay, when Ethan's grandfather happened to come home and said, “Doesn't Ethan live over there?”
Ethan's grandmother let out an oops, “Yes, I forgot.”
“Ethan's my grandson, a bit cheeky.” Ethan's grandmother looked at Lily's expression and shook her head in a word, “But the man is still quite capable.”
Ethan's grandfather snorted coldly, showing no mercy, “Just a straw man.”
Ethan's grandmother, “His house is good, close to school, I'll have the nanny follow and do the cooking, Lily, do you think that's okay?”
Lily thinks about it and turns her voice to ask, “Will it be loud for Ethan?”
Ethan's grandfather shakes his head and replies, “Call him!”
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Inside the clubhouse box.
Having already had a round of drinks, Ethan is playing high, the corners of his eyes are slightly red, “Play cards, the loser drinks a whole bottle of water and is not allowed to go to the bathroom!”
After a round of playing cards against each other ——
Ethan held a cigarette in his mouth, his eyebrows furrowed into a ball, losing his sixth hand in a row. His hand has emptied five water bottles, his stomach is almost a reservoir, and he can't break the rules and go to the restroom.
Ethan's friend——Robert , brings another bottle of water, “Here, here, the cap's already unscrewed, drink, drink for me!”
Ethan closed his eyes, tilted his head back, and gurgled with a pained expression, he had a bad day and didn't win. He couldn't drink any more, so he resorted to putting a mustache on his face.
Robert and Ethan have been playing together since they were kids, and are the least afraid of him in this group. “Lose a few games, take off a few shirts.”
Ethan clapped, “I'd advise you not to make a fool of yourself, I've got six-pack abs.”
Robert demurred on the spot, “Who doesn't already have like.”
Ethan raised his eyebrows, “Compare?”
“Come on, take it off!”
Two people sleeves a push, along the corner of the shirt up a lift, waist and crotch first appeared, Ethan's two mermaid line and deep and obvious.
He lifted his breath slightly, his abdomen taking on a harder shape, then pointed there, “More blocks than you.”
Robert, who had been sent to the army by his old man to work out for a few years and was on the hard side, squinted and leaned in, “Ethan, are you still good, addicted to leopard print underwear, are you?”
Ethan kicked over, “Where's the water bottle, bring it, stuff it, stuff his mouth for me!”
Two handsome men in their thirties were too much to look at.
The man at the card table shouted, “Ethan, your cell phone is ringing half the time.”
Ethan, shirtless, pulls out a cigarette and puts it in his mouth to chew on as he walks over and fishes out his phone—— Grandpa calling.
“Grandpa, what's up?”
Ethan's grandpa's voice was as mid-thick and serious as ever, and Ethan listened for a few moments before the cigarette in his mouth fell to the ground without being bitten.
Ending the call, Ethan grimaced.
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Ethan drove back, an hour later.
Ethan pushed the door open with fire, and Ethan's grandfather sat on the living room proper couch, coughing heavily twice and disliking his grandson again.
Lily just followed the light and sidled up at the same time.
Lily and Ethan's eyes met briefly in midair for the first time.
Ethan was so clouded by that phone call that he only remembered: a relative's kid was staying at his house.
On the side, Ethan's grandmother greeted Ethan with a smile, “Auntie Qi cooked congee, it's old and delicious, I saved a bowl for you.”
Ethan pulled the corner of his mouth, reluctantly.
“This is Lily, Lily, this is my grandson, Ethan,” Ethan's grandmother enthusiastically pushed each other.
Ethan's grandfather gave a direct order, “Lily is preparing for graduate school, your apartment is close to her school, during this period of time, she will temporarily stay at your place.”
Ethan: “????”
Ethan's grandpa: “You like to play outside anyway, you don't come back even if you have a home, Lily happens to be studying for her exams and won't be disturbed by you.”
Ethan's expression twitched a little, and he hastily retorted, “Grandpa, I come home from work on time, and I go to bed at nine o'clock at night on time.”
When Ethan's grandmother heard this, she was happy, and excitedly said, “That's best, Auntie Qi followed her over there, and a person's meal is also done, and more you one is also by the way.”
Ethan thought to himself, it's not enough to have a child, but also a nanny.Ethan knew that his grandfather was looking for an excuse to fix him and ruin his flirty life alone.
Ethan just wanted to open his mouth to refuse——
“Ethan, look what I brought you, I'll make you a goose stew tomorrow!” Auntie Qi had already pushed her suitcase out, and in her left hand, she was carrying a big, excited living thing.
Ethan: “......”
The goose gave him a wide-eyed, polite “ow”.
Ethan's grandmother, kind-hearted, stroked the goose's head and said cheerfully, “Good boy, good boy, you're as good as my grandson.”
Ethan's grandfather urged, “It's not early, you guys go back first, Lily, if there's anything, just talk to him.”
Lily sat on the couch and didn't move for the moment. Because Ethan didn't say anything, and the expression on his face, seemed to be quite disgusted.
After half a minute, all of Ethan's pent up frustration turned into patience, Ethan's grandfather was known for being rigid and stubborn, and Ethan had suffered too many losses to not get tough with him.
Ethan was able to give and take, he pulled out his car keys and strung them on his index finger, waving them in Lily's direction. Then he turned and walked forward, wordlessly picking up Auntie Qi's bags as he passed her.
“Geese, and geese.” Auntie Zee was slightly chubby, smiling and laughing with great joy.
Ethan swallows a breath, shakes his hands, and takes it. The three of them walk out of Lu's house, Ethan picks up the car, and Lily waits side by side with Auntie Qi.
Lily turned her head sideways and asked softly, “Auntie Qi, I've been very intrusive in the past, if there's anything my brother doesn't like, you let me know ahead of time.”
Auntie Qi said, “It's fine, you won't be able to see anyone else until zero hour of the day.”
Lily relaxed, thinking it was for the best.
Her eyes went to the black Land Rover that slowly drove onwards, the window slid down and Ethan lazily propped his temples with one hand as he looked ahead.
“--Get in.”