Daddy! Come Home for Dinner!
Chapter 819: Driven Away by His Temper
Therefore, it doesn’t matter whether Zhao Dingye likes him or not; Ye Fei doesn’t need to care.
Moreover, there’s no need for Ye Fei to care about the respect from someone who’s constantly eyeing Zhao Dinghuan’s position as the family head.
Not being enemies is already a reminder of their familial relationship.
"Second Uncle, Second Aunt," Zhao Dingye called as he entered.
Sun Qihui followed suit.
Beside them, Zhao Guqing called out, "Second Grandpa, Second Grandma, First Uncle, First Aunt, Third Uncle, Third Aunt."
Zhao Guqing greeted each one.
Sun Qihui then happily looked at Ye Fei, "Is this Gu Shen’s wife, my eldest niece-in-law?"
Having heard from Lin Ligge before, Ye Fei didn’t expect Sun Qihui to be so cheerful.
She seemed quite easy to get along with.
Without knowing her well, it’s hard to make an immediate judgment.
"Second Aunt." Ye Fei called out.
Sun Qihui replied with a nod and then noticed Xiao Mo, saying, "Is this your child with Gu Shen?"
The little one also came over obediently and called, "Second Grandma."
"Good, very good. So handsome." Sun Qihui praised.
Anyone who praises the little one as good-looking is seen as having good taste by the little one, who confidently agrees.
Few people would dislike the little one upon meeting him.
Sun Qihui also looked at Zhao Gushen and then at the little one, saying, "They look just like a father and son. So alike, as if carved from the same mold."
The little one glanced at Zhao Gushen strangely, hearing this from the elders, yet not quite seeing the resemblance.
Sun Qihui laughed and said, "Your father is grown now, an adult, his features have matured so he doesn’t look much like you now. But when he was young, he looked exactly like you."
"If you don’t believe it, look at your dad’s childhood photos and you’ll see."
The little one immediately turned to Ye Fei, saying, "Xiao Fei, we haven’t seen dad’s photos yet."
Ye Fei realized this too.
Indeed, despite being with Zhao Gushen for so long, she hadn’t seen photos of him as a child.
Not only Ye Fei but even the old lady hadn’t thought of it.
Chi Jingsi, even less so.
These days, Chi Jingsi’s focus is on competing for the little one’s favor, not thinking about her son.
Now that it’s mentioned, looking at photos isn’t a big deal; the old lady immediately stood up, clapping her hands, saying, "Wait for me, I’ll go get the photos, I hadn’t thought of it before."
Aunt Lin heard and told the old lady, "Madam, I’ll go with you."
The old lady was getting on in years, lacking strength, and it’s easy for older people to get hurt suddenly bending or climbing.
Aunt Lin promptly accompanied the old lady.
Aunt Lin and the old lady went to the study where the children’s photos since young are stored.
Apart from one photo each displayed, the rest are stored uniformly.
There’s a special cabinet in the study for these photos, organized by Aunt Lin and Housekeeper Hong.
Aunt Lin opened the cabinet, finding neatly stacked boxes.
The boxes were labeled and marked.
Indicating whose photos were inside.
One box had Zhao Gushen’s name written on it.
Aunt Lin took down that box.
Despite being photo paper, filling a large box like this, it was quite heavy.
Aunt Lin was about to take it down when Housekeeper Hong entered.
Aunt Lin saw him and gestured for Housekeeper Hong to help, "Perfect timing, help me, let’s take it down together."
Housekeeper Hong agreed and told the old lady, "Madam, you can go back to the living room; we’ll carry the box out."
"Alright." The old lady nodded and returned to the living room.
Aunt Lin and Housekeeper Hong together carried the box down.
"Pass it to me." Housekeeper Hong told Aunt Lin.
With his strength, Housekeeper Hong managed the box on his own.
After Aunt Lin let go, she followed Housekeeper Hong with the box back to the living room.
The old lady called for Chi Jingsi, "Come, help me find them, look for photos of Gu Shen when he was around four or five, about Xiao Mo’s age."
Not only Chi Jingsi, but Zhao Dinghuan was assigned the task too.
Even Zhao Gushen and Ye Fei each got a stack of albums to search through.
Actually, it was quite simple, just glancing at the age in photos to determine in a few seconds per album.
However, Ye Fei looked through more slowly.
Because Zhao Gushen’s childhood photos were unfamiliar to her.
As Ye Fei searched, she also took the opportunity to see Zhao Gushen’s photos at different ages.
Unexpectedly, she found his university photos in the first album, and Ye Fei couldn’t help staying.
She softly said to Zhao Gushen, "I always regretted not meeting you earlier to see your youthful appearance."
Ye Fei’s fingertip gently brushed across the photos.
Her fingertip lightly touched Zhao Gushen’s face in the photo.
"Although university is more of a young adult stage, I want to see you from that time too," Ye Fei said.
"I want to see your youthful university days," Ye Fei laughed.
Most of these photos were of Zhao Gushen with Han Zhuoli and the others.
There were shots of all eight of them together.
Also separate photos of three or two at a time.
University photos included backgrounds like basketball courts, football fields, and scenes skiing in the snow mountains.
The young men were full of vitality.
Still had lots of collagen in their faces.
Because of their age, even if lean, their face appeared less thin and stern than now.
Back then, Zhao Gushen was full of brightness.
Standing with friends, he could reveal a row of white teeth when smiling.
"It’s really nice." Ye Fei said with admiration and a touch of regret, "I wish I had met you back then."
"Well no, his crazy temper back then." The old lady remarked, "Had you met him early, surely he’d have driven you mad."
"You would’ve run off from him being irritating at that time." The old lady thought, luckily Ye Fei and Zhao Gushen hadn’t met too soon.
Otherwise, with Ye Fei leaving irritated, where would Zhao Gushen find a wife?
Ye Fei: "..."
"Even if I had met him back then, I wouldn’t have talked to Gu Shen. We were strangers from different worlds with no chance to meet," Ye Fei said.
"I just wish I’d seen him early, even from afar," Ye Fei softly said.
"Not seeking acquaintance, just wanting to see him, to see him alive at that time."