"Thank you for standing up and helping me just now." Xu Jingxi said to Su Rui.

At a moment of grievance, it feels really good to be able to have someone willing to come forward to protect themselves.

If it weren't for Su Rui just now, Xu Huanxi would definitely have been relentlessly urging a few more ruthless words.

Therefore, Xu Jingxi was very moved.

Xu Xinlan also nodded secretly.

Su Rui's performance just now is undoubtedly a very qualified boyfriend, and Jingxi needs a responsible man around her.

"She is really too much." Su Rui narrowed his eyes, "This is why I have a good temper now. If it were the past, she would have to break her face today."

Distorted?

After hearing Su Rui's words, Xu Jingxi couldn't help but laughed out loud.

Xu Xinlan also smiled, and the unhappiness just now disappeared with Su Rui's words.

In fact, from Su Rui's perspective, Xu Huanxi also has her own position. However, this girl is so unpleasant when she speaks. Fortunately, she realizes that she is wrong and leaves first, otherwise she will be severely scolded by Su Rui.

After all, once our handsome guy Su gets angry, he will do everything to death, no matter whether the other party is a human or a beast.

"Will you go back to our old house tonight?" Xu Xinlan asked.

"Okay." Xu Jingxi nodded, then hesitated for a moment: "But, no one has lived in my room for so long, I don't know how much dust will fall."

"Don't worry, everything has been cleaned." Xu Xinlan smiled, "And, even if you don't come back often, I often let someone maintain the environment in your room."

"Thank you, Aunt Lan." Xu Jingxi was a little moved. Not many people in this family were still caring about her, and Xu Xinlan will always be an exception.

Xu Xinlan said this and smiled: "Don't be with me. By the way, do you and Su Rui live in the same room?"

Xu Jingxi's pretty face suddenly turned red. Unexpectedly, Su Rui took the initiative to say, "Forget it, I'm not married yet, so it's not a good idea to live together."

"I didn't see that you are such conservative people." Xu Xinlan was a little unbelievable, and then said with a smile: "However, from this point, we can see that Su Rui is a very reliable person. Jingxi, you are not wrong to ask him."

Su Rui grinned: "Thank you Aunt Lan for your praise."

When he returned to the old house of Xu's family, no one lived in the big yard at this time, and everyone already had their own real estate. Xu Jingxi looked at the big yard and thought about the situation when a group of brothers and sisters were placing the chopping boards in the yard when she was a child and practicing knife skills from morning to night, she couldn't help but feel a little dazed.

After all, those pictures are gone and can never come back.

If the Xu family gave up the tradition and continued like this, the Xu family would always wait until the day of decline.

"The kitchen is very big." Su Rui walked around the yard and walked into the kitchen. He found that there were actually ten stoves inside, which looked quite spectacular.

"Yes, my father's generation used to cook here, but then it was our turn, and their disciples all started from here." Xu Jingxi said, smiling bitterly, and a look of melancholy appeared in her eyes.

"Oh, it's all over." She shook her head.

There are still two servants and several middle-aged relatives staying in the old house. Although the descendants now have their own real estate, even villas, and most of them have moved out, the Xu family still has to come here according to the customs during the Mid-Autumn Festival, Dragon Boat Festival and Spring Festival.

Second uncle Xu Xinglong would also come back here from time to time to stay for a few days.

Moreover, the most important thing is that there are two plaques hanging in the main hall of the old house.

This is the glory of the Xu family.

King of Chef.

Su Rui stood in the main hall, looking at the two plaques, and pondered silently.

"On the left is the piece given by Emperor Xianfeng of the Qing Dynasty. It was taken to Southeast Asia and then to Europe. It was brought back before the founding of the People's Republic of China. It has been several times traveling across the ocean." Xu Jingxi said: "Grandpa once said that the people of the Xu family can lose their lives, but they must not lose these two plaques."

Su Rui understood this idea, and nodded: "In fact, the Xu family is already a legend in China. However, if this legend is to be continued, it must not lose tradition, nor should it be contaminated with too much utilitarian color."

"I understand that my dad has seen through this, so he has always wanted to stop his second uncle." Xu Jingxi said silently.

After meeting several relatives who still live in the old house, Xu Jingxi briefly introduced it, and both sides were quite calm.

Su Rui could feel that these relatives’ welcome to Xu Jingxi was just superficial.

After all, the second uncle Xu Xinglong is in power in the family now. The eldest brother Xu Xingmin has been missing for nearly three years, and Xu Jingxi has become an insignificant person. Although she still has the right to inherit the top position among the younger generation, Xu Xinglong can use a little means to make Xu Jingxi lose these things.

With the skills of the second uncle of the Xu family, it is not difficult to do this, it is just a question of when he wants to do it.

But once Xu Xinglong tear off his mask, Xu Jingxi will have no good life, and the old Xu family will have nothing to do with her.

Due to the issue of taking sides, these relatives dare not be too close to Xu Jingxi, for fear of second uncle suppression and revenge. This is understandable.

Su Rui didn't say much to them, and even these people just greeted them symbolically while having supper, which was too perfunctory.

Sitting in the former bedroom, Xu Jingxi remained silent, and she was obviously not in a good mood.

"It's not a wise decision to come back, but escaping cannot solve the problem." Su Rui looked at the decoration in the room and said lightly, "What should be faced, you still have to face it."

Xu Jingxi nodded and smiled bitterly: "I know this will happen after I come back. I thought I was mentally prepared. However, once I really encountered it, I will find that I was sadder than I thought."

Su Rui sat down beside her: "I have encountered something sadder than you thought. My only goal at that time was to survive, at least you are much better than me now."

After pausing, he said, "My comfort may not be appropriate, but it may have some effect. After all, it is human nature to be more miserable."

Hearing Su Rui say this, Xu Jingxi smiled bitterly and shook her head: "You are really good at comforting people."

"Don't worry, since I promised to come back with you, I won't let them bully you." Su Rui said.

Xu Jingxi turned her face, and a bright light flashed in her big and beautiful eyes. She stared at Su Rui's eyes and said seriously: "Su Rui, thank you."

"You're welcome, I'm still counting on you to help me get into Emei." Su Rui smiled.

He doesn't want others to owe his favor debts, so he said this.

Xu Jingxi obviously understood. She turned her head, looked at the ground in front of her and said, "Actually, you are really a good person."

This sentence contains many meanings, but it is definitely not sending a good person card to Su Rui.

"There is no good person, but..." Su Rui stabbed Master Bai, "at least it is better than Bai Qinchuan."

Xu Jingxi laughed again: "He is not bad either."

"It's so utilitarian." Su Rui said lightly.

This evaluation is obviously aimed at Bai Qinchuan.

Moreover, when she said this, Su Rui had already put away his smile.

Xu Jingxi turned her face and looked at Su Rui again. She hesitated for a moment, but still couldn't say anything.

Su Rui looked at her: "What do you want to say? You can't justify Comrade Bai Qinchuan, right?"

"No." Seeing Su Rui ask, Xu Jingxi still spoke, "Qin Chuan and I are also friends, and I know his character."

Su Rui narrowed his eyes and smiled: "Do you know his character, so is he good, bad, or average?"

Su Rui could hear that Xu Jingxi's words had several meanings. This was not simply to determine that Bai Qinchuan was a good person, nor to say good things for him.

Xu Jingxi did not answer Su Rui’s question head-on, but said: “I hope that when you fight with Qin Chuan head-on in the future, you will not be too tragic, after all…”

After all, you are all my friends.

Xu Jingxi did not say the second half of the sentence, and a hint of melancholy and sadness appeared in her eyes.

In fact, when Su Rui agreed to Xu Jingxi's request for "one for one", Xu Jingxi had already regarded this young man as his friend from the bottom of her heart. After all, although she was helping each other, it was obviously much more difficult for Su Rui to help her.

Therefore, this matter is a loss for Su Rui. Xu Jingxi has learned that Su Rui has done many things in the past that "knowingly he has to suffer losses". She looks stupid, but in Xu Jingxi's view, Su Rui's behavior represents a kind of silent perseverance.

Su Rui did not pursue what Xu Jingxi meant in the second half of the sentence, but said with a smile: "Why did you say this suddenly? I don't seem to need to have any direct conflicts with Bai Qinchuan now."

"A woman's intuition." Xu Jingxi pulled her hair, as if she was thinking about something, and said, "It's getting late, I'll cook a bowl of noodles for you. It's barely a midnight snack."

"I just finished eating, so I stopped having midnight snacks." Su Rui said with a smile.

"But... I'm always very interested in noodles. If possible, we can have a bowl of noodles tomorrow morning." Su Rui also had great expectations for the beautiful chef's hand cooking noodles.

"Okay." Xu Jingxi said with a smile: "It's getting late, so let's take a break early."

"Okay, take a shower and go to bed." Su Rui said, and then stood up.

At this time, the roar of a car suddenly came from the door, and then the sharp sound of sudden brakes sounded.

Su Rui narrowed his eyes. Even if he didn't look, he could tell what kind of car it was from the sound: "It seems that the annoying uninvited guest is coming to the door again."

ps: The second update is here!
Chapter completed!