Kung Fu Baby with 17 Doting Brothers-Chapter 472: Black Fungus

Since taking a seat, Gu Cheng’s expression has been serious and earnest. How could Jin Xuan possibly understand her own son’s emotions, let alone perceive Gu Cheng’s emotional fluctuations?

She calmly mentioned hiring a live-in nanny and smoothly transitioned to talking about Tuanzi.

"I’m so happy to know Miaomiao is back. She’s such a delightful and lovable child, truly endearing."

After expressing her fondness, she turned the conversation, "Why haven’t I seen her at home? Has she gone out to play with the kids in the community? Forgetting to eat because of play is not good."

Before Gu Cheng and his brother could speak, Gu Chi smiled and said, "Miaomiao is having dinner at my place. My mom is particularly fond of Miaomiao and always invites her over for meals, even making snacks specially for her."

When it comes to affection, one waits a year to visit, while the other frequently invites for meals and gives homemade snacks, highlighting a stark contrast in the level of affection and sincerity.

Jin Xuan and her husband felt a bit awkward and were unsure if Gu Chi had said it intentionally.

Seeing his sunny smile, the couple decided to dispel their suspicions.

"By the way, about hiring a live-in nanny," Gu Chi spoke gently about recent events related to live-in nannies, "it poses certain risks, and the cousins dare not take this risk."

Before Jin Xuan could defend the idea of a live-in nanny, Gu Chi showed an apologetic expression.

"Actually, Uncle and Aunt have retired, and my parents are about to retire as well. They suggested bringing Miaomiao home for care so her brothers could focus on work. But Miaomiao and her brothers are too close. Sigh, letting such close siblings part ways would mean our good intentions backfired, wouldn’t it? Of course, we must respect Miaomiao and their choices."

His words emphasized the good relationship between Gu Cheng’s siblings, implying that Gu Cheng would never disregard his sister for work, while also showing that several uncles and aunts care for the siblings and would willingly take care of the niece themselves, rather than doing what some aunt suggested, by merely hiring a live-in nanny and leaving her care to outsiders.

The young painter’s good looks and temperament, his gentle words, and his genuinely embarrassed expression made his speech sound sincere. Despite not blaming Jin Xuan, his words seemed to throw countless invisible daggers at the couple.

The couple couldn’t tell if he was intentional, but they no longer dared to rely on their seniority to point out this matter.

After finishing a meal filled with unspoken thoughts, the two senior brothers directly left.

Gu Cheng brought out some fruits and snacks and sat on the sofa.

He quietly observed and noticed that the couple who started off with the poise of successful people and the arrogance of elders had now turned awkward and uneasy.

He thought to himself, his cousin’s soft stabs are really something.

Just then, a lively and pleasant voice came from outside the door.

"Auntie’s beef stew is so delicious, Miaomiao also wants to learn how to make it, to stew for you in the future, okay?"

Gu Cheng couldn’t help but raise an eyebrow, feeling like he had eaten candied lemon, both sweet and sour.

Jin Xuan and her husband, Gu Chang, looked towards the doorway with some anticipation.

This time, they heard another familiar voice.

"Since you said so, I’ll have to try it sometime."

"Gu Li?"

Gu Chang was a bit surprised, "He also had dinner at your third uncle’s house?"

He looked at Gu Cheng.

Before Gu Cheng could respond, Gu Chi, who was fiddling with a camera, cheerfully said, "Yes, my mom immediately liked him, thinking he was cute and obedient, insisted on keeping him for dinner."

Cute?

Obedient?

The couple looked puzzled.

Their younger son was clearly hot-tempered and stubborn, very disobedient, often getting into fights in middle and high school, frequently requiring parental visits and wasn’t amenable to reasoning.

At this moment, Tuanzi and Gu Li also entered the door, preparing to change their shoes.

Gu Li had intended to leave after dinner without meeting his parents. But he was worried that his parents had started interacting with his cousin’s family for the sake of interests, so he had to suppress his displeasure and come to see for himself.

As usual, the shoe cabinet had pink bunny ear slippers. He naturally changed into them, then walked to the living room, seeing the unfriendly expressions of his parents.

"Dad, Mom." He deliberately deepened his voice to greet them.

Gu Chang got angry seeing him like this.

"How come you didn’t tell us when you came to see your sister?"

Gu Li walked over with his hands in his pockets, deliberately with a nonchalant air, "Do I have to report what I eat for all three meals of the day as well?"

"You!"

Jin Xuan quickly stopped her husband from getting angry.

This was still at his sister’s house, even if they needed to educate their son, they should wait until they got home.

After stopping her husband, she forced a smile.

"Your dad didn’t mean anything by it, it’s just been a long time since we had a meal together. If we had known you were here, we would’ve asked you to join us for dinner."

Their son wasn’t particularly close to them, deliberately avoided eating with them. But how come Gu Cheng and the others also helped keep it a secret?

Jin Xuan was puzzled but didn’t rashly question the younger generation.

After all, there’s prioritizing within the family, you can freely educate your own son but shouldn’t directly criticize your nephew.

She looked at the little girl strolling over, with a round face and big eyes, just as playful and adorable as her younger sister was at that age. She quickly waved kindly.

"Miaomiao, come to your Auntie, let me have a good look at you."

Tuanzi folded her hands, peeked at this aunt, and slowly walked over while not forgetting to look back at Gu Li. Turning her head again, she glanced at Gu Chang, showing some confusion on her face.

Jin Xuan scooped her up and squeezed her cheeks, "What are you looking at?"

"Hmm."

Tuanzi thought for a moment and honestly said, "I feel like Cousin doesn’t resemble you..."

She thought her cousins looked better.

Jin Xuan laughed and said, "That’s because they look more like your grandmother, good genes."

"Wow," Tuanzi’s eyes widened, "do Chunting and Chunchao also look more like Grandma? They are handsome too."

"They all inherited your grandma’s strengths," Jin Xuan thought for a moment, "Your grandma was quite a beauty when she was young."

Tuanzi felt a bit regretful.

Gu Li sat on the single sofa, watching this scene coldly.

He wasn’t surprised that someone would like his cousin Miaomiao at first sight, after all, she was as adorable as many children in stories.

Due to preconceived notions, he always suspected his parents had ulterior motives. Seeing Jin Xuan being kind to his cousin but disdainful towards their brothers, he couldn’t help worrying that Jin Xuan was scheming against his cousin.

As Gu Li sat down, he ended up near Gu Chang.

Gu Chang, feeling unhappy about being ignored, was reminded by his wife not to educate their son, instead mentioned Gu Zhuo.

"What is your brother up to lately? He doesn’t answer calls; is he indulged in some research again?"

His tone was somewhat harsh.

Gu Li then responded in an even harsher tone, "Whatever he’s doing, he doesn’t have time to research stocks."

Gu Chang immediately scowled.

Tuanzi turned her head to see his dark face and blinked, "Uncle, your face looks like a black fungus now."