80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy - Chapter 591

80s Wife is Sweet and Sassy 
Chapter 591 – A fake smile (1) 

Translator : Moon Lee
Editor : Tea
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“Qiao Qiao and Xiao Gu are here! Come, sit down! Bilian, serve some tea!”  

He Jihong emerged from the kitchen, greeting them warmly and shooting her daughter a meaningful look. 

But Xu Bilian remained seated, unmoving. 

Chu Yuanzhi quickly offered, “I’ll serve the tea.”  

“No need. I’ll pour my own drink if I’m thirsty.” 

Chu Qiao declined.  

He Jihong smiled warmly. 

“You’re right, please feel at ease at your parents’ home. Please, have a seat. I’ll finish cooking, and we can start dinner.”  

He Jihong, radiating warmth like a spring breeze, showed no trace of her former sternness toward Chu Qiao. 

To an outsider, she might have seemed like Chu Qiao’s birth mother. 

Chu Qiao responded with an equally bright smile. After all, if He Jihong wanted to act as a harmonious family, she could play along too.

He Jihong’s nephew, He Shenghui, was currently working at the machine tool factory.

Gu Ye had arranged for him to work at the warehouse, which was a fairly simple task with good pay. 

Old Mrs. He was pleased and even specially called Chu Qiao to share some heartfelt words, a privilege even Xu Bilian had never received.  

He Jihong’s sudden warmth was undoubtedly due to Old Mrs. He’s influence. 

Chu Qiao had no intention of overtly clashing with the He family for the time being, so she went along with it because it was acceptable.  

Chu Qiao smiled, took two bananas from the fruit tray, and handed them to Dabao and Xiaobao, letting them have some snacks first.  

“Dabao, Xiaobao, make yourselves at home. At Grandma’s place, just relax as if it were your own home.”  

He Jihong patted the children’s heads with a kindly expression. 

Dabao and Xiaobao shrunk back slightly but did not call her ‘Grandma’. 

They could sense that He Jihong’s kindness wasn’t genuine, unlike Grandpa, who truly cared for them.  

“Bilian, come help me chop the vegetables.”  

He Jihong shot her daughter a stern look. Reluctantly, Xu Bilian headed to the kitchen.

Dabao whispered in his younger brother’s ear, “Did you see the smile on Auntie’s stepmom just now? That’s what ‘the eyes held their silence, while the face was smiling*’ means. Remember that!”  

* A fake smile

Xiaobao nodded seriously, committing it to memory. 

Then, with genuine curiosity, he asked, “Brother, then what does ‘The face held its silence, while the eyes were smiling’ mean?”

Since there was a saying of ‘the eyes held their silence, while the face was smiling’, then logically there ought to be one where ‘The face held its silence, while the eyes were smiling’.  Just like left and right, front and back, man and woman. 

Everything had to be two-sided. Xiaobao thought differently and was very curious.

Dabao was completely stumped. He had always been the one teaching his younger brother idioms, but he hadn’t expected his younger brother to learn how to question him in return. 

How would he know ‘the face held its silence, while the eyes were smiling’ was supposed to mean?

“That idiom doesn’t exist.” Dabao said firmly. 

He would simply refuse to believe that such a phrase exists.  

Only if he believed it himself could he keep his younger brother convinced. Otherwise, how was he supposed to maintain his authority as the older brother?

“But why doesn’t it exist, brother?” 

Xiaobao was dissatisfied with that answer. He felt it should exist.

“It simply doesn’t, okay? Why do you have so many questions? Here, eat your banana!”

Dabao felt slightly humiliated and annoyed. He peeled a banana and placed it into his brother’s mouth, finally having some peace and quiet.

But within, he was anxious. His younger brother’s questions were becoming more difficult. If one existed, there would almost certainly be another.

In the future, there will undoubtedly be more bizarre and intriguing questions. 

He would have to read more and learn new things, otherwise, if he kept failing to answer, his younger brother would surely think that he was the most useless big brother in the world. 

His authority as the eldest brother could not be undermined.

Dabao made up his mind. 

From now on, he would add an extra half hour of reading every day and learn from his uncle, to read widely and broaden his knowledge. 

He Jihong finished preparing the dishes, and Chu Peng also returned home. 

Dabao and Xiaobao eagerly surrounded him, chattering away enthusiastically. 

Chu Peng found himself somewhat overwhelmed, he wasn’t particularly fond of overly affectionate emotions. 

In his view, it was better to maintain a distance, even between parents and children.  

But the two children were too passionate for him to ignore.

He couldn’t bring himself to hurt their innocent feelings, so he hesitantly engaged with them.

For the most part, Dabao talked while he listened. 

To an outsider, however, it looked like he was having a warm and lively conversation with the children. 

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