USWHC -Chapter 320 Lucky Parents (Part 10)

“Dad, why did she actually follow us back?” Zhu Shishi’s face was full of worry.

Zhu Laotai (Old Madam Zhu) also looked troubled and said, “Do you mean… we’re supposed to take care of her?”

“Take care? What are we, running a charity hall?” Zhu Laohan (Old Man Zhu) said angrily, his face so dark it could rival Bao Gong.

“Dad, what do you think is going on with her? Could she really have amnesia?” Zhu Shishi asked, puzzled. Her mind just couldn’t make sense of this.

“Who knows! Weren’t you the one asking around?” Zhu Laohan huffed.

Zhu Shishi immediately looked awkward. “I did ask around. No one knows where this Ji family daughter-in-law came from. Everyone says she suddenly appeared. No one knows where her family is. I guessed maybe she was lost… but at her age, if she really got lost, she’d either have amnesia or be ill. She wouldn’t just… do something like this!”

“I don’t think so. She’s probably one of our kind, maybe being chased by enemies and hiding here on purpose,” Zhu Laotai speculated. “Think about it! At first, she was so bold, and then suddenly she changed her surname? Definitely up to no good!”

“What? Mom… you mean she wants to harm us? That can’t be, right?” Zhu Shishi shivered a little. This sister was impossible to figure out.

Just then, the door opened, and there stood Zhu Jie, smiling, holding something in her hands.

“You… what are you doing?!” Zhu Shishi asked, feeling guilty.

Zhu Jie’s smile was far more natural than hers. In a soft voice, she said, “It’s been so long that I haven’t been able to show filial respect before you, Dad and Mom. I, your daughter, am unfilial. I specially made some sweet soup for you and my sister. Try it first—see if it tastes any different from before.”

Sweet soup? Could it be poison? The Zhu family all froze, too cautious to take a sip. This person, calling them Dad and Mom so sweetly and naturally, wasn’t something ordinary people could pull off. Who would casually call someone their parents like that? Could this girl’s skills be higher than theirs?

Seeing that they didn’t touch it, tears welled up in Zhu Jie’s eyes, swirling just before falling. “Dad, Mom… are you angry at your daughter?”

Zhu Laohan felt awkward. “How could we be? We’re just… touched. Back at home, you never even made us a bowl of sweet soup. Now, in just a little time, you’ve learned to be filial to us!”

“Really? I never knew how to make sweet soup before?” Zhu Jie followed his words, saying, “I really don’t remember! Don’t be mad at me, Dad and Mom. At the Ji household earlier, I spoke like that because I really didn’t remember you. I was afraid of being deceived, so I got defensive and said harsh words.”

She then personally served each member of the Zhu family a bowl of sweet soup, of course pouring one for herself as well, and slowly took the first sip.

Seeing this, the Zhu family hesitated. Could it be that there was no poison? Zhu Shishi looked at the smooth, enticing soup and couldn’t resist taking a sip. “Oh, this is actually pretty good. Tastes nice,” she remarked.

“Oh, actually, I still don’t know how to make sweet soup. I bought this,” Zhu Jie said, pretending to be embarrassed.

“Bought it?” Zhu Laohan blinked. “You brought money?” His eyes lit up immediately.

But the next moment, there was a loud knock at the door. Who could it be? A waiter-looking person came in politely: “Sir, madam, is the sweet soup to your liking?”

Zhu Laotai was surprised. “It’s good!”

“Alright, that will be thirty taels of silver, thank you!” The waiter smiled and held out his hand.

“Thirty taels of silver for a bowl of sweet soup? Are you robbing us?” Zhu Laohan was shocked. Even a scammer isn’t that rich! You can’t fleece people like this!

The waiter immediately looked embarrassed, rubbing his hands awkwardly. “Sir, this is bird’s nest soup! Thirty taels isn’t expensive at all!”

“Bird’s nest?” Zhu Laohan almost popped his eyes out. “This plain-looking soup… is bird’s nest?”

Zhu Jie looked shy and said, “Dad, Mom, you’ve been running around looking for me, tired yourselves. I just thought I’d give you something good to replenish yourselves!”

She spoke so earnestly about filial piety! Zhu Laohan, however, felt his teeth itch in anger. If you’re being filial, then pay for it! Why let someone else come asking for money?

Before he could say anything, another round of polite knocks came at the door. Looking up, he saw… a crowd outside! Could it be that the Ji family sent people to find her?