Han Li refused the servant's help and personally took the chicken leg from her daughter's plate. She carefully tore it into small pieces and put it back into the plate. She said to Zhizhi, "Your brothers are naughty, but our Zhizhi is the most obedient. Come, let's eat."
Zhizhi had already eaten a few soup dumplings and was not that hungry anymore. She thanked her mother and focused on eating the meat on her plate.
Seeing that she was eating so happily, everyone picked up some food for her. In a moment, the plate in front of Zhizhi was filled with all kinds of dishes. At first, Zhizhi was still eating hard, but her eyes were big and her stomach was small.
She put down her chopsticks and looked at the food in front of her with regret.
What to do? She could not eat anymore.
Han Li immediately noticed his daughter's expression and quickly wiped her mouth with a tissue. "Zhizhi, are you full? "
Zhizhi nodded hesitantly and said softly, "I'm sorry, I can't eat."
"What's there to be sorry about?" Han Li looked at her daughter with a smile.
"It's such a waste," Zhizhi said softly.
Everyone at the dining table could not help but fall silent.
Gu An immediately took the plate in front of Zhizhi and said to her daughter with a smile, "You won't waste it, Daddy's here! No matter how much food Zhizhi has left, Daddy can eat it all. Our Zhizhi is really a good child, she knows not to waste food!"
Everyone nodded and praised her. Han Li glared at her picky youngest son, but Gu Yu did not refute her, which was rare.
Gu Sen put down his chopsticks and looked at his granddaughter. "Our Zhizhi is so good. She even motivated Grandpa eat half a bowl more. I want to eat with our Zhizhi every day from now on!"
"Yes!" Gu Yu smiled. "Zhizhi, I'll leave the matter of eating with Grandpa to you from now on. You and Grandpa have to eat well. You have to grow up. Grandpa is getting on in years, and he'll get sick if he doesn't eat well, don't you think so?"
Zhizhi nodded seriously. "Then I'll have dinner with Grandpa from now on! Grandpa, Zhizhi can cook too!"
The whole family was stunned. This five-year-old child could actually cook?
Facing everyone's doubts, Zhizhi's face was full of pride. "I've been learning how to cook from my sister since I was four years old. My sister said that if I want to survive, I must have the ability to support myself! Cooking was the first step to survival! Even my sister says that my cooking is delicious!"
There was also Brother Shen Bai, but she could not say his name!
Han Li's tears almost burst out. Her daughter! How much suffering had she gone through?
Gu Sen forced himself to calm down. He looked at his granddaughter and continued the topic gently. "Our Zhizhi is the best! Does that mean that Grandpa will be able to eat Zhizhi's cooking in the future?"
Zhizhi nodded seriously and gave Gu Sen a big smile.
Such a warm and loving environment made Zhizhi lower her guard bit by bit.
Her sister and Brother Shen Bai both said that the human heart was sinister, but she did not quite understand this point. Whether it was in Peppermint Alley or in this house, she did not feel any malice from others. Everyone liked her so much, and similarly, she liked those who were good to her.
The Gu family had a tacit understanding.
A year ago, Zhizhi's older brother, Gu Su, received a piece of special news. Someone had found his younger sister, Gu Zhi. That person was called Qin Huai, and she was the older sister that Zhizhi had been talking about.
Qin Huai and Gu Su had agreed on a time and place. She would send her sister back.
However, the day before the appointed time, they suddenly lost contact with Qin Huai, and there was no news from her since.
Gu Su used all means to track down Qin Huai's identity and whereabouts, but he only found out that she was a famous killer ranked fifth on the list of killers. However, no matter how hard he tried, he could not find Qin Huai's whereabouts. There were rumors in the underworld that Qin Huai was already dead.
Gu Su had been keeping this news a secret from anyone until half a month ago when Qin Huai's number contacted him again and gave him his sister's location.
This time, Gu Su was even more cautious. After a thorough investigation, he found out that in the past year, Qin Huai had been injured and was being hunted down by her enemies. It was not convenient for him to show her face, so she had been hiding in the notorious Peppermint Alley with Qin Zhi. It was close to their home. Gu Su did not know if it was because of Qin Huai's serious injuries or some other reason that she had only contacted him after a year.
After Gu Su had investigated the matter, he told the elders of the family everything. To his surprise, no one cared about the process. They only cared about the result -- Zhizhi had been found!
He had to go abroad for a week due to urgent business. He had wanted to pick up his sister after he came back. After all, he had waited for several years, so one week was not a big deal. In the end, his family could not wait at all. As soon as he left, they picked up his sister on their own.