“Jiachi?” Jian Ai was stunned and recognized her cousin at a glance.
Yao Jiachi had a foot on the side of the road and the other on the bicycle pedal. He blinked at Jian Ai and then raised his chin. “Sister, come up. Let’s have a meal.”
Jian Ai didn’t have time to react before her eyes landed on Jiachi’s face. This was the first time she had seen her cousin after her rebirth.
Among those of the same generation, apart from her elder brother, Jian Ai was close to this cousin of hers. In her previous life, after succeeding in her business in university, she immediately paid for her cousin, who had outstanding results, to study abroad in Europe. He went there for several years, and they did not meet even until the day Jian Ai got into a car accident and was reborn.
Now that the fourteen-year-old Jiachi had appeared in front of her again, Jian Ai’s heart churned, and she forgot to respond.
“Sister?”
Yao Jiachi stuck his head forward and blinked at the stunned Jian Ai. “What’s wrong?”
Jian Ai regained her senses and calmed herself down before asking, “A meal? Where are we going?”
“Oh.” Yao Jiachi reacted half a beat later and said slowly, “My mother said that you were hospitalized a few days ago and didn’t have time to see you. Now that you have recovered, she said that she would treat your family to a meal.”
Jian Ai nodded. Her aunt must be referring to after she fell into the water.
“Jian Ai, if you have something to do, go ahead. I’ll go back myself,” Guan Tao said to Jian Ai.
“Okay, see you tomorrow,” Jian Ai said as she got into the backseat of Jiachi’s bicycle and waved at Guan Tao.
Yao Jiachi exerted strength with his feet, and the bicycle rushed out smoothly.
The slightly cold wind blew on her face, and she could smell the faint scent of detergent on Jiachi’s body. However, it made Jian Ai feel unreal again.
Jian Ai sat on the bike seat sideways and looked at the traffic on the road. Buildings slowly flashed past. She immediately turned her head slightly and leaned on Jiachi’s broad back. Yao Jiachi looked sideways and smiled innocently like vanilla.
About half an hour later, the two stopped in front of a home-cooked food stall in Zhonglou District. The two families had close contact and spent most of the time cooking at home. When they occasionally came out to eat, they would mostly choose this affordable stall.
“Jian Ai and Jiachi are here.”
As soon as they entered, the passionate female boss greeted them. Since they were regular customers, and Jian Ai and Jiachi were good-looking, the female boss had long remembered their names.
“Hello, Auntie. Are my mom and the rest here?” Jian Ai greeted the boss politely and then asked.
“They’re here. They’re inside,” the female boss said as she led them in.
“Aunt, Uncle.”
As soon as she entered, Jian Ai saw Wang Yunzhi and Yao Feng and quickly greeted them.
Wang Yunzhi was the youngest child in the Wang family and was Wang Yunmei’s youngest sister. She looked a lot like Wang Yunmei, but her natural skin was not as good as Wang Yunmei’s. In addition, she had lived a hard life and did not deliberately take much care of herself, so she looked way older than Wang Yunmei.
Her uncle, Yao Feng, was from the same village as her family. The two lived together and gave birth to Jiachi before getting their marriage certificate in Baiyun City. Jiachi looked very similar to his father, so it was not difficult to tell that Jian Ai’s uncle was a handsome man when he was younger. Furthermore, Yao Feng was tall and strong and usually did work involving strength, so his body was full of muscles. He was not like her elder uncle, who started to gain weight before he was forty.