Daddy, Come Home For Dinner!

Chapter 910: Chapter 910: Truly Frustrating

"Did you eat on the way?" the old lady asked.

"No, I went straight to drop Miss Li off," Zhao Dingli replied.

Just after saying that, Zhao Dingli felt he could almost hear teeth grinding through the phone.

Then he heard the old lady say, "You really are..."

You deserve to be single!

"I thought you were taking so long, maybe you had stopped for dinner with Xiao Yun!" the old lady said.

Zhao Dingli: "..."

He had actually forgotten about that.

"Just think about it, how could you be so careless!" the old lady scolded, "It was dinner time after the competition ended and it got dark."

"Watching the competition all afternoon, Xiao Yun hadn’t eaten dinner and you just let her go home on an empty stomach?" the old lady asked.

"I heard from Xiao Fei that Xiao Yun lives alone and doesn’t stay with her parents," the old lady continued.

"Yes." Zhao Dingli nodded.

"You see, she’s so tired now, going home alone, she surely doesn’t have the energy to cook for herself! Especially being single and at home, she must just make do, maybe order takeout or eat ready meals."

"And you didn’t even take her out for a good dinner?" the old lady said in exasperation.

Zhao Dingli pinched the bridge of his nose, truly not having thought of this.

He’s never really been serious about interacting with girls.

Seeing a girl home was still a first for him.

This indeed was his oversight.

Zhao Dingli sighed helplessly and said, "Aunt Lin, hearing you say this makes me regret it too."

The old lady was genuinely shocked by this.

Was Zhao Dingli ever the type to go on a date with a girl?

He usually wouldn’t even want to meet anyone!

Taking someone home?

Having dinner?

That was even less likely.

How could he possibly admit to a mistake and feel regret?

And now, Zhao Dingli was actually admitting he overlooked this and regretted not taking Li Xiaoyun out for dinner.

This truly made the old lady astonished.

So astonished that she stammered, "You... you really regret it?"

"It was indeed my oversight." It made him seem so ungentlemanly.

Luckily, the old lady reminded him in time.

Otherwise, if he let Li Xiaoyun go upstairs to her home alone, she would definitely think poorly of him.

The old lady opened and closed her mouth but, for once, was at a loss for words.

In all of Zhao Dingli’s life, Li Xiaoyun was absolutely the most special one!

If Zhao Dingli didn’t like Li Xiaoyun, Zhao Guoxian would be single for life!

Zhao Guoxian suddenly felt as if he had been struck by something, looked up guiltily, and looked around.

He didn’t see anything unusual.

Just felt strange.

Zhao Dingli was contemplating inviting Li Xiaoyun out for dinner.

After all, she hadn’t gone inside her house yet and was right there in front of him.

Suddenly, he heard the old lady say, "Hey, how about this? Since Xiao Yun hasn’t eaten yet, you can bring her to the old residence."

Zhao Dingli: "..."

"To the old residence?" Even Zhao Dingli was surprised.

"Yes, everyone is here," the old lady said.

The old lady glanced at Ye Fei and decided, for the sake of Zhao Dingli’s singlehood, to temporarily have Ye Fei sacrifice and utilize the incident where Ye Fei was bullied today.

She said to Zhao Dingli, "We’re all here together because Xiao Fei got bullied today, and we’re all comforting her."

Ye Fei: "..."

"Xiao Yun is Xiao Fei’s good friend; she must be very worried about her. It’s only because we’re all here that she feels uncomfortable coming over, but in her heart, she surely can’t stop worrying about Xiao Fei," the old lady said.

"So it’s perfect to bring her back to the old residence, and we’ll all have dinner together," the old lady proposed.

Ye Fei finally understood the old lady’s roundabout reasoning.

She just didn’t expect that after Zhao Guoxian had just suggested it, the old lady would actually bring Zhao Dingli and Li Xiaoyun over to observe.

Ye Fei thought the old lady might wait for another chance later on.

Who knew the old lady was so efficient? She planned to invite Li Xiaoyun over today.

"Since you’re going to take her out for dinner anyway," the old lady said.

Zhao Dingli: "..."

How do you know?

"Might as well come to the old residence. And then she’ll know about Xiao Fei’s situation too," the old lady said.

"Is Xiao Yun now beside you?" the old lady asked, not waiting for Zhao Dingli to reply.

"Yes, she is." Zhao Dingli replied.

"Then give the phone to Xiao Yun, let me talk to her," the old lady said.

Zhao Dingli: "..."

The situation came so suddenly, he was caught off guard.

"Come on, why are you hesitating!" the old lady urged.

Useless, needing an old lady like her to help pursue a girl.

Zhao Dingli had no choice but to hand the phone to Li Xiaoyun.

Li Xiaoyun didn’t take it immediately and looked at Zhao Dingli in confusion.

Zhao Dingli awkwardly cleared his throat and said, "It’s my old lady, she wants to invite you to the old residence for dinner."

"She wants to tell you herself," Zhao Dingli added.

Li Xiaoyun never expected things to develop in such a direction.

She quickly picked up the phone, "Hello, Grandma."

Zhao Dingli: "..."

Really, feeling quite annoyed.

He had just addressed her as Aunt Lin, but Li Xiaoyun goes directly to calling her Grandma.

"Xiao Yun," the old lady said, temporarily disregarding the issue of addressing, taking it slow.

"I just found out, Dingli actually didn’t take you out for food?" the old lady said.

Food, what food?

Li Xiaoyun’s eyes widened.

She really hadn’t thought about eating!

"I... I didn’t think of it either," Li Xiaoyun replied, "It was actually troublesome for Mr. Zhao to send me back, and he hasn’t eaten until now."

"Oh, nonsense!" the old lady said, "That was Dingli’s oversight. Who told him to forget to take you to eat, leaving him deserving of going hungry!"

Li Xiaoyun: "..."

What could she say to that?

"I just told Dingli to bring you to the old residence and we can have dinner together," the old lady continued.

"That would be inappropriate," Li Xiaoyun now found the phone a bit hot to hold.

"What’s inappropriate about it? Just right, we haven’t eaten yet either, only just got in and haven’t had time to tidy up," the old lady said. "Aunt Lin has just started preparing dinner, and by the time you and Dingli arrive, it’ll be just in time to start eating."

"In any case, Dingli will come back to the old residence, so just bring you along," the old lady said.

"But it’s a family dinner..." Li Xiaoyun said.

How could she go!

It’s all Zhao Family members, and her being there would feel too abrupt and uncomfortable.

It’d be better to just order takeout at home.

While in Zhao Dingli’s car, she had already planned on ordering some barbecue and opening a bottle of beer.