Shu Yue thanked her, "Sister, thank you. I'm sorry you have to pay for my mistakes."
Shu Xin shook her head and patted her shoulder. "I'm part of the Shu family too. Let's go, we'll check out the buffet restaurant. After dinner, we'll take the children to see their maternal grandparents."
The whole family moved to a hot pot buffet. It was a busy time, but luckily, there was no queue. Shu Yue bought eight adult meal tickets, but her "good" friend wasn't at the restaurant.
Wen Te looked enviously at her paying with her phone. "Yue Yue, teach me how to pay with my phone later. Paying with cash is too troublesome." It was also easy to lose money in his pocket.
Shu Yue replied, "No problem, but you have to learn how to use a phone first before I teach you."
Right now, he could only find videos to watch and didn't understand anything else.
Wen Te nodded, promising himself to study hard!
Wen Te and Leite attracted most of the attention as soon as they entered the restaurant, especially from the restaurant manager. He wasn't very willing to have people like them come in. The two tall figures looked like they could eat a lot, and he thought they wouldn't make much money from them.
This hot pot buffet was considered mid-range, with adults costing 199 yuan each. Children under 1.3 meters were half price, and those under 1 meter were free.
Clearly, the family didn't qualify for any discounts. The restaurant had a full range of food, including various fruits, meats, and seafood, except for the more expensive luxury fruits and seafood.
The restaurant manager had been watching their family with a keen eye since they entered. Seeing that they weren't picking the expensive seafood but opting for meat and fruits, he felt a lot more at ease.
He thought this family was a bit foolish. Others came and specifically chose the expensive seafood, while this family chose the filling meat dishes. Even if they ate their fill, they wouldn't cost that much.
Wen Te, while grabbing large bones and chicken legs, said with disgust, "Yue Yue, someone has been staring at us while we take food."
Shu Yue chuckled, "Don't mind him. Eat as much as you want today. I'm not planning to provide meals for you for the next few days, so the chefs can rest." And their wallets could rest too.
"Can we really eat whatever we want?" Leite was already eager.
"Of course."
Each person had a large plate, and everyone was picking food. Wen Te and Leite didn't like seafood with little meat, only meat. The two young boys were the same. Shu Yue and Shu Xin took the two girls to the fruit section, specifically picking fruits they hadn't eaten on the beast continent, such as strawberries and bananas.
The enjoyable afternoon meal began~
There were many people in the afternoon, and they were scattered inside, not attracting much attention. Everyone was busy eating, and no one had time to watch them. An hour later, the family left, fully satisfied.
All that remained were over a dozen overflowing trash cans and a bewildered restocking staff.
It was strange. Normally, a few hundred pounds of meat would last a whole day. Today, there weren't that many people, and the seafood hadn't been restocked much, but the meat was all gone!
Since it didn't affect their profits, the restaurant didn't make a fuss about it.
...
In the car, Shu Xin skillfully drove the extended nine-seater luxury car. Leite, in the passenger seat, looked on with longing. "Xin'er, can you teach me too?"
Shu Xin glanced at him before looking back at the road. "I can teach you about cars, but you can't drive them because you don't have a driver's license."
Leite asked curiously, "What's a driver's license?"
Shu Xin explained, "It's like a qualification certificate that allows you to drive on the road. Cars are easy to learn, but driver's licenses are hard to get, especially for an illiterate like you."
Shu Yue expressed her regret for them. "Because there's a written test, and you have to answer a hundred questions."
As she spoke, she searched for practice questions on her phone and showed them. "See? You have to memorize all these questions. You need to answer ninety correctly to pass the exam."
The endless dense small characters on the screen successfully made the two beastmen who wanted to learn to drive give up automatically. How could they take the exam if they couldn't even recognize all the characters?
Wen Te said dejectedly, "We'll take the test after we learn."
"Shu Xin, this isn't the way home. Where are we going?"
Shu Yue replied, "Didn't I tell you before? We're going to the children's maternal grandparents' house."
The two beastmen didn't catch on. "The children's maternal grandparents?"
Shu An understood. "Father, you're so slow. Maternal grandparents are Grandma and Grandpa, which means Mother's Mother and Father."
Shu Yue gave her daughter an appreciative look. "Neither of you has a child's brain that turns as fast as hers."
Leite blurted out, "Xin'er, do your parents also live in this city?"
Shu Xin rolled her eyes. "Of course, I didn't pop out of a rock. I have parents too. I'm taking you to meet your future in-laws!"
The two beastmen were stunned. Meet human in-laws?
How should they greet them? What should they do? They felt inexplicably nervous.
The children, on the other hand, were curious and asked about their maternal grandparents.
For example, what did their maternal grandparents look like, and was their house big enough, and so on...
With a mix of nervousness and excitement, the car arrived at the familiar villa entrance. Through the car window, they could see the light in the study on the second floor, and a hazy shadow on the drawn curtains.
Uncle Li, who was guarding the gate, came out after seeing the surveillance. He asked curiously, "Who are you? Why are you stopped at the gate?"
To avoid scaring anyone, Shu Xin got out of the car herself, her voice clear and cold. "Uncle Li, it's me. The people in the car are my friends."
Uncle Li was also taken aback when he saw Shu Xin after three years. "Miss Shu Xin? You, you're back?"
Shu Xin nodded slightly. "Yes, I'm back. Are Mom and Dad at home?"
Uncle Li nodded excitedly. "Yes, yes, they'll be very happy to see you back!"
He had been Shu Xin's grandfather's driver when he was young and had worked for the Shu family his whole life. He had witnessed these two children grow up. How could such a good family end up with one dead and one injured?!
Uncle Li always felt it was a pity. Seeing his employers growing thinner day by day, he also felt distressed.
"Uncle Li, please open the main gate. I plan to drive the car in."
Uncle Li didn't ask what kind of friends she had brought. Miss Shu Xin had her own ideas and didn't like people asking too many questions.
Uncle Li opened the main gate, and Shu Xin drove in. As the car passed by him, he vaguely saw many people sitting in it. Shu Yue had deliberately covered her face, afraid of scaring Uncle Li.
A person who should have been dead reappearing would be quite frightening.
Hearing the car engine turn off, the lady of the house, who was looking at photos in the living room, paused slightly and frowned, peering towards the door. Thinking her husband was working in the study upstairs, she wondered who old Li had let in.
Through the window, she saw a tall figure get out of the car. The sheer size of it startled Li Yun. Could it be a thief?!
She quickly sent a voice message to her husband, "Come down quickly, a stranger has arrived!"
Li Yun was extremely flustered. She looked around for something to defend herself with. Her phone screen swiped to the dialing page, and the number was 110. If the situation turned bad, she would dial it immediately.