968 No Need to Choose Sides (1/2)

”No.” Lu Zihao snorted as if the very idea of him being sad over a breakup was ridiculous.

”Don't believe what Uncle Zihao is saying, Mother,” Bacon interrupted in his usual bored, polite and no-nonsense tone. ”He's lying. The truth is that Uncle Zihao has been moping around and drinking alcohol like a loser ever since he broke up with Aunt Jinjing. Everyone at Shadow Winds is avoiding him because he snarls at them like a grumpy lion who has a splinter stuck on his butt—I mean, his derrière but couldn't get it out. He has been beating up everyone at the headquarters in the name of 'training'. As his young nephew, Bacon is ashamed to watch such pathetic behaviour from my uncle. Uncle Zihao is not being classy at all.”

”Gasp! Uncle Haohao is acting like a pathetic loser?! Shocking! And he's bullying his subordinates?! Uh-oh! What a big meanie, even bigger than my little kitty brother! Bacon, don't be like Uncle Haohao or you'll break our mommy's heart! Then Daddy will ground you forever and ever because Daddy hates seeing Mommy hurt. Oh no! That's too sad! Meowuwuwu!”

”You brats!” Lu Zihao growled through gritted teeth.

”See? Uncle Zihao is very grumpy,” Bacon commented in a bored I-told-you-so tone.

”Bacon, Ketchup, that's enough.” Iris pressed her lips together to stop herself from laughing at her brother's expense. She knew his temper. If her AI children continued to tease him like this, he would explode at any moment and might traumatize them.

”Did you call just to make fun of me, huh? I'm hanging up now. I don't have time for this shit.”

And indeed, Lu Zihao hung up in the next second.

”It'll be alright. Uncle Zihao won't stay mad at us for too long because we are family. Most importantly, we are Mother's beloved children. Uncle Zihao loves his sister, our mother, very much, so he'll always care about us, her children, whether he actually likes us or not.”

Iris interrupted the two. ”Try calling your uncle again.”

”Okie dokie, Mommy! Meow~”

The phone kept ringing but Lu Zihao didn't answer.

”Just make his phone automatically answer the call,” Bacon suggested.

”But that's bad manners! Ketchup is a good kitty baby! Right, Mommy and Daddy? Meow~”

Jin Liwei shrugged. ”Maybe they're just not meant for each other.”

”And they were even the ones who caught my bouquet and garter. Although I don't really believe in the superstition about being the next one to marry after catching a wedding bouquet and garter, I didn't expect for the two of them to break up so soon after our wedding.”

”Both of them are already grown-ups. I'm sure that they can figure it out by themselves.”

She looked reluctant, thinking of something. Then she asked Ketchup to text Long Jinjing asking her if she was alright. A few minutes passed by but Long Jinjing didn't reply.