Chapter 558: He Starts Taking Off His Belt

"Hahahahahahaha..."

The loud laughter came from the village chief.

As expected, when the village chief’s laughter echoed, Chi Yu’s face turned dark.

Seriously, what’s so funny? It’s so embarrassing.

The village chief first glanced at Chi Yu, clicking his tongue several times, then looked at Suisui with even more amusement: "Left all clean, came back looking like a little kitten."

Suisui grinned: "Village Chief~"

"Why are you laughing? Look, your mom is angry." The village chief pointed out Gu Yuan’s expression to Suisui.

Suisui’s grin slowly faded, then she pouted and hung her head, no longer daring to laugh.

Because her mom was truly angry.

Chi Yu ignored the village chief’s unabashed laughter and first tried to reassure Gu Yuan: "This was an accident; it won’t happen again."

Gu Yuan’s face remained stern: "What accident?"

Her tone still sounded angry, the fire hadn’t subsided.

Before Chi Yu could push out the culprit, Suisui spoke up first: "Mom, godmother took me out, we caught fish and she carried me back."

At the mention of Sheng Yi.

Gu Yuan finally remembered that she had asked Sheng Yi to watch Suisui.

But earlier, seeing Suisui returning with Chi Yu, she naturally assumed Suisui had been with Chi Yu and ended up like this.

...She had wrongly blamed Chi Yu.

She had been feeling angry earlier, and now realized she directed her anger at the wrong person. Seeing Chi Yu’s expression, he was truly aggrieved.

"Why didn’t you say anything?" she shot a glance at him.

Chi Yu grumbled: "Complaining is something you’d expect from a grown man like me!?"

Of course he wouldn’t say anything; it was also a way to repay Sheng Yi’s favor.

After all, his rightful husband’s position still needed Sheng Yi’s support.

Gu Yuan couldn’t be bothered to say anything more.

The village chief’s house had a bathroom, built just two years ago. Gu Yuan had just washed her head in there before she came out, pointing inside: "Why are you standing around? Go in and wash up."

"Where to wash inside?" Chi Yu wasn’t familiar with the inside of the village chief’s house.

Gu Yuan had to lead him inside: "Carry Suisui and follow me."

Chi Yu picked up Suisui and followed.

People who entered later saw a woman’s elegant back leading Chi Yu inside.

Fu Yao looked at that back and asked Sheng Yi beside her: "That must be President Gu?"

Sheng Yi replied with a hum: "Yes."

Fu Yao said: "Is President Gu taking Chi Yu to clean up? He’s covered in mud. If he doesn’t wash it off, it’ll dry."

Lin Xijiang responded: "Yeah."

Lin Shi asked: "So we’re just waiting here?"

The village chief came over and poured everyone water. Although he didn’t know why everyone was here, as long as everyone came, he was happy to entertain them with joy, even planning to prepare dinner early.

Lin Xijiang and the others politely declined the village chief’s kindness.

Their real purpose was to pick up Sheng Yi.

Encountering President Gu in the countryside was a coincidence.

They didn’t want to impose on the village chief or bother President Gu, so they naturally wouldn’t stay too long. They planned to tease the little fellow after Chi Yu cleaned up, then proceed with today’s program tasks and officially call it a day.

The village chief didn’t insist on keeping them, simultaneously hosting them while glancing at the dog in the yard several times, asking: "Why does that dog keep looking more like our Huang?"

It looked like him, yet the village chief wasn’t sure.

He approached to have a closer look.

Huang probably realized he had done something wrong, covered in mud and not daring to come inside, just pacing around in the yard.

Seeing the village chief come out, Huang immediately tucked his tail between his legs, lowered his head, and whimpered.

The village chief: "Ah! It really is our Huang, did you roll in the field again? I almost didn’t recognize you..."

The village chief exclaimed repeatedly while muttering curses.

The dog’s head was completely muddy, so was its body; when it left, it was a clean dog, but it came back almost unrecognizable.

...

Inside the house.

In the bathroom.

Gu Yuan was running hot water.

Chi Yu and Suisui stood quietly to the side, exchanging a glance, both silently keeping quiet, perfectly calm.

The water was being poured into a bucket. There was only a bucket.

Once a bucket was filled, Gu Yuan came over, first looking at the messy Suisui, then at Chi Yu: "Which of you will wash first?" 𝘧𝓇ℯℯ𝑤ℯ𝘣𝓃ℴ𝓋𝑒𝑙.𝑐𝘰𝑚

Suisui hadn’t spoken yet.

Chi Yu asked first: "Yuanyuan, will you help me wash?"

Gu Yuan snapped: "Don’t have hands?!"

Chi Yu felt embarrassed, rubbing his arm, "Then I’ll do it myself... but first, give Suisui a bath, then I’ll wash."

Gu Yuan agreed and took messy Suisui over.

The water in one bucket was plenty; Chi Yu was already dirty, unable to help much, and had to wait for Gu Yuan to finish washing Suisui before dealing with himself.

Three buckets of dirty water were used before Suisui was clean.

This time, Gu Yuan had brought many clothes for Suisui, and now she put a set on her; the once messy little kitten was now a clean little princess.

Helping wash Suisui had dirtied some of her own clothes, so she couldn’t carry the clean Suisui and had to let Suisui go out on her own.

"Mom, I’ll go find godmother. Is that okay?" Suisui, freshly washed, started bouncing around again.

Gu Yuan thought about how this mud mess was made while with Sheng Yi, feeling a bit uneasy.

But the unease lasted only moments, thinking of all the people outside, Sheng Yi was still the most reliable and said: "Go ahead, but don’t play outside anymore."

Suisui crinkled her lashes and agreed obediently: "Okay~"

When Suisui left, Gu Yuan turned around and saw Chi Yu standing there, staring at her motionlessly.

Gu Yuan: "Why are you staring at me? Wash up."

"Oh." He undid his belt buckle and started to pull his belt...