The Young Matriarch

Chapter 145: Chapter 145: My Foster Parents, My Real Dad!
 

Cao Yushu: “???”

Did he really need to sneakily stand on tiptoe to measure his height in front of his own family?

“I didn’t!”

The butler’s eyes grew even more surprised, “That’s strange, it looks like 166cm now.”

Even with growth hormones, could anyone grow 1cm overnight?

That 1cm might not be noticeable in a day or two, but if this continues day after day, it would make a difference.

Cao Yushu stood there, dazed, and suddenly grabbed the butler, shouting, “Butler, quickly take a photo for me, I want to witness it with my own eyes!”

Tears were about to fall from Cao Yushu’s eyes; nobody could understand the value of that 1cm!

He had been called short for over a decade and suddenly saw a glimmer of hope on the horizon. What was this? It was like the presence of a real father.

Snatching his phone from the butler, Cao Yushu looked at the photo and cried and laughed at the same time, his demeanor near madness as he muttered to himself, “I’ve grown taller…I really have grown taller!”

Bai Chuwei hadn’t lied—those injections from last night had actually worked.

Suddenly, Cao Yushu slapped himself hard across the face with a “smack.”

The butler jumped, startled, “Young Master? Are you not awake, or have you gone mad?”

Cao Yushu’s cheek swelled slightly as he cried out, “That slap was well-deserved, I was wrong to suspect yesterday that Classmate Bai only wanted to visit my father!”

The recipes she brought were genuine, and so were the injections to increase his height!

With a “whoosh,” Cao Yushu rushed downstairs, smartphone in hand.

As he got closer to the kitchen, the aromatic scent became even more intense, so tantalizing that everyone present wished they could swallow their own tongues. Delicious! Truly delicious!

Seeing his son, who was both crying and laughing, Cao Jinhai in his chef’s attire also had his eyes redden, “All these years I’ve worked as a chef, my star chef title has been in vain! Miss Bai is like my reborn parents, my own father!”

Cao Yushu choked up, countering, “Dad, you’re wrong, Classmate Bai is my reborn parent! I’ve grown 1cm taller.”

Father and son locked eyes for a moment and then suddenly started crying together in front of everyone in the house.

The servants: “…”

The butler sighed, “Both father and son want to acknowledge other parents; does this not mess up the familial hierarchy?”

*

The classroom of Class Nine was a mess before morning self-study. Some students were dashing through the aisles to hand in last night’s homework to their group leader, some were sitting at their seats reciting words and reading books, while others were whispering about the latest gossip.

There had been so much gossip at Henghua First Middle School these past couple of days, from Xu Xingchen swearing at Duan Xingye yesterday only to be struck by lightning as soon as he turned his head, to the news in Eleventh Class that Bai Yinyin was going to meet with Professor Zhao Guangming from the Calligraphy Department of Imperial Capital University in the afternoon, a subject of envy.

“Thud—Thud—Thud.”

A series of knocks sounded, and all the students of Class Nine looked towards the door. Cao Yushu, who was rather shy by nature, blushed under their gaze.

He looked towards Bai Chuwei at the back of the classroom, who was propping up her chin, amusingly feeding the birds with sunflower seeds and seeming somewhat out of place among the other students, exuding a sense of mystery.

Cao Yushu felt he had no right to call Bai Chuwei out for him, but he steeled himself and walked in.

Approaching Bai Chuwei’s seat, Cao Yushu took out a letter, his face and ears red as he looked at her, his eyes brimming with an unspoken multitude of words.

This situation… everyone in Class Nine watched with eager anticipation.

Sitting nearby, Duan Xingye who was memorizing vocabulary, instantly looked up, his gaze fixated on Cao Yushu.

Cao Yushu faced Bai Chuwei, his face flushed red, his voice trembling, “Classmate Bai, I…I…I’m really…”

Duan Xingye pulled out his phone and sent a WeChat message to Duan Feihan.

[Xingye: Uncle Si, a male classmate is about to publicly confess his love for Weiwei with a love letter.]