It was already time for lunch, and since Qin Chuan was still here, it was clear that he was staying for lunch.

Thinking about this, Jiang Ran stood up and walked towards the kitchen.

Sure enough, upon entering the kitchen, she saw Wang Cuilan and Pei Baoshan cooking.

Pei Jing wasn’t helping but was sitting obediently on a little stool.

Kids are like that; even if they can’t help, they just want to watch.

Jiang Ran patted Pei Jing’s head before asking Wang Cuilan, "Mom, is Qin Chuan staying for lunch?"

Wang Cuilan nodded, "Yes, his parents aren’t home. He was originally planning to eat something simple by himself, but Pei Yang brought him back."

Qin Chuan’s parents are busy people, so it’s normal for them to be out during lunch sometimes.

Jiang Ran thought that there would likely be many days like today, where Qin Chuan comes over for meals.

But it’s just one more person eating, cooking an extra bowl of rice isn’t a big deal.

Like this, Jiang Ran could enjoy watching their relationship and feel happy.

Thinking about being able to watch over their relationship more often, Jiang Ran, with no objections to begin with, felt even happier.

Even with Qin Chuan there, no particularly lavish lunch was prepared just because of his presence.

The meal was similar to what they usually ate.

Jiang Ran agreed with Wang Cuilan’s approach.

After all, a household can’t prepare luxurious meals every day.

Besides, their meals were nutritionally balanced, with both meat and eggs—already quite generous.

If Qin Chuan had any objections to their meals, it would just mean they weren’t on the same wavelength.

Fortunately, Qin Chuan didn’t have any objections.

On the contrary, after taking a bite, he gave a thumbs up, "Delicious! Not much different from the restaurant we ate at yesterday."

The place they ate at yesterday was a private kitchen, and the food was indeed very good.

Even Jiang Ran couldn’t find any faults with it.

For Qin Chuan to say this now was really high praise.

Whether it was sincere or just polite, it showed an attitude.

Everyone was very pleased with Qin Chuan’s attitude.

Wang Cuilan called out, "Everyone’s been busy all morning and must be tired, don’t be shy, hurry and eat! Whatever needs to be done can wait until after lunch."

Hearing Wang Cuilan say this, Qin Chuan didn’t say anything more and focused on eating.

Since it was summer, right after lunch was the hottest time of the day, with nothing much to do, it was best to nap to have enough energy for the afternoon.

Since there wasn’t anyone at Qin Chuan’s home, they didn’t make him go back.

Instead, they let him go with Pei Yang to Pei Yang’s room.

Pei Yang’s room had a bunk bed and a heated bed.

There was no problem for the two of them to sleep there.

Jiang Ran also took Pei Jing back to their room.

Pei Jing lay on the heated bed but didn’t fall asleep immediately.

After rolling around twice, he looked at Jiang Ran.

"Mommy, is that brother—uncle going to live with us from now on?"

Pei Jing initially wanted to call him brother, but after being corrected a few times, he remembered that Qin Chuan wasn’t a brother but an uncle.

Jiang Ran patted Pei Jing’s little face, "He won’t stay in our house overnight. Little Jing, do you like this uncle?"