Chapter 63: Endless Vinegar Intent

  "Has it been sent away? Let's get ready to take a bath and sleep." Su Xiaofan, holding clothes in her hand, knew that Xiao Hui was fine now, and after thoroughly putting her mind at ease, she felt extremely tired, even more so than when she first came back. Her bones were almost falling apart. Now that the wine shop's business had stabilized and she didn't have to go there every day as early as before, should she start going for a morning run every day?

  Take the little treasure with you every day for a run, it's good exercise.

  "Hmm." Xiao Yimeng gazed at her for a moment before walking into the house.

  Su Xiaofan soaked in the comfortable bathtub, her whole body and mind relaxed. Lately, she had been extremely tired every day, wondering when it would get better? Or would it just get worse as time went on?

  Moreover, as long as the little treasure is by my side, I will feel extremely at ease. Even if I am alone now and only have this faint oil lamp to take a bath, I won't be afraid in the slightest. Could it be that I didn't realize I was afraid before, also because of this reason?

  It's really strange... He's still just a kid after all...

  After soaking, he poured the water of Xiao Yi Mo for him and then entered the room.

  "Little treasure, go take a bath, it's late." Su Xiaofan had always been curious, why on such hot days, these people wearing long robes wouldn't sweat.

  Xiao Yimo walked out silently, thinking that he should have realized his feelings for her after she recovered, otherwise, sleeping together every day would be a kind of torture for him.

  Su Xiaofan lay flat on the bed, thinking of a way to find out who had hurt Xiao Hui.

  After some careful thought, I think the simplest way is to go and ask the villagers tomorrow.

  Early in the morning, when Su Bing and Yu Xiaoxi came over, Su Xiaofan told them that they would go to the wine tavern a bit later today.

  "What's wrong?" Yu Xiaoxi saw her serious expression.

  "Hmm, nothing big, just that Xiaohui was beaten by someone yesterday, I want to ask if anyone in the village saw who did it." Su Xiaofan felt that although some people in the village had opinions about her family, not many would be bad enough to lay hands on young Xiaohui, after all, Xiaohui rarely went out and only occasionally went to play with the mother dog at Sanpo's house nearby.

  "No wonder I didn't see Xiao Hui today, is everything okay?" Yu Xiaoxi jumped down from the cart.

  Su Xiaofan nodded: "It's okay now, I called Xiao Shu over to take a look last night, but still not in good spirits. After all, the weather is hot and it's hard to say how long it will take to recover."

  Yu Xiaoxi went into the house, took a look around and walked out. Then she said to Su Bing: "You go to the wine shop first, I'll follow with Xiao Fan later."

  "Alright." Su Bing originally also wanted to stay and ask questions with them, but thinking that Meng Jie and the others would definitely be busy, he suppressed that idea.

  "You all go to the tavern, I'll stay here. If I find something later, I'll go tell you." Xiao Yimeng wore a black robe and walked out from inside with a calm expression, the all-black clothes adding a few mature touches to his youthful face.

  Su Xiaofan frowned and looked over: "On such a hot day, why is little treasure wearing black?"

  Xiao Yimao glanced at the clothes on her body, actually there was no particular reason, it's just that for some unknown reason, when she got up in the morning and rummaged through her clothes, this black one caught her eye...

  "Alright, go change into some light-colored clothes." Su Xiaofan stood at the gate of the courtyard.

  Xiao Yimeng stood there, black is also good, why change?

  "Otherwise, I'll help you change? Wearing that black dress in the summer is really hot." Su Xiaofan lifted her foot and was about to walk over.

  "No need, I'll go change myself." Xiao Yimiao quickly lifted her feet and ran inside.

  "Xiao Fan, otherwise let him stay at home. Who knows, he might go to ask the village chief for help and it will be faster than us going to ask ourselves." Yu Xiao Xi suddenly thought of the many servants in the village chief's household. If they were asked to inquire, it would probably not take long to clarify all the households in the village.

  Su Xiaofan hesitated and stood there, knowing that the tavern was busy, but she wanted to handle Xiao Hui's matter herself and didn't want to rely on others.

  "When they've asked for the results, can't you just deal with it yourself?" Su Bing seemed to have seen through her thoughts.

  These days, Xiaofan has been very stubborn and never wants to rely on anyone's power. He always wants to do everything by himself, but sometimes it's okay to rely a little bit on the people around him.

  "Alright." Su Xiao Fan saw Su Bing also say so, and nodded in agreement.

  After all, even if you stay at home and go from door to door asking questions, it's not necessarily possible to find that person. After all, who can say no one saw anything? It's so hot in the afternoon, most people don't like going out, they prefer to stay at home.

  At noon, Meng Ping finally couldn't help but ask Yu Xiaoxi: "What's wrong with her today? Distracted?"

  "Hmm, something happened at her home." Yu Xiaoxi was busy running back and forth. Originally, she thought that after the roasted deer meat skewers became popular, the sales of roasted duck and chicken would decrease, but unexpectedly, there was no reduction in the number of roasted ducks and chickens, and the number of customers coming to the store showed a clear increasing trend, with many people also taking away packaged food.

  "By the way, I discussed with Xiao Fan earlier, a relative's kid wants to come and help out at our wine shop." Meng Ping had been hesitating whether or not to agree, after all, although they were relatives, he didn't know them very well.

  "Come on, it's okay, someone will help us, we can also relax a bit." Yu Xiaoxi's eyes showed excitement.

  Meng Ping nodded: "Alright, I'll bring him here tomorrow for a look."

  It wasn't until afternoon that Xiao Yimiao and Hua Feichen arrived together at the wine shop.

  Su Xiaofan, who was sitting and resting, saw them coming in and immediately stood up to ask anxiously: "How is it? Have you found out?"

  "No one saw it, and there might have been no one around at that time." Xiao Yimiao shook her head slightly.

  "Never mind for now, have you eaten?" Su Xiaofan's eyes sank slightly. Even if she couldn't find it for the time being, if she knew about it later, she would definitely help Xiao Hui get justice.

  Xiao Yimò shook his head again.

  Su Xiaofan got up and went into the kitchen to prepare food for them.

  "Why is it that no one saw anything when there are people running around the village every day?" Yu Xiaoxi supported her head with one hand.

  "It's been too hot lately, so it might rain today." Su Bing looked out the window at the sky, where a few dark clouds were floating by extremely quickly. It should be raining, but who knows if it'll be in this area? If it rains, tonight will be even cooler.

  "It's indeed." Yu Xiaoxi also followed him to look out the window, praying that it wouldn't rain when everyone came home later.

  Xiao Yimò grasped his teacup and suddenly looked at Su Bǐng with a serious expression, asking: "If it were just your own words in the tavern, would you be able to respond?"

  Su Bing turned around: "Does Xiao Fan have something?"

  "Tomorrow, you'll be staying at my place for a few days. If it's too busy, I can get some people to come over and help you." Xiao Yimeng hadn't discussed this with Su Xiaofan yet, but she thought it would be better to ask them first, or else she would definitely worry.

  "Tomorrow, someone will come to help. Outside is fine, but in the kitchen..." Meng Ping looked at Su Bing, he himself was responsible for receiving customers and didn't really understand the situation in the kitchen.

  Su Bing frowned and said that during the busiest moments of every day, it was all Xiao Fan who held on.

  She always manages to spend the least amount of time and produce delicious dishes, although I try to follow her way of doing things, but still can't achieve half of her efficiency.

  "The chefs in the village chief's mansion are all incredibly skilled, so why not borrow one to replace Xiao Fan's position?" Yu Xiaoxi asked as she scanned the crowd.

  Su Xiaofan brought over a quickly processed roasted chicken and placed it on the table, asking: "Why?"

  Yu Xiaoxi repeated what Xiao Yi Mo had just said to her and then quietly waited for her reaction.

  "No need, let your family's Su Bing try the fun of being in charge of the kitchen." Su Xiaofan felt that maybe it was because he had always been there that he was limited in all aspects.

  "I may not be up to it." Su Bing didn't have much confidence in his cooking skills, and the thought of being in charge of the kitchen alone was daunting.

  "You need to believe in yourself, usually in the morning, roasting chicken and duck are handled, meat skewers are handed over to Meng Jie, then you just focus on cooking, do it your own way, not always learning from my way. Everyone has a different understanding of cooking, so the approach won't be the same. Even if you're standing next to me, you still don't know what mood I'm in when I make that dish. You need to cook according to your own method, put in your own thoughts, and create your own style. That way, you'll be a very successful chef." Su Xiaofan said, then turned around and walked back into the kitchen.

  Su Bing furrowed her brow, savoring what she had just said.

  What's your mood when cooking?

  When I cook by myself, I just follow the steps one by one and don't think about anything else.

  "What's Xiao Fan's mood like when she's cooking?" Su Bing asked aloud as Su Xiao Fan walked out with the dishes again, and he himself was deep in thought, unable to figure it out.

  "There's a kind of very happy feeling." Su Xiaofan smiled slightly.

  "Happiness?" Su Bing was puzzled.

  "Yes, when making each dish, don't think about how much money you can make from it or what benefits it will bring to you. Those things can be thought about after it's done. When cooking, just think that the people who eat it later will feel full of happiness, and that's enough. The dishes you make will definitely taste better, at least that's my understanding." Su Xiaofan nodded firmly, having spent a long time figuring out this feeling herself.

  Even when I'm at my lowest, feeling the worst, it doesn't affect the dishes I cook. Master says that's because I have a good mindset, and no matter how difficult things get, thinking about the people who will eat what I've made will make them happy, and that makes me incredibly happy, incredibly blessed.

  "I got it, let me try." Su Bing nodded, although she hadn't fully digested what was said.

  But there's a desire to try, maybe it's really like she said, the chef's mood can affect the taste of a dish, so as long as you put your emotions into the dishes made by yourself, it might make a difference.

  "Ah, this is just right." Su Xiao Fan looked at him with approval.

  From his own perspective, he is not without talent for cooking, but rather has limited himself and hasn't opened up to cook, so until now, what I've seen isn't his true culinary skills.

  In the evening, it really rained heavily as Su Bing said, but summer rain is always short-lived and stopped after a while. However, the originally sultry weather was indeed much cooler.

  *sigh*...

  The next day, as soon as she woke up early, Xiao Yuemei frowned and looked at Su Xiaofan, who was lying in bed and sighing constantly. Just for a short while, she couldn't even remember how many times Su Xiaofan had sighed already.

  Su Xiaofan turned her head and looked at his tightly furrowed eyebrows, softly asking: "Does it have to be today?"

  "An ugly daughter-in-law will eventually meet her mother-in-law." Xiao Yimeng sat up, leaning against the wall. She didn't react much when she saw him yesterday, so why was he tense now?

  "Have I not seen your mother before?" As soon as he thought of his mother, Su Xiao Fan, he became entangled. His mother's abnormally disdainful expression would always float in his mind, and he even had a few desires to gain her recognition. What was wrong with him?

  Don't tell me you've fallen for Little Treasure's good looks?

  Even if it's very tempting, she's just a kid after all...

  "My dad arrived yesterday, and there's a bunch of miscellaneous people too." Xiao Yimeng frowned in annoyance, even though she had opposed her moving in, those people still insisted on calling her over.

  I always feel like there's something bad going to happen.

  "Oh, then go." Su Xiaofan immediately changed his weak appearance and sat up, with a few threads of excitement in his eyes.

  "Hmm?" Xiao Yimeng raised an eyebrow in displeasure. Why did he become so energetic just because he heard his father was coming?

  "Haha, that's your dad, isn't he handsome?" Su Xiaofan quickly tidied up her hair and searched for the clothes she was going to wear today.

  Xiao Yi's eyebrows arched even higher, her face cold and displeased. Her father's face, which was almost demonic, indeed made many girls infatuated. Otherwise, it would be better not to let her see her father at all.

  "Ordinary child."

  Outside the door came Mrs. Jia's voice, Su Xiaofan got up and opened the door: "Mother, what's wrong?"

  I remember telling them yesterday that I wouldn't go to the tavern today, so I didn't need to get up early. Originally, I wanted to sleep in, but unexpectedly, I woke up very early.

  "Yesterday I helped you make a few sets of clothes, come and try them on." Jia Shi had heard that she was going to the village chief's house in the next few days, so she prepared several sets of clothes for her to take with her. Xiaofan herself raised chickens and ducks and earned quite a bit of silver, she couldn't let her go there wearing those tattered clothes again, it would be embarrassing.

  "Mother, why don't you make a few clothes for yourself?" Su Xiaofan stood up and walked over.

  "Girls are all at an age, the clothes from before can be worn again, Fang'er is just at the age of blooming flowers and jade, she should dress up more." Madam Ji smiled and took her hand, heading towards her own room.

  Su Xiaofan turned her head and stared at her for a moment. Although she looked old when they first met, with wrinkles all over her face, perhaps due to the tense family situation and poor nutrition, but now her skin had become smoother and whiter, and her hair had also become darker and more lustrous, looking much better than before.

  "If your daughter dressed up a bit, she would definitely be very pretty."

  Jia smiled slightly and said: "You're poor with words, but it's true that a woman dresses up to please others. Your father has passed away, and your mother doesn't need to dress up anymore."

  Su Xiaofan felt a weight in her heart as soon as she heard this, although she was smiling.

  After a lot of fuss, Su Xiaofan originally didn't feel hot at all, but was made to sweat all over.

  Wearing that yellow goose-colored dress with a pink waistband, Su Xiaofan smiled and asked: "Does it look good?" Although she didn't like to deliberately dress up, every girl has a love for beauty, and wearing beautiful clothes is naturally delightful.

  "Ah, she's looking better and better, just like your mother when she first arrived here." Ye Shi looked at Jia Shi with a guilty expression. This child was envied by many people in the village when she first married her husband, with her delicate appearance that made people love her dearly. But after all these years of hardships, this beautiful flower-like woman had become what she is today.

  "Your daughter is also very pretty." Su Xiao Fan smiled and picked up the few sets of clothes they had packed for her, then turned around: "I'll go first."

  "Well, since we have to go to the village chief's house, let's go earlier. That young master's mother seems to be a difficult person to deal with." Ye thought of the fairy-like girl who came yesterday and felt a wave of worry in her heart.

  What if she bullies Fang'er in the future?

  "En, no rush." Su Xiao Fan smiled lightly and walked back to her own room. Then she turned around in front of Xiao Yi Mo with a proud smile: "Little treasure, how is it? Does it look good?"

  Xiao Yimeng's stunning appearance was instantly suppressed as she walked in, and he pointed to the pile of patched clothes in the cabinet: "Not good-looking, those are better-looking."

  Su Xiaofan blinked her eyes and stared at him, anyone who wasn't blind would definitely say that the clothes on their own body looked better.

  Why does he think those tattered clothes are better?

  Her heart was instantly dampened by his one sentence, which had been floating with excitement from wearing new clothes.

  Xiao Yimeng saw her dejected appearance, and a faint smile flashed in his eyes. He walked out with short legs: "Just bring a few clothes, let's go, or they'll come to call us later."

  "Hmm." Su Xiao Fan shook off the unpleasant feeling in her heart and opened the cloth bag, adding a few more changes of clothes to it.

  Before leaving, I went to see Xiaohui again and felt relieved when I saw that it had improved a bit.

  "Little master, little mistress." Just as they arrived at the village chief's door, two maidservants came out to greet them.

  Su Xiaofan frowned as a maid took the package of clothes from her hand, and the feeling of being served made her truly uncomfortable.

  "The clothes are for the two of you to take directly to your rooms. Please go to the front hall." Yunling was the head maid in Xiao Changfu's household, second only to the steward Xiao Sheng.

  Xiao Yimao nodded slightly and took Su Xiaofan's hand as they walked in.

  Not yet entering the front hall, I heard several bright and cheerful laughs coming from inside.

  Su Xiaofan felt inexplicably nervous, and it really did feel like going to her boyfriend's house to meet his parents.

  "Don't worry, they won't dare to bully you." Xiao Yimeng didn't look at her, but he could sense her tension from her disordered and slightly hurried breathing.

  Su Xiaofan inexplicably felt at ease and nodded slightly with a faint smile, although he was tense not because of being bullied.

  "Dad."

  Xiao Yimo entered the hall and called out to the man sitting next to Xiao Changfu, then walked over with Su Xiaofan.

  The originally noisy hall suddenly fell silent, and in the silence, the footsteps of two people could be heard very clearly.

  Xiao Lian nodded slightly and smiled faintly at Su Xiaofan.

  "Ying, your son is bullying me." Shui Yunji pouted her red lips and reached out to tug on Xiao Yichen's sleeve.

  "When did I bully you?" Xiao Lian turned her eyes to look over, her gentle and soft eyes were full of doting.

  Su Xiaofan's eyes didn't even blink as she stared at the man in front of her, who was several times more handsome than Huafei. His black hair was tied back with a simple white silk ribbon, and he wore a snow-white satin robe. His eyebrows were long and slender, his eyes were warm and gentle, his nose was straight and elegant, and his skin was fair and delicate. He was absolutely the grown-up version of Little Treasure.

  Xiao Yi Mo pulled at Su Xiao Fan's clothes, did he want to watch other men gaze at him with such infatuation in front of his own face?

  "What's wrong?" Su Xiaofan blinked in confusion, and suddenly felt that the lovely figure of Xiao Bao had appeared before her eyes.

  "Hmph!" Xiao Yimeng coldly snorted and turned to look at his mother, every time she came up with this act, the old lady was still not tired of it.

  "Your son always calls you, but never me." Shui Yunji looked at Xiao Yimeng with a hint of grievance in her eyes.

  Xiao Lian turned her head, the warmth in her eyes slightly faded, replaced by a hint of seriousness: "Mo Er."

  Xiao Yi Mei's eyebrows jumped a few times in discontent, but she still obediently called out to Shui Yun Ji: "Mother."

  "Let me hold Mo Er in my arms, okay?" Shui Yunji's eyes sparkled with golden light, never thinking that she would see the little Mo Er from her childhood again, so small and adorable. As soon as she heard this news, she threw aside her dust and rushed back without stopping, previously he had always rejected her requests, now that Rong has come, maybe he will compromise?

  This child has been exceptionally obedient since he was very young and basically never disobeyed.

  "No." Xiao Yimò firmly refused and pulled Su Xiaofan back a few steps.

  "Your mother just came back for this." Xiao Lian chuckled, Yun Ji was always unteachable, knowing that Mo Er disliked something, but still insisted on doing it.

  Xiao Yimo turned his head: "Dad can just hold her."

  Su Xiaofan stood by in confusion, looking back and forth at the three of them, before making a move that made everyone in the room take a cold breath.

  "Here, for you."

  "Wow, so happy." Shuǐyún Jī happily stretched out her hands to receive it, and rubbed her face against Xiao Yí Mò's tender little face.

  "Dead woman!" Xiao Yi Mo glared at Su Xiao Fan who was laughing like a fool at this moment.

  Su Xiaofan innocently batted her long eyelashes: "What's wrong?"

  "Hmph, hahaha..."

  Xiao Yuanfeng burst out laughing with his head thrown back and his body doubled over.

  "Feng Er, aren't you going to go and play with those lovely animals?" Huā Fēi Chén's voice was calm as he reminded her.

  Xiao Yuanfeng immediately covered his mouth with his hand and stifled a laugh, retreating to the corner, his body trembling slightly.

  Xiao Yuanqiu silently waved the white fan in his hand, and his younger brother, no matter how many times he was thrown into the forest, still couldn't learn a lesson, and would inevitably have to go in frequently from now on.

  "Dad, tell your woman to let me go." Xiao Yimeng suppressed the surging anger. That damned woman, usually at home occasionally hugging him was enough, actually in today's occasion, in front of so many people, she picked him up and handed him over to another woman...

  Xiao Lian smiled warmly: "Alright, Yun Ji, that's enough."

  Suīyun Ji heard this and reluctantly let go of her own hand.

  Xiao Yi Mo regained his freedom and took Su Xiao Fan's hand, then walked out together.

  "Xiao Fan, won't he be bullied?" Xiao Yuancheng finally stopped laughing and stood at the door, watching the two leave.

  "No way." Xiao Ling spoke out firmly, others didn't understand, but he himself was the most familiar with Mo Er's personality, and although they had only met once, he could almost be certain that he indeed liked that girl.

  "A few of you have traveled far and are tired, let me take you down to rest first." Xiao Changfu stood up and walked over to stand beside the several elderly men sitting next to Hua Feichen.

  Several people exchanged glances with each other, then stood up and respectfully said to Xiao Meng: "We will take our leave first."

  Xiao Lian smiled and nodded slightly.

  "Mò ér huī fù de fǎ zi......" Xiao Lian picked up the teacup beside her, and her warm eyes turned solemn.

  "There's already a bit of a plan in place, just give me some more time." The words floated out lightly on the breeze.

  Xiao Lian nodded silently, although others seemed very anxious, he himself was not worried at all. It was just a temporary change in his body due to the reversal of his meridians, and even if he didn't do anything about it, it would recover on its own after some time. However, in front of others, he still had to put on a worried face. After all, he hadn't returned to the valley for many years, and he wasn't sure if the people in the valley were loyal to Mo Er. This was a good opportunity to see through everyone's thoughts.

  That's why I sent a secret message to Dusty Junior Brother earlier and asked him not to let Mo Er recover for the time being.

  She had also been keeping it from Yunji, otherwise, with her temperament, she would have rushed back long ago.

  However, Yu Shu returned last night and brought a message from Mo Er. He seemed to be in a great hurry to recover, was it because of that woman?

  Even so, I don't want to disrupt the original plan, let's drag it out for a while longer and decide later.

  Xiao Yuqiong heard this and couldn't help but smile, Brother Mo can finally recover. Previously, when Uncle Fu sent him back to the valley, she had tried every means to persuade them to let her attend Brother Mo's birthday banquet.

  In her heart, she always thought that as long as Mo Ge recovered, he would definitely abandon that woman.

  In the prepared room, Su Xiaofan sat at the table, leisurely nibbling on the pastries on it. It had to be said that the cooking skills of the village head's chef were not bad.

  Xiao Yi Mo sat across from her, looking unhappy for a long time. Seeing that she seemed to be intentionally ignoring him, he couldn't help but speak up: "Woman, let me tell you, in the future, whether we're in public or private, don't hug me again."

  "Why?" Su Xiao Fan knew he had been sulking all along, but she deliberately ignored him.

  He looks quite handsome with his sulky expression.

  Secondly, it was obvious just now that he was wrong, his own mother wasn't even allowed to hug him, this is too excessive.

  "Hmm, no means no." Xiao Yimeng also picked up a piece of pastry and started eating. Seeing that she had been eating earlier and seemed to be enjoying herself, but when he tasted it himself, the flavor was actually quite ordinary. Was it because he had gotten used to her cooking lately? Everything else tasted somewhat bland in comparison.

  "It's okay for kids to be spoiled, but they can't be unreasonable." Su Xiaofan put down the pastry in her hand and decided to have a good talk with him. Although she had thought about having a good talk with him many times before, it always ended up being all talk and no action.

  "Who's being unreasonable?" Xiao Yimò felt that in her own eyes, it was she who was being overbearing.

  She has been told many times, but she always forgets, completely treating her own words as nothing.

  Su Xiaofan surrendered instantly at the sight of his puffed-up face, well, he's still young now, might as well wait till he grows up a bit more before lecturing him.

  "Remember, woman, from now on you're not allowed to hug me, and you're also not allowed to call me 'little treasure' in front of many people." Xiao Yi Mo saw her silence and said it again, not giving her many reminders, otherwise he would be uneasy himself. Moreover, there are a lot of people in this house recently, and he doesn't want to become a laughing stock for those people in the future.

  "Alright." Su Xiao Fan replied casually.

  Actually, I didn't take it to heart at all.

  After lunch, Su Xiaofan lay bored on the table, fiddling with the snacks all over the table.

  "You're a chef, don't you know that food can't be played with? " Xiao Yi Mo leaned against the bed, ready to take a nap. Today's weather wasn't very hot, making it perfect for sleeping. Not feeling hot at all.

  "It's so boring, let's go out and play." Su Xiao Fan walked to the window and looked outside. Perhaps because it rained yesterday, today's weather was unusually comfortable, not hot at all, and from time to time a cool breeze would blow in.

  "Where are you going?" Xiao Yimò's body, which was about to lie down, propped up slightly.

  Su Xiaofan sat up straight, furrowed her brow and thought for a moment, but couldn't think of anywhere to go, so she lay back down again.

  "Alright, come sleep if you're bored." Xiao Yimiao patted the bed, wasn't she always saying how tired she was every day at the tavern? Now that she had this rare opportunity to rest properly for a few days, she wasn't tired anymore.

  Su Xiaofan lazily swept past and then said: "You let me hold you while sleeping, I'll sleep."

  Xiao Yimou's eyes sank: "It's so hot today, and you're still holding onto sleep?"

  "It's so cool today, usually it's too hot to hug, but today is a rare opportunity." Su Xiaofan had the habit of hugging her plush toy when sleeping since she was young, but when Xiao Yimeng first went home, he always slept with his back against the wall, being very defensive. Later, after finally feeling that he wasn't so defensive towards her, the weather got hot again, and it was impossible to hug him while sleeping.

  "I'm not a doll." Xiao Yimeng slowly lay down, holding her in his sleep, she could sleep, but how about himself? He remembered that night she hugged him and slept very soundly, occasionally rubbing against the top of his head, which was absolutely a habit of hugging dolls to sleep, but no shadow of dolls was found in her home.

  When I was a child, my mother always slept with me in her arms. However, since I didn't allow her to hold me anymore, my father made a doll for her as a substitute for me.

  "Hmm..." Su Xiaofan continued to lie bored on the table: "Otherwise, let's go to the wine shop for a walk."

  "It's been two hours back and forth." Xiao Yimeng replied with his eyes closed.

  "Ugh, what a hassle." Su Xiaofan felt that after getting used to riding the skateboard every day, having to walk out again would absolutely exhaust her.

  The next day was Xiao Yi Mo's birthday, and early in the morning, Su Xiao Fan had not yet gotten out of bed when he heard people walking back and forth outside, so he decided to get dressed and go help.

  It was originally agreed that the little treasure's birthday party would be handled by himself, but yesterday they said that today it would be handed over to them to handle, and he just needed to go help with the menu in the afternoon.

  Xiao Yi Mo pulled her back as she was about to get out of bed: "Sleep a little longer."

  "But it seems like you're very busy." Su Xiao Fan lay in bed, but had already completely lost all sleepiness. The village chief's bed was soft and comfortable, and he had slept exceptionally well last night, unlike his own bed board which was so hard. Having slept well, he would definitely be more spirited today.

  "Just let them do it, you will be the master here later, do you know? Xiaoyi Mo thought that her personality would inevitably be ordered by some people if she followed herself back to the valley."

  Su Xiaofan nodded as if he understood but didn't really understand. Even if he said so, he had never been served by anyone before and couldn't accept this feeling.

  Maybe it's been relying on myself for a long time and has become a habit.

  Drowsily fell asleep again.

  When Su Xiao Fan woke up again, he looked around dazedly and then focused on Xue Yi Mo, who was sitting in a chair with a cup of tea in his hands, staring at him and asking: "What time is it?"

  Xiao Yi Mo's eyes narrowed slightly, and her voice sounded soft and sweet after a good sleep: "It's already time for lunch."

  "Ah?" Su Xiao Fan quickly woke up, rubbed his still somewhat dizzy eyes, and shook his head. Sleeping too long wasn't good either, he always felt that the more he slept, the sleepier he became.

  "Alright, the water is ready, let's get cleaned up. I'm sure everyone is waiting for us to eat." Xiao Yimiao turned his head, staring at the tabletop, and through the bright surface, he couldn't help but mock himself. Since he knew this small body was useless, why did he still feel a restless urge to do something?

  Su Xiaofan didn't dare to be careless either, quickly finishing her grooming and preparing to drag him out the door.

  Xiao Yimò stared at her for a long time before walking over and circling around behind him: "Squat down."

  "Huh?" Su Xiao Fan crouched down in confusion, arbitrarily interpreting it as him wanting to piggyback on himself.

  Feeling her hair being brushed, Su Xiaofan only then realized that he was actually helping her comb her hair.

  Just now I simply tied up my hair with a ribbon.

  "Alright, let's go." After a while of effort, Xiao Yimiao helped her tidy up her hair, although it was just a simple style, but it was absolutely much better than before.

  "Why did you tie up your hair?" Su Xiaofan walked in front of the dresser and took a look, still looking pretty good.

  "My father always helped mother comb her hair, after watching a few times, I learned it." Xiao Yimiao turned around and walked out of the room.

  Su Xiaofan quickly caught up: "Your father is very good to your mother, it's really enviable."

  Xiao Yimoh stopped in his tracks and spoke with a serious expression: "You shouldn't always be staring at my father with that infatuated look on your face."

  Su Xiaofan was puzzled, yesterday she just took a few glances, what's with the infatuated look?

  Besides, I've never been infatuated with anyone before anyway?

  It's just that I saw a shadow of Xiaobao's future on that person, so it wasn't infatuation with him, although he has the capital to make people infatuated.

  Seeing the smile at her lips, Xiao Yi Mo silently continued walking forward. It seems that tomorrow he will let Father leave, otherwise if this fool falls in love with Father, what can be done? She is his own woman after all.

  Inside the hall, two banquet tables were set up today. The people from the Xiao family are all seated inside the hall, while the invited villagers are sitting in the garden, just like they did during Xiao Changfu's birthday banquet last time.

  "Shall we go and wake those two up?" Shuiling'er asked Shuiyunji who was beside her.

  "There's still time, let them sleep for a while longer."

  Before Water Cloud Fairy could speak up, Xiao Ling took the lead and responded, her voice was warm but had an unyielding severity that brooked no refusal.

  "Uh-huh." Shuiling's face turned red as she lowered her head, thinking to herself that just now, she was thinking about Mo Ge's body, and even if the two of them slept together, they wouldn't be able to do anything, which really wasn't something a young unmarried woman like herself should be thinking about.

  "Oh, Ling'er sister is blushing, but it's really rare." Xiao Yuqiong giggled and spoke out.

  Shui Ling'er's head lowered a few more points, as if she was afraid that others would see what she had just thought of, and in the future, she wouldn't have the face to meet people.

  Xiao Yushu didn't know why she felt awkward, but was thinking of a way to make her stop feeling awkward. Just as she was thinking, she saw two people walking in from outside: "They're here."

  "Dad." Xiao Yimò walked in and first greeted Xiao Lian, then turned his head to greet Shuǐyún Jī as well: "Mom."

  "Mò er today is really well-behaved, come sit here." Shuǐyún Jī pointed to the position beside Xiāo Líng, which was reserved for the two of them.

  "Uh-huh."

  Su Xiaofan was surprised to find that the person sitting in the first place today was actually Xiao Baobei's father, Xiao Lian. The village chief, however, sat down among a group of people at another table. Could it be that there were some close friends of his among those people?

  After all, the people at that table seemed to be older in age.

  Xiao Sheng led a group of maids to start serving dishes.

  "Little treasure, sorry about that, I was going to talk about designing the menu... " Su Xiaofan turned her head to look at Xiao Yimeng, confused as to why she had slept all the way until this hour.

  Xiao Yimeng silently sighed in her heart, she had repeatedly emphasized to him not to call her "baby", how could he still forget?