Chapter 37: Don't Undress in Front of Others

  Xiao Yi Mo crouched on the bamboo fence, frowning at Su Xiao Fan who was staring at him with a silly smile in his eyes, and a inexplicable sense of annoyance arose in his heart.

  "Alright." Su Bing raised her hand to touch her head, and chuckled a few times. If she didn't understand much about cooking, wasn't that just like someone who had never learned how to cook at all? Even though she had been learning for several years already...

  In the evening, Su Xiaofan sent off Su Bing and returned to the courtyard. As soon as he entered, he saw Xiao Yimeng looking at him with a strange expression, frowning and asking: "Little treasure, what's wrong? What's going on?"

  "Hmph!" Xiao Yimeng let out a cold snort and walked into the house with his short legs.

  Su Xiaofan silently followed behind him, unable to guess what kind of mood Little was in.

  In the middle of the night, a sudden loud thunderstorm started pouring down heavy rain.

  Su Xiaofan woke up with a start from her dream and hastily put on her outer garment before rushing out in a flurry.

  Hearing the sound of the door opening, Ye Shi also came out and looked at the heavy rain outside with concern: "Fan Er, what are you going to do?"

  "I'm not at ease with that shed, I'll go take a look. Grandma, you go to sleep." Su Xiaofan looked around the house and didn't see anything like an umbrella, so she directly rushed out into the rain. Having run just a few steps, she hurriedly rushed back: "Grandma, don't follow me!"

  After finishing speaking, she rushed out recklessly, because it had rained, the uneven ground without stone pavement became more and more muddy, and because all around was dark, several times she almost fell down, fortunately she arrived safely at the shed inside the fence.

  After stumbling around in the shed for a while, I found that there was no rainwater leaking down, and only then did I put my mind at ease. I raised my hand to wipe away the rainwater that kept dripping from my hair, thinking to myself that this rain is really too heavy, just walking such a short distance, and I'm already soaked through.

  "Ah..."

  On the way back, at the moment of entering the courtyard, he accidentally slipped and fell to the ground. A sharp pain came from his knee, Su Xiaofan sat up halfway, touched the place where his knee had hit with his hand, and it seemed that there was a small stone, presumably piercing the skin, which would be so painful.

  "What's wrong, Fan'er?" Ye Shi held up the kerosene lamp with one hand and shielded it from the wind with the other, but despite this, the small flame still ran the risk of being blown out at any moment.

  "It's okay, Grandma." Su Xiaofan endured the pain and stood up, feeling sticky all over her clothes, a knot in her heart, probably covered in mud all over by now.

  "Did you fall? Did you get hurt anywhere?" Ye Shi looked at her in the faint light of the fire, seeing that she was covered in mud and looking disheveled.

  "Hey, I ran fast and fell down, but it doesn't hurt. Grandma, you go back to your room and rest, I'll just change my clothes in my room."

  Ye hesitated for a moment before closing the door: "Here, take this lamp and hurry back to change your clothes. Dry your hair too before going to sleep."

  "Good." Su Xiao Fan smiled and took over, sending Ye Shi back to her room before quietly returning to his own room.

  "What's wrong?" Xiao Yimeng rubbed his sleepy eyes and looked at Su Xiaofan, who was covered in dirt, and then slightly furrowed his small brow.

  "It's alright, you sleep, I'm going to change clothes." Su Xiao Fan put down the lamp in her hand and took off the wet and clinging clothes on her body.

  Xiao Yi Mei's eyebrows furrowed in displeasure as she raised her hand to take off her clothes, and in that instant, she quickly lay down and buried her head under the covers.

  Su Xiaofan didn't notice his actions, intently taking off all the clothes on his body, finding the small towel that had been washed clean last time to wipe away some of the mud and water on his body, then using another one to wrap up his hair, before taking out a set of clothes, hesitating for a moment before putting them on, softly muttering: "It would be great if I could take a bath."

  After she had finished dressing, Xiao Yimeng sat up again and said seriously with a straight face: "In the future, don't take off your clothes in front of others for no reason."

  "When did I ever take off my clothes in front of others?" Su Xiaofan blinked, full of doubt.

  "Weren't you just undressing in front of me?" Xiao Yimiao's lips twitched slightly.

  "Little treasure, you're not an outsider, and you're still young." Su Xiaofan continued to wipe her hair with a calm expression.

  "What if it were in front of other children?" A hint of anger appeared on Xiao Yimiao's delicate face.

  Su Xiaofan rubbed her hair for a long time, lifted her head and massaged her sore neck, casually replying: "Why do I have to take off my clothes in front of other kids? Besides, if it's a child as young as Bao Bei, it doesn't matter anyway."

  Xiao Yi Mo's eyes were about to spew fire, and he suddenly stood up, one hand on his waist and the other pointing at Su Xiao Fan. He furiously shouted: "Woman, you are now my wife, don't do such shameless things!"

  "Hmm"

  Su Xiaofan was amused by his current appearance of a little adult, put down the towel in her hand and pressed it on his small body: "Okay, I know, now is late at night, speaking so loudly, what if we disturb mother and little brother?"

  "Hmph, if you dare take off your clothes in front of others again, I'll..." Xiao Yimeng's face was puffed up with anger, but for a moment, he couldn't think of what to do with her.

  "What about you?" Su Xiao Fan rolled her eyes, suddenly thinking that if she were to reach their age in a few years, would she be served with divorce papers before even entering the door?

  And what about the child bride, if you don't want her anymore, do you need to give her a divorce letter?

  "I'll lock you up and keep you at home, never letting you out again." Xiao Yimeng's heart was tangled. Originally wanting to shout "I'm done with you", the words were about to come out when he suppressed them himself. If it came down to having no choice but to divorce her, perhaps he would do so. After spending time together, he suddenly didn't want to tie someone like her to someone like him for life. If he couldn't find a way to restore his original state, maybe divorcing her was the best thing for her.

  "Then lock me up, so I won't be able to do anything. You'll have to take care of me, and also Grandma, Mother, and little brother." Su Xiaofan withdrew her hand and continued to dry her hair. If she didn't dry it thoroughly, she would surely catch a cold the next day. Although it was summer and not very cold, Su Xiaofan's body had always been extremely weak, and getting rained on would inevitably lead to a cold.

  Xiao Yimo fell silent and became lost in his own thoughts, no longer arguing with her.

  It's actually quite easy for him to support the whole family, but recently he has also realized that she is not the kind of person who likes to rely on others to live.