Since that day when Tao Lengshuang first came to town and someone tried to harm her, problems have continued to arise.
As a complete village girl, and a bully in the village, who would repeatedly plot against her using these methods?
The villagers would at most engage in petty squabbles; they wouldn't dare do such things.
If not the villagers, then who could it be?
For now, he hadn't found any useful clues.
Or, was someone reminding Tao Lengshuang not to forget her mission or something similar?
Mo Lingxi was baffled but grew more suspicious of Tao Lengshuang. He also intended to pay more attention to this woman, to see what tricks she was up to.
"Mo Lingxi."
Tao Lengshuang smiled and waved at him: "I'm making stir-fried chicken and duck innards for lunch, can you eat it?"
"If you can't eat it, I'll make you a separate stir-fried egg, how about that?"
Faced with her attempts to please him, Mo Lingxi calmly said no, not even giving her an extra glance.
Tao Lengshuang was somewhat exasperated. Once she lost weight, she'd see if she could blind this man with her radiance.
"You know, we're husband and wife, must we really detest each other every day like this?"
Mo Lingxi became more vigilant, showing no emotion on his face: "What's wrong with that?"
Before Tao Lengshuang could say anything, Xiao Feng jumped up.
"It's not good, not good, very not good!"
Xiao Feng, like a little adult, pouted and looked at his father indignantly: "Daddy, you must love Mommy. That way, I can have a younger brother or sister soon. You promised me a younger brother or sister."
Tao Lengshuang: "..." Can't this matter of a younger sibling ever be over?
Mo Lingxi's voice softened a bit: "Xiao Feng, I will give you a younger brother or sister, but not now."
Xiao Feng's eyes widened in surprise: "Is it tomorrow then?"
Before Mo Lingxi could answer, he clapped his hands joyfully: "Hooray, hooray! Tomorrow Daddy and Mommy will have a younger brother or sister for me."
Speaking of which, he tilted his head: "Daddy, then you must move into Mommy's room tonight, so that I can have a younger brother or sister tomorrow."
Mo Lingxi * Tao Lengshuang: "..."
Tao Lengshuang looked at Mo Lingxi leisurely, a playful smile on her lips: "Daddy, quickly tell Xiao Feng, lest he asks you for a younger brother or sister tomorrow."
Mo Lingxi rubbed his temples.
Just as he was about to explain, he couldn't speak when he met Xiao Feng's expectant eyes.
"Daddy?" Xiao Feng looked at him doubtfully.
Mo Lingxi suddenly didn't know what to say. He shot Tao Lengshuang a cold glance.
Tao Lengshuang spread her hands innocently: "It's not like I'm forcing you to have children, why are you looking at me like that."
"You're really something. You can't bear to scold Xiao Feng, so you bully me, right? Be careful, I'll bite you."
Mo Lingxi scoffed: "You want to crush me to death, don't you? With all your fat, you won't have to worry about starving this winter."
Tao Lengshuang gritted her teeth, really wanting to give him a packet of poison.
But thinking of her spatial medicinal garden, she instantly put on a smiling face: "Oh my, oh my, I'll wait for you in my room tonight. Xiao Feng is looking forward to us having a younger brother or sister for him."
Xiao Feng nodded repeatedly, looking at Mo Lingxi with full anticipation: "Daddy, you promised me, tomorrow you'll give me a younger brother or sister."
Mo Lingxi felt a sense of powerlessness, regretting agreeing to give Xiao Feng a younger sibling back then.
"Xiao Feng, you can't have a younger brother or sister so quickly."
Xiao Feng became unhappy: "Daddy is lying!"
"The children in the village, they all have younger siblings the next day. Daddy promised me a younger sibling tomorrow and then went back on his word.
Daddy is a lying puppy!"
Mo Lingxi's expression stiffened, and he shot Tao Lengshuang a sharp glance, suspecting she had said something nonsensical in front of the child.
Tao Lengshuang secretly rolled her eyes. What did it have to do with her?
She was truly unable to clear her name.
"If adults break their promises, children will learn from them. I don't think you want Xiao Feng to become a liar, do you?"
Mo Lingxi's expression was sarcastic, his words laced with disgust: "You think by using this trick, you can force me to comply?"
"Dream on!"
Tao Lengshuang thought to herself, if it weren't for expanding the area of her spatial medicinal garden and living a good life, how could she possibly tolerate and try to please him?
You dog man!
"Xiao Feng."
She squatted in front of Xiao Feng and coaxed him softly: "It's not easy to have a younger brother or sister. Mommy and Daddy have to work hard for a long time, and then Mommy has to carry it for ten months before it can be born."
"Look at the wives in the village, don't they all have big bellies for a long time before they have children?"
Xiao Feng suddenly remembered this.
He looked down at Tao Lengshuang's bulging belly and carefully touched it: "Mommy, how many months have you been pregnant?"
Tao Lengshuang almost couldn't catch her breath, finding it both funny and exasperating: "Xiao Feng, Mommy is fat, not pregnant."
"No?" Xiao Feng was very disappointed: "I saw the women in the village with big bellies, and their stomachs were as big as Mommy's. I thought Mommy was pregnant."
The veins on Tao Lengshuang's forehead throbbed. She didn't know whether to laugh or be angry: "Mommy is fat, that's why it's like this."
Hearing this, Xiao Feng was very unhappy. He wrinkled his nose and snorted at his parents before running back to his room.
He didn't want to talk to Mommy and Daddy anymore.
Tao Lengshuang didn't try to appease him. She knew that children's tempers flared up quickly and subsided just as fast. However, she felt even more dissatisfied with Mo Lingxi.
"From now on, mention the matter of younger siblings to Xiao Feng less."
With that said, she sat down and continued to sort the chicken, duck, and pig, thinking of making a stir-fried egg for Xiao Feng at noon.
"If you don't cause trouble, nothing will happen."
As soon as Mo Lingxi finished speaking, he heard urgent knocking at the door.
Opening the door, he saw Old Master Tao and Tao Fangfang.
When the father and daughter saw Mo Lingxi opening the door, they quickly put on fawning smiles: "We came to find Tao Lengshuang about something."
"What is it you want with me?"
Hearing the voice, Tao Lengshuang walked to the main entrance and cast a cold glance at Old Master Tao and his daughter: "If you have something to say, say it quickly. If not, get lost."
Old Master Tao nudged Tao Fangfang, signaling her to speak quickly.
Despite her dissatisfaction with her father, Tao Fangfang dared not truly disobey him: "Little sister..."
"Stop!"
Tao Lengshuang interrupted her and said impatiently: "Don't try to associate with me."
Tao Fangfang gritted her teeth and looked at her with a sinister gaze: "Tao Lengshuang, no matter what, you are still the child of Father and Mother. Father and Mother raised you for many years, you cannot be ungrateful."
Upon hearing this, Tao Lengshuang knew the father and daughter's scheme: "Don't talk to me about kinship or gratitude."
"When the village chief came to drive me out of the village, Old Master Tao publicly said that he had severed ties with me. Now you've come crawling back to associate with me. Do you think my memory is that bad?"