Tao Lengshuang knew Tao Fangfang's intentions. She glanced at her indifferently, "Aren't you going to serve the meal? Do you want us to starve?"
Xiao Feng nestled obediently against his mother, with no desire to go out and play. He could also tell that Tao Fangfang had ill intentions.
Tao Fangfang wanted to coax Xiao Feng into going out to play.
After a cold glance from Mo Lingxi's icy black eyes, she no longer dared to coax Xiao Feng. She hurriedly said that the meal would be served soon and then scurried out of the main hall.
"It's as if this is her own home, the village chief's house."
Tao Lengshuang glanced at the main hall, which was decorated like a nouveau riche, and said with disdain, "The Tao family will have a hard time in the future."
Mo Lingxi was about to grunt in agreement and finish, but he suddenly remembered Tao Lengshuang saying he was boring. He changed the subject, "The Tao family will have a hard time tonight."
Tao Lengshuang raised her eyebrows and smiled mischievously, "Oh, what bad things are you planning to do?"
Mo Lingxi thought to himself, this was exactly how she should be speaking. "I've prepared some fun for the Tao family."
Tao Lengshuang became interested, leaning slightly towards him, and whispered, "Can you tell me what kind of fun it is?"
Mo Lingxi nodded, leaned close to her ear, and whispered, "It's..."
The hot breath sprayed on Tao Lengshuang's ear, bringing a tingling, unusual sensation that made her ears quickly turn red.
She covered her ears and glared at Mo Lingxi as if annoyed.
Mo Lingxi was confused by her glare. He hadn't done anything, so why was Tao Lengshuang looking at him like that?
"Daddy, I want to hear secrets too."
Xiao Feng tugged at Mo Lingxi's sleeve, his big curious eyes wide open.
Mo Lingxi flicked his forehead lightly, his voice gentle, "This is a secret between your mother and me."
Xiao Feng happily said "Oh" and made a gesture of encouragement, "Daddy, you have to work hard. When it gets warmer next year, I'll have a younger brother or sister."
Mo Lingxi * Tao Lengshuang: "..." Is the matter of a younger brother or sister really something you can't get over?
The couple exchanged a helpless glance. Perhaps in a child's eyes, their parents could never truly separate, and they would always wish for a younger sibling.
"I smell meat, and a bit of something else," Tao Lengshuang's tone was strange.
Mo Lingxi understood, his eyes chilling slightly, "Overthinking."
"Indeed." Playing such tricks in front of a doctor like her was like showing off in front of Guan Gong.
Mo Lingxi reminded her with concern, "Try not to touch it as much as possible later."
"That won't do."
Tao Lengshuang, seemingly from her sleeve but actually from her spatial medicine garden, took out three pills and handed one each to Mo Lingxi and Xiao Feng, "Eat up."
Mo Lingxi and Xiao Feng ate the pills without hesitation.
Tao Lengshuang saw Mo Lingxi's unwavering, calm eyes, and her heart, like a water surface stirred by the wind, suddenly rippled.
"You... aren't you worried?"
Mo Lingxi, who understood, looked at her with a faint smile and retorted, "Would you be?"
Tao Lengshuang said no. She couldn't do something so despicable, nor would she poison Mo Lingxi for no reason.
It was as if dazzling light points were hidden in Mo Lingxi's handsome black eyes, "I was too foolish before, but not anymore."
The light in his eyes was like a thread, stringing together the stardust of the sun and moon, gently wrapping around Tao Lengshuang's heart, "You're quite eloquent now."
Hearing her soft tone, Mo Lingxi hooked his lips, "That depends on who it is."
'Thump'!
Tao Lengshuang clearly heard the sound of her heart beating rapidly, "Anyone can say nice things, but what's done will always leave a trace."
After saying this, she gradually calmed down. This man in front of her had once wanted her life.
Mo Lingxi also understood this and looked directly at her, "I will use my actions to earn your forgiveness."
Tao Lengshuang was confused and looked at him, "Why do you want to earn my forgiveness?"
"Because..." He couldn't say why.
Yes, why did he have to earn Tao Lengshuang's forgiveness?
Seeing this, Tao Lengshuang said unhurriedly, "Mo Lingxi, we just need to get along peacefully."
"As I said before, you have your matters, and I have mine. Our goals are different, so let's just get along peacefully and not worry about anything else."
Mo Lingxi didn't think so, and a voice in his heart was saying something, "This is not a place to talk. Let's have a good chat another day."
Tao Lengshuang also knew this was not a place to talk and hummed softly.
"Xiao Feng, let's go play."
At this moment, Tao Dagou and the others were huddled at the doorway, beckoning Xiao Feng with strained smiles.
Xiao Feng dropped a sentence saying he wasn't going and stayed put obediently. He didn't want to play with these annoying brats.
Tao Dagou and the others were afraid of Mo Lingxi and Tao Lengshuang, but they still had to complete what their grandparents had instructed. They kept calling Xiao Feng to go play.
After calling for a long time, Tao Lengshuang spoke up, "Tao Dagou, you few come in."
Upon hearing this, Tao Dagou and the others pushed each other and entered the main hall, standing tremblingly in a corner, not daring to say another word.
They had deeply experienced Tao Lengshuang's terrifying nature.
Tao Lengshuang paid no attention to how these children saw her and slowly asked, "Is the person from your family here?"
Although Tao Dagou and the others had been warned by the adults, under Mo Lingxi's killing gaze, they hurriedly confessed, "Yes, yes, he's in the village chief's room!"
Tao Lengshuang's eyes curved into a smile as she said, "Oh, what is his purpose in asking you to invite Xiao Feng to play?"
Tao Dagou and the others wished they had never come. Crying, they said, "He said to take Xiao Feng to the mountain, and we don't know anything else."
Tao Lengshuang and Mo Lingxi exchanged a glance, seeing the murderous intent in each other's eyes.
"Do you go, or do I?" Tao Lengshuang asked coldly.
"It's more convenient for me to go," Mo Lingxi said and went straight to the village chief's room.
Before the middle-aged man could react, he directly pressed his acupoints, then took him through the window and headed straight for the mountains.
The village chief, who saw this scene, pretended he hadn't seen anything and closed the window with trembling hands.
Who else could they provoke but Mo Lingxi? That person was no ordinary individual.
...
When Mo Lingxi returned, it was just time for the meal.
The Tao family dared not ask Mo Lingxi where he had been, but they found the middle-aged man missing and were frantically searching for him.
Tao Lengshuang glanced at Mo Lingxi, who had sat down, and with a beaming smile, served dishes to the father and son, "Eat more. Look at all this fish and meat. We'll pack up what we can't finish later."
The table was full of dishes, with fish and meat, and not a single vegetable.