Tao Lengshuang almost had a heart attack upon hearing this. "...Xiao Feng, for matters like this, you should ask your father."
"Only when your father is willing to have a younger sister for you, can you have one."
She was referring to Mo Lingxi having another child, not herself.
Xiao Feng's eyes lit up, and he looked at Mo Lingxi expectantly. "Father, when the weather gets warmer, will I have a sister?"
Mo Lingxi frowned and glanced at Tao Lengshuang with displeasure, thinking she was using this method to force him to share a room with her.
As expected, how could this woman change? She was just finding a different way.
"Xiao Feng, go play with Zhuzi." His tone was slightly stern.
Xiao Feng shrunk his neck and obediently went to his room to play with Zhuzi.
"Stop playing these tricks," Mo Lingxi coldly warned Tao Lengshuang.
Tao Lengshuang looked at him as if he were crazy, almost rolling her eyes. "I say, Mo Lingxi, which eye of yours saw me playing tricks?"
"Both eyes saw it."
"Heh! You're truly sick in the head. I just asked you to humor Xiao Feng, and you accused me of playing tricks."
Mo Lingxi stood with his hands behind his back, looking down at Tao Lengshuang, his voice like ice: "I'll say it one last time, give up this idea."
"When the time is right, I will divorce you."
It was only because Tao Lengshuang's medical skills were good, and she was the only one who could help his nephew with the่ (gu), that he spared her life.
However, if she dared to do anything she shouldn't, or to instigate Xiao Feng to do something, he would eliminate the threat permanently.
Tao Lengshuang sensed Mo Lingxi's murderous intent towards her, and her heart turned cold, filled with unease.
She took a few steps back, looking at him warily. "You are truly a heartless dog."
"If I hadn't helped you detoxify and treat your nephew, could you two uncles and nephews have lived so well?
If you're not grateful, you're saying such things."
At this moment, she finally saw this man clearly. He was an ungrateful wretch.
Mo Lingxi pursed his thin lips, his handsome face growing colder. "You know best what you want to do and why you are here."
Tao Lengshuang suddenly understood, a sarcastic expression on her face. "So, you suspect I'm a spy of some sort, lurking here with ulterior motives."
"I really suspect that thing on your neck is just for show.
If I were truly a spy, how could you still be alive? Why would I be so wronged to stay here?"
Mo Lingxi didn't fully believe her words and stared at her with scrutiny. "The real Tao Lengshuang was someone who knew nothing, yet you know everything."
"Tell me, why are you staying here?"
Tao Lengshuang no longer wanted to say anything more to Mo Lingxi. She felt a pang of sadness and discomfort in her heart.
She had sacrificed so much for this family, helped Mo Lingxi with many things, yet he suspected her, treated her like a spy, and never truly trusted her.
"From this moment on, we'll go our separate ways. Do whatever you want, I won't dare to interfere."
With that, she slammed the door shut with a 'bang'.
Hearing it, Mo Lingxi's brow twitched, and he felt a slight, inexplicable displeasure.
This test might reveal some flaws in Tao Lengshuang.
In the current situation, any potential danger or uncertain factor must be investigated and resolved.
He would not allow anyone or anything to threaten his plan.
...
At dinner.
Tao Lengshuang and Xiao Feng were eating in her room, chatting and laughing.
"Mother, why aren't you letting Father eat with us?" Xiao Feng tilted his head, asking with great confusion.
Tao Lengshuang paused her action of serving food, her smile fading slightly. "Your father is cooking for himself, we don't need to worry about him."
"Eat more, Xiao Feng, grow taller and fatter."
She looked at Xiao Feng with satisfaction.
Compared to before, Xiao Feng's face had filled out, he was fairer and plumper, his hair much darker. He was no longer so thin and small, looking very endearing.
She pinched her son's face, which was soft and chubby, feeling incredibly comfortable.
Xiao Feng could tell that his mother and father had a disagreement, and it was definitely his father who had upset his mother.
His mother was so good, she had done so much for the family, and his father still upset her, which was truly wrong.
After dinner, he would have a good talk with his father.
Thus, after the meal, a certain little child found Mo Lingxi reading in his room.
"Father!"
Xiao Feng stood with his hands on his hips, looking at his father indignantly. "Father, you've gone too far. You're not a good father."
Mo Lingxi put down his book and beckoned him over. "What's wrong?"
Xiao Feng didn't go over, pouting and grumbling. "Mother is so good, and she works so hard for the family. You upset Mother, which is truly wrong."
"Now, hurry up and apologize to Mother, or I won't talk to you anymore."
Mo Lingxi thought Tao Lengshuang had instigated Xiao Feng, and his eyes turned cold. "Xiao Feng, don't believe everything your mother says. You need to have your own thoughts."
"Mother didn't say anything. I guessed it myself."
Xiao Feng's words made Mo Lingxi pause in surprise. "She didn't say anything?"
"Yes, Mother didn't say anything at all. She didn't even mention you. I'm so smart, I could guess it myself."
"...She didn't mention me at all?"
Xiao Feng didn't understand why his father was asking such a question and nodded heavily. "I asked Mother myself. Mother didn't mention you from beginning to end."
Hearing this, Mo Lingxi didn't know how to feel. This was the situation he had wanted.
But now that it had come to this, he felt a little uncomfortable.
What was going on?
"Xiao Feng, what's between your mother and me isn't what you think."
Xiao Feng didn't think so. Children's worlds were always so simple and direct. "Mother and Father were fine before."
"It must be that Father did something bad and upset Mother, which is why Mother doesn't want to talk to you."
He babbled on, "Father, don't you want a warm bed with your wife?"
These words made Mo Lingxi's face darken, and he reprimanded, "Where did you learn that?"
Xiao Feng looked scared, fiddled with his fingers, and said weakly, "I heard it from the villagers. They say a warm bed with a wife is so comfortable."
Mo Lingxi tapped his head with a little force, his eyes sharpening. "What did Father teach you?"
Xiao Feng quickly stood up straight and enunciated clearly. "Father said to learn to discern what others say, not to be a parrot that repeats everything, and to have your own thoughts and ideas."
"Father, I was wrong. I won't say such things again. But I really don't want you and Mother to quarrel. Mother works very, very hard.
Can you go and apologize to Mother?"