"You mean you saw fish jumping out of the water and into people's arms?"

The three children nodded in unison.

Chen Yunyun guessed that this must be the overpowered cheat code of the original novel's female protagonist, Xiao Fubao. She was the favored daughter of Heaven, and there were countless such plots in the original work.

"They caught a dozen or twenty fish and took them all, not even leaving the small ones behind. There are no fish left in the river..."

Chen Yunyun glanced at the empty straw nets in their hands, understood, and patted each child's head. "Then we'll catch fish again next time. I still have some salted fish here, I'll cook them for you tonight. Tiger, you eat before you go home."

Tiger smiled with narrowed eyes. Hehe, his dad told him to go home for dinner, but he refused. His godmother's cooking was so delicious, only a fool would go home for dinner.

"Thank you, godmother!"

"Come on, little brother Jingrun, little sister Tiantian, I'll teach you how to climb trees and raid bird nests!"

The Liu Xiulan family next door had all gone to work, leaving only the pregnant Kong Guihua at home.

When she woke up, she found that Xiao Fubao was gone, and neither were the two children from the eldest son's family.

Kong Guihua was a little anxious. She was worried that her sister-in-law's two children might bully her little Fubao!

Just as I was about to go out to look for it, the door was opened.

Three children came in, each carrying something in their arms.

To avoid suspicion, the children stuffed the fish into their clothes, making the clothes wet and fishy.

"Mommy, there's fish!" Little Fu Bao said in a soft, sweet voice, pointing to the fish they had brought back.

"You went to the water's edge? Fu Bao, are you alright?" Kong Guihua checked her daughter over and was relieved to find that only her clothes were a little wet.

"Second Aunt, where should we put these fish?" asked Xiaohua, the eldest daughter.

Kong Guihua used a key to open the kitchen door and let the child put the fish into the water tank.

She couldn't help but complain, "Xiaogang, Xiaohua, don't take Fubao out anymore. It's too dangerous by the water! Look, her clothes are wet, what if she catches a cold?"

Xiao Gang spoke up to defend her, "Second Aunt wouldn't do that. We didn't let Fu Bao take many fish, and we took good care of her. Besides, we didn't have any meat at home. Fu Bao was lucky; when she got to the river, fish jumped up. Why not pick them up?"

The children explained, but Kong Guihua was still not happy. With a sullen face, she chased the children out of the kitchen.

"You all go about your business, I'll change Fu Bao's clothes."

After carrying Xiao Fubao to the bed in the second room, Kong Guihua rummaged through the large cabinet next to the bed and found Fubao's clothes.

Fu Bao's clothes were all bought with money earned from exchanging gold beads. They were soft and beautiful, making Fu Bao even more adorable.

“Fu Bao, don’t go out to play with Xiao Gang and Xiao Hua anymore. Look how dirty they are. Be careful they’ll get your clothes dirty too. You’re not like them.”

Is she different from her older siblings?

Are my older brothers and sisters dirty?

Fu Bao blinked, seemingly understanding but not quite.

When Xu Zhiyin came home from work in the evening, the family ate dinner and went to bed, and Kong Guihua started complaining again.

"Xu Zhiyin, could you talk to your older brother and tell him not to let his child lead Fu Bao astray? Today he even took someone to the riverbank, which is very dangerous."

"And she brought back so many fish, it's so conspicuous. If the team finds out about Fu Bao, are we going to have to move again?"

Xu Zhiyin nodded. "Okay, I'll talk to my brother tomorrow." He touched his wife's round belly. "Don't worry about it. It'll only make our baby angry with you."

Kong Guihua was still angry. When they ate fish tonight, her sister-in-law ate quite a bit, and afterwards she was being sarcastic and mean. Kong Guihua was so annoyed with the eldest sister-in-law. Even after her husband tried to comfort her, she didn't feel much better.

She replied irritably, "The baby hasn't been born yet, who says it has to be a son?"

Xu Zhiyin smiled and said, "Then let our Fubao say it. Fubao, do you think it's a little brother or a little sister in Mommy's belly?"

Fu Bao was still half asleep when she mumbled, "What do Mom and Dad want?"

"Of course it's a little brother, Fu Bao, tell me quickly, it's a son in Mommy's belly."

Fu Bao felt a little pain from Kong Guihua's pinching, which made her more awake. She still said what her mother wanted, "Mother, you have a little brother in your belly."

The couple went to sleep contentedly.

It was nighttime, but the family quarters of a military unit in Taicheng were not so peaceful.

"Ah!" A terrified female scream came from somewhere on the second floor, causing the lights in the entire building to turn on.

Someone yelled from across the building, "Are you even sleeping? How many times a night do you have to yell? Are you sick?!"

Inside the brightly lit room, Jiang Xinyi was disheveled and trembling all over; the scream she had just made was hers.

Xu Zhijun, who was sleeping next to her, was also startled. This had happened several times throughout the night, and Xu Zhijun was getting a little impatient. "Yiyi, are you having nightmares again?"

Jiang Xinyi wished she could bury her body inside Xu Zhijun's. She trembled, her voice hoarse, "I'm so scared. Every time I close my eyes, I'm back in that dream, and it's that woman again..."

"Brother Zhijun, can you please stay up and stay with me? I'm so scared..."

Deputy Commander Jiang will be back tomorrow. No matter how impatient Xu Zhijun is, he will make sure the performance is perfect and cannot afford to fail at the last minute.

He gently comforted her, "It's just a dream. Don't worry, I'm with you. Everything will be alright."