"No, Mother isn't that fierce. Little Fish, look at Aunt Li, she's so fat, but she knocked her down in an instant. Mother used to be most afraid of Aunt Li."
Five-year-old Jiuyi explained to his younger sister with a serious expression.
“Brother! It is her, it is her! Look, Mother has a scar on her hand, she’s still here! Mother is the best, she even gave me meat yesterday, she is Mother.”
The little girl pulled Cen Xi's arm out and showed it directly to her brother.
"This is my mother's body, but she is not my mother. She is a female ghost who has eaten my mother's soul."
Xiao Jiuyi held Xiaoyu's hand and said very seriously.
"No, brother, don't wrong Mother. Mother is not a female ghost. Mother is Xiaoyu's mother."
The little girl glared at Xiao Jiuyi with hatred, then burst into tears, sobbing as she snuggled into Cen Xi's arms.
"Okay, okay, stop crying, sweetie!"
Cen Xi was moved by the little girl's tears, and tears also fell naturally. She thought to herself that the little girl had never had a boyfriend in her life, and now she was suddenly a mother. She was not used to it. Who would want to be their mother?
After comforting the little girl for a while, Cen Xi decided to tell the truth: she wasn't their mother to begin with, so it was normal for Xiao Jiu to have doubts.
“Jiuyi, Xiaoyu, I am indeed not your mother, but I am definitely not a female ghost, and I did not eat your mother’s soul. I don’t know why I entered your mother’s body. Before I came here, I was praying at a temple, and while I was praying, a copper hand slapped me here.”
"Jiuyi, I'm also very distressed. I want to go home, but I can't go back."
"No, Mother, are you not going to keep Little Fish? Little Fish is so scared, Mother, please don't leave me."
As Cen Xiyue explained, the little girl hugged her even tighter, as if afraid she would disappear immediately.
"Then where did my mother go?"
Jiu Yi looked flustered when she heard her say that.
"To be honest, I don't know either."
Cen Xi hugged Xiao Yu tightly and said helplessly.
Cen Xi has read many time-travel novels, and many of the female protagonists in these novels share memories with the original owner of the body.
No, she really has no memories of the original owner at all.
"Waaaaah, Mommy, where did you go?"
The little boy received the accurate news and cried very sadly. When he cried, the little fish in Cen Xi's arms cried even harder.
Cen Xi watched as the two fluffy heads, one big and one small, snuggled into her arms, tears streaming down their faces, and she felt a mixture of amusement and exasperation.
The younger one is one thing, but what's wrong with the older one? Didn't they say they didn't treat her like their mother? Why is he snuggling into her arms too?
So she had no choice but to pull both of them out and ask them questions:
"Now that you've confirmed my identity, what are you going to do?"
"Mommy, please don't abandon me! Little Fish is so scared! Brother is wrong, you really are Little Fish's mother! Little Fish is so scared!"
Xiao Yu clung tightly to Cen Xi, refusing to let go.
Cen Xi was certain that the little one was sticking with her. So she looked at Jiu Yi.
“You have taken over my mother’s body, I… I want to watch over you, I want to find my mother.”
Xiao Jiuyi looked at Cen Xi with resentment. He would never admit that he followed this woman because he was afraid.
"Alright, if you want to come, then come along. This kind of thing is too rare. Jiuyi, if you want to find your mother, you must keep this a secret. Otherwise, if someone with ulterior motives takes advantage of it, not only will you not be able to find your mother, but you will also lose your mother's health, understand?"
“We’ll leave here next spring and go ask a Taoist temple. Actually, I also hope your mother can come back. If she comes back, I can go home.”
Cen Xi was telling the truth; she really didn't want to stay in this place, and it would be great if she could go back.
She missed Ms. Li, and she also missed her adoptive father. If her mother knew that something had happened to her, she didn't know how much she would cry.
Although they had argued a lot since she was a child, she always knew that all of Ms. Li's assertiveness was for her own good.
"Alright! Don't you dare linger there and refuse to leave!"
The boy puffed out his cheeks and said.
"Tch! You little brat, do you think I want to keep your mother's broken body? You're only five years old! I don't know why you think so much all day! What's wrong with just acknowledging me as your cheap mother?"
Cen Xi pouted, thinking that the child in front of her was too smart and not fun at all. She didn't even mind having him as a burden, but he actually complained that she wasn't his mother!
"No! You are you, and my mother is my mother."
"Alright, alright, your mother is your mother. What's the point of saying all this nonsense? Let's think about whether we'll starve to death this winter. We only have a little bit of cornmeal left, and it's almost gone. How are the three of us going to survive?"
Cen Xi didn't want to argue with this brat anymore.
Solving their basic needs for food and clothing is their top priority right now.
"..."
The moment food was mentioned, the little boy's previous accusatory tone vanished completely.
"Alright, let's take care of this meal first!"
At this moment, Cen Xi was incredibly grateful for Ms. Li's foresight in letting her learn everything. Otherwise, with food right in front of her, she wouldn't have been able to cook a single meal, and she would have really been frustrated.
After making some simple rice porridge and eating it, the three of them strolled around the dilapidated courtyard.
She always has to find a way to get something to eat.
"Is this your father's room?"
Cen Xi looked around and pointed to a room that was reasonably decent, asking a question.
"Yes! This is my father's study."
Jiuyi followed behind and said.
"Let's go in and take a look!"
Cen Xi thought that if there were papers in the study, she could draw portraits to earn money. Her sketching skills were exceptional; she had even won an art award in high school. Selling them wouldn't be shameful at all.
"No! You can't go into my father's study!"
Seeing that she treated her like family at all, Jiu Yi was very annoyed.
"Kid, your father is dead. This is our territory now, the three of us. If you don't want to starve to death, don't stop me."
Cen Xi thought that this brat had become anything but cute ever since he guessed her true identity.
"No! You can't go in, only Mother can go in."
Jiuyi stubbornly stood in front of him, blocking his way.
“Brother, Mother is Mother. If you don’t stop her, you can’t stop her.”
When Xiaoyu saw that her brother was blocking their mother from coming in again, she said in a cute but fierce tone.
"No, she's not my mother, she can't come in!"
"She is! You're a bad guy, brother. Little Fish doesn't like you anymore, she'll never like you again."
Whose instrument is this?
The two little buns were arguing heatedly, but little did they know that Cen Xi had already gone inside.
"You big liar, you're not allowed to touch my father's piano."
"Is Lady Liu here? You've struck it rich! The town's philanthropist, Mr. Wang, wants to take you as his concubine!"
The two villagers who had watched Cen Xi beat up the fat woman last night shouted excitedly outside their house.
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