"Who bullied her? We're trying to reason with her!"
One of the women, her voice weakening slightly, began to speak haltingly.
She had barely finished speaking when Cuiying glared at her fiercely, "Useless thing!"
But she could only curse in her heart, because she saw Li Xiaochen watching from the side. That kid, just standing there with an expressionless face, could send chills down one's spine and make people dare not act recklessly.
"We're just unlucky, let's go!"
The woman gritted her teeth, swallowed the words of abuse she was about to utter, and hurriedly said something before pulling the other two away.
Lin Yuxin coldly watched the three figures disappear into the distance, a smirk playing on her lips.
[The itching powder I just sprinkled will make them uncomfortable for a while, humph! Dare to mess with me? They'll pay the price!]
Li Xiaochen knew that Lin Yuxin hadn't suffered any loss, and he felt relieved.
Since all three of their baskets were full, Aunt Mu wouldn't let them pick any more. So the three of them are now squatting together, counting their catch.
Xiao Hao's basket didn't contain ugly things like octopuses. Although those things tasted delicious when cooked, he still thought they were too disgusting and didn't want to catch them. So his basket only contained crabs, fish, eels, shrimp, sea urchins, and the like.
At first, he thought sea urchins were trash; with so many spines, they must be useless. But when Aunt Mu said they were edible, he looked at her with a strange expression. This thing is edible? Won't you get a mouthful of spines?
Xiao Hao's face was full of a broken feeling, as if he had been battered by life. He felt like a complete idiot when it came to life, knowing nothing at all!
In the end, he still picked up the sea urchin covered in thorns.
Lin Yuxin's basket had a variety of things. She recognized some of them and knew which ones were edible. However, she struggled to catch the octopus because its suction was too strong. She tried to pull it out for a long time but couldn't. Li Xiaochen had to come and help her.
Lin Yuxin turned to look at Li Xiaochen's basket and pouted.
Why is Li Xiaochen's basket full of huge things? Eels, octopuses, giant lobsters—they're all in his basket! What's wrong? Is he picking and choosing who to eat?
[But I don't know if he's just lucky or what, he always seems to run into them. Maybe this place is just a good match for Li Xiaochen's aura? Even her good luck here can't compare to his, someone without any special abilities?]
Lin Yuxin scratched her head, feeling quite annoyed, but after looking at the contents of the basket, she smiled again. Hehe, she'd have seafood again this morning.
Li Xiaochen raised an eyebrow, wanting to say that these were all technical skills, but after thinking about it, he didn't speak.
The things the three of them picked up made Aunt Mu grin from ear to ear; she hadn't collected this much in several days.
"Hehehe! You three are really capable. I've been picking for several days and I haven't picked as much as you did in one go. This is enough for us to eat for several days! Okay, you guys go and play for a while!"
Aunt Mu smiled and praised them, then, thinking that there were already so many, she let them go and have fun.
"Yay!!"
Lin Yuxin immediately jumped up with joy and ran off with Xiao Hao.
Li Xiaochen helplessly followed behind.
Aunt Mu watched the three figures walk away, shook her head indulgently, and said softly:
"He's still a child!"
Then they put the baskets together and took the things home.
Since we've already picked enough, we won't fight with the others for it, lest they gossip. There's enough for them to eat anyway.
Lin Yuxin took Xiao Hao out to have fun again. These were some of the few days they could relax without worrying about rules, status, studies, disputes, or conspiracies.
Here, they are simply themselves; they are not regents, princes, future emperors, or princesses.
Lin Yuxin found something fun to play with and asked Xiao Hao to play with it. It was pufferfish, and they almost got tired of playing with it.
Xiao Hao also likes pufferfish; he gets all puffed up when touched, which is quite amusing.
The three of them played all morning without getting hungry, and when they returned, they saw a spoilsport in the yard.
[Oh ho! Li Xiaochen's troublesome love life is back again, this is going to be interesting!]
Lin Yuxin glanced at Li Xiaochen, her expression quite clear.
Li Xiaochen sighed helplessly, hoping this woman wouldn't cause any trouble! Otherwise, he'd have to appease his wife!
The three exchanged glances and went inside without saying a word.
"Aunt Mu, we're back!"
Lin Yuxin greeted him with a smile.
"Oh! I'm back. I'll rest for a bit, wash my hands, and eat! Shufang just brought over a plate of ribbonfish, and I'll stir-fry it. It'll definitely be delicious."
Just as Aunt Mu finished cooking, Shufang brought the food over, and she cooked it all together.
"Hehe, Aunt He is joking. Your family and my family are such good friends, it's no big deal for me to bring you some food. Besides, Brother Chen is back, I was just worried that you wouldn't have enough to eat!"
Shufang smiled shyly and said coquettishly to Aunt Mu.
"Hehe, okay, Shufang, that's so kind of you! Come sit down and eat with us! We won't go back today; we'll eat at Aunt He's house!"
Aunt Mu warmly pulled Shufang toward the table.
Lin Yuxin and the others washed their hands and sat down. However, once they sat down, they felt that the seating arrangement was very strange. Lin Yuxin sat to Li Xiaochen's left and Shufang sat to his right.
Xiao Hao sat to Lin Yuxin's left, and next to him was Aunt Mu; the five of them formed a circle.
Lin Yuxin glanced at Shufang without making a sound, and sure enough, she saw the smug look on her face.
Lin Yuxin looked away, ignoring her, and started eating seriously. She had been playing all morning and was very hungry.
"Brother Xiao Chen, come and try this stir-fried snail meat with wood ear mushrooms, it's delicious."
Shufang placed a piece of snail meat in Li Xiaochen's bowl with her chopsticks and said softly.
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