According to the rules of the underworld, Zhao Rong usually feeds others dog food with a smile.

But I didn’t expect to be fed dog food in my own home tonight, and it was sent by my wife.

This is intolerable, what else can we not tolerate?

Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's eyes wide open as she held a bowl at the table, Zhao Rong nodded with satisfaction. Well, she must have deeply realized the seriousness of "sitting with a crooked butt".

He rubbed the "little fool" with cute hair in front of him and blinked.

This is the little fox girl he raised with great effort, he can't let her be easily abducted by others~ Ahem, Qingjun can't do that either, unless they are close together or stacked together when they are doing that...

So Xiaoxiao, you must understand what you should understand at the right time and in the right place in the future...

As he was imagining this, Zhao Rong couldn't help but slowly moved his hand, which was touching Su Xiaoxiao's head, to her cheek and pinched her chubby little face...

After a while, Zhao Rong coughed and withdrew his thoughts under the curious gazes of Qingjun and Xiaoqian'er. Then he sat around the dining table with the two girls and ate dinner together while holding the little fox demon.

Although he, Qingjun and Qian'er had already eaten before, Qingjun and Qian'er were waiting for him to confess.

But speaking of it, now that the four of them were sitting around a table, this should be the first time that the Zhao family had a real reunion meal.

So even though they were full, Zhao Rong, Zhao Lingfei and Xiao Qian'er symbolically took a bowl and ate a bite of rice.

Then she put down her bowl and chopsticks, and mainly accompanied the little fox demon, who was "both an outsider and a householder", to eat.

I am currently living in a bamboo forest in the wild.

The lights were not bright, unlike the prosperous, magnificent, convenient and elegant place where they lived in the secluded city.

However, this family dinner was simple yet still complete and full of atmosphere.

Inside the house, the solitary candle on the lampstand beside the table seemed to be aware that although its life was short, it was the only "living thing" in the house that witnessed the reunion dinner of the Zhao family. It stood tall on the candlestick, head held high, the candle shape swaying slightly straight, casting light and illuminating the family below.

Zhao Rong felt a little dazed for no reason.

In front of me,

Qingjun, with his narrow autumn eyes, was as gentle as water. He supported his chin with one slender hand and watched Su Xiaoxiao quietly as she concentrated on eating.

Under the gaze of everyone, the little fox demon also had a big appetite. Her little face was almost buried in the bowl, and she was eating with a smacking sound. Her pink lips were covered with the grease of the fish and meat dishes.

Xiao Qian'er folded her hands and lay on the table beside her, supporting her delicate chin with the back of her hands. She tilted her head and curiously looked at the new little fox demon. Seeing Su Xiaoxiao's cute and funny "wolfing down" appearance, she covered her mouth and smiled from time to time, and smiled and served some easy-to-swallow clear soup to this new sister who seemed a little reserved and polite...

Zhao Rong was in a daze. Wasn't this the rare scene he had been longing for?

I thought it was the most difficult step, but I didn't expect to achieve it on this ordinary night in a bamboo hut in the wild at the foot of the mountain.

And it seems that he didn't even send out the Li Ji Sword Pill that he had been working hard to prepare...

At the table, the man was watching with his chin resting on his hand.

For a moment, my chest was filled with two intertwined emotions.

There is a sense of melancholy and also a little joy.

Just like the delicious meals that Qingjun made for me tonight.

He couldn't help but turn his head and look at the white buds on the temples of the two young ladies who were taking good care of the new sisters while they were having dinner.

He only gave away two ordinary Jiutian Hangong flowers that grew on the top of the mountain.

Apart from the surprise, this can't be regarded as "throwing a papaya to someone", but it was "returned with Qiong Yao".

Zhao Rong was silent.

At this time.

"Eat slowly, there's no rush, don't listen to his threats."

Seeing that she loved to eat so much, Qingjun said with both joy and worry.

"Mmm, mmm! It's delicious, delicious..." Su Xiaoxiao puffed her cheeks, raised her head and nodded vigorously, not knowing whether she heard it or not.

Qingjun shook his head helplessly, but seemed to understand that the little fox demon cherished her family and other people's kindness and innocence.

So without further persuasion, Qingjun used the handkerchief wrapped around her fingertips to carefully wipe the corners of her mouth. Then, seeing that Su Xiaoxiao seemed to like the dish of grilled fish on the table, she put a few more chopsticks into her bowl and carefully picked out the bones for her...

Zhao Rong also stretched out his chopsticks and reached for the fish. Su Xiaoxiao quickly sucked on the chopsticks, and then used the chopsticks covered with crystal saliva to "pick up the fish".

Zhao Rong smiled and knocked away the chopsticks she wanted to "eat alone".

Then he picked up some fish with chopsticks and put it into her bowl, and then turned to Qingjun Xiaoxiao and silently picked up some vegetables to eat.

Su Xiaoxiao narrowed her eyes into crescents and buried her head in eating.

Qingjun and Qian'er stood beside him with a smile, holding their bowls and eating the food he picked for them.

Then I went to get some food for him.

The meal took longer and longer, but I also became quieter and quieter...

The night outside the window is as dark as ink.

The candlelight in the window flickered gently, like the melody of some ballad that Zhao Rong was singing in his dream.

that's all.

At the table, four people.

You take one chopstick, I take one chopstick.

Occasionally, he looked up and their eyes met.

They quickly looked away, then couldn't help but look back again.

His eyes were rippling, and he could see the other person's appearance in them.

Everything is beyond words.

…

Su Xiaoxiao, in red clothes, picked up her school box and was about to leave.

Return to the four prefectures of Taiqing overnight.

This was the decision she announced after she finished her meal, patted her bulging belly, jumped off the stool, and made the decision.

Zhao Rong tried to persuade her a few times, but seeing that she was determined, he had no choice but to use the communication jade talisman to notify Uncle Xiaobai again.

The latter now didn't know where he was, throwing wine jugs around on a tree on a hill next to a government road, pretending to be an expert.

"It's so dark now, why don't you stay overnight? Come back to Duyou with me and your Zhao Lang tomorrow." Zhao Lingfei, who was cleaning the table, wiped her gray apron with both hands and spoke to Su Xiaoxiao who was standing by the window.

She and Qian'er were clearing the table. Su Xiaoxiao was about to help, but the two girls laughed and pushed her aside to rest and play.

Su Xiaoxiao moved a chair and knelt on it with a small bookcase on her back. Her upper body was lying on the windowsill, with her head aligned with a lonely potted plant on the windowsill.

He tilted his head and looked out the window at the dark and cold night and said softly:

"Sister Lingfei... I want to go back first..."

"Qian'er just got you a bed and quilt. You and your sister will be together tonight..."

Su Xiaoxiao, with her back to Concubine Zhao Lingfei, couldn't help but curl up the corners of her mouth, but quickly suppressed it.

"Sister..." She interrupted the former's advice weakly.

"Xiaoxiao has been away for two days. My sisters must be worried... Well, although they never wake me up in the morning to prevent me from oversleeping and being late, they probably won't turn over my quilt to find me out in the morning... But Xiaoxiao can't slack off anymore. I have work to do tomorrow and I have to go back early... And my grandmother might have already returned. I have to go and pay my respects to her tomorrow morning... If she finds out that I'm not there and there's no one in bed, she'll definitely be worried."

Su Xiaoxiao put her head on the windowsill and explained a lot in a mumbling manner.

Concubine Zhao Ling looked at her thin back, seeming to want to say something but stopping herself.

"Sister, what kind of tree is in this potted plant?" Su Xiaoxiao suddenly turned her head and looked at the potted plant next to her head with delicious-looking fruits, her eyes rolled up cutely.

Concubine Zhao Ling turned her head and looked at the wild persimmon tree in the pot. It was a small tree. The tree was originally crooked and ugly, but it had been trimmed exquisitely and elegantly by the previous owner, and there were golden and round persimmons hanging on it.

"It looks like wild persimmons, left by the previous occupant of this house."

She explained, then stepped forward, stretched her hand in front of the little fox demon, picked a flower from the potted plant, sniffed it, wiped it, and stuffed it into the little fox demon's hand without saying a word.

"I... I don't want to eat it. Sister, you don't have to pick it. Um..." Su Xiaoxiao explained with her mouth, but her little hand honestly accepted it.

Her eyes curved into crescent shapes when she smiled.

Zhao Lingfei seemed not to have heard and continued to pick the fruits. She said softly, "It's okay. When we leave tomorrow, we will leave some money here. If the departing residents come back, they should understand... You can eat without worry."

As he spoke, he carefully wiped another persimmon and handed it over.

The little fox demon took it quickly, then reached out to stop Sister Lingfei who was about to pick it again.

"No, no, sister. Two is enough." She waved her hands and patted her belly. "Well, Xiaoxiao is full. I am full."

Only then did Concubine Zhao Ling withdraw her hand.

She was bending her slender waist and preparing to stand up. At this time, the two girls were very close to her because one was lying on the windowsill and the other was too tall and had to bend down to pick persimmons.

Su Xiaoxiao suddenly raised her head and pecked Zhao Lingfei's beautiful face without makeup lightly.

The kissed place.

Micro powder.

Concubine Zhao Ling was stunned.

The little fox demon blinked.

He looked a bit innocent, as if he did it by accident.

Zhao Lingfei: “…”

Seeing that her sister's ears seemed to be a little red, Su Xiaoxiao couldn't help but cover her mouth with her palm, "Hehe."

"Um, what are you guys laughing at?"

Zhao Rong just came back at this time. He had just gone out to contact Uncle Xiaobai.

At this time, Zhao Rong had just entered the room, with a slight cool autumn breeze still on his sleeves. He turned his head towards Qingjun who blushed and smiled secretly with his hands covering his mouth.

He looked curious.

The little fox demon in red clothes who had successfully stolen the chicken, carrying a small bookcase on his back, jumped off the chair with an "amazing" leap.

He wiped his little mouth with great pride and said, "Sister Lingfei handed me a candy. Well, I was very quick and ate it in one bite~ Without even blinking!"

Concubine Zhao Ling's face turned even redder.

Xiao Qian'er also tried to hold back her laughter and spat softly, in her heart she spat on behalf of the young lady, calling her a "little clever ghost".

Only Zhao Rong, who was cheated on, was kept in the dark.

He was stunned when he heard that, "Sugar? Where did Ling Fei get the sugar? There's no village or shop here..." He was a little suspicious.

"If you don't believe me, well, then ask Sister Lingfei if she gave me candy?" Su Xiaoxiao's face was serious.

Seeing Zhao Rong turning his head to look at her, and at the same time blinking at her like a little fox demon who had stolen a chicken, Zhao Lingfei felt her cheeks getting even hotter.

What kind of funny guy has come into the house? Little Qian'er is already naughty enough, it's really a headache...

But she didn't feel comfortable explaining it to her husband at the moment, so she had to cooperate with her naughty new sister and nodded slightly.

Zhao Rong didn't know that his hat was even greener. If he knew, he would probably suppress Su Xiaoxiao tonight and not let her leave. He would teach her a lesson from front to back, left to right, up and down...

"Well, that's amazing, you are worthy of being my Xiaoxiao." Zhao Rong smiled and praised casually, then changed the subject and advised:

"Xiaoxiao, Uncle Xiaobai will take you back to Taiqing Mansion. You can go back overnight, but I will only feel at ease if he takes you back, otherwise I won't let you go back... He is here and waiting outside. On the way, remember to say something sweet and ask him to tell you about his past deeds. Uncle Xiaobai will probably be very happy for a long time... We are actually quite embarrassed to trouble him to go back and forth in the middle of the night..."

The little fox demon listened carefully, nodded vigorously, jumped on the spot, then said goodbye to Zhao Lingfei and Xiao Qian'er, rushed out the door immediately, and ran out full of energy.

Seeing the little girl's hurried back, Zhao Rong and Zhao Lingfei looked at each other and laughed helplessly.

"Qingjun, I'll go see you off. You guys don't have to go out. It's cold outside."

Zhao Lingfei heard this, but she didn't turn around. Her autumn eyes were still focused on the direction of the door where the little fox demon's fiery red back disappeared. At this time, she nodded gently, "Go quickly."

Zhao Rong patted his sleeves and went out to see him off.

The only people left in the room were the woman with autumn eyes who was standing still with her hands in her hands, watching them go, and the girl with peach blossom eyes who was clearing away the dishes.

The woman with autumn eyes stood there, seemingly distracted, looking outside for a while.

After a while, she murmured "persimmon" and turned around to look at the potted plant filled with ripe persimmons...

…

After Zhao Rong went out, he quickly caught up with Su Xiaoxiao.

Because for some reason, the little fox demon slowed down, as if waiting for him.

Zhao Rong walked forward, took her chubby little hand, held it tightly, and then walked forward together.

They arrived outside the courtyard gate. A man holding a sword was standing on the top of a crooked tree not far away. He looked at the moon with a bleak posture, facing them sideways...

Zhao Rong walked away holding Su Xiaoxiao's hand.

Just took a few steps.

halfway.

She suddenly stopped.

She turned around, stood on tiptoe, and looked up at him with her little face.

"Close your eyes and open your mouth."

The little fox demon in red clothes said.

The man was stunned, thinking that she was reluctant to leave and wanted to eat "candy".

He closed his eyes obediently, opened his mouth slightly and waited, prepared, but...

A sweet taste in the mouth.

nibble.

Soft and cool.

Sweeter.

Zhao Rong opened his eyes and was startled. It turned out that he had eaten a small persimmon.

Su Xiaoxiao peeled the skin off and put it into his mouth.

In front of me, she was standing on tiptoe with her head tilted back, her eyes narrowed into crescents.

Su Xiaoxiao had two small tomatoes on her body, so she decided to give him one.

Then she asked:

"Hmm, what does it smell like?"

"Sweet." The man nodded.

"Try it carefully again, what does it taste like?"

He thought about it carefully and nodded, "Sweet..."

"Try it again carefully."

After a while.

"...it's still sweet, uh...is it going to have another flavor?" He frowned and thought hard, and couldn't help but ask tentatively.

"Hmm... not bad, not bad. If it's sweet... that's right~"

Su Xiaoxiao put her hands behind her back, like a little teacher, and nodded seriously, "Ripe persimmons are sweet."

Zhao Rong: “……???”

But before he could calmly pull her little ears, the little fox demon's murmurs came again.

"But Zhao Lang and I have to know... before tonight, this persimmon... had been very bitter for many, many days before it finally became as sweet as it is tonight..."

"Zhao Lang." she called softly.

"Um?"

"You... must not forget."

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