Chapter 15: No Candied Fruit, Just Kisses
"Xu Yao, are you okay?"
As soon as Xu Yao walked out, Zhang Yaowen looked her up and down with a nervous look. Xu Yao took a step back and put some distance between them.
"It was all right originally, but your mother instigated it."
Hearing this, Zhang Yaowen's slightly dark face turned red.
He went to the commune with his father this morning to see if he could use his connections to get a job at the transportation company. As soon as he got home, he heard that Xu Yao had an accident while on a blind date with someone, and his mother even instigated a few words to discredit Xu Yao's reputation. When the victim reminded him of this, he felt extremely ashamed and kept stammering and saying sorry.
Xu Yao waved her hand impatiently and prepared to go into the house. Zhang Yaowen looked at her slender back and felt flustered. "Can I come to see you again in the future?"
"No, brother. You are the captain's son. I can't afford you."
It is difficult to evaluate Zhang Yaowen. You may say he is affectionate, but he cannot even handle his mother after such a long time. You may say he is not affectionate, but he remains single until now for the sake of his original body.
To put it bluntly, she is too cowardly and is not the type Xu Yao likes. Besides, Zhang Yaowen likes her original self, so it would be better for everyone if they could make it clear earlier.
Zhang Yaowen watched Xu Yao go into the house with a sad face.
In the past, Xu Yao would not reject him like this. She would always leave him with some thoughts, making him think that as long as he made progress, Xu Yao would marry him sooner or later...
Xu Yao returned to the house and found that there was no one in the kitchen. Two bowls of steamed rice were placed on the stove, and next to them were washed but not fried cowpeas.
It was strange, she was right at the door and didn't see Xu Jiaan go out.
Xu Yao returned to her room in confusion. Even Xu Jiaan lay motionless on the bed with his legs together and tears in his eyes.
"Son, get up and cook. Why did you fall asleep?"
Xu Jiaan opened his misty eyes and said, "Mom, I'm dying."
"Why are you dying? Isn't he alive and well?"
Xu Jiaan touched his flat belly, his pretty face as white as wall putty, and spoke tremblingly.
"I feel terrible, my stomach hurts, and I'm about to be killed by the insecticide candy."
His stomach was really hurting, it was not an illusion, and Xu Jiaan was sure that he would not survive.
Xu Jiaan pointed to the things beside the bed and said, "All my good things are here. You can use them to exchange for food after I die."
"Mom, please don't bury me in the ground. Burn me and carry my ashes with you. I will bless you."
In this way, he can stay with his mother forever.
Xu Yao was stunned for a moment, realizing that her villain son had misjudged her. Her face twitched wildly, but she tried not to laugh and teased him on purpose.
"No, we believe in resting in peace here. We must bury it in the ground."
Xu Jiaan choked and felt very sad.
He is about to die, and this little wish can't be fulfilled?
Sure enough, his mother still didn't love him enough.
This realization made Xu Jiaan extremely distressed, it was even more uncomfortable than a stomachache. He thought, it would be better to die quickly, since no one loved him anyway.
Xu Jiaan bit his lip and silently turned over with his back facing Xu Yao.
"Pfft." Xu Yao was touched by Xu Jiaan's cute reaction. She smiled and touched the latter's belly. "Insecticide candy can only kill insects, not children. Mommy won't give you anything dangerous to eat. You have a stomachache, maybe you're just hungry. Hurry up and eat a few bites of food to fill your stomach."
Xu Yao had eaten pagoda candy when she was a child and had even defecated worms in it, but she was carefree and just thought it was a novelty.
In later generations, the water quality was filtered and free of insects, and there were various vaccines, so pagoda candy disappeared from the stage of history.
"!"
Xu Jiaan felt it carefully and it seemed like the discomfort of being hungry. It was great that he could be with his mother again.
Xu Jiaan seemed to be reborn, his young eyes and eyebrows dancing with joy. At Xu Yao's advice, he stopped wolfing down his food, but took a bite and looked at Xu Yao.
There are not many entertainment activities at night these days, and if you go to bed too early, you will not be able to fall asleep at all. Xu Yao thinks that Xu Jiaan's life is too monotonous, with neither toys nor playmates. If this continues, it will be difficult for the child not to be lonely.
When she was this age, she seldom saw her parents, but every time they came home, they would bring back lots of beautiful clothes and toys for her and her sister.
Since there was no money to buy toys for the time being, Xu Yao thought about it and drew a "well" with branches on the ground in the backyard. After she was done, she called Xu Jiaan over.
"What's this?"
Xu Jiaan squatted down next to Xu Yao.
Xu Yao patted Xu Jiaan on the shoulder and said, "Tic-Tac-toe, I'll teach you how to play. Just squat across from me."
Xu Jiaan pursed his beautiful curved lips slightly, reluctantly left Xu Yao, and obediently went to the opposite side.
The gloom that had gathered in my heart was soon dispelled by the rules of chess.
The mother and son each held a branch and moved back and forth on the ground.
Xu Yao is considered an expert in chess, having won awards for both Go and chess. A simple game of tic-tac-toe is no problem for her as well. Xu Yao played with her eyes closed, and not surprisingly, she defeated Xu Jiaan.
Her red lips curled up proudly, "Son, your mother is still your mother, come on and praise me."
Xu Jiaan glanced at Xu Yao and suddenly leaned over. Xu Yao raised her eyebrows in surprise and asked, "I asked you to praise me, what are you doing?"
"Son, we can't beat people up just because we can't stand losing."
Xu Jiaan, “…………”
Xu Yao was alert, and suddenly she felt like a feather gently brushing against her cheek, with a slightly moist temperature, and a tingling sensation.
Xu Yao was slightly startled and touched her face. Was she kissed by her own son?
The little boy opposite him blinked his eyelashes lightly, his ears turned red, and he praised softly, "Very good, I'll give you a kiss as a reward."
Xu Yao chuckled, and the two continued playing the game.
In the second game, Xu Yao opened her eyes. In the third game, the two tied. In the fourth game, it was also a tie.
If both players make the optimal choice, the game ends in a tie.
Xu Yao looked at Xu Jiaan in shock. A child of only five years old mastered the skills in less than three minutes just by thinking on his own. This was quite an explosive existence in the entire chess world.
In the original world, the villain's son had never been to school for a day, but he could make things happen with his intelligence. If he received formal education, he should be able to become a big shot in some field.
I don’t know how high Xu Jiaan’s IQ is. If he skips grades like the students in the gifted class, maybe they can go to college together...
Realizing that she was daydreaming, Xu Yao came to her senses and heard Xu Jiaan ask.
"Where's my reward?" Putting down the branch, Xu Jiaan looked at Xu Yao with his beautiful, deep black eyes as big as glass, moist and like a puppy begging for food.
"I'll give you a candied fruit later."
Xu Jiaan shook his head, "I don't want candied fruit, I want a kiss."
He nervously picked at his clothes with his hands, his soft voice whimpering like a puppy, his face flushed with nervousness, but the hair on his head refused to droop, forcing himself to stare at Xu Yao with a pair of expectant and bright eyes.
"Other children have kisses, why doesn't Jia'an have one? Don't you like Jia'an?"
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