Chen Xiaoru didn’t care what Zhou Si was thinking. She was so hungry that her chest was sticking to her back. In the world, eating was the most important thing!
"Yeah, Dad, let's find someone to start work in the afternoon while the weather is good these days. I also bought some meat and will ask Mom to stew pork belly for dinner!" Chen Xiaoru spoke incoherently with her mouth full of buns, not forgetting to shovel a few mouthfuls of porridge.
"Okay, I'll listen to you!" Although Chen Laizi was lazy and likes to eat and do nothing, he would obey his daughter's words. They were more effective than imperial edicts, so he immediately nodded in agreement.
Chen Xiaoru swallowed the food in her mouth and added with a smile: "Dad, you are so kind! You can keep an eye on it at home this afternoon and ask Zhou Si to lend a hand and help out."
After arranging the afternoon's work, the family enthusiastically finished this unusual lunch.
Chen Xiaoru and her mother went to cut the weeds, while Chen Laizi and Zhou Si stayed home to repair the leaks in the house. It was a rare sight for the whole family to work together, and the villagers were bound to talk about it again.
"Oh, look! Chen Laizi is actually working at home. The sun is rising from the west? What's going on in his family?" An aunt holding a child was shaking a rattle and whispering to the person next to her.
"Who knows! But I heard that this morning, Chen Laizi was chased for debt by people from the gambling house and was almost beaten to death. It was his daughter who stepped in to settle it!" Another well-informed woman lowered her voice and said mysteriously.
"Tsk, look at the character of this father and daughter, each one is more rogue than the other, who dares to mess with them? They wouldn't even have the time to hide!" A white-haired old lady curled her lips with a look of disdain.
"That's right! For someone like Chen Xiaoru, it's hard to say whether she can get married in the future!" Another young wife echoed, with a bit of gloating in her tone.
"You don't know yet? I heard that Zhou Si, whom Chen Laizi rescued before, was the child husband prepared for his daughter!" A sharp-eyed aunt suddenly raised her voice, as if she had discovered some great secret.
As she was speaking, the auntie suddenly saw the figures of Chen Xiaoru and Zhang Dazui, and quickly nudged the person next to her with her elbow, and whispered a reminder: "Shh, stop talking, they are coming, be careful not to be heard!"
Several people immediately fell silent, pretending nothing had happened and continued to busy themselves with their work, but they couldn't help but glance at Chen Xiaoru and Zhang Dazui.
Chen Xiaoru and her mother ignored this group of people. As soon as they got home, Chen Laizi and Zhou Si had already started mending the wall.
The whole family spent the whole afternoon repairing the house. They thought it would take several days, but it was finished in one afternoon.
After dinner, Chen Xiaoru took a shower and lay on the bed.
As night fell, Zhou Si walked into the room tiredly, ready to curl up in the corner as usual.
"Zhou Si, wait." Chen Xiaoru's voice came, with a hint of unquestionable, "Come up and sleep."
Zhou Si paused.
"Also," Chen Xiaoru continued, "you've been sweating so much today, why didn't you change your clothes?"
As soon as she said this, Chen Xiaoru suddenly remembered that Zhou Si's clothes had been ruined beyond recognition by the original owner.
She thought to herself that she would have to take some time to go to town tomorrow to buy some cloth for Zhou Si and her parents to make some new clothes.
Zhou Si walked to the bed in silence, took off his shoes, lay down next to Chen Xiaoru, and closed his eyes.
Seeing that he ignored her, Chen Xiaoru felt uncomfortable and said angrily, "Hey, I'm talking to you!"
Chen Xiaoru turned sideways, supported her head with her right hand, and faced Zhou Si, with a hint of joking in her tone:
"Zhou Si, you're so bold, you dare to ignore me, huh?"
Zhou Si suddenly opened his eyes and saw Chen Xiaoru's face so close to him. His heart was beating like a drum and his ears flushed uncontrollably.
"I...I didn't." Zhou Si's voice was as thin as a mosquito.
Seeing him like this, Chen Xiaoru became playful and deliberately leaned close to his ear and blew gently into his ear, her voice charming:
"Zhou Si, your ears are so red!"
Zhou Si's ears turned even redder, as if they were about to bleed. Chen Xiaoru remained in this position, watching him with interest, secretly amused: He's so innocent, I wonder if he's just pretending.
Zhou Si had never seen Chen Xiaoru like this!
She was beautiful, and when Chen Laizi bought her, he had been delighted the first time he saw her. But that joy had long since worn away under repeated torture, leaving only disgust and hatred.
Chen Xiaoru stared at Zhou Si and saw that the blush on his ears gradually faded away and his skin color returned to its original state. She felt amused: it seemed that he remembered the bad things the original owner had done to him.
She propped up her head and thought to herself: If I let him fall in love with me and then cruelly abandon him, will he go crazy?
It's funny to think about it. Oh my! How did she become such a bad woman? It's all the system's fault. Chen Xiaoru rolled her eyes inwardly and put the blame on the system.
"What do you want to do?" Zhou Si's voice was a little hoarse, and he looked at Chen Xiaoru with complicated eyes, as if he was looking at a stranger. He tried to calm his heartbeat and tried to appear calm.
Chen Xiaoru did not answer, but used her other hand to caress Zhou Si's face tenderly. Her fingertips, with an imperceptible gentleness, gently circled his slightly thin cheek, feeling the slightly rough temperature of his skin, and a strange emotion surged in her heart.
She parted her red lips slightly, her breath as sweet as orchid, with a hint of charm and a hint of temptation that she herself hadn't even noticed: "I... want to taste the taste of a man."
Zhou Si's body instantly stiffened as a rock. He could clearly feel the warmth from Chen Xiaoru's fingertips, with a slight itch, and the faint, almost imperceptible fragrance emanating from her body, which brushed across his heart like a feather, making him feel flustered.
That fragrance was completely different from the Chen Xiaoru he remembered, who always spoke harshly to him and beat him at every turn. He didn't even dare to look up at her eyes, afraid to see the desire he shouldn't have in those bright eyes.
He closed his eyes tightly, as if this could dispel all the inappropriate thoughts.
However, the warm touch and the alluring fragrance were like vines, tightly wrapping around him, leaving him nowhere to escape.
He knew that he shouldn't have any extravagant expectations. All the kindness she showed him might have been just a whim, or just to tease him.
He still couldn't help but want to get closer to her and know what she wanted to do.
He felt his throat was a little dry, and he swallowed hard, his voice so hoarse that it was almost inaudible: "You...you don't do this." His voice was trembling, a little afraid, and also with a hint of expectation that even he himself could not admit.
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