Ji Xinhe glared at Mu Houchu and reluctantly got on the bullock cart. After all, she felt sorry for Xiao Bei. The road was too far, and she didn’t want him to walk all the way to town.
Once on the bullock cart, Ji Xinhe firmly pinched Xiao Bei’s face: "You’ve really got some guts now, always sticking up for others."
Xiao Bei, with a painful face from her pinch, cried out: "Brother Mu Chu is now my master and will be like a father to me forever, how can he be an outsider? Moreover, Brother Mu Chu is going to marry my sister in the future, he will be my brother-in-law, even less of an outsider."
Ji Xinhe snorted lightly: "So in Xiao Bei’s heart, he is more important than me."
Mu Houchu couldn’t help laughing and shaking his head: "You’re seriously picking on a kid over this?"
Xiao Bei quickly held onto Ji Xinhe’s arm and said, "That’s not true. Sister is the most important person in Xiao Bei’s heart. Xiao Bei just doesn’t want sister and Brother Mu Chu to quarrel. Can you please not be angry with Brother Mu Chu?"
Looking at Xiao Bei’s appeasing appearance, any residual anger she had dissipated. She let go of him and patted his face.
Seeing Ji Xinhe appeared to have calmed down, Xiao Bei grinned happily and sidled up to her, saying: "Sister, don’t be angry anymore. We’re shopping for Chinese New Year’s goods today. We’ll be celebrating Chinese New Year in a few days!"
"How could I possibly be angry with Xiao Bei? Xiao Bei is the best."
"Then, can you also not be angry with Brother Mu Chu?" Xiao Bei hastily said.
Ji Xinhe shot Mu Houchu a chilling glare: "Who says I’m mad?"
Xiao Bei couldn’t resist shivering. Brother Mu Chu was right. Sister obviously says one thing but means another...
Mu Houchu shook his head helplessly, laughing lightly: "Forget it, we’re almost in town. Have you decided what you want to buy yet?"
"Let’s first check the West Market." Ji Xinhe huffed.
After a bumpy ride, they arrived at the West Market. As the Chinese New Year was quickly approaching, there were many people out shopping for the holiday. The small town was teeming with people. Xiao Bei, still young and fond of bustling scenes, was cheerfully running around everywhere, much like a little bird.
"Sister, will we have a lot of meat for this New Year’s? Xiao Bei has never had meat for Chinese New Year before. Do we have tons of meat this time?" Xiao Bei was so eager that saliva was about to dribble down his chin.
Ji Xinhe laughed: "Yes, we won’t just have meat, we will also buy some more delicious things. Does Xiao Bei want to eat candy? Sister will buy you some. How about that?"
Xiao Bei was so excited, he was incessantly nodding his head: "Xiao Bei loves candy! Last Chinese New Year, Gou Dan gave me a piece of maltose candy, and I loved it so much!"
Ji Xinhe laughed softly: "Okay, then let’s go buy candy."
As she was speaking, she walked to the front of a pastry and candy shop. As Ji Xinhe entered, the shopkeeper enthusiastically greeted: "What would the three of you like? Our shop has all kinds of pastries and candies."
Ji Xinhe patted Xiao Bei’s head, smiling: "What does Xiao Bei want to eat? You can pick what you like."
Looking at the dazzling array of pastries and candies displayed in the shop, Xiao Bei couldn’t help swallowing his saliva: "Sister should pick. Xiao Bei has no preference, I love everything."
Seeing him act like this, Ji Xinhe couldn’t help but laugh. Xiao Bei had rarely had the chance to eat such treats before, so many things were a first for him, which inevitably made one feel sorry for him.
Ji Xinhe looked around inside the shop, and then said to the shopkeeper: "I’d like to have some maltose candy and nougat candy, and also three packets each of green bean cake, osmanthus cake, and crab yolk pastry."
"Ok! Right away!" The shopkeeper happily went to pack everything up.
Xiao Bei’s eyes widened: "Why is sister buying so much?"
"We’ll buy more if Xiao Bei likes it. Whatever Xiao Bei likes, sister will buy." Ji Xinhe smiled indulgently. 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝚠𝕖𝐛𝗻𝗼𝐯𝕖𝚕.𝚌𝗼𝗺
Observing the indulgent smile at the corner of her lips, Mu Houchu couldn’t help laughing: "Xiao Bei is currently in the middle of getting his adult teeth, these sweet things aren’t good if eaten too often."
Ji Xinhe only then remembered, but she felt sorry. She didn’t have much experience with raising a child and didn’t know these things. She immediately turned on a stern face and said to Xiao Bei: "Even though we’ve bought them, you can only eat a little each day. You’re not allowed to eat too much. Do you understand?"
Xiao Bei obediently nodded: "I promise I won’t eat too much!"
After paying and leaving the shop, Ji Xinhe mentioned wanting to buy some fruit, so Xiao Bei hurriedly went inside the fruit shop to take a look.
Seeing him so joyful, she let him go and took her time following after him.
"Are you still mad?" Mu Houchu had somehow joined her, walking alongside her.
Ji Xinhe glared at him: "Do you think I shouldn’t be mad? You took advantage of me, after all you’ve done, do you dare to ask if I’m mad?"
Mu Houchu innocently touched his nose: "Actually, if we’re being precise, you were the one who took liberties with me first."
Ji Xinhe paused, somewhat guilty: "I, me, when did I take the initiative?"
"Don’t you remember? I just took off my clothes, and you immediately moved in to kiss me. According to reason, I should be the one feeling violated." Mu Houchu touched his chin, contemplating.
This solemn nonsense made Ji Xinhe grind her teeth.
"When did I want to kiss you willingly!? You knew full well that I had been drugged, and still you deliberately enticed me!" Although Ji Xinhe said she was angry, her face turned a betraying shade of red.
Mu Houchu evoked a barely noticeable smirk: "Regardless of the reason, you were the one who took the initiative in the end, weren’t you?"
Ji Xinhe’s mouth twitched violently, wishing she could slap herself. Why couldn’t she resist this man’s allurement?!
Mu Houchu laughed in a low voice: "If you really want to blame me, let’s call it even with the first time you took advantage of me."
While talking, he sighed helplessly: "Well, it seems that I’m at a loss one way or another. I was taken advantage of twice by you, and now I have to placate you. But it’s fine, I won’t fuss over these things. After all, the Chinese New Year is around the corner, we should all be in good spirits."
Mu Houchu’s eyes sparkled as he smiled. Ji Xinhe was half-amused, half-annoyed. He’s at a loss? He had the audacity to say that?!
Except for the first time when she had no choice but to take advantage of him, wasn’t it always him taking advantage of her afterwards?! Now this old fox was acting as if he had been treated unfairly. Really shameless!
"Sister, sister, come look at the fruit! This shop’s fruit is wonderful!"
Xiao Bei’s voice came from the fruit shop, causing Mu Houchu to smile: "Xiao Bei is calling you. You must go in."
While saying this, he was the first to walk into the fruit shop, leaving a fuming Ji Xinhe stamping her foot.
This man was seriously her nemesis!
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