Zhao Moyan wanted to leave, but after much pleading from Li Shi and Tangyuan, he agreed to stay for dinner. Li Shi personally cooked dinner with Tian Yu. Xiao Ju returned with the old doctor Li just before dark. Knowing Tian Yu was back, she ran happily to her, and Tian Yu hugged her and kissed her on the cheek. Xiao Ju then helped Tian Yu prepare dinner. She told Tian Yu about the various patients she and the old doctor had encountered and how they treated them. Tian Yu was very pleased because she could see that Xiao Ju was very happy.
The remaining children in the villa were also served their meals with the help of several servants. Tian Yu and Li Shi prepared their food, and Li Shi went to call a few people to come and eat. Tian Yu went to the kitchen to fetch the last bowl of soup. When she returned, everyone was already ready, except for the seat next to Zhao Moyan, which was left for Tian Yu. Tian Yu winked at Tang Yuan, trying to get him to sit between her and Zhao Moyan, but Tang Yuan spoke first, saying, "Mother, you sit here." He patted the seat between him and Zhao Moyan.
"Okay! Mother, sit here." Tian Yu had no choice but to sit down with a smile. Tang Yuan's trick had worked, and she was all smiles. Xiao Ju also chuckled foolishly.
"Everyone, let's eat quickly," Li urged, putting food on Tian Yu's plate.
"Thank you, Mother. You should eat too."
"Eat more. You've lost weight from being so busy these days. You need to eat more to replenish your body."
"That's enough, that's enough, Mom, that's enough, I can do it myself." Seeing that the bowl was already piled high, Tian Yu quickly stopped her.
"Then you should eat more."
"Yes! Mother, eat more too." Tian Yu said with a smile, and casually put some food from her bowl onto Tangyuan's plate.
"Mother, I don't like this either. You should give it to Father instead," Tangyuan said, picking up a piece of fatty meat and putting it back into Tianyu's bowl.
Tian Yu looked at everyone and gave an awkward smile. She glared at Tang Yuan and wondered what was wrong with this child. Why did he always make her look bad and not considerate at all? But that wasn't the case. Was he blaming her for not spending enough time with him and throwing a tantrum?
Li Xingyun shook her head and continued eating. Li smiled and urged everyone to eat quickly and try Tian Yu and her cooking. Zhao Moyan didn't say anything, but reached out with his chopsticks and took the fatty meat from Tian Yu's bowl. Tian Yu opened her mouth to stop him, but didn't know what to say, so she just lowered her head and ate, picking up some of the dishes that Tangyuan and Xiaoju liked.
After the two children finished eating and left, the old doctor Li finally spoke, "Tian Yu, are you really planning to open a brothel?"
"Yes, Father, but please rest assured, I will not show my face. I will only provide guidance from behind the scenes. No one except those close to me will know that I am the boss behind the scenes."
"But this is a brothel."
“I understand what you mean, but my brothel is not what you think. The girls inside are all there voluntarily. Even if they have nowhere else to go in the future, I will keep them and give them a place to stay. I will not do the kind of thing that involves trafficking innocent women. I do this to help those women who have already gone astray and hope that they can live a better life.”
"Okay, I can't persuade you, but I hope you don't end up like me."
"No, Father, please don't worry."
Just after they finished eating, someone came to invite the old doctor Li to see a patient. The old doctor Li hurriedly took Xiaoju and went with them. Tian Yu was a little worried and asked Dr. Li, "It's already dark, is it safe for them to go like this?"
"Don't worry, they're from the county town. I'll have Xiao Wu pick them up in a bit."
"Okay, does this happen often?"
"Yes, you should go back even in the middle of the night if needed. Doctors work very hard, so I think you should seriously consider whether Xiaoju really wants to study medicine. She's still a girl!"
"If she likes it, I don't want to stop her. Let her be!"
"Don't work too hard," Li said, holding Tian Yu's hand.
“I’m not tired at all, Mom, you’re the one who’s been working the hardest.”
"I can only stay at home and work hard, it's not hard work, but why did you insist on opening a brothel? Look how tired you are."
"Mom, I'm not tired. I'm happy to have things I want to do."
After seeing off the old doctor Li, the two chatted for a while before returning to the backyard. Tangyuan and Zhao Moyan were reading in the house when they saw Tianyu return. Zhao Moyan put down his book, stood up, and said, "I'll go back first."
"Okay," Tian Yu said with a smile.
"Father, can you not leave?" Tangyuan put down her book and hugged Zhao Moyan's leg.
"Tangyuan's father still has things to take care of. Would you like to visit him tomorrow?" Tian Yu stepped forward, squatted down, and persuaded him.
"No, Father has nothing to do tonight, Father, please stay, okay?" Tangyuan kept explaining to Zhao Moyan and continued to pester him.
"Tangyuan, your father will come to see you again tomorrow. You and your mother should get some rest," Zhao Moyan said, squatting down to persuade her.
"No, I want Daddy to stay with me," Tangyuan said rudely.
"Tangyuan, aren't you a man? Daddy has official business to attend to. Let's stop making a fuss, okay?" Tian Yu explained patiently.
"No, that's not true. Father doesn't have official business at night, and he's not in the military camp every night. Uncle Li is always with me. I don't care, you all have to stay and sleep with me tonight." Tangyuan started crying aggrievedly as she spoke.
Hearing what Tangyuan said, Tian Yu looked at Zhao Moyan with some surprise, wondering if he hadn't spent any time with Tangyuan these days. What had he been doing? But Zhao Moyan clearly didn't want to explain and just said perfunctorily, "I've been quite busy lately."
Tian Yu didn't know what to say, after all, she had neglected Tang Yuan. She could only squat down and look at Tang Yuan, saying, "Tang Yuan, what's wrong with you today? Why do I feel like you're acting strange? Are you feeling unwell?" As she spoke, Tian Yu reached out and touched Tang Yuan's cheeks and forehead, and felt that she didn't have a fever.
"Mother, Tangyuan feels uncomfortable and unwell all over. Tangyuan wants to sleep with Father and Mother. Tangyuan doesn't want to sleep alone." Tangyuan cried sadly.
Zhao Moyan looked at Tian Yu, who felt sorry for Tangyuan crying. She hugged Tangyuan and said, "Tangyuan, don't cry. Mother will stay with you, okay?"
“Father won’t leave either, he’ll stay and keep you company.” Zhao Moyan also squatted down and stroked Tangyuan’s head.
"Zhao Moyan! You? Tangyuan, your father has things to do and can't stay." Tian Yu originally thought Zhao Moyan would leave, but now that's it. Tian Yu desperately tried to signal him with her eyes, hoping he would say something, but he pretended not to see it, picked up Tangyuan, and left.
"That's great! Mother, you can stay with Tangyuan and don't leave!" Tangyuan was instantly overjoyed.
"Hey! Zhao Moyan, what are you doing?" Tian Yu looked at Tangyuan's instantly happy smile and felt like she had been tricked.
"Tangyuan wants me to stay with him, so don't you want me to stay?"
Tian Yu looked at Tangyuan, swallowed hard, and said, "Okay! You stay here with Tangyuan, I'll go sleep with Xiaoju."
"No! Mother wants to sleep with us too!" Tangyuan protested loudly.
"Tangyuan! Mother thinks you're boys and I'm a girl, and besides, you're all grown up now and can't sleep together anymore," Tian Yu finally found an excuse after thinking for a long time.
"But I've never slept with Daddy and Mommy before. Can't Mommy even sleep with me for one night? Tangyuan really wants to sleep with Daddy and Mommy." Tangyuan started to cry again as she spoke.
"Don't cry, Tangyuan. Mommy promises you, okay?" Tian Yu softened and comforted Tangyuan, thinking that Tangyuan had lacked parental love since childhood. She thought that with Tangyuan there, everything should be alright.
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