Chapter 250: Problems Continue to Arise
Hearing Ye Ziming’s words, Meng Yue immediately took the bowl of ginger sugar water, briefly praised him for being caring, and then turned to look at her precious daughter.
“Mom~ Can I not drink this?”
Before her mother could speak, Xiaomuqing preempted her, trying to use her cuteness to avoid the extremely spicy ginger sugar water.
Actually, Xiaomuqing didn’t realize she was acting cute; she blinked her eyes and acted cute instinctively, then rubbed against her mother’s arm a bit.
It was like a kitten acting cute to its Master, narrowing its eyes and affectionately nuzzling for attention.
When in doubt, act cute. This was a special, highly effective skill she had unconsciously picked up after spending some time with her good brother.
She could say that as long as she used this tactic on her good brother, after the nuzzling, she could have anything she wanted as long as it wasn’t an excessive request.
Meng Yue, seeing such skillful cuteness, furrowed her brow, and her eyes suddenly became a bit subtle.
Then she turned to look at Ye Ziming, and through the slightly helpless expression on his face, Meng Yue guessed that her precious daughter must have acted cute towards her son-in-law quite a bit.
Recalling Ye Ziming’s father’s title of ‘Wife-Charming Demon’, Meng Yue suddenly found it a bit funny, realizing it was a passed-down trait.
“I already drank it last night.”
Seeing that her mother didn’t budge, Xiaomuqing nudged closer again, acting cute while also appearing very reluctant.
Her charm worked not only on Ye Ziming but also on Meng Yue and Lin Cong.
Upon hearing her say that, Lin Cong looked at his precious daughter and was about to say, “Maybe she doesn’t have to drink it.”
“Cough cough, Aunt Lin, it’s like this…”
Seeing her in-laws showing signs of compromise, Ye Ziming quickly interrupted and began to ‘report’.
With careful consideration, he didn’t mention the missing cold cola from the refrigerator or his care for her; he only spoke about the current issue.
He knew that if he brought up those things, Xiaomuqing would inevitably be scolded, and even if it were out of good intentions, it wouldn’t feel good.
“Is that so? Then you should still drink it, it’s good for your health.”
The situation reversed instantly. Meng Yue, who was about to put down the bowl, picked it up again and handed it to her precious daughter.
In her heart, after hearing Ye Ziming’s words, her evaluation of this son-in-law increased significantly.
Setting aside other things, these small details alone were enough to show that he truly cared about her daughter; otherwise, he wouldn’t have been so meticulous.
“emmm.”
Looking at her mother, who had suddenly ‘changed her mind’, Xiaomuqing wanted to refuse but didn’t know how to speak. She was already in the wrong.
Her small hands fiddled together, she slightly lifted her head and looked at her mother expectantly, then pouted her small lips.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiaomuqing made a decision in her heart. Just as she was about to pick up the bowl and drink the ginger sugar water, she saw her mother suddenly lean closer.
As she got very close, Xiaomuqing heard her mother whisper to her in a very small voice:
“Do you know what it means for Ziming to boil ginger sugar water for you?”
Listening to her words and looking at the expression on her mother’s face, Xiaomuqing’s eyes widened, and she shook her head in confusion, indicating she didn’t understand.
“Drink it first, and I’ll tell you quietly afterwards.”
With a doting smile, Meng Yue said as she freed one hand and gently stroked her precious daughter’s head.
Her words were very effective. Driven by curiosity, Xiaomuqing quickly took the bowl and drank the entire bowl of ginger sugar water in a few gulps.
After drinking the ginger sugar water, she handed the bowl to Ye Ziming, who then stood up and went to the kitchen alone to wash the bowls.
“What does it mean?”
Finally recovering from the spiciness, Xiaomuqing, with a face full of curiosity, turned her head to look at her mother and asked somewhat impatiently.
Speaking of which, this ginger sugar water was no ordinary spicy. After drinking it, Xiaomuqing felt like her stomach was burning; it was incredibly potent.
“It means he cares about you, likes you, and is willing to take care of you. Besides us parents, have you ever met anyone else who cared for you so meticulously?”
Looking at her somewhat adorably oblivious precious daughter, Meng Yue smiled gently, then leaned close to her ear and whispered.
Her thought was that her daughter was so good at acting cute, and her son-in-law was clearly the type to dote on her unconditionally. This could lead to a small problem.
After all, people often don’t cherish things that are too easily obtained. So, Meng Yue’s intention was to give her precious daughter a gentle reminder.
However, what she didn’t expect was that after saying these words, they had some additional, remarkable effects.
“Honestly, even your own brother might not care about you as much as he does.”
After the previous words, followed by this sentence, Meng Yue said no more, intending to let Xiaomuqing ponder the rest herself.
After hearing her mother’s words, Xiaomuqing suddenly seemed stunned, those words replaying in her mind.
Only then did she realize that her good brother’s kindness towards her surpassed that of everyone else.
And he had always been so good to her that she had once thought it was a given, and she had calmly accepted his care.
So, the question arose: why was he so good to her? Was it purely as a good brother? She was beginning to have her doubts.
Moreover, whenever she thought about her good brother finding a real girlfriend in the future and being equally good to that person, she felt uncomfortable.
When she imagined that scene, she even felt a little angry and instinctively wanted to prevent such a thing from happening.
The previous question hadn’t been resolved, and new questions emerged: why was she angry, why did she care so much about such things, and why did she even feel a bit wronged?!
“Uncle Lin, are you staying here tonight?”
At Xiaomuqing’s most conflicted moment, Ye Ziming walked out of the kitchen after washing the bowls and asked this question.
His voice made Xiaomuqing snap her eyes wide open and come back to her senses.
Heavens! What was she thinking?! No, no, she had to snap out of it quickly and stop thinking about such random things.
Regarding her good brother’s care for her, emmm, this was a problem, and she needed some time to think it through properly.
If this kept up, Xiaomuqing felt she would be too indebted and needed to find a way to repay some of it.
So, what could she use to repay him? And how should she repay him? This was another big problem.
“No need to trouble yourselves…”
Casually waving her hand in refusal, Meng Yue then stated the purpose of their visit to South City.
Besides visiting their precious daughter, she and Lin Cong planned to see their daughter’s adoptive parents, or rather, to pay their respects.
After raising their daughter for so many years, even if thanks weren’t mentioned, some acknowledgment was due.
So, in the following time, Xiaomuqing changed her clothes and took her parents out to a cemetery in South City.
Come to think of it, it had been a while since Xiaomuqing had been here.
Whenever she came here before, it would always bring back unhappy memories, so subconsciously, she was reluctant to go there often.
But sometimes she would miss them, and then take the bus to the cemetery, which was a contradiction.
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A seed that was planted has seemingly sprouted.
