After Boss finished speaking, he quickly ran off after throwing down the old hen, and seeing Boss’s speed, Xu Ke thought that maybe he was afraid Wang Cuixia would give him the hen back.
Wang Cuixia looked at the hen on the ground and remained silent for a while, then picked up the hen.
After picking it up, she glanced at her disappointing son and tossed the hen into the basin, poured so hot water, and started plucking its feathers.
While plucking, Wang Cuixia began to gripe.
"Although your Uncle Li is rough, he’s actually a good person. I also know you won’t amount to much in this lifeti, unless it’s with the Xiao Family..."
As Wang Cuixia spoke, she seed to think of sothing and suddenly closed her mouth.
"What’s up with the Xiao Family?"
Upon hearing Xu Ke’s question, Wang Cuixia acted like she didn’t know and imdiately changed the subject.
"At least you’re awake now, so quickly find a job. Otherwise, how will you repay your uncle here? As for anything else, I’m not asking much from you, just don’t cause trouble or ss up the family anymore; we really don’t have money to spend on you."
After swiftly plucking all the feathers from the hen, Wang Cuixia focused on the neck. The fine feathers on the neck made Wang Cuixia especially ticulous.
Xu Ke picked up his chopsticks, took a bite of rice, and nearly spat it out.
The rice was half-cooked, but he endured the dryness in his throat and forced it down.
After swallowing, he imdiately choked and reached for the cup on the table, preparing to alleviate the uncomfortable feeling.
But seeing the stains on the cup’s rim, he put it down, coughing hard there.
At so point, Wang Cuixia finished tidying up and stared at Xu Ke. Upon seeing Xu Ke like this, a trace of mockery appeared at the corner of her mouth: "I thought you were a young master, but it’s just a bit of rice. How could this be hard to swallow? There are more days like this to co. If you’re really capable, strive to eat pure white rice."
While cutting the at, she said, "Born under an unlucky star, yet wanting to live like a swan. Sotis we have to accept our fate, sigh!"
Xu Ke slamd the chopsticks onto the table heavily, giving up on the al altogether.
"Don’t worry, there will be white rice."
After hearing Xu Ke’s comnt, the woman seed to hear a joke: "In your current state, dreaming of eating pure white rice, you’re really thinking too much."
Seeing the woman preparing to cook again, Xu Ke felt helpless; her food was just too unpalatable. He grabbed the knife.
"Go away!"
When Wang Cuixia saw Xu Ke grab the knife, she didn’t mind his words and sat at the dining table, drinking water sip by sip, but her gaze remained on Xu Ke.
In her youth, she was a top beauty, but ever since she gave birth to Xu Ke, she was rejected by those big families. To protect little Xu Ke, she ca to this ravine, only to find she couldn’t escape this life for a lifeti.
"Both are nad Xu Ke, yet their destinies are so different? I heard that one is a giant in the comrcial circle, but why is my son not only in a vegetative state but also lacking any rit."
Wang Cuixia kept searching for Xu Ke’s rits, and during the al, she finally concluded that at least the al was edible, so she ate two more bowls than usual.
After Xu Ke finished eating, he imdiately started cleaning his room, which hardly seed inhabitable now and was at risk of collapse at any mont.
Unable to fall asleep, Xu Ke stared at the worn window. A bright moon was hanging there.
He wondered how Lin Yiran was doing, but without a cellphone, he couldn’t receive any updates.
Taohua Village seed to isolate itself from everything outside.
As Xu Ke fixated on the moon, he heard sneaky footsteps in the courtyard.
Wang Cuixia was sitting on a big rock in the courtyard, holding a stick, tapping on the ground as if searching for sothing. However, listening closely, one could hear that the sound carried a rhythm, and soon Wang Cuixia began humming.
Xu Ke couldn’t make out the tune, nor did he clearly hear it, but another sound caught his attention.
"Why are you humming this song again, aren’t you afraid the kid will find out? If he finds out, the sky will surely fall."
It turned out to be Uncle Li, the one who brought the hen during the day, carrying a jar of pickled vegetables, placing it on the window ledge. Had Xu Ke not dodged quickly then, Uncle Li might have seen him.
Seeing Uncle Li arrive, Wang Cuixia stopped humming.
Xu Ke originally thought, isn’t it improper for a man to visit a widow’s ho at night? A sudden flare of anger arose at the sight of Uncle Li, the hen-giving neighbor, seeming sowhat unfriendly.
"He’s lost his mory now; what does he rember? Even if we tell him, so what? He’s still thick-headed; just destined to be ordinary in this life. I don’t even know if that’s good or bad."
"I used to hope he’d make a na for himself, but now it seems forget about making a na, I’m afraid if the Xiao Family learns he’s awake, they certainly won’t let him go."
Upon hearing about the Xiao Family, Xu Ke rifled through his past mories, never having heard of them, but he did recall ntion of a hidden family.
Uncle Li quickly looked around to ensure Xu Ke hadn’t discovered him before properly sitting down elsewhere, knowing proper etiquette.
"Miss, after all, he’s just a child. You shouldn’t hold it against him. Besides, you raised him with difficulty, and he has repeatedly caused trouble. Now that he’s finally awake, let’s just watch him grow. According to his family’s traits, the kid’s surely no coward."
Those words struck Xu Ke with disbelief, as Wang Cuixia defied his previous assumptions. He had perceived Wang Cuixia as an ordinary farr woman, but now Uncle Li looked like Wang Cuixia’s neighbor, and yet, he seed to be Wang Cuixia’s servant.
Does he really have so family then? But why, living here for so many years, has no one approached them?
"Don’t persuade anymore; anyway, I’m not sending him away. What should he do? Sigh?"
Wang Cuixia’s sigh reverberated through the night, resonating in Xu Ke’s mind, causing great discomfort.
"Never mind; just let him be. Uncle Li, you’d better leave now, don’t let the kid find you. We’ll keep it hidden as long as we can. As for the Xiao Family, they surely don’t know for now, but if they find out, neither you nor I can stop them."
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