The daily life of a space tycoon raising children, doting on his husband, and farming.

Chapter 172 Bait
At the breakfast table, Shi Tou and Xiao Huan stared at Lu Chengjing's neck for a while and couldn't help but ask, "Brother-in-law, what happened to your neck?"

This lush green patch looks like a piece of vegetable leaf has been pasted on it.

"I was bitten by mosquitoes," little Chu Xu answered quickly, holding a fried egg between his fingers. "I already asked."

Xiao Huan worriedly asked, "What kind of mosquito could bite so many people? Could it be a flea or a poisonous insect?"

Shi Tou took a sip of porridge and asked in bewilderment, "I specifically fumigated the room yesterday, so why are there still mosquitoes? Why aren't there any mosquitoes in my room?"

Lu Chengjing: "..."

My ears are starting to feel warm.

"Ahem, your brother-in-law attracts mosquito bites." Shang Wan suppressed the corners of her lips that were turning up and put a soup dumpling into the bowl of the embarrassed person.

"Mom." Yuanyuan pushed her little bowl toward her mother, and the little one wanted it too.

Shang Wan then picked one up for her as well, gently reminding her, "Be careful, it's hot."

"Don't be afraid!" Yuanyuan patted her little bib with her oily hands. The little one is so brave.

Shang Wan chuckled. Chu Xu was constantly chatting with Yuan Yuan, and the little baby was learning more and more words.

After breakfast, Shang Wan carried baskets of stir-fried ginger slices to the small platform for drying herbs. With her agility, she could jump up and down directly without needing a ladder.

Chu Xu looked on with envy, wishing he had such skill.

"Aunt Shang, could you teach me martial arts?"

“What I’m doing doesn’t count as martial arts, and I haven’t learned it systematically. Teaching it to you would only mislead you.” Shang Wan tapped his little head. “Your family is a military family, so you must have inherited martial arts. It’s better for you to learn your family’s martial arts than to learn these unorthodox methods from me.”

His family did indeed have a lineage of spear techniques, but Chu Xu didn't like using spears; he preferred using a knife.

Shang Wan said, "An inch longer, an inch stronger. You said you want to go to the battlefield to earn military merit and become a general, so it won't hurt to learn marksmanship well. If you really like knives, you can learn both. Anyway, you're still young. True masters don't pick and choose weapons."

Upon hearing this, Chu Xu immediately recalled the scene of Shang Wan killing the assassin with a leaf that day, which was incredibly cool!

He followed Shang Wan like a little tail, asking, "Aunt Shang, how did you become so amazing?"

"You'll get it from fighting." Shang Wan replaced the zombie with a zombie. "If you were put in a place surrounded by wolves, you would be eaten if you didn't kill them. This would happen year after year, day after day, and you would never be able to relax. If you stayed there for a long time, you would also develop the ability to save your life."

Chu Xu opened his mouth in surprise, not expecting Shang Wan's experience to be so bumpy. Isn't this the kind of method that only great families use to train assassins?
Could it be that Aunt Shang was a suicide squad member before?
However, assassins are emotionless killing tools. How could someone like Shang Wan, who is lively and capable of marrying and having children, be so different?

The little girl couldn't quite grasp it, so Chu Xu patted her on the shoulder and looked at Shang Wan with pity.

Shangwan: ? ? ?
What is this child thinking?

Chu Xu patted his chest and said earnestly, "Aunt Shang, don't worry, I will keep your secret."

Shang Wan was filled with questions, "...What secret?"

"I will never tell anyone your true identity." Chu Xu raised her little hand as if to swear, "I won't even tell my parents and brother."

Shang Wan: "..."

Forget it, whatever.

"Good boy." She raised her hand and patted the child's head. "Those assassins shouldn't be coming. I have to go check the fields in a bit. Go play by yourself."

Chu Xu stood there without moving, his eyes darting around a couple of times, and asked softly, "Aunt Shang, can I go into the mountains with Yuanyuan?"

He hadn't mentioned it before because he was worried about causing trouble for everyone, but now that he heard the assassin wouldn't come, his little schemes started to stir, and he really wanted to go into the mountains and have some fun.

"Ask Yuanyuan." Shang Wan didn't care how the two children played. "If Yuanyuan wants to take you, then go."

"Okay!" Chu Xu immediately skipped off to find Yuan Yuan.

Yuanyuan had just asked Aunt Xiaohuan to fill a jug with goat's milk, and she put the little jug on her back, ready to set off. Today she received a mission from her mother: to bring back a doe that had just given birth to a calf.

My mother said that we should find our own food and be independent from a young age.

She will definitely complete the mission!
"Yuanyuan, can I go too?" Chu Xu clung to the door frame, gazing longingly at Yuanyuan... riding the gray wolf.

Riding a wolf looks so cool, I want one too!

Yuan Yuan blinked her big eyes and tilted her head to look at him, "Go...there?"

"Let's go into the mountains." Chu Xu walked over and reached out to pat Little Gray. "I want to go into the mountains with you. I asked Aunt Shang, and she told me to ask you."

"No." Round little hands formed into claws, and little mouth opened, howling at Chu Xu, "There's an axe... tiger."

"I'm not afraid." Chu Xu was already calculating his options. "With you protecting me, everything will be fine."

Yuanyuan pouted, "No!"

She has a task to complete today and can't play with the boy.

"Good boy... good boy." Yuanyuan reached out her chubby little hand and patted Chu Xu's arm. She would play with her big brother when she came back. The big brother had to be good.

Chu Xu was about to say something when Yuan Yuan patted Little Grey, "Let's go!"

The man and the wolf ran out of the yard in the blink of an eye.

"Hey!" Chu Xu immediately took off chasing after him, "Yuanyuan, wait for me!"

I only regret not having two more legs!

When Shang Wan saw this on the platform, she clicked her tongue and shook her head, "This kid's got a pretty good plan."

The child must have seen how impressive it was for Yuanyuan to ride a wolf and wanted to experience it for himself.

Unfortunately, her own child wasn't fooled and ran away, abandoning the young man.

Seeing that Chu Xu was getting further and further away and had no intention of turning back, Shang Wan stroked her chin, a playful smile flashing in her eyes.

The bait has been cast, and the fish should be biting by now, right?

She packed up the medicinal herbs, jumped off the platform, went to the woodshed, found a bamboo basket, picked it up, slung it over her shoulder, and went into the mountains.

On the other side, Chu Xu kept chasing after them, but lost sight of the man and the wolf as soon as they entered the forest.

"They didn't even wait for me, and they didn't take you to ride the swings when they got back." Chu Xu grumbled, turning his little head to look around. "Which way did they go?"

It all felt the same in the dense forest; after wandering around for a while, I got dizzy.

Chu Xu patted his head, squatted down to look at the footprints, and after looking for a while, he finally followed his instincts and continued to chase after them.

Shang Wan, who had followed along, was both angry and amused.

The child was quite bold, not only bravely choosing the opposite direction but also forging ahead without hesitation. Did he really think that the jackals and tigers in the forest were all vegetarians?
Chu Xu wasn't just bold; he genuinely believed he was on the right track.

He had even planned that if he couldn't catch up after counting to three hundred, he would turn back the way he came.

And then... he got completely lost.

"I remember coming from here, where's the stone I left?" Chu Xu toddled around looking for it, completely unaware of the danger approaching.

"It looks like this one." Chu Xu bent down and picked up a gray stone, feeling that it looked very similar to the one he had lost.

He glanced at the dense forest ahead and said confidently, "Let's go this way."

With a single step, the little one bravely moves forward.