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

Chapter 181 Lying
The little baby's tufts of hair on his head were all sticking up, like a cat whose tail had been grabbed.

"Sweetie, no one's going to take it from you." Shang Wan patted her son's head. He was so young, but his possessiveness was quite strong.

Yuanyuan was not at all at ease. While eating her steamed egg custard, she puffed out her cheeks and stared at Chu Xu with her bright, watery eyes, looking very wary.

Chu Xu felt a chill run down his spine from her gaze, instinctively feeling that he would be in big trouble if he didn't do something.

Thinking back to my previous "bird poop plan," it was indeed very satisfying to target others, but if it were to fall on his head... the image was too beautiful to contemplate.

He was startled and quickly promised, "I won't fight you for my mother."

Yuan Yuan tilted her little head, her brows furrowed tightly, clearly not believing it.

"Really, I promise." Chu Xu reached out his hand. "Let's pinky swear."

In a child's world, a pinky promise is a huge deal and must be kept.

Two short fingers hooked together and wiggled.

A smile reappeared on her round, fair face.

They've already pinky sworn, so the little brother definitely won't try to steal her mommy!

Shang Wan, who was robbed: "..."

So shouldn't we ask her, the person in question, for her opinion?
After the meal, there was still a lot of food left, so Xiao Huan packed it all up to avoid waste.

It was too hot, and the food would definitely spoil if they carried it all the way back, so Shang Wan simply put the food into her spatial storage when no one was looking.

He went to a shop and bought two packs of mung bean pastries and one pack of jujube paste cakes, all paid for with money that Shang Wan had swindled from the gossipmonger.

He borrowed the pen and ink from the study to write a letter and asked someone to deliver it to Qiao Yu'an, instructing him to send someone to keep an eye on Sang Qi and to find a way to stop him if he tried to leave the city.

Once Lord An starts taking action, it will be easier to arrest people.

It was the hottest part of the day, and Shang Wan was worried that the two children would suffer from heatstroke if they traveled under the blazing sun. So, after leaving the city, she turned directly into the woods and didn't stop until she reached the river.

She turned to the three of them and said, "It's cooler by the river. Let's wait until the sun is a little cooler before going back."

The three had no objections.

Chu Xu opened the oil paper wrapping the mung bean pastries and shared them with everyone.

The trees here are tall, and sunlight filters through the layers of leaves, creating beams of light.

A gentle breeze stirred, causing the rocks to sway softly.

The summer heat dissipates somewhat under the shade of the trees.

Chu Xu took Yuan Yuan to play in the river. The two children took off their shoes and socks and dipped their little feet into the clear river water, splashing around.

Worried that the two might accidentally fall, Shang Wan and Xiao Huan each held onto one of them and stayed by their side.

"Xiao Huan, do you know anyone who has a red mole on their left earlobe?"

Upon hearing Shang Wan's question, Xiao Huan paused in her actions of stirring the river water, then shook her head. "No."

Shang Wan noticed her obvious pause, raised her hand to tuck a stray strand of hair that had been blown forward by the wind behind her ear, and said softly, "I don't like to hear lies."

Xiao Huan trembled, her eyes fixed on the shimmering river surface without blinking.

Shang Wan tilted her head to look at her and asked, "Really not?"

Xiao Huan pursed her lips, glanced at Shang Wan, then looked at the two children, her expression hesitant.

Shang Wan raised an eyebrow, "Is it inconvenient to talk about it now?"

Xiao Huan nodded, glancing nervously at Shang Wan.

Shangwan: ?
Why did she see sympathy in Xiao Huan's eyes?

Could the man with the red mole on his left earlobe be an enemy that the original owner of this body had offended?

"So many little fish!" Chu Xu's exclamation interrupted Shang Wan's thoughts. She looked up and saw a group of little fish cuddling and kissing a pair of chubby little feet in the water.

Yuan Yuan squirmed from the tickling, giggling with her little mouth wide open. If Shang Wan hadn't held her tightly, she would have fallen into the water by now.

Chu Xu watched with envy, stretching out his foot, hoping to lure some small fish over.

Little Fish clearly only liked Yuan Yuan and completely ignored him. Chu Xu had never seen such a scene before, and he stared longingly at the little fish, saying, "Yuan Yuan, I want one too."

Yuanyuan glanced at him, then with a flick of her chubby little feet, two little fish swam along the current to Chu Xu's side, circling around his feet.

Compared to the large group of fish around Yuanyuan's feet, Chu Xu's two small fish were nothing.

Chu Xu pouted, "It's too little, can you give me more? I'll take you to play on the swings when we get back."

Yuan Yuan blinked her eyes, reached out her little hand and tugged at Chu Xu's clothes on his arm, her sweet little voice saying, "Brother, come here."

There was a small gap between them. Chu Xu moved his bottom closer to Yuan Yuan, and some of the little fish that had been circling around Yuan Yuan swam to his feet.

The fish didn't run away even when the toes moved.

Chu Xu tickled and twitched his toes, then widened his eyes in surprise, "Yuanyuan, you're amazing!"

The adoring look in her eyes was impossible to hide.

Yuanyuan proudly puffed out her little chest, that's it!
Shang Wan chuckled and tickled her chin, making the little baby shrink back and hide.

Shang Wan stopped scratching, and Yuan Yuan eagerly came over, looking at her with her bright, sparkling eyes, her left eye saying "want" and her right eye saying "play".

Hehe, the little one likes to play with his mother.

Two hours later, the four men, having rested enough, boarded an oxcart and went home.

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Stone sat by the doorway, enjoying the cool air, with a gray wolf beside him.

He held the herbal tea in one hand and stroked the wolf with the other. The more he stroked it, the hotter it got, and his hand became covered in sweat.

Shi Tou wiped the sweat from his palms onto his trouser leg, stood up, and decided to take a stroll around the village.

As soon as he left, the gray wolf lay down, occupying two spots, showing no intention of following him.

Stone felt a little lonely, and his good friend Yellow Ox wasn't around. After thinking for a moment, he led the ewe out of the shed.

If he can't walk a wolf, can't he walk a sheep?
The ewe raised her hoof to kick him, but Shi Tou skillfully dodged it and led the rope down the hillside.

They hadn't gone far when they saw a familiar oxcart approaching. Their eyes lit up, and they excitedly let go of the sheep's rope to greet it.

"Sister! Xiao Huan!"

Shang Wan stopped the oxcart. "What are you doing here?"

"Let the sheep graze." Stone tried to tug at the rope, but suddenly realized his palm was empty. "Hey, where are my sheep?!"

"Over there." Shang Wan gestured with her chin toward the direction the ewe had run. "We can still catch up if we chase after her now."

Stone: "...A sheep!"

Sayazi ran wildly.

Shang Wan clicked her tongue in amazement, "This young man is really energetic."

Xiao Huan: "..."

The oxcart stopped in front of the house, and after everything was unloaded, Stone finally led the ewe back.

He led the ewe back into the shed and locked her up, then came over to help move things.

Lu Chengjing brought out a teapot to fill it with water, and when he saw that people had returned, he also came out to help move things.

After a flurry of activity, I was covered in sweat again.

Fortunately, the evening breeze was not as hot as during the day, and it felt slightly cool on the skin.

They sat in a row under the eaves to rest, and Yuanyuan generously distributed dried bitter melon to everyone.

She walked unsteadily, but fortunately there weren't many people and the road wasn't long, so she could rest in between and didn't fall.

Everyone had a dried bitter melon in their mouths, eating and chatting.

Shang Wan seemed to remember something and turned to look at Chu Xu beside her. "Now that we're home, let's talk."

Chu Xu blinked blankly, not quite understanding.

Shang Wan prompted, "What do you want to say at Gu'an Hall?"