Traveling through the 1970s: The young wife loves to make trouble

After Chapter 275, I protected him.

With her hands in his cotton-padded coat pockets, she felt warmer. Hiding behind his tall, upright figure, sheltered from the wind, Tao Qiuyi simply climbed onto his back.

As Wei Jingyuan was speaking, he felt her lean on him and stiffened. The bicycle wobbled, and he gripped the handlebars tightly to steady it.

After the bicycle stabilized, Wei Jingyuan broke out in a cold sweat.

Everything happened in just a few seconds. Tao Qiuyi was happily lying on his back and didn't even notice that the bicycle had moved.

When she noticed the voices had stopped, Tao Qiuyi asked, "What else did you observe? Or do you have any suspicions? Tell me all of that."

"Why don't you tell me your thoughts first?" His thoughts were interrupted by the unexpected situation, and he needed time to sort them out.

“Okay, I think your suspicions are very logical.” Tao Qiuyi said with a smile, “I don’t know if you’ve ever heard of people experiencing great blows and injuries.”

"It will automatically forget some things it doesn't want to remember; this is the body's automatic protection mechanism."

"You're not wrong to say that Qiu Si may have had contact with human traffickers."

"But I think Qiu Si was sold to human traffickers. Unfortunately, he saw who sold him, and he couldn't accept the blow, so he chose to forget."

Upon hearing her words, Wei Jingyuan's eyes turned cold. "You mean, the person selling Qiu Si might be someone Qiu Si knows?"

"Be more confident, and remove the word 'maybe'." Tao Qiuyi's voice also turned colder. "The person who sold Qiu Si must be someone Qiu Si knows very well, or... his relative."

"Furthermore, Qiu Si's ending up in the deep mountains must be related to human traffickers."

Wei Jingyuan fell silent.

Tao Qiuyi also felt that talking about this was too dull, so she concluded: "No matter whose child Qiusi was in the past, or what her name was, meeting me means we are destined to be together."

"He takes my surname, and you helped me choose his name; he's my younger brother."

"I will protect him from now on."

“Okay.” Wei Jingyuan responded and continued, “I named him Qiu Si. He is indeed destined to be with us. Now that he has come to our family, he is our child.”

Tao Qiuyi never expected Wei Jingyuan to say that about her child.

In her previous statement, she only mentioned herself, excluding him. But in his statement, he used "we," including her.

Tao Qiuyi suddenly felt a little ashamed.

To put it bluntly, she didn't trust Wei Jingyuan, and she didn't believe she could be with him in the end. He knew that, didn't he? He must have known, otherwise he wouldn't have included her in his words and actions.

“Wei Jingyuan, I…” Tao Qiuyi tried to explain, but Wei Jingyuan interrupted her, “You don’t need to explain, I understand and I get it.”

He understands, he complies, but he still feels sad.

Tao Qiuyi was speechless.

At the same time, in the Wei family courtyard.

After finishing their run, the three boys sat under the eaves to rest for a while before going inside. Breakfast was laid out on the table: half a bowl of white porridge, three boiled eggs, and six steamed buns.

They didn't rush to eat breakfast; instead, each of them poured themselves a glass of water. Only after finishing their water did they sit down to begin eating.

Xiao Huai handed an egg to Tao Qiusi, who thanked her. Xiao Huai then picked up another egg and peeled it, while Li Zi filled a bowl with white porridge.

"Xiao Huai, where are my brother and sister-in-law going so early today?" Li Zi asked Xiao Huai, placing the bowl of porridge in front of Tao Qiu Si. "Thank you, Li Zi," Tao Qiu Si said.

Pear smiled and said, "You're welcome," and continued to fill the porridge container. This time, she placed it in front of Xiaohuai after finishing.

"I don't know, maybe he went to Old Jiang's place," Xiao Huai guessed, carefully peeling the eggshell.

"I asked my older brother, and he said he's not going to Old Master Jiang's place today; he and my sister-in-law are going out." Pear frowned, and the last bowl of porridge she filled was for herself.

"Then I don't know." Xiao Huai peeled the egg and handed it to Li Zi. Li Zi took the white and tender egg, bent down and took a bite.

Tao Qiusi watched the brother and sister's synchronized actions and felt an indescribable envy. For the past three years, he had lived alone, going out to find food, eating, and sleeping all by himself.

It was deserted and desolate; loneliness and solitude were palpable.

Yesterday, he had a lively dinner here and slept in this room last night. Because the bed wasn't big enough, Brother Wei slept on the floor last night, while he and Xiao Huai slept on the bed.

"Brother Qiusi." Seeing Tao Qiusi staring at Xiao Huai, Li Zi called out curiously.

Tao Qiusi was lost in thought and didn't hear Pear calling him.

Noticing Tao Qiusi's gaze, Xiao Huai stopped what he was doing and looked up at Tao Qiusi.

"What's the problem?" Xiao Huai asked Tao Qiusi.

"No." Tao Qiusi shook his head, only then realizing that he had been staring at Xiao Huai. He immediately felt embarrassed and quickly picked up the porridge bowl and took a few sips.

This was done to cover up the embarrassment.

Pear watched Tao Qiusi wolf down his porridge and was about to remind him when her foot, which was under the table, was kicked. It was Xiao Huai, who was sitting next to her.

Although she didn't understand why Xiao Huai kicked her, Li Zi didn't ask. She swallowed the words she wanted to use to remind Tao Qiusi.

Tao Qiusi finished his breakfast as quickly as possible. He put down his bowl and chopsticks but did not get up to leave.

Seeing Tao Qiusi put down his chopsticks, Pear immediately asked, "Brother Qiusi, are you full so quickly? You only finished the eggs and porridge, you haven't eaten the steamed buns yet."

"I'm full." Tao Qiusi glanced at the white steamed bun, then decisively turned her face away.

Xiao Huai observed Tao Qiusi's actions and knew he was pretending to be full when he wasn't. Xiao Huai understood perfectly why Tao Qiusi was doing this.

It's simply that Qiu Si felt bad about staying at their house and eating their food. Out of consideration for her older brother and sister-in-law who had to support her and Li Zi, she wanted to eat less to ease the burden on her family.

Pear's eyes widened in surprise. "You're full after just one egg and a bowl of porridge? Brother Qiu Si, your appetite is so small. Were you starving on the mountain?"

"No, no." Tao Qiusi's eyes flickered, and she waved her hand to explain, "When I lived in the mountains, I had food, which I found myself."

"As the saying goes, 'Those who live near the mountains live off the mountains, and those who live near the water live off the water,' and that's absolutely true. There's everything in the mountains, and I even made traps to catch pheasants and rabbits to eat."

Xiao Huai was a straightforward person who didn't like to waste words. He picked up two steamed buns and put them directly into Tao Qiusi's bowl.

Xiao Huai said, "Big Brother left us six steamed buns, which is obviously two for each of us. I definitely won't help you eat yours. You should finish your own buns."

After saying that, Xiao Huai took another steamed bun, lowered his head and took a bite. "Hmm, the steamed buns my brother makes are quite delicious."

Looking at the two white steamed buns in the bowl, Tao Qiusi felt a complex mix of emotions.

"Brother Qiu Si, eat up!" Pear reminded him with a smile.