Chapter Thirty-Five: The Mess with Mu Xiaxia

  I stood there, swaying precariously, with a storm of thoughts raging in my mind. The sound of my teeth chattering was audible to many people around me.

  Damn it, I was publicly humiliated by this little brat who still doesn't have a full set of teeth!

  Xiao Yu quickly covered Xiao Xia's mouth before I could speak, saying seriously: "Xia Xia, you're not listening. Didn't you promise before we came that you wouldn't talk nonsense when there are a lot of people? If you keep this up..."

  Mei Xiaoxia struggled to open Xiao Yu's hand, and the soft voice rose again: "Who told Yaoyao little wife to hold that little white face's hand? I'm jealous!"

  Feeling the ambiguous gazes from all around, I almost burst out: "Mu Xiaxia, say that again?!"

  He repeated with a wronged tone: "Bad daughter-in-law, can't I even eat vinegar?"

  I trembled with rage, about to rush up and beat him, when Ah Qian pinched my waist again, I felt a sharp pain, and reflexively struggled outward. Suddenly, my back fell into a broad and solid embrace, and a faint scent of milk wafted into my nostrils.

  "A Yao, he's just a kid, don't take it too seriously. Look at me, I wasn't even angry when he called me 'little white face'." Cheng Qiao's voice softly echoed in my ear.

  I leapt out of his arms without a word and glared at Mu Xiaoxia with unrelenting anger.

  Xiao Yu covered both of Mu Xiaxia's mouth with her hands and weakly said: "Yao Yao, calm down. Xiaxia just hasn't seen you for a long time, so she's being a bit naughty now. She'll be good later. There are many people here... pay attention, we'll deal with it when we get home." After finishing speaking, she pulled her hand back and slapped Mu Xiaxia on the head: "You little rascal, watch your mouth. Be careful or we won't take you back home."

  "What's wrong with you, you know him..."

  "Alright, Yaoyao, don't let your personal matters delay others. Mom and Dad are still waiting for you to enter the house." Ah Qian paused, lowering her voice to add, "Don't lose face."

  My heart skipped a beat, I turned around and lowered my head to tightly grasp Qiao's sleeve, my voice trembling with sorrow as I said: "I understand."

  "Oh, the crisis is finally over, let's go, we're all dusty and need to go in for a cup of tea to calm down." Xiao Yu immediately pulled Mu Xiaxia towards the door, laughing and saying "Auntie, it's okay now. Let everyone come in!"

  Xiao Yu's aunt and uncle immediately shouted in dialect, and the onlookers also slowly walked towards them.

  A Sha patted me on the shoulder: "You must remember at all times, today we are following Mo Dad together." After finishing speaking, he also walked in.

  Qiao remained silent as I grasped his sleeve, neither of us moving. After a while, seeing that the open space in front of the villa was almost empty, I let go of my hand and raised my head to pull up the corners of my mouth: "It's hot, let's go in too."

  He looked at his left hand and then at his sleeve, pursed his lips and nodded slightly.

  As soon as I stepped into the hall, a cool breeze suddenly blew in my face, making me feel refreshed and calming down some of the anger towards Xiao Xia. The sofas on both sides of the living room were already filled with people. And indeed, the marble coffee table was also filled with tea cups.

  Xiao Yu's aunt is a very enthusiastic and warm person. After greeting Mr. Mo's friends, she came over to greet us one by one. Finally, she asked Xiao Yu to take us upstairs to watch TV first. Since it was almost time for lunch, we had to eat first. We could only go pick fruit after the sun wasn't so strong.

  Muxiaoxia stuck to Xiaoyu and wouldn't let go, even making a ghostly face at me from time to time when going upstairs. I gritted my teeth and shifted my gaze to Chengqiao who was talking to Aqian.

  He asked A Qian why I had such a great hatred for Mu Xiaxia.

  I originally wanted to stop Ah Qian from answering, but I felt it was unnecessary, and she wouldn't possibly distort the facts in front of me, so I kept silent and observed her expression.

  "Do you really want to know? Won't you regret it?" Ayan said.

  Cheng Qiao nodded solemnly: "Even if Xiaoxia is AYao's biological son, I can accept it."

  "It's not that exaggerated, it's just because," Ah Qian said with a sideways glance at Cheng Qiao, "she gave her first kiss to Xiao Xia."

  I was so startled that I almost fell off the floor.

  She's really distorting the facts! That wasn't something I gave to Murong Xia, it was clearly swindled from me!

  Qiao hastily steadied me: "A Yao be careful."

  "I'm telling the truth." Ah Qian spread his hands.

  I gritted my teeth in hatred: "Yes, it's indeed 'real', simply too 'real'."

  Perhaps seeing me with a face that had swallowed gunpowder, Cheng Qiao didn't dare speak again.

  Actually, when I first found out that MuMu had a younger brother, and what's more, he was a super cute little boy, I was very excited and thrilled. Because I'm an only child, I've always envied those who have siblings to fight with in daily life, so suddenly seeing such a cute little kid, my love and that of my BFF exploded at the same time. Of course, except for Xiao Yu.

  And the second reason is, I think I can take this opportunity to let Mu Xiaoxia accept the highest creed of rotten women from a young age, and integrate it, eventually becoming a generation of demon recipients, saving all the beautiful and lonely attackers in the world.

  But unexpectedly, at our first meeting, I was taken advantage of by him and he even gave me the title of "tong yang xi" (a derogatory term for a young woman who is kept as a mistress).

  At that time, he was only four years old and should have been at an age of pure innocence. When we visited his home and saw him reading fairy tales, his soft voice was like a clear warm current flowing into our hearts, soothing our five organs. When he looked up at us, he wasn't afraid at all, and his two shiny black eyes were like large round black grapes, blinking and captivating my friend Tang's and my attention, making our three souls disappear and seven spirits flee.

  He spoke very interestingly, not only was it well-organized, but also coherent and sometimes even used rhetorical devices. Even Xiaoyu couldn't help but tease him. We had been at his house for less than an hour when he completely warmed up to us and started playing a so-called "kissing game", which was actually just rock-paper-scissors. The loser would have to let the winner kiss their cheek.

  At first, he always lost. My girlfriends and I almost took turns leaving lip prints on his tender face, and when we leaned in close, we could still smell the sweet scent of milk. He wasn't shy at all. When kissed, he would giggle with joy, but later on, he started to counterattack, also leaving lip prints on our faces one after another.

  Until another time I lost to him, he asked me a question in a soft and gentle voice - Bai sister, do you have a boyfriend?

  At that time I had just entered high school, and indeed did not have a boyfriend. Although I thought he was a bit precocious to ask this question, I still answered truthfully amidst the laughter of my girlfriends.

  Then he smiled and told me to close my eyes, saying he wanted to punish Bai Jie. He slowly crawled over, held onto my shoulder to stand up, and gave one of my cheeks a big kiss. I hugged his soft and fragrant body, and couldn't help but give his chubby little face a peck on the cheek as well. Trouble came immediately after that.

  He insisted that I had broken the rules and must accept a more severe punishment, and even told me to close my eyes. Under the criticism of my BFFs, I could only obediently close my eyes, but actually, I was still very reassured in my heart. I thought this baby would at most just bite me, and then under this reassuring thought...my first kiss was stolen.

  After that, Mu Xiaxia always said that he would take responsibility for his "first kiss" and that he was a man who valued emotions very much. So even when he grew up, he wouldn't mind my age. He would shout "Yao Yao Xiao Xi Fu" or "Tong Yang Xiao Fu" whenever he saw me, no matter how many people were around, which made me mistaken for a perverted old woman with pedophilia several times...

  As he grew older in both mind and body, his character became increasingly unbearable. The words that came out of his mouth when facing me were more and more astonishing and outrageous, and I would start to get agitated as soon as I saw the veins on his forehead bulging. Even He Mochen, who had been brutally criticized by him with personal attacks, didn't take him seriously, just like he never took me seriously either.

  Luckily, Xiao Xia attended a full-day boarding primary school with very strict discipline. Normally, he could only go home on weekends. His parents were also at their wit's end about their son's behavior, and scolding him was useless too. They could only try not to let him come see me easily.

  So from the day he was injured to now, today is my first meeting with him this year. Unfortunately, my cousin Bai Yue went to another relative's house and didn't come with me, otherwise I could have let them meet each other.

  At this time, Mu Xiaxia, who was walking in front of us, heard our conversation and became complacent again: "You see, everyone knows that you gave your first kiss to me, and yet you say I'm not your wife? Besides, I'm not someone who can't take responsibility, Xiao Ye Jie and Ah Qian Jie can both vouch for me!"

  Qiao quietly helped me press down the jumping green veins on my forehead: "A Yao, calm down, be careful of myocardial infarction and cerebral hemorrhage."

  I pushed his hand away and sneered at the arrogant little brat above: "Mu Xiaxia, you think that now your parents are not around, and someone is backing you up, I won't dare to touch you, right? You're not young anymore, don't be so naive. There are many artificial lakes here, and I remember you can't swim. When will your lonely figure appear in my line of sight... Hmph, how much water should I let you drink at that time, and then use a fishing net to scoop you up? I heard those lakes are used to raise big fish, when you eat the fish shit inside, I guess it'll get stuck in your teeth too?"

  Muxia Xia suddenly covered her mouth, opened her eyes wide in horror and stared at me for a few seconds before rushing to Xiao Yu's side without saying a word.

  Seeing his reaction, I let out a sigh of relief. It's been a long time, but I've finally turned the tables around.

  I looked up to find Ah Qian and Xiao Yu staring at me with expressionless faces, I knew why they were like this. I smiled nonchalantly: "Don't overreact, as long as you don't imagine the tooth-picking scene I mentioned, you won't feel disgusted."

  They didn't speak, but after a while, they suddenly spoke in unison with anger: "Damn it, Bai Yaoyao, you're too perverted."

  I'm telling you: "Don't overthink it, but you still overthink. Look at Xiao Qiao, she's so smart, if she doesn't overthink, nothing happens."

  Chao Qiao fell silent for a moment, her expression subtle: "No, it's really disgusting."

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