Chapter 403 After regaining consciousness, I married a sickly Miao boy for five years (2/2)

She turned her face away pitifully and stubbornly, deliberately defying him: "I'll apply the medicine myself!"

His last bit of patience vanished, and Lin Xianghuai's expression turned cold: "Husband, I told you I would apply medicine for you."

"If you don't behave, then we'll get down to business."

As he spoke, he began to put on his clothes.

Yuan Jiang's eyes widened in fright, and she cried out urgently, "No!"

"You... you can apply the medicine if you want."

She resignedly covered her eyes, desperately trying to comfort herself, since they already had the child...

Lin Xianghuai's lips curled into a wicked and perverse smile. He decided not to tease her any further, afraid of accidentally making her go back to being an idiot. He reached out and lifted her skirt. When he saw the wound there, his brows furrowed deeply.

A hint of self-reproach flashed in his eyes.

It's all his fault for being too excited.

That's what hurt her.

Yuan Jiang tensed up nervously, biting her lip in shame and remaining silent.

Time stretched on endlessly, the room so quiet you could hear a pin drop. Her pale skin flushed crimson with embarrassment, and she asked timidly, "Is it...is it not done yet?"

Lin Xianghuai looked up at Yuan Jiang, who looked embarrassed, and chuckled lightly: "Alright."

Yuan Jiang blinked frantically, hurriedly sat up, and lifted her skirt. A cool sensation spread from the burn-like wound, and it did hurt less. However, she still hung her head and looked like a quail, nervously shrinking back into the corner of the bed.

"Should we roast the rabbit or stir-fry it?" he asked.

"Um......"

Yuan Jiang paused for a moment, then thought seriously, her eyes filled with anticipation as she cautiously looked at Lin Xianghuai: "I want to eat them all."

Lin Xianghuai smirked, staring at her with a half-smile. Yuan Jiang felt uneasy under his gaze, thinking that Lin Xianghuai was criticizing her for being too demanding. She pouted pitifully and said weakly, "Maybe we can roast it."

"My dear husband, I will listen to everything you say, don't be afraid of me." Lin Xianghuai gave Yuan Jiang a deep look, turned around and walked away, his silver ornaments jingling. Only after the hem of his clothes disappeared from sight did Yuan Jiang slowly exhale a breath of stale air.

She wiped the cold sweat from her forehead, planning in her heart to first build a good relationship with Lin Xianghuai before bringing up the matter of leaving the village.

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"Dad, the bunnies are so cute, why did you only catch one?" Little Bao stared at Lin Xianghuai, who was butchering a rabbit, with his big, watery eyes, tilting his head curiously and counting with his chubby little hands: "Mom likes to eat roasted rabbit, braised rabbit, spicy rabbit head, stir-fried rabbit meat..."

"One isn't enough!" he complained, his little face scrunched up. "Mom's finally become smarter, she needs to be properly nourished!"

Lin Xianghuai glanced indifferently at the chubby boy squatting beside him, a cold smile playing on his lips: "Is it you who wants to eat it, or your mother?"

Xiao Bao blushed, grinned and chuckled, then said shyly, "Mom wants to eat it, and I want to eat it too."

"Go pick some vegetables." He curled his lips into a smile, glanced up at the closed stilted house, and squinted his eyes in a good mood.

Little Bao, with his bottom sticking out, ran to the lush green vegetable garden not far away to pick fresh and tender green shoots.

This land was reclaimed by Lin Xianghuai, and he grows lettuce, bok choy, scallions, and cabbage on it. He himself is not picky about food and can eat anything, but his two children are very picky eaters and always want the freshest vegetables. He has no choice but to learn how to grow vegetables himself.

"Dad, is that enough?" Xiao Bao threw a handful of moss at Lin Xianghuai's feet.

"?" Lin Xianghuai sneered, "You just throw the food your mother ate on the ground like that?"

"Pick it up for me."

Xiao Bao tilted his head back and said, "I can't carry you anymore."

"If you can't carry it, why don't you carry it in batches?"

"Well, I didn't think of that!" Xiao Bao stomped his foot angrily, looking unconvinced.

Yuan Jiang huddled in bed, vaguely hearing the conversation between the father and son downstairs. She frowned, somewhat angry. Xiao Bao was so cute and well-behaved, only three years old, why did he have to speak so harshly and forcefully?!

Can't you be a little gentler with Xiaobao?

Thinking this, Yuan Jiang began to grumble in dissatisfaction, and even her fear of Lin Xianghuai lessened a bit. She struggled to get out of bed, slowly pushed open the door, and called out to Xiao Bao in the yard with a stern face, "Xiao Bao, come up."

Upon hearing Yuan Jiang's voice, Xiao Bao's eyes lit up, and he tilted his head back, replying in a childish voice, "Mommy!"

Yuan Jiang's heart softened. Xiao Bao, with his bottom sticking out, climbed up the stairs, grinning foolishly as he hugged her leg: "Mommy, shall we go catch a snake?"

Yuan Jiang's smile froze. As a fox spirit, she feared nothing except snakes, those dark, slimy creatures that crawled around. She shivered and, facing Xiao Bao's expectant gaze, swallowed hard. "Mom isn't feeling well. Another day... another day."

“Okay, then I’ll stay home with Mom and rest until she’s better, then we’ll go out to catch snakes!” Xiao Bao’s eyes widened with anticipation.

Yuan Jiang forced a smile but didn't reply.

Lin Xianghuai clicked his tongue with a half-smile, glancing at Yuan Jiang's pale face. When she was silly, she was fearless, but now that she's recovered, she's afraid of snakes. How pathetic.

However, she still knows how to protect her child, which is better than when she was foolish. When Yuan Jiang was foolish, she would push her own son out to take the bullets.

Thinking of this, Lin Xianghuai couldn't help but let out a cold laugh.

Yuan Jiang could hear Lin Xianghuai's laughter from upstairs. She frowned in displeasure, opened her mouth as if to say something, but then closed it again. She bent down, picked up Xiao Bao, gave a loud "humph," turned around, went inside, and closed the door.

With a "bang".

Lin Xianghuai glanced at it, then ignored him and picked up a kitchen knife to chop the rabbit.

But she found it amusing; who was she throwing a tantrum at?

Upstairs, Yuan Jiang was playing with Xiao Bao on the bed. The two of them fell asleep while playing. When Lin Xianghuai brought in the food, he saw this scene. He went over and kicked the bed twice, making it creak: "Get up and eat."

"Ah, Dad..." Xiao Bao, a light sleeper, opened his eyes groggily, sniffed the air, and smelled the delicious aroma of roasted rabbit. He immediately jumped up and anxiously pushed Yuan Jiang's shoulder: "Mom, Mom, dinner's ready!"

Yuan Jiang slept soundly, but bizarre and fantastical images kept flashing through her mind, sometimes clear, sometimes blurry. Every time she tried to see the images clearly, her head would throb with pain, and the images would turn into shattered black holes.

She broke out in a cold sweat.

"Don't bother your mother." Lin Xianghuai sensed something was wrong and reached out to touch her forehead. Her temperature was normal, and she wasn't sick. To be honest, last night was the first time in five years that he had been so fierce that he had hurt her. Therefore, he was a little afraid that Yuan Jiang would develop a high fever due to infection of the wound. Fortunately, Yuan Jiang did not have a fever.

He pursed his lips and thought for a moment, perhaps his wife needed to rest because she had just woken up.

"Dad, but Xiao Bao is hungry." Xiao Bao covered his mouth and said in a very low voice, pointing to his empty stomach at Lin Xianghuai.

Lin Xianghuai reached out and hugged Xiaobao. The two walked to the dining table and ate quietly. Xiaobao left the two rabbit legs behind and then picked up a piece of green vegetable for Lin Xianghuai. He pouted his little mouth and said sweetly, "Daddy, eat some vegetables."

Lin Xianghuai sneered and took all the rabbit meat from his bowl.

Xiao Bao pouted and cried.

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P.S.: Waaaaaaah, I'm so angry! I'm finally out! I'm finally out!!!