C8 Apathy

When Little Baozi and Lingdang saw Zhao Sheng, they stopped playing and rushed in front of him to hug his big hands.

Zhao Sheng didn't push the two little guys away. Instead, he looked down at them.

At first his eyes were indifferent, but then he saw how passionate these two children were towards him and treated him as their father.

His heart trembled as he looked at the two little fellows' faces that were filled with anticipation and joy. A bit of warmth surged up, and he restrained his previous indifference as he sized them up with a gentle gaze.

"How dare you, you two little mischievous people, why aren't you letting go of my master?" Loong Qi was afraid that the two kids would be rude to Zhao Sheng and scolded him harshly.

The two kids were merely close to their own father, and there was nothing wrong with it. Being reprimanded by an adult all of a sudden caused quite a few grievances to emerge from their hearts.

Seeing that they had all taken a few steps back, his eyes flashed with a bit of fear. He timidly lowered his head and became more distant from them.

Zhao Sheng was a bit unhappy. He opened his lips and said lightly: "No worries!"

"Why did you appear in my house?" Shu Xiang didn't wait for Loong Qi's reply and asked first.

We've been on the road for an entire day, and now we're going to spend the night here. Zhao Sheng's cold voice came out of his mouth.

Hearing Zhao Sheng's commanding tone, Shu Xiang felt a bit annoyed. She thought to herself, "You are obviously asking to stay the night, why does it sound like we are asking you to stay here?"

Loong Qi followed the tempting scent and found the source. His eyes fell on the two side dishes on the table.

He thought that it was definitely not enough to give the Prince, him and Shu Xiangniang just a little bit of food to eat, so he instructed:

"Eldest Sister-in-Law, you've made too few dishes, it's not enough!" "If you don't go and get us some more, we'll have to protect the chickens at the palace …"

After listening to Loong Qi talk about the dishes with great difficulty, Shu Xiang sighed helplessly, "Ai!" "Not to mention some Gong Bao Chicken Ding, even the rice might not be there."

"You …" Loong Qi's eyes widened as he thought about how he had been hungry all day and couldn't even eat a single mouthful of food. He felt extremely aggrieved, "But why?"

Shu Xiang pointed to the stove and said, "Did you see that? Our family's rice grains are all empty, and I have two kids with me who don't have any land to farm. Where would we get the money to buy them?"

She wasn't that stupid to let these two live in vain. She wouldn't take the opportunity to viciously slaughter them. If he ran out of money in the future, not only would he feel uncomfortable, but the two children would also continue to starve and freeze.

Loong Qi looked at Shu Xiang's shitty grass hut, and guessed that what she said was indeed reasonable, so he clenched his fist and saluted Zhao Sheng. "Mistress!" "You guys wait a moment, I'll be right back."

"..."

In less than half an incense's time, Loong Qi came back with a bag of rice and a lot of vegetables and meat on his shoulder.

Shu Xiang couldn't help but sigh. This brat was really efficient!

Following that, she did as she was told and made a lot of delicious food with the ingredients.

When Shu Xiang saw the last dish on the table, she was slightly speechless. Wasn't it just a pot roast? It was as if he had never eaten it.

It was late at night when he cleaned up the dishes after the meal. Lingdang was tired and went to sleep on the pallet early in the morning.

"Mother, Little Baozi is also tired. I'll go to sleep first." Steamed Bun yawned. Seeing her cute look, people couldn't help but want to pat his head.

Shu Xiang nodded. "Go on!"

Hearing his mother's permission, Little Baozi quickly ran over to the corner and squeezed together with Lingdang.

"Alright, it's already deep into the night. You should go and clean up your bed. Put in more blankets for my master to rest!" Loong Qi instructed Shu Xiang again, "What's wrong?" Forget it, just tell me where the blanket is, and I'll do it myself. "

Shu Xiang spread her hands and said helplessly, "Our family is poor and only has a single blanket to cover our children. You guys shouldn't be fighting over the blanket with these two kids, right? "

"Mistress, can I go down and guard the door?" With that, Loong Qi took the sword and retreated to the door to sit.

Shu Xiang secretly rejoiced, now that Loong Qi had left, she didn't believe that Zhao Sheng would not obediently give up his spot and sit in the corner for the whole night.

"Get up!"

Zhao Sheng growled impatiently.

He shot a cold glance at Shu Xiang, his bright eyes glimmering with a chilling light, as if they were as threatening as a thousand year old profound ice.

"This... "You, you, you!" Shu Xiang looked at Zhao Sheng sleeping on the bed and felt very surprised.

Little Baozi turned his body. He squinted his eyes and looked through the yellow candle flame at Shu Xiang who was still standing and asked, "Mother, why aren't you asleep yet? Why don't you come over and sleep by Little Baozi's side? "

"Alright!"

Shu Xiang glanced at Zhao Sheng in frustration and then went to sleep by Steamed Bun's side.

Bell and Steamed Bun were squeezed into a corner. There was nothing between Shu Xiang and Zhao Sheng, but he was far away from her.

Shu Xiang kept staring at Zhao Sheng, but he had his eyes closed and was dozing off with his back facing her.

Although Shu Xiang only looked at the side of his face, she felt that it was more pleasing to the eye.