Chapter 471: Exposing the fake (2)

General, Madam Called You To Farm

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Having visited several times before, the children recognized Su Mo and obediently greeted him sweetly with a ‘Uncle Su’.

Finding nothing particularly tasty to eat, they promptly toddled off again.

“Are they really your children?”

Su Mo asked Wei Ting.

“Mm.” Wei Ting responded casually.

“What about their mother?” Su Mo pressed.

He would never allow some other woman to show up and stir up trouble for his cousin.

Regardless of his personal feelings for Su Xiaoxiao, as the heir of the Su family, it was his duty to uphold the family’s dignity.

Wei Ting’s eyes glanced toward the courtyard and said, “There.”

Su Mo followed his gaze and saw Su Xiaoxiao preparing small washbasins for the three little ones.

The children were rubbing their heads against her nonstop, clinging to her like glue.

Su Mo took a deep breath. This guy just refused to talk, huh?

Fine, he would just investigate it himself.

Wei Ting hadn’t slept the whole night. Once the fire was tended to, he went back to his room to catch up on rest.

He had his own room, right next to Su Xiaoxiao’s.

Su Mo really couldn’t figure it out of their relationship. Just what was going on between those two……

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Meanwhile, Qin Canglan had woken up.

Thanks to the calming herbal medicine he drank the night before, he’d slept deeply through the night.

When he woke up, his headache was gone, and he didn’t feel nauseous anymore either.

The physical constitution of a military general was truly remarkable.

Su Xiaoxiao put away the blood pressure monitor and said, “You can go home now.”

“Ah……”

Qin Canglan was reluctant to leave.

But the matter hadn’t been resolved yet, and staying here wouldn’t help anything.

He had to investigate what exactly had happened back then.

“Can I… go see your father and your brother first?”

This was the humblest Qin Canglan had ever been in his life.

Afraid of being turned down, he quickly added, “I won’t say anything, I promise!”

Su Xiaoxiao closed her medicine box and said, “Alright.”

Qin Canglan entered Su Cheng’s room.

The father and son were sleeping soundly. Though they often looked fierce while awake, their sleeping faces were unexpectedly peaceful.

Qin Canglan stared at them intently for a long time, so long until his throat began to ache with suppressed emotion.

Su Ergou drowsily opened his eyes and mumbled half-asleep, “Jie*... are we going to sell cakes?”

*Jie (姐) : Older sister

Selling cakes……

His own biological grandson… was actually living a life where he had to sell cakes in the countryside as his livelihood…

Su Xiaoxiao walked in and said, “We’re not selling today. Go back to sleep.”

“Oh… then if we do, you have to wake me up.” Su Ergou rolled over and drifted back to sleep.

Qin Canglan stood with his back to the door, hands braced on his thighs, trying to steady his nearly collapsing body.

Su Xiaoxiao put the folded clothes into the cabinet and looked at his back, “Breakfast is ready.”

Qin Canglan quickly wiped his reddened eyes and sniffled, answering in a calm tone, “Got it. I’ll be right there.”

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Su Xiaoxiao’s cooking was excellent. Even her casually made buns and steamed bread were more fragrant than those sold in shops.

But the better it tasted, the more uncomfortable Qin Canglan felt.

Children of poor families grow up fast.

If they hadn’t ended up in such a place, why would she need to cook and wash and do all these chores?

Qin Yanran didn’t even know how to husk a corn cob, and yet this girl had become skilled in all sorts of hard, physical labor.

After a long silence, he finally found his voice, “So… this is how you’ve lived in the countryside all these years?”

“Not really.” Su Xiaoxiao replied.

Just as Qin Canglan was about to let out a sigh of relief, he heard Su Xiaoxiao say:

“Life in the city is way more comfortable than in the countryside. Back in the village, besides cooking and doing laundry, we had to fetch water from the well at the village entrance, chop wood in the mountains, and pick vegetables from the fields… On good days, we raised pigs and chickens. On bad days, we couldn’t even afford feed for the pigs.”

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