“Just get up, will you? So annoying!” She kept pushing him in frustration.
Ye Mo could tell she was unwilling. He was disappointed but not discouraged! He would convince her!
As he was thinking up ways to accomplish his deed, Liu Duo felt a warm liquid flowing out from her lower regions.
She immediately hit him on the shoulder, “Get off, Mo! Quick!”
“No,” he said grudgingly because she wouldn’t obey him.
She was speechless then, and was reminded of how stubborn he could get. Relenting, she said, “I’m menstruating, can you get off now?”
It was only then that he unwillingly got off of her and sat aside, observing her keenly.
Blushing awkwardly, he asked, “So, where’s your cloth? I’ll get it for you.”
Liu Duo was surprised at his attempt to be a gentleman. What a rarity!
She pointed at her closet, “It’s in there. I place it at the corner.”
Downstairs, Ye Ling brought Liu Ran over to the well to wash up. After spending a night together, he had warmed up to the kid. Ye Yang and Ye Liu were present too.
“Brother Ling, do you think my mom will come back later?”
“We’ll have breakfast first. If she’s not back by then, we’ll go find her. Alright?” Ye Ling spoke to him warmly and patiently.
However, Ye Liu was wondering why Liu Liushi hadn’t returned? He feared she was being held captive by Grandmother Liu!
Ye Yang finished washing up and resumed his daily chores, which included sweeping the yard.
When Liu Duo and Ye Mo arrived downstairs, Liu Ran was sitting on a stool processing bamboo shoots with Ye Yang, while the others made breakfast in the kitchen.
Ye Yang, stoic as usual, never said anything. Liu Ran thought he was too cold, which scared him, and so he said nothing either. The two of them did their work in silence, each not disturbing the other.
“This kid sure is hardworking. He got to work right after waking up,” Ye Mo said quietly.
Even though he kept his voice down, Liu Duo, who was nearest to him, still heard it. She shot him a look, “He’s always been that way – hardworking and obedient – unlike you, who won’t get up and won’t let others get up either!
“I’m developing feelings with you, stalling is normal! That kid doesn’t have a wife to do that with!” He said, taking pride in the fact that he had a wife.
Liu Duo didn’t bother to continue the conversation. Anger would consume her.
She greeted Ye Yang and Liu Ran, and then she went to wash up by the well. A new day had begun.
After breakfast, Liu Liushi still hadn’t returned. Liu Duo said to Liu Ran, “Ran Er, I’m taking you to get your mom, so don’t worry,” before turning towards Ye Liu, “Liuzi, I’m taking half a day off, alright?”
Hearing that, Ye Liu smiled charmingly, thinking, oh, what a little devil we have here! “Sure, anything Little Duo says is word of law! Get Yang to go with you.”
He wouldn’t trust her to go alone with Liu Ran!
“I’m going too!” Ye Mo volunteered coolly, out of the blue.
Why couldn’t he go with Liu Duo? He wasn’t pleased.
Ye Liu didn’t let Ye Ling go, mainly because it was quite far, and he was better off staying at home. He personally had to go to town with Li Wazi, and later to other towns to buy bamboo shoots. Therefore, he couldn’t take off with Liu Duo.
As for Ye Mo, he could read and write and could manage the accounts in Liu Duo’s place. After all, the people in the village would come to sell them bamboo shoots.
Ye Liu, who had taken everything into consideration, merely smirked at Ye Mo, “Little Mo, what business do you have going there? Just adding to the crowd?”