Free Web NovelFeeling the Ice Cube's breath and body temperature, Li Mo naturally held her hand, cutting vegetables while whispering in her ear.
He spoke of cooking experience, such as with baby cabbage.
Don't underestimate baby cabbage; the simpler the dish, the more it tests one's basic skills.
See, the more he spoke, the faster the Ice Cube's heart beat, showing how thrilling and exciting making baby cabbage could be. freeweɓnovel.cѳm
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Listening to the warm voice beside her ear, Ying Bing softly nodded.
Perhaps to distract herself, she looked at the dish she had made with her own hands, picked up a chopstick-full, and prepared to taste it.
Just as she was about to put it in her mouth, she noticed the mouth behind her ear stealthily moving, as if it also wanted a taste.
Ying Bing pursed her lips and put the baby cabbage into Li Mo's mouth.
"I know you're hungry, eat quickly."
"I want something tasty," Li Mo said, his cheeks moving and his eyes pleading.
Ying Bing's delicate brows furrowed slightly, and she asked in a serious tone, "Is what you taught me to make, hand-in-hand, not tasty?"
How could it not be tasty?
The Ice Cube was soft against him the whole time, barely doing anything; he had just guided her hand through the process, essentially doing it himself.
"Sis..."
As soon as Li Mo opened his mouth, a fair hand, swift as lightning, covered it.
The Ice Cube, with a wary look in her eyes, stopped him from unleashing his ultimate move:
"Uncle Li and Aunt Gu will be back soon."
Saying that, she pushed him out and told him to clear the table.
Not long after, Gu Xueqin and Li Dalong returned home. As soon as they entered, they saw Xiao Li sitting there properly, and a huge weight was lifted from the couple's hearts.
No matter what happened at Qingyuan Sect, at least their son was sitting there, safe and sound.
Before they could ask anything else, the couple saw Ying Bing coming out of the kitchen with dishes.
Gu Xueqin was momentarily stunned, then quickly remembered that Xiao Bing'er was making dinner tonight.
"Oh, Xiao Bing'er is cooking herself! Li Mo, look at you, sitting there and not even offering to help."
Li Mo: "??"
No, what did she mean he didn't offer to help?
He was hand-in-hand just now!
"The Ice Cube's cooking was taught by me," Li Mo couldn't help but say.
"Mm, he taught me," Ying Bing said with a soft, somewhat obedient nod.
Li Dalong took a bite of baby cabbage, and before he even started chewing, he clapped, "Delicious, absolutely delicious! If you ask me, Xiao Bing'er is an absolute Genius when it comes to cooking."
"..."
Gu Xueqin saw her son lean back slightly, a look of disbelief on his face as he moved further away from his father. She immediately frowned:
"Why are you sitting so far away? Aren't you going to eat?"
"I'm afraid when Dad undergoes his Heavenly Tribulation, the lightning will strike me."
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Gu Xueqin didn't know what was up with her son. She put down her things and went to help Ying Bing, not letting her busy herself anymore, and pulled her to sit at the table.
"When Xiao Bing'er first came to our home, she had pigtails, like a porcelain doll. In a blink of an eye, she's become a young woman."
Looking at Ying Bing, with her ponytail and a serene, gentle beauty, Gu Xueqin couldn't help but soften her expression:
"I know that boy Li Mo often gets into trouble. It's thanks to you that you looked after him when Dalong and I weren't around."
Li Dalong chimed in cooperatively, "Indeed, Xiao Bing'er, you've always been sensible and discreet. If he ever makes you angry, just tell us."
Li Mo scratched his head. Why did that sound familiar?
Oh, he remembered. When his parents sent him to the private school, they had said something similar to the teacher.
Am I some kind of very immature Xiao Li?
As he was thinking, he noticed the Ice Cube looking up and glancing at him out of the corner of her eye, her narrowed gaze carrying a smile.
"He also helped me a lot. We support each other."
"Good, that's good."
Gu Xueqin looked at her, reaching out to smooth the dark hair by her ear, and also glanced at her son:
"Li Mo, Xiao Bing'er grew up in our family since she was little. I've long regarded her as my own, and I can't bear for her to leave the Li family. How about she calls me 'Mom' with you from now on?"
Li Mo pretended to ponder, but couldn't suppress the grin at the corners of his mouth: "Hmm, that's a good idea."
"No wonder you always call Xiao Bing'er 'Elder ❖ Nоvеl𝚒ght ❖ (Exclusive on Nоvеl𝚒ght) Sister'. Then Mom will have an adopted daughter, and you'll have an older sister."
"Good... Eh? That won't do!"
Li Mo's grin instantly disappeared.
Even Ying Bing's eyelashes trembled slightly, and she said, "She doesn't have to be an adopted daughter; she can be a mother and daughter."
"Eat your vegetables, eat your vegetables, ha ha ha..."
Hearing this answer, Li Dalong chuckled, extended his chopsticks, and at the same time gave his wife an approving look.
He knew what his wife was thinking. She was indeed reluctant, but saying that just now was merely to probe Xiao Bing'er's thoughts.
And to urge the two young ones to settle things.
This was a last resort.
The couple didn't return to Qinghe County precisely because they were eagerly waiting for good news to materialize, weren't they?
He hadn't known how to subtly hint, but his wife's move was already the ultimate, reaching the Nine Heavens and Ten Earths.
During the rest of dinner, the couple ate while showing concern for Ying Bing, their paternal and maternal love making Xiao Li's head buzz.
Mom and Dad always talked about having both a son and a daughter. If the Ice Cube were really their daughter, that would be great, but they weren't being serious, were they?
Such a thing... no way... Li Mo felt like he was sitting on pins and needles, unable to eat a single bite of food. He endured until dinner ended, then pulled the Ice Cube away.
Watching the two of them go up to the third floor, Gu Xueqin and Li Dalong exchanged glances, revealing a knowing smile... "Ice Cube, you saw it, Madam Gu is crazy with wanting to hear you call her 'Mom'."
Li Mo closed the door, revealing the Ice Cube's serious, unsmiling face.
"So what do we do?"
Ying Bing pursed her red lips, then found his flustered expression increasingly amusing the more she looked at it.
"Don't panic, you know, I'm a Genius."
Li Mo held up three fingers:
"I have three strategies: an upper, a middle, and a lower."
Ying Bing leaned against the soft couch, resting her chin on one hand and asking, "What's the upper strategy?"
"Let Mom skip the stage of wanting both a son and a daughter, and go straight to doting on her grandchildren, becoming completely immersed and unable to extricate herself!"
