Chapter 118: Chapter 118: The Seeds Belong to Nuanbao

As soon as Chen Qiaoqin walked into the room, she saw Gu Mo munching on a strawberry. Meanwhile, Yu Nuannuan was propping herself up on the bed with her little hands, sitting up straight once again.

In front of Yu Nuannuan’s little tummy was an entire strawberry plant—lush green leaves, bright red strawberries, and her pretty little face made the whole scene even more charming than the New Year prints they bought for the holidays!

But Chen Qiaoqin was in no mood to admire it.

The moment she saw this scene, she turned around and closed the door, then hurried over to the bed and picked up the whole strawberry plant.

“Nuanbao!”

Chen Qiaoqin’s voice trembled with anxiety and fear.

“Where did you get the seeds?”

Earlier, to make sure they could keep selling strawberries next year, Xu Shuhua and Chen Qiaoqin had carefully dried a bunch of strawberry seeds, wrapped them in paper, and stored them in the cupboard.

Not only was the cupboard far from the bed, it was also high up—there was no way Yu Nuannuan could have reached the seeds.

So, where did this strawberry plant come from?

Could it be that Gu Mo brought the seeds?

No wonder Chen Qiaoqin thought so—after all, the first time they saw strawberries, it was Gu Mo who brought the seeds.

Gu Mo noticed Chen Qiaoqin looking at him and immediately understood what she was thinking.

He kept eating strawberries, but shook his little head from side to side. “I don’t have any seeds. They’re Nuanbao’s.”

Chen Qiaoqin was stunned.

Gu Mo never lied.

So, does that mean the seeds really belonged to Yu Nuannuan?

Yu Nuannuan saw Chen Qiaoqin looking at her and flashed her a big, bright smile.

Anyway, Chen Qiaoqin wouldn’t ask her, and even if she did, Yu Nuannuan wouldn’t be able to explain it clearly.

Besides, she didn’t want to explain. At times like this, all she could do was smile.

A smile can solve a thousand worries!

Seeing Yu Nuannuan’s radiant smile, Chen Qiaoqin couldn’t help but smile too.

But when she lowered her eyes and saw the strawberry plant in her hands, her smile froze on her face.

Chen Qiaoqin sighed softly. “Daibao, do you want any more strawberries?”

Gu Mo shook his head. “No, I’m good.”

Xu Shuhua’s cooking was the best—he wanted to save room for breakfast!

Chen Qiaoqin didn’t ask Yu Nuannuan either. She took the strawberry plant over to the cupboard and put it inside.

When she came back, she reminded Gu Mo, “Daibao, don’t tell your mom and dad about eating strawberries, okay?”

“Okay!”

By the time Qin Yuelan came in, Gu Mo had already finished eating the strawberries, and his hands and face were wiped clean—no evidence left behind.

“Time for breakfast!” Qin Yuelan said to Chen Qiaoqin with a smile. She had just been helping out in the kitchen.

The Yu family had taken in their family of three for the night, so she felt bad about not helping out at all. Lending a hand in the kitchen at least eased her conscience a bit.

Breakfast was made by Xu Shuhua, with Qin Yuelan helping out. It tasted just as delicious as Gu Mo had imagined.

After breakfast, Gu Jianguo said it was time for them to go.

Xu Shuhua didn’t try to stop them, but she did give Gu Mo a few extra glances. “So, have you figured out what you’re going to do?”

In Xu Shuhua’s opinion, Gu Jianguo was a fool.

Even if you split from the family, you can’t really leave with nothing!

If it were just Gu Jianguo, that’d be one thing, but he had Qin Yuelan and Gu Mo with him. They couldn’t really sleep out in the wild and live off the land, could they?

Gu Jianguo nodded. “I’ll go talk to the village chief. There are some empty houses in the village—we can borrow one for a while. Then I’ll go to the county to find work. At the very least, I can earn enough for us to eat.”

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