Chapter 42: Chapter 42: Nuanbao Is Unhappy, Nuanbao Doesn’t Want to Smile

By coincidence, both of them overheard the conversation loud and clear.

Chen Qiaoqin heard everything, and so did Yu Nuannuan.

It was precisely because she heard it so clearly that Yu Nuannuan started to laugh.

Over the past six months, she’d heard her fair share of gossip.

This Li Chunxiang was quite the celebrity in Sanliqiao.

As the prettiest girl in the village, Li Chunxiang was extremely popular among the young men.

But at the same time, pretty girls weren’t always well-liked among their female peers.

Li Chunxiang was proud, which only made the other girls her age like her even less.

But because of this, the young men of Sanliqiao felt she was being wronged and defended her even more fiercely.

And so, it became a vicious cycle.

Yu Nuannuan had seen Li Chunxiang once before, and to be fair, she really was a beautiful girl.

She had thick eyebrows, big eyes, and wore two shiny black braids. She had a good figure, too.

Li Chunxiang was the only daughter in her family, cherished and doted on.

While the other girls in Sanliqiao wore coarse homespun clothes and were lucky to get a new outfit once a year, Li Chunxiang always had new clothes made from fine materials.

Now that summer had come, she wore a different floral dress every day.

With a girl like that, no wonder all the young men in the village liked her.

Gu Jiandong really did have good taste!

But the Li family only had this one daughter, and they’d made it clear long ago: Li Chunxiang wouldn’t marry out, they wanted a son-in-law to join their family. He had to be good-looking and educated, too.

Come to think of it, Gu Jiandong actually fit those requirements pretty well.

In Yu Nuannuan’s opinion, Gu Jiandong was the delicate pretty-boy type.

He’d only graduated from high school a year ago, so he still had that youthful air about him, and a scholarly vibe that hadn’t worn off yet. That kind of charm worked wonders on young girls.

If Gu Jiandong really did end up with Li Chunxiang, then no one would bully Gu Mo anymore, right?

Even though she’d only spent a few days with Gu Mo, Yu Nuannuan already thought of him as her little friend.

Now that her little friend might escape his troubles, Yu Nuannuan was genuinely happy for him.

Xu Shuhua was the first to notice Yu Nuannuan smiling. She immediately tossed aside the matter of Gu Jiandong and Li Chunxiang. “Oh my, Nuanbao is smiling! Are you happy to see Grandma back? Don’t worry, Grandma will hold you after she washes her hands, okay?”

Yu Hai also looked over at Yu Nuannuan. “Nuanbao, are you happy to see Daddy back? Look! Daddy bought meat! We get to eat meat again tonight!”

Yu Nuannuan, who had been laughing happily, suddenly stopped smiling when she heard this.

Meat!

They were having meat again!

But she still couldn’t eat any!

Nuanbao was unhappy, Nuanbao didn’t want to smile anymore!

Yu Hai didn’t notice at all that Yu Nuannuan was upset. Seeing her staring unblinkingly at the meat in his hand, he brought it closer to her face. “Nuanbao, look, this is meat! Say it with Daddy, meat!”

Yu Nuannuan shot Yu Hai a glare and turned her head away.

But Yu Hai thought she was playing with him, so he turned the meat in another direction and brought it in front of her again. “Nuanbao, say it with Daddy, meat! Meat! M-E-A-T, meat!”

Yu Nuannuan suddenly turned to look at Yu Hai, opened her mouth, and shouted, “OU!”

“???!!!”

Yu Hai looked at Chen Qiaoqin, then at Xu Shuhua, hardly daring to believe it. “Mom, wife, did Nuanbao just say ‘meat’?”

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