Chapter 56: Trouble’s Coming

Mainly because seeing Dachui get beaten had left some psychological trauma.

And there wasn’t much of a smile on Jiang Dai’s face either.

The first thing she did upon returning home.

Jiang Dai said to the four children: “These next few days, don’t go running around outside at night, and don’t wander off during the day either.”

In that instant, all four children, even Juanjuan, sensed something was wrong.

Bai Yunqi was just about to worriedly ask what was wrong with Mother.

When he saw Mother’s gaze fall on him, specifically pointing out: “Especially you, Bai Yunqi! Don’t go running around outside!”

Bai Yunqi: ……

【This is getting a bit awkward!!!】

“Mother, is it because of that man who came later?” Bai Yunxing asked.

Jiang Dai looked at the four children’s worried gazes and finally nodded.

“It’s not that Mother won’t explain in detail, but you’re all still too young. Mother and Father will handle these matters, you just need to grow up happily.”

【Actually, I don’t want to handle it either. Back home, I used to ask my mom even before opening walnut milk someone gave us!】

【But there’s no choice. These things fall to the adults to bear. Maybe it’s some automatically awakened gene left by our ancestors.】

“Mother, big brother and I will stay with you!”

A childish voice rang out as a soft little body hugged Jiang Dai’s leg.

Jiang Dai looked at her little daughter who was too short to reach higher than her thigh, and for a moment didn’t know whether to laugh or cry.

“Good! Stay with Mother.”

Juanjuan didn’t dare say she knew Mother was afraid, nor could she help Mother with anything. All she could do now was hug Mother.

“Mother, where’s Father?” Bai Yun’an asked the key question.

Jiang Dai picked up Juanjuan and fell silent for a moment: “Your father went to find someone to forge a blade.”

At these words, all three sons’ hearts skipped a beat.

Bai Yunqi: 【This matter is probably really hard to resolve. Should I go beat someone up while I still have Spiritual Power?】

Bai Yunxing: 【It’s just that this body is too weak, otherwise we wouldn’t be so passive.】

Bai Yun’an: 【System! Didn’t you say I came here for vacation! What is this! You’re scamming me! Deceiving me! Playing with me!】

【So, loan me some points, I want to exchange for a thunder spell.】

【What for? Of course to strike first and thunder-blast him to death!】

Juanjuan nestled in Mother’s arms, trembling.

Big brothers… are so scary right now.

Especially Third Brother, with his bright and harmless expression on the surface, but the whispered thoughts in his heart are like cold ice blocks!

*

At sunset and dusk, the warm afterglow still illuminated the earth.

Jiang Dai had just stepped out of the house when, despite the setting sun’s light falling on her, she felt a chill.

The surrounding neighbors cast strange looks at her, some subtle, others direct.

No matter how complex her feelings inside, her expression remained open and honest.

If any gossipy villagers came up to ask what those two carriages that came today were for.

Jiang Dai would use the story she and Bai Tian had agreed upon, mixing truth and fiction in what she told them.

“Ai ya!”

Jiang Dai first sighed with some annoyance, then said with a troubled expression:

“They got the wrong person. Those were two taverns from county. One of them recently obtained a secret recipe, but they lost contact with the seller. My husband took Juanjuan and Second Son to town today!”

“They mistook him for someone else from a distance and followed all the way here, only to discover that our family doesn’t have any secret recipe.”

As Jiang Dai spoke, she couldn’t help but laugh self-deprecatingly, pointing at her own broken-down gate.

“Auntie, don’t you think it’s ridiculous? How could our shabby place have any secret recipe?”

The auntie looked Jiang Dai up and down: “True enough, how could your family have a secret recipe!”

Jiang Dai agreed: “Exactly! They turned the house upside down and found nothing but dirt! I wish our family would suddenly produce a secret recipe!”