Chapter 2

Yan Xi sighed inwardly and said to the two children, “Are you hungry? I’ll get you something to eat.”

After that, she went to the kitchen.

The two children stood there in a daze.

The stepmother didn’t even take care of them, but instead gave them food? !

“Brother, is she really going to make food for us?” Nuannuan asked in a low voice in disbelief.

After being stunned, Fu Caihe stared towards the kitchen with gloomy and vigilant eyes.

This woman has never been nice to them since she came into this family.

There was no way she could actually get them food.

She must be thinking of new ways to torture them!

In the kitchen, Yan Xi had already started boiling water and cooking noodles.

The original owner didn’t know how to cook, and there was no usable meat or vegetables in the kitchen. Fortunately, there was a bag of noodles that could help Yan Xi in an emergency.

Yan Xi first fried a fried egg for each of the two children, but when she thought of their thin faces and yellow, dry hair without nutrition, she added another fried egg for each of them.

There were no vegetables or onions, but fortunately there was some lard, and the watery noodles were cooked in this way.

Yan Xi brought two bowls of noodles to the table and called the two children: “Come and eat noodles.”

Nuan Nuan’s eyes lit up in surprise. She moved her nose and smelled the fragrance, and her stomach, which had been hungry all day, kept growling.

She trotted from behind Fu Caihe to the table and saw two white poached eggs in two bowls. Her big eyes like black grapes became more lively.

“Brother, there are eggs in the bowl! Two of them!” she said excitedly to Fu Caihe.

Fu Caihe, however, ran over and grabbed her as if he were facing a formidable enemy: “Don’t eat!”

After saying this, he subconsciously glanced at Yan Xi timidly, and then stared at Yan Xi with a fearless look.

This woman never gave them noodles, let alone eggs, and only fed them steamed bread every day. How could she be so kind as to cook noodles for them and even boil two eggs at once!

She must have done the same thing as Fan Fuying, deliberately giving them bad food to eat in order to give them diarrhea and kill them!

Otherwise, why did she only cook noodles for them and not for herself?

Yan Xi could see what Fu Caihe was afraid of.

Compared to Nuannuan’s innocence, who can be coaxed into a smile by a few delicious foods, Fu Caihe is gloomy and suspicious.

It was the original owner who made him so paranoid and extreme.

Yan Xi said nothing, turned around and went to the kitchen to get an empty bowl and a pair of chopsticks.

She picked up a handful of noodles from the bowls in front of Nuannuan and Fu Caihe and put them into their empty bowls respectively, then ate all the noodles in the bowls in front of them.

“I just wasn’t hungry, that’s why I didn’t cook for myself. There’s no poison in the noodles, you see.”

Yan Xi was afraid that the two children would not dare to eat if she was here. She took the bowl and chopsticks she had just eaten with and went back to the kitchen.

“elder brother……”

Nuannuan was so hungry. Looking at her stepmother’s expression just now, the noodles seemed so fragrant and delicious, and it seemed that there was really no poison in the noodles.

But Nuan Nuan couldn’t make up her mind. Even though she was hungry, she had to listen to her brother and eat whatever he told her to.

Fu Caihe hesitated.

He glanced at Yan Xi who was cleaning up in the kitchen.

Yan Xi looked normal and did not feel any discomfort.

Is it true that there was no poison in the noodles?

But how is this possible? Why is the stepmother suddenly so nice to them?

“Brother…” Nuannuan poked Fu Caihe lightly with her thin little hand.

Fu Caihe was so hungry that his stomach was sticking to his back. He made a decision immediately.

“I’ll eat first. If it’s okay, you can eat later.”

Nuannuan blinked her big eyes and nodded.

Fu Caihe picked up the chopsticks and took a bite of noodles, and was instantly amazed.

Why does the clear soup noodles taste so delicious when there is nothing in it?!

He took another bite of the poached egg.

The white poached egg contains a bright yellow yolk, which is fragrant and soft.

“Brother…” Nuannuan was so greedy that she could hardly swallow her saliva.

“Eat!” Fu Caihe said firmly.

After that, the two children grabbed their bowls of noodles and started to wolf them down.

…

Over the next two days, Yan Xi gained a general understanding of the situation she was in.

Before going on a mission, Fu Wen gave the original owner about 100 yuan, asking him to take good care of the two children. However, the original owner used the money to go to state-owned restaurants, buy snacks, and buy herself all kinds of new clothes, but did not spend a penny on the two children.

The closet was filled with the original owner’s newly bought clothes, and the food cupboard was filled with various snacks bought by the original owner. When Yan Xi came through, the original owner had less than ten dollars left.

Yan Xi and her two children had been eating noodles for the past two days. Seeing that a bag of noodles was almost finished, Yan Xi should go out and buy something.

The town closest to the compound has everything, and the sisters-in-law in the compound often make appointments to go to the town to shop.

There are buses that go directly to the town, but they are relatively infrequent, only three times a day.

“I’m going to town to buy some things. If you’re hungry, just take some snacks from the cupboard.” Yan Xi instructed the two children before leaving.

Fu Caihe and Nuannuan stared at her as she left the room.

Only after she walked away did Nuan Nuan ask Fu Caihe, “Brother, can we really eat the snacks in the cabinet?”

They were beaten by their stepmother last time because they stole peach cakes from the cupboard!

Although the stepmother has been very good to them in the past two days, not only did she not beat or scold them, she also cooked noodles for them, but what if the stepmother becomes the same as before?

Fu Caihe’s eyes darkened: “No! Be careful she’ll find an excuse to beat us up again.”

Nuannuan nodded doubtfully.

If a stepmother can suddenly become good, she can also suddenly become bad.

Neither she nor her brother wanted to be beaten again.

…

Yan Xi was already out of breath before she even reached the boarding point.

This body is really too fat.

She must lose weight!

Although Yan Xi never advocates being white, young and thin, being overweight means there will be many health problems.

Several sisters-in-law from the compound who were originally waiting at the boarding point, looked annoyed when they saw Yan Xi, including Fan Fuying.

Fu Wen is the youngest head of the compound, and Yan Xi is the head’s wife. Logically speaking, the sisters-in-law, whose husbands are not as high-ranking as Fu Wen, should be polite to Yan Xi, even with a bit of flattery.

However, what Yan Xi did after coming to the compound made it impossible for these sisters-in-law to be polite to her.

Yan Xi ate for free at one place or another all day long. If the sister-in-law of a certain family was unhappy, she would point her finger at her and scold her. Fu Wen had to go to the other family’s house several times to apologize.

As time went by, everyone realized that Fu Wen didn’t like Yan Xi at all, and they might get divorced one day. Therefore, gradually, no one regarded Yan Xi as the real wife of the group leader.

As soon as Fan Fuying saw Yan Xi, she thought of the incident two days ago when Yan Xi almost pushed her down, and she was filled with anger.

“Have you seen Xiaohe and Nuannuan in the compound these two days?” Fan Fuying asked the sisters-in-law in a pretentious manner.