Half a month passed, and the temperature rose.

The sun came out early in the morning.

In the Bai family’s courtyard, several bamboo poles were placed across, and all the bedding was hanging on them to dry.

Li Qiurong was holding little Bai Guo in the courtyard, basking in the sun.

The sunlight was a bit glaring, and she squinted her eyes while nibbling on her hand.

When it was swatted away, she just kept nibbling again.

Yuyu didn’t know why, but she just liked chewing on her hands.

Her little paws were so delicious to chew on!

After sitting in the courtyard for a while, a small head peeked out from the gate.

“Grandma Bai, is Zisu at home?”

Before Ye Qingxue could finish asking, Ye’s mother pushed her from behind.

“Stop leaning on the door like that. Come in.”

Li Qiurong smiled and nodded at Ye’s mother. “Come in and sit down.”

The Ye family was another neighbor.

Their little girl, Ye Qingxue, was four years old this year.

The two families hadn’t interacted much before, but they had just recently gotten to know each other.

Ye Qingxue had also become friends with little Zisu.

The Ye family didn’t have many children, so they put more energy into their child.

She was clean and tidy, not like those dirty children with lice.

Little Zisu liked Du Qingqing more, but she also accepted her new friend.

Ye Qingxue and Ye’s mother entered the house, one after the other.

“Is it just Auntie and little Bai Gou at home?” Ye’s mother was still holding a one-year-old boy in her arms.

She looked around and smiled. “It’s rare to have some sunshine today. My family’s thick clothes and bedding are also drying in the courtyard.”

Ye Qingxue asked, “Where is Zisu?”

“Zisu went out with her grandpa to buy groceries.”

“Oh, I’ll wait for her to come back.” Ye Qingxue was a very well-behaved little girl. Since her friend wasn’t around, she obediently sat on the small stool and waited.

“Your little Xue is really well-behaved.”

“Your two children are also well-behaved.”

The two women started chatting about parenting.

Ye Qingxue was very well-behaved, and little Bai Guo, feeling the warmth of the sun, was drowsy and didn’t disturb them.

She was about to doze off when she suddenly opened her eyes, scared awake.

So scary!!!

Ye’s mother was holding her son in her arms and feeding him a dry sorghum cake.

She probably had broken it into small pieces because her son couldn’t bite through it.

She chewed it first, then spat it into her palm and fed it to the child.

It was the first time little Bai Guo saw this, and she was completely stunned.

Feeding the child food that was chewed by someone else?

Doesn’t that feel disgusting?

She looked at the child, who seemed a few months older than her.

Bai Guo couldn’t help but think of herself. In a few months, she’d be the same age as that child.

Her grandparents and parents wouldn’t do that, would they?

They wouldn’t chew up food and then feed it to her, right?

Yuyu was so scared!!!

Help! Yuyu wants to go to the sea!!

Yuyu would rather starve than eat food someone else had chewed!!!

Bai Guo stared in horror at Ye’s mother.

Ye’s mother thought that she was eyeing the sorghum cake and smiled, “Little Guai Bao is staring at Auntie. Do you want to try some?”

Li Qiurong looked down at her child and quickly refused.

“She can’t eat that yet. She can only have some rice porridge or soup.”

“She can’t eat it, but she can taste it. Try a little and see if Auntie’s sorghum cake is good.” Ye’s mother broke off a small piece and handed it over.

Little Bai Guo was so scared she could hardly bear it.

She turned away, burying herself in Li Qiurong’s arms.

Okay, Yuyu will never eat sorghum cake in this life!!

“Little Bai Gou is already shy?” Ye’s mother laughed even more.

“Let Qingxue have it. She just had milk not long ago, and she’s not hungry yet.” Li Qiurong refused again, “Look, she turned her back and isn’t even looking.”

Little Bai Guo wasn’t just not looking.

She was actually very resistant!

Outsiders might think she was shy, but Li Qiurong knew her child best.

Bai Guo buried herself in her arms, her hands tightly gripping Li Qiurong’s clothes, determined not to come out, as if no one could drag her out.

Li Qiurong found it amusing.

Why is the lazy girl hiding? Even if she didn’t hide, it wasn’t like they were going to feed her that sorghum cake.

That stuff wasn’t easy to digest. She had never eaten anything that hard before, and eating it would make her uncomfortable.

At this moment, little Zisu came back.

“Sister’s back!” She cheered as she ran toward the courtyard. Just as she rushed into the door, she saw Ye’s mother holding a piece of cake, seemingly ready to give it to little Bai Guo. Zisu exploded, “You can’t feed my sister food!”

Zisu was so angry!

Her sister was still too young to eat anything indiscriminately. If they fed her food, they were trying to harm her.

Ye’s mother quickly withdrew her hand. “Auntie wasn’t going to feed your sister anything.”

“Grandma, come inside. My sister can’t eat anything else.” Little Zisu, full of worry that someone was trying to harm her sister, didn’t listen to any explanations.

She ran to Li Qiurong’s side and started pushing her, “Quickly, take my sister inside. Hide her away.”

Hide her sister, don’t let anyone harm her!

“Grandma, hurry!” Zisu was both angry and anxious.

When she saw that Li Qiurong didn’t move, she tiptoed and tried to pick up Bai Guo. “I want to take my sister inside.”

Little Bai Guo didn’t want to stay there anymore.

She didn’t want to be with Ye’s mother.

It was too scary.

Who knew if Ye’s mother would try to force her to eat chewed-up sorghum cake?

Just thinking about that scene made her panic!

Ye’s mother felt awkward, and Li Qiurong was a bit embarrassed too.

But still, following Zisu’s wishes, she took little Bai Guo inside. “The child is throwing a tantrum. I’ll take her inside first, or she’ll cry and it’ll be hard to calm her down.”

Ye’s mother, holding her son, stood up.

Although children often speak without thinking, being so blatantly rejected by a child was still hard to bear.

It would be rude to stay any longer.

“I’m roasting sweet potatoes on the stove at home. They should be done by now. I should head home.”

Before leaving, she glanced at her daughter. “Qingxue, are you going home?”

Ye Qingxue shook her head. “I’m not going home. I want to play with Zisu.”

Ye’s mother left with her son, and little Zisu let out a long sigh of relief.

She relaxed and stopped urging her grandmother to take her sister inside.

But she was still worried!

“I’m never going grocery shopping with Grandpa again. I’ll stay at home to watch over my sister.” Zisu, like a little adult, started lecturing Li Qiurong. “Grandma, my sister is too young. She can only eat food from home, not anything else.”

Li Qiurong held back a laugh. “Grandma will remember.”

Zisu gave another instruction: “Whoever tries to feed my sister something, tell them to leave.”

She didn’t want to go play anymore. She didn’t want to go grocery shopping with Grandpa. She only wanted to stay home and protect her sister. No one would harm her sister as long as she was around!

Bai Zhi had just entered the courtyard and didn’t know what was going on.

He only heard the last sentence: “Who tried to feed Guai Bao something?”

Zisu said, “Not yet. Luckily, I came in time and stopped it.”

She continued lecturing her grandmother and grandfather, insisting that anyone who wanted to feed her sister food was a bad person.

Ye Qingxue, who had been listening the whole time, had a stiff expression. At first, she didn’t understand. But after Bai Zhi returned, Zisu spoke again, and she finally understood.

Zisu was calling her mother the bad person!

Ye Qingxue got mad!

It was clearly Bai Guo who was hungry, and her mom had just torn a small piece of sorghum cake for her. But Zisu was calling her mom a bad person, saying she wanted to harm Bai Guo.

Who needs friends when you have a mom?

Friendship was over just like that.

“My mom is not a bad person! Zisu is the bad person!” Ye Qingxue stomped her feet, her face turning red with anger. “You said bad things about my mom! I’m not playing with you anymore!”

The gentle little girl couldn’t say anything more extreme, but she was upset.

Zisu was angrier than her.

“Your mom is a bad person. She wants to harm my sister. I’m not playing with you anymore!”

“Hmph! I’m never coming to your house again!”

Ye Qingxue ran off in anger.

Li Qiurong and Bai Zhu exchanged glances.

They had finally found a new little friend for Zisu, but now she had been upset enough to break their friendship.

Looks like she was destined to have no friends!

They exchanged a look, and Li Qiurong took little Bai Guo inside.

Bai Zhi dragged Zisu to the corner to give her a lesson. It’s good to love your sister, but you shouldn’t rashly call others bad people. If you’re too reckless, it will cause trouble. You need to educate her properly.

…

That day, both little Zisu and little Bai Guo were in a bad mood.

The latter was so scared that she worried about her future. Would she end up being fed chewed-up food too?

Just thinking about it made her resistant and terrified.

At night, as expected, she had a nightmare.

She dreamt that she was one year old, and Lin Yongcheng was holding a dry sorghum cake.

He pinned her to a chair, chewed a little piece of the cake, then spat it out and tried to feed it to her.

Bai Guo refused to eat it, but he forced it into her mouth.

Little Baiguo had to eat, too.

In her dream, Little Baiguo was so disgusted that she vomited.

As she vomited, she scared herself awake.

She patted her little chest.

That was too scary.

It nearly scared the fish fish to death.

Luckily, it was just a dream. If it had been real, she would’ve vomited to death!!

No, bad daddy was scaring her again in the dream.

If she didn’t get rid of this feeling, she’d keep having nightmares.

To drive the nightmare away, she had to give bad daddy a good beating!

Only after beating bad daddy could fish fish sleep peacefully.

Little Baiguo didn’t really understand why every time she had a nightmare, the bad person in her dream was always Lin Yongcheng.

He really needed to reflect on himself for always playing the bad guy in her dreams and always scaring her awake.

It was really too mean!!

Same routine, get up in the middle of the night to beat daddy!

Bai Ji had drunk too much water at night and woke up with a full bladder.

She was about to get up when, suddenly, a rustling sound came from beside her.

Little Baiguo, who had been sleeping next to her, woke up.

Bai Ji quickly pretended to be asleep.