Becoming the Villain's Discarded Wife
Chapter 127: Yuanbao Sister

Chapter 127: Chapter 127: Yuanbao Sister

Moreover, although she really liked Chi Sheng when she read the book, that was just reading—she didn’t actually want to stay with Chi Sheng and the others.

Although the original Chi Sheng never married, he always stood silently behind Su Tao...

One could say he was truly a man of loyalty and love.

Thinking of Chi Sheng’s unwavering affection for Su Tao in the future, Nanzhi’s heart sighed—she really couldn’t afford to interact too much with this third male character from the book.

Even though Shen Wenchen had a more significant role in the novel, at least he was now reborn and could see things clearly. Who could say for sure about Chi Sheng?

And that setting of finding a mother and a husband for Yuanbao...

When she thought of Su Tao leaving Lihua Village over a month ago, Nanzhi’s pupils shrank.

Could it be that this setting was specifically for the female protagonist?

After all, the female protagonist traveled everywhere on her own two feet, so she might very well come here.

With this in mind, the smile on Nanzhi’s face could no longer be maintained. She had originally thought Little Yuanbao was cute, but now, compared to her own life, it didn’t seem to matter much anymore.

"I and my mother have business to attend to, so we really can’t stay here any longer. I’m sorry," Nanzhi said earnestly, her eyes fixed on Chi Sheng, making him feel somewhat uneasy.

Chi Sheng considered for a moment and then nodded, "It’s really our fault this time. After lunch, I’ll have someone send you down the mountain."

"By the way, do you know where my father is now?"

Chi Sheng was startled. He really didn’t know and, seeing the hopeful look on Nanzhi’s face, could only reply, "I’ll have someone go and check. You all rest in the house for now."

Seeing Nanzhi nod in agreement, he turned and left.

Back in the room, Shen Miaomiao looked at Nanzhi’s weary face with some confusion and asked after sitting her down, "Sister Nanzhi, what’s wrong with you?"

"It’s nothing. The chief said he would have someone look for my father, and they’ll send us down the mountain in the afternoon."

After speaking, Nanzhi rubbed her waist. She didn’t know if it was because she hadn’t rested all night, but her back was terribly sore now.

Little Yuanbao, who heard Nanzhi mention leaving in the afternoon, was stunned for a moment. Why did her mother want to go down the mountain?

Thinking this, the little girl ran to Nanzhi, looked up at her with her small face, and asked, "Mother, why are you going down the mountain? The uncles said it’s dangerous down there and there’s no food to eat."

As she spoke, Yuanbao’s little face crumpled, and she reached out to touch Nanzhi’s belly and sighed, "Mother, you’ve gotten so thin. Haven’t you been eating well down the mountain? Look at Yuanbao, I have food to eat up the mountain."

With that, the little girl grasped Nanzhi’s hand with her own tiny one and placed it on her face.

Feeling the soft, warm cheek in her palm, Nanzhi’s heart nearly melted.

Then, remembering the relationship between Chi Sheng and Su Tao, she reluctantly withdrew her hand and softly said to Yuanbao, "Yuanbao, be good, I am not your mother. Your mother... your mother will be back in a few days."

When Yuanbao heard Nanzhi say she wasn’t her mother, her little face fell. In less than two seconds, tears welled up in the little girl’s dark eyes.

"Does Mother not like Yuanbao? Is that why she never comes back to see Yuanbao? And, and you don’t want Yuanbao anymore! Wah—"

Little Yuanbao had barely spoken when she already burst into loud crying, her originally fair and tender face turning red at a visible speed. Nanzhi hurriedly picked her up to soothe her.

At this moment, Shen Zhiyu was also woken by the noise and sat up in bed to see her mother holding a little child, which startled her.

"Mother?"

Yuanbao was crying loudly, and even Lin’s mother, sitting nearby, didn’t hear Zhiyu calling out from the bed.

Realizing no one was paying attention to her, and seeing her mother comforting the little child nonstop, Little Zhiyu’s nose started to feel sore. She wiped her tears and got out of bed.

"Mother..."

With red eyes, Zhiyu tugged at Nanzhi’s clothes.

Yuanbao was also quiet now, sniffling as he looked at Shen Zhiyu standing barefoot in front of him.

"Who are you? This is, this is my mother." As he spoke, Yuanbao hugged Nanzhi tighter, as if afraid she would be taken away from him.

"Yuanbao, be good, this is your aunt’s son." Nanzhi saw the little guy’s red eyes and knew he had just been crying, and quickly reached out to embrace Zhiyu.

Little Yuanbao pouted, watching Nanzhi about to embrace Shen Zhiyu, and felt even more upset.

"That’s not true, you are Yuanbao’s mother! He is an unwanted child!"

Nanzhi felt utterly exhausted in her heart, Yuanbao had decided that she was his mother, no matter what she told him, but she couldn’t let Zhiyu be wronged like this.

After all, Zhiyu was her biological son.

"Zhiyu, come over to Grandma." Mrs. Lin, seeing Nanzhi’s difficulty, beckoned Zhiyu to come over.

"Yuanbao, why do you think I am your mother?" Nanzhi spoke with a light voice, but the smile she had for Yuanbao was gone.

"Because a mother is just a mother." Yuanbao said, his face full of grievance.

"But Zhiyu is my son; he’s not an unwanted child. If you think I’m your mother, then Zhiyu should be your brother."

Nanzhi’s voice was gentle but cold, without the affection from before, and Yuanbao naturally felt it too, just staring blankly at Zhiyu now held by Mrs. Lin.

"Brother."

After staring for a while, Yuanbao finally spoke softly and called him brother.

Nanzhi still had a cold expression on her face, but she finally breathed a sigh of relief inside.

"Zhiyu, come here."

Shen Zhiyu hesitated for a while, then awkwardly walked toward Nanzhi.

"This is Yuanbao, a year younger than you; you should call her, call her sister."

As Nanzhi said the word ’sister,’ her voice trembled.

If Chi Sheng heard this, she hoped he wouldn’t think she was taking advantage of his daughter.

After all, she had just rejected his request.

"Sister Yuanbao." Zhiyu was adorable, and although he had lost weight over the half-month of fleeing, he had been washed and changed into new clothes that morning. Now, with his little red nose, he looked especially pretty.

Yuanbao stopped crying and just stared at Zhiyu, then reached out to pinch the flesh on his own face.

"Mother, brother is as thin as you." He paused before he continued to ask, "Mother, why do I look so much like you, while brother and father don’t?"

The others in the house were taken aback by the little one’s words and subconsciously looked at Nanzhi and the clean, plump little girl in her arms.

Did they... look alike?

Not to mention the mole Nanzhi had painted on her face, the wretched state of her face and head from fleeing these days did not resemble the clean, plump little girl in her arms even a tiny bit...

On the other side, in the fields, five men were staring blankly at a stretch of ridge.

"Stop staring, help plow the field," a man said, frowning as he came over and called out to the five of them who were standing there dazed.

They would be sent off in the afternoon, and if each took some black bread with them without working at all, wouldn’t that be a loss?

"To think that there could be so much land on the mountain..."

Mr. Lin said, shaking his head as he thought about the state of their own few acres of land.

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