Chapter 17

Chapter 17

Ning Erlang’s shout was so sudden that Xiaoxiao was so shocked that she almost choked.

She glared at him and poked a sweet potato with chopsticks before stuffing it into his mouth.

“Now we’re accomplices.”

Ning Erlang widened his eyes and was about to retort, but the taste in his mouth startled him. “Sweet? Is it sweet?”

The moment he went back home, he smelled candy. He thought that he had fainted from hunger and was hallucinating. Now, even his tongue was trying to deceive him?

He chewed hard. “I’m not dreaming, am I?”

Xiaoxiao pulled him in as if presenting a treasure and pointed at the two full bowls. “What do you think?”

Ning Erlang was overjoyed but still confusedly asked, “Where did you get it?”

Of course, Xiaoxiao would not tell him the truth. Taking advantage of the fact that there were no witnesses, she talked nonsense. “I picked it up! I wanted to go to the forest to look for fungi today. When I turned around, I happened to see it, so I picked it up.”

Ning Erlang didn’t believe it, but he didn’t have any evidence, and Madam Song and Ning Dalang didn’t believe it either. However, the honey was right before them, so they had no choice but to suspect it. Xiaoxiao couldn’t have risked her life to snatch it from the bees.

The Ning family’s dinner today was very sumptuous. The plate of honey sweet potatoes was all eaten, but only steamed buns were left. Madam Song used her chopsticks to stir the wild vegetable porridge in her bowl and asked in surprise, “Where did the eggs come from?”

Xiaoxiao’s expression did not change. “I saw a nest of bird eggs when I saw the beehive, so I put them into the porridge.”

This time, even the calmest Ning Dalang could not help but pat her head. “Little Sister is so lucky.”

Xiaoxiao acted cute to him. “Yeah. Children who like to smile won’t be too unlucky~”

After saying that, she even poked the corner of his mouth and smiled. “Brother, you have to smile more. With such a cute sister like me, you should have o smile more! Moreover, my brother is so good-looking. It would be a pity if you didn’t smile!”

Ning Erlang slapped her hand away and covered his brother’s face. “Then laugh three times. Maybe you’ll pick up a wild boar and give us a delicious meal tomorrow!”

Xiaoxiao felt that he was jealous because she had praised Big Brother but not him. But she liked to see Second Brother jealous. The more anxious Second Brother was, the more she liked to continue teasing him. Hence, she looked at the sky and the ground but did not look at the face Second Brother had approached her. She even swung her short legs under the table and kicked him. As she kicked, a very polite knock was on the door outside the room.

Rong Yan, who Ning Fengnian and his wife had praised, was standing outside the door. His guard looked a little embarrassed as he carried two skewers of meat.

Noticing Ning Erlang’s gaze, he explained, “I went into the mountains to hunt. I was lucky. A wild boar charged around, and we got lucky.”

Ning Erlang was speechless.

He touched his chin and looked back at his sister with a dark expression. “Sister, give me a smile.”

Xiaoxiao rolled her eyes at him.

Rong Yan realized that they had come at the wrong time. He was used to having three meals daily but had forgotten that ordinary farmers only ate two meals daily. This was the time for the Ning family to eat dinner.

He smelled the fragrance, and Rong Yan couldn’t stop it even if he wanted to. He had already forgotten what he wanted to say.

Xiaoxiao sighed. “You came at the right time. I have something to give you. Wait for me for a while.”

Due to his upbringing, Rong Yan couldn’t interrupt others, so he stood obediently and smiled at everyone in the Ning family.

Madam Song couldn’t stop smiling. She felt that Rong Yan didn’t have the arrogance of an ordinary rich family. He was good-looking and polite, so she repeatedly invited him in to sit.

How could they disturb other people when they were eating? The Ning couple invited them warmly, but Rong Yan could only reject them tactfully. After a few rounds, Xiaoxiao rushed back with a jar in her arms.

Madam Song held her down and taught her softly, “Slow down. What’s with the rush? Look at Young Master Ah Yan.”

Xiaoxiao looked over. She even commented seriously, “It’s quite good-looking.”