I became a vicious stepmother and I went to the sea to feed my three children.

"Ouch—"

Don't come over here!

Obviously, Bai Jingyuan didn't understand what Xiaobai said and rushed straight towards it.

'Ouch~'

Damn it! Get away from me!

Not noticing the disgust on Xiaobai's face, Bai Jingyuan excitedly spoke to Xiaobai in front of him.

"Finally, I've met a familiar person... no, an animal. Xiaobai, you're my favorite friend besides Xiaochunhong!"

Hearing this, Xiaobai suddenly sat up on the ground and glanced at him with a cold look on his face.

"Ouch!"

Oh, humans!

"After all, you're the only one willing to listen to my innermost thoughts. I won't tell anyone else. There are some things I'm too embarrassed to tell others, so I can only confide in you..."

Bai Jingyuan has changed from his previous elegant gentleman appearance. Now, compared to Xiaobai, he looks more like a dog, a... well, a dog complaining to a wolf...

Xiaobai gave him a meaningful look, but Bai Jingyuan pretended not to notice and continued speaking.

"You don't know, your heartless master doesn't even treat me as a human being. I came all the way here to help him, and he actually... actually made me fend for myself, prying those insignificant things off the rocks by the sea, otherwise I'd have nothing to eat!"

Humph! He is so pissed off!

"I'm telling you, if your master continues like this, he'll never be able to find a wife!"

"Ouch—"

You are talking nonsense, there is already a hostess.

"You think so too, don't you? If I were to say, your master is a cold-faced and cruel person. It's a waste of so many women in the capital who are sad for him—"

Xiaobai rolled his eyes at him, but he continued chattering.

"is it?"

"Of course—everyone knows that, with his deadly look—"

Halfway through his speech, Bai Jingyuan suddenly realized something was wrong. He slowly turned his neck, which was not yet stiff, and when he looked up, he met a pair of expressionless eyes.

"Haha, what a coincidence! I was just prying oysters at that moment..."

Even though he said this, he was crying in his heart.

Oh my god, today is really a bad day for me. I got caught by the person I was talking about.

"Xiao Bai, come here."

Gu Yichen waved his hand, and then, under Bai Jingyuan's shocked and horrified gaze, he pulled out a brown leather-bound book from his pocket... um, um?

Placed it in front of Xiaobai.

Then, I saw Xiaobai pointing and talking on the notebook, and finally forming a sentence.

It’s all connected into one sentence!!!

Bai Jingyuan looked horrified.

"Xiaobai, you——" Aren't you my good comrade?

Why... would you betray me so easily now?

No, that's not right. It should be said that Xiaobai has never stood in his camp.

"I, I was wrong."

Before Gu Yichen could speak, it was more important for him to admit his mistake first, so that the punishment would be lighter!

"Ah!"

Gu Yichen chuckled, but Bai Jingyuan was clever. "Since you like Xiao Chunhong so much, after returning to the capital, you can go to Pianranju, opposite Yichun Garden, to spend a few days there."

"No, that's not necessary. I don't think I like Xiao Chunhong that much..."

He was crying in his heart.

Gu Yichen was about to speak when he saw Bai Qingyao walking out of the kitchen out of the corner of his eye.

"Miss Bai, here, I've cleaned the oysters."

"It's troublesome."

Bai Qingyao took the oysters.

Bai Jingyuan is Gu Yichen's friend, and she would definitely not order him to do any work, but Gu Yichen didn't seem to think so.

But he was asked to pry the oysters.

"No, no trouble."

After saying this, he felt the somewhat cold gaze behind him, and then he said, "Miss Bai, if you have any other work, just tell me. I came here with nothing and I'm embarrassed. I can only offer my labor."

Please, let me do some work!

"Mr. Bai, you're welcome. Since you're Ah Chen's friend, you're a guest in our home. It's not right to ask a guest to work. Please take a seat. Dinner will be ready soon."

After saying this, Bai Qingyao turned around and went to the kitchen.

As for Bai Jingyuan, he turned stiffly and looked at Gu Yichen, "I... I can explain..."

When dinner was ready, Bai Qingyao walked out of the kitchen and did not see Gu Yichen and Bai Jingyuan.

After a long while, they came in from the door, followed by Xiaobai.

However, Bai Jingyuan seemed to have a sad face.

When he arrived in the yard, Bai Jingyuan smelled a very fragrant fragrance. Regardless of the pain in his body, he raised his nose and sniffed hard.

"What does it smell like? Why does it smell so good?"

After walking around the yard, he finally determined the source of the fragrance - the kitchen.

"Are you back?"

When Bai Qingyao came out of the kitchen with the dishes, she saw Bai Jingyuan in a strange posture, sniffing around like a dog.

When he looked up, he saw Bai Qingyao standing on the steps. Bai Jingyuan stiffly retracted his head and nodded.

"Just in time, dinner is ready, and my second brother and the three little ones should be back soon."

When they arrived on the island, the three little ones were clamoring to eat wild peaches. Bai Qingyao was busy, so she asked Bai Qingjiang to take them to the woods to find peaches.

"Sister, we are back!"

"Aniang~"

Before I saw the person, I heard his voice first.

Bai Jingyuan was also a little curious. These three children were Gu Yichen... He subconsciously glanced at Gu Yichen and found that there was no change on his face.

"Mother, my second uncle and I picked a lot of peaches and sour fruits—"

Gu Zejing ran in from outside like a little cannonball and rushed straight towards Bai Qingyao.

Bai Qingyao quickly put the food in her hand on the table in the yard and caught Gu Zejing. Otherwise, if he couldn't stop, he would be injured.

Don’t look at his young age now, but when he rushes over like this, the impact is quite strong.

Gu Yichen's eyes dimmed slightly.

"Ah Jing, you can't be so reckless in the future. It's easy to get hurt, and it's also easy to hurt your mother, understand?"

Hearing Gu Yichen's voice, Gu Zejing stood up straight and nodded, "I'm sorry, Dad. I understand."

After saying that, he turned to look at Bai Qingyao and said, "I'm sorry, mother. Did I hurt you?"

"It's okay, it doesn't hurt."

Bai Qingyao patted his little head and said, "Promise me that you won't run so fast in the future, okay? If you get hurt, I'll be very sad."

"Ok!"

Gu Zejing nodded heavily.

Gu Zexuan walked in from outside holding Gu Zehuai's hand. Bai Qingjiang came last, carrying a large backpack on his back, which was filled with a lot of things they picked in the afternoon.

Bai Jingyuan, who was standing aside, was shocked when he saw Gu Zejing.

He suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Yichen, "You, they..."

Gu Yichen's eyes dimmed slightly, and Bai Jingyuan quickly shut his mouth.

His performance caught the attention of Bai Qingyao who was watching him from the side.

Just now, Bai Jingyuan's eyes fell on Ajing. Could it be that there was something about Ajing that shocked him?