Wow! My wife is beautiful and obedient, everyone envies her!

The snow-shoveling work was boring, and there was no one in charge. The group chatted about their superiors and then continued chatting.

"Being out of favor isn't necessarily a bad thing. The other day when I was sweeping through the Robinson family's shop, I heard that they made more than 200,000 dollars a day, all of which came from the Davis family."

"I earn more than 200,000 yuan a day. If only I were 20 years younger, I would be good-looking back then."

"Look, Young Master Xiu from the Robinson family has come out."

Upon hearing their words, Shi Bai immediately turned his gaze towards the restaurant. Seeing the person he had been longing for day and night, he secretly gripped the broom handle, feeling an urge to go up and meet her immediately.

"Do you think Young Master Xiu will be able to find a woman in the future?"

"Who knows what will happen in the future? But right now, he definitely has to serve Mr. Noah well. Mr. Noah is the head of the Davis family. If his male concubine finds women without his permission, his brain will be shot out of a hole, right?"

"Absolutely! Not to mention Mr. Noah, I wouldn't allow my wife to have a lover either. This is something no one would allow!"

Hearing their words, Shi Bai's tense shoulders slowly relaxed. He put away his thoughts, his eyes reddened, and he stopped looking in that direction.

He pulled down his oversized hat, lowered his head to hide his face under the brim, and swept the snowflakes off the ground.

****

Qi Yuan and Noah returned to Davis's house and cooked more than thirty dumplings that evening.

Petty showed a strong liking for dumplings on her first try; she ate twenty out of more than thirty dumplings, and she could have finished them all if Noah hadn't stopped her.

Noah looked at her chubby cheeks and said worriedly, "Her face was already chubby, but ever since you started cooking Dongzhou cuisine, this girl has been eating more and more. Will she become a little fat girl?"

"I'm not afraid of becoming a little fat girl," Petty mumbled.

Hearing the little girl's 'self-abandonment' words, Noah was not angry. He said, "That's right. At your age, you should do whatever you want. When you grow up, you'll naturally have a lot of troubles."

"Uncle, I want to eat just as many dumplings tomorrow." Seeing that there was no lecturing, Petty immediately seized the opportunity to make her request.

Noah shook his head. "We can't eat it tomorrow night."

"why?"

"Tomorrow is a family gathering."

"Huh?" Petty's face scrunched up, and she said unhappily, "So fast."

Noah knew why the little girl disliked family gatherings so much; he disliked them too, because the suffocating environment made even eating feel like swallowing a knife.

Thinking of this, Noah turned to look at the well-behaved and quiet Qi Yuan, "Yuan, you'll have dinner with Xiu tomorrow. Davis's family gathering isn't a good place, so I won't take you there to suffer."

“Uncle, why didn’t you take Auntie? Isn’t that a family gathering?” Patty asked.

Noah sighed, "We have to protect Auntie. Those people there will only bully her. Do you want to see Auntie cry?"

Qi Yuan: "..." He really wanted to know how much of a crybaby he was in Noah's eyes.

"Then let's not take Auntie. The way Uncle and the others look at me makes me very uncomfortable. Just looking at them makes me feel bad. And Roy and Kissy always bully me. Uncle, can you protect me and let me not go either?"

Noah knew that the little girl would also be the target of attacks at the family gathering, so he rubbed her little head and said, "If Roy and Kissy bully you again at the family gathering tomorrow night, beat them up like pigs. If you win, I'll give you two days off."

"Really?" The little girl's eyes lit up when she heard it was a lie.

Noah nodded. "When have I ever gone back on my word?"

“But if I make them cry, won’t Uncle Chad scold me?” Patty asked with some concern.

Noah sneered, "His two sons can't even beat a little girl like you. If it were me, I would have gone up and beaten them up. Go ahead and hit them, I'll cover for you if you cripple them."

“Okay!” Patty said happily.

When Qi Yuan heard the words "crippled," he was somewhat surprised by Noah's violent education. However, people should know how to fight back when they are bullied, especially when they have the ability to fight back.

Time always seems to fly by when you don't want it to pass quickly.

The Davis family's monthly gathering finally arrived.

Dressed up beautifully, Patty suddenly ran over and hugged Qi Yuan's leg just before departure, refusing to let go. Catherine stood aside and comforted her, "Miss Patty, we should get going."

"I don't want to go anymore. Auntie, how about we eat at home together?"

"Your uncle is coming to arrest you soon," Qi Yuan said, rubbing the little girl's head. "Don't you want two days off?"

"But I'm always playing by myself during the holidays, which is really boring."

"I can play with you."

"Really?" Petty looked up in surprise.

Before Qi Yuan could speak, Noah's voice rang out, "Before you leave, try to trick your aunt into playing with you. Don't make her cry again."

Noah was dressed up for once today, wearing an expensive and well-tailored suit. His soft, downy blond hair was combed meticulously, and his sculpted face was completely unmasked. His deep blue eyes were like the mysterious depths of the ocean, possessing an indescribable allure and danger.

He strode over with his long legs, picked Patty up in his arms, and the sight of the two of them, one big and one small, was particularly beautiful.

Nestled in Noah's arms, Patty solemnly promised, "I won't make Auntie cry again. I'll be good to Auntie!"

"Alright, we're about to leave. Give your aunt a comforting kiss. It's so pitiful that she'll have to eat dinner all alone tonight."

"Ok."

Petty reached out and cupped Qi Yuan's face in her hands, giving him a quick kiss. "Auntie, Uncle and I will be back soon."

"Mm," Qi Yuan replied simply.

Noah reached out his other hand, put his arm around Qi Yuan's waist, pulled him into his arms, and kissed him. "Am I handsome tonight? I saw you staring at me the whole time."

Qi Yuan was taken aback.

He only glanced at Noah a few times because it was the first time he had seen Noah dressed so formally and seriously. It was a perfectly normal thing to do, but Noah's question made him feel like he had been caught doing something wrong.

"Once your leg is healed, I'll have a tailor make you a few suits. You'll definitely look even better dressed up. Although you're always beautiful, I want to see more of your stunning side." Noah made this pleasant decision with a slight smile in his voice.

Qi Yuan pondered for a moment and said, "You're overthinking it."

"It's more than just a little bit; I've thought about it way too much."

“Uncle, Aunt’s ears are red. Please stop bullying him,” Petty said.

Noah glanced at Qi Yuan's slightly red ears, raised his hand, and touched Qi Yuan's earlobe with his fingertips. "So cute, let's go."