Seeing Ling Xiao's bewildered expression reflected on the phone screen, Xie Yuhua kissed his forehead and said, "Go to sleep."

Unexpectedly, Ling Xiao closed his eyes and fell asleep without any hesitation. He knew the child distrusted the world too much, and he had been a bit too hasty.

Early the next morning, Ling Xiao wrapped himself up tightly and went out with a small shovel.

After Ling Xiao left, Wu Xie groggily got up from the sofa. He had come out to get some water last night, but he didn't expect the sofa here to be so comfortable. He tried to open his eyes for a long time after hearing the noise, but couldn't. When he finally opened his eyes, he saw Ling Zi sneaking out with a small shovel.

How could Wu Xie be absent at a time like this? Wu Xie jumped up and then knelt on the ground... His legs were numb from staying in one position for too long...

It took Wu Xie a while to get up from the ground, his chin was red from banging his head against the ground, and he was no longer sleepy at all π_π

Wu Xie walked to the front gate, pretended to be nonchalant and opened the door, only to see Ling Xiao with his butt sticking out in the garden, huffing and puffing as he buried himself in shoveling flowers.

Wu Xie burst out laughing. He couldn't help but laugh. Ling Xiao's actions were just too cute. How could someone wrap themselves up like a dumpling, with their clothes covering their knees while squatting and digging in the dirt? And when they encountered a spot that they couldn't shovel, they would stand up and stomp on it a couple of times.

No, Wu Xie's laughter soon faded. Ling Zi only took a small shovel, not the seeds, so why was he hoeing the flowers? Couldn't he just pull them out?

While struggling against the mound of earth, Ling Xiao suddenly saw a pair of feet wearing closed-toe slippers in front of him. He slowly raised his head to look at the owner of the feet, and then his gaze returned to normal as the owner of the slippers squatted down.

"Lingzi, why don't you just pull them out? These flowers aren't weeds that need to be weeded."

Ling Xiao's lips twitched slightly at Wu Xie's question. It was as if he were asking, "Ling Xiao, why don't you use chopsticks to eat?"

"Didn't it snow? The soil will freeze and clump together. Loosening the soil will make it easier to plant new seeds," Ling Xiao explained.

That's a rather far-fetched explanation. He mainly wanted to see if Cheng Xiaoli had buried anything underneath, as it wouldn't be good if the surface remains were washed out by the rain.

Wu Xie nodded, thought for a moment, took the shovel from Ling Xiao's hand and said, "Then I'll help you."

"No need, it'll be done soon. Go wash up, and we'll eat when Brother Xiaohua wakes up." Ling Xiao snatched the shovel back and urged Wu Xie to leave.

Seeing that Ling Xiao was determined to refuse, and that he really didn't have much money left, Wu Xie didn't press Ling Xiao any further and went back as well.

Ling Xiao quickly tidied everything up, glanced at the clock on the wall, and saw it was only seven o'clock. After taking a shower, he began preparing breakfast for the three of them.

The refrigerator wasn't emptied out. The refrigerated section contained milk and eggs with long shelf lives, while the frozen section had quite a few things: frozen fried dough sticks, steamed buns, dumplings, meat, and fish. Cheng Xiaoli was quite worried that he would go hungry.

I took out a bag of frozen dumplings to serve as breakfast for the three of us. I wonder if Little Flower has ever eaten frozen dumplings before?

At exactly eight o'clock, Jieyuhua came downstairs and fell into deep thought as she looked at the breakfast on the table and Wuxie, who was eating with his head down. This breakfast was a bit strange: dumplings, fried eggs, and coffee...

But he quickly realized that no one lived here, and this was probably one of the few things the child could find to eat.

"Let's go to the supermarket after we eat," Xie Yuhua suggested.

Ling Xiao nodded, looking at him with starry eyes, and said, "How did you know I wanted to tell you this? But instead of going to the supermarket, go to the mall and buy a few clothes for the three of us. Buy a little, but buy often."

"I have two more sets of new clothes. You can change into them later."

"No need, I can still wear this one. Besides, I can buy a new one this afternoon." Wu Xie said, then took a big gulp of coffee. It was so hot...so bitter! He forgot to add sugar!

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