If You Are a Dodder Flower

Part 16

Cao Xing really returned the second day.

Looking at him with the huge dolphin plushie in his arms, Cao Xiong was already shooting daggers from his eyes.

"Xiao Rou, Xiao Rou! This... I bought this for you." Cao Xing felt cold sweat all over his body.

He had thought of returning home early so he could send this to the side building. Who could have expected that the weather was so nice that his father told the kitchen to serve breakfast under a tree in the courtyard? And that was how he got caught red-handed.

"That's right, this is what I wanted! Thank you Brother Cao Xing." Xia Rou, as an expert in covering for others, immediately came forward.

"Haha..." Cao Xing forced a dry laugh. "Y-you're welcome, as long as you like it." Translated by The Novelst

Cao Xiong looked at that pair with their clumsy act, coldly snorting out a "hmmph" and didn't bother with them.

Cao Bin was struck dumb, his eyes and mouth both wide open.

He thought Cao Yang liked Xia Rou because their close proximity meant they would meet often in the house, so it was natural that he developed some affection toward her, especially since she was such a cute little lady.

But what was up with Cao Xing picking up that plushie-collecting habit again?

Cao Xing dared to play with dolls and there seemed to be something wrong with their father too, he actually didn't take out his leather belt to beat him!

The most unbelievable of all was Xia Rou. This little girl actually dared to try and act out such a clumsy scene in front of their father?

Wasn't she afraid of Cao Xiong at all?

And what happened to their father who always took out his leather belt to beat them without allowing explanations? He actually just let it go with a "hmmph"?

Since when did their father become so easy to get along with?

When!

He tilted his body toward Cao Yang and spoke out of the corner of his mouth: "What the heck happened while I was away?"

He was gone for only a short while! How did the image of the house change so drastically?

Cao Yang had a small smile on his face. "There's a girl in the house now, of course it's different now."

He lifted his cup and took a slip of the black tea, staring at Xia Rou whispering secretively with Cao Xing, then turning to look at Cao Xiong, the master of the house.

Although his father didn't say anything, instead choosing to read the newspaper, he seemed to be in a great mood, accompanied by the soft sound of Xia Rou's murmurs to Cao Xing.

"How's the renovation on the second floor going?" Cao Xiong put down the newspaper to ask.

"Everything's tidied up and it's been sitting for several days," Cao Yang replied.

"Get someone to test the formaldehyde levels. If everything's fine, have Xiao Rou move. It's not a good look to keep her in the side building."

"Alright."

"When is the fourth coming back?" Cao Xiong asked again.

"Probably in a week or two. He's traveling with his friends."

"Hmmph."

Xia Rou, hearing Cao An's name, immediately stopped talking and strained to hear what was being said.

She felt a gaze on her, so she turned her gaze to Cao Bin and saw him observing her.

So Xia Rou pulled up a smile for him.