Chapter 136 - Chapter 136: Protecting the Stomach (2/2)
“Auntie!” Eldest girl and Second girl saw Su Wenyue approaching and called out excitedly, shedding their dejected looks, perhaps because they were particularly fond of the beautiful and gentle Su Wenyue.
“Eldest girl, Second girl, why are you squatting here? Eating sorghum roots, I see.” Su Wenyue looked at the two children with a beaming smile. She had always loved children and cherished and pitied them all the more with one growing in her own womb.
“Auntie, some of my Cousin’s boys took over our room at Aunt’s house, and we have nowhere to go. The meals aren’t enough, and we’re so hungry!” Han Xiaohua, being young and not very worldly-wise, started to complain when Su Wenyue asked.
“How about you come and play at Auntie’s place? There are tasty things to eat at my house.” Su Wenyue said as she took the Eldest girl and Second girl back to her Room, first giving them a piece of cake to stay their hunger, then asking Xiao Xi to cook a bowl of noodles for each girl so that they could eat their fill before sending them back. She also tucked a few candies into their pockets.
The Eldest and Second girls left joyously. Mrs. Liu had seen her daughters follow the Fourth Daughter-in-law into the house. The Fourth Daughter-in-law was always good to the children, having often slipped them food, and upon observing Xiao Xi firing up the stove in the makeshift Small Kitchen and sending food inside, the aroma reached her from afar. Grateful to Su Wenyue, it touched her mother’s heart more than the occasional small favors, as every mother worries for their Child.
“Miss, you have such a kind heart, treating the children so well. These last few days must have been tough for the Main House. That wretched old Aunt of yours is up to no good, leading a bunch of rowdy teenagers who must’ve bullied our Eldest girl and Second girl quite a bit.”
“After all, they are my nieces.” Su Wenyue laughed, relieved that such matters no longer concerned her after the Han Family had split.
Su Wenyue chatted with Xiao Xi intermittently when suddenly cries from the girls could be heard outside, sounding like Second girl. Su Wenyue and Xiao Xi hurried out only to see Yang Juxiang’s grandsons surrounding the sisters, pulling and tugging at them.
“What are you doing? These are candies Auntie gave us, don’t you dare take them!” The Eldest girl protected the Second girl, who shielded the candies in her pocket, weeping as she spoke. Yang Juxiang’s grandsons, coveting the candies the girls were indulging in, had tried to snatch them away.
“Such poor upbringing, these kids!” Xiao Xi, already disliking the Jiang family members, found the half-grown boys ganging up on the two younger sisters despicable. She went over without any niceties and separated them from the girls. Su Wenyue, cautious not to jostle the Child in her Stomach, remained standing at a distance and didn’t approach.
“You rascals, daring to bully my daughters?!” Mrs. Liu, hearing the commotion, also came out and charged when she saw her daughters being bullied. The boys, somewhat scared of Mrs. Liu, scattered quickly, and in their haste, one of them ran straight into Su Wenyue.
Su Wenyue was standing apart at a distance and had not anticipated the boy suddenly charging at her. Unable to dodge, she protected her Stomach and fell to the ground. Seeing what happened, Xiao Xi’s face turned pale with fear.