DTBS - Chapter 144
Chapter 144: Extra 3: Secret Thoughts
"Tell Grandma what's wrong?" Xia Xianglu hugged Tao Aiqin, coaxing her, "Why are you crying?"
The little cat extended her paws and wiped her face, looking pitifully, "Because of Grandpa…"
"What about Grandpa?"
"Grandpa doesn't like Qinqin and Mama."
"Why do you say that?" Xia Xianglu was puzzled.
"Because Mama was talking to Grandpa just now," the little cat lay in Xia Xianglu's arms, secretly glancing at Xia Chengxi nearby. When he stared back, she immediately buried her head in the woman's embrace, whimpering twice, "I saw Mama bow to him, but Grandpa didn't say anything to Mama, wuwuwu, he ignored Mama, he definitely doesn't like Mama, and he definitely won't like Qinqin~"
Xia Chengxi: …?
Was I ignoring her? I was interrupted by Tao Qiuyun!
"No, no," Xia Chengxi stepped forward to defend himself, awkwardly comforting the child in front of him, "Grandpa likes you, he didn't ignore your Mama, Qinqin, don't overthink."
"What is overthinking?" The cat looked innocent, even sobbing softly a few times.
You know how to bow, but you don't know what overthinking is? Tao Qiuyun, how did you teach your daughter? Is her academic performance a bit uneven?
"Alright," Xia Xianglu got up holding the little one, glaring at Xia Chengxi, "Didn't you see Qinqin get sad when she saw you? Go away."
"No, wife, you have to let me explain to the child!" He quickly followed.
Xia Xianglu ignored him, holding Tao Aiqin and walking towards the game room, "Qinqin, be good, we won't bother with Grandpa, Grandma will take you to play puzzles, don't cry anymore~"
"Okay, okay." The cat nodded, hugging the woman's neck. When she saw Xia Chengxi following behind, she blinked, buried her little head on Xia Xianglu's shoulder, and avoided looking at him.
Xia Chengxi: Am I that unpopular?
But this little one wasn't being unreasonably dismissive; she was clearly genuinely afraid of him…
How could this be! Didn't he look much kinder than Tao Qiuyun? That girl always had a cold face, like a portrait on the wall. He, the artist, was clearly more approachable!
Seeing her father frustrated and only able to follow behind, Tao Qiuyun didn't have any particular thoughts. The elders in the living room had left, and she immediately turned and held the hand of the woman beside her: "Qingshang, have you thought about what you want to do these days off?"
"What else is there to do?" Qin Qingshang hugged her arm, acting spoiled, "Wherever you go, I'll go~ My time these few days is all yours, Qiuqiu! But…"
She paused, her expression slightly downcast, and continued, "After the Lunar New Year, will you accompany me to the cemetery, okay?"
"Okay," Tao Qiuyun comforted her, holding her close and kissing her forehead, "We'll bring Qinqin with us, okay? Our family will go together to see your mother and grandmother."
"Thank you, Qiuqiu~" The cat rubbed against her.
"It's what I should do, wife."
"Calling me wife sounds so nice, call me a few more times~"
"Stop rubbing against me, Qingshang… Dinner is almost ready."
"I'll rub! I'll rub!"
The cat ignored her, suddenly lifted into the air. She could only hook her arms around the woman's neck, exclaiming, "Tao Qiuyun!"
Tao Qiuyun picked her up horizontally, staring at her, "Wife, I'll take you to see the room."
"You better really just be looking at the room,"
Not having to walk, Qin Qingshang was happy to relax, nestled in her beloved's arms, poking her soft chest, "I'm warning you, your parents are here, and we're eating soon. You're not allowed to embarrass me, got it?"
"You're the most beautiful." Tao Qiuyun paused, then added, "You look good no matter what."
Sweet-talked into submission, the cat leaned in and kissed her chin, "At most, we can be intimate, but nothing else, hear me?"
"How intimate?"
"At most, at most, we can kiss and hug… anyway, you can't touch anything below the neck."
"…I'm quite good at handstands, want to learn?"
"Tao Qiuyun! I'm not joking with you!" Qin Qingshang's face instantly turned red.
Hand… handstand! What kind of embarrassing position is that? What are you thinking about every day!
I'm having bedroom activities with you, not gymnastics!
"Okay, I'll listen to you," Tao Qiuyun chuckled softly, lowering her head to kiss her, "Wife, you're so cute."
Tao Qiuyun, who had been passionately kissing the cat in the walk-in closet, was brought back to her senses by Auntie Liu's knock on the door.
She reached out to tidy Qin Qingshang's slightly disheveled collar, leaned in and said, "Qingshang, after visiting your mother and grandmother at the cemetery, will you accompany me back to West Wind Courtyard?"
"Go back to West Wind Courtyard for what?" The cat licked her lips, her eyes lingering, and actively reached out to hook the woman in front of her, kissing her lips again before reluctantly letting go, "Didn't you move all your things to my place?"
"I have a surprise I want to give you," Tao Qiuyun wrapped her arm around her waist, leading her out of the closet, "Can you?"
"How surprising?" The cat was suspicious, giving her a heads-up, "Let me tell you first, I'm very picky, ordinary surprises won't surprise me."
"Then you can rate me later. If you don't think it's surprising enough, you can punish me."
"Punish you what?"
"Punish me…" Tao Qiuyun slightly drew out her tone, then paused under Qin Qingshang's expectant gaze, changing the subject, "How do you want to punish me?"
"Hate you~" The cat reached out and pushed her, her expression both coy and shy, "How would I know."
"…You seem to understand quite well."
"Then, then punish you," Qin Qingshang reached out and tugged at her collar, leaning in to whisper in her ear, "Punish you by dancing for me."
"…But I can't dance."
"It's okay, I can, I can teach you."
"Okay," the woman's expression was half-smiling, "You teach me."
After saying that, Tao Qiuyun didn't wait for Qin Qingshang to react further, decisively let go of her, stepped forward, opened the door, and said to Auntie Liu outside, "Got it, Auntie Liu, we'll be right down."
"Okay, Eldest Miss." Auntie Liu looked at her slightly swollen lips and reminded her, "You might want to consider reapplying lipstick or something."
"Okay." Tao Qiuyun nodded, not at all embarrassed about being discovered.
She wasn't embarrassed, but Auntie Liu left with a look of emotion…
This child, Qiuqiu, I didn't expect her to be so passionate when she's in love! Wait, was it her or Miss Qin who was passionate?
In just this short amount of time, you two had to hide away to be intimate?
But then again, fire can't burn without fuel. Neither of these two was definitely "innocent"!
If you don't add fuel, how can it burn?
When Tao Qiuyun brought Qin Qingshang to the dining room, most of the people at the table were already seated.
Tao Shizhou was undoubtedly sitting in the main seat, not far from him was Tao Aiqin, followed closely by Xia Xianglu. As for Xia Chengxi, because Qinqin was afraid of him, the Old Master directly had the kitchen prepare a separate meal for him and added a small table for him on the side.
The reason given was: "Out of sight, out of mind."
Xia Chengxi: It seems I'm in the kids' seat.
"Grandpa is eating alone, so lonely~" The little cat tugged at Tao Shizhou's sleeve, "Great Grandfather, aren't you letting Grandpa eat?"
System: "Why are you helping him?"
Tao Aiqin: "This is called advancing by retreating, and concept substitution. Use your brain!"
"Qinqin, be good," Tao Shizhou's face was practically splitting with laughter, "Why wouldn't he have food? Eating alone is great, he likes eating alone, don't mind him, I'll peel shrimp for you!"
Xia Xianglu also ignored her husband's pleading eyes. Her entire focus was on Tao Aiqin, preparing steamed egg custard for the little one, "Here, Qinbao, try this, it has sugar, it's sweet~"
"Where's Zhuohua?" Tao Qiuyun pulled Qin Qingshang to sit down, looking at Auntie Liu beside her, "He said he was coming home earlier."
Tao Zhuohua had confidently said he could help walk the dog. Where did he walk the dog to?
"Sis!"
Speak of the devil, Tao Zhuohua rushed into the house, pulling Big Bold, panting, "Your, your dog, runs so fast! He circled the lake three times, and the swans were scared away."
"Woof woof!"
Stupid human, can't even outrun a woof, still wants to walk a woof, let the woof walk you!
The big dog was majestic. After the leash was removed from its neck, its head moved back and forth, as if inspecting its new territory.
It strode to Tao Qiuyun's leg, rubbed against it, "Woof~" Praise woof quickly!
"Doggy is the best!" The little cat suddenly raised her hand and cheered.
"Woof woof woof!" The big dog wagged its tail wildly at Tao Aiqin.
Qinqin is still the best~
Tao Qiuyun laughed while rubbing the dog's head, looking at the little cat who was being doted on by everyone, and said helplessly, "Grandpa, Mom, don't spoil her. She can eat by herself. She's five years old, she should be independent."
"What do you know!" Xia Xianglu ignored her, continuing to feed the little one steamed egg custard. Hearing the little cat's soft thank you, her heart melted.
She turned to Tao Qiuyun and said, "I don't care how you teach your child at home, but I'm taking care of her now. How many times a year do I get to? I'm just feeding her. Let me tell you, Qingshang hasn't even said anything, what are you talking about? You're the only one babbling on and on. If you talk back again, go stand shoulder to shoulder with your dad."
Xia Chengxi leaned against the table, looking like he was about to strike a pose, but unfortunately, he was holding a bowl of rice, looking pathetic and ruining the whole atmosphere.
Tao Qiuyun shut up.
Understood. Tao Aiqin's infuriating mouth was inherited from Xia Xianglu across generations.
"Qiuqiu," Qin Qingshang couldn't help but laugh. She sat down, picked up her chopsticks, and put some food in Tao Qiuyun's mouth, "Be good, I'll feed you too."
Hearing this, Xia Xianglu shivered and turned to look at them.
Seeing Tao Qiuyun open her mouth and bite the broccoli, she couldn't help but tease, "Oh, look, eating broccoli like it's some kind of immortal elixir, did your soul fly away?"
Tao Qiuyun, with food in her mouth: "…"
No, I just smiled. How can you tell my soul flew away? Did you use an X-ray?
Qin Qingshang, who had retracted her chopsticks: "…"
This, this isn't exactly her soul flying away, is it? Qiuqiu looks much prettier when she's lost in thought!
Tao Aiqin almost spat out her rice. Fortunately, she controlled herself with strong willpower. She chatted with the System in her head: "Sys! She's so strong, I need to learn from her!"
System: "…I don't recommend you learn this. Also, don't underestimate yourself. I actually think you're just as good as her."
Seeing Qin Qingshang blush, Xia Xianglu thought she had accidentally offended her and quickly said, "Qingshang, don't be shy. I didn't mean to target you. I was just teasing my ignorant, cold daughter."
"Qiuqiu," the cat blushed, put down her chopsticks, and placed her hands on her knees, "She's actually not very cold."
Tao Qiuyun is incredibly passionate! She would even wait for her on the bed wearing only lace underwear, it was scorching!
"If she's cold to you," Tao Shizhou stopped feeding the little cat, looked at Qin Qingshang, and promised, "Just tell me, Grandpa, and I guarantee I'll show her how sturdy my cane is!"
Hearing this, Zhang Cheng leaned into his ear and whispered, "Come on, that cane… Qiuqiu could break it on the spot, believe it or not?"
Tao Shizhou choked and immediately changed his words, "I'll show her how beautiful my cane is!"
This didn't scare Tao Qiuyun, but it did scare Tao Zhuohua, who had just sat down and picked up his chopsticks.
Grandpa's beautiful cane reminded him of his sister's beautiful belt… So sturdy! Thinking about it now still makes him ache all over!
"She won't," Qin Qingshang waved her hand, "Qiuqiu is very good to me, she won't be cold to me."
Just now in the walk-in closet, she had felt her passionate warmth.
"Qingshang," Xia Xianglu looked at her and comforted her, "I know what kind of person my daughter is better than anyone. I know she's reserved and has a cold personality. After dinner, let's have a good chat."
"…Okay." Qin Qingshang nodded.
Ah, are we going to talk about Qiuqiu's private matters? Thinking about it makes me a little excited~
I wonder how cute Qiuqiu was when she was little!
The cat was excited.
Tao Qiuyun, on the other hand, was calm and composed, looking indifferent.
After all, what could Xia Xianglu know about her? What embarrassing things could she have done?
She wasn't afraid at all; she had no secrets from Qin Qingshang.
Meanwhile, Xia Xianglu, who was feeding Tao Aiqin, had something else in mind:
That water bed that Qiuqiu had rejected before, it was time to recommend it to Qingshang!
A large bowl was also placed in front of Big Bold, filled with food—the Tao family chef's special dog food!
"Woof woof!"
The dog wagged its tail contentedly…
Reunion dinner, delicious~
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