Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1196 - 1198 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1196: Chapter 1198 Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

The atmosphere became a bit awkward, so Dabao explained, "It’s not that I don’t like you, it’s just... we’re all still young, and it’s hard to say what will happen in the future. Let’s just stay as we were, good friends."

That’s the only way to feel comfortable and at ease.

"Yeah, I understand. I’m already very satisfied that you’re willing to be my friend," Tian Xiaobei said.

And Dabao didn’t dislike him, which meant he still had a chance.

Dabao was such a cute girl—outwardly careless, but when it came to this, she needed to take it slow. You couldn’t rush her.

"Abao, once you’ve finished cutting the vegetables, go ahead and cook them," Abao said, "I’ve almost finished chopping the firewood. Look at me—really clumsy, can’t even chop wood properly."

"It doesn’t matter, as long as you can heal people. Oh, you’re eating at our place, should we let Auntie Zhao know?" Dabao asked.

"No need, they won’t care whether I go back or not. It’s better if I don’t go back," Tian Xiaobei said somewhat sadly.

The Zhao family never called him for meals; he had to watch the time himself. If he missed it, they wouldn’t save any food for him. If there were leftovers, it was fine; if not, he would go hungry for half a day. So now, whether he told them or not didn’t matter—the Zhao family would just assume he was out working and missed the mealtime.

"Then we won’t notify them. Let’s go start the fire," Dabao said.

"Alright."

...

"Those two kids, now they are acting like nothing happened," Nan Feng said while feeding medicine to Axian.

Yege sat beside them, smiling faintly, "There was nothing to begin with. We were the ones overthinking it. And Abao’s future husband may not necessarily be Xiaobei."

"Right, didn’t I ask you to look into Xiaobei’s family background? How is that going?"

"I’ve looked into it," Yege said, "Xiaobei’s family isn’t too complicated. They used to run a Medical Hall in the Provincial City. His father was obsessed with medicine and had considerable medical skill, quite influential in the city. But half a year ago, his father treated an official and failed to save him. The official’s family, using their power, arrested both his parents, and their Medical Hall was raided. All the Medical Hall staff dispersed, and Xiaobei was left with no home to return to, so he had to seek refuge with his aunt. In fact, Auntie Zhao isn’t really Xiaobei’s blood relative; she was just a servant of their family. Through hard work, she was acknowledged as a foster daughter and later married Uncle Zhao, the blacksmith. Only after getting married did she return to the village."

Nan Feng said, "No wonder Auntie Zhao is so timid and always being bullied."

"But thankfully for Xiaobei, if not for her, he would have nowhere to go now."

"What should we do? Should we give Xiaobei a helping hand?"

"With his parents’ situation, given our status, I’m afraid we’re powerless, but we can still help Xiaobei. It all depends on whether he is willing to accept our help," Yege said.

...

Dabao and Tian Xiaobei made another date to cut fish grass together and go to the mountains to play, but now, Dabao always brought Axian along every time, and Axian liked Tian Xiaobei, who didn’t mind either. The three of them had fun together.

And having one more person added more warmth. Tian Xiaobei was an only child at home, without any siblings, and he treated Axian like a younger brother.

One day, Dabao took Axian and Tian Xiaobei to cut fish grass by the river. Later, Wang San and Zhang Qianqian joined them. They chatted for a while, and eventually, the conversation turned to the village chief.