Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1245 - 1067: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1245: Chapter 1067: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Axiang spoke in her usual quiet and gentle voice, "I’ve always been the one to chop wood for our family."

"I was just thinking, since your family doesn’t have a boy, you go sit under that tree, and I’ll chop for you. After I’m done, I’ll carry it down for you," Dabao offered.

"Dabao, don’t you have wood to chop for your own family?" Axiang couldn’t help but ask.

"What wood do I have to chop? The wood for my house is always chopped by my dad," said Zhao Datu. After finishing, he added, "My second uncle chops too, and we often burn kudzu vine, so I don’t really need to exert myself too much."

"Oh," Axiang went to the shaded area under the big tree to sit, watching Zhao Datu busily at work.

Chopping wood alone naturally wasn’t efficient, and it wasn’t until near noon that Zhao Datu had chopped a good amount, and he was actually intentionally chopping slowly.

After finishing a bundle of wood, Zhao Datu looked up at the sky and couldn’t help saying to Axiang, "If we head down the mountain now, I reckon the sun will be quite scorching. How about we rest up here for a while? I know there’s a shelter nearby where we can sit in the shade and even have a place to sit."

Axiang thought about how Zhao Datu had busied himself for her all morning, and added to that the potato he had fed her in the morning, she found his company very pleasant. She truly didn’t want to part with him, so she nodded her head in agreement.

Once they arrived at the shelter, Zhao Datu had Axiang sit inside, and he left the wood outside. Later, he went so far as to take off his outer clothes, "It gets hot at noon, this sweltering heat is really unbearable, don’t you think?"

After removing his clothes, Zhao Datu sat down next to Axiang, and she felt the warmth radiating from his body, making her face turn red immediately.

Then Zhao Datu moved a bit closer to Axiang and asked, "Axiang, are you hot?"

Axiang, perhaps out of nervousness, began to sweat on her forehead and nodded her head.

"If you’re hot, take off your jacket. After all, there’s no one else here. Let’s cool off a bit and then head down the mountain," Zhao Datu suggested.

The weather in Peach Blossom Town is such that the temperature is high all year round, even now in the twelfth month.

Axiang started to undo a button, but quickly fastened it again.

It felt awkward to undress in front of a boy.

Seeing this, Zhao Datu couldn’t help but laugh and say, "Axiang, I’m not a stranger. Never mind, if you don’t want to take it off, then don’t."

Axiang hung her head, feeling increasingly oppressed as Zhao Datu moved closer to her in the small shelter.

"Axiang, let’s chat for a bit," said Zhao Datu. "You know, in the village, people don’t like me much, so there aren’t many I can talk to."

Axiang replied shyly, "Mhm."

"Axiang, what do you think of me?" Zhao Datu asked, placing his hand next to her, and then gently took hold of hers.

As soon as Axiang’s hand was held, she felt as if she couldn’t think, and she just followed Zhao Datu’s lead, "Datu, my impression of you... is quite good."

"Do you like me, then?" Zhao Datu asked directly.

As soon as he finished asking, Axiang’s face turned even redder.

"Datu, I..." Axiang was at a loss for words.

"Axiang, you don’t know, do you?" Zhao Datu persisted. "If you don’t, then let me hug you. If you feel secure in my arms, then you probably do like me. Really, I’ve heard this from some elders."