Pampered by the Toughest Man After Divorce
Chapter 1347 - 1169: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

Chapter 1347: Chapter 1169: Xiao’ai, Dabao, Xiaobei

How could he not see what Widow Chen’s piercing gaze meant? Besides, a widow’s house always invited gossip, and he wanted nothing to do with her.

"Oh, Axiang isn’t here, huh? Is Abao at home then? Maybe Abao went out to play, that child didn’t tell me. I was just about to fetch her for dinner," Widow Chen persisted, wondering why Ye Ge wouldn’t invite her in.

Ye Ge had heard about Axiang during dinner conversations with Xia Dabao. Axiang had returned to her mother’s house and since then, Widow Chen had particularly despised her, treating her merely as a tool for labor. Was she really looking for Axiang to come back for a meal? That would be like the sun rising from the west!

This time, Ye Ge didn’t even glance at Widow Chen and simply said, "Abao went to cut some fish grass."

"Well... I’ll look elsewhere then," Widow Chen dared not stay any longer and walked away dejectedly.

After walking for a while, she coincidentally met Axiang coming back from the fields. Axiang called out from behind, "Mother!"

Seeing Axiang, Widow Chen’s face showed no emotion. She simply asked, "Have you planted all the rapeseeds yet?"

"Yes," Axiang replied.

Axiang had been busy tilling and moistening the soil, then planting the rapeseeds, working continuously in the fields for quite a while.

Widow Chen nodded, neither expressing satisfaction nor dissatisfaction, and continued walking towards their home while Axiang looked slightly suspicious.

Her mother usually didn’t take this road because it led to the homes of Auntie Zhao and Xia Dabao.

And her mother never had any dealings with Auntie Zhao, so could she have been... visiting Xia Dabao’s place?

Axiang felt uneasy and hurried to ask Widow Chen, "Mother, where did you just go?"

"Where can’t I go? Are you starting to boss your mother around?" Widow Chen spoke as if she were guilty.

So, Axiang trusted her even less. She asked again, "Mother, did you go to Abao’s house?"

Some villagers were walking towards them. Widow Chen impatiently said, "Stop discussing this here. Let’s go home and I’ll tell you!"

...

Once they got home and closed the door, Axiang hurriedly asked Widow Chen, "Mother, you usually have nothing to do with Abao’s family. You didn’t use my name as a pretext to ask them for things, did you?"

At this point, Widow Chen became angry, "Ask for things, ask for things, what could I possibly get from them? I didn’t even enter their house. Damn it, it seems I really have no standing in this Peach Blossom Village at all; I’m disliked wherever I go!"

Seeing Widow Chen like this, Axiang couldn’t help but reproach her, "Mother, you usually don’t interact with their family, so of course they wouldn’t bother with you if you just show up."

"But don’t you associate with them? I mentioned I was looking for you, and all they did was throw out an ’you’re not here’ and didn’t even invite me to sit for a while. It seems to me that I really am, really am..."

Speaking of which, Widow Chen started to vent her frustration on Axiang: "You know, you’re being foolish. You’re so friendly with Xia Dabao. Why don’t you ever sit at his house? If it were me, I’d be there every day, hanging out for an hour or two. Once you get familiar, when mother visits next time, it would be completely appropriate. Forget it. From tomorrow on, you’re not going to work in the fields anymore; you’ve grown dull from all the labor. Just go over to Xia Dabao’s house and hang out."