Xu Mo raised his fist in front of his sister: "Say that again! You stubborn little brat!"
Xu Yan turned to tattle: "Mom, my brother wants to hit me."
Xu Yi calmly served food to her daughter: "He wouldn't dare."
Xu Mo sighed in exasperation: "Dad, you can't keep spoiling Xu Yan."
Bai Hua calmly ate: "Wasn't it you who willingly took the blame for her mistakes in the past?"
Xu Mo sighed: "To be honest, I regret it now." He glared at Xu Yan, "I took the blame for you every day, but now in your heart, I'm not even as good as a dog man you just met."
At first, Xu Yan felt a little guilty, but then she became defiant: "Maybe I've known that old boss for hundreds of years!"
Bai Hua looked at her daughter as if she were an idiot: "Don't go out and say you were born from me!"
Xu Yan: "..." She pouted and sulked.
She dejectedly leaned on the dining table, taking small bites of food.
Bai Hua didn't even look at her: "If you don't eat faster, there won't be any left for you."
Xu Yan immediately sat up straight and stuffed a big mouthful of rice. She puffed up her cheeks: "Hmph!"
Xu Mo poked Xu Yan's round little face: "Look at yourself, you still act like a silly child every day, even though you say you don't want us to treat you like a kid."
Xu Yan chewed quickly, swallowed the food in her mouth, and told on her brother for the umpteenth time: "Mom! My brother is verbally attacking me!"
Bai Hua still didn't want to pay attention: "Mmhmm!"
Xu Yan looked sad: "Mom doesn't love me anymore! I'll run away from home with my piggy bank."
Xu Mo propped his face as he watched his sister: "Whoever doesn't run away is a dog."
Xu Yan froze for a moment, then huffed and hugged her bowl: "Woof!"
Xu Yi couldn't help but burst out laughing, and Bai Hua looked at her daughter with a wry smile. She finally intervened: "Xu Mo, stop bullying your sister!"
Xu Mo restrained himself a little: "Alright."
Xu Yan stuck out her tongue: "Hmph! As if you can bully me!"
Bai Hua poked her forehead: "You're also at fault! You keep arguing with your brother even when you can't win."
Xu Yan clung to her stubbornly: "But I have Mom to help me!"
Xu Yi just smiled as he watched the mother and daughter bicker.
The two pieces of clothing from Ye Jin's sister were handwashed by Xu Yan herself, mainly because those clothes looked very expensive, and she couldn't find the same ones online after searching for a long time.
So the next afternoon when she went to Ye Jin's tavern, she felt a little embarrassed.
But when she entered the tavern, Ye Jin didn't seem to be inside.
Xu Yan tentatively asked: "Is anyone there? Boss?"
Two parrots flapped their wings in mid-air and squawked: "Little girl! Little girl!"
"Take her home! Take her home!"
Xu Yan ran up to the parrots with the clothes in her arms: "Hello, what are you saying?"
The two parrots glanced at the clothes in Xu Yan's arms and, for some reason, suddenly fell silent.
Xu Yan keenly noticed their abnormal behavior and raised the clothes: "Hey!"
The two parrots immediately started screeching: "Help! Help!"
"Go away! Go away!"
Xu Yan pondered and held the clothes tightly, thinking that Ye Jin's sister must be a formidable woman!
Look how scared these two little birds were!
"What's all the noise? Shut up." A faint, slightly sleepy voice came from the direction of the stairs.
Xu Yan instinctively looked over and immediately saw Ye Jin, who seemed not fully awake.
At that moment, he seemed approachable, making Xu Yan inexplicably feel... that he was actually kind of cute!
Ye Jin noticed Xu Yan and paused for a moment, then smiled gently: "Little one, you're here."
Xu Yan suddenly felt her face getting warm, and she stuttered: "Boss, were... were you sleeping just now?"
Ye Jin led her to sit down: "Yeah, I thought you'd come a few days later."
Xu Yan pointed at the door: "But the tavern door was open."
Ye Jin glanced at the two parrots: "Aren't those two here? If they can't even handle guarding the place, then what's the point of keeping them around?"
Xu Yan looked at the parrots with deep sympathy: "These frail little bodies are shouldering the responsibilities of a household."
The two parrots simultaneously fell silent and rolled their eyes at Xu Yan.
Ye Jin watched them dangerously, narrowing his eyes. He didn't say anything, but he decided he would have to train these two parrots properly in the future.
Yeah... he would make them go find their own food from now on.
Xu Yan, however, didn't sense anything amiss. She suddenly remembered the reason for her visit: "Oh right, Boss, these are your sister's clothes. I washed them myself. I originally wanted to buy the same ones to return to your sister, but I couldn't find them."
She smiled sheepishly: "Because when you gave them to me to wear, these two pieces of clothing seemed brand new."
Ye Jin took the clothes: "It's fine. My sister's clothes are all custom-made, so it's normal you can't find the same ones."
Xu Yan asked softly: "Then should I give you money? I feel like these clothes are very expensive."
Ye Jin almost couldn't resist reaching out to ruffle Xu Yan's hair: "No need, my sister isn't a clean freak, she won't care about this."
Xu Yan felt a little relieved: "Okay then, thank you, Boss, and thank your sister too."
Ye Jin gently patted Xu Yan's head: "Wait for me here, I'll go put these two pieces of clothing away."
Clothes handwashed by Yan Yan... he would keep them for himself. His sister, an extremely neurotic clean freak who changed clothes every other day, didn't deserve clothes washed by Yan Yan!
Xu Yan obediently sat there, watching Ye Jin's back.She didn't find anything wrong with Ye Jin patting her head.
When Ye Jin came back downstairs, he saw Xu Yan with a candy in her mouth, her cheeks puffed out.
She seemed curious, secretly examining the interior decor of the tavern.
Ye Jin sat across from her with a bottle of wine: "Little one, what are you looking at?"
Xu Yan brought her gaze back: "I'm not a little one, I'm already twenty years old."
Ye Jin smiled and nodded: "I see."
But he was already almost a thousand years old!
Xu Yan cupped her face and looked at the bottle of wine in Ye Jin's hand: "I was just looking at the things in the tavern, and I discovered that many of them are antiques."
This time, Ye Jin only poured her a small half-cup of wine: "You can tell that?"
Xu Yan watched Ye Jin pour the wine, this time sipping it in small mouthfuls instead of gulping it down.
She squinted her eyes in satisfaction: "Mmm... my grandfather and his friends loved collecting antiques. I used to see them all the time and hear them talk about it."
Ye Jin went to fetch some food for Xu Yan, and he too took a small sip of wine: "Impressive. Some of the antiques here are my own collection, and some are ones my sister didn't want. She also loves collecting antiques, but she has very high standards. The ones she didn't appreciate, she gave to me."
Xu Yan was quite surprised: "Your sister must be super impressive! I think the antiques here are impressive enough."
