Chapter 17: The Mysterious Laryngitis

  Such an abnormal mother and daughter, in the eyes of others, are naturally very strange. Even Chu Lishou, who is usually the most honest, also sensed a sense of unease at this time.

  "Later on, the child's mother and Plum Blossom, you all come in."

  As soon as Chu Lishou opened his mouth, not to mention Mo Shi, even Mei Hua, who was about to turn around, had to stop in her tracks. Several people turned their heads to look at Chu Lishou. "Xiao De, go find Fourth Aunt and ask for her help. Have her start making dinner for tonight, hurry up!"

  Osmanthus reacted the fastest and hurriedly called out to Chu Yande to go find some help with making dinner.

  Mo Shi and Mei Hua's abnormal reaction has made Gui Hua feel that something is wrong, now Chu Li Shou has spoken out, it seems like he wants to get to the bottom of things.

  "Ah!" Chu Yande responded with a crisp voice, and his small body ran out of the room between Mo Shi and Mei Hua, twisting left and right.

  "Come in, all of you!" Chu Lishou spoke again. Mo Shi and Mei Hua's bodies both trembled, the two exchanged a glance, also not knowing what message they were conveying, before slowly walking into the room from the doorway.

  Before the mother and daughter could even reach the edge of the bed, Chu Yande's figure had already reappeared at the door. "Dad, Fourth Aunt and Hehua sister are already helping out in the kitchen. They said they're taking care of dinner today!"

  Osmanthus has been staring at her mother's face, and found that after hearing Chu Yande's words, her complexion changed again. It seems that something big happened this afternoon, and it was already to the point where Mrs. Mo didn't want to say a word.

  What could possibly happen this afternoon when I'm not at home?

  In a subtle way, Gui Hua felt that Mo Shi didn't want to mention the big thing, which was very likely related to her and Chu Yan Nian's punishment of kneeling.

  "Mom, did grandma say something this afternoon?" Guihua asked hastily before Chuliguard could ask.

  As soon as the words of Osmanthus fragrans fell, Mo's face changed greatly, and it was hard to see that there was no room for improvement.

  It seems that the osmanthus is already certain, and this matter is roughly close to what I guessed.

  "What did sister say?" Chu Lishou asked coldly with a stern face.

  Mo lowered his head, like a child who had done something wrong, and didn't make a sound.

  Chu Lishou asked a few more questions, but Mo Shi remained silent with her head down. However, as she looked at the darkening color of her skirt where it had been stained, the woman began to cry again.

  "You, why are you crying? I just asked what happened, just say it, why cry?"

  Mo cried like this, and Chu Lixiu immediately panicked.

  This big and rough man is not afraid of pain or hardship, but he's afraid of his wife silently shedding tears.

  "Dad, don't ask for now, you've been tired all afternoon, and Nian Ge and Gui Hua have also knelt for an entire afternoon. Take advantage of the fact that dinner isn't ready yet, hurry up and rest for a bit!" Mei Hua finally couldn't bear it anymore and spoke up to relieve her mother, but when she was talking to Chu Li Gu, she gave him a glance, and the ultimate target of this glance happened to be Chu Yan Nian, who was sitting there handing a towel to Mo Shi.

  Before Guihua could react, Chuligou surprisingly waved his hand and ended the conversation first.

  Looking at Chu Lishou's painful expression, it was clear that he already knew something, but what exactly was it that could make Chu Lishou and his wife, who had always been fair and transparent to the children, as well as their usually obedient eldest sister, play dumb with these three kids?