I am the stepmother of my son, and the little villain has changed into a little cotton-padded jacket

Wen Shutang lowered his eyes and stared at the exquisite dagger in his hand. After a while, he took the thing, wiped the scabbard carefully, and then raised his eyes and glanced at Xiao Yizhuo.

“It’s quite sincere.”

After she put away the dagger, she circled around Xiao Yizhuo and said, "It's been snowing heavily for several days. Where do you live in the mountains?"

"The cave where Zhang Dahe kidnapped my sister-in-law last time is a hidden place and there isn't much snow." Xiao Yizhuo answered truthfully.

The snow on the mountain was three feet thick, and it was difficult for him to walk with a child. Fortunately, he found the cave he had been to last time and had a place to shelter from the wind.

"Change your clothes first, and we'll talk after that." Wen Shutang noticed that the ends of his hair were covered with a layer of frost.

Wearing wet clothes for a long time is bad for your health. Xiao Yizhuo has already been cold, so he must not catch a cold again.

Xiao Yizhuo nodded and went into the inner room carrying the clothes.

Wen Shutang turned around and left the house and went straight to the kitchen, intending to boil some ginger water for him to cool down.

As soon as she went out, she saw three children standing at the door.

Xiao Wan looked into the room eagerly: "Mom, how is Dad? Is he sick?"

Xiao Ze and Xiao Ye didn't say anything, but there was worry on their faces.

"Don't worry, it's nothing serious, he just caught a cold. I'll go prepare some ginger water for him. Wan'er, come along too?" Wen Shutang walked forward and touched Xiao Wan's hair.

Xiao Wan immediately nodded and followed Wen Shutang.

"You can go in and see your father after he changes his clothes." Wen Shutang said to the other two little boys in the same gentle voice.

The two children nodded and sat on the stone steps in front of the door and waited patiently.

Seeing this, Wen Shutang turned around and took Xiao Wan to the kitchen, and found a whole piece of ginger from the cupboard. With Xiao Wan's help, the water in the pot quickly boiled.

Soon a bowl of steaming ginger water came out of the pot.

Wen Shutang walked out of the kitchen with ginger water and found Xiao Yizhuo sitting in the yard chatting with the two children.

"Dad, is the snow on the mountain particularly thick?" Xiao Ye asked, supporting his head.

"It's very thick, it should be able to cover your calves." Xiao Yizhuo had already changed into new clothes, and his handsome face, which had been red from the cold, had now relaxed a lot.

Wen Shutang handed him the ginger water in his hand: "Drink it while it's hot, it can drive away the cold, don't catch a cold."

Xiao Yizhuo took the ginger water, blew on it and took a sip. The strong ginger flavor was quite choking.

He looked at Wen Shutang while drinking ginger water: "You look very tired, didn't you get enough rest?"

Before Wen Shutang could speak, Xiao Wan at the side answered first: "Mom has been so worried these past few days that she couldn't eat or sleep all day. Of course she looks tired. It's all because of Dad that Mom is so worried. Don't do this next time."

Hearing Xiao Wan's words, Xiao Yizhuo raised his eyebrows and looked at Wen Shutang with some unknown meaning in his eyes.

Wen Shutang clicked his tongue, looked down at the smiling Xiao Wan, and reached out to pinch her soft cheek.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I just can't sleep in my bed at your grandmother's house these days."

Finally, noticing the emotion in Xiao Yizhuo's eyes, she stiffened her neck and added, "I'm not worried about you. I'm just worried that you might lose my dagger."

Xiao Yizhuo raised his eyebrows and nodded without responding. Instead, he lowered his eyes to look at the other two children, his voice containing a smile.

"What do you think?"

Xiao Ye sat on the stool and shook his head as he replied, "Mom couldn't sleep well because she was worried about Dad. She has been asking us to sleep with her these past few days, and she even told us stories."

Xiao Ze also agreed seriously: "I can prove that my mother was even impulsive enough to go up the mountain to look for someone."

Wen Shutang felt like crying but had no tears at this moment. It was bad enough that Xiao Wan's little cotton-padded jacket was leaking, but these two little vests also let her down.

She didn't know what was going on, she just felt like there was a fire burning on her face. Her eyes were looking elsewhere and she didn't dare to look at Xiao Yizhuo.

Hearing the words of the three children, the smile in Xiao Yizhuo's eyes became even wider, and his thin lips raised in an obvious arc, showing his good mood now.

He seemed to notice Wen Shutang's flushed cheeks and explained for her kindly.

"Okay, stop talking nonsense. After all, your mother just can't sleep well because she is used to her bed—"

Xiao Yizhuo's ending tone was elongated, with a strong sense of ridicule, which successfully made Wen Shutang's face even hotter.

Wen Shutang prides herself on being thick-skinned, but she feels almost humiliated in front of Xiao Yizhuo.

She raised her eyes and glared at Xiao Yizhuo, who was smiling, and couldn't help grinding her teeth.

Why didn't I realize that this man is quite good at hermaphroditism?

Wen Shutang walked up and took the empty bowl from Xiao Yizhuo: "Go away, stop talking nonsense. If I say there is none, then there is none."

After saying that, he took the bowl and turned back to the kitchen.

Xiao Yizhuo looked at her back, wondering if it was his illusion, but this person seemed to be running away.

Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Yizhuo couldn't help but pursed his lips and smiled.

I've seen Wen Shutang's strength and intelligence, but this is the first time I've seen her so cute.

Wen Shutang ran into the kitchen, leaned against the door, and placed one hand on his chest, as if trying to calm his rapidly beating heart.

Although he refused to admit that he was worried about Xiao Yizhuo, Wen Shutang felt relieved when he saw him return safely.

She took more than ten minutes to wash a bowl before leaving the kitchen.

I thought they were still chatting in the yard, but I didn't see a single person.

A burst of joyful laughter came to his ears, and Wen Shutang immediately recognized that it came from Liu Sufen's room.

Without thinking much, he lifted the curtain and walked into the inner room, and sure enough, he saw everyone gathered in front of Liu Sufen's bed.

Liu Sufen was smiling and praising Xiao Yizhuo at the moment: "I heard that you, son-in-law, stayed on the snowy mountain with the child for several days alone. It's incredible."

"That's right. It's not easy for ordinary people to get down the mountain safely by themselves, and you can bring a child with you." Wen Qing, who was sitting beside the bed, echoed, his tone full of admiration for Xiao Yizhuo.

"Thank you for your compliments, father-in-law and mother-in-law. I just happen to be more familiar with the back mountain." Xiao Yizhuo said humbly, without a trace of impatience.

Liu Sufen caught a glimpse of Wen Shutang standing at the door and immediately waved to her: "Xiao Qiu'er, come quickly."

As soon as Wen Shutang walked up to her, his hand was grabbed.

"Our Xiao Qiuer has good vision. She found such a capable son-in-law. You don't know how worried she was when you were away these few days. She was listless every day. And when she knew the villagers were coming back on their own, she almost beat them up. Oh my, you have never seen that look before."

She said this as if she had seen Wen Shutang's murderous look with her own eyes.

Wen Shutang's eyebrows jumped when he heard Liu Sufen's words, and he quickly interrupted: "Mom, how are you? Have you taken the medicine today? Do you want me to boil the medicine now?"