The Delicate Darling with Her Rough Man-Chapter 187 - 186: That Damn Man Isn’t Human

"Uncle Lin, you didn’t say anything about changing our last name before."

Sweet Girl replied subconsciously.

Lin Jiandong’s eyes widened. "From now on, I’m in charge of this family. If I say we’re changing it, we’re changing it."

"Also, I’m your dad now. Call me Dad. If you get it wrong again, I’ll beat you."

Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang jumped in fright.

But Lin Jiandong paid them no mind.

"Let’s go! Come back with me and meet your grandmother."

With that, he led the two of them back home to meet Jin Meifeng.

Jin Meifeng looked at the two kids, not particularly fond of them, but she still gave them a few words of warning.

"From now on, you are children of the Lin Family. Sweet Girl, you’re the older one, so you’ll have to take care of your younger brother and sisters. The household chores will be your responsibility from now on. Xiao Yang, you’re not so little yourself. You need to learn to work too."

"Alright, now go and sweep the courtyard clean!"

Sweet Girl glanced at Lin Jiandong.

Lin Jiandong barked, "What are you looking at? Get to work, or you won’t get any food."

Sweet Girl didn’t dare to make a sound and immediately took Xiao Yang to start working.

Inside the house, Lin Jiandong was pleased with himself.

"Ma, on second thought, adopting them is pretty good. Not only are they free labor, but they can actually work."

In the courtyard, Sweet Girl worked against the cold wind, telling Xiao Yang to stand to the side.

Xiao Yang refused. Seeing his sister sweeping the yard, he wanted to help too.

Gu Jiaojiao, who had returned home, had no idea that in the time it took her to eat a meal, Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang had been adopted.

She also lit the fire for the heated kang bed in the afternoon, and just like that, with all the busyness, evening arrived.

For the next few days, the temperature dropped. Gu Jiaojiao, afraid of the cold, didn’t go out.

She didn’t have many friends, though she got along well with Yu Fangfang and Wang Xiuhua. But since both of them were pregnant, they didn’t dare to go out casually in the freezing weather.

A slip and fall would be no laughing matter.

「And so, ten days passed.」

After so much time had passed, the snow on the roads had melted, and the ox-carts started heading to the County Town again. Gu Jiaojiao decided she wanted to make a trip to the County Town as well.

She discussed it with Leng Yuan.

"Honey, Sweet Girl and Xiao Yang still need some clothes. I want to go to the County Town today to get some fabric. I still have a few cotton ration tickets here, and I plan to use them all."

Leng Yuan didn’t ask many questions, letting Gu Jiaojiao make her own decision.

Gu Jiaojiao pouted, feigning indignation.

"Leng Yuan, why don’t you ask me why I’m helping Sweet Girl so much? Is it because you don’t care anymore? Love fades, doesn’t it?"

Leng Yuan knew she was about to act up again.

He put down his book, pulled his wife into his arms, and said patiently, "I have other ways to prove my love for you. Would you like me to demonstrate?"

Gu Jiaojiao: ...

’This damn man will never learn how to have a normal conversation.’

Annoyed, she pushed Leng Yuan away.

’I don’t want to talk to this person.’

Leng Yuan pinched Gu Jiaojiao’s cheek.

"You want to help Sweet Girl, isn’t it because my wife is beautiful and kind?"

Gu Jiaojiao pouted.

"Of course not."

Leng Yuan looked at her charming and delicate appearance. His eyes flickered, and his hand couldn’t help but slide down to her slender waist.

"Then why is it?"

Gu Jiaojiao didn’t say anything.

But the man always had his ways of making her talk. Gu Jiaojiao was being tickled.

She was extremely ticklish.

Under the tickling assault, she spilled everything.

Leng Yuan was also a little surprised. He hadn’t expected that Sweet Girl and Gu Jiaojiao had that kind of history. Looking at the little woman laughing in a heap in his arms, he kissed the spot between her eyebrows.

"There, there. Don’t move around, or you might not be able to go to the County Town in a little while."

Gu Jiaojiao was speechless again.

’He was the one tickling me, and now he’s blaming me for moving around. This damn man, he’s so unreasonable.’

Nevertheless, Gu Jiaojiao still shared her thoughts.

"Sweet Girl has a hard life. The fact that she found several dozen yuan and still returned it to me proves that she’s an honest and kind girl. Plus, she has a resilient character. If she’s nurtured properly, she’ll definitely turn out well in the future."

Gu Jiaojiao truly wanted to help her out.

As she said these words, she was resolute and earnest, as if she were glowing, leaving Leng Yuan a bit mesmerized.

In the end, it was Gu Jiaojiao who shook him, snapping Leng Yuan back to his senses. He smiled and said,

"You’re right."

"But the ration tickets you have probably aren’t enough. I’m going out for a bit. Wait here."

After speaking, he set Gu Jiaojiao down and turned to leave.

When Leng Yuan returned, he had a few more fabric ration tickets and some cotton ration tickets in his hand.

Leng Yuan gave them all to Gu Jiaojiao.

"Take these and buy a little extra. Make a couple of outfits for yourself, too."