Turning Antagonist to Protagonist: He is Both Soft and Fierce-Chapter 215 - 210: Between My Little Uncle and Others, Of Course I Choose to Soothe My Little Uncle
Upon hearing this, Lin Qiao looked at him, "Did you eat something bad? Or what?"
"Just feeling a bit uncomfortable." Song Tingfan twisted the corner of his clothes.
"Then let me take you to see a doctor."
Lin Qiao had no choice but to apologize to Tie Dan, "Tie Dan, I’m taking Tingfan to see a doctor, sorry about that. Next time you come to the shop, I’ll treat you to cake."
As soon as he heard there would be cake, Tie Dan no longer worried about why Song Tingfan, who had run so fast earlier, was feeling unwell. He nodded happily, "Alright, I’ll come by tomorrow at noon."
"Sure, bring your sister-in-law too." Lin Qiao said no more and prepared to take Song Tingfan to the pharmacy.
"Sis, it doesn’t hurt much now." Song Tingfan was afraid to go to the pharmacy, as his sister-in-law would know he’d been lying.
Then she wouldn’t care about him anymore.
Lin Qiao never thought he was lying; in her heart, he definitely wouldn’t lie. Even if he lied, she would be able to tell.
But she didn’t, "Even if it doesn’t hurt, let’s get it checked, just to be safe."
"Sis, no need, I’ll just sit for a while and I’ll be fine."
He insisted on not going, and Lin Qiao had no choice but to return to the shop and forcibly made him rest on the attic.
Song Tingfan wasn’t really in pain; he wanted to help his sister-in-law cook, "Sis, I’m not in pain anymore." As he spoke, he was about to get up.
Lin Qiao thought he was pushing himself, knocked on his forehead, and said with a slightly stern face, "If you don’t listen, you’ll get hit. Lie down and have a good sleep. I’ll bring you food later."
Song Tingfan obediently murmured an "Oh" and lay down.
Like a little white rabbit, soft and adorable.
Lin Qiao couldn’t help but smile, then tucked him in with a quilt before heading downstairs to cook.
She didn’t know how much time had passed, but the sky outside was pitch black, and a cool breeze blew in through the open window.
The woman placed dishes in the boy’s bowl, and the boy sneaked a glance at her, feeling a little something extra in his heart.
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The next day
From the moment he returned yesterday, Zhou Tiedan remembered that Lin Qiao had invited him to eat cake at noon. As soon as noon arrived, he grabbed Song Tingfan, who was trying to run, "Tingfan, I’ll go back with you. Your sister-in-law invited me to eat cake."
Song Tingfan didn’t want to bring him back to the shop, didn’t want him lingering around his sister-in-law. Yesterday his sister-in-law even complimented him for looking a bit fairer.
He said stiffly, "I’ll bring some for you."
"No need to trouble you, heh heh, I’ll go with you. Your sister-in-law is sure to make something good." Zhou Tiedan followed closely behind him, acting as if he’d go everywhere he went.
At the doorway, Mrs. Xue saw Zhou Tiedan dragging Song Tingfan away, and quickly followed, "Tie Dan, where are you going!"
"Tingfan’s sister-in-law said she would treat us to cake. Sister, hurry up, otherwise, Tingfan will run away." Zhou Tiedan reminded his food-loving sister-in-law.
Mrs. Xue had long heard that Widow Song had opened a shop in town selling cakes, and business was quite good. Her father-in-law bought once, and with just one each, they were all gone.
She craved it for many days.
She thick-skinned followed them.
With her presence, Song Tingfan’s pace slowed down greatly; he didn’t like Zhou Tiedan, but Zhou Tiedan’s sister-in-law was quite nice, she even gave him food once.
At the entrance of the shop, before Song Tingfan could call out, Zhou Tiedan called, "Sister-in-law."
Lin Qiao was busy, upon hearing, she looked up, and hurriedly greeted, "Tie Dan, Madam Zhou, come in and sit."
"Okay." Zhou Tiedan nodded and went in without hesitation, his mouth watering at the sight of cakes and cold noodles.
Although Mrs. Xue was drooling, as an adult, she felt a bit embarrassed, "Tingfan’s sister-in-law, sorry for the disturbance."
"Not at all, I invited Tie Dan, after all. I intended to invite you all for a meal for a long time but have been busy."
After receiving payment for the cold noodles, Lin Qiao took a plate and picked out seven or eight pieces of cake to put in front of them.
Seeing the glow in Zhou Tiedan’s eyes, but he didn’t reach for one, she smiled, "Didn’t you say you wanted to eat cake? Go ahead, I won’t charge for them."
"Thanks, sister-in-law."
His grandpa had said, unless invited to eat, you shouldn’t eat. When Zhou Tiedan heard her say he could eat, he took a piece and first gave it to his sister-in-law before eating one himself.
After finishing one piece, just as he was about to take a second one, he saw his sister-in-law still eating her first half and, straightforwardly said, "Sis, why are you eating so slow this time? Didn’t you gobble up one whole last time?"
Mrs. Xue: "..."
Luckily, she had thick skin and didn’t blush.
Lin Qiao held back her laughter and welcomed Mrs. Xue, "Please eat, Madam Zhou, don’t be shy."
After saying that, she brought cold noodles for the two and added, "Didn’t buy a lot of ingredients today, so please make do, and someday I’ll have you over for a proper meal when visiting the village."
Mrs. Xue quickly shook her hand, "No need, this is already great, you shouldn’t mind us, go ahead with your work."
Meanwhile, three or four more customers entered the shop.
Today, Li Guifen had something in the morning so couldn’t come, making it a bit hectic, Lin Qiao nodded, got up to prepare the cold noodles.
From the moment of returning till now, his sister-in-law hadn’t called him "little uncle", Song Tingfan tightly pressed his lips together, put away his book bag, and quietly bowed his head to wash the dishes.
After a while, a shadow cast over him, a gentle voice, "Little Uncle, stop washing, there are two meat pies on the attic, eat them while they’re hot, and I’ll make you more later."
She had forgotten that she’d told Zhou Tiedan they could come for food at noon yesterday, so only bought two meat pies.
Well, if it came to choosing between Little Uncle and anyone else, she’d of course pamper Little Uncle.
So his sister-in-law remembered him, Song Tingfan’s eyes slightly widened, then grinned foolishly, "I’ll wait to eat with sister-in-law."
"Alright." Lin Qiao said nothing, noticing his sleeve was coming undone, naturally rolled it up for him.
With her nearing presence, Song Tingfan instinctively dared not take a deep breath, quickly glanced at her side profile, his sister-in-law looked prettier with each passing glance.
Prettier than Zhou Tiedan’s sister-in-law by a long shot.
Good thing Zhou Tiedan didn’t know he thought this way, otherwise, he’d sulk, unable to argue.
A quarter of an hour later, having finished his cold noodles, Zhou Tiedan was full but still craved more, casting a side glance at Mrs. Xue who was still eating, he pushed his empty bowl over, "Sis, can you get me some more with your chopsticks?"
If not for being outside, Mrs. Xue would have quickly finished hers; hearing him, she instinctively covered her bowl, "This is mine."
It seemed Zhou Tiedan was accustomed to her food-guarding ways, he grumbled discontentedly, "Sister-in-law, you’re like a pig, eat more and my brother won’t want you as a wife anymore."
Mrs. Xue: "..."
She wasn’t mad, "Even if not, I won’t give you."
In fact, she knew her man wouldn’t dare, or else the father-in-law would kill him.
Zhou Tiedan: "..."
He fumbled, not knowing what to say after a while, in the ending took the empty bowl to Lin Qiao, a bit embarrassed, "Sister-in-law, I’d like some more."
"Sure, I’ll fix it up right away for you."
Lin Qiao took his bowl, and was about to prepare when a large hand took it away, a boy’s stiff voice, "I’ll fix it for him."
Anyone with a keen sense would know he wasn’t happy, but Zhou Tiedan couldn’t see it, he just chuckled, "Thanks, Tingfan, give me an extra helping."
The last sentence was a bit quieter.
Seeing him fixing it, Lin Qiao didn’t linger, went about with her other tasks.
She didn’t hear Song Tingfan sternly tell Zhou Tiedan, "I’ll give you an extra helping, but you can’t bother my sister-in-law anymore in the future."
