Having found a demon, I've decided to raise her.

What about this year?

"What do you mean, how do you say it?"

"It's almost a holiday, so... what did your workplace say?"

"The company can't say, the guild can."

"Okay, they're all the same, really."

"Actually, it's different," the woman glanced at him and shook her head.

She said—

"Give us some fruit, but there's no way we'll have mooncakes anymore, they're long gone."

"I quite like eating it."

"How many can you eat? So many people send mooncakes every year, you can never finish them all."

"If you can't finish it, you can give it to someone else; it's a token of your appreciation."

The man stopped talking after that.

The woman smiled slightly, knowing what he really wanted to say, but she deliberately didn't bring it up. After all these years, she still had the man completely under her thumb.

The man turned to look at the computer screen and said, seemingly casually, but somewhat stiffly—

"Mid-Autumn Festival... I wonder if Xiaoxiao will come back..."

"She said she'll come back, and I'll tidy up their room then."

"Their rooms... are they really that big, yet they still have to share one room?"

"Let's clean one room first. We don't know if Mingming will come back. If she does, isn't it normal for the siblings to sleep in one room? There are two beds in the room."

"..."

The man scratched his head, then calmly uttered a terrifying statement—

"But Xiaoxiao isn't our biological daughter, isn't this a bit..."

"It's alright, neither of them knows they're not related by blood, don't worry."

"Huh? Wait a minute? What's going on?"

The man stared wide-eyed at the woman and said—

"You haven't told Xiaoxiao about this yet?"

"Why bring it up? If we do, we might feel like we're not our biological children, and that could lead to depression."

The woman spoke of Huang Miantang, and her smile made it impossible for the man to see through her act. However, due to his years of experience, the man always felt that she had a sense of anticipation for a good show.

The man said with some worry—

"It might be a bit troublesome to say it... Xiaoxiao likes Mingming, right...?"

How could the family not notice something so obvious? But deliberately separating the two would be like burying their heads in the sand. Fortunately, nothing happened.

If others knew about this, they might think their family had a child bride or something, which would be quite troublesome. But in fact, it was the other way around; Chen Ming was being targeted by his sister.

The woman shrugged.

The man sighed and decided not to think about it anymore. Maybe Xiaoxiao would give up now that he had found a wife.

He said—

"So, is Chen Ming coming back for the Mid-Autumn Festival? Humph, he can't earn a living outside, so he'll still come back..."

No.

The woman interrupted him and said—

"No message was given."

"..."

The man froze for a moment, then remained silent for a while, gritted his teeth, and said—

"Hmph, raising a son is worse than raising a piece of barbecued pork. He runs away and never comes back. He might as well die out there."

"..."

The woman thought it was really disgusting for a grown man to be so arrogant... Of course, she herself thought it was cute.

The man tentatively said—

"Didn't he secretly ask you to give him living expenses?"

"No."

"Really?"

"I haven't contacted him for almost two months."

"...What kind of mother are you? You don't even care about your son."

"..."

She'd said before that her son wasn't as good as barbecued pork? She smiled, looking at her husband. In matters of the heart, the more you care, the more passive you become.

It's quite amusing to see how he can't stay calm when it comes to his son.

The woman said—

"Children and grandchildren have their own lives to live. It's alright if they don't come back. Or is it that you... miss your son?"

"Think...think my ass!"

The man, as if insulted, said—

"If he doesn't want to come back, fine. Who cares about him? Who is he? Is he some kind of treasure?"

You pamper him more than any treasure.

The woman silently complained to herself.

He was too stubborn about his son's future, and his son's personality was just like his, so conflicts were inevitable.

She glanced at the man who couldn't bring himself to do it.

I looked again at the cigarette butts in the ashtray.

She smiled and said—

"I originally wanted Xiaoxiao to ask about our son, but it was too much trouble, I didn't want to make the call, cough cough."

"..."

The man glanced at her silently.

He scoffed dismissively. Did they think they could make a grown man quit smoking?

He shook his head.

Put out the cigarette that you just lit...

For the sake of my son...

Chapter 129 The Angel Wakes Up in Bed

Chen Ming wondered if he had gone a bit too far.

Regardless of the circumstances, taking advantage of a girl like that is still a bit unacceptable; it was done in a moment of impulse...

It seems that after becoming close to Lucifer, I've found it harder to maintain appropriate boundaries with girls.

Having experienced close proximity, everything else seems like normal social interaction.

He is reflecting on his actions.

I glanced at Dongyi sitting in the store. She sometimes comes out of the store to play on her phone, since the store has air conditioning, while she only turns on the air conditioning at home when she sleeps at night.

Dongyi noticed his gaze, gently turned her head away, and buried herself in her phone again.

It was a little awkward.

Dong Yi was very easygoing and didn't pay much attention to her image in front of him. Chen Ming often didn't treat her like a girl... or rather, he deliberately took advantage of her because of that.

Honestly, drawing something on a girl's thigh is basically evidence that he's taking advantage of her. Who would believe you if you said it was just a prank?

They had ulterior motives from the start; they were definitely not innocent.

Lucifer watched the two of them, who seemed like a young couple having a tantrum. She smiled, grabbed Chen Ming who was passing by, and said—

"Actually, Dongyi shouldn't be angry."

"Uh, is it?"

"Why don't you make her something nice to eat?"

"I know, just give her some more beans, and that should be enough."

Chen Ming smiled. They'd lived together for quite a while now, so he knew what Dongyi liked and how to please him. He thought for a moment and said—

"I bought some sago pearls online before, I'll cook them in coconut milk for her."

"Sago? What's that? Master, I don't think I've ever eaten it before."

Upon hearing that there was something delicious to eat, Cerberus opened his red eyes wide and excitedly ran back from outside, looking at Chen Ming with eager eyes.

Chen Ming patted her head, looked at her cute squinting eyes, and smiled as he said—

"You've already had some. They also have it at milk tea shops, sago."

When walking the dog, Chen Ming also gave Cerberus milk tea. Sometimes Chen Ming would be craving it, but he couldn't drink that much, so he would drink a little and then give it to Cerberus.

Well... she didn't really mind that Chen Ming had drunk from it, and often she would snatch food from Chen Ming's mouth.

Although it was called robbery, he was actually looking up at you with pleading eyes the whole time, using those big, moist eyes to make Chen Ming surrender.

Being cute is a weapon too.

Sometimes Chen Ming wanted to eat something by himself, trying to sneak it away from the dog so she wouldn't see. But even when he hid in the bathroom, the dog's ears would detect him as soon as he opened the snack bag, and she'd run to the bathroom door and scratch at it...

"Master, master, master, what are you eating?"