Xiao Jingsheng feigned helplessness and sighed. "So, she insisted on stuffing the rabbit into my hands. What else could I do but obediently take it?"
"You? Obedient?"
Lin Xiuying coughed and shot him a sidelong glance. "I'm warning you, you absolutely must not hit girls. Otherwise, I'll make you regret it."
"Mom, when have you ever seen me hit a girl? Even when it comes to men, I can't be bothered."
Xiao Jingsheng wore a look of contempt.
If those lowlifes hadn't insisted on running up to get beaten, he would have considered it a waste of time.
With that energy, he might as well spend more time roaming the mountains and bring back some meat to nourish his mother.
Lin Xiuying looked at the two gray-and-white rabbits on the ground. "We should still return these rabbits. Xiao Qiao and her mother have it hard enough."
"Mom, I'll pay her back double in the future. Let's keep the meat for now. Besides, she won't accept it if we return it. If we take it back now, someone else in the village might see us, and that wouldn't be good for her family."
His mother hadn't had meat in nearly a month.
If not for that, he really wouldn't have taken a young woman's rabbits.
"But..." Lin Xiuying hesitated.
She still felt that taking advantage of someone like this was wrong.
Although life was better than it had been a few years ago, meat was still a rare luxury.
Xiao Jingsheng hurriedly smacked his lips twice and looked at her beseechingly. "Mom, I haven't eaten meat in a long time."
She looked down at the rabbits on the ground, then at her imploring son. Lin Xiuying let out a heavy sigh.
"Alas, it's all because I'm useless. My health is so