"Don't listen to Zero. I was very well-behaved as a kid. One look from your dad, and I wouldn't dare watch TV... Official Website"
Hearing this, the little girl gave her aunt a doubtful once-over.
Was that true? Was Dad really that scary?
But she'd never felt that way.
Mom, on the other hand, only had to give her a look, and she'd behave.
When Dad got mad, he'd at most pretend to smack her little bottom. Mom was different—she really would smack her, and it hurt a lot.
Just then, before Li Xuanyu had even come downstairs, her voice rang out from below.
Her voice came before she did.
"Du Du, it's time to stop watching TV. Turn it off."
The little girl pouted, reluctantly picked up the Remote Control, and pressed the red button.
"Okay, Mom."
Li Xuanyu came downstairs in her slippers and froze when she saw Mo Xiaoxue in her Camouflage Uniform.
"You're back?"
"I'm back, Sister-in-law."
"It's been pouring today. You didn't get soaked, did you? Go take a hot shower so you don't catch a cold and feel miserable."
As she spoke, Li Xuanyu called out loudly, "Auntie Mei, make Candy a bowl of ginger water to warm her up."
"Sure thing, madam."
Mo Xiaoxue opened her mouth to say there was no need, but swallowed the words before they came out.
It felt nice to have someone care about her.
"Got it, Sister-in-law. I'll go take a shower."
"Mm-hmm. Go on."
Watching Candy's retreating figure, Li Xuanyu's face filled with concern.
She'd gotten so dark in just a week. She looked like a different person.
It would take at least two or three months for her skin to get back to how fair and soft it had been. It was almost impossible otherwise.