Ye Ranxing, Choked by a Fishbone

Ye Ranxing Choking on a Fish Bone at Dusk

A grand family all-fish feast began in the middle of the spacious courtyard, beside the swaying Ginkgo Tree, amid laughter that echoed from time to time.

"Mother—"

Ye Ranxing tugged at my sleeve. Perhaps she was about to say something unlike her usual proud and prickly self, for the adorable little face wore a shy expression for the first time.

"Hm? Baby, what's wrong? Did you need Mother for something?" I slowly turned around and crouched down, casually pinching the little one's cheek.

Cool to the touch, and still a little soft and squishy.

No wonder Ye Qingxian always liked pinching other people's cheeks.

Next time, I'll pinch hers back!

Just as Ye Ranxing was about to speak, she first glanced at her elder sister farther away, then said into my ear in a voice neither loud nor quiet, "Why does everyone like eating fish? I don't really like fish. Isn't there anything else to eat? Braised pork is tastier than braised fish." She was truly terrible at lying; she might as well have written secret plotting in big letters across her face.

I smiled. "There is. Of course there is."

I still had some emergency rations in my storage space.

Under Ye Ranxing's watchful gaze, I spotted something that looked out of place and slowly raised my jade-like hand to straighten a hairpin on her head.

Ye Ranxing stared blankly.

She seemed not to have recovered her wits yet.

Just then, Ye Zhaoxuan also came over. "Younger Sister hasn't eaten much at all. Does she not like fish?"

In truth, she had been secretly watching her Younger Sister the entire time.

They had cooked fish before, but never like today, where the table held an all-fish feast made from different