Chapter 36: Chapter 36: She Just Wanted to Eat One

The Yu family and the Gu family were neighbors, but the relationship between Chen Qiaoqin and Qin Yuelan wasn’t all that close.

Between people, the biggest taboo is to speak too deeply when the relationship is shallow, and even more so to overstep boundaries and meddle in others’ affairs.

If you’re not family or close friends and you try to interfere in someone else’s household matters, you might not get gratitude—in fact, you’re more likely to get resentment.

Chen Qiaoqin leaned in close to Gu Mo’s face and examined him carefully. “Silly baby, does it still hurt? Do you want me to put some more ointment on it?”

Gu Mo shook his head. “No, I don’t want any.”

Chen Qiaoqin didn’t insist. The ointment didn’t smell good, and it had to be applied to the face. Since Gu Mo didn’t want it, she let it go.

Yu Nuannuan had already thought Gu Mo was a pitiful little thing, and seeing him like this now, she felt even sorrier for him.

What kind of fate is this!

She wondered when he would finally fight back.

But looking at Gu Mo’s chubby little toddler body, Yu Nuannuan figured it would probably be a few years before he could.

Before the apocalypse, whenever Yu Nuannuan was upset, she would treat herself to something she wanted to eat, something tasty, and her mood would improve.

Thinking of how Gu Mo ate yesterday, Yu Nuannuan felt he might benefit from the same method.

Yu Nuannuan wanted to remind Chen Qiaoqin to bring out the strawberries, but she still couldn’t speak.

Anxious, she couldn’t sit still and ended up toppling sideways onto the bed.

It didn’t hurt, but something was poking her face.

Yu Nuannuan shifted her face to the side and looked up, only to see a slightly shriveled ground cherry (physalis fruit).

Wasn’t this the ground cherry Yu Gang had given her before?!

She’d always thought Yu Hai had eaten it—how did it end up here?

Though she was puzzled, Yu Nuannuan still reached out and picked up the ground cherry. She used her little fingernail to peel off the skin, letting the jammy pulp and seeds flow onto her hand.

The moment she touched it, countless seeds suddenly sprouted. Leaves and stems grew rapidly, and before Chen Qiaoqin could react, Yu Nuannuan and Gu Mo were already tangled up in the foliage.

Chen Qiaoqin: “???!!! Nuannuan! Silly baby!”

She cried out in alarm and hurried over to pull away the vines.

First, she saw Yu Nuannuan’s little face, beaming with a smile, and then she saw Gu Mo, who had just picked a ground cherry and was about to peel and eat it.

So she’d been worried for nothing!

These two little ones didn’t know the meaning of fear—one was having fun, the other was happily eating.

The ground cherry plant wasn’t as delicate as a strawberry; it could grow taller than Gu Mo.

And since so many plants had sprouted at once, the vines spread from the bed all the way down to the floor.

Chen Qiaoqin was a bit flustered by the scene. She didn’t know whether she should first carry Yu Nuannuan and Gu Mo out, or rush to close the door in case Yu Wei and the others suddenly came in.

After a moment’s hesitation, she decided to close the door first.

Yu Nuannuan and Gu Mo clearly weren’t scared, but if Yu Wei and the others barged in right now, who knew if they’d be frightened.

After closing the door and coming back, Chen Qiaoqin was still at a loss as she looked at the bed and floor covered in ground cherry plants.

She watched as Gu Mo finished one fruit and reached for a second, and Yu Nuannuan also got up and reached for a ground cherry. Chen Qiaoqin rushed over and scooped Yu Nuannuan up.

“Good girl, Nuannuan, that’s enough! We don’t even know what to do with all these yet! You can’t make any more appear!”

Yu Nuannuan pouted. She just wanted to eat one!"

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