" Please tell me he is not talking about me?" Mo Qiang did expect that Wen Gui must have kept some weird nickname for his daughter given how much he loved her but she still did not expect that the mer actually named this woman who was taller than him—— Baby Mochi.
" I am afraid that Daddy Gui is indeed talking about you, sister," Mo Xifeng stifled a laugh when she looked at the expression of her sister who was looking at the world with an unhappy stare that said——' Either you kill me or I die.'
But that expression only got even worse when Wen Gui rushed towards Mo Qiang and started rubbing his hands all over Mo Qiang's face and limbs as if he was bent on finding a toe or finger missing.
" What is the matter with her? Why is she so lacking lustre today? Did she trip or something?" He asked one question after another while Mo Xifeng opened her mouth to reply but it was not Mo Xifeng who answered instead it was Shao Hui who was limping down the stairs who spoke,
" She must have relapsed what else, sister in law must have dragged her out of the pub again." As he spoke his eyes were glaring daggers at Mo Qiang who raised a brow and snorted in her head, ' All right you punk when everyone drinks the water that I purified, you better not take a sip!'
" You are forgetting the favourability points again," reminded Little Jiao which made Mo Qiang's expression turn even more sour. What in the world was this? What kind of life was she even living? Why was it that this little cherry tomato could treat her like she was trash on the side of the street but she still had to suck up to him?
" This sucks," Mo Qiang let her thoughts known to little Jiao while she stared at her fussing father who was now glaring at Shao Hui.
" I don't smell any alcohol on her, don't speak nonsense Hui'er!" With that, he turned to look at Mo Qiang and went to check up on her again but was stopped by Mo Xifeng who finally seemed to have realised that Mo Qiang has enough harassment for today.
" Daddy Gui, Sister is completely safe, she is just having muscle pain because of the work she is doing on the land which you gave her," she told Wen Gui while taking Mo Qiang to the couch and laying her on the soft fabric where the latter groaned and rolled on the other side where she did not have to see anyone face anymore.
When Wen Gui heard that Mo Qiang was fine and was just tired he was even more upset, he trotted after Mo Xifeng and looked at the back of his daughter who was looking at the head of the couch.
" Qi Qi, I think there is no need for you to work so hard I mean…even if you do not work everything will be fine——"
" No it will not be fine," Mo Yan returned with the groceries of their family and heard the words of her husband, at first she was speechless but she did not even get a chance to remain speechless because she was worried that her husband will drag Mo Qiang back to her old path. "It's all right no matter what she is doing on the land, let her do it. Anyway, sweet pain is nothing to fear …she will not die."
Wen Gui stared at his wife wanting to say something to her but was again interrupted by Mo Xifeng who agreed with her mother and said, "That's right mother, I am afraid that this won't do…if sister does not work then our family will no longer have clean water."
Her words surprised everyone as they all turned to look at her.
"My God, you truly are sick are you not?" Wen Gui raised his hand and then placed it on Mo Qiang's forehead while keeping the other hand on his own forehead. " You are hallucinating."
Mo Xifeng looked at Wen Gui speechlessly even Mo Qiang rolled over from her small shell and then turned to look at her daddy.
' Oh so this guy doesn't have any trust in me either,' she thought in her head while looking at Wen Gui.
" … I am not hallucinating, Daddy Gui. Sister has awakened her powers which is why she can…" Mo Xifeng opened the large container that she brought with her and showed the crystal clear water that was filled to the brim. " She can purify water and make it drinkable."
Wen Gui and Mo Yan immediately peeked inside the water container together with Shao Hui who stared at the clear water with popping eyes, the three of them turned to look at Mo Qiang who was staring at them with narrowed eyes and Wen Gui ended up blurting out,
" My baby really did this…?"
Mo Qiang's eyes narrowed even more as she asked with a questioning voice, " What do you mean by that questioning tone, Daddy?"
" No, I mean …. It's not that I don't trust you…" Wen Gui blundered around while Mo Qiang stared at him with her eyes that were almost pinched.
[ Imagine Anya's expression when she gets suspicious.]
" Heh." Was all Mo Qiang said as she turned over and continued to look at the head of the couch ignoring the four people in the living room.
" No, my baby!" Wen Gui rushed to Mo Qiang as he crouched down on the carpeted floor and then nudged Mo Qiang as he tried to console the hurt Mo Qiang, " Daddy trusts you really very much … it's just that you are way past the awakening age and Daddy was surprised that all. It's not like that daddy does not trust you on this ."
Mo Qiang did not say anything instead she started singing, " I am sick of your fake love, oh this fake love."
" MY BABY! DADDY'S LOVE IS HUNDRED PERCENT PURER JUST LIKE GOLD!"
" There is no gold in this world, are you saying that your love for me is nonexistent, Daddy?"
" QI QI! NOOO!"
Mo Yan and Mo Xifeng: "..." you are making it worse Daddy/ Wen Gui.
While Wen Gui tried his best to coax Mo Qiang who was sulking, Shao Hui looked at the clear water in the container. In the past when he saw Mo Qiang grit her teeth and curse her fate for not being able to awaken, he secretly enjoyed that sight, in his eyes, it was retribution for making him and his brothers cry tears of blood.
But now, Mo Qiang awakened? And she awakened powers that were rarest among all? How can this be? !!
He refused to believe it! With that thought in his head, he looked at Mo Xifeng and asked in a soft yet firm voice, "Sister-in-law, are you really sure that this was something that was purified by her? I mean there is no way she can do something like this, after all, Qiang'er is way past the age where one can awaken."
Wen Gui paused in his coaxing as he turned to look at Shao Hui, he wanted to say something but he decided to ignore Shao Hui. Do not think that he had no idea what was going on in the head of these mers which was why he never liked them in the first place but his wife thought that they were pitiful and sometimes overlooked their actions.
' Even if you cannot trust them, you should trust Xifeng. She will never do anything that will disrespect her sister no matter what the situation.' This was what his wife told him and as much as he hated to admit it, he did trust Mo Xifeng more than the three mers after all Mo Xifeng was indebted to him for taking her in when her own father abandoned her in the streets and raising her!
Wen Gui turned to look at his daughter while leaving Shao Hui alone, he will let his wife and Mo Xifeng deal with him but for now, consoling Mo Qiang was his priority!
He continued to coax Mo Qiang who was feeling even worse with the taunt that Shao Hui threw her way. What was this? Why was everyone acting like this? She did something good, where was her praise damn it? Mo Qiang felt like she was once again back in her company where no one cared about her hard work and only knew how to complain without any bonus added!
And here she could not even say, ' I quit!'
" Qi Qi, do not listen to that little snarling cat, he is like that…come on, look at daddy, I have prepared chicken porridge for you today," Wen Gui saw that his daughter was not eating properly these days which was why he used some of his savings and then brought some rice and chicken for his daughter.
Sure enough, when he used food to lure Mo Qiang out of her shell, the latter turned over and looked at him with a blank look on her face and stretched out her hand before showing two fingers to her father.
" I want two bowls." She declared not giving the mer any chance to refuse.
" Sure, Sure…you can eat as much as you want." Wen Gui was happy when he heard that Mo Qiang was willing to talk to him but then he heard Shao Hui say, " You must be the one who awakened this power, sister-in-law! There is no need for you to lie for Qiang!"
" You little——" Wen Gui felt his patience snap as he whipped his head to glare at Wen Gui but he was interrupted by Mo Xifeng who shook her head and very honestly said, " No, brother-in-law Hui. This is something that sister Qiang did on her own, I will not lie about something like this."
Shao Hui heard Mo Xifeng's words and bit his lips before turning to look at Mo Qiang who was sitting on the couch with Wen Gui holding her hands, his eyes turned red as he shook his head violently and exclaimed, " I am never going to drink this water! Never!"
With that, he turned around and ran out while picking up his mask that was sitting on the cabinet next to the door.
" Fine! Don't drink it!" Wen Gui was not the cruel father-in-law who bullied his sons-in-law but sometimes enough was enough, his daughter was changing her way and also awakened her powers and yet this mer was talking to her like this, how can he not be upset?
" Gui Gui, calm down," Mo Yan knew that her husband was upset with his sons-in-law who were more close to Mo Xifeng than Mo Qiang but the thing was that Mo Qiang was not as innocent either. She walked towards her husband and then patted him on the shoulder as she softly coaxed him, " You need to understand that Hui'er is not in the wrong either, he lost almost everything."
When Wen Gui remembered that his daughter had caused Shao Hui's dream to break into pieces, half of his anger vanished in an instant. He knew that if he was in the shoes of Shao Hui, he too would have never been able to forgive Mo Qiang easily either which was why he sighed and did not speak.
However, his scream caused Yin Fu and Xie Jie to come down from the second floor as they looked at the tense atmosphere in the living room.
" What happened?" Yin Fu asked with a polite voice, he firmly believed that his in-laws had no idea what was going on in his head or the others. Thus, he continued to act as an understanding son-in-law.
Wen Gui looked at Yin Fu and then shook his head before excusing himself, leaving Mo Yan with her daughters and sons-in-law. Since his wife was the one who wanted to act like they were blind, she should also be the one who should be putting up with this act.
Yin Fu did not know that Wen Gui had some suspicions towards him instead he thought that his father-in-law simply disliked him like every other father-in-law.
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