"Mommy, you don't have to work this hard! We have plenty of people who can take care of the garbage bin for us." They also held the handles assisting their mother to drag it through the pavement. They could tell it was too heavy and their mother must be strong to drag this thing all by herself.
"It's okay, we can do these chores once in a while, you know! We need to exercise our limbs and move our bodies as much as we can. Let's say it's another simple form of exercising." She softly spoke up, gazing at the three adorable kids who were doing everything possible to ease her worries.
"But mommy, don't you think it's too heavy for a normal full garbage bin? This can't be normal momma!" Huo Zhihao immediately doubted, feeling the heaviness of the dustbin as its wheels heavily rolled through the pavement.
Before she could say anything, Huo Ting Cheng suddenly showed up at the intersection of the pavement way, she hadn't expected to see him standing there and was facing in their direction. Was he expecting to see her there?
"Weren't you working?" She profusely blushed. She was getting caught red-handed and didn't know how to explain these awkward situations. She had just knocked someone out and even cruelly stacked her in the dustbin.
How could Sixth Master Huo believe that she was still Tang Fei, the weak and lazy girl he had married? How could he believe it was that timid but stubborn woman he had married? Today, she had committed so many wrongs that almost gave her away.
She bowed her head, gazing at the pavement floor, feeling guilty and, at the same time, hiding her obvious actions from him.
"Daddy, Mommy just wants to take the garbage bin over to the entrance gate as it has begun to produce some odor, she doesn't plan on running away! It's an exercise we are doing!" Huo Zhihao was the first one to speak up for his mother.
He didn't want his father to falsely accuse their mother, wronging her for nothing! She wasn't doing anything wrong at the moment. She just wanted to take the dustbin out of the compound, and actually, Tang Fei hadn't thought that this newly acquired husband of hers would probably think like that, and that's the reason he showed up at the intersection.
Huo Ting Cheng immediately understood his son was standing up to his mother. He didn't care what she did to them, but to them, she would always be their mother and yearn for motherly love.
"Yes, Daddy, I don't think there's anything wrong with taking the dustbin out of the compound and dumping this garbage out into that track!" Huo Minghao seconded, also bowing her head and gazing at the pavement.
They wanted to protect their mother even though they felt guilty for lying to their father! If she truly did have plans of escaping by using the dustbin, then they would tag along. They didn't want to be left behind.
"I didn't plan on running away, I just want to leave this dustbin at the entrance gate for the garbage vehicle to collect!" She hurriedly nodded her head, siding with her kids, but some heavy, groaning voice sounded from the dustbin.
Everyone gazed over to the dustbin; Tang Fei froze for a minute, keeping her head bowed with anger! She should have shut her completely! Did this woman have to produce sounds now at this moment?
"You don't have to do that!" He squinted his eyes gazing at the kids and their mother's bowed heads while drawing circles on the pavement with their feet. Their little actions were in sync, and no one would doubt they were their mother's kids.
"You know, we can just watch the garbage bin overflow! We can do it by ourselves!" She knew Huo Ting Cheng still doubted her and maybe thought she was using the dustbin to try and escape.
'Tsk, how can a garbage bin overflow when they cleared yesterday? Every day the guards clear the dustbins; there is no way you can smell a rotten odor!' he inwardly snickered.
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"Huo Qi, come over and dump this garbage over there as I can see the garbage lorry! You all don't need to go outside, remember what we agreed upon." He called Huo Qi over who immediately rushed over and took the handle away from Tang Fei.
She wasn't done with this woman, but she heavily let go, her mouth full of vinegar while her lips pouted.
"Okay." she held the kids' hands strolling back into the mansion. With this guy's presence, she couldn't do anything.
"Mommy, where's that woman that you went out into the garden with?" Huo Fenghao was curious as she hadn't seen her after they went over to the garden.
"Oohh? That? She went home before I moved the garbage bin; since you were busy crying, you might have missed her passing by and going back home; what do you want to eat? I feel I can make something edible!" She ruffled their soft hair messing around with it before heading over to the kitchen.
"Anything momma..." Huo Zhihao has never tasted his mother's food thus, he could eat anything that was edible. And then, the kids have never been picky, they don't eat what they are allergic to.
"Me too momma, just anything that's edible so long as it's you who cooked it!" The other two echoed together in unison as they got over to the kitchen.
She picked them up and placed them on the countertop stools facing her to the kitchen before heading over to the walk-in fridge.
She picked up some fresh vegetables and brought them over to the countertop, "you can assist me in picking those vegetables up!" After giving them some wild vegetables to prepare, she went back into the fridge and got some beef and fresh noodles. This was the easiest and fastest meal to whip for themselves. It didn't require much procedure or time.
She turned the induction on and began frying the beef cubes while adding some spices and all the ingredients to sweeten it.
She turned around and noticed the kids were staring at the little basket containing the vegetables and immediately understood they might not have any knowledge when it came to the kitchen chores as the maids did everything and probably their father didn't allow them to get inside the kitchen.
They were afraid to say they didn't know what to do with the vegetables as it was something new to them. And if they spoke up, their mother would hate them for being useless and they couldn't help her.
"Sigh! When you don't know something, just ask, no one is born knowing! This is how you pluck these wild vegetables and remove these flowering things!" She picked up a sprout and showed them how it was supposed to be done, and following her guidance, they learned what was expected of them to do.
"Thank you, momma... You can watch over that!" They nudged her away after they learned what they needed to do.
She went back to preparing other dishes, "Are you allergic to anything? I don't want to mistakenly poison you three, your father won't pardon me!" She was very clear when it came to that man's heart, but at the same time, she couldn't blame him; she had been the one at fault all these years.
"No, Momma, we are just allergic to mango, and that's Huo Zhihao who is allergic to the mangoes, I'm allergic to mango, shrimp, and prawns just like Daddy and Huo Fenghao isn't allergic to anything else!" Huo Minghao politely responded explaining to her what they could have and what not so that nothing happens to them!
The kids had facial features that resembled their father, and Huo Zhihao was his mother's duplicate; the only person who seemed to be different was Huo Fenghao; she didn't resemble Huo Ting Cheng, and neither did she resemble Tang Fei.
Tang Fei thought there had always been a possibility of that occurring, so she didn't think much about it!
"Okay, I will make sure I remember that!" She became busy with her cooking while the kids got busy with preparing the vegetables. Huo Ting Cheng, who has been watching from the sidelines, walked away, seeing they were okay and getting along well.
Rebirth; I choose to love you for an Eternity my dear