When their "battle" ended, Li Chenmo cleaned up the battlefield as usual and bathed his wife. After they changed into their clothes, the two reappeared in the cabin.
At this moment, Li Chenmo looked refreshed with smiles on his face, while Lu Jueyu lay asleep on the inner side of the bed with her cheeks flushed.
Not long after he unlocked the cabin and draped a thin blanket over his wife, Father Li and Dong Li returned.
As they entered, Father Li eyed his son and guessed that his third daughter-in-law might have done something to coax him. He took his seat and asked with raised brows, "Have you calmed down?"
Clearing his throat, Li Chenmo nodded with a grin, "Mhmm."
Dong Li glanced at his father’s satisfied expression, then at his sleeping mother, and couldn’t help feeling sorry for her. It must be exhausting to deal with someone as clingy as his father.
Alas, his mother was the only one who could tame his father. Perhaps this was what people meant by a match made in heaven.
With his wife’s ’help’, Li Chenmo’s mood finally lifted, and the rest of the day was filled with smiles and laughter.
At the same time, in the capital, Bai Xue’er was as busy as a spinning top. After dropping her son off at school, she didn’t return home as usual but stayed in the school garden, chatting with the other mothers.
"Sister Bai, it’s rare to see you have time to chat with us," one of the women remarked sarcastically.
Bai Xue’er noticed the sarcasm in her tone but wasn’t offended. She smiled and replied good-naturedly, "Sister-in-law, I have something good to share with everyone. That’s why I made time to chat today."
Everyone knew how busy Bai Xue’er was due to her husband’s demanding work, so they nodded in understanding.
"Sister Bai, what good news do you have? Why not just tell us and stop keeping the suspense?" asked one of the mothers who had a good relationship with her.
Opening her bag, Bai Xue’er took out a jar of whitening cream, opened it, and said, "This is one of the things I wanted to show you."
Feeling curious, the woman leaned closer and asked, "Sister Bai, isn’t this just a whitening cream?"
Nodding at her words, Bai Xue’er replied, "It is, but this isn’t the kind sold in department stores. Look closely—can you tell the difference?"
The woman took a closer look at the jar, and then sniffed it. The moment she took a deep breath, she exclaimed in surprise, "Oh! This cream smells like peach and orange."
"Exactly," Bai Xue’er nodded with a smile.
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