Chapter 633 - 336: To Go or Not to Go_2
Old Man Xue was extremely particular about the word "eat," but he didn’t pay as much attention to other things. When evening fell, he followed Wang Zhanrui and Master Tan to rest in the Zhenwei Garden. Hua Xiaomai instructed Qing You and the others to tidy up the garden, and she too returned home with Meng Yuhuai.
Meng’s mother had been walking back and forth in the front courtyard, holding little Walnut, desperately waiting for their return. As soon as they arrived, she immediately started scolding them nonstop.
"Can’t you be a bit more responsible?"
Without waiting for a reply, she thrust little Walnut into Hua Xiaomai’s arms, her face scowling, "Go to the village and ask around; which mother neglects her child like you do? Your son is such a handful; usually, you’re the one who soothes him to sleep. Today, in my care, no matter what, he wouldn’t listen, he made all kinds of trouble. I truly didn’t know what to do! I also don’t understand; he’s so young, how does he already recognize people?"
Oddly enough, just before Hua Xiaomai and Meng Yuhuai stepped through the door, little Walnut had been crying his lungs out, his little face turning bright red. As soon as he was in Hua Xiaomai’s arms, he immediately quieted down, still with tears on his cheeks. His cries had stopped, only occasionally sobbing softly.
Hua Xiaomai knew she had lingered too late today and felt quite sorry, so she didn’t retort and let her go on until she had said enough. Then she carried little Walnut back to the room in the backyard.
After lighting the lamp, the room suddenly bathed in a warm glow, casting large shadows of various things on the wall, superimposed one over another, flickering and floating.
Little Walnut stopped crying, curled up into a tiny bundle like a chubby little bun, and unconsciously pulled Hua Xiaomai’s fingers toward him. He gripped them tightly and refused to let go, as if only by doing so could he feel secure.
Holding him, Hua Xiaomai sat on the edge of the bed and looked down at him for a while before suddenly sighing.
"Is it just about the Eight Treasures Conference?"
She lowered her head and touched little Walnut’s cheek, "What’s so great about it? If we don’t go, we don’t go. Who asked for a little troublemaker like you? Without me, you refuse to sleep properly. How can I leave you at home alone?"
"Why not take him along?" Meng Yuhuai said, pushing the door open and smiling at her.