Chapter 320 - 310: Doubt
"Does it really hurt?" Mother Mi immediately let go and leaned in to look, noticing that Old Mi’s ear had indeed started to turn a bit red. She couldn’t help but feel a bit guilty; it had been too long since she had used her strength, and she had lost control of it. Clearly, she needed more practice.
"Next time I’ll be careful," she promised.
"There’s a next time?" Old Mi rubbed his ear and grimaced softly, muttering, "If there’s a next time, wouldn’t that be the end of me?"
"If you behave, there won’t be a next time," Mother Mi comforted, patting Old Mi as she said with a smile.
The speed of her change in expression and her perfunctory tone made Old Mi seriously doubt her words, especially when he couldn’t help but shudder upon hearing Mother Mi hum happily, "Dispel the sunlight to see the sun, how broad the revolutionary road is." He couldn’t help but cry and laugh, thinking that his wife’s choice of singing "Farmers Turn Over, Sing the Song" was indeed quite apt for the situation.
"Hurry up, is there something you still haven’t told me?" Mother Mi hadn’t forgotten her earlier suspicion and didn’t allow Old Mi to gloss over it.
Left with no choice, Old Mi recounted his conversation with Shitou in detail to Mother Mi, then said, "I didn’t actually distrust you before, nor did I dare to disdain you. It’s just that I thought it was better to avoid making a fuss over unnecessary matters. It would only mean one more person worrying for no good reason."
"Comrade Pei’s wife is that impressive? Just from eating our duck once, she could figure out our secret recipe?" Mother Mi’s face became serious, her disbelief evident. To her, such a thing was simply unimaginable.