A little bit of land was handed down from the ancestors of the Xu family. Xu Baihu was also a military household, and his life was pretty good in the area. The family had a small income, so he raised an old woman to do some cooking and cleaning.

When the sky turned white, the Xu family's old cook slowly prepared breakfast and knocked on the door of Chang Geng's study: "Master, Madam asked you if you would like to eat in her room."

Chang Geng was concentrating on writing the post. When he heard this, he paused in raising his pen and replied as usual: "No, she likes to be quiet, so I won't disturb her. Please tell my mother and say hello to her son."

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The old cook was not surprised by his reply. The daily questions and answers between mother and son were routine, nothing new.

It sounds strange, but logically speaking, Xu Baihu is just a stepfather, and Chang Geng and Xiu Niang are the biological mother and son. However, these biological mother and son only eat at the same table during the days when Xu Baihu is at home, and the morning and evening are set.

They pretended to be loving, filial, and happy. As soon as the male master left, they became more than strangers. No one talked to each other. They lived in the same courtyard. Chang Geng didn't even go to the main entrance and walked through the corner door every day.

If they run next door, mother and son may not be able to see each other for ten and a half days.

Even when Chang Geng suffered a serious illness that cost him half his life, Xiu Niang only looked at her with indifference, not caring whether her only son was dead or alive.

In the end, Mr. Sixteen took him away and took care of him closely.

The old cook always suspected that Chang Geng was not born to Xiu Niang, but just looking at their appearance, mother and son looked very similar, so they must be related by blood.

What's more, if it wasn't his biological child, why would Xiu Niang, a weak and weak woman like her, be living in a foreign country and not be able to protect herself? Why would she keep carrying that child with her?

It doesn't make sense at all.

After a while, the old cook brought a food box and said to Chang Geng: "The master will probably return to the city today. Madam asked the young master to come back early."

Chang Geng understood what she meant. When Xu Baihu came back, they had to pretend to be a loving mother and a filial son, so he nodded and said, "I understand."

His eyes fell on the food box. Suddenly, Chang Geng saw a long hair on the handle of the food box, and he immediately retracted his stretched out hand.

The old cook's hair has turned white. Naturally, this long black soft hair cannot be hers. Xu Baihu hasn't come back yet. There are three living people in the house, including the master and the servant. If it's not the cook's, then it's naturally Xiu's.

Damn it.

Chang Geng has a strange mysophobia - he only dislikes his own mother.

Next door, he could eat the leftovers from the bowl used by his adoptive father, but once he got home, he wouldn't touch anything Xiu Niang had touched.

The old cook knew about his weird temper, so she quickly and carefully took off the hair and said with a smile: "Madam accidentally dropped it on it. No one has touched this snack since it came out of the pot, don't worry."
Chapter completed!