The young mistress, a new mother, fumbled around for half a day, just like the original owner in her memory, before finally cleaning up the two cubs who had vomited all over the place.
After changing into clean clothes and wiping their little faces, the two identical cubs sat side by side on the chairs, eagerly watching the busy figure in the kitchen.
Yuan Xiaoxuan unclenched his small fist that he had been holding for a long time and let out a breath.
Great, Mommy is okay. Just now when he touched Mommy's body, it felt so cold, and there was no breath from her nose! He had seen someone like this on TV before. On TV, they said that meant the person was dead.
Dead meant that the person would never wake up again and would be thrown into the furnace to be burned.
Although Mommy was sometimes very fierce to them and often spanked their little bottoms, he still didn't want Mommy to die.
"Brother, is Mommy going to cook for us?" Yuan Xiaoxu rubbed his little belly and tugged at his brother's little hand.
Yuan Xiaoxuan nodded. "Yes, she is."
Then he leaned over to his brother's ear and whispered, "Brother, from now on, we should be good and not make Mommy angry anymore, okay? If we're not good, Mommy will die, and then she won't be able to cook for us anymore."
Yuan Xiaoxu obviously didn't know what "dead" meant, but thinking that no one would cook for him anymore, he pursed his lips and was about to cry.
Yuan Xiaoxuan glared at him, and Yuan Xiaoxu said aggrievedly, "Okay... Xiaoxu will be good."
The two cubs didn't know that at this moment, in the kitchen, Xu Zixi was facing another problem.
It seemed that the original owner had been intent on suicide, for there was no food in the refrigerator, but there were many sleeping pills. Xu Zixi showed a look of disgust and took all the sleeping pills out of the refrigerator.
Yuan Xiaoxuan's face changed. He immediately jumped off the chair and rushed over. "Mommy! Mommy! You can't eat that!"
Before Xu Zixi could react, she was bumped back two steps by Yuan Xiaoxuan, and the sleeping pills in her arms fell to the ground.
"Wow! So many candies!" Yuan Xiaoxu thought they were some kind of candies and picked them up curiously.
"Brother, they're not candies. You can't eat them!" Yuan Xiaoxuan was so anxious that he was about to cry.
He remembered that Mommy had almost died after taking these yesterday!
Xu Zixi looked at Yuan Xiaoxuan in surprise. She took the sleeping pills from Yuan Xiaoxu's hand and neatly threw them into the trash can.
"That's right. You can't eat this casually," she said, tapping Yuan Xiaoxuan on the forehead. "This is only for when you're sick. Does Xiaoxu want to go to the hospital to get a shot in the bottom?"
Yuan Xiaoxu immediately shook his head and hid behind his brother, looking scared. "No, Xiaoxu doesn't want a shot in the bottom or a spanking. Mommy, Xiaoxu will be good. Don't spank Xiaoxu."
Miss Xu would never spank her cubs. She showed a polite smile and took the two cubs by the hand. "Alright, Mommy doesn't plan to cook today. Let's go out to eat."
Yuan Xiaoxu immediately perked up, but he also remembered that Yuan Xi had never taken them out before. She thought their existence made her lose face in front of others.
"But... Mommy said that Xiaoxu and brother are bad luck stars. If Xiaoxu and brother go out, Mommy will spank us."
...
The young mistress took a deep breath, tightened her grip on the two cubs' hands, and said, "That won't happen anymore. Mommy... will definitely lead you to a good life and make you the most envied babies."
Sitting around waiting for death and complaining were not Xu Zixi's style.
Since she had become Yuan Xi and had two cubs without any memory of giving birth, they were under her protection. There was no reason for them to be wronged!
But the first thing to do now was to fill her and the cubs' stomachs.
However, after going out, Xu Zixi found a very real problem.
She had just checked. Yuan Xi didn't have much money in her bank account. The cash plus the money in the passbook only amounted to a little over a thousand. This amount of money was not even enough for Miss Xu to buy a glass of juice in the past, but in the current situation, there was no room for them to squander.
Moreover...
She looked down at the phone she had taken out from under the bed. The screen was completely shattered, and the body was distorted. She let out a heavy sigh.
Even the phone was broken. It was really adding insult to injury.
There was no other way. Xu Zixi, who had originally been full of ambition to take the cubs out for a good meal, finally had to go to the supermarket dejectedly. She bought some ingredients and went home to cook by herself.
Although Xu Zixi was the daughter of a top - tier wealthy family in Beijing in her previous life, she was not a delicate girl who never did any housework. Because her grandfather was in poor health, she had apprenticed under the well - known five - star Michelin chef Jones in Beijing and cooked nutritious meals for her grandfather herself. Her cooking skills were at the master level in any restaurant.
Cooking for the two cubs was just a piece of cake.
The smooth egg custard exuded a rich milk aroma, with toasted white sesame seeds sprinkled on top. The clear honey made the egg custard in the transparent container look as Q - elastic and delicious as pudding.
The five small yellow croakers were fried until golden on both sides. After being boiled in the high - grade soup, they slowly exuded white juice. There was not a trace of fishy smell in the air, only a strong fragrance.
The vegetables were cooked to perfection. Their color was bright green, making people drool.
Yuan Xiaoxu had never smelled such delicious food before. As soon as the food was served on the table, he couldn't wait to scoop up the egg custard and put it into his mouth. With just one bite, he almost swallowed the spoon.
"Delicious! Wow, so delicious!"
Yuan Xiaoxuan was calmer than him, but he also ate faster than usual.
However, Xu Zixi was not very satisfied.
In Xu Zixi's eyes, who was used to delicious delicacies, the food from the nearby supermarket was of the lowest quality. In the past, the ingredients that could appear on her table had to be...
Forget it. She couldn't recall the past.
All in all, it was because of poverty.
When had Miss Xu ever suffered such grievances?
No, she must get back this breath as soon as possible. She had never been wronged in her life, and she wouldn't bear the grievances of others either!
When Xu Zixi came back to her senses, the food on the table had been wiped out, and the two little cubs had round bellies.
This dinner made the two cubs extremely happy, but... Yuan Xiaoxuan carefully glanced at Xu Zixi. Before she could say anything, he obediently jumped off the chair, stood on tiptoe, and picked up the tableware on the table with his two short hands. He walked unsteadily towards the kitchen.
"Mommy worked hard cooking. Xuanxuan is good. Xuanxuan will wash the dishes."
Xu Zixi was stunned. He would wash the dishes? How could he? He was only three years old!
Then she learned from the original owner's memory that this was not the first time Yuan Xiaoxuan had washed the dishes.
The original owner's emotions were extremely unstable. One time, after dinner, she hid in the room and cried while holding the photo of her and Yan Zhen. After venting her emotions, she came out and found the dining table in a mess. Then she started beating and scolding the two cubs. After that, afraid of making the original owner angry again, the two cubs had learned to do housework by themselves.
Xu Zixi felt a complex mix of emotions. She quickly stepped forward and took the tableware from Yuan Xiaoxuan's hands.
"You don't need to wash them!"
Yuan Xiaoxuan was startled. A look of fear flashed across his face. Xu Zixi realized that he was afraid of her, so she adjusted her facial expression and softened her voice.
"Little babies should sit still obediently after a full meal. Otherwise, their bellies will explode like fireworks. Xuanxuan is good. Take your brother to play."
Yuan Xiaoxuan found that Mommy didn't intend to spank him. After hesitating for a while, he turned around to find Yuan Xiaoxu.
Holding his brother's hand, the two cubs obediently ran off to play.
Yuan Xiaoxu was still sucking his finger, savoring the taste just now. He said carelessly,
"Brother, Mommy is so great today!"
Yuan Xiaoxuan paused for a moment, then nodded with a smile in his eyes and whispered, "Mommy is so great today!"
In the kitchen, facing the sink full of tableware, Miss Xu let out another sigh.
She had never suffered such grievances in her life, but for the sake of the two cubs... she endured it!
Accompanied by the crisp sound of the tableware colliding with each other, for the first time, the small house was filled with such warmth.