Inside the general store across from the restaurant.
Wen Lan stared grimly at the restaurant opposite him.
'Bai Su is actually on such good terms with that snake…'
'Heh, I should have guessed.'
'Damned Li Chenlin.'
'Why is he everywhere?'
Wen Dabao yawned beside him. "Dad, even *he* gets to eat the food that woman Bai Su makes every day. You're pretty pathetic, aren't you?"
Wen Lan was so angry he laughed. "*I'm* pathetic?"
Wen Dabao spread his little hands. "If the shoe fits."
"I just don't feel like eating it! If I wanted to, I would've had it long ago!"
"Oh."
"'Oh' my ass! Stop trying to use your damn reverse psychology on me. I'm not falling for it!"
Wen Dabao sighed forlornly. "The other night, Little Treasure hugged me and asked if I wanted a mommy…"
Wen Lan froze.
A sad expression crossed Wen Dabao's face. "I could only play the role of a mother again, singing her to sleep. My poor little sister has never known a mother's warmth."
