"Mi? What are you doing here shouldn't you be asleep?" Yu Dong was really surprised because it was so late and the moon was hanging over their heads, She was certain that everyone must be asleep by now. That was why she didn't release her power to keep an eye on her surroundings but who would have known that just a single slip up would cause her to be caught by Chen Mi!
Wasn't he the one who dozed of the earliest because he got tired after taking care of Little bun the entire day? Why was he awake now?
Chen Mi indeed slept earlier than the other members of their family, because he had to take care of Little bun and Yu Mai, he got tired really easily which was why he started slumbering the second his face hit the pillow, he only woke up when little bun started to fuss.
Other than that he remained asleep, however, tonight he had a lot to think that was why Chen Mi couldn't sleep no matter how much he tossed and turned, after half an hour of tossing around in bed, he got up from the bed because he was afraid to wake little bun and Yu Mai. The two kids played to their heart's content at the riverside after eating they got tired and the second Chen Mi laid them on the bed, both Yu Mai and Little bun closed their eyes and fell asleep.
Chen Mi thought of going to the backyard for a walk because he was feeling a bit restless, he thought it was better for him to release the unused energy by walking, maybe if he tired himself even more he might be able to sleep? However, as he was putting on his shoes, he heard some clanking in the kitchen.
He was surprised but later thought that maybe, brother Li or brother Liu got thirsty and came to drink water. As for why he didn't doubt Yu Dong it was all because the previous Yu Dong brought a jug like vessel for herself, she didn't like getting out of the bed and going all the way to the kitchen to drink water. Yu Dong didn't like the previous owner much but the things that could be used, she decided to use them as the previous owner.
So, imagine his surprise when he found his wife making something in the middle of the night and make that surprise double when he saw Yu Dong pulling out a sack of sugar from nothing. It was like magic! One second there was nothing then whoosh a sack of sugar miraculously appeared out of thin air!
" I - I was feeling stuffy so I came out for a walk" though Chen Mi was startled he wasn't scared he knew that this person in front of him was a kind soul and would never hurt him, so he didn't reject Yu Dong, instead he calmly answered without screaming murder.
Yu Dong caught his gaze that kept flickering from her to the sack of sugar behind her and understood that he saw her taking the sack out of her space. Now she couldn't muddle through her way even if she wanted so she decided to come clean " as you can see I am not the previous Yu Dong whom you married, I'm someone else who came here after she died. You don't have to be scared I am not a bad person, I mean no harm -"
" I know"
" you know I see- wait what do you know ?" Yu Dong who was still giving her, ' I'm a good person speech. ' was startled as she asked, was her acting that bad ( a/n: when did you even act like the original owner? )
"I know that you are not the same person, my wife, she would never treat me or my son well. To her I am nothing more than a jinx" said Chen Mi as he looked at his toes. To Yu Dong he was the reason why she was kicked out of the family, she blamed him for being selfish and not understanding her predicament like a good husband. She kept scolding him for being so insensitive if he continued to suffer a bit, they all could have ridden on Yu Cheng's coattails.
But Chen Mi truly loved his child, for his child, he was willing to listen to her scolding. Because Yu Dong believed that he was the cause of her tragic faith, she swore not to let Chen Mi have a good life either.
It was like she was trying to avenge herself against an enemy. Chen Mi's days were that bad, the only reason he was able to keep his child was that Yu Dong didn't want to hurt her son. Every time she hit Chen Mi she avoided his stomach, so as to not kill her son. If not she would have beaten Chen Mi to death the very day they separated from the Yu family.
So how could she treat Little bun, a mer that should have been a son? It would have been like a dream come true if she even let his son breathe an hour after his birth much less the two of them so well.
Chen Mi had his doubts but he was scared to ask, what if he was wrong and his wife starts beating him again because he called her a monster? But today when he saw his two brothers acting like two lovesick fools, he knew that his doubts were correct.
Because no one hated Yu Dong's touch more than brother Li, whose body was traumatised to the point it stopped responding to physical touches, how can he look at Yu Dong like he desired her ?.. As for brother Liu, he simply despised Yu Dong to the point where he would think of running away from home every day, how can he stare at their wife's back with a gaze full of longing? That was completely impossible.