Chapter Sixty-Seven: Delicate Broth Crayfish

"Mama, cook these crawfish for me," Gao Yuting said, pointing at Fubao's little basket.

"Yuting?" Gu Xiaoxiao seemed to catch on.

The kneeling maid was terrified.

But the one most afraid at this moment was the poor cook. Such a huge pile—goosebumps were inevitable.

Fubao happily handed her two small bamboo baskets to the trembling cook.

After much fuss, the clear crawfish soup was finally served, and the room filled with a delicious aroma.

Gao Yuting frowned as she looked at the bright red crawfish. Something was off. She remembered the dish from a few days ago—it tasted like this, but it didn't look the same.

No one dared to touch the food. Thinking of the pond full of crawfish and then seeing them on the table, nobody wanted to try. The kneeling maid glanced around nervously.

Was it not the same? Gao Yuting was puzzled. The flavor in that dish was clearly from this ingredient, but the appearance was completely different.

Just as everyone was doubting, a pair of chopsticks came from the side, trembling as they picked up a crawfish, dropping it halfway onto the table. Then a chubby hand snatched it up.

Gu Xiaoxiao, Gao Yuting, and Gu Li were all speechless.

Before Gu Xiaoxiao could speak, she saw a crawfish head tossed onto the table. The little girl, with nimble chubby hands, peeled the crawfish in a flash.

Four were stunned—this time, the cook included.

But the crawfish never made it to Fubao's mouth; a pair of swollen hands, like pig trotters, grabbed it away.

Fubao: Can't I eat in peace?

Gao Yuting, clutching the crawfish meat, burned with anger. "You give me this to eat? Or are you saying my illness isn't caused by rouge, but by eating what pigs eat?" With that, she flung the crawfish meat onto the maid's face.

Fubao: I'm not a pig!

In the end, Gao Yuting learned her swollen face was caused by eating crawfish. Her brother had brought them home as feed, intending to crush the shells into powder for livestock. Crawfish breed quickly and are easy to raise—a business opportunity.

She never expected to become the "pig" in someone else's eyes.

No one knew how Gao Yuting resolved the matter, but Gu Xiaoxiao was already heading home with the two carrot-heads. Fubao, with a crawfish in her mouth, gnawed away, delighted. Gu Li looked on in disgust, squeezing his own unfortunate fingers.

Seeing Fubao eat the crawfish, Gu Xiaoxiao merely shook her head. As soon as they stepped out, she took the little girl to see a doctor. That troublesome child had snuck a bite while no one was looking, frightening her into seeking a diagnosis. The doctor assured her there was nothing wrong, so she finally relaxed.

Who knew where Fubao had found another crawfish to eat? There was nothing to do about it.

She didn't worry—Gao Yuting was allergic, and the doctor had said it was just her constitution. The others should be fine.

Fubao, chewing on her crawfish, felt she had forgotten something. It slipped her mind until she got home and saw her uncle sitting with a dark expression.

Oh! She remembered. She had gone to ask Aunt Xiaoxiao to say something nice for her little uncle!

Meng Xuan was nearly exploding with anger. That girl had gone with Gu Xiaoxiao to the Gao family. Though last time she managed to play hero and save a "handsome man"—bah! He wasn't a "handsome man."

But that scoundrel had hidden his identity; he was clearly Gao Yulin. That wasn't the main issue—the issue was that he had his eye on Gu Xiaoxiao, that silly girl.

Last time, Meng Xuan had intercepted and disrupted them, making the girl unhappy but stopping the scoundrel's intentions. He never expected that just as he left, these two would go straight to that family's door!