“Are you feeling alright?” Yu Dong asked as she looked at the sniffling mer. She should have taken a bath an hour ago but with Chen Mi sobbing like a child, she spent a good deal of her time calming him down.
“I feel really bad, I caused my wife to get hurt,” Chen Mi sniffed as he wiped his nose on the sleeves of his shirt.
“You didn’t cause me to get hurt,” Yu Dong said to the mer but that only made Chen Mi cry even more as he said, “I am the only one who is useless in this house. No matter how hard I work, I only mess it all up.”
“I am not as smart as Brother Li, nor am I as strong as Brother Liu. I can’t even take care of the crops and plants like Brother Chi and I am not as cheerful as Jie Jie!”
Chen Mi was really insecure because of his lack of skills. Shen Li and the others grew up in harsh conditions and were more mature even Xiao Hua was smart and witty when it came to many things.
Only he was childish and naive!
He could not do anything well!
Not to mention he was clumsy and really bad-tempered.
Though these habits clashed with Xiao Hua, that mer had the skills to back his arrogance.
Him on the other hand ——-
He was just a short-tempered brat.
“I really don’t deserve to be married to you!”
Chen Mi’s exclamation took Yu Dong by surprise.
Yu Dong’s eyebrows furrowed as she turned Chen Mi to face her.
“Were you thinking about this all this time?” Yu Dong asked with a gentle voice.
Chen Mi sniffed and said, “I —— I am speaking the truth. I am useless and not worthy of you, I am also fat.”
He looked down on his little chubby belly, compared to Xiao Hua and Ye Liu who were fit and healthy, he looked like a rice ball.
No wonder the mers in the village kept saying that he was going to be abandoned by Yu Dong sooner or later.
He was fat, unskilled and clumsy.
Chen Mi felt Yu Dong squeeze his shoulders and he raised his head to look at her. But as soon as their gazes met, he stiffened because ——
Yu Dong looked dangerous. Especially with a nerve throbbing in her cheek as well as her forehead.
“Who——who said these things to you?” Yu Dong asked with a tight smile. She was going to have a nice chat with these people.
“No one…isn’t it just a known fact?” Chen Mi asked while twiddling his thumbs. He did not want Yu Dong to go looking for those mers. If she was to pick on them, then everyone would say that she was bullying mers.
That would only lead to more trouble.
Chen Mi did not want Yu Dong to get into trouble.
Yu Dong sighed. She raised her hands and placed them on Chen Mi’s cheeks before squishing them, she said to him, “You are not useless and you are not fat. You are soft and squishy which is nice and you take care of the meals of the entire family.”
“Even when you can ask the servants to prepare the meals for the family, you don’t. Instead, you stay in the kitchen no matter how hot the weather is and slave yourself under the heat and flames of the stove.”
“You might think it is not a big thing but everyone sees how you put your entire heart into each meal that you cook. Just because you are not taking part in the business, doesn’t mean that you are useless.”
“Do you know how much it means for us when we return home and see delicious meals prepared for us?”
“So don’t call yourself useless,” Yu Dong pressed her forehead against his. “You are right. Li is smart when it comes to many things, Liu is strong and knows how to protect. Chi is capable when it comes to growing and raising crops but —— if you ask them to do jobs that they are not used to…”
“They will fail as well. As you can cook the most delicious lamb chops, they cannot do the same.”
Though she would not say that her other husbands did not cook well, in case they were to hear it.
Chen Mi sniffed and his eyes couldn’t help but turn red. He knew that Yu Dong did not think of him any less than the others but hearing her say that he was just as important and skilled as others, he could not help but shed a few more tears.
“T——Thank you,” Chen Mi covered his face and hugged Yu Dong as he started crying. “And I am sorry. I should have paid more attention to second aunt.”
“It’s okay,” Yu Dong patted him on the back with a helpless smile. She thought about it a little before saying, “If you feel bad then how about helping me take a bath?” Stay updated via My Virtual Library Empire
She smiled like a big bad wolf when Chen Mi raised his head and looked at her like a little rabbit.
“I—-I think I don’t feel that bad,” Chen Mi flushed red when he heard her suggestive tone. It was still afternoon, how could they do such a thing in broad daylight?
Yu Dong arched a brow and then said to Chen Mi, “Here I thought that you genuinely were concerned but it seems like you were just handing me empty words huh?”
“Of course not! I am genuinely upset over this!”
“Then shouldn’t you help me take a bath?” Yu Dong asked with a tilt of her head. If she had a tail then it would be moving back and forth given how she was cornering Chen Mi.
Chen Mi hesitated as he looked at Yu Dong who looked back at him. He lowered his head and batted his eyelashes before saying, “Only bath. I am only going to give you a bath.”
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