My Family Is Very Odd

Li Xiao Gui and Shen Chen both had a bowl of eight-treasure porridge in front of them, their movements of lifting the spoon surprisingly synchronized.

Li Xiao Gui's starving stomach was filled with the warm porridge, so comfortable that her entire chest and abdomen felt warm.

Hui carefully sat across from Li Xiao Gui, chin resting on the table, eyes fixed on her. It knew that Li Xiao Gui had not been feeling well lately and had been trying to think of something to do for her. The porridge was something it had cooked together with Burly Ghost.

It had been very, very careful in washing the rice.

Now, watching Li Xiao Gui drink the porridge made from the rice it had washed, it felt a sense of satisfaction like offering candy.

It liked to give candy to Li Xiao Gui. As long as she accepted it, that was enough to satisfy it. It really, really liked the feeling of the moment when she accepted its candy.

Shen Chen watched Li Xiao Gui from the corner of his eye: her side face was fair and well-behaved, her lips slightly pale as she lowered her head to drink the porridge. Her eyelashes were lowered like two dormant butterflies, quiet and delicate. But Shen Chen knew that if Li Xiao Gui raised her head to speak, her eyes would be bright, her smile would bloom, and her expression would be full of life.

Sure enough, Li Xiao Gui raised her head, her eyes sparkling: "It's warm and comfortable! So sweet and delicious!"

Li Xiao Gui sighed contentedly like a cat: "I'm so happy. Big brother is the best!"

Pale and delicate were not words that belonged to Li Xiao Gui.

She was always like a sunflower, bright and full of life.

Shen Chen couldn't help but say, "I'll make it for you next time too," wanting to share in this radiance.

Li Xiao Gui: "Huh?"

Slender fingers rubbed over her hair, her eyes, and pinched her cheek. It was very light, not painful, but it stimulated Li Xiao Gui to squint one eye as his fingers rubbed.

Li Xiao Gui turned her head in surprise, not sure if she was surprised by Shen Chen's words or by his actions.

Shen Chen's face was as serious as ever, his voice even flat, his tone natural: "You have something on your face."

Hui, who had been watching Li Xiao Gui the whole time, silently shifted its gaze and stared at Shen Chen's serious face.

-- There was nothing on Li Xiao Gui's face at all.

Shameless. Hui thought. It turned its head to look at Burly Ghost, who was turning his back to cook eggs for Li Xiao Gui, not noticing the scene just now. Hui couldn't find an ally and had to turn back.

It tilted its head silently, remembering Shen Chen's power as an exorcist when it was still a small black mass. It thought for a moment, and as Hui, who had finally become human after all the hard work, it instinctively chose to remain silent.

Li Xiao Gui said blankly, "Oh."

After being told by Shen Chen, Li Xiao Gui couldn't help but reach out and rub her cheek with the palm of her hand.

Li Xiao Gui rubbed it herself, and after putting her finger down, the place where Shen Chen had touched it felt a belated heat.

She lowered her head and continued to drink her porridge.

Burly Ghost floated over with a boiled egg: "Little Gui, Little Gui, egg!"

Just as she finished her porridge, Li Xiao Gui let out a cry and reached out to take the egg through her sleeve.

"Thank you, brother, I'm going upstairs then!" Li Xiao Gui turned her head and said to Shen Chen, "Let's go."

Shen Chen nodded, not forgetting to take the hot water cup handed over by Burly Ghost.

The two of them went upstairs.

…

In the sunlight, Li Xiao Gui curled up in the rocking chair, her hot water bottle already replaced. Li Xiao Gui tucked the egg into her quilt and rubbed her belly through the thin single shirt.

The warmth of the egg passed through the clothes to her stomach, warm but not scalding.

Li Xiao Gui was a little bored and sat up: "I want to play with my phone."

Li Xiao Gui always did what she thought of. As soon as she mentioned her phone, one of her little feet slid down from the rocking chair, wanting to get it.

Seeing this, Shen Chen silently took out his phone from his pocket and handed it over.

Li Xiao Gui quickly retracted her little foot and took the phone. She skillfully unlocked the screen with her fingerprint and purposefully found the folder she had specially organized, "Bala Bala Happy Time".

She first expertly swiped open a Weibo software APP from it, surfing the internet for a while, and then clicked on the game APP.

The software that Li Xiao Gui usually used and played could all be found on Shen Chen's phone, and the game progress was always saved where Li Xiao Gui had left off the last time she used Shen Chen's phone.

As the game gradually got better, Li Xiao Gui began to struggle with playing with one hand, so the hand that was rubbing her stomach also stopped and picked up the egg.

The table was a little far away. Li Xiao Gui hesitated for a moment, wondering where to put it, when Shen Chen leaned forward and spread out his large, white palm.

Li Xiao Gui readily placed the egg in Shen Chen's palm. She had intended for Shen Chen to help her put the egg on the table beside him, but Shen Chen wrapped the egg and tapped it on the table.

The egg cracked with a "click," and his fingertips slowly peeled off the eggshells along the crack…

By the time Li Xiao Gui came back to her senses, her lips had already touched the smooth and slippery egg white.

Li Xiao Gui's hand trembled and she looked at Shen Chen.

"Not eating?" Shen Chen sat at the table like a perfect stone sculpture, his posture incredibly straight, only slightly leaning over, extending his hand to hold the egg to his mouth.

Ah, Shen Chen seemed to have misunderstood that she wanted him to peel the egg for her, Li Xiao Gui thought.

Well, but since it's peeled!

She moved her fingers and noticed Shen Chen's gaze shifting to the game screen. Unconsciously, Li Xiao Gui also followed his gaze to the screen, her hand that was about to take the egg also being pulled along, returning to the phone. She only obediently opened her pale mouth and, with his hand, took a bite of the cleanly peeled egg.

Soft, elastic, Li Xiao Gui thought.

Li Xiao Gui blinked her eyes and took small bites of the egg, looking like a pecking chick.

Shen Chen's other hand, hanging by his side, twitched with the movement of Li Xiao Gui tilting her slender, fragile neck and pecking obediently.

ʕ•́ᴥ•̀ʔっ

Love what you read?