If that soup had been for Mo Xicheng, Li Shu would have removed the layer of oil that was floating on top. But because it was for Yao Lili, she had poured it into the bowl with the rest of the soup.
With the oil covering it, no steam wasn’t coming out of it, hence the soup looked like it had adequately cooled down.
Because Yao Lili’s mind was on other things, she did not think too much before she downed the liquid in a single gulp.
The next moment…
Her pupils widened and she opened her mouth to spit the soup out. Li Shu spoke in a gentle voice, “What’s wrong? Is the soup not to your taste?”
Yao Lili: …!!
She stared at Li Shu, suddenly not understanding what the woman meant.
But spitting the chicken soup out didn’t seem like the right thing to do.
She steeled herself and swallowed the scalding soup, feeling the liquid burn her throat. Then she spoke, “No, it was just a little hot.”
“Hot?” Li Shu laughed. “Why didn’t I find it hot? Or is that an excuse and you actually don’t want to drink it?”
Yao Lili was stumped by Li Shu’s remark.
Shi Nianyao was completely baffled as she looked at Li Shu.
No one could have known the soup was hot, but just by Yao Lili’s reaction, one could tell it was certainly not cold soup. If Li Shu had wanted to placate Yao Lili and was here to please her idol, she would have never made things difficult for the other woman. But right now, it appeared that Li Shu was doing exactly that.
So what exactly was Li Shu driving at?
As this thought came to her mind, she watched Li Shu cast her gaze down and say impassively, “Drink this soup and I will allow you to move into the Mo family home. I mean what I say.”
Tempted yet again, Yao Lili couldn’t stop herself from lowering her head and looking at the chicken soup. Finally, she gritted her teeth, picked up the bowl and drank it.
The heat of the soup traveled down her gut, making her feel as though she was burning inside.
But she said nothing and drank it all up. After that, she placed the bowl back on the table.
Li Shu stared at her and asked, “Was it hot?”
Yao Lili paused.
Li Shu lowered her gaze.
If a woman in her fifties could feel the pain from drinking such hot soup, then how would her young son have felt drinking that scalding milk?
At this thought, she suddenly felt impatient. She pointed at the thermos and ordered, “Since you look so enthusiastic, there’s more there. Finish it.”
Yao Lili: …!
Shi Nianyao: …!
Mo Xicheng narrowed his eyes as he watched the situation unfold.
He knew how hot the soup was, of course. Being Yao Lili’s son, it would have been reasonable for him to intervene at this point.
But for some odd reason, he suddenly thought of his childhood.
Even though it had been so many years, he could still remember when he was a toddler, the food and drinks that Yao Lili had given him had always been scalding hot. They would burn off a layer of the skin in his mouth.
Eventually, he had gotten used to it and it was no big deal.
But today, Yao Lili finally got a taste of her own medicine and found out how it felt to be on the receiving end.
Mo Xicheng, who had been taking a step forward, suddenly halted at this thought.
He looked at Yao Lili, suddenly finding this woman laughable.
She wanted to move into the Mo family home?
The Mo Family home belonged to Li Shu and Mo Hai, what business did she have in it? How could she be moving into the Mo family home?
Hence he decided this was none of his business.
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