Ye Ling got curious when he heard Liu Duo laugh. What was so funny about his answer?

"Duo Er, why... why are you laughing?" He said in his hoarse voice. Liu Duo couldn't deny how mesmerising it sounded.

She took hold of his handsome face and giggled, "Nothing. I just think that you're so cute and so funny. You're the best."

How could she not like him? He was kind, attentive, such a gentleman, and he would help her make cloth pads, cook, and sew, in addition to being handsome!

"I really like you too. But Duo Er, you should also like my brothers, especially Mo. Mo likes you. Can you try to... be nicer to him?" He liked what he heard, but he hoped Liu Duo could like his brothers too.

Just when she thought she couldn't love him anymore, he was so considerate as to request that she like his brothers as well.

But when it got to the end, she felt taken aback. Ye Mo liked her? Really? Why hadn't she felt it? Be nicer to him? He raged on and off and shouted at everyone from time to time, so why should she be nice to him? She wasn't their submissive, little wife!

"Ling, let's not talk about Mo. He annoys me," she said as she lay beside him, hugging him by the waist.

Ye Ling got nervous at her reaction, "Don't get mad, Duo Er. I just don't want Mo to be sad when you ignore him."

He would get upset too whenever Liu Duo was having fun talking to Yang, Liu, and himself while Ye Mo felt left out and filled with disappointment.

Liu Duo furrowed her brow. There he went, defending his brother again. Had Mo felt sad because of this? She never realized it. She only felt that being loathsome was his default, and that was how he liked it!

Ye Ling didn't know where his courage came from, as he continued when Liu Duo did not reply, "Duo Er, Mo's only a little impatient, but he's really a good man. And I know he likes you, just like we all do. Can you be nicer to him, pretty please?"

He spoke and very gently shook her up and down, begging for affection.

And so, Liu Duo smiled.

Since when had Ye Ling become so persuasive? "Alright, Ling, time to sleep. Let's not mention him. I can only say, as long as he doesn't irritate or challenge me for no reason, I'll be nicer to him. He's like a bomb that can explode at any second, and I'm not like him!"

Ye Ling felt at peace to hear her reply, "Sure, rest assured, Duo Er. Mo will behave. And didn't you realise he's improved a lot lately?"

Really? How's that? She didn't really care. As long as he wouldn't pick random fights with her, she would be good too.

"Duo Er, Mo—"

Liu Duo landed a kiss on his lips before Ye Ling could finish his sentence. Once he started getting defensive over his brothers, it was almost impossible to stop him.

This kiss served as a little punishment. It seemed a little more forceful. After it ended, Ye Ling could feel his tongue surrender to numbness.

"Now you know what I can do! Drop it, and get some sleep," Liu Duo nagged at him as she found a comfortable sleeping position in his embrace.

Ye Ling blushed and nodded too. The kiss just then had been so exhilarating. He really liked it. He loved it when Liu Duo became possessive.

If she had known what he was thinking, she might have said, Geez, just as I thought.

Ling has really odd taste!