I Became the Mother of His Child-Chapter 501: Disliking Hairtail Fish

Song Chenxi had mumps and took a leave of absence for a full half-month, during which Liu Yuming relentlessly pestered Song Chenhao for the entire duration, claiming she was missing her senior. In reality, Liu Yuming was just finding ways to get close to Song Chenhao, even if it was just to exchange a few words with him. Seeing how Little Baby's gloominess would lift every time she saw the gifts he brought home, Song Chenhao, despite not wanting to deal with Liu Yuming, would still control his temper.

Although he truly didn't want to accept anything from Liu Yuming, since Xu Xiuxiu's cooking was much tastier, he couldn't resist his little sister's happiness! As a brother, he had no choice but to endure.

That day, Liu Yuming, as usual, asked Song Chenhao to bring something for Little Baby. However, Song Chenhao wasn't in a particularly good mood because as soon as Liu Yuming approached him like she always did, he immediately smelled hairtail. It was a strong, distinct smell.

From childhood, Song Chenhao wasn't particularly picky about food, but he had an instinctual aversion to hairtail. As a child, he had been frightened by Shi Yu with a hairtail, who tricked him into believing it was a sea snake that could eat and bite people. At the time, he was young and naive, pudgy and knew only to run. The result was Shi Yu throwing the hairtail right onto him, and the memory of him hugging the hairtail filled him with a deep sense of despair. 𝑓𝑟𝑒𝘦𝓌𝑒𝑏𝑛𝑜𝘷𝑒𝘭.𝒸𝘰𝑚

Even after learning later that it wasn't a sea snake and it couldn't bite, because dead hairtails normaly couldn't bite people, he still ended up with psychological trauma. Even the smell of hairtail made him feel completely off, sometimes even wishing for death, with goosebumps erupting uncontrollably.

"Get it away," Song Chenhao held his breath and snapped at Liu Yuming, with a clear expression of disgust toward the lunch box that looked as if it were a poison being forced upon him, leaving him particularly irritable.

"Uh!" Liu Yuming paused momentarily, stunned, because these days she had switched her pleasing tactics. Ostensibly, she was trying to get closer to Song Chenhao by ingratiating herself with Song Chenxi. Although he was still unenthusiastic towards her, he was polite since it was hard to refuse someone who offered you favors. As they saw each other every day and he had to accept things from her hands, naturally, his attitude improved quite a bit. But the way he was today he had never been like this before.

"Chenhao, what's wrong? Why are you suddenly so fierce?" Liu Yuming bit her teeth, feeling somewhat wronged, her cute demeanor seemingly on the verge of shedding golden beans of tears.

"Didn't you hear me tell you to keep that thing away from me?" Song Chenhao instinctively leaned back, his face showing an unbearable grimace, his irritation beyond control.

"Chenhao, don't you like hairtail?" It seemed to dawn on Liu Yuming after a while what had caused Song Chenhao's sudden temper, then cluelessly holding the lunchbox, she moved it closer to Song Chenhao's face again. If it hadn't been for the girl's confused and perplexed expression, Song Chenhao might have thought she was deliberately trying to provoke him by pushing the hairtail in his direction.

"Mhm," Song Chenhao nodded, enduring.

"Oh! Then…" Liu Yuming quickly reacted, putting away the lunch box behind her back. She initially wanted to say that she would throw it away right then, but then remembered that it was made by a nanny who had watched over her since she was little. The nanny had mentioned it was beneficial for someone with mumps, and had specially made it very bland. Having tasted it herself, she also thought it was quite nice.

"Wouldn't it be a waste to just throw it away?" the young girl wondered, then she spoke her mind, "Chen Hao, senior, I asked, and the hairtail fish is beneficial for senior sister Chen Xi's sialadenitis. It'd be such a pity to discard it!" Liu Yuming said, her tone fraught with conflict.

Although she had a decent upbringing and could be said to be well taken care of, her parents were nonetheless very strict with her education, and wasting food was one point they could not tolerate.

"..." Song Chenhao took a deep breath, feeling dizzy all of sudden and wanting to get angry, but when he saw the young girl's face full of sympathy, his temper just choked back in his throat. His gentlemanly demeanor, nurtured from a young age, and the propriety that a man should not lose his temper with a woman, prevented him from saying much, especially since the girl was actually considering Song Chenxi's benefit—the hairtail and yellow croaker were both good for sialadenitis. If it weren't for knowing his aversion, Xu Xiuxiu would have already prepared them for Song Chenxi.

Thinking about it, Song Chenhao suppressed his initial refusal.

After holding his breath and contemplating for a while, Song Chenhao thought of his beloved little sister at home, whimpering with pain. If this could alleviate some of her distress, his personal sacrifice seemed justifiable. Besides, as a mature man, to be afraid of a fish used in cooking felt quite pathetic. In the end, his love for his sister outweighed his personal dread, and even though he initially recoiled at the thought, he finally pinched his nose and took the lunch box.

Yet, as soon as he reached out and took the lunch box, catching a whiff of the strong scent of the hairtail, Song Chenhao regretted it. Shivering with revulsion, he berated himself for weakly accepting this disgusting lunch box.

"Ugh!" Eventually, his psychological aversion won over everything, and despite Song Chenhao's attempt to endure, he could not help but turn away and retch uncontrollably.

"Chen Hao, senior, are you okay?" Liu Yuming was immediately worried, reaching out to pat Song Chenhao on the back, but he quickly stuffed the lunch box back into Liu Yuming's arms and ran to a nearby trash can to retch.

"..." Liu Yuming was flabbergasted. Clearly, she did not expect that Senior Chen Hao's resistance to the hairtail would extend to such a strong physiological reaction. Even as Chen Hao was vomiting into the trash can, she thought how handsome he was; even his retching was attractive. She must be crazy with infatuation to such an extent.

"Chen Hao, senior, are you alright?" Holding the lunch box, Liu Yuming tried to approach Song Chenhao.

"Stay away from me," Song Chenhao retched, then turned his reddened eyes to Liu Yuming—who was about to draw closer—and growled. His deep eyes lingered on the lunch box that started it all with a piercing sharpness.

A firm command promptly froze Liu Yuming in her tracks. Obediently clutching the lunch box, she nodded and then conscientiously took two steps back, widening the gap between them. Now that she knew he disliked hairtail, of course, she wouldn't continue to press into his space. Liking him as she did, she'd made a principle for herself; whatever he liked, she would like, and whatever he disliked, she would dislike. From now on, she'd start hating hairtail, hmph!

Watching Liu Yuming and the terrifying hairtail get far away from him and no longer able to smell the fish, Song Chenhao gradually started to relax. But after that ordeal, he felt a bit drained and even broke out in a cold sweat on his forehead.