Male Lead's Canon Fodder Wife - Chapter 453

Chapter 452: Suspect, Pretend, Targeted ( 2 )
Not noticing anything suspicious about Li Chenmo, the officer said, “Comrade, we can’t tell you about this since it’s confidential information. But you can rest assured that there won’t be any criminals hiding near your home. You and your family are safe now.”

Li Chenmo breathed a sigh of relief and said, “That’s good. My wife and children are very timid. If they knew there were so many criminals hiding near our home, they would definitely be scared.”

The officer nodded and said with understanding, “Fortunately, we received some information and managed to capture them all tonight.”

As if he just thought about it, Li Chenmo said, “Officer, thank you for your hard work. It’s very cold at night. How about having a cup of hot tea before leaving?”

“Thank you for your offer, but my comrades and I need to take these criminals back to the police station and report them to our supervisor. So, we will not disturb you and your family’s rest,” the officer said.

“In that case, please wait a moment.”

After saying that, Li Chenmo went to the kitchen to fill several bamboo tubes with hot water, and then returned to the backyard. Seeing that the officer was still there, he handed him the bamboo tube and said, “Officer, this is hot water for you and your comrades to drink.”

When the officer heard that it was hot water, he took it and said, “Thank you, comrade.”

Since they had been following the criminals for several hours, they had no chance to eat or drink. They were thirsty, hungry, and cold. Although it was just hot water, they were extremely grateful to Li Chenmo. After drinking hot water, they dragged the criminals away.

At this moment, no officer had any doubts about Li Chenmo and Lu Jueyu, nor did they think that they might be one of the lawbreakers targeted by criminals. The officers only felt that they were unlucky as their house was located far from the village and near the bamboo forest which was suitable for the criminal’s hiding spots.

After locking the door, Li Chenmo returned to the bedroom and saw his wife waiting for him anxiously.

“Husband, what’s going on?” Lu Jueyu asked.

Li Chenmo took off his shoes, sat on the Kang bed next to his wife, and said, “The group of people who targeted Houzi were caught by the police just now.”

Lu Jueyu asked in surprise, “Husband, are you injured?”

Seeing the worry in his wife’s eyes, Li Chenmo patted her on the back and said, “I’m fine. I didn’t go out when they were fighting. When they were caught, I went out and pretended that I was woken up by the commotion.”

“Husband, did the police suspect you?” she asked again.

“No.”

Lu Jueyu looked at her husband’s confident expression and asked doubtfully, “They really didn’t doubt us?”

Hearing her words, Li Chenmo chuckled and said, “Yeah. At most, they will think that we are unlucky and were targeted by those people.”

Seeing that his wife still didn’t believe it, Li Chenmo tapped her nose and said, “Okay, you don’t have to worry about them anymore. However, you may need to stop selling your snacks temporarily.”

Thinking of the dangerous situation just now, Lu Jueyu nodded and said, “I will inform Meijia and my sister-in-law tomorrow.”

After she finished speaking, Li Chenmo pulled his wife into his arms and said, “Okay. Go to bed now.”

Lu Jueyu kissed her husband’s chin and said, “En. Good night, husband.”

Li Chenmo leaned down to kiss his wife on the lips, and whispered, “Good night, wife.”

Early the next morning, Lu Jueyu woke up in a daze. Looking at the sunshine in the room, she realized that she got up late today. When she turned her head, she found herself alone in the room. It seemed her husband was awake.

After braiding her hair, Lu Jueyu went to the backyard to wash up, only to find someone cooking in the kitchen. She came to the kitchen curiously and saw Dong Li kneading dough and Li Chenmo wrapping dumplings.

“Husband, Xiao Li, what are both of you doing?” she asked.

Hearing his wife’s voice, Li Chenmo turned to look at her and said with a smile, “Good morning, wife. We are making dumplings for breakfast.”

“Good morning, foster mother.” Dong Li said while kneading the dough.

Walking up to them, Lu Jueyu kissed her husband’s cheek and said, “Husband, Xiao Li, thank you for making breakfast.”

Li Chenmo smiled and said, “Wife, you always cook for us. Today, let us cook for you. You can have a day off.”

Hearing his words, Dong Li nodded and said, “Foster mother, today is a school day off. So my foster father and I decided to let you have a day off too. Leave the cooking to us today.”

Hearing this, Lu Jueyu smiled and said, “Then I’ll take a good rest, and I’ll leave today’s meal to you two.”

Li Chenmo nodded and said, “Mhmm, go wash up first and we can have breakfast in a while.”

“Alright.”

Lu Jueyu took a basin of hot water, went to the bathroom to wash up, and then went to wake up Dong Huang. They sat in the living room eating soup dumplings as the sun rose over the horizon.

Under the gazes of Li Chenmo and Dong Li, Lu Jueyu scooped up the dumplings and took a bite. After taking a bite, she savored the taste carefully.

She nodded, swallowed the dumplings, and said, “The soup is refreshing and light, the skin is thin and chewy, and the fillings are savory and fragrant. This is delicious.”

Hearing her praise, Dong Li felt happy and said, “Foster mother, we make a lot. So, you should eat more.”

Lu Jueyu rubbed his head and said with a smile, “Well, thank you, Xiao Li.”

While Dong Li was happy being praised, Dong Huang was slowly chewing the dumplings.

Lu Jueyu saw that she had no appetite and asked, “Xiao Huang, are you feeling uncomfortable?”

Dong Huang shook her head and sighed, “Foster mother, I’m worried about Brother Lin.”

“What are you worried about?” Lu Jueyu asked.