Chapter 109 Missing
After arriving at school, Lin Mo placed the two packages in front of Ling Xiaoguang and awkwardly drew circles on the ground with his feet.

"This is what my sister asked me to give to you and Xiaomao. Remember to eat it." After saying that, Lin Mo ran away. When he was in school, Lin Mo was still not good at talking to Ling Xiaoguang, simply because the air pressure around Ling Xiaoguang was simply too low.

Being next to Ling Xiaoguang, Lin Mo felt as if he could be frostbitten. He couldn't help but wonder how people who sat at the same table with Ling Xiaoguang could tolerate Ling Xiaoguang's personality?
Lin Mo had no way of knowing, he could only pray to the teacher not to let him and Ling Xiaoguang sit at the same table, otherwise Lin Mo himself would become depressed.

"Brother, uncle!" Ling Xiaolei poked his head out from the back door of the classroom and happened to see Lin Mo giving Ling Xiaoguang something, so he quietly came to Ling Xiaoguang's side.

"Brother, this is the food made by my stepmother!" Just by looking through the lunch box, Ling Xiaolei could confirm that the food was made by Li Luo.

"Wow, my stepmother must have felt sorry for us because we have no food to eat at home, so she asked my uncle to bring it to school for us." Ling Xiaolei's voice was slightly tearful, and he stretched out his sleeves to wipe away his tears.

"Hey, don't cry. If you feel that the food is not enough, I can give you all mine." Lin Mo was a little at a loss for a moment. He didn't expect that Ling Xiaolei was still a little crybaby.

"Hehe, that's settled then!" Ling Xiaolei gave Lin Mo a sly smile.

Only then did Lin Mo realize that he had been fooled by Ling Xiaolei.

However, even though Ling Xiaolei's tears were fake, his longing for Li Luo was genuine.

"Uncle, how long will my stepmother stay at your house?" Ling Xiaolei leaned his arms on his brother's desk and tilted his head to look at Lin Mo.

“Ah?” Lin Mo didn’t know what to do with the wedding. After all, when brother Lin Song got married, he was still scratching in the mud on the ground. He didn’t remember it at all.

Therefore, Lin Mo had no idea about Ling Xiaolei's problem.

"Why do you ask this question? I don't know. How about coming to our house tonight and taking a look?"

Ling Xiaolei thought Lin Mo's suggestion was very good, so Ling Xiaolei looked at Ling Xiaoguang for help. Ling Xiaoguang understood what Ling Xiaolei meant, but shook his head at Ling Xiaolei.

"Brother..." Ling Xiaolei was a little puzzled. When he was at home, his brother was as worried about his stepmother as he was. But why was his brother unwilling to let him go find his stepmother when his uncle brought up this matter?

So Ling Xiaolei still shook his head at Lin Mo and smiled at him: "Thank you, uncle, but it's not necessary."

Lin Mo was also puzzled. From Ling Xiaolei's expression, it seemed that he really wanted to go with him, but Ling Xiaoguang obviously didn't want Ling Xiaolei to go home with him. What was going on?
Lin Mo did not insist, but just nodded to Ling Xiaolei: "Let's do it another day. I will go back and ask my sister when I can go home, and tell you tomorrow."

Ling Xiaolei smiled and responded: "Okay."

At noon, when he was with his brother and uncle, eating the food that his stepmother had his uncle bring to them, Ling Xiaolei felt that he missed his stepmother even more.

When they returned home in the evening, Ling Xiaolei followed Ling Xiaoguang in a bad mood.

"Brother, why didn't you let me go to his house with my uncle today?" Although he wanted to ignore this question, he had no choice.

Ling Xiaoguang also stopped and paused, then continued to walk towards home: "If we go there now, it will cause trouble for our stepmother. After all, it will be the weekend after tomorrow, and we can go there to help then." Ling Xiaoguang still couldn't call out "grandma's house". After all, in his heart, he still remembered the memory of his mother taking care of him, unlike Ling Xiaolei, who often followed him like a little tail.

Ling Xiaolei continued to chase after him: "I, I won't cause any trouble."

Seeing Ling Xiaolei's stubborn look as he clenched his fists, Ling Xiaoguang was stunned. He didn't expect that his younger brother was so dependent on his stepmother. He seemed to be looking forward to her coming back soon.

But...is this kind of dependence really good? Ling Xiaoguang is not sure.

But after returning home, everything in the house seemed very different from when Li Luo was there. There were no more steaming hot meals, no bright and clean living room, and even the flowers in the living room no longer changed color.

Everything was as silent as death.

The moment he entered the door, Ling Xiaoguang felt a little dazed, as if he had walked into the wrong house, but when he went out and looked at the yard again, this was clearly his home.

Moreover, the seeds that my stepmother had planted had already sprouted little tips, and even the flowers seemed to be showing signs of blooming.

Looking at those seeds, Ling Xiaoguang's heart seemed to come alive. He opened the windows of the house one by one, just like Li Luo did when he was at home. He also went out to pick some fresh wild flowers on the roadside and replaced the flowers in the vase.

Then, he soaked all the flowers and vegetables that had sprouted in the yard with water. He did not stop until he was sweating profusely and exhausted. Only then did Ling Xiaoguang stop and look at his achievements with a knowing smile.

When the stepmother comes back and sees that the house is still the same as before she left, she will surely be happy.

If the stepmother was happy, she would not leave. Ling Xiaoguang thought that she should just think of herself as having put in more effort for Xiaomao.

"Brother." Ling Xiaolei looked at his busy brother with a complicated expression. He wanted to help his brother, but found that his brother did everything by himself and he rarely could help.

The only time his brother asked him to join him was when the two of them went picking wild flowers together.

Although they were picked casually on the roadside, my brother and I selected them very carefully. The pink, blue and purple flowers, when put together into a bouquet, are quite beautiful.

However, this combination was also learned by Ling Xiaoguang from Li Luo.

Li Luo said that these colors all have relatively low saturation, so no matter how they are matched, they will look beautiful and simple.

Unexpectedly, his brother actually learned the essence of it. Ling Xiaolei couldn't help but give his brother a thumbs up.

Seeing his brother busy and sweating, Ling Xiaolei hurried to the bathroom and handed his brother a towel. After his brother wiped the sweat off his face, he went into the bathroom again, put all his and his clothes in the washing machine, filled it with water, and poured in detergent, all in one go.

They also learned how to use the washing machine under Li Luo's instruction. Li Luo first told them that when encountering plugged-in electrical appliances, they must not touch the power source with wet hands, and must not touch the head of the power source to plug it into the socket.

Ling Xiaoguang waited until all the clothes were put into the washing machine before drying his hands, plugging in the power, and watching the water slowly come up and the drum spinning non-stop.