The next day, Chu Fang woke up to find Zhong Tingyue sitting next to him. He was startled: "Hey, what's wrong with you?"

Ms. Zhong's delicate face showed signs of fatigue, with a few strands of hair falling across her forehead and her furrowed brows revealing her hard work, yet she remained beautiful and charming.

"I stayed up all night."

"Um."

"What's wrong?"

"I spent the whole night thinking about how to legally make someone else's child mine."

Chu Fang: "..."

Can you listen carefully? Are you even speaking human language?

He craned his neck: "Have you found anything?"

"No."

Zhong Tingyue searched through Zhihu (a Chinese Q&A website) last night but still couldn't find a solution. The comments below were also extremely abstract, for example:

They left Earth and fled to Mars with their child.

The constitution does not stipulate that a child not born to you is not your own. You can sue the child's parents to fight for custody and protect your legitimate rights.

I am Qin Shi Huang. You immediately give me 50 Vouchers, and once I reclaim the country, I will fight for your children.

... ...

Ahhh... ...

Liu Zhe woke up and lay in Zhong Tingyue's arms, his legs bulging, extremely excited as he had just woken up.

A rosy cheek, an innocent smile, eyes as black as ink, and adorable pupils...

Zhong Tingyue's heart almost melted at the sight: "Mmm, so cute."

"Mr. Chu, can you help me think of a solution?"

Chu Fang spread his hands, helpless.

Zhong Rou got up, squatted down beside him, and teased Liu Zhe. Liu Zhe pouted and cried.

Afterwards, Zhong Rou got a beating, and her lips pouted as if she wanted to reach the sky: "Zhong Tingyue, you have no manners!"

"roll!"

"Okay."

Zhong Tingyue stroked her chin: "How about letting your cousin and his wife go on vacation for a few more days?"

"They both have jobs and don't have time to travel."

"Why don't you talk to them and let me take care of the child?"

Do you think this is appropriate?

"Hmm... it suits you quite well."

Around noon, Liu Kai and Zhou Yitong finished their trip and came to the Tanhua residential area to pick up Liu Zhe.

Upon seeing Zhou Yitong, Liu Zhe immediately started arguing and trying to leave Zhong Tingyue's embrace to go into his biological mother's arms.

Seeing this, Zhong Tingyue pouted: "You little ingrate, I've taken care of you for so long, changed your diapers, fed you, and played with you, and you forget about me the moment you see your real mother."

“Oh dear, you’ve had a hard time these past few days. It’s not that your mom and dad don’t want you, it’s just that we have work to do,” Zhou Yitong explained.

Chu Fang was surprised: "Work?"

Liu Kai explained, "Children have memories. I can't let Liu Zhe know that we abandoned him for our trip, otherwise he will blame us when he grows up."

Chu Fang: "..."

You two are quite cunning, but you don't use your cunning in the right way.

Liu Kai looked at Zhong Tingyue and said, "Sister-in-law, thank you for taking care of me these past few days."

Her own child had become someone else's; Zhong Tingyue's heart was bleeding, but she still had to pretend to be gentle and nonchalant: "It's okay."

Nothing? Something's wrong!

What right do you have to take my child away?

Liu Kai and his wife took an evening flight back to Chengdu, and Chu Fang took his cousin and his wife out for dinner.

“A meal costing over ten thousand yuan, cousin, please don’t do this. It’s difficult for me to eat like this.” Liu Kai clutched his chest.

Chu Fang replied casually, "It's alright, order whatever you like, it's not my money anyway."

“Could it be that my sister-in-law paid for it? That doesn’t make any sense,” my cousin-in-law Zhou Yitong said hurriedly.

Chu Fang said, "Last time at the train station, my cousin promised me that if I helped you take care of your child, you would treat me to a meal. Today, I'll let you pay the bill. I won't argue with you."

Liu Kai's lips twitched, not only because of the pain of spending money, but also because of the pain of his wife's high heels stepping on his instep.

Zhou Yitong wished she could kill her husband.

Who told you to make such empty promises outside?

Chu Fang smiled, finished his meal, and prepared to pay the bill. He naturally wouldn't let his cousin and cousin-in-law pay, but Liu Kai insisted on doing so.

"Since I made the promise, I'll pay the bill. Thank you for taking care of Liu Zhe these past few days; we had a lot of fun."

Chu Fang nodded in agreement.

Liu Kai then scanned the QR code to pay, spending 11,000 yuan. He gritted his teeth and said, "It's not expensive!"

After dinner, Liu Kai and his wife were planning to go to the airport early, but Zhong Tingyue stopped them and said, "Liu Zhe is my nephew. It's not easy for him to come all this way, so I'll buy him some things."

"No need," Zhou Yitong refused.

However, Zhong Tingyue insisted, and the couple eventually agreed.

The four then went to the mall and headed straight for the baby and toddler supplies store. Zhong Tingyue then went on a shopping spree, buying Liu Zhe a multitude of baby products: diapers, formula, clothes, diaper rash cream, baby powder...

Liu Kai and Zhou Yitong looked at each other and exchanged glances.

My husband wears only high-end brands.

They're rich.

Are we just going to accept it like this?

Hmm... ...I'll refuse.

The couple reached an agreement, but Zhou Yitong refused, saying, "Sister-in-law, don't buy it. We already have enough at home. Don't spend money on it."

"This is my heartfelt gift, a token of my affection for Liu Zhe. Please accept it," Zhong Tingyue said.

Zhou Yitong nodded: "Okay."

Liu Kai stared at his wife speechlessly.

Didn't I tell you to refuse?

Did I not refuse? I did refuse, but my sister-in-law was so enthusiastic that I couldn't refuse. You know, I'm a person who's easily embarrassed.

Liu Kai: "... ..."

Chu Fang noticed the couple exchanging glances, and he said with a smile, "Take it, it won't cost much."

He could sense that Zhong Tingyue genuinely liked Liu Zhe and was willing to spend money to buy things for him.

Seeing this, Liu Kai nodded.

He knew that Chu Fang was rich and didn't care about a pittance, so there was no need for him to worry about money.

After a trip to the baby supply store, Zhong Tingyue bought all the baby supplies she needed and paid for them herself.

After shopping, it was already six o'clock in the afternoon. Chu Fang took his cousin and his wife to the airport.

Liu Kai said, "Sigh, I don't know how to put it."

"Then let's not talk about it, we're brothers," Chu Fang said.

Chu's mother values ​​blood ties very much and is a person who cherishes family ties. Otherwise, she wouldn't have called Chu Fang to ask him to entertain Liu Kai and his wife. Chu Fang, of course, also hopes to continue the family relationship.

“This child usually cries in other people’s arms, but he doesn’t cry in his sister-in-law’s arms. Maybe it’s because his sister-in-law is too beautiful and he can’t bear to see him cry.” Zhou Yitong was surprised to see her son sitting quietly in Zhong Tingyue’s arms.

Upon hearing this, Zhong Tingyue felt a pang of sorrow.

This is my child!

When the time came, Liu Kai and his wife prepared to enter the airport. Zhong Tingyue handed Liu Zhe over to Zhou Yitong. Surprisingly, Liu Zhe actually cried and stretched out his arms to Zhong Tingyue, hoping for a hug.

In the end, Zhou Yitong carried Liu Zhe into the airport and disappeared from Zhong Tingyue's sight.

Zhong Tingyue's eyelashes trembled, as if carrying unspeakable emotions. Clear tears welled up in her eyes, and her lips were slightly pursed, as if she was trying to restrain herself.

"Alright, alright," Chu Fang comforted his fiancée.

“My child is gone.” Zhong Tingyue pouted, adding to her cuteness.

"You can't just snatch someone else's child."

Zhong Tingyue asked, "Why not?"

Chu Fang: "..."

That's a good question.

A normal person wouldn't ask such a question.

After Liu Zhe left, Zhong Tingyue felt empty inside, as if something was missing.

Now she feels like a mother.

... ...

The plane took off and headed towards Chengdu.

"Oh, honey, look what this is!" Zhou Yitong teased her child and suddenly noticed a pendant hanging around her son's neck.

Liu Kai took the pendant, examined it carefully, and said, "This should be a gift from my cousin to his son."

"It's not cheap, is it?"

"Jadeite, it's really expensive."

"Hiss..." Zhou Yitong was startled and looked down at her son. "I haven't even put on the jade pendant yet, and you've already put it on. I have to wear this pendant."

Liu Kai glanced at his wife: "You're going to take even our son's things?"

"I only took my son away because you didn't have money to buy him for me. It's all your fault. Why can't you be as rich as my cousin?"

Liu Kai: "... ..."

How many people in the world can compare to Chu Fang?

Comparing it to the Chu side?

Am I crazy?

... ...

After Liu Zhe left, Zhong Tingyue felt that life had lost much of its joy and became depressed.

The next morning, Chu Fang and Zhong Tingyue arrived at the studio.

Jiang Wenzhen immediately greeted, "Good morning, Sister Zhong."

“No good,” Zhong Tingyue replied bluntly.

"Huh?" Seeing Zhong Tingyue head into the studio, Jiang Wenzhen then asked Chu Fang, "What happened to my sister Zhong?"

"Her child has been taken away by someone else."

Jiang Wenzhen understood.

These past few days, Zhong Tingyue has been inseparable from Liu Zhe, even staying at the studio while she's at work, which everyone has naturally seen.

... ...

As night fell, Zhong Tingyue, He Yi, and Yang Meina held their usual get-together at a quiet bar in Shanghai.

Zhong Tingyue stared at He Yi's stomach and reached out to touch it.

He Yi asked, "What are you doing? Sexual harassment?"

Yang Meina then told He Yi what had happened in the past few days: Zhong Tingyue's most beloved child had left her, and she had recently become depressed and could hardly breathe.

Yang Meina was also puzzled: "Can a mere child have such great magic?"

“It’s not that children have magic, but that being a mother has magic.” He Yi touched her flat belly. “Although my child hasn’t been born yet, I can feel his/her presence, and I seem willing to do anything for him/her.”

“Exactly, that feeling is something only someone like you who has never been a mother can understand,” Zhong Tingyue nodded.

Yang Meina scoffed.

Zhong Tingyue stared at her best friend's belly, as if she could see through the skin and into the growing child inside.

He Yi said, "Yueyue, since you like children so much, why don't you have one with Chu Fang?"

"Huh?" Zhong Tingyue was taken aback. "We're not married yet."

“You two are getting married soon, so it’s good to start trying to conceive soon,” He Yi said.

Zhong Tingyue fell into deep thought.

... ...