Chapter 285

Hearing his mother's praise, Niannian immediately showed a proud smile on his face. He looked up, blinked his big eyes and said to his mother: "Mom, do you know? Suisui and I picked more apples than Ningning!"

"And we can both climb up the tree to pick the fruit by ourselves, and then come down from the tree easily!"

"But Ningning, that coward, was so scared that he didn't dare to move halfway up the mountain." As he said this, Niannian deliberately made a face, as if he wanted to make fun of his younger brother.

However, Xia Ruoan did not agree with Nian Nian's words. She squatted down, gently touched Nian Nian's little head, and said earnestly: "Niannian, we can't laugh at our brother like this!"

"Everyone has something they are afraid of. Ningning is just a little afraid of heights, just like you are afraid of those little bugs."

At this point, Xia Ruo'an gently scratched Nian Nian's nose and continued with a smile: "Have you forgotten? The last time you were scared by a little bug, who bravely helped you take the little bug away?"

"Who was the one who kept comforting you and telling you not to be afraid?"

After hearing what her mother said, Nian Nian lowered her head in embarrassment and muttered softly, "Well...it's Ningning..."

At this time, Xia Ruoan turned around and looked at Ningning standing beside him with a gentle gaze, smiling and encouraging: "Ningning, it's not shameful to be afraid."

"If you feel scared, be sure to speak up and tell us. Don't try to hold it in. Otherwise, if you get hurt accidentally, your parents will be very distressed!"

"Isn't it really embarrassing?" Ningning frowned and muttered stubbornly.

He had always thought of himself as an upright little man, but now he was too scared to come down from the tree. He felt so awkward and embarrassed!

Seeing this, Zhong Zishu, who was standing by, quickly comforted Ningning in a gentle voice: "What's there to be ashamed of, Ningning? Your mother was like this when she was a child. She only dared to climb up the tree to play, but she never had the courage to come down by herself."

As he said this, Zhong Zishu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

"At that time, it took your uncle and I a lot of effort to carry her down!" Hearing this, Ningning turned her head curiously and looked at Xia Ruoan who was standing next to her, her big eyes blinking, full of confusion and expectation.

Xia Ruo'an's face flushed slightly, and she looked a little embarrassed, but she nodded gently and admitted, "Yes, Ningning, Mom was indeed the same as you at that time."

"And even now, Mom is still a little afraid of heights."

After hearing this, Ningning seemed to have found her mental balance all of a sudden. She straightened her chest and proudly announced, "So that's how it is. It seems like I'm afraid of heights like my mom!"

"In that case, I'm not afraid!"

However, if you look closely, you will find that there are still traces of tears in the corners of his eyes, as if telling of the fear and grievance he just felt.

Who would have thought that just a moment ago, this little guy was crying like a pitiful little tearful child.

At this time, Leng Zexi, who had been paying attention to the two children, noticed that Nian Nian was still standing there hesitant.

So, he winked at Nian Nian and asked, "Nian Nian, do you have something to say to Ning Ning?"

Niannian nodded vigorously. He had witnessed with his own eyes the thrilling scene of Ningning falling from a tall tree.

Niannian quickly ran forward, held Ningning's hand tightly, and said with a guilty look on his face: "I'm sorry, Ningning, I will never laugh at you for being afraid of heights again!"

Then, he patted his chest and promised: "From now on, you can just pick the fruits under the tree peacefully. I will climb up the tree to help you pick them, and then throw them down and hand them to you."

After that, Niannian enthusiastically handed the apples in the basket on his back to Ningning and said with a smile: "These are the apples I picked. Let's eat them together!"

Faced with Niannian's sincere apology and friendly gesture, Ningning's originally somewhat angry heart melted instantly.

He nodded heavily, indicating that he no longer cared about Nian Nian's previous mockery of his cowardice, and responded with a crisp sound, "Okay."

Just like that, the unpleasantness between the two little guys disappeared in the blink of an eye, and they became as close and reconciled as before.

At this time, Zhong Zishu led the three of them to a relatively short apple tree and said to them gently: "You can pick apples here to your heart's content. Your uncle will be watching you from the side. Be careful."

So the three children started to get busy happily.

Xia Ruoan, who was standing aside, finally had the chance to turn around and looked at Leng Zexi with concern, and asked softly, "Is your hand really okay?"

Even though he had just said it was okay, she was still a little worried.

Leng Zexi raised the corners of his mouth slightly, revealing a faint smile, and shook his head gently, saying: "It's really okay! You know, I have always insisted on exercising, this little thing is nothing to me."

After saying this, he glanced tenderly at the woman beside him.

Then, he took her hand and walked slowly forward, asking softly, "Didn't you say you wanted to pick apples? Come on, I'll go with you."

However, Xia Ruo'an stopped and looked at the direction he was leading in confusion, and asked puzzledly: "Aren't we going to Sui Sui's place?"

Leng Zexi looked back at her and explained patiently: "Don't worry, Ruoan."

"Sui Sui and the others are being looked after by my second brother and three bodyguards, so they'll be fine."

"Let's go to the other side and ignore those three guys."

Hearing this, Xia Ruo'an couldn't help laughing, but soon as if she had thought of something, she stared into Leng Zexi's eyes and asked curiously: "Husband, are you jealous?"

"Is it because Sui Sui and the others didn't give you any apples? If that's the case, how about I pick a big apple for you later?"

When Leng Zexi was asked this, he was stunned for a moment, and then a look of embarrassment appeared on his face.

But he still nodded calmly and replied: "Well... OK, if you can, pick me the biggest and reddest apple."

Then, he paused for a moment, turned his head and gazed at Xia Ruoan affectionately, as if they were the only two people left in the world.

In fact, when he found out that the three children were getting closer to Joan, this was exactly what he had been hoping to see deep down.

For him, it is enough for him to occupy the second place in the children's hearts.

In this way, he naturally would not feel the slightest bit disappointed.

"It's understandable that they are so intimate with you. After all, that's your own flesh and blood that you gave birth to after ten months of pregnancy!" Leng Zexi said calmly, without revealing any envy of Bai Yao in his words.

Then, Leng Zexi gently picked up Xia Ruoan by the waist and reached out to pick the huge red apple within their sight.

Since school was about to start in two days, it was not convenient for them to stay here for too long.

So, that afternoon, the group set out on their journey home.

As soon as he got home, Leng Zexi saw Bai Yao standing at the door waiting quietly, with something in his hand.

Seeing this, Leng Zexi raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the other person with a smile and asked, "Could it be that Bai Yu told you?"

Facing Leng Zexi's question, Bai Yao couldn't help but twitch his lips, and responded unhappily: "If he hadn't said that, why would I have come here on purpose?"

However, at this moment, Xia Ruoan had a bewildered look on her face. She was completely confused and had no idea what the two people in front of her were talking about.

Ning Ning saw Bai Yao standing at the door and stopped him, "Uncle Bai, you are not allowed to come in. I haven't forgiven you for stepping on my vegetable seedlings to death yet."

He also laughed at his own vegetable seedlings as dead weeds.

Bai Yao handed the plant encyclopedia in his hand to Ningning.

"I'm sorry Ningning, I was wrong before. Look, this is the apology gift I bought for you. I gave it to you right after it arrived."

"Please forgive your uncle this time." Bai Yao looked at him and said.

"There is a listening and reading function here. If Ningning wants to know something, he can just ask questions. Even if he can't understand the words in the book, he can still listen." It was also to increase this function that I was unable to apologize to him in time.

Ningning heard it and tried it, and it was true.

However, Ningning did not accept it directly. She looked at her parents, asking if she could accept it.

How could they not see that he liked it, and nodded.

Leng Zexi ruffled his hair and said, "If you accept it, it means you forgive your Uncle Bai, and you can't stop him from entering the house, otherwise you will be impolite, understand?"

Ning Ning nodded, "Got it."

"Uncle Bai, I forgive you. You are welcome to my home. Please come in." Ningning said and made a gesture to invite him in.

Bai Yao saw that Ningning was also very rare.

Bai Yao also took out the gift for Sui Sui Nian Nian. Since he was going to give it away, he would naturally give it to all three.

Bai Yao bought all these after asking Leng Zexi. The one for Sui Sui is a Lego toy, and the one for Niannian is a set of paintbrushes.

Xia Ruoan thought they must have something to talk about, so she asked them to thank her and then took the three children upstairs to pack their things to take to kindergarten. These were all prepared by Leng Zexi.

She just needs to look at the list and check it again.

They were wearing school uniforms on the first day of school. Xia Ruoan found some for them and asked them to try them on to see if they fit.

Suisui and Niannian's are just the right size, neither too big nor too small, but Ningning's is a bit awkward, as her belly is bulging and can't cover it at all.

Then my pants became too small and couldn’t be pulled up.

Xia Ruo'an covered her mouth and tried to hold back her laughter, but she couldn't help laughing in the end. Sui Sui and Niannian couldn't help laughing when they heard their mother laugh.