"Xiao Chunming, are you practicing calligraphy?" Ye Jingchen asked suddenly after watching for a while.

Chunming was startled by the sudden sound behind him. He tightened his grip on the brush, drawing a long ink mark on the paper.

He turned around and glared angrily at Ye Jingchen, his hand holding the calligraphy brush twitching.

Ye Jingchen could tell that Chunming really wanted to throw the calligraphy brush in his face.

"Actually, I taught your brother to read when he was little. Would you like him to praise you when he returns home?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.

Chunming's guarded expression softened slightly.

"How about I teach you to write?" Ye Jingchen thought he had a chance and continued to ask.

"What do you want?" Chunming asked, his childish voice still a little stiff, after all, he had only recently learned to speak.

"Don't be so hostile towards me. I don't even blame you for taking away my beloved younger brother," Ye Jingchen said, looking at Chunming.

Xie Chang'an was leaning against the window of the study, watching Ye Jingchen play with the child. Upon hearing this, his gaze towards Ye Jingchen deepened.

"I didn't!" Chunming retorted excitedly.

"Really? I don't believe it unless you give me a hug." Ye Jingchen said calmly.

Chunming sat still, his face clearly showing his resistance.

"You said you had no hostility towards me, but you wouldn't even hug me. Your brother used to love hugging me when he was little," Ye Jingchen said.

Xie Chang'an's gaze deepened even further.

Upon hearing this, Chunming looked at the person in front of him with an incredulous expression.

He didn't believe it.

My brother is such an amazing person, how could he possibly like hugging people when he was little?

But then he thought about how his brother always acted when he was with this person, unlike how he acted with everyone else.

The little child didn't understand what 'jealousy' meant, but he was instinctively afraid that his older brother would be taken away by this person.

This person lives in a very big and beautiful place, and is always surrounded by many people. His brother is just one of them, but he is everything to him.

So he thought this person was despicable and greedy, who had so much already but still wanted to take away his one and only.

"Little brat, your eyes are dangerous. If your brother knew you were looking at me with such a dangerous gaze, he would be angry. After all, I'm his beloved brother." When his attempts to entice me failed, Ye Jingchen resorted to threats.

He didn't feel embarrassed at all about threatening a child who was only a few years old.

Because of his threat, Chunming's expression changed again, becoming fierce, but also showing obvious panic.

"If you give me a hug, I won't tell your brother, and I'll even teach you to write. How about that? I'm a very generous person!" Ye Jingchen opened his arms to the little boy.

Chunming stared at Ye Jingchen for a long time before finally putting down the calligraphy brush in her hand. Reluctantly, she jumped off the chair, walked warily to Ye Jingchen, hesitated, stretched out her little hand, and then, as if she had made up her mind, closed her eyes and hugged Ye Jingchen's leg with a fearless look.

Given his height, he could only hug his legs.

Ye Jingchen looked at the little boy clinging to his leg and revealed a sly smile.

Chunming hugged him briefly, then quickly let go, took several steps back, and kept a distance from Ye Jingchen.

"You are not allowed to say it!" he said.

"I'm a man of my word. Since you hugged me on your own initiative, of course I won't tell your brother," Ye Jingchen said with a smile.

Chunming's tense body finally relaxed.

Ye Jingchen walked to the chair in front of the desk and sat down. Then he beckoned to Chunming, "Come on, I'll teach you how to write."

“I don’t need it!” Chunming refused outright.

"That won't do. I'm a person of my word. If I said I would teach you to write, I will definitely teach you."

As he spoke, he reached out and scooped up the little cub who was trying to run away, then placed him on his lap.

“Don’t you want your brother to praise you when he comes back? Your brother was very smart when he was little. He had a photographic memory and learned everything very quickly. If you are too stupid, he will look down on you,” Ye Jingchen said.

Chunming, whose small body was already stiff from being forced to sit on Ye Jingchen's lap, became even stiffer after hearing those words.

"I'm not one to force others. Now, are you willing to let me teach you?" Ye Jingchen asked with a smile.

Chunming hesitated for a long time before handing the brush to Ye Jingchen.

"Good boy!" Ye Jingchen smiled and reached out to pat Chunming's head. "Come on, you hold the brush, and I'll hold your hand to teach you how to write."

The way this person touched his head and the force he used were so similar to his brother's; it was as if his brother was touching his head.

Chunming's little body trembled slightly; he loved it when his older brother patted his head.

He took a deep breath and gripped the brush.

Ye Jingchen held his little hand and earnestly taught him to write.

Since entering the study, Xie Chang'an's gaze had been fixed on Ye Jingchen, never shifting away for even a moment.

He discovered that Ye Jingchen really liked children and was very patient with them. If they could have a child, would Ye Jingchen be even more gentle and patient with their own child?

He imagined the happy scene of his family of three and couldn't help but smile.

Chunming was a child he specifically chose for Ye Jinghe.

In his previous life, after he became emperor, he was constantly urged by his ministers to marry and have children. He was very annoyed and went out of the palace to relax. On the streets of the imperial city, he saw Chunming begging.

Chunming was a few years older than he is now, and his features resembled Ye Jinghe's. On a whim, he took Chunming back to the palace, falsely claiming he was his son, and made him the crown prince.

After promising Ye Jingchen that he would find friends for Ye Jinghe, Xie Chang'an immediately thought of Chunming.

Given Ye Jinghe's personality, it would be difficult for him to make friends, let alone open up to others. It would be better to let him meet his younger self; he would be more likely to open up then.

So he mobilized his men and spent some time finding Chunming, who had become a homeless child. He brought him to the road that Ye Jinghe always took on his way back to the mansion, and then created a little accident so that Ye Jinghe would discover Chunming.

After discovering Chunming, Ye Jinghe indeed chose to bring him back to the Prince Qian's residence.

If it weren't for thoroughly investigating Chunming's past in his previous life to uncover his true identity, he might not have been able to find him in this vast sea of ​​people. This can be considered his fate with Chunming.

In his previous life, after bringing Chunming back to the palace, he put a lot of effort into making Chunming a qualified crown prince.

This child was grateful and quite filial to him. Later, he came to regard this child as his own.

His child is Ye Jingchen's child. If you think about it that way, they can be considered a family of three.

Of course, this is on the premise that Ye Jinghe is ignored.