After much hesitation, Shi Qinghan reached out and picked up the glass of milk in front of him.

With a tentative mood, he took a small sip and savored it carefully.

It seemed not much different from the milk at home.

As this thought crossed his mind, Shi Qinghan raised his gaze and saw that Qin Sui’an was about to finish the entire bottle of milk.

She leaned her little head against her daddy, Qin Haochen’s, chest, her round eyes slightly narrowed, and her rosy cheeks softened with each suckle of the milk, appearing incredibly tender.

In an instant, the lingering taste of milk in Shi Qinghan’s mouth became sweeter.

Indeed, Uncle Qin’s milk tasted even better.

While Shi Qinghan finished his glass of milk, Qin Sui’an also emptied her bottle of milk.

She held the bottle with both hands and blinked her round eyes, saying, "Daddy, I finished it!"

"Ann is amazing," Qin Haochen never hesitated to praise his little girl of joy.

He took the empty bottle from her hands and placed it on the table, gently asking for her opinion, "Does Ann still want to play at the banquet?"

"Yes!" Qin Sui’an pondered seriously but before she could come up with an answer, a yawn escaped her.

She covered her mouth and yawned, and her round eyes instantly became watery, filled with a strong sense of drowsiness.

Qin Haochen stood up, holding his little girl of joy, and made the decision on her behalf, "Then let’s go to sleep first.

There will be more banquets in the future."

"Okay," Qin Sui’an obediently agreed, resting her little head on his broad and sturdy shoulder.

The blinking speed of her round eyes gradually slowed down.

As the daddy-daughter duo was about to leave the living room, Shi Qinghan suddenly stood up and said, "Uncle Qin, goodbye. Sister Ann, goodbye."

Qin Haochen paused for a second as if he had just remembered the presence of an outsider in the living room.

The relationship between the Shi family and the Qin family was relatively good, and the cooperation between the two conglomerates was also close.

Otherwise, the bodyguard wouldn’t have allowed young Master Shi into the villa’s living room to rest.

Qin Haochen turned to look at Shi Qinghan and said, "I’ll have someone send you back later."

"No need to trouble yourself, Uncle Qin. My Daddy’s driver will come to pick me up," Shi Qinghan politely declined.

Qin Haochen didn’t insist any further and walked out of the living room.

Qin Sui’an rested her chin on her daddy’s shoulder, her gaze fixed on the person in the living room.

She curled up her lips, her round eyes curved, and waved her little hand towards Shi Qinghan, saying, "Goodbye, Brother Qinghan."

"Goodbye," Shi Qinghan waved back, bidding her farewell.

Only after the daddy-daughter duo disappeared from sight did Shi Qinghan slowly lower his hand.

Qin Sui’an withdrew her gaze and rubbed her eyes, "Daddy, Ann can’t keep my eyes open."

After being full and satisfied, her eyelids felt much heavier than before.

Qin Haochen gently touched her little head and planted a kiss on her forehead, "Sleep, Ann."

With his reassuring response, Qin Sui’an nestled in his embrace and soon drifted off into a peaceful slumber.

**

"Cousin, cousin?" Shi Yiyin, having received permission from the guards stationed at the villa entrance, cautiously entered the villa.

Shi Qinghan suddenly snapped out of his thoughts, realizing that he had been standing there since a while ago.

The milk bottle that Qin Sui’an had finished was already taken away by the bodyguard.

And the empty glass of milk that he had finished was still on the table.

"Cousin, where are you? I want to go home," Shi Yiyin’s voice came from outside.

Shi Qinghan walked out of the living room, "I’m here."

Shi Yiyin was exhausted.

The banquet hosted by Uncle Qin was filled with enjoyable and delicious things, making her incredibly happy throughout the night.

Seeing her cousin’s figure, Shi Yiyin immediately ran up to him, "Cousin, I want to go home."

As she spoke, she yawned, feeling extremely sleepy, "I’m so tired."

"All right."

Shi Qinghan walked towards the villa entrance.

He caught a glimpse of something floating near the edge of his cousin’s skirt pocket, which was a bit distracting.

He glanced sideways and reminded her, "You have a feather on you."

"Ah?"

Shi Yiyin lowered her head and chuckled, proudly taking out the goose feather, and boasted, "Cousin, this is a goose feather that Ann gave me. It was plucked from her pet big white goose!"

Shi Qinghan: "..."

It seemed like he had heard before that Qin Sui’an had a pet goose.

He couldn’t help but ask, "Are you very close to her?"

"Of course! Ann is so adorable! I’ve decided that Ann will be my little sister from now on!"

She paused and asked back, "Cousin, did you see Ann tonight? Let me tell you, Ann is so beautiful! She looks just like a doll!"

"I saw her."

Shi Qinghan saw her put the feather back into her pocket and suddenly remembered something.

He stopped in his tracks and said, "You go back to the car first, I forgot something."

"Oh, okay. Hurry up, Cousin."

Shi Yiyin ran towards the spot where their family car was parked.

Shi Qinghan returned to the living room and coincidentally met the bodyguard who was collecting the cups.

He approached him and said, "Uncle Bodyguard, can you get me a bottle of milk?" The bodyguard felt strange in his heart, pondered for a few seconds, and nodded, "Master Qinghan, please wait a moment."

Five minutes later, the Bentley slowly started and left Bay Villa.

Shi Yiyin sat in the child safety seat on the left side of the backseat, curiously looking at the milk in her cousin’s hand.

"Cousin, why do you still have milk to drink?"

Shi Qinghan sat in the child safety seat on the right side, met her eager eyes, and instinctively tightened his grip on the milk.

"This is milk from Uncle Qin’s house."

"Cousin, are you hungry?" Shi Yiyin swallowed her saliva.

She wasn’t hungry before, but now that she saw the milk, she suddenly felt hungry.

Shi Qinghan’s black eyes remained calm.

"Yes."

"I see."

Shi Yiyin had to dismiss the idea of asking her cousin for milk and comforted herself by shrinking her neck, knowing that there would be milk at home too.

But what made Shi Yiyin feel frustrated was that even though her cousin said he was hungry, he didn’t take a sip of milk throughout the journey, as if he intentionally didn’t want to give her.

This feeling of frustration didn’t last long.

As soon as the car stopped at the doorstep of their house, Shi Yiyin asked, "Cousin, didn’t you say you were hungry?"

Shi Qinghan unbuckled his seatbelt, got out of the car, and immediately instructed the family bodyguard who was opening the car door, "Go and get a bottle of milk for her."

"Yes, Master."

The family bodyguard respectfully agreed, then turned to look at Shi Yiyin and said, "Lady Yiyin, please wait a moment."

Shi Yiyin became even more frustrated and muttered, "Cousin had milk in his hand."

Her cousin used to dislike milk and wanted her to finish all the milk.

Why was he acting so differently today? It’s really strange.

She wasn’t the only one who found it strange.

Even Shi Qinghan’s biological mother, Shu Yao, was extremely surprised when she saw her son coming home with a bottle of milk: "Qinghan, this bottle of milk..."