Chapter 196 Goodbye, Little Brother. Saturday, early in the morning...

On Saturday, He Chen and his wife Mingyue arrived early, accompanied by Director Zhang and a staff member.

The two sides completed the handover according to procedure, followed by a farewell.

Xu Sannian and Zhao Lin also came here today to see Wen Xinglan off, and brought him many gifts.

Everyone at the orphanage gave Wen Xinglan gifts, along with her clothes, daily necessities, and toys. The gifts filled several boxes, and the He family's driver loaded them into the car one by one.

Wen Min, Lou Lan, and Ming Yue chatted about things to keep in mind when raising a child.

He Chen knew that Wen Xinglan had been sleeping with An Fusheng, so he came over to ask An Fusheng for advice.

He Chen didn't need to ask An Fusheng for advice; An Fusheng had already started organizing these things.

An Fusheng sent He Chen the parenting guide that he had revised countless times, but still couldn't help but remind him: "He sleeps very well, but he needs to drink milk before bed. Because of the milk, he may urinate once in the middle of the night or early morning. If he wakes up, he will tell you that he needs to pee. Sometimes he won't wake up and will just pee, so he puts pull-up pants on him before bed to prevent him from wetting the bed."

He Chen: "Okay, I understand."

An Fusheng: "He likes pull-up diapers with car patterns. I wrote down the brand and model in the guide. There are two packs in his luggage, so he can use them for now."

He Chen: "Thank you."

An Fusheng: "Mr. Shen, if I may ask, can you cook?"

He Chen: "I can do some, but you don't need to worry about the child's meals. We have a nanny at home, and we've also hired two childcare specialists. One of them is quite knowledgeable about children's diets. My wife and I have recently been learning from her how to make some food suitable for children. Don't worry, although we are first-time parents, we will do our best."

An Fusheng: "That's good, thank you."

He Chen: "These are things we should do. Although I asked before, I still want to ask, does Xiao Ba have any food preferences?"

An Fusheng: "He likes to eat meat, big chunks of meat, like stewed pork trotters and braised pork ribs. He also likes brightly colored and uniquely shaped foods, such as steamed buns and mantou. He doesn't like white ones very much, but if you add some dragon fruit juice, spinach juice, or pumpkin puree to the dough to give it some color, he will be willing to eat them. If you make them into the shape of small animals or cartoon characters, he will like them very much. Even if you put super bitter medicine inside, he can still grit his teeth and finish it."

He Chen couldn't help but laugh, "I didn't expect someone so young to be such a sucker for good looks. Okay, I got it. Looks like the learning difficulty is going to increase."

An Fusheng continued, "It's not easy to make stir-fries look appealing, but you can put more thought into color matching. For example, you can stir-fry shrimp with different colored vegetables like yam, carrots, and lettuce. He has absolutely no resistance to colorful dishes."

The He family's driver had already finished unloading the luggage, and Wen Min and the others had finished their conversation.

An Fusheng could only say, "I have some of these in the guide. I have also written down some menus and recipes. You can refer to them when you get back. If you have any questions, you can ask me anytime."

"Okay, thank you. We should be going now. Thank you again." He Chen bowed slightly respectfully.

An Fusheng quickly waved his hand: "You're welcome."

He Chen and Mingyue said goodbye to everyone and took Wen Xinglan's hand to leave. Suddenly, Zhaolin rushed over, hugged Wen Xinglan, and cried out, "Brother, brother, don't forget me when you become rich and powerful!"

Wen Xinglan was stunned by his hug, but when she heard his affected crying voice, she patted his head to comfort him.

The children in the orphanage were too sensible. They knew that sending their younger brother away today was a big event and they couldn't cause trouble. They all obediently watched their younger brother. Now, seeing that their older brother Zhaolin was holding his younger brother tightly, the adults didn't seem angry. One by one, they started to run over and hug their younger brother.

"Little brother, don't forget me either."

"Little brother, remember to come visit us next time!"

"Little brother, call me 'big brother' again."

"elder brother."

"You should also call her 'older sister'."

"elder sister."

"Little brother, I will miss you very much."

"I will miss your brother too."

...

He Chen and Mingyue gave the children enough time to say goodbye, but they still had to leave eventually.

"Alright, alright, your little brother is being surrounded so much he can't breathe," Wen Min said.

The children obediently dispersed.

Mingyue said, "If you miss your little brother in the future, you can come and play with him anytime."

That's what they say, but from now on they'll be from two different worlds, so how could they possibly play together? Wen Min hugged the children and said, "Say goodbye to your little brother."

The children waved goodbye, saying, "Goodbye, little brother."

Wen Xinglan probably thought that this time it would be the same as before, just going out to play with his parents and bringing back gifts for his older siblings in the evening. He waved to everyone happily and then walked happily to the car. After getting in the car, he found that he could not climb into the car seat and asked He Chen to help him.

The car doors closed, and the vehicle slowly drove out of the welfare home, quickly disappearing from everyone's sight.

One by one, the children snuggled into their parents' arms, quietly watching the front door.

Even though everyone was in the yard, the yard felt completely empty.

"Mother Wen, is my brother really never coming back?" An Shisi asked.

Wen Min: "But we're all children."

An Shisi: "Will we be together forever?"

Wen Min: "If you're willing, then you can."

An Shisi: "I hope we can be together forever."

Wen Min said, "Then let's be together forever."

...

An Fusheng walked over and said a few words to Wen Yusheng, who clapped her hands and said, "Does anyone want to have a picnic?"

Picnic? What does that mean? The children instantly perked up.

What is a picnic?

Hearing the voice, he said, "It's about eating delicious food outdoors."

"Really?" Wen Xingmou immediately ran from Lou Lan's arms to Wen Yusheng's side: "Then where shall we go to eat something delicious in the countryside?"

Upon hearing the voice, he said, "Ask your older brother."

Wen Xingmou ran up to An Fusheng again: "Big brother, are you going on a picnic with us too? Don't you have to work overtime today? Where should we go for our picnic?"

Wen Xingmou became more and more excited with each sentence.

An Fusheng was filled with guilt. The restaurant was getting busier and busier, and even knowing Wen Xinglan was leaving, he didn't have time to spend much time with him. He knew that when He Chen and the others came to pick up Wen Xinglan, the other children would feel envious or lonely, but he didn't have time to properly comfort them either. Last night, they seemed to casually wonder why they didn't have parents, but in reality, they knew everything. At school, all their classmates had parents, and even much of the classroom teaching was related to their parents.

When An Shisi was hospitalized, An Fusheng overheard An Shisi asking Shen Yuqiu, "When are you going to marry Wen Mama?" Shen Yuqiu asked him why he asked that, and An Shisi said, "Because when you marry Wen Mama, we'll have a dad. With a dad, I can sleep between my mom and dad."

Before, none of them had a father, but suddenly the younger brother did. They watched his parents play with him and buy him all sorts of gifts. They were very envious, but they were very sensible and suppressed their feelings, not daring to show it. An Fusheng had seen many children lie on the ground and throw tantrums when they were unhappy, but these things would never happen to the children in the orphanage. Some regrets are destined to last a lifetime and are beyond our control.

Fusheng said, "I'm sorry, brother, you've been quite busy lately. It's the weekend, and there will be many unexpected situations at the restaurant. You need to take care of the restaurant and can't go too far. How about we have a picnic in the vegetable garden today? We can go outside next time when we have more free time."

Wen Xing's eyes were clearly a little disappointed, but she still nodded obediently: "Okay."

"Wow! That's awesome!" Zhaolin exclaimed carefree. "I saw a video of someone eating hot pot in their vegetable garden. They could just pick whatever vegetables they wanted and have them right there. That's so cool!"

Hearing him say that, the child suddenly became a little interested.

“Brother Zhaolin, we have a lot of vegetables in our garden. They were all planted by me, my older brother and sister, and Lin Wuyang together,” Wen Xingmou said.

Zhaolin: "Homegrown food tastes the best! Hurry, hurry, how should we prepare it? Should we make hot pot or barbecue? Let's get started!"

Some children said they wanted to eat barbecue, while others said they wanted to eat hot pot.

An Fusheng said, "Then let's have hot pot and barbecue, we have all the tools we need at home."

"Yes, yes!"

Zhaolin directed everyone to start moving pots, pans, and dishes into the vegetable garden.

Wen Xinghe couldn't move it, so Wen Yusheng pulled her to pick vegetables.

However, this happiness does not belong to Wen Xingrui for the time being, because he has to go to a rehabilitation training class first.

Wen Min has been very busy with work lately. Seeing the children chattering away, she breathed a sigh of relief and went over to say a few words to An Fusheng before heading off to work. However, An Fusheng said, "Mother Wen, you shouldn't have told Pian Shisi and Xingmou last night that their parents would come to pick them up. They're not little anymore; they know everything."

Wen Min said, "I know."

An Fusheng: "Then why did you lie to them?"

Wen Min: "I didn't lie to them. Our educational philosophy has never been to make children happy by deceiving them."

“You’ve been in the orphanage for quite some time now, so you should have noticed that almost no kind-hearted people from the community visit the children,” Wen Min continued.

Having not paid much attention before, An Fusheng realized it was true after being reminded like this. "Why?"

Wen Min: "The children in our welfare home have their own homes and their own family structures. These family structures provide them with suitable and stable emotional channels. The care from loving people may allow them to temporarily obtain the love they lack in their lives, but that is a kind of emotional charity. They receive it temporarily but then lose it permanently. It does nothing but cause them deeper regret and self-pity in their minds."

An Fusheng: "Then why did you say they would have a father and mother?"

Wen Min patted An Fusheng on the shoulder: "This is what I've been working on recently, but I don't have a definite plan yet. You'll find out later."

Why was Aunt Wen secretly doing something without me? An Fusheng quickly asked, "Don't you need any help?"

Wen Min: "You don't need it for now. Focus on making money; you'll need it soon."

"Oh," An Fusheng said. Then he'd better work hard to make money; it seemed like all he knew was how to make money (he absolutely didn't mean to think he earned a lot (＞人＜;)...).

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Author's Note: I'll update another chapter later.