The library has always been a great place for children to relax and take their children out during the summer vacation. Shenhai Library follows suit and holds a week-long Children's Book Festival during this period every year.

The venue, renowned for its aesthetics, boasts tall ceilings, ample natural light, and a vibrant cultural atmosphere. In the vibrantly colored children's library on the third floor, dozens of innocent and adorable children, accompanied by adults, fill tables with coloring cards.

Leading Media, one of the Children's Book Festival's partners, planned and hosted today's "Books for Children" themed event. Following a lively interaction between a specially invited fairy tale writer and parents and children, it was now the turn of one of Shenhai's most renowned art teachers to provide on-site instruction.

A young mother in a white dress and pigtails was guiding her lovely daughter through the process of painting. Zhang Moyan's gaze was fixed, her heart beating wildly and her breathing trembling slightly. Warm light and shadows overlapped vaguely, and a tender figure emerged from the depths of her memory.

"The leaves here haven't been painted yet. What color should they be?"

“Use green!”

"Yes, the flowers and leaves are all green! But there are many kinds of green here. Which one do you want to use next?"

…

The bright sunshine around her suddenly turned into gentle waves that embraced her. The gentle whispers were like whispers across the sea water, interwoven with hazy fragments of light and the fragrance unique to maternal love, silently forming a huge gravitational force that pulled her forward.

Mom... Zhang Moyan wanted to lift her feet several times.

"Fuck, Zhu Lili's boyfriend has a child! What is she thinking? She is so bold as to want to be someone's stepmother?" Jin Xueyang, who had come up from somewhere, appeared beside Zhang Moyan and complained to her with a gossipy look.

Zhang Moyan's thoughts flashed back to her mind, and she suddenly felt a little dizzy. She pinched her palm with her fingertips, then turned her head to signal Jin Xueyang and whispered, "Don't talk nonsense. The child is Lili's boyfriend's niece. I mentioned today's event to Lili when I went to Ocean Park last week, and she was very interested and signed the child up."

"You're going to Ocean Park again? What's so fascinating about those jellyfish that you're so obsessed with them?"

“…boring…”

While Zhang Moyan was evading him, Jin Xueyang turned to examine the three people at Zhu Lili's table. "That's good! I was worried she'd do something stupid. This little girl's never been very smart. But looking at it this way, Zhu Lili and her boyfriend look like a young couple with a child. They're really enviable to those who don't know the situation."

Zhang Moyan glanced at Jin Xueyang with some surprise when she heard this and asked, "Are you envious too?"

She always thought that there was no emotional need for children.

Jin Xueyang looked back at her in confusion, "What's that look in your eyes? Is it strange that I'm envious? 'Young children can run away at such a young age', how can you honestly say you're not envious?"

"I'm so envious." Zhang Moyan begged for mercy with her palms facing outwards after Jin Xueyang's three consecutive blows.

Zhu Lili noticed four gazes and looked up to meet their eyes. She then smiled and said a few words to her boyfriend, then stood up and ran towards Jin Xueyang and Zhang Moyan with energy.

"Seniors, seniors! Are you looking for me?"

"I didn't look for you," Jin Xueyang smiled slightly, acting like a gentleman. "I was the one who said you and your boyfriend looked like a family of three with your child. Your senior said she was so envious!"

Jin Xueyang's casual words made both girls blush slightly. Zhang Moyan bit her lip and smiled at him, silently mouthing two words: Shut up!

"Ha, she's embarrassed," Jin Xueyang said, seemingly polite but actually teasing, spreading his hands, "Just pretend I didn't say anything!"

For a moment, Zhang Moyan really wanted to slap the document in his hand on his face that pretended to be innocent.

Zhu Lili enthusiastically suggested, "Since you like children, the most urgent thing is to find the child's father first! Well, you can consider us seniors. Why don't you two be together? Since you are both single, why don't you just get together? To be honest, a lot of people thought you were a couple in college..."

Zhang Moyan looked at Zhu Lili's lips in wonder as they kept opening and closing. "Is this how you keep the wealth within your family?" she asked. "Did you know that your senior, he... Never mind. Good friends keep secrets!" (clenched fist)

In short, she had the urge to cross her arms and cover Zhu Lili's mouth.

"Hahaha, what a good idea!" Jin Xueyang and Zhang Moyan, who were almost laughing to death, looked at each other. The latter nodded, silently acknowledging his previous comment that Zhu Lili was not very smart.

A microphone rang out over the speakers, and the art teacher announced that the children could take their finished works to get commemorative stamps. Zhu Lili said hello to Zhang Moyan and Jin Xueyang, then skipped back to help her boyfriend's niece finish her work.

Jin Xueyang looked down at the time and said to Zhang Moyan, "We're not needed here for the time being. It's still early. There's a water bar on this floor. Let's go sit there for a while."

Organizing activities for children is more laborious than organizing those for adults. Zhang Moyan was exhausted after working for half a day, so she readily agreed to Jin Xueyang's proposal.

"You've been having a lot on your mind lately, haven't you?"

After the two of them got the good things and sat down, Jin Xueyang suddenly asked a question.

"Huh?" Zhang Moyan was confused and puzzled.

Jin Xueyang swept his finger over the things in front of Zhang Moyan: "You ordered so much, are you still planning to have dinner after get off work?"

Only then did Zhang Moyan realize that she had ordered ice lemon tea, a pork chop bun, and an egg waffle, which was indeed too much.

"Oh, I ordered it so I can eat it with you..." Zhang Moyan said concealingly.

"Oh, that's rare. You've never ordered anything with me before. Something unusual must be fishy." Jin Xueyang wasn't dismissed. He waved the half-opened straw around her face twice through the air, looking at her inquiringly. "You've been looking distracted lately. Are you worried that Editor-in-Chief Lu's misfortune will affect you?"

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