Since Can Can started kindergarten, time seems to have sped up; in the blink of an eye, it's already February 15th.

Can Can rolled around on the carpet, while Milk and Cake lay in a row, watching him roll around.

Wen Shuqiao came out of the kitchen and saw him rolling around on the floor. She asked in confusion, "What are you doing?"

Can Can lay on the carpet, looked up at Wen Shu Qiao with a smile, and said, "I'm so happy, Auntie, I don't have to go to kindergarten anymore."

Wen Shuqiao chuckled softly: "But you have to go to your extracurricular class. Get up and put on your shoes, we're about to leave."

Can Can still enjoy going to his extracurricular classes. He got up from the carpet and went to the entrance to put on his shoes.

Wen Shuqiao brought Cancan's instrument with her; it was an erhu.

It was delivered later. She asked the music teacher, who said that it's best for Can Can to not learn the flute at her age, as she might ruin her mouth shape if she's too young.

However, he could learn to play the erhu. Gu Xingyuan had bought him the second musical instrument before, but the store was out of stock and it only arrived on Wednesday.

It looks like a very expensive one.

So this was Can Can's first time going to an extracurricular class, and she was a little excited and a little nervous.

The two went downstairs, where the driver was already waiting.

The driver dutifully dropped them off at their extracurricular class, and Wen Shuqiao took Can Can's hand and led them inside.

Can Can looked up and glanced at her aunt a few times.

Wen Shuqiao noticed and looked down to ask, "What's wrong, baby?"

Can Can couldn't help but say, "Auntie, can you wait for me outside? Wait for me to get out of school so we can go home together."

"Auntie will wait for you." Wen Shuqiao squeezed his soft hand: "Today is the first day of your erhu lessons, baby. Of course Auntie will wait for you, don't worry."

Can Can immediately beamed with joy, her initial nervousness vanished, since her aunt was there anyway.

Wen Shuqiao asked, "Once you've learned the erhu, what else do you want to learn?"

Cancan said, "I also want to learn the guzheng, pipa, piano, and violin..."

They've started reciting the "menu names" again.

Wen Shuqiao asked, "Does the baby want to be a musician in the future?"

“Okay!” Can Can replied, “I’ll be a musician!”

He sings well and plays many instruments. What else could he be but a musician?

"That's amazing." Wen Shuqiao thought for a moment, "Next time you see your mom and dad, you can perform for them."

"Okay!" Cancan readily agreed, "I'm sure I'll give a super great performance."

Wen Shuqiao gave a thumbs-up with her other hand: "Awesome baby."

With Wen Shuqiao's approval, Cancan became even more confident. Little erhu! Let's wait and see how she masters it!

After handing Can Can over to the teacher, Wen Shuqiao found a place to sit in the hall.

She took her phone out of her bag and discovered several unread messages.

They all come from Shen Jiazhou.

Shen Jiazhou's company had a meeting in a neighboring province, so he went on a business trip with his colleagues on Thursday afternoon. He was supposed to be back yesterday, but they arranged a dinner party on Saturday noon, and they also had to discuss project matters for a while in the afternoon.

Shen Jiazhou had no choice but to stay and changed his high-speed rail ticket to 8 p.m. tonight. He estimated he wouldn't get home until 11 p.m.

[Zhou Zhou: I miss you, I miss you so much.]

[Zhou Zhou: I don't want to attend this dinner party at all!]

[Zhou Zhou: What are you doing? Have you been thinking about me? Why aren't you replying?]

Wen Shuqiao edited a message and sent it: [I was just talking to the teacher, and now I'm waiting for Cancan to finish her class here.]

Shen Jiazhou replied instantly: 【I'm in the hotel right now, so bored.】

Just as Wen Shuqiao was about to reply to his message, Shen Jiazhou called to request a video call.

She answered the phone and said, "I'll put on my headphones and wait a minute."

Shen Jiazhou's entire face filled the screen, looking at her pitifully through the screen.

Wen Shuqiao put on her Bluetooth earphones and asked, "What are you doing right now?"

"Mushrooms are growing." Shen Jiazhou leaned back on the sofa. "So boring, I'm going to get moldy."

Wen Shuqiao chuckled and replied, "The sun is shining on you, how could you possibly get moldy?"

The sofa where Shen Jiazhou was sitting was placed in front of the floor-to-ceiling window; the weather there was nice today.

Hearing Wen Shuqiao's words, he subconsciously turned his head to look out the window. The sunlight fell on his face, warm and cozy.

But I'm still not happy.

He said, "It would be great if you came with me on this business trip."

Unfortunately, there's a little one at home who needs to be taken care of.

Wen Shuqiao smiled and said, "Don't be upset, I'll be back tonight."

Shen Jiazhou closed his eyes in despair and muttered, "There are still ten or so hours left, why is time suddenly passing so slowly? When I was right next to you, it passed so quickly."

Wen Shuqiao had gotten used to Shen Jiazhou's sweet words from time to time.

She asked, "Xiao Miao and Lin Yan are back too?"

"Lin Yan went back first," Shen Jiazhou said. "There were some project managers at this dinner, so I need to let Xiao Miao make some connections. Next time, she can come by herself."

Xiao Miao is now in charge and is extremely busy every day, frequently traveling for work. She and Xiao Miao haven't seen each other for a long time; they had been planning to meet for a meal, but it had been postponed due to Xiao Miao's busy work schedule.

For some reason, Wen Shuqiao suddenly remembered something from a long time ago: Can Can was crying pitifully and asked her to go and save Aunt Miao Miao.

Looking back now, I'm glad I actually believed CanCan and went with her.

Otherwise, if something unexpected really happens, Xiao Miao's life could be completely changed.

"What are you thinking about?" Shen Jiazhou asked.

Wen Shuqiao snapped out of her reverie and said, "It's nothing. When are you leaving?"

The two chatted for a while longer, before the conversation ended reluctantly when Miao Yi came to knock on the door and said he was leaving.

Wen Shuqiao took off her Bluetooth earphones and put them back in her bag. Then, she received another message from Shen Jiazhou on her phone.

I want to hug you, I want to kiss you.

It was followed by a crying puppy emoji.

Wen Shuqiao's lips curled into a smile: [I'll kiss you when I get back tonight. I'll be waiting for you.]

Shen Jiazhou hasn't replied this time; he's probably busy.

Wen Shuqiao wasn't idle either; she searched for nearby cake shops and planned to order a cake.

Tomorrow is Shen Jiazhou's birthday.

Shen Jiazhou himself didn't react much, nor did he mention the matter, probably because he had already put it out of his mind, given how busy the company was lately.

But it's okay, as long as Wen Shuqiao remembers.

She found a chain cake shop and ordered a small four-inch cake, just for the three of them. Ordering more would be a waste since they wouldn't be able to finish it.

After ordering the cake, Wen Shuqiao planned out a route: she and Can Can would have lunch together and then go shopping, pick up the cake first, then the gift, and then go straight home.

Wen Shuqiao pursed her lips as she thought about the gift, wondering if Shen Jiazhou would... like it.