Guan Baiyu skated until he was completely exhausted before he reached the edge of the field and stood still, holding onto the railing.

Despite it being the dead of winter, he was covered in sweat and felt an indescribable sense of exhilaration.

The wheeled shoes on his feet initially seemed uncontrollable, but now they feel like they're an extension of his feet.

He could lean on these shoes and fly like the wind, without thinking about anything.

Guan Baiyu walked out of the roller skating area and went to the shoe rental and snack stall at the entrance. He bought some drinks and then called out to Liang Qinxuan and the others, "Come and rest for a bit, have some drinks."

Liang Qinxuan arrived the fastest and immediately said, "Why did you buy all this? It's my birthday today, so it's all on me."

"It's not much money," Guan Baiyu said.

He saved most of the living expenses Shi Zhen gave him; in fact, he is not short of money now.

Liang Qinxuan scratched his head sheepishly and went to buy some other food.

Once Liang Qinxuan had bought the items, the basketball team members had all arrived.

They practiced for a while and could already skate a few steps and stand steadily, but most of them were not skilled and dared not skate fast. Now, they moved to the table and sat down, and began to praise Guan Baiyu: "Guan Baiyu, you are so amazing! You skate so well on your first time here!"

"Well... you'll get the hang of it after falling a lot," Guan Baiyu said.

That makes sense, but they don't want to fall!

Even if you wear a lot of clothes in winter, it's still painful to fall.

After eating something and skating for a while, they hurriedly returned the shoes when there were only five minutes left before the two-hour rental period was up.

Before that, Guan Baiyu was already one of the coolest guys on the roller skating rink! Girls even took the initiative to talk to him.

But he ignored them all, being particularly cold-hearted.

Seeing this, Liang Qinxuan and the basketball team admired him even more.

Ignoring a beautiful woman is something not everyone can do.

After ice skating, everyone went to eat hot pot together.

Guan Baiyu had never eaten hot pot before; this was his first time. However, he remained calm, unlike the basketball team members who kept asking what this was and what that was.

Anyway, he's not a picky eater.

"Guan Baiyu, have you eaten here before?" a boy asked.

"No," Guan Baiyu said.

"You seem to know this place very well..."

Liang Qinxuan immediately said, "Guan Baiyu is different from ordinary people! He remains unmoved even if Mount Tai collapses before him!"

As Liang Qinxuan spoke, he solicitously placed a piece of tofu skin on Guan Baiyu's plate.

He had always felt that Guan Baiyu was his benefactor.

While rollerblading today, seeing how ruthless Guan Baiyu was to himself, he suddenly remembered what his father had said before. His father said that if a person is both smart and ruthless, there is nothing he cannot accomplish. If you meet such a person, you must befriend him.

His father was a spoilsport, but he did have a strong feeling that he absolutely had to become good friends with Guan Baiyu.

He felt he couldn't be wrong.

While Liang Qinxuan and his group were eating and drinking, on the other side, at the Liang family's house...

Mr. Liang was not home during the day today.

His factory is doing very well. Recently, they launched a new patterned glass window, and even more people are coming to buy it. The distributors are living in his factory, and as soon as the goods are produced, they immediately take them away.

He also used his connections to contact someone studying in Japan, and asked that person to buy a suitable production line for him and send it back.

He doesn't need the latest production lines; his factory can use the ones that others have phased out.

As for the future... once he has money, of course he'll produce the best glass in the world!

Mr. Liang was busy until evening before returning home, and then his mother nagged him, saying that he had forgotten his son's birthday.

Mr. Liang was taken aback, only then realizing that today was Liang Qinxuan's birthday.

He had never kept track of these days before, but he had never missed one either. Back then, his ex-wife and Liang Qinxuan would always start talking about who was having a birthday many days in advance.

He can't remember dates, but after hearing them, he'll prepare a gift for the person whose birthday is approaching.

Basically, he would give his ex-wife anything that was gold, his son all the latest game consoles and toys, and his mother liked things like ginseng and lingzhi.

This time, without anyone reminding him, he completely forgot.

As Grandma Liang spoke, she blamed herself: "I'm old and my mind is confused. I didn't remember. Today, the nanny went to tear off a page from the calendar and saw a circle drawn on it. She mentioned it to me, and that's when I remembered."

Recently, there have been many things going on at home, and Grandma Liang has been feeling a bit drained. When she feels down, she will complain that she has a headache and fever, and sometimes she will lie in bed all day, needing her son to comfort her.

She always remembered her grandson's birthday, but lately, with things going on like this, she's lost track of what day it is!

Upon hearing his mother's words, Liang's father looked at the calendar on the wall and indeed saw a circle drawn in red pen with a flower drawn on it.

This was undoubtedly painted by Liang Qinxuan, and it's estimated that he finished it in the first half of the year.

This child used to always ask him for gifts on his birthday, and he wanted to celebrate both his lunar and solar birthdays every year.

Mr. Liang sighed.

He was heartbroken, but he couldn't care less about his son who was almost an adult; he had too many other things to do.

"I'll give him a gift tomorrow."

"I don't know what he wants. Sigh, he hasn't come back all day..." Grandma Liang kept rambling on and on, and started wiping away tears again.

The master bedroom is on the second floor.

Since giving birth, Yuan Xiangyang has been in poor health and has been bedridden most of the time recently.

This childbirth nearly killed her, and the baby was born with illnesses; she doesn't even know if the baby will survive...

These days, Yuan Xiangyang's emotions have been unstable. She can't eat anything, and she can't help but cry when she thinks of her child.

She hoped her husband could spend more time with her. At first, her husband would spend time with her, but later he became impatient.

This made her want to cry even more, and wanted someone to be with her even more... creating a vicious cycle.

Chen Shaojin entered the bedroom and saw his mother lying on the bed.

He started chatting with his mother, and as they talked, he suddenly said casually, "My sister has always been taken care of by a nanny, and now she only recognizes the nanny."

Yuan Xiangyang frowned slightly, the wrinkles at the corners of her eyes became more pronounced, and lines appeared on her forehead.

Chen Shaojin added, "By the way, today is Liang Qinxuan's birthday. Although he hasn't come back yet, Grandma Liang has been talking about it all day."

Yuan Xiangyang gritted his teeth.

Although Liang Qinxuan didn't come into the house on the day she gave birth prematurely, she always felt that the oil-splashing incident was probably done by Liang Qinxuan bribing the nanny.

Liang Qinxuan has never liked her!

However, her husband valued Liang Qinxuan very much. He only changed the nanny, but treated Liang Qinxuan the same as always.

Even though her husband divorced his wife for her, if she and Liang Qinxuan were put side by side and her husband had to choose, he would most likely choose Liang Qinxuan.

Especially... her child is sick and may not survive.

“Uncle Liang is waiting for him to come back. I wonder how much money he’ll have to give him this time,” Chen Shaojin added.

Chen Shaojin talked for a while before leaving the room, and then went to the nanny's to see his younger sister.

Anshan Town, Guanjian Country.

Shi Zhen and Shi Xingchao have finished dinner and are currently doing handicrafts at Guan Jian Guo's place.

Shi Zhen was still embroidering sweaters; he was just doing it to earn some extra money since he had nothing else to do. Meanwhile, Shi Xingchao was... knitting sweaters.

The cheap yarn that Shi Zhen bought back was a treasure to Shi Xingchao.

Now, instead of embroidering, he knits sweaters and scarves every night.

One reason is that he had been doing too much embroidery recently, which made his eyes uncomfortable.

On the other hand, he could sell the sweaters he knitted, and also give them away as gifts.

The Lunar New Year is just around the corner, and he will definitely bring some gifts for his family when he goes home for the holiday.

There are many good things outside, but he can't bear to spend the money to buy them.

A sweater you knit yourself costs very little money, making it the most cost-effective option.

Shi Xingchao has made up his mind: he will knit a sweater and a pair of woolen pants for his parents, and a sweater for each of his sister and brother.

Knitting a sweater isn't actually difficult if you don't knit particularly intricate patterns; it's just that it's a tedious and repetitive task that some people find unpleasant to do.

But Shi Xingchao didn't feel impatient at all.

After he had knitted a lot, he no longer needed to keep his eyes on it. He could knit clothes while chatting with people and looking around.

Shi Zhen thought he was a talented person, but sometimes he valued these small benefits too much, which prevented him from making big money.

Of course, given Shi Xingchao's stinginess and diligence, he could definitely earn more than the average person.

"Is Guan Baiyu going to stay at his classmate's house?" Shi Xingchao asked Shi Zhen.

“Yes, he told me,” Shi Zhen said.

"His classmate's family owns a car, so they must be very rich. Their house must be very big too. I wonder what they're having for dinner tonight."

Shi Zhen didn't speak, but he couldn't help thinking of Guan Baiyu.

He hadn't seen Guan Baiyu for half a month, and now that they finally met, Guan Baiyu was going to celebrate Liang Qinxuan's birthday... He was actually a little annoyed.

But Guan Baiyu has grown up and will eventually leave him.

Liang Qinxuan and Guan Baiyu ate hot pot together, and they didn't finish until after 8 p.m.

Most of the basketball team members who came to celebrate Liang Qinxuan's birthday lived in Changxi City. They went home after the meal. As for Guan Baiyu...

Liang Qinxuan asked, "Guan Baiyu, do you want to stay at my place? The entire third floor is my territory, and my bed is huge... Oh, and you know I'm very clean!"

"I'm not used to sleeping with other people," Guan Baiyu said.

Generally speaking, guys don't have any objections to sleeping together.

But he never liked sleeping with other people.

“Well… there’s a sofa in the game room outside my room, which can be turned into a bed. Why don’t you sleep on the sofa?” Liang Qinxuan asked again.

"Okay, thank you then." Guan Baiyu smiled.

They were so full that they decided to walk home. As they walked, Liang Qinxuan saw an arcade and wanted to go play some games.

Guan Baiyu was speechless: "Don't you want to go home?"

Liang Qinxuan touched his nose: "You figured it out? Sigh, if I go back now, they definitely won't be asleep yet, and they'll probably keep asking me questions. I might as well go back later."

Although he used to love to have fun, he would never stay out all night.

He was afraid his parents would worry, so he always got home before nine o'clock.

But he doesn't want to go back recently.

Especially since it was his birthday, no one mentioned it to him yesterday, and this morning there was no longevity noodles that he used to have every birthday morning.

His dad and grandma must have completely forgotten about his birthday!

Guan Baiyu didn't stop Liang Qinxuan and followed him into the arcade.

Anyway, it's late at night, no teacher will come to catch us.

However, he wasn't interested in playing video games or anything like that, so he just read a book.

Liang Qinxuan generously exchanged twenty yuan worth of tokens and played slowly until after ten o'clock before finally stopping and taking Guan Baiyu home.

When they arrived at the Liang family's house, the villa was completely dark, presumably everyone was already asleep.

Liang Qinxuan quietly opened the door, turned on a small lamp, and led Guan Baiyu upstairs.

He didn't want to wake his family.

However, once they reached the third floor, Liang Qinxuan turned on all the lights.

The rooms on the third floor were all painted white, but some rooms were empty, and only two frequently used rooms were filled with things.

One of the rooms was Liang Qinxuan's bedroom, which contained a large bed, two large wardrobes, and a large color TV opposite the bed.

The other room was the one directly opposite the top of the stairs. This room connected Liang Qinxuan's bedroom and the stairs. It was carpeted and piled high with toys and books, leaving almost no room to step. The room also contained bookshelves, desks, and other furniture, all cluttered and in disarray…

Liang Qinxuan was a little embarrassed: "There's a lot of stuff, and it's a bit messy, but don't worry, it's very clean here! The housekeeper will clean it up! It's just that I don't like them messing up my things, so it's always like this..."

Guan Baiyu: "..." It's already so messy, how can it be made messy again?

I never expected Liang Qinxuan, who takes a shower every day, to have such a messy house!

Liang Qinxuan and Guan Baiyu had already taken off their shoes.

Liang Qinxuan went to the sofa, swept away the building blocks in front of it with his foot, and moved the swords and guns on the sofa to the side.

This was a long leather sofa, over two meters long. Liang Qinxuan reached his hand into the gap between the sofa and pulled it out, turning the sofa into a bed.

The sofa has wooden panels inside, so you'll need to put some blankets on it to sleep.

Liang Qinxuan rummaged through his room and found some clean bedding, but he didn't know how to do it; he didn't even know how to put the blankets into the duvet cover.

Fortunately, Guan Baiyu knew how to do all of these things, and he quickly made the bed.

"It's late, you should go to sleep." Guan Baiyu said to Liang Qinxuan after finishing.

Liang Qinxuan nodded. He was very sleepy, his eyes were almost closed, and he didn't even want to take a shower. He washed his face and went back to his room to sleep.

Seeing that he had gone to sleep, Guan Baiyu also lay down to sleep.

This was a completely unfamiliar place to him, and he had difficulty falling asleep for a while. But he was exhausted, and after a while, he slowly drifted off to sleep.

While sleeping, Guan Baiyu suddenly heard the sound of the door opening.

The sound was very soft, but Guan Baiyu, who was not a sound sleeper, was suddenly awakened.

Immediately afterwards, he sensed someone enter.

It wasn't Liang Qinxuan's bedroom door that opened, but the door facing the stairs, and it wasn't Liang Qinxuan who came in.

Who is it?

Liang Qinxuan's birthday is the 24th day of the tenth lunar month.

There was hardly any moonlight tonight, and the room was pitch black. The person who came in had only taken two steps when they kicked something.

He stopped moving, took out a small flashlight, and turned it on.

It has to be said that Liang Qinxuan's room was too messy, and the sofa was in a corner, so the person didn't notice Guan Baiyu's presence.

He placed a package on the ground and shone a flashlight on it.

No, that wasn't a package at all; it was a baby. The baby was handled a couple of times and made soft, whimpering noises.

And that person... he was unwrapping the baby and taking off the baby's clothes.

That's... Chen Shaojin.

Guan Baiyu was startled and dared not think of anything else. He cried out, "What are you doing?!"

Liang Qinxuan often scolded Chen Shaojin and her son in front of Guan Baiyu, and occasionally mentioned this younger sister, saying that this younger sister had a big hole in her heart and might not be able to survive.

Perhaps because the child was so pitiful, Liang Qinxuan never scolded her when he was cursing.

And who else could the child that Chen Shaojin brought here be but Liang Qinxuan's sister?

What is Chen Shaojin planning to do?

Guan Baiyu pressed the switch next to him to turn on the light, and was met with Chen Shaojin's shocked expression.

He almost immediately realized something: "What do you want to do to this child? You want to hurt this child and frame Liang Qinxuan?"

Chen Shaojin stared coldly at Guan Baiyu, then suddenly threw the child in his hand away.

He didn't throw the child towards Guan Baiyu; Guan Baiyu didn't have time to catch him and could only watch helplessly as the child fell to the ground.

Guan Baiyu's mind went blank for a moment.

He had been in a bad mood, and seeing someone lay a hand on a child only fueled his anger.

"Someone has killed someone! Help!" Guan Baiyu rushed towards Chen Shaojin and punched him in the face.

Guan Baiyu is not good at fighting; he never used to fight.

Fortunately, Chen Shaojin wasn't good at fighting either.

As for other aspects... Chen Shaojin is taller than Guan Baiyu, but he has lived in the city since childhood and his physical strength is not as good as Guan Baiyu's at all.

The two exchanged punches, fighting fiercely and evenly matched.

The commotion upstairs, especially Guan Baiyu's two shouts in his voice during puberty, was enough to wake some people up at night.

Mr. Liang was over fifty years old and always slept lightly. He suddenly woke up and, upon hearing a noise upstairs, immediately rushed up.

In addition, when the nanny woke up and found that the child in the crib next to her was missing, she also hurriedly got up and went out to look for him.

The lights were on upstairs, and someone was shouting for help... Everyone rushed upstairs.

Mr. Liang was the first to arrive. When he saw Chen Shaojin and Guan Baiyu wrestling together, he was stunned: "What happened?"

Liang's father knew Guan Baiyu; he had met Guan Baiyu when he went to the school to look for Liang Qinxuan.

He also inquired with Liang Qinxuan's teacher and learned that this person was Liang Qinxuan's friend and had been urging Liang Qinxuan to study hard.

This guy was brought back by Liang Qinxuan? Why is he fighting with Chen Shaojin?

"Uncle Liang, he's going to kill that child!" Guan Baiyu stopped what he was doing, pointed at the child who had been thrown to the side, and said, "Go check on the child quickly, is he alright?"

"Xiao Bao!" The nanny who followed behind exclaimed and rushed over to pick up the child who had been thrown to the side.

The child bumped his forehead on a building block, injuring himself and bleeding from his face. He made soft, whimpering sounds like a kitten.

"What's wrong? Guan Baiyu, did you have a nightmare?" Liang Qinxuan finally opened the door and came out.

He was sleeping so soundly that he didn't wake up at first when he heard noises outside. He lay there in bed for a while, stunned, before finally coming to his senses and opening the door.

Liang Qinxuan was completely bewildered by the large number of people outside.

Without a second thought, Guan Baiyu said, "Chen Shaojin brought this child up and threw him on the ground. Was he trying to kill the child and frame you?"

It was only then that Liang Qinxuan noticed the child the nanny was holding.

The child's face was covered in blood, which gave him goosebumps, made his legs feel weak, and made him dizzy: "Blood... I'm a little dizzy..."

Huh? Guan Baiyu looked at Liang Qinxuan and saw that Liang Qinxuan's face was pale and his legs were trembling, looking like he was terrified.

Guan Baiyu: "..."