With these questions in mind, Chen Bing opened his phone and found his chat history with Shang Yunmiao. Only then did he realize that she had already sent him several messages, but he hadn't noticed them before.

After silently repeating a few words of remorse to himself, Chen Bing carefully looked through all the messages the little girl had sent him since noon yesterday.

------yesterday------

Shang Yunmiao: Chen Bing, look, the puppy was born at Grandma's house early this morning.

Shang Yunmiao: (Photos, photos, photos)

Shang Yunmiao: We're going back at noon. Is there anything you want? How about the little fish I caught in the river? We can raise them together when we get back.

Shang Yunmiao: Chen Bing, are you very busy right now?

Shang Yunmiao: There's a traffic jam on the road. Dad said we might have to spend the night in a hotel.

Shang Yunmiao: We're in the hotel now, but the room is so small, there are only two small beds.

------today------

Shang Yunmiao: Dad snored so loudly yesterday that neither Mom nor I could sleep.

Shang Yunmiao: Chen Bing, are you there? When we passed by Tianbo Lake just now, we found that lotus flowers had already bloomed. Mom said they were early lotus flowers, blooming quite early. I took a picture to show you.

Shang Yunmiao: (Photos, photos, photos)

The latest message was sent just over ten minutes ago. After Chen Bing finished reading the message Shang Yunmiao sent him, he replied with a "good" with a slightly remorseful heart.

As soon as he sent the message, Shang Yunmiao replied to him.

Shang Yunmiao: Hehe (●'?'●)

Chen Bing: When are you coming back?

Shang Yunmiao: I'm already inside the residential area!

Chen Bing put down her phone and went to the balcony. She then opened the window and looked downstairs.

Before he could spot Shang Zhengxin's car, the doorbell rang clearly from the entrance.

After closing the window, Chen Bing jogged to the door, pressed the doorknob, and pushed the door open.

"Chen Bing! I'm back!" As soon as the door opened, Shang Yunmiao's slightly flushed face appeared before Chen Bing. She was wearing a pair of loose knee-length shorts and a beige babydoll blouse, with a mini black bag slung across her shoulder and a black bag in her right hand.

"Welcome home. Sorry, I haven't checked my phone these past few days and didn't notice your message." Looking at the adorable girl in front of him, Chen Bing couldn't help but reach out and pat her head. Then, he noticed Yun Xuan and Shang Zhengxin behind Shang Yunmiao, trying to open the door with their keys.

"Hello, Uncle Shang and Aunt Xuan, you're back!"

"Hello, hello, come here to Aunt Xuan's. We brought a lot of fruit from the countryside. It was all grown by Yunmiao's grandparents. Come to Auntie's house and have some." After greeting Chen Bing, Yun Xuan immediately held up the plastic bag in her hand to show Chen Bing.

Through the transparent plastic bag, one could see that it was tightly packed with many red fruits, which Chen Bing guessed were probably cherries.

After listening to her mother's words, Shang Yunmiao nodded repeatedly, then grabbed Chen Bing with her free hand and said, "Yes, yes, the cherries at Grandpa and Grandma's house are so sweet, let's go eat some together!"

After listening to what the two said, Chen Bing immediately agreed, then turned around, took the key, closed the door, and followed Shang Yunmiao's family into the room.

While Yunxuan and Shang Zhengxin were putting things down and washing fruit, Shang Yunmiao grabbed Chen Bing's wrist and eagerly led her to the bathroom.

Chen Bing watched as Shang Yunmiao stood in front of the sink, turned on the water, and then blocked the drain. After the sink was about a third full, Shang Yunmiao turned to Chen Bing and gave her a sweet smile. Then she picked up the black plastic bag she had been carrying and took out a transparent plastic jar from it.

Now Chen Bing could see clearly that several small fish were swimming in the slightly murky water inside the plastic jar.

"Dad said this fish is called a chub, and I caught it in the stream near the village. There were tadpoles too, but Mom said they were too dirty and would turn into toads when they grew up... Oh, by the way, Chen Bing, isn't this little fish pretty?"

Shang Yunmiao chattered excitedly to Chen Bing about the fun she had at her grandmother's house. Her beautiful eyes, like dancing elves, flitted back and forth between him and the bottle, while her dimples peeked out from the left and right, firmly attracting Chen Bing's attention.

"Beautiful, beautiful."

"Chen Bing, you're not even looking at the little fish! Where are you looking?" Shang Yunmiao pouted when she saw that Chen Bing's eyes weren't even glancing at the bottle in her hand, but then she continued talking to him without holding a grudge.

As Xiao Shang was explaining, she turned on the pipe in her hand and poured the slightly murky water, along with the small fish inside, into the sink.

"Oh, right, Chen Bing, I've prepared a lot of gifts for you. Come on, let's go take a look!"

After visiting her grandmother's house, Shang Yunmiao became incredibly energetic. She had just found a home for the little fish and immediately wanted to take Chen Bing to see other places.

"Huh? Wasn't that the one just now?"

"That's a gift for... Pudding. Oh, right. Speaking of Pudding, I haven't seen her in ages. Where's the cat now?"

After Chen Bing brought Zhao Cai, who had been sleeping for almost the entire morning, to Shang Yunmiao's house, Shang Yunmiao immediately took Zhao Cai from his arms.

"Pudding, Mommy misses you so much~"

Zhao Cai was sleeping soundly at home when Chen Bing suddenly appeared beside her and carried her out the door. While she was still in a daze, she suddenly smelled a familiar scent.

Then, she finally saw her beloved Aunt Shang. Zhao Cai, being held by Shang Yunmiao, kept meowing, clearly missing Shang Yunmiao terribly.

"Mom brought you a gift when she came back this time, do you want to go see it?" Shang Yunmiao said to her Pudding while carrying her towards the bathroom.

The little girl left quite decisively, as if she had forgotten about Chen Bing beside her.

After staring blankly at the departing figure for a while, Chen Bing pouted.

So, where is my gift?

The forgetful Shang Yunmiao quickly realized that she had just promised to take Chen Bing to see the gifts, how could she have forgotten without realizing it?

With a slap on her forehead and a hint of regret, she abandoned Zhao Cai beside her, turned around, and left the bathroom to look for Chen Bing.

After Shang Yunmiao left, Zhao Cai, smelling the enticing aroma in the air, leaped onto the edge of the sink. Looking at the small fish swimming in the water, tears welled up in her eyes.

After calming Chen Bing down, Shang Yunmiao excitedly found the things she had brought back and urged Chen Bing to go to the bedroom with her for a tour.

"Chen Bing, look, this is a stone I found by the river, isn't it pretty? And this is a cicada shell I found on a tree. And this is a bamboo dragonfly that my grandma taught me to make, isn't it cute? I'm giving it to you."