After feeding Tuantuan his snacks, Ni Sitian handed him over to Aunt Qin to look after.

She went into the kitchen, washed a plate of grapes, and then carried it upstairs.

Xu Tingchuan's study door was ajar. She knocked, pushed it open, and saw him standing with his back to her in front of the window.

She went inside and said, "The grapes Zhilan brought today are quite good, come and have a taste."

Xu Tingchuan neither responded to her nor turned around.

Ni Sitian sighed inwardly. It seemed he was really angry. She walked behind him and poked him, saying, "Why are you jealous of your own son? Don't be so petty."

Xu Tingchuan still ignored her, so she hugged his waist and coaxed, "I'll make you pineapple pie and banana crepe next time, okay?"

"I'm not doing this for the food," Xu Tingchuan said, turning his head away in an annoyed tone.

Seeing that he was willing to talk to her, Ni Sitian smiled and said, "Okay, you're the one I love the most. Don't be jealous of Tuantuan."

"A fence-sitter." Xu Tingchuan snorted, no longer believing her words; it was just a trick she used to coax people.

"Where am I being a fence-sitter? My love for Tuantuan and my love for you are not contradictory at all. Tuantuan is a part of you. If he weren't your little tadpole, where would he come from? You're jealous of yourself and a part of yourself," Ni Sitian said seriously.

"A bunch of fallacies. He's an independent individual now, and a man at that. He's stolen all your attention." Xu Tingchuan snorted again.

“He’s at most a boy…” Ni Sitian was speechless and corrected his misconception.

"Anyway, you're ignoring me more and more." Xu Tingchuan felt this was especially noticeable in the past few months. Perhaps she had realized that the chances of her getting pregnant again were slim, so she cherished and loved this only child even more, devoting all her energy to it.

"You're overthinking it. How have I neglected you?" Ni Sitian hugged his waist, stood on tiptoe, and kissed his cheek. "Is this enough?"

"It was a perfunctory job," Xu Tingchuan said, dissatisfied.

Ni Sitian simply wrapped her arms around his neck, stood on tiptoe, and pressed her lips to his. "How about this?"

Xu Tingchuan held the back of her head and pressed his lips against hers for a deep kiss.

After the kiss, both of them were slightly out of breath, and Ni Sitian leaned against his chest to adjust her breathing.

"I promise I'll take better care of you from now on. Don't be angry, okay?" Ni Sitian wrapped her arms around his waist.

"It depends on your performance." Xu Tingchuan was satisfied with her gentleness.

Ni Sitian smiled, then suddenly remembered something and said to Xu Tingchuan, "The early childhood education teacher said to move Tuantuan up to the three-year-old class. What do you think?"

The younger the child, the more obvious the age difference becomes. There is a huge gap between a three-year-old and a two-year-old. She was worried that Tuantuan would not be able to adapt.

"Hmph, look at you, you can't stop talking about that brat." Xu Tingchuan had just finished saying he wanted to see her performance, and this is exactly how she behaved.

"This is a big deal, don't be stubborn, I'll just talk to you tonight..." Ni Sitian whispered a few words in Xu Tingchuan's ear, her own ears turning red.

"That's more like it." After listening, Xu Tingchuan reluctantly discussed Tuantuan's matter with her, saying, "Ask him himself. If he wants to jump, he can; if he doesn't want to jump, he can stay put."

“He’ll only be two years old in a few days. How can he possibly understand how to measure this?” Ni Sitian felt he was being completely insincere.

Poor little Tuantuan, I don't know where he was picked up, but he ended up with this 'stepfather'.