Ni Sitian looked at him, both amused and annoyed, and scolded, "What nonsense are you spouting to the child again?"

“I’m not making this up. I explained it to him carefully. Don’t always think that Tuantuan is too young to understand anything. He has a much stronger comprehension ability than most children. He will understand if you explain things to him properly.” Xu Tingchuan reached a great reconciliation with his son and had found the source of the culprit. He would have to deal with it when he got back.

Ni Sitian smiled, popped a strawberry from the plate into his mouth, and said, "Here, this is your reward."

Tuantuan looked on expectantly and said to Ni Sitian, "Mommy, a reward..."

When Ni Sitian saw that there were no more strawberries, she peeled some grapes for him instead.

Tuantuan climbed onto Ni Sitian's lap, held the grapes she had received from her to her lips, and said in a childish voice, "Mine is for Mommy."

Ni Sitian was touched by his gesture and couldn't help but kiss his cheek, then shared the grapes with him.

"You really know how to please your mother. Doesn't your father do the same?" Xu Tingchuan gently pinched Tuantuan's cheek.

Tuantuan looked down at her half of the grapes, then at Xu Tingchuan and Lianhuan next to her, and reluctantly stretched out the grapes in her hand.

Ni Sitian smiled again. So he was so reluctant to part with it. Then why did he just give her the whole thing so readily?

Xu Tingchuan held his little hand, lowered his head, and ate the grape.

Tuantuan watched him eat, pursed her lips, and looked like she really wanted to eat too.

Xu Tingchuan then took two nuts from the plate as a reward for him, peeled them, and fed them to him.

After finishing the grapes, Tuantuan was very satisfied and went downstairs to get the gift his aunt had given him to play with.

"What exactly did you say to him just now?" Ni Sitian was very curious about how the father and son communicated.

“This is a secret between me and Tuantuan.” Xu Tingchuan smiled, then said seriously, “Go back and fire Aunt Liu, and deduct three months’ bonus from Sister Qin.”

"Yes, I understand." Without him saying anything more, she roughly knew that Aunt Liu was gossiping and that Sister Qin must have known but didn't report it, so this punishment was reasonable.

She sighed softly, feeling somewhat guilty, and said, "I'm at home all day, yet I didn't even know this had happened. I should have spent more time with Tuantuan. I was so focused on the new script before; it was my oversight."

“In that case, aren’t I more at fault? I spent even less time with him,” Xu Tingchuan said, taking Ni Sitian’s hand that was resting on her knee and patting it gently.

He almost repeated the mistakes Xu Haicheng and Jin Rulan made with him in the past with Tuantuan. Since October last year, he has been busy with new projects and has neglected Tuantuan. Perhaps because of this, Tuantuan has become more and more attached to Ni Sitian and is even afraid that he will take Ni Sitian away.

“Then let’s learn how to be good parents.” Ni Sitian held his hand back, turned her head to look at him, and said, “Also, I originally wanted to have another daughter, but now I think this is fine too. Let’s just let nature take its course.”

"Hmm." Xu Tingchuan nodded. "Let nature take its course. Actually, having him is enough to keep us busy."

“Yes, it will be another sixteen years before he grows up.” Ni Sitian smiled.

The two looked at Tuantuan, who was arranging the square magic palace. His pouting little mouth and focused expression were extremely cute. He was a tiny little bundle, like a New Year's picture doll. He would probably be a handsome young man when he turned eighteen.