Chapter 36 Chapter 36

She had gone to bed a little late the day before, and since it was Chinese New Year, Yue Qing finally felt relieved. Before going to bed, she indulged herself and set the alarm clock back an hour, and slept very soundly.

The two kids were still sleeping soundly this morning because they stayed up too late making dumplings for the live broadcast. The whole house was quiet and warm.

When Lin Jian and her brother came to visit, they saw the Chinese characters for "Fu" (meaning "blessing") pasted on the doors of their two houses as soon as they stepped out of the elevator. Lin Shengxi squatted at the doorway and said, "Wow, I know who put them up right away. They're quite unique."

Lin Jian glanced at the tightly closed door of Jiang Sui and raised his eyebrows silently.

In the past, this man had given her the impression of being unkind and having an unpredictable temper. It was strange that he was not close to anyone in the family, young or old, yet he could tolerate two children doing this at his door.

As they were watching, the door suddenly opened, and the person standing inside and the person squatting outside looked at each other in surprise.

Lin Shengxi looked up: "Happy New Year, brother~"

"..." Jiang Suizhi took a step back and subconsciously glanced across at the door. Seeing that it was closed, he spoke, "What are you doing squatting here?"

"The blessing character on your house is very unique. I came here specially to see it." Lin Shengxi stood up and tiptoed to look behind him, surprised. "Why are you in such a hurry to move in when there's nothing here? At least buy some daily necessities."

Moreover, his brother smelled of alcohol, and it was obvious that he hadn't even changed his clothes from yesterday. It was really unlucky during the New Year.

Jiang Sui ignored him.

In fact, he himself couldn't explain the reason, but there was a moment when he couldn't stand staying in that house anymore and wanted to find a quiet place. When he thought about it, he had already come here.

It’s all Lin Shengxi’s fault for always saying “dumplings, dumplings”.

"Let's get the dumplings." Lin Shengxi said to himself when he didn't get a response, "Brother, did you get them yesterday?"

Got it, and now put it all in the empty refrigerator, waiting for the pot to arrive and cook.

But now that Jiang Suizhi was sober, he didn't want to eat as much anymore.

"I got it."

"My sister-in-law made these dumplings." Lin Shengxi clicked his tongue. "They're really good."

Jiang then closed the door, walked over and pressed the elevator button: "If you can't say anything nice, eat more and shut your mouth."

Lin Shengxi shook his shoulders behind him, twisted his lips and hummed twice, then asked, "Brother, where are you going?"

"pay a New Year call."

He is not as free as the two siblings. According to what Jiang Hechang said yesterday, there will be more people around him in the future, so he cannot relax. If he goes out now, he has to go back to another house to take a shower and change clothes, and then deal with all those people.

Follow Jiang Sui back.

It was not until now that he suddenly understood what Jiang Yan had meant when he said that he was not Jiang Yan only in the small rental house.

The name Jiang Suizhi has so much meaning.

"They slept late last night." Jiang Sui saw the two standing at the door of Yueqing's house again, "They may not have woken up yet."

Lin Shengxi: “…”

Lin Jian hesitated for a moment: "...How do you know?"

"Sister-in-law...oh no, dumplings..." Lin Shengxi pointed at the door and hesitated to speak.

Jiang then took off his glasses and glanced coldly at the two of them, who quickly shut up.

The weather was good this year, and the morning light from the first day of the Lunar New Year shone through the windows onto the ground. Thinking of the two children saying they wanted to play while watching the live broadcast yesterday, Jiang Sui suddenly said, "Since you're so free, why not come to work today?"

Lin Shengxi: “?”

He is not that idle!

This evil capitalist.

After Jiang took the elevator and closed the door, the two of them pressed the doorbell of Yueqing's home.

It didn't take long before the door opened.

Two frizzy-haired little kids stood at the door holding dolls, whispering, "Happy New Year, uncle and aunt."

They were very vigilant and only opened the door after checking the video doorbell!

"Why are you here? Where is my aunt?" Lin Jian also lowered his voice.

"Auntie is sleeping~" Little Le Jia imitated her auntie's past behavior and found slippers for her aunt and uncle. "Auntie is tired, so I won't bother her."

It was the first time for me to experience the concept of Chinese New Year. Although my two kids went to bed late, they still got up very early today.

It was rare that they didn't see their aunt get up, so they sneaked into her room and stayed by her bed for a long time. The moment they heard her alarm clock ring, they quickly turned it off.

In order to let their aunt sleep a little longer, they quietly went out and closed the door of her room. They played with toys in the living room and ate snacks by themselves so that they would not be hungry.

"Sister, take uncle and aunt to sit down." Little Le Jia felt that he could be the head of the family. He put his hands behind his back and said, "Brother, go get some water."

My aunt knows how to pour water for guests!

But how could the two adults let them pour water: "We can do it ourselves!"

"No," Xiao Lejia said, "Please sit down, my dear. I'm the older brother, and she's the younger sister."

The implication is that we are the masters.

"My aunt taught me!"

They stubbornly stood there and refused to let the two adults move. Lin Jian and Lin Shengxi had no choice but to sit on the sofa, not even firmly settled, waiting for the chance for them to lend a hand.

But they obviously underestimated the intelligence of the two children.

Little Lejia took out two paper cups from the small cabinet and brought over a small kettle from next to the TV cabinet.

Lin Jian noticed that these things were placed low enough for both children to reach. "Is that water?"

"Yes, my aunt made it." Little Le'an held a bunch of snacks, candies and fruits and pushed them awkwardly in front of his uncle and aunt. "An'an and brother can drink water."

Lin Jian asked, "Why don't you collect it from the water dispenser?"

"My arms aren't long." Xiao Le opened the kettle calmly and worked with his brother to pour water into the paper cups. "Auntie said the cups are empty and you can drink."

Yueqing bought water cups for the children, one for home use and one for use outside. The ones for home use are smaller, but the children need to drink enough water every day. I was worried that I would sometimes forget or not have time to fill their cups, so I bought a slightly larger kettle.

If their cups are empty, they can pour water from the kettle.

Moreover, the water bottle is sealed and placed low, so children can reach it at any time.

Apart from these, as long as it is not a dangerous item at home, she usually puts it as low as possible to ensure that the two children can get it when she is not paying attention.

Looking at the water pushed in front of them by two small hands, Lin Jian and Lin Shengxi couldn't help but sigh.

Yueqing is so thoughtful to consider the child so much.

For the first time in their lives, they were treated so attentively by the two children, with food and drinks provided for them.

The two kids were very considerate and told them stories, fearing that they would be bored.

Of course, their favorite twisting machine is a must! We must let the uncles and aunts play with the twisting machine too!

At first, Lin Jian and Lin Shengxi were quite cooperative, but they were stunned when they saw the two children demonstrate how to play with the twisting toys.

This is funny dog!

Lin Shengxi immediately remembered that he had to "go to work" today, and asked while biting a cheese stick: "By the way, the weather is nice today, do you want to go out and play?"

As he spoke, he calmly kicked the so-called modified twisting machine away.

This was what Jiang Suisui instructed, asking him to take this opportunity to take the children for a walk outside.

When I heard about playing with two kids, my attention was instantly diverted: "How do we play?"

"I'll take you guys out to play. The weather is nice today, we can go to the park."

Although they were very moved, the kids were still thinking about their sleeping aunt: "Where is my aunt?"

"Let's go together." Lin Shengxi said, "When she wakes up and gets ready, we'll go!"

Little Lejia asked, "Is the park ready?"

"Prepare food, drinks, a blanket, and other things." Lin Shengxi was quite experienced in this area. "Don't worry about it. Your aunt will prepare it later. If all else fails, I'll be there for you."

The cubs nodded and shook their heads.

My aunt has worked very hard, how can I ask her to prepare more!

They have to take care of my aunt.

"I can!" Little Le Jia volunteered, "I'll go help my aunt. We'll leave when she wakes up."

After saying that, he ran back to the room quickly with his short legs. He saw his aunt and Aunt Wang packing their bags, which contained a lot of things. After returning to the room, he even took out his sister's bag.

Although Lin Jian and Lin Shengxi felt that they would have to prepare other things by then, seeing that the two cubs were so active, they did not intervene, but waited and watched from the side.

The cubs sat on the carpet with their short legs stretched out. Little Le Jia pondered for a long time and held out his little hand: "Where's the bottle?"

He hasn't had milk today, so he needs a bottle.

An An, the brother's lackey, was not as smart as his brother, so he acted as an errand boy: "An An, take it!"

She ran to the kitchen and took out the bottle that her aunt had sterilized and placed there.

The two kids counted on their fingers to figure out what to bring when going out to play.

Halfway through the count, Xiao Lejia frowned: "I don't have enough."

"There's An'an's." Meibao stretched out her fingers in front of her brother, "Brother, count together!"

"Is it enough?" Lin Jian laughed, "How about I lend you some of your uncle and aunt's too?"

"Yes." Little Le Jia said seriously, "And my aunt's. Eh? What did my aunt bring?"

Lin Shengxi asked casually, "What does she usually bring?"

The two kids looked at each other. Oh no, they had no idea what their aunt would bring them.

No, my aunt never brings anything for her when she goes out.

Realizing the seriousness of the problem, they all lowered their heads in frustration: "I am a bad kid."

Lin Jian asked curiously: "Why?"

"Bad boy, you don't care about your aunt."

The adults were a little surprised. Where did this come from?

But for the children, my aunt knows what they like to eat and play, and she will bring them clothes, small water cups, and small cakes (crossed out) when she goes out. My aunt always carries a big bag, but it seems that there is nothing of hers in the bag.

If you think about it this way, they are really bad!

I also feel very sorry for my aunt.

Meizi's eyes were about to turn red, and she held her bag and said, "Give all of Anan's things to Auntie. Anan doesn't want them anymore."

"this……"

Lin Shengxi was bewildered by their self-centered thinking. "How can you make yourself cry? You are just children. It's only right for your aunt to do this. It's her responsibility."

Unfortunately, the children were not comforted, but felt even more upset: "Can't adults have things they like?"

Luckily, Lin Jian understood this time: "You mean, your aunt only thinks about you and never thinks about herself? She doesn't buy things she likes for herself, right?"

The cubs nodded dejectedly.

I feel like I'm such an incompetent kid.

Lin Jian nodded thoughtfully.

She knew that Yue Qing was a little short of money, but it didn't seem to be a very serious situation. It wasn't to the point where she had to suffer for nothing. Moreover, her personality was not like some of the old-fashioned older generations. She could tell right from wrong and make sense of things. She must know that life should be lived day by day, and there was no need to sacrifice anyone in a short period of time. At the very least, with all the money she had earned recently, wasn't it enough for her to buy one or two things she liked?

So why do you have to put yourself in such a difficult position?

Yueqing slept until he woke up naturally. When he woke up, his head was dizzy, but he just felt that the day was unusually quiet.

And I only set the alarm clock back a little bit, why hasn’t it rung yet?

She touched her cell phone and checked the time, and immediately became much more awake. She quickly sat up, thinking that the cubs must be hungry.

But when she got out of bed and saw the door of the room was closed, she was confused because she remembered leaving the door open before going to bed.

As I walked to the door and touched the handle, I heard faint voices coming from the living room. The voices were soft and whispered as if they were afraid of waking someone up.

"This is my favorite, take it away."

"Then bring this one too~ Bro, this one is very sweet, I like it!"

Yue Qing knew what was happening without having to think too much. His brows softened unconsciously and he breathed a sigh of relief.

She opened the door and walked out: "Auntie got up late, you are hungry..."

The rest of the words were swallowed back when he saw the two people sitting on the sofa outside.

Now Yueqing was completely awakened from his sleep, and he quickly took a look at the situation at the scene.

There was a half-drunk cup of water and a small kettle on the coffee table. It was obvious that the two kids had taken them to entertain the guests. There were also some opened bags of snacks. It seemed that the guests had been there for quite a while.

The two kids were sitting on the ground, with a lot of things piled around them. Their small backpacks were bulging, and they were still trying to stuff more things in.

For a moment, Yue Qing didn't know what to ask first.

She stared blankly at the two cubs who looked like they were going to sail away with their bags on their backs. They even put on their little gloves and hats, but they hadn't changed their clothes yet. The whole outfit looked very unique with their messy hair pressed down.

This is... where are we going?

Shouldn't I take my child with me when getting dumplings?

At that moment, many possibilities flashed through Yue Qing's mind, but she automatically ignored the others, except for one that was the clearest.

Lin Jian knew the child’s father. The child was packing a lot of things, including his favorite bottle and snacks.

At this time, Lin Jian put down the cup and stood up: "Are you awake?"

Yueqing's hand was still on the door handle. She tightened it unconsciously and blinked slowly.

"Are you scared?" Lin Shengxi turned around and lay on the sofa, waving his hands. "The kids said they opened the door after seeing it was us. We didn't go anywhere in the house, we were just sitting here."

"Auntie!" The two cubs sat up straight and patted their chests proudly, "We took good care of uncle and auntie~"

All my favorite snacks are given to the guests!

"Auntie, are you hungry?" The two kids hurried to get snacks, "We've already eaten!"

Seeing the two kids running towards him with snacks in their arms, Yue Qing finally came to his senses: "I'm not hungry."

She quickly calmed down, took the things the children brought, and looked up and asked, "Sorry I'm late. Are you here... to get dumplings?"

"yes."

Yue Qing breathed a sigh of relief unconsciously, but then she heard Lin Shengxi say, "But there's one more thing I'm waiting for you to get up and discuss with you. Look, the children are all packed up."

His steps forward stopped abruptly, and Yue Qing stood there, not even realizing how helpless he looked.

"What's wrong with you? Are you sleepy?" Lin Jian walked around the sofa and touched her forehead with some concern. "It's not hot. If you're not feeling well, why don't we go out and play another day?"

Yue Qing blinked almost imperceptibly, and said softly, "Go out and play?"

"I think the weather is nice today, why not take the kids out for a walk? They were having a lot of fun playing in the square last time." Lin Jian explained, "I was going to ask your opinion when you wake up, but the kids are already excited and packing their things."

I see!

"Auntie, let's bring our favorite snacks and eat them together." Little Le Jia struggled to pick up his bag that was stuffed to the brim. "I also filled your water cup!"

"Really?" Yue Qing lifted the bag. Although it was small, the children were so greedy that they stuffed it tightly, so it was still quite heavy. "Can you carry it?"

Little Le Jia immediately turned around and stretched out his hand to grab the straps: "Of course!"

Yue Qing smiled and loosened the belt. The child in front of him stumbled twice in an instant, but still said stubbornly with a red face: "Of course!"

"Alright." Yue Qing quickly unloaded his bag. "Put on your clothes and go wash up. I'll clean up."

It's a rare sunny day outside, so you can go out for a walk.

The children haven't gone out to play yet, and Yueqing doesn't want to disappoint them, and he doesn't know if there will be such an opportunity in the future.

She is now increasingly unsure when the children will return to their biological father, so she'll just take it one day at a time.

After watching the children go to wash up, Yueqing sat down and took out the things they had stuffed into their bags bit by bit. Sure enough, the evil twisting machine was inside.

"What happened to you just now?" Lin Shengxi patted his heart. "You scared me. I thought you were losing your soul."

He had never seen Yueqing like that. The Yueqings he had seen were either as clingy as an indestructible cockroach, but that was in the past.

Yueqing now seems to be very confident in everything he does, and is always calm and composed.

It's rare to see him looking so distraught as he was just now.

Yue Qing slowed down his movements and didn't look up: "Maybe he just woke up and is not fully recovered."

Lin Shengxi snorted: "If you don't know, you'd think we're trying to steal your child."

Yue Qing curved her lips: "How could that be?"

"Where are you going?" She changed the subject. "Is it far? I still have to pack my things."

"It's not far. I bought an eco-hotel in Xicheng District at the end of the year. I just finished it and it's not open yet." Lin Shengxi said, "The hotel is in the forest park. There are mountains, water, food, drink and entertainment. It's a good time to go and see how it's going."

Lin Shengxi’s plan?

Yue Qing thought of the large gathering before: "Are there a lot of people?"

Lin Shengxi: "Just a few of us."

I don’t know how Jiang Suizhi knew about this hotel. This man’s information channels are no worse than his.

In fact, Lin Shengxi thought that children might be happier in the children's playground, but Jiang Suizhi said that there were too many people there and it was unsafe, so they found such a suitable place.

What's the big deal? These two kids are already little internet celebrities, so why should they be afraid of crowds?

But since the boss had spoken, Lin Shengxi had to do as he was told.

After getting the answer, Yue Qing didn't ask any more questions. After packing up his things, he stood up and said, "Then I'll go wash up first. We'll have breakfast later."

Watching them walk into the bathroom, Lin Jian patted the younger brother who was reaching for the other kid's cheese stick and asked, "You're pretty familiar with them now?"

"Isn't it always like that?" Lin Shengxi said casually, "Not too familiar. Her personality makes it hard to get close to her, but can we barely be considered friends?"

Although we have met so many times and talked a few times, Yueqing still feels like it is neither far nor close.

Lin Jian felt the same way.

When they first met, she felt that although Yue Qing and Jiang Sui were two extremes, they were very similar in some ways, which made it difficult for them to get close to each other.

But now thinking about it, it seems a bit strange. From the first time they met until now, Yueqing never seemed to be on guard against them.

Even people like Jiang Suizhi, whom he had known for many years, had not been able to enter his house until now.

But Yueqing never refused them to enter the house from beginning to end. Not only that, even when she said she wanted to take the children out to play today, and go to a high-end hotel alone, given Yueqing's personality of always drawing boundaries with others, she didn't raise any objections.

Or has she unknowingly tacitly accepted the closer relationship?

Then why did she feel something was wrong when she saw the children packing up their things just now?

"She shouldn't know about what happened between you and Jiang Sui?" Lin Jian asked.

"Know what?" Lin Shengxi gloated. "Brother Sui acts like a secret agent and even says his last name is Xie. Have you seen his profile picture and ID? He's still a wholesaler."

Yes, Jiang Suizhi would not be so careless as to confront Yueqing before he was fully prepared.

Lin Jian didn't think any more about it.

Yueqing turned on the faucet and gently splashed the cold water on his face to sober himself up.

No matter how well-behaved or cute a child is, he or she is always someone else's child. After all, you and those people are not from the same world. You will have to live your own life.

There is no right to prevent the child from returning to his or her real home.

She lowered her eyes to look at the water droplets dripping from her face, and slowly closed her eyes.

Yueqing, please wake up.

It had been a long time since she had felt this sudden fear of losing something.

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The two little ones were particularly happy today. It was their first time! They were able to go out and play for the first time! They had only seen this on TV before.

Even talking in the car became like singing: "Auntie, Auntie, where are we going~"

Yue Qing was driving and was amused by the two kids' discordant singing: "Guess what?"

"Hmm." Little Le Jia thought seriously, putting his two little hands to his face, "Let's go see the Big Axe! What's in the zoo?"

"Bunny!" Meibao and her brother sang in unison, "But An'an wants to see the princess."

As he was guessing, he ended up saying all the places he wanted to go.

Yue Qing silently wrote down the places the two children liked to go, intending to take them there at least once before they were picked up. "I guessed wrong, but I can take you there next time."

The babies sat in the child seats, their eyes shining like stars.

"This time we're going to the park. There are lots of trees, ponies, and fish there. You learned about that on the reading machine, right?"

"That's right! Fish is fish!" Xiao Le'an said and looked at his aunt, "Wherever Aunt goes, An'an goes!"

Yue Qing was stunned: "Why do you say that?"

"Hmm?" Xiao Le'an looked at her blankly. "We're a family. A family is meant to be together."

At this moment, Yue Qing suddenly realized that in the children's world, she was their unique relative, so they relied on trust.

But if the day of leaving really comes, it will be something extremely difficult for not only myself but also the children to accept.

So she should...tell the children little by little and let them accept the fact that they have other relatives.