Fu Xingyun: ...

The little girl looked back and asked, "Is that uncle that big still a baby?"

Lin Qiong nodded, "Although he's quite old, he'll always be my older brother's baby."

The little girl asked in surprise, "Then why does the older brother's baby look unhappy?"

Lin Qiong thought for a moment, "But he doesn't have the small bucket and shovel you have, does he?"

Lin Qiong's eyes were fixed on the little girl's yellow plastic bucket and shovel, clearly very interested. "Did you bring this from home?"

The little girl shook her head. "No, my aunt bought it for me."

Lin Qiong's eyes instantly lit up. "Where is it?"

"Over there." The little girl pointed, and sure enough, she saw a vendor selling sand toys not far away.

Lin Qiong's heart skipped a beat as he stood up. The next moment, he felt his pants being tugged. Looking down, he saw the little girl looking up at him. "Brother, what are you doing?"

Lin Qiong rubbed her hands together excitedly, "Brother wants to buy you a small bucket and shovel just like yours."

The little girl hesitated after hearing this, asking, "What about my brother's old baby?"

Lin Qiong turned around and saw the man sitting in the sandpit with a dark face.

"Aren't you afraid the baby will get lost if you leave him here?"

Lin Qiong was troubled for a moment, then bent down and said, "Then can you take care of him for a while? He'll be back soon after he finishes shopping."

Upon hearing this, the little girl seemed to have been given some sacred mission, and replied, "Of course."

"Shall I ask you what your name is?"

"My name is Tiantian."

"Okay, Sweetie, your brother will be back soon. Thank you."

Sweetie's little head popped open, and as soon as she saw the person walking away, she ran towards Fu Xingyun with her short legs.

She then plopped down next to the man, tilting her chubby face up and saying, "Hello, Uncle."

The man glanced down at the little girl.

Sweetie shuddered almost instantly; her brother's old baby was really fierce.

But she didn't forget the mission her brother left behind, and still mustered up her courage to say, "It was that brother who just called me here."

After hearing this, Fu Xingyun finally spoke, "Why did I call you?"

"My brother told me to come and look after Uncle."

The man frowned at the difference in their generational titles. "He's the one who told you to call me uncle."

Sweetie shook her head. "No."

"My brother says you're his old baby."

Fu Xingyun: ...

"What did he do?"

"My brother bought a small shovel."

Not long after the little girl finished speaking, Lin Qiong returned from not far away carrying a small pink bucket.

Sweetie looked at it and said, "Brother, your color is so pretty."

Lin Qiong nodded in satisfaction, then handed one of the plastic tools to Fu Xingyun, saying, "I picked this out especially for you. Do you like it?"

In his hand was a large black plastic spoon.

The man looked up at her, only to see Lin Qiong smile shyly, "No need to be polite."

"..."

Then she took out her own matching pink spoon, saying, "Let's use couple's spoons."

Lin Qiong actually wanted to buy other colors, but by then the vendors had almost sold out, and almost all that was left was pink. Lin Qiong finally managed to find a different color.

Seeing that the person was holding a black spoon and not moving, Lin Qiong said, "Here, take it. You can use it to dig around."

Fu Xingyun looked at the pink bucket and pile of small shovels in Lin Qiong's hand, "Why is the color different from yours?"

Lin Qiong glanced at him. "Yours is black."

"I know, then why is yours pink?"

Lin Qiong hugged her little pink bucket, saying, "Because I'm more suitable than you."

Fu Xingyun: ?

"How old are you now, all pink and delicate?"

"..."

Seeing the man's face darken noticeably, Lin Qiong quickly leaned closer again, "I was just kidding. I'd still like you even if you were seventy or eighty. Besides..."

"What?"

Lin Qiong lowered her head shyly, "You'll always be eighteen in my heart."

"..."

"No matter how old you get..."

Fu Xingyun's brow twitched. "That's enough."

However, the other party's declaration of great maternal love continued: "In my heart, you are still my baby."

"..."

He then took out another pink shovel from his pile and handed it to the other person, saying, "Here, play with this."

The man numbly took it, and at that moment Lin Qiong felt a weight on her arm.

"Want to play together, brother?" Sweetie tugged at the man's arm, extending a sincere invitation.

"Of course!" Lin Qiong took out a pink little shovel.

Because Lin Qiong bought a lot, the vendor even gave her two bottles of water as a gift to help her build the sandcastle.

They had only been piling things up for a short time when Lin Qiong felt as if something had lightly patted her face.

Turning their heads, they saw two little boys throwing sand at them.

Before Lin Qiong could speak, Tian Tian stood up and exclaimed, "What are you doing?!"

Lin Qiong also straightened up. The two little boys took a few steps back timidly when they saw this, but quickly changed their target.

He raised his hand and gestured towards Fu Xingyun.

Sweetie bravely intervened, shouting, "What are you doing? That's my brother's old baby! Okay?!"

Fu Xingyun: ...

Lin Qiong: ...

"Oh, it can move! We thought it wouldn't!" A mischievous little boy tried to playfully shake it again, but Tian Tian trotted over to Fu Xingyun, shouting, "No way!!!"

Seeing the two brats about to start gesturing again, Lin Qiong quickly stepped in, seemingly infected by their antics, and said, "What are you doing! This is my baby, okay?!"

Fu Xingyun: ...

The two little boys threw the sand in their hands away, muttering rudely, "Tch, those kids don't mean anything by it."

Sweetie: "What did you say?"

"You little devil, nyah nyah nyah." Two little boys wrinkled their noses and grinned at the little girl and made a face.

As he spoke, he quickly threw a handful of sand at the group.

While running, he kicked and destroyed the castle that the two had just built.

The little girl collapsed to the ground in despair, and Fu Xingyun reached out to help her straighten up.

Lin Qiong glanced back at the two of them and noticed that the man had one eye slightly closed. "What's wrong?"

Fu Xingyun: "It's nothing."

Lin Qiong hugged the little girl to comfort her, then leaned closer and asked, "Did you get sand in your hair?"

The man replied casually, "Yes."

"Don't move, let me blow on it for you."

Fu Xingyun refused almost reflexively, "No need."

However, Lin Qiong pressed down on the dog's head, saying, "Don't move."

As the person's healthy, rosy lips drew closer, the man instinctively closed his eyes and turned his head away.

Lin Qiong: "How can I blow if you close your eyes?"

He then straightened the person's face once again.

Fu Xingyun: ...

After blowing on her eyes, Lin Qiong began to comfort Tian Tian, ​​but the little girl was so heartbroken looking at the destroyed castle that tears welled up in her eyes.

Lin Qiong hugged the little girl and shook her, brushing the sand off her clothes. "Sweetie, there's nothing to cry about."

"But my brother's castle is broken."

“It’s okay, we can still take another ride.” Lin Qiong looked at the little girl. “But we have something more important to do right now.”

"What's up?"

"Destroy their sandcastles."

Sweetie was taken aback.

“You did the right thing just now, but if someone bullies you, you have to get back at them.” He said, picking up the little girl’s yellow shovel and putting it into her tiny hand. “Let’s cause trouble.”

"But brother, I'm a girl, isn't that inappropriate?"

Lin Qiong looked enlightened and said, "I understand."

Fu Xingyun's brow twitched, a strange premonition creeping into his heart.

Sure enough, the next moment Lin Qiong took the little yellow shovel from the little girl's hand and replaced it with her own little pink shovel, saying, "You use the pink one."

"..."

Excellent.

Then Lin Qiong suddenly turned around and looked at Fu Xingyun.

"Wait for me here, I'll be right back."

As he was saying this, he took the little girl with him. Sure enough, five minutes later, the loud shouts of two little boys came from not far away, noisy and piercing.

Not long after, Lin Qiong ran back very happily.

"Floating Clouds!"

The man looked at the smile on the other person's face and thought, "You succeeded?"

Lin Qiong nodded. "Mm."

Where are they?

Lin Qiong knew who the other person was referring to. "Tian Tian went back to find her aunt."

He took out his phone and glanced at the time. "It's getting late, let's head back."

Immediately afterwards, Fu Xingyun watched as Lin Qiong did a set of stretching exercises.

"Lin Qiong".

"ah?"

"What are you doing?"

"Nothing's wrong, don't move." He said, and went to help the person up.

But the other person just stared at him.

Lin Qiong stiffened. "What's wrong?"

Fu Xingyun looked at the person, "Sand."

Lin Qiong frowned. "Why are you swearing?"

"..."

Fu Xingyun took a deep breath. "You have sand on your head."

After hearing this, Lin Qiong shook her fur like a puppy, "Is there anything else?"

"have."

"Then can you do it for me?"

As it was speaking, a fluffy head popped up.

Fu Xingyun glanced at him and patted the man's head a few times.

After finishing, Lin Qiong straightened up again. "Okay."

He took a deep breath, lifted the person up, and staggered up the steps.

After Fu Xingyun sat in the wheelchair, he clearly heard the person behind him gasp for breath.

The man's fingers curled slightly on his lap. "Next time..."

"I'll bring you again next time."

The man froze, then turned to look at the person.

The man laughed and said, "Otherwise, the shovel would have been a waste of money."

"..."

Okay, be thrifty and manage your household well.

Lin Qiong pushed the person back, saying, "The hot season is definitely over. It'll probably be autumn in about two weeks."

Fu Xingyun responded with a faint "Mm".

Lin Qiong pushed the child, stopping and starting, thinking about what to eat for dinner. On the way, she saw a fruit shop.

Lin Qiong looked down at the person and asked, "Have you had any fruit while I was away these past few days?"

Lin Qiong and Fu Xingyun spent most of their time at the company and didn't pay much attention to what they ate.

"No."

Lin Qiong glanced at the fruit stand outside, which had out-of-season oranges and strawberries. "Let's buy fruit."

Seeing that there were quite a few people coming and going in the shop, Fu Xingyun frowned and said, "You can wait for me here."

"OK."

Lin Qiong noticed the resistance in the person's eyes and bent down to brake the wheelchair.

Then he straightened up and looked at the person, saying, "Don't move here. I'll buy you some oranges."