Chapter 71 (Seventy-one and Seventy-two Updates)

71:

When Qin Cheng woke up and he and Ye Qingxi were about to go out, Mu Zheng called.

"Xiao Cheng, Dad has been thinking about it and still wants to go to Xiao Xi's sports meet. Could you please tell Xiao Xi for me?" Mu Zheng said gently.

Qin Cheng immediately laughed, "Okay."

He hung up the phone, looked at Ye Qingxi, and said with undisguised joy, "Xiaoxi, my dad said he still wants to come to your sports meet."

Ye Qingxi remained calm and replied, "Oh."

Qin Cheng was pleasantly surprised, "Why did he want to come again?"

"Maybe he found out that his younger siblings had come, so he wanted the whole family to be together."

Qin Cheng's smile grew even brighter when he heard him say that. He would be able to participate in parent-child sports activities with Ye Qingxi and his father, and he would finally have the opportunity to create memories of parent-child sports activities with his father.

very nice!

"Thank you, Xiaoxi."

Ye Qingxi asked in confusion, "Why are you thanking me?"

"Thank you for being in first grade, thank you for being my younger brother, and thank you for letting me go to your sports meet."

Ye Qingxi smiled and said, "You're welcome~"

Qin Cheng leaned closer to him and patted his head. He looked at Ye Qingxi's fair and tender face and wanted to kiss her, but he was too shy.

It's always been the adults who kiss them, the children; no child has ever kissed him before.

but……

"Xiao Xi, can I kiss you?" Qin Cheng asked curiously.

Although he had younger brothers before, they were all brothers he didn't like. Since he didn't like them, he naturally wouldn't want to be close to them.

But Ye Qingxi is different.

He likes Ye Qingxi, so he wants to kiss her.

Ye Qingxi blinked, not expecting him to ask that.

However, Qin Cheng is only seven years old, so he can do whatever he wants.

"Mm," Ye Qingxi replied.

Upon hearing this, Qin Cheng's eyes lit up, and he carefully approached Ye Qingxi's cheek and kissed him on the face.

It's so soft, softer than the softest cake he's ever eaten.

"That's so nice, dear Qin Chengxiang."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but ask, "Did Pei Liang and the others kiss you?"

Ye Qingxi shook her head; Pei Liang only knew about chickens and their studies.

Qin Cheng nodded, thinking to himself that this was good.

He wanted Ye Qingxi to stop letting other children kiss him, including Pei Liang, Zhong Yan, and Kang Cong.

I felt a little embarrassed.

—They are all Ye Qingxi's good friends.

But good friends aren't family.

He only had his parents and uncles who would be affectionate towards him, and his best friends—well, he didn't have any best friends.

There are no friends as close as Ye Qingxi and Pei Liang.

Qin Cheng frowned, somewhat annoyed.

Ye Qingxi looked at him, who had just been smiling but was now frowning, and asked in confusion, "What's wrong, brother?"

Why are you unhappy again?

Qin Cheng shook his head. "No."

Ye Qingxi: "I saw you frowning."

Qin Cheng: ...

Qin Cheng subconsciously touched his brow.

Ye Qingxi tilted her head to look at him, "Are you unhappy because you feel that your dad came to my sports meet, not yours?"

Qin Cheng shook his head. "Of course not."

Why is that?

Qin Cheng: ...

Qin Cheng could only pretend to be serious and said to him, "I just remembered what my uncle told me before, that you can't let anyone else kiss you except your family."

—Of course that's fake.

Qin Cheng was so guilty that he didn't dare say it was his father or mother who told him, for fear that Ye Qingxi would ask them if she encountered it.

That's why he said it was his uncle; anyway, Ye Qingxi had never met his uncle.

"So Xiaoxi, you can't let anyone outside your family kiss you," Qin Cheng continued.

Ye Qingxi wondered what it was.

He certainly wouldn't let anyone outside his family kiss him.

Although Ye Qingxi was a little embarrassed to admit it, he actually quite liked being kissed.

He liked Mu Shaowu, Mu Shaoyan, and even Qin Cheng just now.

Every time they kissed him, it made him feel very happy.

It's like something you didn't have in your past life, but suddenly you have it in this one.

He doesn't even need to say anything; he just needs to stand there, and they will give it to him on their own.

"I know."

Qin Cheng looked at him, "You know?"

Ye Qingxi nodded, "I don't let just anyone kiss me."

He's not stupid.

“Then you can’t let Pei Liang and the others kiss you,” Qin Cheng said.

Ye Qingxi: Huh?

Ye Qingxi asked, puzzled, "Why?"

"Of course it's because they're not your family."

“But they are my friends,” Ye Qingxi said.

Moreover, Pei Liang and the others are only five or six years old!

Qin Cheng: ...

Qin Cheng knew that he cared about them a lot.

Seeing that he was silent again, Ye Qingxi thought to herself that she hadn't realized Qin Cheng could be so possessive in this kind of thing.

But kids are like that; they only do things for a short time. He might not allow it now, but he'll probably forget about it in a few days.

Besides, Ye Qingxi tilted his head, sensing that Pei Liang and the others didn't want to kiss him either.

“Brother,” Ye Qingxi nudged him, “You don’t need to worry about that, Pei Liang and the others don’t want to kiss me at all.”

Qin Cheng: ? ? ?

Qin Cheng did not believe it.

Ye Qingxi is so cute, and he's so easy to kiss. He's softer than pudding. How could anyone not want to kiss him?

"Really." Ye Qingxi nodded. "They won't kiss me."

"Then if they want to kiss you, you can't agree."

Ye Qingxi: ...

"Fine," Ye Qingxi thought, "that 'what if' is impossible anyway."

So Ye Qingxi nodded as he wished.

Qin Cheng was instantly delighted and couldn't resist kissing him on the cheek again, "So good~"

So sweet!

Ye Qingxi smiled and took his hand, and they left the dormitory together.

After school in the afternoon, Mu Zheng paused his work to pick them up.

He took Ye Qingxi home.

Upon seeing the cotton candy, Qin Cheng invited Ye Qingxi to their house again on Saturday to see the donuts.

Ye Qingxi hadn't seen Donuts for a while, so she agreed, "Okay~ then we'll go to your house after our martial arts class."

"Hmm," Qin Cheng replied.

After seeing him off, Mu Zheng was about to leave when Ye Qingxi called him out, "Uncle, I have something for you."

Mu Zheng: ?

"What?"

Ye Qingxi turned and ran towards the kitchen.

He opened the refrigerator, took out some steamed buns, and ran back to Mu Zheng's side. "Here you go~ These steamed buns are delicious~ I'll treat you, your brother, and your aunt to some~"

Mu Zheng laughed, "Thank you so much, Xiao Xi."

After saying that, he reached out and took it.

"You're welcome," Ye Qingxi said softly.

After seeing Mu Zheng off and finishing her meal, Ye Qingxi slung her backpack over her shoulder and went to class again.

This time he didn't get out of the car, and naturally, he didn't cause much new discussion on Mu Shaoyan's school forum.

After having dinner with Mu Shaoyan, on the way to the Duan family's house, Ye Qingxi suddenly remembered something and asked Mu Shaoyan, "Uncle, why haven't I seen Uncle Duan these past two days?"

Moreover, when he went to the toilet, there were only two toothbrush cups and two toothbrushes in the bathroom.

It seems that only Duan Yi and Duan Yi's mother live in their family.

Mu Shaoyan noticed this before Ye Qingxi did.

Ye Qingxi was small, and his feet were small too. Duan Yi's family didn't have any slippers that he could wear, so Duan Yi didn't make him change his shoes.

However, he made Mu Shaoyan change his shoes, and when Mu Shaoyan was changing his shoes, he discovered that there were no men's leather shoes in the shoe cabinet, only sneakers and canvas shoes that people their age wear, as well as women's flat shoes and low-heeled shoes.

Mu Shaoyan was straightforward, but that was all he was capable of; he wouldn't be foolish enough to directly ask Duan Yi, "Where's your dad?"

So he thought of the school forum that Duan Yi had mentioned before, searched for it, and found that there were indeed posts gossiping about it.

But it was just a casual remark, saying that Duan Yi's parents seemed to have divorced and that he lived with his mother.

Therefore, Mu Shaoyan whispered to Ye Qingxi, "His parents are divorced, and he lives with his mother, so there is no Uncle Duan in their family."

Ye Qingxi nodded; he had guessed it.

Mu Shaoyan sighed, "Looking at it this way, he's quite pitiful. I told him before that if he wanted to come with me, I could give him an extra tutoring fee, but he refused."

“It’s alright,” Ye Qingxi said, “we can buy more of Aunt Duan’s steamed buns.”

Mu Shaoyan nodded.

She suddenly turned to look at him, "You didn't buy a hundred steamed buns just because of this, did you?!"

Ye Qingxi: ...You finally realized it.

However, Ye Qingxi feigned innocence, "Huh?"

Looking at his bewildered expression, Mu Shaoyan thought to himself: That's right, Ye Qingxi is only five years old. How could a five-year-old have so many thoughts? He's overthinking it.

"It's nothing." Mu Shaoyan rubbed his head.

Ye Qingxi smiled: His uncle is indeed very easy to fool.

It's unclear whether Duan Yi's parents divorced amicably or not. If it was amicable, that's fine. But if it wasn't, his father might become a potential problem once Duan Yi achieves great success in the future.

I hope they divorced amicably.

As he was thinking, something suddenly flashed through his mind.

Ye Qingxi suddenly realized that in the original book, Mu Zheng and Qin Luan also divorced in the end. However, if Qin Luan liked Mu Zheng, as her father had told her before, then why would she agree to the divorce? Especially since Qin Cheng was Mu Zheng's son.

His uncle wanted a divorce so as not to burden his wife and children, but Qin Luan loved him. How could she think of it as a burden? And how could she bear to let Mu Zheng bear all of this alone?

Is there some other hidden story behind this?

Ye Qingxi frowned, it seemed she still needed to keep some attention on her uncle.

Sigh, these kids are all such a worry.

Upon arriving at the Duan family's residence, the two walked in together.

Mu Shaoyan bent down to change his shoes, and as he was doing so, he saw Duan Yi take out a pair of small, cute blue and white cat slippers.

"Xiao Xi, change to this one," Duan Yi said gently.

Ye Qingxi was pleasantly surprised, "I have slippers now?"

Duan Yi nodded, "Try it and see if it suits you."

Ye Qingxi quickly took off her sneakers and stepped into the new slippers that Duan Yi had bought for her.

Not only is it suitable, but it's also very soft.

"It feels so good," Ye Qingxi replied.

Duan Yi smiled and said, "As long as you're comfortable."

Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?

Mu Shaoyan: ...

Mu Shaoyan looked at the blue sandals on his feet.

"What about mine?" he asked.

Duan Yi: ? ? ?

Duan Yi glanced at his feet, which had been changed into slippers. "Aren't they right there on your feet?"

"Sandals?!" Mu Shaoyan looked at him. "Brother, it's almost November! You prepared cotton slippers for my nephew, but I don't have any new slippers, and instead, I have sandals?!"

Duan Yi corrected him, saying, "This is new. I just bought it this summer and haven't worn it yet."

"I want slippers too," Mu Shaoyan said shamelessly.

Duan Yi: ...

Duan Yi was speechless. He opened the shoe cabinet, took out a pair of gray cotton slippers, and said, "Here you go."

Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?

Looking at the plain and unadorned style in front of him, which looked like something you'd only see during a supermarket sale, Mu Shaoyan said, "I want the new one."

"This is new; I bought it during a promotion last year."

Mu Shaoyan: ? ? Last year? They were still having promotions?!

Mu Shaoyan pointed at Ye Qingxi's slippers, "Look at them, look for yourself, are they the same? I'm the one who paid for them, your God. Is this how you treat God?"

Duan Yi: ...

Duan Yi found him troublesome. "What, do I have to kneel down and serve you your shoes, God?!"

Ye Qingxi couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Mu Shaoyan: !!!

Mu Shaoyan exclaimed in disbelief, "Baby, are you mocking me?!"

Ye Qingxi quickly shook her head, "No, Your Majesty!"

Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?

Mu Shaoyan: ...

Enraged, Mu Shaoyan walked into Duan Yi's room wearing sandals.

Ye Qingxi quickly put on her cat-themed slippers and followed. To be honest, the slippers were quite comfortable.

He turned to Duan Yi and said, "Thank you, brother."

"You're welcome," Duan Yi said with a smile.

Mu Shaoyan entered the bedroom and was about to sit down when he saw a cute cat-ear cup filled with water on the desk, where Ye Qingxi usually sat.

Mu Shaoyan: !!!

Ye Qingxi: "Wow~"

Ye Qingxi quickly ran over and looked at her new cup.

There's a large cat's paw on the bottom of the transparent glass, which you can see at a glance.

The cat ears were on the side of the cup, and the thick cat tail curved into the handle. Ye Qingxi picked it up, held the cat tail, and took a sip of water. It was warm.

"It's so cute!" Ye Qingxi held the cup, looking at it from left to right. "Thank you, brother."

Duan Yi chuckled, "I'm glad you like it."

Mu Shaoyan, standing to the side: ...What about him? Is he dead?!

Duan Yi sensed his resentful gaze and spoke first before he could retaliate, "Don't look at me like that. I bought it for you too, God."

After he finished speaking, he pointed.

Mu Shaoyan looked in the direction he pointed and saw a round, ordinary-looking, inexpensive glass.

Mu Shaoyan: "...Are there two pieces?"

"Of course," Duan Yi said with a pained expression. "The price went up this year, exactly two yuan."

He bought it during a big sale last year for only 1.5 yuan.

Mu Shaoyan: ...

Mu Shaoyan was speechless. "I've never used such a cheap cup before!"

“There’s a first time for everything. Take me, for example. I’ve never taught a student as slow as you before, but I did it, didn’t I?” Duan Yi patted his shoulder reassuringly.

Mu Shaoyan: ? ? ?

Mu Shaoyan: ...

Duan Yi: "Don't worry, I'm the same as you."

He pointed to his cup, "Look, aren't they exactly the same? Even the place where we bought them is the same. Mine is even an old one."

Mu Shaoyan: ...Can I be compared to you?!

Who am I?! Who are you?!

Besides, who wants to be exactly like yours!

Ye Qingxi almost burst out laughing again while listening to their crosstalk performance.

After listening to him, he slowly said, "Uncle, if you like my cup, I can trade with you."

It's just for drinking water anyway, so any cup will do.

Mu Shaoyan: !!!

Mu Shaoyan quickly replied, "No need."

“Baby, you’re so cute, you deserve a cute cup.”

“As for me…” Mu Shaoyan looked at his ordinary glass and gritted his teeth, “I’m tall, so I should use a tall glass.”

After Mu Shaoyan finished speaking, he reluctantly walked to his seat and sat down.