This time, Du Xuan stopped talking, shut her mouth, and closed the photo album.

An eerie silence fell over the living room.

Upstairs, Xia Wenxi went to Lin Shen's bedroom for a while, then sat down and asked Lin Shen to open his WeChat Moments so she could take a look.

Lin Shen posts very infrequently on WeChat Moments, let alone posts that are so personal and engaging.

In just a short while, there were so many comments that I couldn't keep up with them all.

There were even comments from Xia Wensheng, as well as likes from Xia Hengyuan and Ke Shurong.

Xia Wensheng: [My account was hacked by Xia Wenxi?]

Xia Wenxi rolled her eyes when she saw this comment and replied: [It wasn't a hack; I've taken Lin Shen hostage.]

Many more comments were filled with laughter, and some even said, "Blink twice if you're being kidnapped."

Xia Wenxi laughed and said, "You guessed right, didn't you? You were taken hostage by me!"

Lin Shen reached out from behind Xia Wenxi, grabbed the phone, and replied with four words to the comment.

I did it voluntarily.

After replying, he put down his phone, moved his hand down, and pulled Xia Wenxi, chair back and all, into his arms.

He turned his head and kissed Xia Wenxi's cheek.

The meaning is self-evident.

As long as you can hear the stream in person, you can post whatever you want.

Xia Wenxi didn't speak, nor did she break free from Lin Shen. She just looked down at the comments under the photo.

Lin Shen looked up and saw her suddenly reddened earlobes, and smiled silently.

When Xia Wenxi saw Xu Zhenghuai's name in the comments, she remembered to ask Lin Shen about his previous plan to adopt a child.

"How is the child now? Has the matter been resolved?"

"Yes, his parents came back before the New Year and saw the child. His parents are not too old, and their family is in good financial condition, so the adoption of Chenchen went smoothly and the procedures were completed quickly."

As for other strict requirements for adopting a child, such as not having any children in the family or having only one child, these are naturally not a problem.

"However, since they will be living in France in the future, they need to take Chenchen with them, which requires some procedures and is quite troublesome. Also, it's the Chinese New Year holiday now, so they can't do it. They have to wait until after the New Year."

"very nice!"

Xia Wenxi was also happy for this child she had never met before.

“I visited the orphanage a few days ago. In fact, many of the children in the orphanage are healthy and intelligent, but they were cruelly abandoned.”

Of course, Xia Wenxi doesn't mean that unhealthy children should be forgiven for being abandoned. Rather, the latter can often be excused by the word "difficult circumstances."

But it was only a reluctant decision. Since I chose to have the child, I should take responsibility.

Xia Wenxi heard from the director that there were actually very few children in the welfare home who had to be sent there by the government because their parents had passed away or for some other reason and they were unable to raise them.

Most of them were abandoned and then found and brought here by someone, or they were simply dumped at the gate of the orphanage.

Lin Shen released Xia Wenxi, then walked over to her, squatted down, looked up at her, his eyes filled with tenderness.

He gently held Xia Wenxi's hand and said earnestly, "Don't be sad, Wenxi. We can't prevent things like this from happening again, but the dean should have told you that such things are becoming less and less common. The world will get better and better."

Xia Wenxi nodded. The dean had indeed said that, although there were many reasons for it.

Perhaps due to the improved legal system and the presence of surveillance cameras, many people no longer dare to recklessly abandon their children.

It could also be because economic conditions have improved, or mindsets have changed...

But these very reasons also demonstrate that the world is getting better.

Suddenly, a new message notification popped up on Lin Shen's phone in Xia Wenxi's hand, and she handed the phone back to Lin Shen.

"There's news."

Lin Shen opened it, glanced at it, and then stood up.

"It was my second brother who asked us when we were going down."

Before Lin Shen could finish speaking, Xia Wenxi stood up, blushing, "Have we been upstairs for too long?"

She suddenly realized that leaving Lin Shen's family downstairs while the two of them stayed upstairs alone was not a good idea.

Lin Shen quickly comforted her, "It's okay, don't think too much. Isn't it only right that I show you my room? Second Brother wasn't rushing us; he just meant we shouldn't rush down."

"ah?"

Xia Wenxi was dumbfounded until Lin Shen showed her the chat page, and then she understood.

"Don't mind it, my second brother and sister-in-law have always been like this for so many years."

Today, Lin Shen brought his girlfriend home. Not only Lin Shen's mother, but also his older brothers and sisters should give their younger brother's girlfriend a gift.

Lin Zhan and his wife had naturally prepared carefully well in advance, but the two of them ended up being careless.

They both assumed the other had taken something when they left, but when they saw other people carrying things downstairs, they wanted to show off their own purchases as well, only to discover that neither of them had taken anything.

Lin Zhan then messaged his younger brother, telling him not to rush downstairs. He should wait until he returned home to retrieve the gift before bringing his girlfriend down, so that they could present the gift perfectly.

Xia Wenxi sat down again.

"But your second brother sent a final message telling you not to tell me about this."

Lin Shen touched his nose; he hadn't even seen the last one yet.

Xia Wenxi, being very understanding, said, "It's alright, I'll just pretend I don't know."

Lin Shen explained, "My second brother is probably afraid that if you find out, he'll think he doesn't take your visit to the house today seriously."

But Lin Shen didn't know whether he should blame Lin Zhan or not.

"When my second brother was a child, he played hide-and-seek with my eldest brother. My eldest brother hid, but my second brother forgot about it and went downstairs to eat. Later, the whole family went to look for my eldest brother."

It wasn't just when he was a child; he once forgot his son at a service area when he took his family on a road trip, and my sister-in-law was there too.

Lin Shen always felt that his second brother was indeed careless and not very bright.

I forgot my son at the service area...

Xia Wenxi had never imagined that Lin Junying could be someone she could sympathize with.

"Let's play a little longer then."

So the two of them stayed upstairs for almost an hour before coming down.

When Xia Wenxi received the gift from Lin Zhan and his wife, she pretended not to know anything, just as she had said upstairs.

Lin Zhan glanced at his younger brother and secretly breathed a sigh of relief. If he had caused his brother's girlfriend to fall through, his fourth brother and mother might have gotten rid of him too...

"Open it and take a look, Xiaoxi. It's with your second sister-in-law... your second sister..."

Lin Zhan felt awkward no matter how he addressed him.

Xia Wenxi promptly said, "Let's call her Sister Du Xuan."

Du Xuan nodded and smiled, "Okay, I'll call you Sister Du Xuan."

After praising Xia Wenxi again, Lin Zhan continued, "Your sister Du Xuan and I have been choosing for a long time. Take a look and see if you like it?"