Qin Zheng and Ye Yun: "..."
Tian Xiaohui rolled her eyes.
No, she has to remove this guy from her list of potential partners. With his character, how reliable could they possibly have a child together?
"What's wrong?"
Ye Yun, supporting her belly, managed to squat down, gently holding Xiao Hai's hand with her warm palm, and looking at him tenderly.
Xiao Hai kept his head down in silence.
Two seconds later, he raised his head and looked at Gu Jin with a wary gaze.
Gu Jin's smug expression froze. She gritted her teeth and feigned a fierce look, warning, "You little brat, I'm warning you, you'd better think carefully if you want to sleep with me."
Qin Zheng raised his foot to kick him.
Ye Yun stopped him with a glance, then glanced at Gu Jin with a calm and unhurried look.
Gu Jin shrugged innocently, "Ye Yun, you can't blame me for this. I've never liked children since I was little. Except for my sister."
All the children except Gu Yingying are demons.
This is Gu Jin's understanding.
It all started at a family gathering one year when a dozen or so children from his extended family brought along. They were unruly, noisy, and even sneaked into his and Gu Yingying's room, dismantling the wooden boat he had painstakingly made for Gu Yingying.
An ordinary wooden boat would be fine.
But that wooden boat was designed, polished, and assembled by hand. It was a full meter long and half a meter high, with countless parts. He spent more than a year and countless nights to complete it as a twelfth birthday gift for Gu Yingying.
Gu Yingying liked it very much and placed it on her bedside table.
The result was that it was dismantled into pieces, the parts were crushed to pieces, and all the hard work was destroyed in an instant.
Gu Yingying cried her heart out that day.
He went mad, beating up the bunch of brats without a second thought, and they cried loudly.
His aunts, uncles, and even his parents—more than a dozen adults in total—couldn't hold him back. They used a wooden plank about one centimeter thick to whip the unruly kids, making them run around the yard crying and screaming—a truly pitiful sight.
After that, family gatherings were never held at his house again.
The elders in the clan avoided talking about him, and the children avoided him like the plague, all saying that he was a madman.
That felt great.
He was too lazy to deal with those social obligations, and he never went back to family gatherings again.
Because of the wooden boat incident, he used to get stressed whenever he saw children. It took him two years to get used to it. In addition, the children who came to Ye Yun's pastry shop were all obedient and studious, which made him more tolerant of children.
But should we let him take care of the children?
No, he's afraid he'll lose control and go crazy, and even he himself is afraid of going crazy.
Seeing the genuine resistance in his eyes, Ye Yun sighed, "Can't you really give it a try?"
Can you guarantee he's not a brat?
Gu Jin hit the nail on the head.
Ye Yun said calmly, "He has no father. His mother was kicked out of the house with him and wandered outside for more than half a year. Currently, he is helping me take care of the elderly in my house. He wants to be a spoiled brat, but who will indulge him?"
Gu Jin was stunned.
He never expected that the little brat in front of him would have such a difficult background. He looked at the little brat, his mouth moved, and a trace of guilt appeared in his eyes.
"Hey, why didn't you say so sooner?"
He stepped forward to grab Xiao Hai's hand, but Xiao Hai still pulled back. This time, however, he didn't back down. He simply picked up Xiao Hai's frail body and casually walked towards his house.
"Come on, let me show you up inside."
Xiao Hai tried to struggle, but was held immobile by his arm.
"You've all fallen on hard times and are now living under someone else's roof. If there's a bed, sleep in it; if there's food, eat it. Don't be ungrateful. Didn't your mother teach you to listen to your elders when you came here?" Gu Jin added as a final reprimand.
Everyone, "..."
Xiao Hai indeed stopped struggling.
He kept in mind Luo Xiujuan's teachings that he should not be disobedient and should not cause trouble for the adults. So when he saw that Ye Yun did not stop Gu Jin from taking him away, he did not struggle and was carried into the house by Gu Jin.
Gu Jin's room was very simple.
For him, the pastry shop was just a place to stay. His family had a house in the county town, but since no one was home at the time, he was too lazy to go back. Most of his things were left at home, so he had very few things here, except for the necessary furniture, a few clothes and a few books.
"Here, this is my room."
Once inside, Gu Jin put the child down.
Xiao Hai kept his head down, not daring to look around, his two little hands tightly clenched together, his eyes constantly glancing furtively at Ye Yun outside.
Even after Gu Jin carried him into the house, his thoughts remained on Ye Yun and Qin Zheng.
"You little brat, how come you're acting like a heartless ingrate? You're in Cao Cao's camp but your heart is with Han. Can't you lift your head and look at me?" Gu Jin clicked her tongue and reached out to pinch the child's cheek.
"..."
Xiao Hai still ignored him.
Gu Jin was speechless. A child who is too honest is no better than a bratty kid.
"Alright, I didn't say he'd come in with you right now. Why are you in such a hurry? Qin Zheng and I will take care of him during the day, and he can sleep with you at night." Ye Yun walked into the house and explained with a smile.
Gu Jin scratched the back of his head awkwardly, "Sigh, I was just trying to build some rapport, wasn't I?"
Do you think it's useful?
“The answer is obvious.” Gu Jin shrugged again and chuckled.
We've been outmaneuvered.
At this moment, Xiao Hai finally raised his little head to look at Gu Jin. The strong defensiveness in his eyes had disappeared, replaced by a curious look, as if he was guessing the relationship between him and Ye Yun.
Ye Yun walked over.
“This is a good friend of your uncle’s.”
“They’re best friends,” Gu Jin said, shaking a finger to correct him.
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