Chi Yuan remained silent.
But he's not the child's parent at all.
Is he mentally ill? Why does he have such a strange possessiveness towards other people's children?
"So, what are Mr. Shen's plans?"
The supervisor sitting in front of Chi Yuan twirled the pen in his hand, unsure of Chi Yuan's thoughts.
"Never mind, I'll take it with me for now."
He patted the baby on the back, picked him up, and left the housekeeping center.
"Tell me, what is it about you that makes me so fascinated by you?"
Chi Yuan jokingly scratched the baby's chin, the baby's two hands couldn't even hold his wrist.
On his way home, his dad's phone rang again.
The little one stayed obediently in his father's arms, listening to him talk, his round eyes fixed on his father's mouth.
"Dad, what are you doing? Are you bored?"
"Didn't you say you were going to call me? How long has it been?"
Mr. Shen, on the other end of the phone, was quite dissatisfied with Mr. Shen's perfunctory attitude.
"I have things to do here, why are you always contacting me? Are you also very free?"
Chi Yuan patted the baby's round head.
It feels like the baby's head has a faint milky scent.
"Yeah, I'm pretty free now."
I could hear his mother's voice on the other end of the phone; it sounded like she was in a restaurant.
"When are you coming back to help me with the work?"
"Let me tell you, we ran into your friend at the meeting yesterday. He's so young, but he's much more mature than you."
Mother Shen chimed in from the side and handed Father Shen a bowl of soup.
"What friend? How come I didn't know I had a friend participating in IFMTBS?"
Chi Yuan frowned, and stopped counting the baby's hair.
"It's Koike, the simultaneous interpreter at IFMTBS. He told us that you and he are friends."
"Didn't you send him a lot of family photos with us? And tell him about your trip abroad?"
“They asked us for a photo yesterday, saying they would send it to you.”
Shen's mother described the details that Shen Yulou had told him, trying to awaken Chi Yuan's memory.
"No, I never share my family photos with my friends."
"Friends I've met in person definitely know me too, and I would never reveal the identities of friends I've made online."
"You haven't been scammed, have you?"
Chi Yuan felt increasingly uneasy, and the faces of Shen's parents gradually became serious.
Are you sure?
"I'm sure, absolutely certain."
"If I ever posted a photo of myself with you guys on a chat app, I'll be unlucky for the rest of my life."
"And didn't you say he was going to share a photo with me? Yesterday was yesterday, and I haven't received any photos."
Upon hearing his son's confident words, Mr. Shen hung up the phone without a second thought.
"Beep beep beep!" "Hello? Hello?"
Now it was Chi Yuan's turn to get hung up on. He pursed his lips and stared at the black screen, speechless.
His dad must be retaliating for hanging up on him this morning.
How old are you? You're more childish than a little kid.
"Did you hear that, baby? This person is even more childish than you."
Chi Yuan held the baby's little hand and tapped the phone screen, then continued counting the baby's hairs.
"Da da da~"
The little one tried to grab his father's hand that was messing around on his head, but ended up being grabbed and played with like a little toy.
...
Shen Yulou stayed up all night at the hotel to review the documents, and the next day, with panda eyes, he went to Chi Yuan's house to stake out the place.
"I'm so sleepy."
He squatted on the edge of the path, pulling at weeds, trying to shake off his drowsiness.
I want to sleep no matter how I fold it into three sections.
After yawning countless times, he finally spotted Chi Yuan carrying the baby downstairs for a walk.
"Alright, alright, come down and play. Are you having fun? Are you satisfied?"
Chi Yuan hugged the baby and kissed his little face.
"Ouch!"
Happy, happy!
My little one loves looking at flowers!
The little guy pointed to the flowers in the flowerbed next to him and wanted to go over and touch them.
"Isn't it pretty? How about I buy a few pots and put them at home so my little one can touch them?"
Chi Yuan took out his phone and started taking pictures to identify objects.
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