Shen Huai'an tidied himself up, then cleared his throat. "Come in!"
Upon hearing the sounds coming from inside the door, Lin Wanxing couldn't wait to push it open and run inside.
"You're back from visiting Xiaoting?" Shen Huai'an slowly stood up, holding his cane.
"How is she?"
Lin Wanxing thought for a moment and said, "She's fine. When I went to see her this time, she was in a pretty good mood and didn't do anything to me."
Shen Huai'an thought about Shen Zhiting. Right now, she should be busy paying attention to Shen Wen's affairs and doesn't have time to do anything else.
If Shen Taimin knew the whole story, he would immediately sever ties with Shen Zhiting. He doesn't like Shen Zhiting at all; he already has other women and won't care about his previous child.
The Shen family members are all equally ruthless; even if it's his own daughter, Shen Taimin still won't care.
The question Lin Wanxing wanted to ask before coming in was now stuck in his throat. After seeing his second brother, he suddenly hesitated to ask it.
"I... Second Brother, you..."
Shen Huai'an frowned, seeing that he was also uncomfortable with his stammering. He must have come over without organizing his thoughts properly.
"Star, what do you want to say?"
Lin Wanxing quickly shook her head.
"I have nothing to ask."
Shen Huai'an raised an eyebrow, clearly not believing him. He lowered his eyes and suddenly said to Lin Wanxing, "Would you like to come with me to meet someone today?"
"who?"
"Fang Jingxue," Shen Huai'an said slowly.
"She's Fang Ze's aunt, you should know her, right?"
Lin Wanxing tried hard to recall her memories. She had only seen her once, and in her memory, she was a very, very beautiful woman.
Lin Wanxing didn't know why the two people had met, but he still nodded.
"good!"
That evening, at Blue Creek Restaurant, Shen Huai'an arrived late with Lin Wanxing.
A man and a woman were already seated at the dining table. Lin Wanxing nervously grabbed Shen Huai'an's hand and kept following behind him.
"I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
A man sat next to Fang Jingxue. He glanced at Shen Huai'an, then looked at Lin Wanxing with great curiosity.
Shen Huai'an took Xingxing's hand and gestured for Lin Wanxing to sit down next to him. "Xingxing, sit down."
Lin Wanxing sat timidly next to Shen Huai'an, her beautiful starry eyes slightly lowered.
The man suddenly chuckled and said casually, "Chen Er, why are you late?"
Qin Zhihao joked casually, "You made my boss, Mr. Fang, wait for ten minutes. You're usually a very punctual person, so why did you make a mistake today?"
"Is something holding you up?" he asked, turning his gaze to Lin Wanxing.
Qin Zhihao and Shen Huai'an were old acquaintances. They were about the same age, but Qin Zhihao's children were already quite grown up.
He thought Shen Huai'an was destined to be alone for the rest of his life, but unexpectedly, he picked up someone and took him home by accident while attending a banquet.
Qin Zhihao stared intently at Lin Wanxing. He really couldn't see anything special about Lin Wanxing; he just looked like a little kid with some mental issues. He didn't quite understand what Shen Huai'an was thinking.
Lin Wanxing felt the intense gaze. He lowered his head timidly, not daring to speak. He involuntarily leaned towards Shen Huai'an, like a child who was overly insecure.
Shen Huai'an didn't seem to care. "It's just being late, it's not a big deal. Besides, I rarely make this kind of mistake, so what's the big deal about being late?"
"I believe Mr. Fang won't mind."
The two were joking around when Fang Jingxue, whose name was suddenly called, was quite surprised.
She said in a very gentle voice, "Of course I don't mind. Mr. Shen's presence is already a great honor for me. What's wrong with me waiting a few minutes?"
The reason for being late this time was still Lin Wanxing. He accidentally got his clothes dirty while eating strawberry pudding, and then he was delayed by changing his clothes.
He was too greedy, which caused his second brother to take the blame and be ridiculed by others.
Shen Huai'an could tell that the child was not in a good mood, so he immediately reached out and patted his leg, giving him a gentle smile.
Lin Wanxing immediately felt relieved.
Qin Zhihao looked at Lin Wanxing and said, "Young Master Lin, it's been a long time."
Lin Wanxing looked up at Qin Zhihao with a puzzled expression. "You know me?"
Qin Zhihao shrugged. "I even went to your one-month celebration when you were born. I went with Shen Er."
"I never imagined that little kid would grow up to be Shen Er's other half. How unexpected."
"Shen Er, you agree, right?"
Shen Huai'an knew that this guy was subtly mocking his age, saying it was like an old cow eating young grass, but he didn't really mind, since what he said was true.
Shen Huai'an has never had any scandals over the years. Apart from his bodyguard Zheng Hu, he is only accompanied by his butler Li. Qin Zhihao almost thought that Shen Huai'an and the tall and strong bodyguard were having an affair.
Perhaps Shen Huai'an just likes men with burly builds; he finds the kind of men who are close, loyal bodyguards and bosses quite interesting.
Then Lin Wanxing suddenly appeared, and Qin Zhihao didn't think Shen Huai'an would like a child.
Lin Wanxing looked at Qin Zhihao, who revealed a pure smile, "I didn't expect that after so long, Uncle, you still look so young. You don't look like someone in their forties or fifties at all."
Lin Wanxing looked down at the steak on his plate and suddenly asked with a sincere expression, "Uncle, can you even chew steak? I've heard that most people's teeth become less healthy after they reach middle age."
Lin Wanxing's words immediately amused Fang Jingxue and Shen Huai'an at the dinner table.
As expected, children don't lie; they say whatever they see. In fact, Qin Zhihao is only one year older than Shen Huai'an, but after Lin Wanxing said that, Qin Zhihao almost felt like he was half-buried in the ground.
Fang Jingxue smiled beautifully, and Shen Huai'an couldn't help but lower his head and chuckle. Qin Zhihao's expression turned somewhat unpleasant.
"Second brother, why are you all laughing?"
Lin Wanxing looked completely bewildered, utterly unaware that her unintentional words had struck a nerve with Qin Zhihao.
Hearing him call Shen Huai'an "Second Brother" and himself "Uncle," Qin Zhihao fell into deep suspicion. He unconsciously used the reflection from his phone screen to check his face.
He was confident that he shouldn't be that old. Although he couldn't compare to Shen Huai'an, he felt that his face was still quite good-looking among his peers.
How come when it comes to this child, I'm about to be buried myself?
Fang Jingxue covered her mouth and glanced at Lin Wanxing, "What the little brother said unintentionally really hurt the fragile and sensitive heart of a certain middle-aged man."
Shen Huai'an added insult to injury: "Zhihao, if your teeth aren't very good, I can have them make some other things specially for the chefs here."
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