Yan Bao nodded affirmatively, and stayed with his father for a while before going back to rest.
Mrs. Shen also got a lot of good things, all of which Yan Bao thought her mother would like, including Jingzhou's special fabrics made of lotus root silk, which were very rare. She bought a lot of them and brought them back for Mrs. Shen.
As soon as Yan Bao left, Madam Shen asked Chief Minister Shen to take off his straw sandals: "You have never worn them before, so you must not be used to them. Are they prickly?"
Chief Minister Shen nodded, his feet flushed red, for fear that his daughter would see it and think that the straw sandals were bad and would never buy anything for him again.
Mrs. Shen saw through his thoughts and said with a smile: "If you like it, keep it. You can still look at it even if you don't want to wear it. It's a token of my daughter's love!"
Shen Shoufu thought about it and agreed.
Yan Bao came back, and everyone had dinner together. They had all her favorite dishes. Chief Minister Shen kept picking up dishes for Yan Bao and gave her both chicken legs, which made Second Brother Shen, who was holding the bowl, feel sad.
Seeing this, Yan Bao picked up a large chicken drumstick and gave it to Second Brother Shen: [Second Brother is so pitiful, like a puppy. If he had a tail, it would be wagging. Here’s the big chicken drumstick for you. Stop staring at it. Isn’t it normal for my parents to like me?]
Yan Bao boasted in his heart: [Who made me cute, pretty, sweet-mouthed, able to act like a spoiled child, cute, and lovable?]
Shen Shoufu almost laughed.
Mrs. Shen pretended not to hear and drank her soup.
Alas, if it wasn’t hers, everyone would have thought it was someone else’s child.
How can you be so shameless? Wang Po is selling melons and bragging about them.
Second Brother Shen: “…”
If he were as shameless as Yan Bao, he would not be ignored by his parents.
Shen Shoufu and his wife, who only had their daughter in their eyes, looked at the second child who was eating in silence. Shen Shoufu decided to care for this child more. After all, they were his own children, and he couldn't be too partial to one over the other.
Thinking about it this way, after dinner, Yan Bao and Madam Shen had a deep mother-daughter relationship. Shen Shoufu was very caring towards Shen Erge, catching up with his studies, asking him to write, and even scolding him.
The main reason was that Second Brother Shen’s mind was not on studying at all during this period, which made First Assistant Shen so angry that he almost broke off relations with him.
He is well-educated, so why did he raise a son who is a useless person?
Sure enough, there was a reason why he favored Yan Bao.
Yanbao is so cute!
Second Brother Shen: “….”
This fatherly love is too heavy, let Yan Bao bear it. I'm done for and will never be jealous of Yan Bao again!
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