After Transmigrating into the Main Shou, I Topped the Paranoid Big Shot 89

Chapter 89: A Family of Four (Part 1/2)

When Zong Qiu Qiu was three years old, Xu Shichen was already over four.
He was a child who had lived in a loving environment, but an accident a year ago had turned him and his sister into orphans.
As a smart, clever, and handsome boy, almost every adult who came to choose would take a liking to him.
He soon realized that he was a high-quality commodity.
The well-mannered man did not hide his affection for him and said directly to the director, “We like this child very much.”
But the director showed a slightly troubled expression, “Little Chen has a younger sister. Do you only plan to adopt one child?”
The man didn’t mind a buy-one-get-one-free deal, but when the director brought over another timid little girl, he showed obvious hesitation.
“Little Yao is not a born mute. It’s just that her parents’ death was a big blow to her, which is why she became like this. As long as you are willing to be a little more patient, she will soon get better. After all, the two children are siblings, and they are both very smart and healthy children.”
“Her looks are a little worse than her brother’s,” the man picked and chose, commenting. “But she should be not bad after she grows up. I have a distant cousin who has never been married but wants to adopt a daughter. A quiet one with few words is even better. This way, the two children can continue to be relatives…”
Xu Shichen was hiding in a corner, eavesdropping on the adults’ conversation. His face couldn’t help but darken.
Although he was young, he had also heard some perverted stories about people who liked little girls. He immediately rushed out, hugged his trembling sister tightly, and glared at the man with eyes full of resentment.

The director said awkwardly, “There have been many parents who wanted to adopt Little Chen alone before, but Little Chen is not very willing. Our purpose is to find a good family for the children, and we also don’t want to forcibly separate biological siblings…”
Although Xu Shichen was a high-quality commodity, he was not so good that a stranger would be willing to accept an extra burden.
After all, raising a child was far from as simple as buying an item.
Xu Shichen also knew that the director’s patience could not last forever. If he kept not meeting kind-hearted parents, he would be separated from his sister sooner or later.

A few days later.
It was the first time the orphanage director had met a same-sex couple who had come to adopt a child. Although it was rare, they were also a legal couple, and were public figures with a reputation.
The director skillfully promoted Xu Shichen again. To avoid subsequent trouble, he first explained, “But Little Chen has a younger sister named Xu Shiyao. The two children have a very good relationship and are only willing to be adopted together.”
Xu Shichen and Xu Shiyao.
Zong Mo looked at the two children’s poetic names on the flower list… at a glance, they were children born with their parents’ love and expectations.
But they had come to the orphanage just like him, waiting to be chosen by strangers.
Zong Mo, who had the experience of growing up in an orphanage, quickly guessed the director’s implied meaning and asked directly, “Have they not been adopted all this time because of the sister?”
The director nodded, “Mm, this child has a bit of post-traumatic stress disorder and has not spoken for a long time. But she is healthy, you can rest assured.”
Zong Mo was slightly stunned and asked, “Can we go and see them first? We’ll interact with them first. Don’t tell them we’re here to adopt, to avoid making them nervous.”
The director readily agreed. Zong Mo said to Ruan Chi, “CEO Ruan, then let’s split up? You go and see the brother, I’ll go and see the sister. We’ll chat for a while and then meet up?”
To avoid scaring the little girl away with his fierce look!

Under the director’s guidance, Zong Mo found the little girl playing alone in the back garden.
The little girl, who was only two and a half years old, was very small, but not chubby like ordinary children.
She probably wanted to collect sand to make things, but there was only a thin layer of fine sand on the ground. It was difficult to shovel with a small shovel, and the rough cement ground was hard on her hands.
Seeing the little girl trying to gather the sand on the ground with her delicate little hands, Zong Mo quickly went forward, squatted down, and said in a gentle voice, “Do you want some sand? Uncle will help you.”
The little girl stopped her movements, lifted her little face, revealing her delicate features. It was late autumn. Her cheeks were blown red and white by the dry, cold wind, looking a little shabby, but her eyes were bright and clear.
The little girl looked at him, clenched her fists helplessly, and just shook her head.
Zong Mo asked patiently, “You don’t want my help?”
The little girl shook her head again.
“Then uncle will play with you, okay? What do you want to play?”
The little girl shook her head again.

Anyway, at least the little girl had temporarily given up the hand-injuring play activity. Zong Mo, with his gentle words and a little coaxing, finally brought the little girl to a pavilion not far away, sat down to rest, and also to avoid the cold wind.
Zong Mo felt that the thinly dressed little girl must be very cold. Unfortunately, he had no gloves or scarf. As a strange uncle, it was not very convenient for him to directly take her little hands to warm them up.
He thought for a moment and found an excuse, “The sand is too rough. Do your hands hurt? Let uncle take a look, okay?”
The little girl obediently gave him both her hands. As expected, they were full of red marks from being rubbed. Zong Mo felt a little heartbroken and just wanted to take her home and take good care of her, but he saw the little girl shake her head again.
Zong Mo had no temper and just asked curiously, “Why are you shaking your head?”
“N-not…” the little girl said with difficulty.
The moment Zong Mo heard her voice, he knew that what the director had said about her not having spoken for a long time was true.
But the little girl had actually spoken in front of him?
Zong Mo was flattered and waited even more patiently for her to speak slowly.
“Not un-uncle,” the little girl stuttered for a long time, her voice getting clearer and clearer. “Big brother, goo-good-looking.”
Zong Mo: …
Hmm?
The sudden praise from a two-and-a-half-year-old little girl made Zong Mo stunned for a long time before he came to his senses, and then he couldn’t help but laugh.
The little girl watched her laugh and also started to laugh, looking silly.

“Your brother is only this tall,” Zong Mo stood up and gestured at his knee, then gestured at himself. “I’m much taller than your brother, so I’m an uncle. Uncle will take you to find your brother now, okay?”
The little girl nodded vigorously.
On the other side, the conversation between Ruan Chi and Xu Shichen was much more concise.
When Ruan Chi saw this child, he first felt a strong sense of violation.
Not to mention an orphanage, this child’s appearance, even in any school, would be the one that stood out.
His own little sister would certainly not be inferior. If it was only because of his sister’s defect that the two had not been adopted, it was actually a little unreasonable.
Ruan Chi raised an eyebrow slightly and said directly, “Your hair is quite clean, but you’re too lazy to wipe your face?”
Xu Shichen was shocked. He sniffed hard before he realized he shouldn’t have, and tried to force out the snot he had sniffed in to make his sloppy image more convincing.
This time, he had clearly failed.
Xu Shichen looked up at the tall and handsome man in front of him. He didn’t think that a person like this would be a volunteer who had come to do volunteer work. He could only be a “customer” who wanted to adopt a child.
So what if he’s good-looking? Who knows what ugliness is hidden under that beautiful shell…
Xu Shichen also stopped pretending and asked, “Are you thinking of adopting me?”
“Yes,” Ruan Chi said. “And your sister.”
Xu Shichen pursed his lips and didn’t answer. He carefully observed him from left to right, then asked again, “Are you very rich?”
“Mm, richer than anyone you’ve ever met,” Ruan Chi said shamelessly, and even beckoned, “Come here.”
Xu Shichen was not a very vain child, but he hoped his sister could live a good life. And Ruan Chi, who spoke directly and treated him like an adult, did not give him a bad impression.
He walked over curiously. Ruan Chi showed him the watch on his wrist and said, “Do you like it? Almost no man dislikes famous watches. If you don’t like it, it means you’re still a little boy.”
Xu Shichen: …
He didn’t want to deny that he didn’t like it, nor did he want to admit that he was a little boy. He was even less willing to bow down to this arrogant guy!!
He simply closed his mouth and didn’t speak.
Ruan Chi continued, “I also have many cars. Although you can’t drive them for now, I also collect many famous car models. Hmm, the kind that are scaled down. You should… just be able to sit in them.”
Xu Shichen: …
He hesitated for a long time and said, “Are you single?”
He was actually a little afraid of his sister being adopted by a single man.
Ruan Chi: “No, I came with my partner.”
Xu Shichen tried his best to hide his wavering and said nonchalantly, “I want to see your wife.”
“Not a wife,” Ruan Chi said. “He is also a man, like me.”
Xu Shichen had taken it for granted that Ruan Chi was lying to him and still didn’t quite believe it when he saw Zong Mo.
…When he saw his sister babbling and talking with Zong Mo, he found it even harder to believe.
The director took the initiative to come forward and called Xu Shichen over to explain the matter of the two fathers to him.
“So they both like men?” Xu Shichen confirmed.
The director nodded:
“Yes, liking the same sex is also very normal. They are a legal couple. And they are both public figures with a reputation. Their conditions are very good, and they are willing to adopt both of you. There will definitely not be such a good opportunity in the future.”

After Xu Shichen finished talking with the director, he walked out of the room and saw that Zong Mo had already taken his sister’s little hand.
Xu Shichen: …
Both fathers liked men. For his sister, the risk of encountering a pervert was greatly reduced. As for himself… as long as his sister could live a good life, it didn’t matter what happened to him.
Zong Mo had originally thought that his sexual orientation would be the biggest obstacle to adopting children, but he hadn’t expected it to become a part of the reason why the two children were willing to be adopted.

Xu Shichen soon discovered that he had been overthinking it.
Not only were there no perverts as he had imagined, but the two fathers’ relationship was also exceptionally good, so good that they didn’t have much time to spend with the children alone.
It was the first time Xu Shichen and his sister had seen such a luxurious big house.
Ruan Chi had not lied to him either. There were all kinds of luxury car models. Not only were there ones he could sit in and drive, but there were also more mini remote-controlled car models, airplane models… and a billiard room, a basketball court, a golf course…
Xu Shichen felt a wave of dizziness.
And as such a rich family, the two fathers had even personally cooked to welcome them, making a table full of sumptuous dinner.
Xu Shichen was not very comfortable and only dared to eat the few dishes in front of him. Zong Mo noticed his restraint, kept exchanging the dishes in front of him, and said, “Try this too.”
Xu Shichen knew how to use chopsticks, and was quite skilled, so Zong Mo didn’t need to worry too much. But there was still a little one on the other side.
So Zong Mo let Ruan Chi pay more attention to Xu Shichen, while he devoted his time to his sister, Xu Shiyao.

“Yao Yao, do you want to eat this?” Zong Mo pointed to the sweet and sour pork on the table. Children generally like sweet things, and the red sweet and sour dish was also very tempting.
Xu Shiyao nodded. But when Zong Mo brought the dish over, she quickly covered her own bowl and shook her head desperately.
Zong Mo, holding his chopsticks, was puzzled, “Then shall I put it on this plate?”
Although the plate was for spitting out bones and scraps, it was also clean, so it wasn’t impossible to use it for food.
Xu Shiyao still shook her head, even put her bowl in the bone-spitting plate, and then covered it with her small body.
Zong Mo was helpless and said again, “Then shall I feed you?”
Only then did Xu Shiyao eat her first bite of the night.
Zong Mo had no choice but to feed the little girl first. Fortunately, as long as he was the one feeding, the little girl would eat anything and was not a picky eater.

But Ruan Chi couldn’t stand it and interrupted, “Zong Mo, let her eat by herself. You eat yours. If she can’t use chopsticks, give her a spoon.”
Xu Shichen explained on behalf of his sister, “Yao Yao knows how to use chopsticks.”
Zong Mo: ?
Then why did she still let him feed her?
Zong Mo didn’t think that a child who had been in an orphanage would be so delicate. He just thought that the little girl liked him and continued to feed her without complaint, and also complained to Ruan Chi, “Don’t be so fierce.”
Xu Shichen, as the older brother, naturally did not want to leave a bad impression on the two fathers. He stood up and walked in front of his sister, and put on a serious face, “Eat by yourself. Don’t always let uncle feed you.”

But the little girl wrinkled her little face, feeling extremely wronged, and still insisted on using her body to block the bowl and plate in front of her.
Zong Mo observed her carefully, then looked at the identical bowl and plate in front of him, thought for a moment from her perspective, and had a sudden realization.
He suppressed the heartache that was welling up and said in as gentle a voice as possible, “Yao Yao, do you think this bowl is very beautiful, so you don’t want to get it dirty?”
The exquisite white porcelain bowl, as thin as a cicada’s wing, had a circle of beautiful patterns on its body and rim.
When he had just transmigrated, he had also marveled at how Ruan Chi, who didn’t cook and didn’t like to eat, had collected so many beautiful tableware that looked priceless.

Hearing his words, the little girl nodded vigorously.
Zong Mo patted her head. After feeding her this meal, he quickly ordered two sets of cute and drop-proof children’s tableware.

Besides the care and love of their parents, a creature like a puppy also played a significant role in opening a child’s heart.
Xu Shiyao mustered her courage and, for a rare time, took the initiative to come to Zong Mo. She asked naively and carefully, “Why doesn’t Qiu Qiu woof?”
Zong Mo: …
This was a good question, one that had troubled him for several months.
Although he had finally discovered that Qiu Qiu was not a mute dog, it would only woof when stimulated. Most of the time, it was still a whimpering creature.
Zong Mo thought this was a good game and would also help to liven up the little girl. So he said, “Qiu Qiu is very introverted. If you play with it more and talk to it more, it will start to woof.”
So, for the next few days, Xu Shiyao was extremely busy, consuming a great deal of the cattle dog’s energy. Even its whimpers were not as loud as before.
She had exhausted all her tricks but still couldn’t get Qiu Qiu to woof once.

This day, Zong Mo heard a few loud “woofs” from a distance and curiously followed the sound, only to see the little girl lying on the ground with her butt in the air, woofing non-stop.
Zong Qiu Qiu: “Ying…?”
Xu Shichen, on the other hand, was squatting on the side, assisting, to prevent the startled Zong Qiu Qiu from running away.
Zong Mo: …

As for what the two children called him, Zong Mo did not force it and even suggested that they call him and Ruan Chi “uncle.”
It hadn’t been too long since the two children had lost their parents. It was by no means an overnight matter for them to accept a new family. The inability to easily accept a new father also happened to show that they were very affectionate.
Zong Mo had registered the two children and had also not changed their surnames. After all, this was the mark of their biological parents’ existence.
Zong Mo had never seen his own biological parents, nor did he know their names. He had always felt a little regretful, so he was even less willing to easily change the two children’s surnames and decided to let them choose for themselves after they grew up.

A few months later, it was the New Year again. Unlike previous years, this year it was a family of four.
Zong Mo bought festive New Year’s clothes for the two children and also put up couplets, hung lanterns, and made dumplings with them, filling the New Year’s atmosphere to the brim.
Under Zong Mo’s education, Ruan Chi was still a stranger to cooking, but he could barely manage as a helper.
Zong Mo used a blender to make all kinds of dumpling fillings. He and Ruan Chi were responsible for the strenuous work of rolling out the dumpling wrappers, and then he left the most interesting part of making dumplings to the two children.
Zong Mo secretly glanced over and found that Ruan Chi was trying to roll out multiple dumpling wrappers at once without being taught.
It was also possible that he was just being lazy.
He continued to observe. Ruan Chi successfully rolled a stack of dumpling wrappers into a flat circle, and then peeled them open one by one.
Of course, they couldn’t be peeled open.

Zong Mo laughed heartlessly, “Serves you right for being lazy.”
“The restaurants outside can’t possibly roll them out one by one,” Ruan Chi analyzed. “It takes so much time. How much does one dumpling sell for?”
That was a correct guess.
Zong Mo said, “You have to put more flour on each piece of dough, and you also have to pay attention to the strength when you’re rolling it. Otherwise, they’ll stick together. This pile of yours is all wasted.”
He was educating and couldn’t help but be smug.
“Look at mine!”
Ruan Chi didn’t say anything and did as he was told, getting his hands full of white flour.
Zong Mo paused his work and seriously supervised.
Before a few dozen seconds had passed, his CEO Ruan went on strike, “So troublesome. So boring. It’s better to just buy them.”
“The whole family making dumplings together, what’s important is the process…” Zong Mo said.
Ruan Chi looked at him, thought for a moment, and suddenly raised his hand and wiped it on his face.
Zong Mo: ?

Xu Shiyao was making dumplings and watching the two fathers. Seeing this, she giggled, “You’ve become a little painted cat!”
Zong Mo glanced at her and replied, “Then you’re a little, little painted cat.”
The little girl who loved to be beautiful immediately raised her hand to wipe her face, directly turning herself from a little painted cat to a little white cat.
Now, he had to settle the score with Ruan Chi!
Zong Mo covered both his hands with flour, trying to return the favor in double.
He was still on guard against Ruan Chi’s sneak attack, but Ruan Chi, who had originally wanted to go on strike, actually… ran for his life.
Zong Mo: ?
What’s he running for? Did he learn that from him?
Zong Mo had originally only intended to paint Ruan Chi’s face, but in order to catch the fleeing person, he had now wiped Ruan Chi’s whole body with flour.
Zong Mo simply went all out, using Ruan Chi as a towel, wiped his two hands clean, and also scratched a few itches.
“Alright, alright,” Ruan Chi not only did not resist, but his body also softened and he bent down. “Stop messing around.”
Zong Mo was smug about his great victory. When he withdrew his hands, he happened to brush past Ruan Chi’s waist.
Zong Mo: ?
The children are still here. This person is really so shameless.

He went back to his room for a trip and came back down. There were already two rows of dumplings of various shapes on the dining table.
Zong Mo went over to pinch the poorly wrapped dumplings one by one and continued to roll out the dough.
Xu Shichen asked curiously, “Uncle Mo Mo, are we celebrating the New Year at home?”
Zong Mo nodded, “Mm, do you want to go out and play?”
Xu Shichen asked, “Do we have to visit relatives?”
Actually, he hated visiting relatives very much. His memories from when he was two or three were still very clear.
Being polite with a bunch of unfamiliar distant relatives always made him feel tired. And he and his current fathers and their relatives had no blood relationship. He would inevitably be treated as an outsider and be pointed at…
But Zong Mo said, “No need. We’ll just be at home, the four of us together.”
Xu Shichen breathed a sigh of relief and happily made dumplings.

Children wake up early and go to bed early. Zong Mo was also used to waking up early. So on the morning of New Year’s Eve, he came to the two children’s room and mysteriously took out two red envelopes.
The two children were instantly stunned.
Zong Mo looked at their flattered and surprised expressions and always saw his own shadow. He lovingly patted their heads in turns and said, “This is my red envelope for you. You can go and pay your New Year’s respects to Uncle Chi Chi. He will also give you a red envelope.”
With their own little red envelopes as a preventive measure, the two children should not be scared by Ruan Chi’s red envelope.
At a little past nine on New Year’s Eve, the two children had already gone back to their rooms to rest. Zong Mo and Ruan Chi were still in the living room.
Although it wouldn’t disturb the children in the second-floor room, Zong Mo also habitually turned down the volume of the Spring Festival Gala.
“Happy New Year, baby. I love you,” Ruan Chi said, and then handed over a red envelope.
Zong Mo: …
Besides the first year when he had directly thrown money at him, Ruan Chi had always given him a red envelope with a sense of ritual for his New Year’s money every year after that.
How many years had it been? It seemed to be the tenth year already.
And their ages had gone from the twenties to the thirties. This year, there were also two more children.
Zong Mo was full of emotion and looked deeply at the person before him.
A moment later, he still said awkwardly like a young man, “I’m already so old and you’re still giving me New Year’s money… can we change the address too?”
A big baby in his thirties. Isn’t it embarrassing to say it out loud!
But Ruan Chi was unconcerned and said casually, “Then what should I call you? Baby?”
Zong Mo: …
Ruan Chi: “And I don’t know whose Big Fierce 1 is so fond of crying.”
Zong Mo: “…Let’s just stick with baby.”
He lowered his head to divert his attention and only then did he realize that the red envelope in his hand was a bit too heavy.
He opened it directly in front of Ruan Chi and first poured out a pile of sparkling gold coins.
“It’s a commemorative coin for the zodiac,” Ruan Chi said. “My birth year.”
“Then shouldn’t I be the one giving you a red envelope?” Zong Mo picked up the exquisitely styled coin and looked at it from left to right, very satisfied. He asked again, “Is it gold?”
Ruan Chi: “Mm.”
Zong Mo continued to look. The other banknotes in the red envelope were also commemorative editions with animal patterns, and there was a faint, dazzling gold thread on the edge.
So inhumanly rich!

Zong Mo smiled, “This year’s New Year’s money is not convenient to deposit in the bank. It seems I can only get a safe and lock it up properly.”
And at the same moment, the two children were actually not asleep yet and were whispering in the dark bedroom.
“Yao Yao,” Xu Shichen said. “Should we start calling our uncles ‘dad’?”
He had thought his sister would resist, but he saw her nod vigorously, “I like Dad…”
Before she could finish her words, the sleepy little friend was so sleepy her eyelids were fighting. In a half-asleep state, she murmured again, “I like Dad. Yao Yao likes Dad.”