Chapter 45
The night was heavy. Sparse stars were hidden by a few wisps of clouds, and the cold, ethereal moonlight cast a misty glow.
In the dining room, Shen Tiantian was eating, his little head nodding, his eyelids drooping, on the verge of falling face-first into his bowl.
Tonight’s dinner was Shen Tiantian’s favorite steamed pork ribs and custard buns, along with a bowl of steamed egg custard and hot milk.
Shen Tiantian had exhausted his energy at the horse farm in the afternoon. Now, while eating dinner, waves of sleepiness washed over him.
His mouth, which was chewing on meat, slowly stopped moving. Shen Tiantian held a pork rib in his small hand, knowing that he couldn’t lower his head, or he would fall asleep.
So he just tilted his little face up, his mouth slightly open, and closed his eyes.
Shen Jinfeng had just finished a call. Before he could sit down to eat, he turned around and saw the little one’s unique posture of sleeping with his face tilted up.
It had to be said that a cub’s sleep quality was truly high.
He could fall asleep under any circumstances. It was truly amazing.
Ye Jiabao, who was sitting next to him, said:
“Tiantian is asleep. Wake him up and let him go upstairs to sleep.”
Although Shen Jinfeng didn’t like Ye Jiabao, it was too late. It was too dangerous for a child to be outside, so he had to let him stay at the Shen family for the night.
The corners of Shen Jinfeng’s lips lifted slightly. He rubbed his chin, a hint of a smile in his eyes.
“What’s the rush? Let’s take a picture of him first.”
As Shen Jinfeng spoke, he had already quickly taken out his phone and taken several pictures of the soundly sleeping little tyke.
“Tsk, tsk, if Shen Tiantian enters the entertainment industry in the future, these photos will be his blackmail material.”
At that time, the little one’s sky would probably collapse.
The thought of that scene inexplicably made Shen Jinfeng happy, and his smile deepened.
Ye Jiabao sat on the side, watching Shen Jinfeng take pictures of Shen Tiantian. His hand, holding the spoon, couldn’t help but tighten, and a hint of unwillingness appeared in his eyes.
Although Shen Jinfeng’s mouth was very mean, Ye Jiabao knew him and could hear the affection hidden in his words.
If their relationship was really bad, it should be like in his previous life, where he couldn’t even be bothered to look at him.
Ye Jiabao didn’t want to see the two brothers’ relationship become so good. He forced a smile and said:
“Brother Jinfeng, you and Tiantian have such a good relationship. In the future, there definitely won’t be any news of brothers fighting over the company.”
Ye Jiabao seemed to have said it casually and even let out a “wow” full of anticipation:
“If Tiantian inherits the company in the future, I’ll also benefit.”
Shen Jinfeng temporarily put away his phone, glanced at Ye Jiabao, and let out a cold hmph.
“You’re dreaming.”
He slowly sat down, folded his arms, and the curve of his lips straightened, his tone filled with absolute certainty:
“Shen Tiantian inheriting the company? Impossible.”
With Shen Tiantian’s brain, the day after he inherited the company, the four members of the Shen family would have to squat under a bridge to beg.
Shen Jinfeng didn’t want to hold a broken bowl and, after finally begging for a piece of bread, have it snatched away by Shen Tiantian with a punch to the stomach.
The thought was enough to give him a heart attack.
Ye Jiabao was mocked by Shen Jinfeng, but he didn’t feel too bad. Instead, he let out a heavy sigh of relief in his heart.
Good, good. When it comes to the company, Shen Jinfeng still won’t budge.
It seems that even if their relationship improves in this life, Shen Tiantian will not be able to casually meddle with the company.
Ye Jiabao’s mood suddenly relaxed a lot. The corners of his lips lifted, and he lowered his head to take a sip of soup.
And Shen Tiantian, who had been sleeping with his little neck tilted up for a while, suddenly nodded his head and woke up.
He quickly wiped his mouth with a tissue, rubbed his sleepy little eyes, and lowered his head to gnaw on his little pork rib.
But looking at his little pork rib, Shen Tiantian frowned. No matter how he looked at it, something seemed wrong.
Why is there less meat on the little pork rib?
He looked up, his little face tense, and his gaze fell seriously on Shen Jinfeng.
“This is not my little pork rib,” Shen Tiantian said with certainty.
As soon as Shen Jinfeng saw Shen Tiantian’s eyes, he knew he was up to no good!
“Did you sleep your brain silly? No one touched your pork rib. You gnawed on it yourself while you were sleeping.”
But Shen Tiantian didn’t believe it. He puffed out his cheeks and pouted, his little face flushed, and he was very grumpy after waking up.
“That’s not it! You must have secretly taken a couple of bites of my pork rib while I was sleeping!”
Shen Jinfeng: “…”
Are you crazy?
“What’s so good about a broken pork rib that I would want to gnaw on it?” Shen Jinfeng almost laughed out of anger.
Shen Tiantian was still angry. His baby-fat cheeks puffed up, and he huffed.
“There’s no way. My little pork rib is super fragrant. Big brother was dazed by the fragrance, so you ate my pork rib!”
At this moment, Shen Jinfeng really wanted to roll up his sleeves and fight with Shen Tiantian.
So infuriating!
After taking a few deep breaths, before Shen Jinfeng could recover, Shen Tiantian on the other side attacked again.
“You ate it, but you won’t admit it. A child who lies will have his nose grow long.”
This time, Shen Jinfeng was completely powerless. After a long while, he let out a deep sigh.
“Alright, alright, I can’t win against you. I’ll give you another pork rib, okay?”
So angry he was helpless, Shen Jinfeng could only contribute his own portion of pork ribs and put it in Shen Tiantian’s bowl.
Shen Tiantian huffed, happily swung his little legs, and ate the pork rib with great relish.
“Thank you, big brother. I won’t tell Daddy about this.”
Shen Jinfeng let out a “heh,” too angry to speak.
“Alright, finish eating and go upstairs to sleep.”
Shen Tiantian nodded, and took big bites of the meat on the little pork rib.
He gnawed the pork rib clean, leaving only a long, thin bone.
He let out a small burp, satisfied. He jumped down from the baby chair and ran upstairs to sleep, humming a song happily.
Shen Jinfeng ate slowly, watching Shen Tiantian’s happy little appearance all day, and a hint of a smile couldn’t help but appear in his eyes.
Really, I don’t know what he’s so happy about.
As soon as Shen Tiantian left, the atmosphere at the dining table suddenly became cold and cheerless.
Ye Jiabao, who hadn’t finished eating, also quickly said he was full and ran upstairs to find Shen Tiantian.
At this time, Shen Tiantian was picking out his pajamas. The butler uncle had added a batch of winter pajamas for him, all in styles that Shen Tiantian liked.
He was torn between the pink pig pajamas and the green little dinosaur pajamas. Before he could decide, he saw his cousin walk over.
“Cousin, do you think I look good in this little pig or this little dinosaur?” Shen Tiantian was very troubled.
In Ye Jiabao’s eyes, these two pajamas were exactly the same.
“There’s no difference. Can you stop thinking about what to wear all day?”
All he thinks about is eating and wearing. A typical pretty-faced airhead.
But it was precisely this kind of little pretty face, Shen Tiantian, who had thrived in the entertainment industry in his previous life.
Thinking of this, Ye Jiabao couldn’t help but feel a pang in his heart. He cleared his throat and said:
“Tiantian, the weather is getting cold, and it won’t be easy to go out later. Why don’t we go and see Grandma in the next two days?”
Shen Tiantian’s little eyes lit up, shining, and he nodded vigorously.
“Okay, okay.”
Seeing that Shen Tiantian was still so easy to fool, Ye Jiabao couldn’t help but grin.
More than half a month ago, Ye Jiabao had thought he had found the film crew that Shen Tiantian had acted in in his previous life, but after he went, he found that it wasn’t it at all.
After wasting more than half a month, there was still no progress in the matter of acting.
Ye Jiabao thought about it and felt that he still had to follow Shen Tiantian.
In his previous life, Shen Tiantian had lived with his grandma. Maybe the opportunity to act was found in the countryside?
Just in case, he had to drag Shen Tiantian along this time.
Ye Jiabao said again, “Then it’s settled. We’ll go tomorrow!”
To avoid being late and having the opportunity to act snatched away by someone else.
Shen Tiantian nodded vigorously, his round, black grape-like eyes sparkling. He ran to his little treasure cabinet on his short little legs.
His round eyes blinked twice. He poked his little head out, furtively looked at Ye Jiabao, and reminded him:
“Cousin, you can’t peek at my little treasure cabinet.”
He doesn’t care about it at all, Ye Jiabao thought.
Before Shen Tiantian returned to the Shen family, Ye Jiabao had accidentally found Shen Tiantian’s little treasure box.
A pile of strangely shaped stones, a few dried flower petals, and two sets of cartoon cards.
Only a child like you would treat these things as treasures, Ye Jiabao thought.
He waved his hand and walked out of the door indifferently.
“Then it’s settled. We’ll go and see Grandma tomorrow. I’ll go downstairs to sleep first.”
Shen Tiantian poked his little head out from behind the cabinet door, hummed twice, and seeing that his cousin had left, he quietly let out a sigh of relief.
He took out a small box with a small lock from the cabinet.
He turned the gear, unlocked the combination lock, and opened the box. The sparkling little gems instantly illuminated Shen Tiantian’s eyes.
A few emeralds, a pigeon’s blood-like ruby, two small gold bars, and a bag of spicy potato chips that had been hidden for a long time.
Shen Tiantian hugged a pile of little treasures and ran to the bed. After pouring them out, he counted his assets and nodded in satisfaction.
These things were all little trinkets that Shen Yuanchuan had given to Shen Tiantian.
Shen Yuanchuan was a person who liked to collect antiques, gems, and the like. There was a small compartment in his bedroom, and the display cabinets inside were filled with various antiques, calligraphy, and paintings.
Once, Shen Tiantian had run to Shen Yuanchuan’s place before going to bed, eating a small jelly, and saw his display cabinet. He pointed his little finger and asked:
“What is this?”
Shen Yuanchuan had just gotten a priceless and very collectible vase. He carefully placed it in the cabinet, but no matter how he looked at it, he was not satisfied.
But Shen Yuanchuan liked to put things at home and was not willing to store them in a bank. He kept adjusting the position of the vase and replied:
“These are all treasures. If you take one out, you can buy a small house.”
Shen Tiantian’s little eyes immediately lit up. He looked up with his little head, stared at Shen Yuanchuan with expectant eyes, and held up the half-eaten jelly he was eating and handed it to Shen Yuanchuan.
“Daddy, Daddy, you eat.”
How could Shen Yuanchuan not know that the little one was coaxing him?
He huffed. He would not fall for this little brat’s trick.
But after taking a bite of the jelly, the taste was sweet and slippery, and it instantly sweetened his heart.
The old father’s heart still softened.
