Chapter 112
A row of children bowed neatly to Shen Xiuze in apology.
The only one who stood straight, Shen Tiantian, was the most conspicuous among the children.
However, he was short and only his head was exposed in the group of children. He looked at his brother with a dazed expression.
Shen Xiuze’s head was hurting a little. His cold and stern eyes couldn’t help but narrow slightly as he looked at the foolishly standing Shen Tiantian in the middle.
“Shen Tiantian, you tell me what’s going on.”
Tiantian opened his mouth, but the corner of his clothes was pulled hard by the little girl next to him.
The little girl quickly said in a whisper, “Tiantian, your big brother is angry. Hurry up and apologize to him!”
Tiantian was pulled and bent down, and his little milky voice was full of energy.
“I’m sorry, big brother! The toy car accidentally fell into the ditch.”
Shen Xiuze had thought that something big had happened. Hearing Shen Tiantian say this, he was relieved.
“Just this? I thought you guys had committed some big crime.”
The children’s serious expressions had almost made Shen Xiuze think that they had dismantled the tiles from someone else’s house.
The other children straightened up, secretly glanced at their big brother Tiantian’s face, and looked at each other in a daze.
Isn’t big brother Tiantian going to get angry and hit people?
Shen Tiantian, on the other hand, giggled, his eyes lit up, and he looked up.
“I told you! My big brother won’t get angry! My big brother is the best big brother in the world!”
Shen Xiuze listened to Shen Tiantian’s soft little milky voice, and he was proudly boasting about him to others. A small part of his heart suddenly collapsed.
The corners of his mouth also lifted slightly.
The children looked at Shen Xiuze’s face. Although they were still a little scared, they more or less agreed with what Shen Tiantian had said.
“It’s true! Tiantian, your big brother is so nice!”
“Wow! He really didn’t hit us!”
The children were happy again. The big stone in their hearts had fallen, and they immediately cheered!
But before they could be happy for long, the children were pulled by their ears by their respective parents and taken back to eat.
Shen Xiuze also took Shen Tiantian back to eat.
Shen Tiantian had just shown off how good his big brother was and was at his most proud. He held out his small hand for his brother to hold.
But Shen Xiuze glanced at his dark, muddy palm, and the outer garment that his grandma had put on him was also dusty. He took a deep breath and disgustedly stayed three meters away from his little brother.
“Hurry up and stay away from me. Look at you now. What a mess you’ve become.”
Shen Xiuze, who was having a germaphobe attack, saw Shen Tiantian angrily about to pounce on him. He took a long step and immediately dodged.
The two of them thus chased each other home.
Grandma had already made lunch and was now standing at the door, looking out.
Seeing the dirty Tiantian, who looked as if he had rolled in the mud, come back, Grandma’s face was full of a smile. She reached out and pinched Tiantian’s dirty cheek.
“Oh my, how did you get so dirty?”
Grandma seemed to have no temper. She smiled and pulled Tiantian to wash his face and hands.
Tiantian’s small coat, which he had worn all morning, could not be worn anymore. It was stained with mud here and there, and when it was soaked in water, it immediately dyed the water black.
Tiantian, who had been washed clean again, sat on a small stool and ate his food in big mouthfuls.
His emotional value was full. Although he didn’t like to eat radish and cabbage, he still stuffed his cheeks full and praised loudly:
“So yummy!”
Grandma and Grandpa Qin were so praised that their hearts softened, and their faces wrinkled with a smile as they kept giving him food.
After eating, Shen Xiuze and Shen Tiantian were also about to set off back to the city.
But Tiantian was sleepy after eating. Taking advantage of the early time, he rolled onto the bed and slept for a while.
The winter sky darkened too quickly. Tiantian felt that he hadn’t slept for long before he was woken up by his brother.
He dazedly put on his coat, held his brother’s hand, and got into the car in a daze.
He lay on the car window, waved his small hand vigorously at his grandma, and shouted:
“Grandma, I left you a small gift under your pillow!”
Grandma said “yes,” and her voice floated over with the cold wind.
After a turn, the village was left far behind by the car. Tiantian looked away and sighed with reluctance.
Shen Xiuze couldn’t comfort his little brother. After all, he was a very cold person.
Shen Xiuze would never learn Shen Tiantian’s unreserved intimacy and enthusiasm for his family.
He opened his mouth, but in the end, he didn’t say anything and turned his head to drive quietly.
As soon as Tiantian left, Grandma felt that the house had suddenly become much emptier.
She slowly walked back, touched the side of the bed, lifted the pillow, and found two sparkling small gold nuggets hidden underneath.
Grandma was so scared that she gasped, and her heart pounded for a while.
She quickly picked up the small gold nuggets and hid them in a small iron box.
Grandma sat on the side of the bed, thinking about the complicated trivial matters.
She thought of her completely wayward elder daughter and elder grandson, then of her obedient and cute little grandson, Tiantian, and couldn’t help but let out a heavy sigh.
The sky was completely dark. The sparse, cold stars emitted a faint light, and the moonlight was also tinged with the cold of winter, and the light that fell was exceptionally faint.
The car drove into the villa’s yard. Shen Tiantian stretched his little body and bounced out of the car.
The butler uncle saw Tiantian, and his cheeks bloomed into a chrysanthemum, so brilliant.
“Our Tiantian is back!”
When the butler uncle faced Shen Tiantian, his voice unconsciously softened a lot.
And Shen Xiuze, who was parking on the side, was completely ignored by him.
Shen Jinfeng, who was standing on the side, let out a soft scoff.
“This house has been completely infiltrated by Shen Tiantian. These past two days, when Shen Tiantian was not here, as soon as Zhou Shu and Auntie Mu saw me, they would ask, ‘When is Tiantian coming back?’”
Thinking of this, Shen Jinfeng couldn’t help but sigh and spread his hands.
“I, this second young master in others’ mouths, have become a transparent person in the Shen family.”
Shen Xiuze heard him “selling misery,” glanced at him, and turned his head to ignore him.
And Tiantian, on the other hand, was carried back to the house by the butler uncle.
The butler pinched the little one’s soft and chubby face and asked with a smile:
“Is Tiantian tired from the car ride? Did you miss Uncle Zhou at Grandma’s house?”
Tiantian’s little mouth was as if it had eaten honey, so sweet, and when he spoke, he was incredibly soft.
“I did. Butler uncle, can you go with me next time? Without you by my side, my food doesn’t even taste good.”
Shen Jinfeng, who was following on the side, glanced at his round little belly and let out a “tsk.”
“Shen Tiantian, you touch your little belly, which is full of food. Are you not guilty? After a trip back to the countryside, you’ve probably gained two jin.”
Tiantian was used to bickering with his second brother. At this moment, he huffed and stuck his tongue out at him.
“Of course not! I only ate a little bit at noon. I’m not very fat.”
The butler also chimed in on the side:
“Children, they’re at a growing stage. It’s fine to eat a little more.”
After saying that, the butler uncle turned his head again and said in a soft voice:
“Is Tiantian hungry? The chef uncle has made your favorite steamed egg custard, with a few shrimps. Does Tiantian want to eat it?”
Tiantian’s little eyes immediately lit up, and he raised his hand and said:
“Tiantian wants to eat it!”
Tiantian is going to eat a lot!
He twisted his little body, sat in his exclusive baby chair, and didn’t even need anyone to help him. He put on his bib himself.
He held his little “meal-eating” spoon, and Tiantian’s eyes lit up as he shouted:
“I’m starting!”
Shen Jinfeng, who had also sat down to eat, saw Shen Tiantian’s mouth stained with steamed egg custard residue, and his little appearance as he ate was enthusiastic and active.
The originally empty dining room, for some reason, suddenly seemed noisy and cramped at this moment.
Shen Jinfeng could feel the hot and fragrant smell of food rushing to his nose.
He had been eating without much taste these past two days, but today, with Shen Tiantian wolfing down his food on the side, Shen Jinfeng suddenly felt that the food had become more lively.
Shen Jinfeng said with a mean mouth, “little fat pig,” and got a big, sharp little glare from Shen Tiantian, who had his cheeks puffed out.
But Shen Jinfeng’s lips were curved, and his heart inexplicably became unusually calm.
He even ate an extra half a bowl of rice for dinner.
After eating, the butler uncle took Tiantian upstairs to take a shower and also tidied up the clothes and toys he had brought back.
After his fragrant shower, Tiantian, wearing his fluffy pajamas, was crawling on the carpet like a caterpillar.
He crawled to the toy box and said:
“Butler uncle, my toy cars have all fallen into the ditch. There are only two fluffy little bears left in the box.”
But when the butler opened the box, several toy cars were lying safely inside.
Shen Tiantian was surprised for a moment. He held onto the box and stood up, poking his little head in to look.
The several toy cars that had fallen into the ditch and could not be retrieved were wiped clean and placed neatly in the box.
But the car bodies were severely damaged, and two of the small cars had even lost their tires.
The butler uncle also let out an “ew” and said, puzzled:
“Didn’t all the toy cars fall into the ditch?”
Shen Tiantian also nodded his little head with confusion, tilted his head, and was confused.
The butler uncle, however, was the first to figure something out. He said “oh” and said with a smile:
“It seems that a kind person helped Tiantian to pick them up.”
Tiantian’s little brain was turning very slowly. He propped up his chin and thought for a while, and then a small light bulb suddenly lit up above his head.
“Did my big brother help me pick them up?”
The butler uncle was happy to see the brothers’ relationship getting better and smiled without answering.
“Tiantian can go and ask his big brother himself.”
As the two of them were talking, Tiantian received a call from his grandma.
As soon as she came on, Grandma let out a couple of “oh my”s and said:
“Why did Tiantian give me such a valuable thing? Where did you get it?”
Does the Shen family know that Tiantian took such a valuable small gold nugget?
What if Shen Yuanchuan dislikes Tiantian because of this?
Tiantian giggled, lowered his voice, and said:
“Grandma, I took the little gold from Daddy. You can hide it secretly and sell it for yourself in the future.”
His voice was lowered, but the bedroom was quiet. Shen Yuanchuan, who had just walked to the door, heard it clearly.
Shen Yuanchuan folded his arms and said speechlessly:
“I was wondering why you were acting spoiled and asking me for a gold nugget.”
Tiantian was talking to his grandma. Hearing this, he couldn’t help but wave his small hand.
“I’m talking. Daddy, you can go and play by yourself. I’ll come and play with you after I’m done.”
Shen Yuanchuan: “…You’re quite busy every day.”
He shook his head helplessly, and Shen Yuanchuan couldn’t help but let out a light laugh. He simply turned and went back to his bedroom to change his clothes.
On Grandma’s side, after repeatedly confirming that Tiantian’s daddy knew about this, she was relieved and felt a little at ease.
Before hanging up the phone, Tiantian asked again:
“Grandma, did my big brother help me pick up my toy cars?”
Speaking of this, a hint of a smile couldn’t help but appear in Grandma’s eyes.
“That’s right. Xiuze looks cold and hard to get along with, but he’s really a good person. He didn’t even take an afternoon nap and spent a long time in the ditch at the end of the village to get them back for you.”
“That ditch is very deep. His clothes were all dirty when he came back, and he was very disgusted with himself.”
“He washed your toy cars very carefully and even changed his clothes in the end. Tiantian has to go and thank his big brother.”
