Chapter 59: The Clingy Childhood Sweetheart 3 p1
To avoid the “sent to the cold palace” incident from happening again, for the next period of time, the little boy Jiang Qi began to seriously restrain himself.
Specifically, when Chen Jingchen and the little He baby were playing with cards, he would no longer interfere.
Not only that, but he would also help the little He to win the cards, and watch with satisfaction as the little He smiled with his eyes curved, making Chen Jingchen lose until he had nothing left, and couldn’t even smile.
Chen Jingchen wrinkled his nose, thinking that Jiang Qi was very annoying.
But Shu He was very gratified, thinking that Jiang Qi and Chen Jingchen were already good friends.
Specifically, when they were playing role-playing, Fang Ziyang stood by the side without saying a word, and couldn’t get a role. Jiang Qi waved his hand and made him the big table in the house.
Being a table had no lines, and he couldn’t talk to the baby.
And he and the baby were playing father and mother, and they had a lot of lines. Jiang Qi took Shu He’s small hand and kissed his chubby face. Shu He turned his head to look at him and said in a small voice that he could let Fang Ziyang be the little dog.
There was still a little dog role that hadn’t been assigned.
Jiang Qi was not very willing, but the teacher had already given the little dog role card to Fang Ziyang. There was no big table role in the role cards.
Hateful.
In short, in short.
Jiang Qi had indeed turned over a new leaf and reformed.
If he had reformed, they could still play together.
Shu He was his number one again, and he shared his delicious food with him, and they would hold hands and go home from school every day. Seeing this, Jiang Qi was encouraged. Although he still hated Chen Jingchen and the others who were taking the baby away, he tried even harder to restrain himself.
Jiang Qi had a very happy half a year of kindergarten.
In the second month of the next year, it snowed a little in the Capital, and the buildings were covered in a white blanket. The sound of the snow was as crisp as glass, and it was very cold.
The little He baby’s birthday was during this time. The Shu family was very serious about it, and Jiang Qi was also very serious.
This was the first birthday he had spent with the baby.
On the day of the birthday, Jiang Qi got up early from the little He baby’s bed. Ever since the two children’s relationship had gotten better and better, the relationship between their parents had also gotten closer. It was common for the children to sleep at each other’s houses.
After getting dressed, Jiang Qi leaned over beside the bed and gently patted Shu He’s head. Shu He was sleeping with his eyes closed, his face pressed against the pillow, and his chubby little face was pressed into a cute little soft flesh. He had been beautiful since he was little, and his eyelashes were also long, which was particularly obvious from this distance.
Jiang Qi’s fingers carefully played with the baby’s eyelashes for a while, and when he saw that it was about time, he called out, “Baby, it’s time to get up.”
It was his birthday, so he had to get up early. There were a lot of guests who had come to celebrate his birthday, and they were all downstairs.
Jiang Qi saw that Shu He didn’t react, so he frowned and went to get his clothes, and pulled the small ball of a baby out of the bed and held him in his arms.
Jiang Qi was only a year older than Shu He, and he was also very small, but his movements of holding the baby and dressing him were particularly skilled. He skillfully put Shu He’s small hands through his clothes, skillfully held his pale little legs and put on his pants, and then held the soft ball of a baby up and placed him on the side of the bed to put on his socks.
Like dressing a doll.
When he was putting on his socks, Jiang Qi was still mumbling, “Happy birthday, baby. Baby is four years old this year. Although I haven’t had my fifth birthday yet, I’m still your brother.”
Speaking of which, he seemed to be a little disappointed. “You don’t even call me ‘brother’.”
Shu He sat there softly, looking as if he were not fully awake, his round, childish almond eyes half-open. Jiang Qi’s heart softened at the sight, and he went over and gave the baby’s chubby little face a peck.
“Baby, you look like a little cake.”
Jiang Qi rubbed his face. “I thought so the first time I saw you. Super sweet.”
Shu He was completely woken up by the rubbing.
He turned his head, his cheeks puffed out softly, and pushed Jiang Qi’s hand away, saying that he had rubbed him a little too hard.
Jiang Qi said sorry, baby, and then excitedly took his hand and went downstairs, saying that there was a particularly big birthday cake downstairs.
Shu He rubbed his eyes and was led away by him.
As expected, there were a lot of people downstairs. Chen Jingchen and Fang Ziyang, the two little boys, had also come. At this time, they were with their parents. When they saw Shu He, Chen Jingchen’s eyes lit up first, and he rushed over.
“Happy birthday, baby!”
Jiang Qi always called Shu He “baby,” and after a while, Chen Jingchen also called him that. Although he would be glared at by Jiang Qi’s dark eyes every time he called him that, he was not afraid.
He stubbornly said, “I got you a birthday present. You have to remember to look at it.”
Shu He’s almond eyes sparkled as he nodded. At this time, Fang Ziyang also walked over. He was clearly not used to this kind of occasion, his expression stiff, and only when he saw Shu He did he let out a small sigh of relief and said softly, “I also got you one. It’s clothes I made myself.”
The Fang family had made their fortune in fashion design, from being workers to becoming the founders of a fashion brand. As their son, Fang Ziyang was naturally influenced by it.
Listening to these, Jiang Qi held Shu He’s hand with a blank expression, not knowing what he was thinking.
At the dinner party in the evening, Jiang Qi and Shu He sat together. He put a bib on the baby, and then propped himself up on the table and gave him a lot of his favorite dishes.
These adults were so annoying, always turning the table. The baby hadn’t eaten enough at noon.
Shu He sat there obediently and shyly told Jiang Qi that it was enough, it was enough. Jiang Qi reluctantly stopped his chopsticks, and then watched with delight as Shu He gave him some of the dishes in his bowl.
“These two children…” The adults smiled and looked at the two children, and chatted about them casually, from their good relationship to the word “childhood sweethearts.”
Jiang Qi didn’t care at first.
After all, he didn’t know what “childhood sweethearts” meant.
Until one of the adults smiled and teased, “It’s a pity one of them was born the wrong gender. Otherwise, childhood sweethearts, how perfect would that be?”
“That’s true,” Jiang’s mother also said with a smile. “This kid Jiang Qi has never liked to play with people since he was little. He’s as stubborn as a piece of wood. But from the first time he saw Little He last year, he’s been clinging to him. Oh, by the way, let me tell you a joke. This kid also has a nickname, ‘cold concubine’.”
The others laughed so hard they couldn’t stand up straight, and they asked how he had gotten the nickname “cold concubine.”
Jiang’s mother explained with a smile that last year, the two children had had some kind of conflict, and Little He had refused to talk to Jiang Qi for several days. Jiang Qi was so hurt that he went home and said he had been sent to the cold palace by him, and he even wanted to eat leftovers to use a self-inflicted injury to gain sympathy, saying that if he got sick, Little He would pity him.
The adults laughed so hard they couldn’t stand up straight again.
And Jiang Qi, who was at the center of the ridicule, had a blank expression and glanced at his mother.
He didn’t think it was funny.
He had really been sent to the cold palace by the baby at that time.
Why were they laughing at his suffering?
Jiang Qi’s face was straight as he looked away, and then he looked up and heard another adult sigh, “If these two children really get married in the future, it would be a double blessing. Just think, time really flies.”
Getting married?
Jiang Qi knew the meaning of getting married.
Just like his parents, they lived under the same roof.
What did “childhood sweethearts” mean?
“What does ‘childhood sweethearts’ mean?”
The crowd looked at the little boy who had asked this question, Jiang Qi.
Jiang Qi’s expression was very serious, and his dark eyes had a hint of an inexplicable stubbornness, as if he had to know the meaning of these words.
Jiang’s mother glanced at him. “It has nothing to do with you.”
“…” Jiang Qi turned his head with annoyance to look at the baby who was eating.
When the baby was eating, he was serious about eating.
He didn’t look up, and he didn’t listen to what the people around him were saying. His cheeks were puffed out from eating, and he was still wearing the bib that Jiang Qi had personally tied for him, which was blue.
Seeing him, Jiang Qi’s mood improved a little.
He leaned close to Shu He. “Baby, let’s get married when we grow up.”
Shu He looked up at him in a daze.
“Like your parents, we’ll be together every day.” Jiang Qi still didn’t quite understand the meaning of getting married, and only knew that this way, he could be with the baby all the time. He felt that being together was very happy. “We’re still young now. When we grow up, our wedding room will be decorated…”
Jiang’s mother, who had been listening, “…”
Shu He was eating, and after he had swallowed, he seriously refused Jiang Qi, saying no. Jiang Qi didn’t understand, and was a little anxious, and said why they couldn’t get married.
Shu He said you had to like someone to get married.
Jiang Qi said I like you. Don’t you like me?
This childish conversation was so much that Jiang’s mother couldn’t listen anymore. She rubbed her head with a headache. Jiang Qi was completely unaware and was still arguing with Shu He about getting married.
He couldn’t win against Jiang Qi, and in the end, Shu He said you couldn’t support me. Jiang Qi said that in the future, he would have a lot of money and could support him.
Shu He said, “Then you have to work hard. You can’t have no ambition.”
The baby didn’t agree outright, but Jiang Qi still promised that in the future, he would become a superman like in the cartoons, and could protect Little He and give him a very good life.
Shu He nodded with satisfaction and pulled him upstairs to sign and put his handprint on a small piece of paper with the child’s crooked handwriting. Jiang Qi seriously put his handprint on it, promising that he would succeed in his career.
Then the two children happily cuddled together with this promise (engagement letter).
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