Chenchen's mood completely collapsed. Such a beautiful little girl turned out to be just like him!
He couldn't help but burst into tears.
Shen Jinxi was immediately anxious, "Don't cry, why are you crying? If people didn't know, they'd think I bullied you. Don't be like this..."
Before he could finish speaking, Fu Jingshu, who heard the commotion downstairs, came upstairs to check and pushed the door open.
"What's wrong?"
Startled, Chenchen cried even harder when he saw Fu Jingshu.
Fu Jingshu picked him up and placed him on the sofa. He turned to pick up the little girl, only to see her already climbing onto the sofa and sitting down by herself.
She looked very well-behaved.
"What's going on? Did you fight?"
Shen Jinxi nodded obediently, subconsciously looking at Chenchen. When he saw Fu Jingshu also looking at Chenchen, he immediately became nervous.
"Chenchen, don't cry," Fu Jingshu's voice was calm as he comforted him. "You're a little man, tell Daddy what's bothering you."
Chenchen sniffled, and his tears finally stopped.
But facing Fu Jingshu's concerned gaze and Xi Xi's nervous appearance, he lowered his head and wiped the wet tears from his face. "It's nothing."
"If it's nothing, why were you crying?"
"I fell just now."
Chenchen wasn't good at lying, but when he didn't want to face someone, he always liked to lower his head, only showing a round little head, making it impossible to see the guilt hidden on his small face.
Fu Jingshu didn't ask further. It was just a little conflict between two children, and it was normal for a boy to yield to a girl.
"Then play nicely, and don't argue anymore."
Chenchen nodded obediently.
Shen Jinxi also nodded, softly saying, "Uncle, don't worry."
Fu Jingshu, thinking of Shen Qingqing who was still cutting fruit in the kitchen, didn't linger. He turned and left. As soon as he left, Shen Jinxi sat next to Chenchen.
Chenchen immediately moved aside, as if treating him like a monster.
"What are you doing?" Shen Jinxi was a little unhappy. "Although I'm not a girl, I didn't mean to deceive you."
Chenchen still didn't say anything.
"Don't be like this, I really didn't mean to." Shen Jinxi looked at the study door, which wasn't fully closed, so he scampered over and closed it properly before returning to Chenchen's side. He said seriously, "Mommy asked me to do this. She said my identity can't be exposed yet, so please forgive me."
Chenchen slowly looked up at him, his eyes still red, but he could finally listen to his words.
"I'm Xi Xi, Shen Jinxi!" Shen Jinxi raised his hand as if to wipe his face, preparing to remove the makeup so that Chenchen could recognize him, but suddenly remembered he couldn't remove it, otherwise his cheap daddy would notice. He could only give up.
"If you don't believe me, go ask Mommy. She'll definitely vouch for me. Doing my makeup was her idea."
"I'm not angry anymore."
Chenchen said it almost immediately.
Shen Jinxi's mouth twitched. He knew this trick would work. He was a mama's boy, but his brother was even better, not much worse than him.
"It's good that you're not angry. Then this will be a secret between us three mother and children. You absolutely must not tell anyone."
"Mm."
When Chenchen heard it was about Mommy, he immediately promised. After thinking for a moment, he even raised his little hand, preparing to swear, "I will absolutely not tell anyone."
Shen Jinxi pressed his hand down. "There's no need to swear. Mommy and I both trust you."
"Are you really my brother?"
Chenchen looked at his face, his small eyes filled with great confusion. He had seen Shen Jinxi before and knew they looked exactly alike.
But now his brother looked... completely different from him.
Shen Jinxi scratched his cheek. "This is all thanks to Mommy Teacher's makeup skills."
Chenchen tilted his head. "Very pretty."
He was genuinely praising, but it made Shen Jinxi helpless. He would rather be praised for being handsome than pretty!
Downstairs, Shen Qingqing finished cutting the fruit and came out, looking upstairs with a hint of confusion. "Did I just hear a child crying upstairs?"
Fu Jingshu, sitting on the sofa, got up to take the fruit. "No, they're watching a movie."
"Oh..."
Although she knew Fu Jingshu had no reason to lie, Shen Qingqing was still a little uneasy. Even when eating fruit, she wasn't focused, occasionally glancing upstairs.
Fu Jingshu noticed and subtly drew her into conversation. "Where's your son?"
Shen Qingqing withdrew her gaze and said indifferently, "He's at kindergarten, like Xingyao."
"Like Xingyao?"
Fu Jingshu paused. Could that child also be...
Shen Qingqing knew he had misunderstood, but she couldn't explain. She only said, "I was worried Chenchen was introverted and might not get along well with boys, so I brought my niece. I thought a girl might be better."
Fu Jingshu didn't probe further and followed her words, "She's very cute."
If it were in the past, he might have worried if Chenchen would be bullied. But now, although the child seemed to have returned to his withdrawn nature after being treated in the hospital, he believed that this child would no longer be bullied.
"What are you thinking about?" Shen Qingqing suddenly asked.
"Nothing," Fu Jingshu shook his head, picked up an orange, and slowly peeled it. "I just feel that if you could marry in sooner, perhaps Chenchen would get better faster."
His gaze was meaningful. Shen Qingqing pretended not to see it. After all, marriage...
It was still too early to talk about it.
A smile flashed in Fu Jingshu's eyes. He didn't continue the topic, not wanting to pressure her. "Have an orange, it's very sweet."
He had tasted a segment earlier.
Shen Qingqing didn't refuse and took it to eat. A sour and sweet taste spread on her taste buds, filling her mouth with the sweet juice of the orange.
This orange... was indeed very sweet.
Suddenly, her phone rang. It was from the Xiao family.
Since the jewelry store incident last time, Xiao Wenyu hadn't called her for a long time. Today, it was surprisingly rare, and Shen Qingqing answered with interest.
"Is something wrong?"
Xiao Wenyu's voice was unexpectedly calm, as if there had never been any friction between them. "Come back in three days."
"What's the matter?"
"It's your grandmother's birthday banquet. Do you want to come back and attend?"
She had to go.
Shen Qingqing said without much thought, "Of course I'm going. But I'm quite surprised that you, my second uncle, would call me."
Xiao Wenyu's tone was flat, "Handling Mother's birthday banquet is the priority."
He then hung up the phone.
Shen Qingqing raised her eyebrows in surprise and then looked at Fu Jingshu, narrowing her apricot eyes slightly. "Do you want to accompany me to the mall?"
Fu Jingshu smiled. "Okay."