"But when Chaochao grows up, she will have to marry into Auntie’s family and become Auntie’s daughter-in-law. So, it should be fine to go to Auntie’s house to play ahead of time, right?" Song Ziyi continued.
Zhouzhou didn’t seem to understand completely. After hearing what was said, his eyes suddenly reddened, and tears gathered at the bottom of his eyes. His lips pursed as if he was about to burst into tears the next second.
"What’s wrong?" Song Ziyi’s eyes widened, not expecting her words to make Zhouzhou cry.
Mingming was always so easygoing. As far as Song Ziyi could recall, she had never seen Zhouzhou before, but today he was looking at her with red eyes!
Zhouzhou looked at Song Ziyi with tearful eyes and then turned to look at Ye Wanwan beside him.
Ye Wanwan was also taken aback, not expecting Zhouzhou to be on the verge of crying.
"What’s wrong with Zhouzhou?" Ye Wanwan asked quickly, reaching out to pull him in front of her.
Struggling to hold back his tears, Zhouzhou said, "Mommy, I will work hard in the future to make money and take care of my little sister. Don’t send her to Auntie’s house!"
After hearing this, Ye Wanwan was both amused and moved and quickly comforted Zhouzhou, "Auntie was just joking with you, she won’t take Chaochao away."
Zhouzhou continued, while shedding tears, "Mommy, I can eat less, let my sister eat more. You can’t send my sister away."
"Mommy knows, I definitely won’t send your sister away. Auntie was just joking with you," Ye Wanwan said as she took a tissue to wipe Zhouzhou’s tears.
Song Ziyi, standing beside them, didn’t know what to say, feeling embarrassed. She was just making a joke; she hadn’t expected Zhouzhou to take it so seriously and think she was really going to take Chaochao away!
"Zhouzhou, don’t cry, Auntie was just joking!" Song Ziyi had no choice but to explain hastily.
Shen Yi, observing the scene, felt a hint of pride. At least for now, Zhouzhou was on his side, and Song Ziyi wasn’t going to steal Chaochao away!
Before they knew it, little Chaochao had already turned one month old, and naturally, the family held a grand celebration for her full-month ceremony. It was only at this time that outsiders learned that the Shen family’s second child bore the surname "Ye."
Some people couldn’t understand why a child of the Shen family would not have the surname Shen but Ye instead.
But there were also many who understood, given that the Ye family only had Ye Wanwan as a daughter.
Many guests arrived on the day of the celebration, all curious to see the little girl who had just turned one month old. However, when the crowd gathered around, little Ye Chaochao began to cry loudly.
Ye Wanwan tried to soothe her but couldn’t calm her down. It was Shen Yi, who had been greeting guests, whose embrace finally settled the little girl.
"Look at our Shen Yi. He obviously spends every day at home comforting children. He just picked up Chaochao, and she stopped crying in no time," a relative teased.
Ye Wanwan smiled lightly. A distant cousin-in-law spoke with a sarcastic tone, "It’s good, of course, but Wanwan still needs to be more attentive herself. After all, Shen Yi is so busy with work that if he’s not around and you can’t even soothe the child, what does that say?"
After the sarcastic remark, the atmosphere became somewhat awkward for a moment. Ye Wanwan simply glanced at her, then looked away.
Anyway, that cousin-in-law always spoke with such a sarcastic tone that Ye Wanwan had grown too lazy to bother with her.
Ye Wanwan changed the subject, bringing up something else, and the others quickly followed suit, engaging in different conversations.