Only then did he realize the familiar voice was clear in his ear. He lifted his little head and took a glance, finding himself sleeping on Mr. Lu, with one arm around his neck!
He was silent for a few seconds looking at Lu Beichen. Lu Beichen merely looked at him with a smile and then, casually putting his hands behind his head, said, "It was you who hugged me, mind you. I had no intention of developing a father-son relationship with you!"
Isn’t that what he said before? So Mr. Lu was pretending to sleep all along?!
Lu Sinian calmly got up from him, then slipped off the bed and dragged Sister Zhou out, "We’re even now!"
"Our little master just enjoys being contrary with his words!" Sister Zhou couldn’t help saying from the side.
Lu Sinian released her hand and replied, "How am I being contrary?"
"When you didn’t want to stay at the Lu Mansion or go out with your grandparents, you said you wanted to be with your dad. Now that you’re together, you’re pretending not to care!" Sister Zhou unmercifully exposed him.
"When did I pretend?! Sister Zhou, whose side are you on?" Little Bun’s face was initially not fully awake, but now he was wide awake!
"Oh, not pretending, truly enjoys being with dad!"
They walked out, and Ji Niandong happened to hear too and added, "Wanting to be with dad isn’t something shameful!"
"Who wants to be with him?! Wanting to be with him is what’s shameful!" Lu Sinian sat at the table unhappily.
"That’s perfect!" Lu Beichen lazily walked out of the room and said casually, "I’ll go on a honeymoon with Sister Tongtong, you go back to the Lu Mansion, we won’t have to see each other!"
"You..." Hearing him say that, Lu Sinian lowered his head immediately. This silent demeanor of not crying or fussing was even more heart-wrenching.
Sister Zhou was momentarily at a loss for words, and Ji Niandong quickly mediated, "He’s just a kid, your son, can’t you give him a break!"
Lu Beichen shifted the topic, looking up and asking, "Is breakfast ready?"
"Yes!" She nodded, "I’ll serve it, Sister Zhou, sit and eat with us!"
"No, no, after you eat, I’ll take Nian Nian to the Lu Mansion!" Her last sentence was spoken softly, staring at Lu Sinian as if afraid of provoking him.
"Sit down and eat with us!" Lu Beichen said, and Sister Zhou paused, then meekly sat next to Lu Sinian.
Ji Niandong brought noodles over, only to see teardrops falling from Little Bun’s face onto the table. With his head buried low and arms wrapped around the table, one could hardly tell he was crying without looking closely.
Usually, he’d throw a tantrum by crying loudly, but now silently shedding tears—it seemed he was truly heartbroken!
Ji Niandong placed the bowls and chopsticks properly and nudged Lu Beichen to signal him to look over.
Seeing him genuinely shedding silent tears, Lu Beichen couldn’t help but cough lightly, sighed, and moved the poached egg from Lu Sinian’s bowl to his own, "I’ll eat your poached egg for you, stop crying and eat your noodles! Sister Tongtong specially made them for you!"
Ji Niandong was puzzled, "He’s already so sad, and you eat his poached egg?!"
Knowing Lu Sinian likes poached eggs, she specially cut two for him!
"Uh... actually, he doesn’t like poached eggs at all, I was just tricking you!" Lu Beichen awkwardly glanced at her and then said to Lu Sinian, "Satisfied now? Can you eat now?"
Lu Sinian joyfully wiped his tears and indeed started eating, "I never liked poached eggs in the first place, Sister Tongtong, now you know Mr. Lu is a liar, the Great Demon!"