Xiaoqi said he wanted to have dessert, so they found a dessert shop nearby.
“Mommy, I want to drink the juice they sell by the road. Can you buy some juice for me?” Xiaoqi smiled at Ling Sheng and spoke in a soft voice.
Ling Sheng got up and looked at Jun Shiyan. “Do you want some? What kind of flavor do you want?”
Jun Shiyan’s thin lips moved slightly. “As long as it’s not mango, anything is fine.”
Ling Sheng went out to buy juice.
Upon seeing his mother leave, Xiaoqi sat up straight and looked at the man in front of him seriously. “Uncle Jun, let’s have a conversation between us men!”
Jun Shiyan looked at the child’s exquisite features and serious expression. How could he be such a likable child? She had taught her son well. He smiled and nodded. “Okay.”
“Do you like Mommy?”
“I like her.”
“Will you marry Mommy in the future?”
“Yes.”
“Will you have a baby after getting married to her?”
Jun Shiyan was stunned. He did not know how a three-year-old child knew so much. “If Xiaoqi doesn’t like it, we won’t have one.”
“But all men wish to have their own children.” Xiaoqi’s voice was hoarse. “Uncle Jun, don’t worry. Xiaoqi won’t fight for your favor. Mommy is really nice, though. You’re not allowed to bully her.”
Jun Shiyan’s heart ached instantly. In a low voice, he asked, “Where did you hear this?”
These things should not be understood by a three-year-old child. Perhaps he did not understand them at all, but he had remembered them after listening to adults.
“If you marry Mommy, Xiaoqi will not disturb you. Xiaoqi can live with Uncle and the rest.” Tears welled up in Xiaoqi’s eyes as he sniffled. “Uncle Jun, you have to treat Mommy well.”
In the past, whenever his grandma had taken him out to play, the uncles and aunties he met would say that his grandma prevented them from telling him the truth. They claimed that children wouldn’t understand.
“I will treat you and your mommy well. Don’t say such things again.” Jun Shiyan looked at the child lovingly and sighed. “Do you understand?”
“Then you won’t break up with Mommy because of me, Uncle?” Xiaoqi knew that Mommy definitely liked Uncle Jun. The actors on television had taught him that one would be very happy when one saw the people one liked.
He was also very happy when he was with Mommy, Grandpa, and Great-Grandpa.
When Ling Sheng returned after buying juice, she saw the duo smiling happily. “What were you talking about?”
“It’s a secret.”
“It’s a secret.”
The duo spoke in unison.
Ling Sheng thought, I feel like the two of you have made some unspeakable deal behind my back.
“Uncle Jun, why don’t you eat mangoes? Are you allergic to mangoes too?” Xiaoqi’s eyes sparkled as he drank his sweet watermelon juice.
“Yes, is Xiaoqi allergic too?” Jun Shiyan smiled. “Then we were really fated to meet. Even our allergies are the same.”
Xiaoqi nodded vigorously and pointed at Ling Sheng secretly. He then blinked at him. “There’s another person like that.”
Jun Shiyan nodded. “Yes.”
Upon seeing their mysterious gazes, Ling Sheng asked, “What do you mean?”
The duo looked at each other and smiled at one another. “It’s a secret!”
Ling Sheng thought, I just went out to buy juice. What did the two of them talk about? Why do I feel like an outsider?
The two of them got along very well. They were so harmonious that it did not seem like they had just gotten to know each other. This made her feel that her worries had been in vain. Xiaoqi had accepted this very quickly, which had exceeded her expectations.