Chapter 1556 - 900: The Reserved and Awkward Father and Son, Heart-to-Heart in the Bathroom (Third Update)
Chapter 1556: Chapter 900: The Reserved and Awkward Father and Son, Heart-to-Heart in the Bathroom (Third Update)
Huo Qinqi returned to Beijing earlier than expected and didn’t inform anyone. It happened to be the weekend, and everyone had already planned family activities. They thought about meeting up in the evening, but Huo Qinqi declined, saying:
[I want to spend time with my son.]
Zeyan: [Indeed, Old Huo, take more time to spend with your wife and kids. Since you’re back for good this time, you don’t need to rush. Drop by our place for dinner sometime. By the way, you haven’t seen my daughter yet, have you?]
The Qi family had another daughter within three years.
Jiang Chengsi: [Ha— you have a daughter, and who doesn’t?]
[Can’t you just be quiet? Why are you everywhere?]
[I’m just speaking the truth.]
...
The relationship between these two families is quite strange. The little one from the Qi family and Jiang Chengsi’s daughter basically grew up together, spending all their time playing.
The children of the two families get along very well, almost like real siblings.
However, Zeyan and Jiang Chengsi have had their fair share of conflicts over the past two years.
Mainly because Jiang Chengsi started taking over part of the Si Family’s business and, in the business world, played dumb to deceive others, being successful everywhere. Zeyan, doing business with him, suffered many losses.
In the business arena, over the past two years, Jiang Chengsi used a naive persona to swallow up many people, although they say not to bring business matters into personal life. But the two of them have never stopped having conflicts.
When families get together, others worry whether the kids will fight or have conflicts, but whenever these two families gather, everyone worries about whether the two of them will start a fuss.
However, these two secretly compete but never bring things to the surface, since they both have kids, and they want to save face.
So, in front of the kids, they have to act all loving, which is quite exhausting.
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Jiang Xiaowai was originally hoping his parents would save him from the dilemma, but as soon as Jiang Jinsang found out that Huo Qinqi wanted to take him out, she immediately sent over his little water bottle and sun hat, reminding him to be obedient.
As they went out as a family of three, Jiang Xiaowai felt a bit redundant.
However, he couldn’t stand by when Uncle needed help, so he forced himself to get into Huo Qinqi’s car.
The two little ones were in their car seats. Jiang Xiaowai was fairly calm since, after all, this wasn’t his real dad. Little Accident, on the other hand, was a bit uneasy. While he knew this was his dad, there were truly no emotional ties.
The car stopped in front of a flower shop. He turned to look at the two little ones in the back: "Do you want some bubble tea?"
"I want some, thank you, Uncle-Grandpa." Jiang Xiaowai immediately raised his hand, while Little Accident mumbled a bit, glanced at him, and turned away without saying anything.
This sulky demeanor, it turns out, he inherited from him.
"Tinglan, I’ll get you a cup too." Huo Qinqi said as he got out of the car.
Though Little Accident didn’t say anything, he was quite happy on the inside. For kids, even a small treat like candy can make them happy for a long time.
Even though his dad was somewhat unfamiliar and a bit stern, he was still quite nice to him.
The two little ones were eagerly waiting for their bubble tea, but Huo Qinqi returned with a large bunch of roses, handed the flowers to Shen Shuci in the passenger seat, and then put straws into the bubble tea cups before giving them to the two little ones in the back.
So...
The bubble tea was just an excuse; buying flowers was the real intent.
Little Accident bit on the bubble tea straw, his little face falling a bit upon realizing the bubble tea wasn’t just for him.
"Why buy flowers?" Shen Shuci, holding the flowers, felt overwhelmed with emotion, even though over the years since their marriage, they hadn’t spent much time together, yet he...
Seemed like he hadn’t changed.
"Do you like them?" Huo Qinqi turned his head to look at her.
Shen Shuci coughed twice to signal that there were kids in the back.
Jiang Xiaowai drank his bubble tea, unlike Little Accident, who was still a bit downcast. He intently watched the interaction between the two people in front.
So the stern Uncle-Grandpa could also give flowers?
...
Since Huo Qinqi took the initiative to suggest taking the kids out, he must have done some homework in advance. He chose places that Little Accident really liked, and even after some fun playtime, he took him to eat fried chicken.
"Uncle, why aren’t you eating?" Jiang Xiaowai had a blast today, gnawing on a drumstick until greased. "Actually, Uncle-Grandpa seems stern, but he’s really nice."
Having taken up so much food, Jiang Xiaowai had already switched sides.
"Having a dad is so great. Your dad is way better than mine."
"It’d be great if every weekend could be like this."
Little Accident always felt something was off. This morning, he started smiling at himself, and honestly, when he smiles, it’s kind of scary. Then he began dragging him to eat, drink, and play, which wasn’t normal.