Wang Muguang clearly had no experience with children. Suddenly being lifted up, Sensen was frightened and began struggling to rescue himself, thrashing in Wang Muguang’s hands like a lively fish.
“Put me down!” Sensen’s fierceness had weakened considerably compared to before. The size difference between a child and an adult was insurmountable.
The little brat was initially somewhat scared, but upon seeing the frightened look in the eyes of the quiet child hiding behind the teacher, Sensen clenched his small fists. “I said put me down!”
Wang Muguang provoked, “I have hands and feet, why should I put you down?”
A fist that was as big as a bean paste bun struck him in the face.
Wang Muguang: “…”
One punch later, a red mark instantly appeared on Wang Muguang’s face, from his nose to his upper lip.
His body trembled.
There was mud and small tomato bits on his face.
Bai Shuijin looked at his trembling back. If there weren’t people around now, Wang Muguang would definitely let out an instinctual howl from prehistoric times.
A narcissist cared most about his face.
Wang Muguang put Sensen down. The little guy jumped a couple of times after landing and quickly moved out of catching range.
“Now you know how powerful I am!” Sensen made a funny face, which looked particularly playful and cute on his already handsome young face.
He had won the battle.
Sensen not only bullied children but also adults. This was already the third aristocratic kindergarten he had attended. Each time, he had been expelled or advised to withdraw for bullying other children and sneaking out of the kindergarten. He had only been at this current kindergarten for just over a week but had already attempted to escape six times, with a success rate as high as ninety percent.
It gave the teachers and parents headaches.
For a moment, the other children looked at Sensen with even more fear.
“Sensen defeated the giant monster!”
The already injured Wang Muguang was pierced from all directions by arrows labeled “giant monster”, leaving him with wounds all over his body.
How could he say that about him? This little brats has no taste.
Wang Muguang was shattered inside and out.
Bai Shuijin: “Your charm value, which was effective from ages three to eighty, needs adjusting. Set it to six years old.”
Wang Muguang: “…”
Wang Muguang entered an emo state, not wanting to speak at all, standing in the back with his soul departed.
Bai Shuijin stepped forward to explain to the Sunflower Class teacher, “We are Sensen’s family members, here to pick him up.”
Sensen’s ears twitched. He hated going home the most; home was not nice at all.
He lifted his short leg and tried to run, but was intercepted by two kindergarten teachers. Bai Shuijin picked up the thrashing Sensen, then grabbed Wang Muguang’s soul floating in the air and stuffed it back into his mouth.
Wang Muguang: Burp.
“Let’s go.”
Wang Muguang followed dejectedly.
From the kindergarten to the car, Sensen let out heart-wrenching pig-like screams all the way, drawing sidelong glances from parents and nannies picking up their children.
If not for their normal attire, they would have been mistaken for child traffickers.
“I don’t want to go home! I don’t want to go home!!”
As they exited, they happened to run into the nanny and butler who had come to pick up Sensen. The nanny was also holding a little boy, the grandson of the butler and nanny, who attended the same kindergarten as Sensen.
Sensen was put into Wang Muguang’s side, and Sensen’s mother also contacted the family in advance about it.
The nanny and butler held many of Sensen’s belongings: clothes, backpack, and some toys.
Wang Muguang took them and placed them in the front trunk of the car.
Seeing Sensen being put into the car, the nanny and butler stepped forward to give some instructions.
“Mr. Bai, Young Master Muguang, sorry for the trouble with Sensen recently. As you know, this child can be quite a headache.”
Bai Shuijin waved his hand. “It’s okay.”
Sensen’s parents should be back in about a month, but both were very busy and wouldn’t be able to stay long before leaving for work again.
The nanny looked troubled. “We’ve always spoiled Sensen at home, so his personality and habits are a bit problematic. He also often tells lies. We hope you can be patient with him.”
Sensen twisted in the child safety seat, using all his might to try and unbuckle the seatbelt. But being young and weak, his efforts were in vain.
After the nanny and butler left, Wang Muguang and Bai Shuijin got into the car.
Bai Shuijin sensed a strong unease from Sensen.
Faced with two complete strangers, even if he felt fear and anxiety, Sensen only clenched his small fists and did not cry.
“Hurry up and let me go, or I’ll eat all your chocolate!”
As he spoke, he opened his mouth and bit the air fiercely.
Like this.
Despite his young age, he already had handsome eyebrows and bright eyes, and the whole cub looked like a small leopard…cute yet aggressive.
Bai Shuijin did not sit in the passenger seat but instead sat in the back with him. Sensen, who was sitting in the safety seat, turned to look at him with big, blinking eyes.
“Who are you?”
Because they were taking him home, Sensen had no favorable impression of either.
It wasn’t until the sports car drove into a villa district he had never been to before.
Sensen looked out the window. “Where is this?”
‘Not going home?!’
Bai Shuijin thought he was uneasy about being in an unfamiliar place. “Your mom and dad asked us to take care of you for a few days.”
Sensen snorted. “I don’t need you to take care of me.”
As soon as the car door opened and the safety belt of the child seat was released, Sensen immediately got out of the car and tried to run. But not watching his steps, he stumbled and fell hard on the ground after just a few steps.
The little guy’s face had lines like grilled steak, and tears welled up in his eyes from the pain.
He lay on the ground without moving.
“Are you okay?”
Bai Shuijin was startled and quickly picked him up from the ground. “Does it hurt?”
Sensen pursed his lips, holding back strongly. “It doesn’t hurt.”
But his knee was already bleeding.
Looking at his injured knee, Sensen finally couldn’t bear it anymore and sobbed on Bai Shuijin’s shoulder.
Wang Muguang also didn’t expect the little guy to fall. He looked quite pitiful and wanted to comfort him. “Don’t cry, don’t cry. Look, a handsome face.”
He moved his face closer, and Sensen immediately cried even louder.
Bai Shuijin: “…”
Wang Muguang: “…”
Wang Zhenzhu had also just returned from school. Seeing Bai Shuijin carrying a child into the house, she exclaimed, “Sister-in-law! What’s going on!”
He went behind her brother’s back and had a child outside!
Clearly, Wang Zhenzhu had never seen Sensen before either.
Wang Muguang explained to her, while Bai Shuijin found the medicine box to treat the wound on Sensen’s knee.
After shedding a few tears, the little guy stopped crying. His big eyes observed the surroundings, and it was unknown what he was thinking. After the wound was treated, he returned to his lively self, keeping far away from them.
He even started causing destruction at home, throwing things.
Nothing in the house was cheap. As the little guy picked up a display plate to throw on the ground, an elderly figure instantly rushed out!
Hands stretched out and caught it steadily.
The butler had rushed over with all his might, still strong and vigorous despite his old age.
“Young Master Sensen, don’t throw things!”
The old man’s tone was stern, but Sensen wasn’t afraid at all. “If you don’t want me to throw things, let me go.”
How could that be!
Just as the nanny and butler had said, Sensen was a real headache.
“Okay, you can go.”
A voice came.
The butler turned around in shock. Bai Shuijin was sitting on the sofa eating an orange. “Go ahead, we’ll let you go.”
“Young Master Shuijin,” the butler winked at him.
Bai Shuijin stuffed the remaining orange into his mouth. “Uncle Zhang, if you want an orange, peel it yourself.”
“…”
Hearing that he was being let go, Sensen immediately put on his small backpack and began looking for a way out of the house.
After walking a few steps, he still checked to see if anyone was following him.
When Sensen was out of sight and no one knew where he had gone, the butler strode forward and said, “Young Master Shuijin, how could you really let Young Master Sensen go!”
Bai Shuijin looked indifferent. “Just let him go. He can’t get out anyway.”
“Why do you say that?”
“On my first day here, I couldn’t even find my way out of the bedroom.”
Butler: “…”
The Wang family home was as big as a castle. On Bai Shuijin’s first day, he had tried to find the door out of the bedroom but searched for a long time without finding the exit. If one room was like that, let alone the entire first floor.
Even if Sensen were given two wings, he still couldn’t fly out.
Sure enough, everyone moving around on the first floor would occasionally see Sensen adventuring in various corners of the floor.
The Wang family had many servants, so Sensen could be noticed wherever he went, and he wouldn’t get hurt while searching for an exit.
By dinnertime, Sensen stood not far from the dining table behind a large vase, carrying his small backpack and eyeing the food on the table fiercely.
His stomach growled.
Seizing the moment when no one was paying attention, he quickly moved to the dining table, huffing and puffing as he climbed onto a chair, ready to hunt for food. He also planned to keep some in his backpack as rations for the next few days.
But just as he grabbed a turkey leg, he was discovered.
“Did you wash your hands?”
Seeing Bai Shuijin suddenly appear, Sensen was so frightened that he froze in his tracks, and his little face looked a little dull.
Was he going to get scolded?
Sensen was obviously uneasy. No matter how mature or brave a child was, they couldn’t hide their expressions when truly scared.
Bai Shuijin leaned down and asked, “Why aren’t you saying anything?”
Sensen: “I… I…”
Bai Shuijin: “If you washed your hands, get one for me too.”
“…”
He wasn’t being scolded, and Sensen let out a small breath. “I didn’t wash.”
Bai Shuijin picked him up and placed the turkey leg in an empty bowl. “Then let’s wash first before eating.”
This time, Sensen didn’t thrash around as before. Instead, he tilted his head back to look at Bai Shuijin.
“Why aren’t you scolding me for not washing my hands?”
“Just remember to wash them next time.”
Bai Shuijin carried him to the bathroom. Since there was no small stepping stool for children at home, he simply held Sensen while he washed his hands.
After Sensen finished washing, Bai Shuijin washed his own hands too, then they went to eat the turkey leg.
Sensen looked at the turkey leg but didn’t immediately reach for it.
Bai Shuijin stuffed the turkey leg into his hand. “Eat. Chew slowly and don’t choke.”
Sensen held the turkey leg, which was larger than his face, and began eating with great fervor. After he was full, he took another one and tried to stuff it into his backpack.
Bai Shuijin stopped him. “If you put it in your backpack, you won’t be able to eat it later.”
It would also dirty the backpack.
Sensen thought for a moment, then gave up on the idea.
When Bai Shuijin offered him more food, Sensen was already full but still clung to the turkey leg, unwilling to let go. He planned to hold it until the next meal without any issue.
Wang Muguang came over for dinner and saw Sensen. “Is he cosplaying the Statue of Liberty?”
He took out his phone and took several photos of Sensen from all angles.
Wang Huanxiu had sent a message earlier saying not to wait for him for dinner.
Bai Shuijin planned to have a late-night snack with Wang Huanxiu when he returned.
After dinner, Sensen was noticeably much quieter than when he first arrived. He no longer clamored to run away but sat next to Bai Shuijin watching TV.
He still stubbornly held onto the turkey leg, as if intending to keep it until the end of time.
No one tried to persuade him to put it down; they knew he would let go when he got tired.
Bai Shuijin was watching cartoons with him when a message popped up on his phone nearby.
It was from Wang Huanxiu.
“[I have to go on a business trip temporarily for two days.]
Bai Shuijin’s eyebrows twitched. So sudden? If laogong-ge wasn’t coming back these two nights, wouldn’t that mean he could watch handsome guys at night?
The next message popped up immediately.
[Don’t watch handsome guys at night.]
“…”
After replying to the message, Wang Huanxiu stood by the bridge, silently looking at the crashed front of the car.
The driver had a bleeding forehead injury, but Wang Huanxiu and Chen Ji were not seriously injured. Fortunately, the driver had reacted quickly, steering the wheel rapidly upon realizing the vehicle ahead was out of control, causing only the rear to collide with the out of control vehicle.
Although there were no external injuries, it was safer to get checked at the hospital. Wang Huanxiu didn’t want Bai Shuijin to know about the car accident, so he simply said he was going on a business trip.
Getting into the car driven by his assistant, Wang Huanxiu headed to a private hospital.
He remained silent, his expression cold.
.
“Sister-in-law, it’s over.”
Bai Shuijin was momentarily stunned upon realizing that Sensen was calling him “sis-in-law.” He must have heard Wang Zhenzhu calling him that and imitated it.
The little guy pointed at the TV, indicating the cartoon was over and he wanted to watch the next episode.
It was already 8 PM. For a college student, it was still early to sleep, but for a five-year-old child, it was time to bathe and go to bed.
Bai Shuijin: “Today’s broadcast is over. There’s no more.”
Sensen: “The TV has a membership so you can watch anytime.”
“…”
For such a young age, he recognized quite a lot of words.
No one in the Wang family was easy to fool except Wang Muguang.
Bai Shuijin didn’t indulge him. “It’s too late. It’s time to sleep now. No more cartoons. How about I tell you a bedtime story instead?”
Hearing about a bedtime story, Sensen wavered. Finally, he was taken upstairs by Bai Shuijin. His turkey leg was placed on a plate and brought up too, ensuring it stayed within the little guy’s sight.
Bai Shuijin gave Sensen a bath. The little guy was initially too shy to take off his clothes, but quieted down after soaking in the hot water.
The little guy was not very old and still carried the milky scent of early childhood.
After bathing, Bai Shuijin wrapped him up tightly to prevent him from catching a chill.
He placed the little guy on the bed to play while he dried his hair. The bed was large, so Sensen couldn’t climb out.
After drying his hair, he found Sensen taking a notebook out of his backpack.
He had not done his kindergarten homework yet.
After putting the pencils and erasers on the bed, Sensen opened the notebook and began writing diligently.
Bai Shuijin felt his vision darken, and he thought he was seeing Wang Huanxiu.
Are you people surnamed Wang so self disciplined? Even the cubs?
Children usually dislike homework, but Sensen was very proactive. He still had to go to kindergarten tomorrow.
Seeing the little guy was so focused, Bai Shuijin didn’t disturb him. Noticing a pack of colored paper in his backpack, Bai Shuijin felt an itch to try. He had learned many paper-folding techniques from his classmates when he was in elementary school and wondered if he still remembered them.
He pulled out a sheet, eager to try, recalling the folding steps in his mind before starting to fold.
After finishing his homework, Sensen suddenly saw a heart appear in front of him.
“For you.”
Bai Shuijin’s gentle smiling face appeared before him. Sensen blinked his big eyes, his small hands moving slightly as he took the heart, lifting it with surprise.
“Sister-in-law, did you fold this?”
He was much better behaved now than during the day, probably because he was too tired to make a fuss by evening.
Bai Shuijin nodded.
Sensen pinched the heart. “Can you teach Sensen? Sensen wants to learn.”
Meaning he wanted to learn.
“Of course, but it’s late now. Let’s sleep first, okay?”
Sensen was somewhat persistent. “I want to learn before sleeping.”
His small hand held the paper heart, saying, “I want to give it to Tiantian.”
Bai Shuijin was curious. “Who is Tiantian?”
Sensen was a bit shy. “The best-behaved and cutest Tiantian in our class.”
“Tiantian is the cutest girl.”
Speaking of Tiantian, Sensen grew excited. Today, Tiantian hid behind the teacher and was afraid of him, but he didn’t want her to be afraid of him.
It was normal to have a favorite classmate in kindergarten. Bai Shuijin recalled the scene of ghosts wailing and wolves howling in the botanical room when he went to pick up Sensen.
“How about you fold one for every child in the class?”
Today, Sensen made the children cry. Interacting and playing with peers was the best way for children to grow. Bai Shuijin wanted to help Sensen improve his relationship with the other kids in the Sunflower Class.
This would also help him integrate better into the group.
Sensen hesitated a bit. “But then Tiantian wouldn’t be the most special one.”
Bai Shuijin: “…”
You Wangs receive domineering CEO training from such a young age, right?
“You can give Tiantian two.”
A lightbulb went off in Sensen’s head. “Okay.”
There were only twelve children in the Sunflower Class. Sensen would fold two himself, and Bai Shuijin could quickly fold the rest.
While teaching Sensen, Bai Shuijin noticed that his concentration was very high, and he was serious and eager to learn. His current well-behavedness was like night and day compared to his daytime self.
Bai Shuijin said to him tentatively, “When you give the hearts to the children tomorrow, remember to apologize to them. They were sad because you picked their little tomatoes today.”
Sensen remembered this incident, and tension appeared on his face.
Bai Shuijin pinched his chubby cheek and said, “If you apologize sincerely, the children will forgive you.”
Sensen nodded and folded the hearts even more seriously.
Out of genuine apology, after teaching Sensen how to fold hearts, Bai Shuijin did not help further and let Sensen fold thirteen hearts by himself.
Adults can only play a mediating role in matters between children. Since Sensen was sincerely apologizing, it was best for him to complete the hearts himself.
Bai Shuijin sat on the bed, watching Sensen fold seriously.
Just like that, after more than an hour, the thirteen hearts were finally finished.
Sensen carefully placed them in his backpack, then crawled under the quilt and moved next to Bai Shuijin.
Now he was already very close to Bai Shuijin.
He said shyly, “Sister-in-law, I like you.”
Oh my God! These words are not auspicious to say!
Bai Shuijin covered his little mouth. He should really choose a different form of address, one that didn’t remind him of Wang Muguang’s trashy novels.
Sensen lay on the big bed, listening to Bai Shuijin tell him a bedtime story.
“Big Bear said to Little Bear: Brother, I’m going to find honey. Wait for me at home.”
“Little Bear said, Okay.”
“Big Bear found honey in the forest and happily brought it home to share with Little Bear. Big Bear opened the door, and Little Bear ran over…”
Bai Shuijin’s eyelids grew heavier as he spoke, and before long, he simply fell fast asleep.
Sensen still had his eyes open. “What happened to Big Bear and Little Bear then?”
Bai Shuijin: “…”
Sensen blinked, looked at Bai Shuijin who had closed his eyes, then simply took the storybook and read it himself. He knew enough words to understand. When he got sleepy, he tossed the book aside and threw himself into Bai Shuijin’s arms.
He said softly, “Sister-in-law, Sensen likes you.”
Just like he liked Tiantian, because both Tiantian and sister-in-law gave him things to eat.
The next morning, Bai Shuijin and Sensen overslept. He had never sent a child to school before and hadn’t set an alarm. When he opened his eyes and saw it was already 8:30, he hurriedly picked Sensen up from the bed, washed up, and went downstairs for breakfast.
Wang Muguang looked at Sensen’s kindergarten uniform and said, “Are you going to kindergarten? I thought you were going to skip school with Sensen.”
Bai Shuijin: “…”
During breakfast, Sensen still wanted to stuff things into his backpack. Auntie Li saw this and simply got him a lunchbox, packed some food, and put it into his small backpack.
They drove to the kindergarten.
Bai Shuijin held Sensen’s hand as they walked in. Sensen was already late.
Since being late was inevitable, Bai Shuijin held his hand and walked slowly to prevent him from falling.
“Remember to apologize when you give the hearts to the children today.”
Sensen nodded. “Okay!”
After walking a few steps, Sensen stopped. He took off his small backpack to check if the hearts were still there. After counting them and finding none missing, he took out two and gave them to Bai Shuijin.
His bun-like face showed embarrassment and shyness. “Sister-in-law, can you help me give these hearts to Tiantian?”
Bai Shuijin looked at his shy expression and asked, “Why don’t you give them yourself?”
“I…” Sensen’s little claws clenched together, and it was obvious that he was too embarrassed to do it himself. “Thank you, thank you, sister-in-law.”
He thanked him before even getting an affirmative answer and Bai Shuijin was amused by him.
He decided to help with this favor.
When they reached the Sunflower Class classroom, the teacher came out to greet Sensen and then brought him inside.
Bai Shuijin stood by the corridor door, watching Sensen change into indoor shoes and then begin distributing the hearts to the children. True to his promise, he also apologized to them.
“I’m sorry about yesterday. I shouldn’t have ruined the little tomatoes. It was my fault.”
“I’m not angry anymore, Sensen.”
“It’s okay as long as Sensen doesn’t do that next time.”
“Thank you for the heart, Sensen.”
Seeing that all the children were about to receive hearts, Bai Shuijin quickly found the teacher to give the two hearts in his hand to Tiantian.
If Tiantian didn’t receive any and saw that all the other children had hearts while she didn’t, she would be sad.
“Teacher, which child is Tiantian?”
“Tiantian? There’s no child named Tiantian in our class.”
“Isn’t there a little girl named Tiantian? The one Sensen likes the most.”
Yesterday, Sensen had told him that his favorite little girl in class was named Tiantian, and that Tiantian was well-behaved and cute.
Upon hearing that she was Sensen’s favorite, the teacher suddenly understood. “You mean Tiantian? That one over there.”
The teacher pointed, and Bai Shuijin saw a child in uniform playing with blocks at a table.
The kindergarten uniforms were divided by gender: boys wore shorts on the bottom, and girls wore skirts.
“But Tiantian isn’t a little girl, he’s a little boy.”
‘A little boy?!’
Bai Shuijin’s eyes widened. “But he’s wearing a skirt.”
“Ah, it’s like this. Tiantian hurt his leg last week while playing outside. Wearing pants was inconvenient, so his family simply put him in a skirt.”
Bai Shuijin: “…”
‘Little guy, you’re going to be heartbroken.’
