But bad Uncle Qing still doesn’t get it and he even made Aunt Yan sad, while Mr. Xiao has to help Daddy with his business and is going to be sent abroad. All this while, Aunt Yan has been by herself. It’s easy for her to be taken advantage of! I’m going to assume the responsibility of protecting Aunt Yan from being hurt by any bad person.
Before Little Bean could respond, Yan had already spotted him and begun walking toward him. In the beginning, she did not intend to come over because of Li Sihan, even though their time spent together in the past two days had been fine. Nevertheless… she had no feelings for him.
After serving the food, she was supposed to head straight back into the kitchen, but she accidentally glanced at a small figure standing in front of Li Sihan. Isn’t that Little Bean?
Seeing that Little Bean was standing with her blind date, Yan felt uneasy for reasons unbeknownst to her. She proceeded to walk over. “Little Bean, what are you doing?”
Yan had started calling him by his name and waving at him as she walked toward him. This annoyed Little Bean. Why did Aunt Yan choose to show up at this moment? Wouldn’t it be great if this could happen a little later?
Since he could not address her as ‘Mommy’ in front of Li Sihan, as that would embarrass her, Little Bean reluctantly walked up to her and called her ‘Aunt Yan’.
Having heard that loud and clear, and seeing that the two did not feel like mother and son when standing next to each other, Li Sihan felt relieved. This kid’s too naughty. How could he lie to me like that? Good thing that I saw through it.
“Good boy. Why do you have the time to come over today? How’s your mother doing lately? Is she going into labor soon?”
Little Bean nodded. “Mm-hmm. Since Mommy’s going to give birth soon and Daddy doesn’t have time for me, I’ve decided to come and visit you.” At this point, Little Bean turned to Li Sihan as if he suddenly remembered something. “Aunt Yan, who is this mister? He thought I was a patron and wanted to treat me to ramen. He even told me that he owns this ramen shop.”
Upon hearing this, the smile on Li Sihan’s face became stiff as he did not expect Little Bean to throw him under the bus. Moreover, even Yan looked startled—either due to what Little Bean just told her, or what Li Sihan said earlier.
No matter which one it was, Li Sihan could only defend himself. “It’s not what you think. I saw him by himself, so I asked if he’d like me to treat him to a bowl of ramen. He was probably worried that buying him food was not my true intention, so he asked me if I owned this shop. Helplessly, I tried to calm him down and make him feel happy.”
Standing next to them, Little Bean blinked. Tsk. I wasn’t expecting him to be this witty and come up with an explanation this quickly.
Yan had a realization. “Ahh, so that’s what happened. Pardon me, but Little Bean’s the son of my best friend, who’s waiting to give birth to her second child. Whenever this little brat is bored, he will come and visit me here. I hope he didn’t say anything inappropriate.”
Little Bean blinked. “Aunt Yan, I didn’t. I didn’t tell him anything about you and Uncle Qing. I—mmph!”
Before Little Bean could finish his sentence, Yan went up and covered his mouth. She looked at Li Sihan awkwardly and smiled. “I’ll bring him into the kitchen now. Please make yourself comfortable.” Later, she used every ounce of her strength to drag Little Bean into the kitchen.
“Stop talking nonsense!” When they were in the kitchen, Yan started to lecture Little Bean.
Little Bean angrily crossed his arms and yelled, “Aunt Yan, do you like him? Do you want to accept him as your boyfriend? Why didn’t you let me talk about you and Uncle Qing?”
“Of course I don’t,” Yan paused before answering Little Bean’s question, “but he’s my blind date now. If you do that to him, it’ll put him in a very difficult position. Also, your Uncle Qing and I are done. I’ll never be your real aunt. You… better not mention your Uncle Qing in front of me again.”
Done? “Aunt Yan, why?”
“There’s no reason. You’re a kid, so please stop asking so many questions. Anyway, you’re not allowed to mention him in front of me anymore, and you’re also not allowed to mention me in front of him. I-If you do that, I’ll never talk to you anymore.”
Little Bean puckered up his lips. “Hmph.”
“Did you hear me?”
Little Bean refused to respond.
“Huh? Answer me! If you don’t promise me, I’ll give your Mommy a call now and ask her to send the driver over to bring you home.”
Feeling aggrieved, Little Bean nodded. “I understand, Aunt Yan. I’ll never mention it anymore.” As he turned around, he immediately sent a message to Han Qing over WeChat.
While at work, Han Qing felt the vibration from his phone. He took a look at it and realized it was a message from Little Bean. Then, he clicked into it. His eyebrows went up as he read it. ‘Bad Uncle Qing, I’m not going to talk to you again. You’re a bad guy! You’re worse than Daddy!’
Staring at his phone, Han Qing was utterly confused. What did he do that caused Little Bean to think that he was worse than Ye Moxuan? Ye Moxuan should be the worst person on Earth.
Slowly, he replied with a question mark. Little Bean finally received a response from Han Qing after waiting for a long time. He was already mad at him and receiving a question mark as a response upset him even more.
Meanwhile, Han Qing found out what the reason was. Little Bean would never be mad at him or dislike him for no reason. Whenever that happened, it always had something to do with a particular woman. And now…
Han Qing felt troubled. He pursed his lips while holding his phone in his hands; he wanted to type something out but did not know what to say. She had not visited recently, and ever since he went to look for her that day, it was clear from her attitude that she wanted to have nothing to do with him anymore. Besides, he was not the kind who would put pressure on people. If that’s what she wants, I’ll just let it be. I’ll just be hard on myself.
‘Uncle Qing, do you like Aunt Yan or not?’ Another message from Little Bean came in as he was deep in thought. This question hit home for Han Qing and rendered him speechless. He typed out his response that did not address Little Bean’s question. ‘What’s going on?’
‘Answer my question first. Otherwise, I won’t tell you.’
Han Qing did not know how to respond to that.
‘Uncle Qing, if you’re still not going to reply to me, Aunt Yan’s going to leave you for someone else!’
Leave me for someone else? Han Qing’s pupils narrowed as he read that. According to the best of his knowledge, Xiao Su was the only guy around Yan. Is it Xiao Su?
‘Uncle Qing??’ Reading these two words, Han Qing had no idea what to say. We were going pretty well in the beginning, but was I being too blunt with her after that?
‘Ah! Bad Uncle Qing. Aunt Yan went on a blind date, and she might get married soon!’
Get married? Han Qing squinted as he read these two words. He could barely hold on to the pen in his hand.
After sending out these messages, Little Bean put his phone away and snorted grumpily. Even though he had done the exact opposite of what he promised Yan, this was an exception.
