Chapter 679: Chapter 679
"You’ve been playing until now, did you have fun today?"
Shen Siyuan had just entered, and Ruan Hongzhuang stood at the door to welcome him.
However, her gaze wasn’t on Shen Siyuan or the two of them, but she crouched down to directly ask the two little ones, Dou Dou and Tang Tang.
"Look at how your mouth is watering, see what I got for you," Ruan Hongzhuang suddenly took out an item and popped it into Tang Tang’s mouth.
Tang Tang instinctively sucked on it twice, reached up to pull it out, and discovered it was a finely crafted pacifier.
Tang Tang looked at it and popped it back into her mouth, then immediately gave Ruan Hongzhuang a goofy grin, as if to say thanks.
But because she smiled too broadly, the pacifier slipped right out of her mouth. Luckily, Ruan Hongzhuang was quick to catch it with her hand. This update ıs available on 𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹⟡𝓯𝓲𝓻𝓮⟡𝙣𝙚𝙩
Tang Tang immediately took it back from Ruan Hongzhuang’s hand and then ran off to show Mao Sanmei, wanting to show her mom.
"Why did you think of buying her a pacifier?" Shen Siyuan asked, a bit surprised.
"I saw online that pacifiers can effectively prevent kids from drooling, so I bought one for her on my way home from work."
Ruan Hongzhuang stood up and glanced at Taozi nearby, noticing her creamy skin, now reddened.
She couldn’t help but chuckle softly, "Seems like you guys were out in the sun all day."
Taozi’s skin was fair but very prone to sunburn. A little sun would turn it red and itchy, and even applying sunscreen never helped much.
Taozi glanced down at her arm, muttering softly, feeling helpless.
At this moment, Shen Siyuan suddenly placed his hand on her arm, and a gentle warmth instantly enveloped her, turning her red skin to a light pink, and once the pink faded, it became creamy white again without any itchiness.
Ruan Hongzhuang expressed some jealousy at Shen Siyuan’s thoughtful gesture.
Just then, she felt a tug on her clothes, looking down to see it was Dou Dou.
"What’s wrong?" Ruan Hongzhuang asked, a bit puzzled.
"What about mine?" She looked up, her little face full of expectation.
The pacifier was for dealing with Tang Tang’s drooling; she hadn’t thought about Dou Dou at all.
Seeing Ruan Hongzhuang remain silent, Dou Dou got upset.
"Hmph, I don’t like you anymore."
She turned angrily and ran towards the balcony.
"Dou Dou..." Taozi hurried after her.
"Sigh, so many kids, it’s such a hassle." Ruan Hongzhuang said helplessly.
"It’s okay, she’ll be fine in a bit." Shen Siyuan said nonchalantly.
Little kids get upset quickly and get over it quickly too.
At this moment, Tang Tang returned with the pacifier in her mouth, not seeing Dou Dou. She instinctively opened her mouth to ask, and the pacifier slipped out again.
This time, it was Shen Siyuan who quickly caught it with a bend and handed it back to her.
Tang Tang accepted it eagerly, seemed a bit upset, stomped her little foot, and seemed about to throw it away, but then couldn’t bear to and put it back in her mouth.
Her cute demeanor amused both Shen Siyuan and Ruan Hongzhuang.
"Where did you all play today?" Ruan Hongzhuang reached out to straighten Shen Siyuan’s collar.
"We played at the amusement park all day." Shen Siyuan replied.
"Was it fun to go out with Taozi?"
"It was really fun, would’ve been better if you came too." Shen Siyuan put his arm around her waist.
"Men’s words are deceitful like ghosts." Ruan Hongzhuang playfully broke free from his embrace.
Shen Siyuan didn’t mind and instead pecked her lightly on the lips.
"Green apple flavor."
Shen Siyuan licked his lips, noting it’s the taste of Ruan Hongzhuang’s lipstick.
Ruan Hongzhuang rolled her eyes at him playfully.
"The kids are still here, you know?"
Shen Siyuan looked down, following his gaze, Ruan Hongzhuang saw that Tang Tang had already run off somewhere.
As Shen Siyuan said, Dou Dou got over her upset quickly, happily riding Tang Tang’s peanut scooter around the house.
After dinner, with a pot of tea brewed on the balcony, the little ones joined in once again.
"Where’s Sister Xiao Yue?"
"I don’t know, probably went out to play." Shen Siyuan hadn’t seen Xiao Yue since he got back, probably she’s out.
"Probably at home, you can go check." said Shen Siyuan.
"She’s with her mom and dad, I shouldn’t disturb them." Dou Dou said.
"Wow, you’re such a good kid." Shen Siyuan patted her little head.
"When are we going to see Sister Qiqi?" Dou Dou asked with a face full of anticipation.
According to the original plan, he was supposed to go to Si Ming with Ruan Hongzhuang, and then make a detour to Henan, which would be much closer, but he completely forgot about it, and they had already returned from Si Ming, it’s only now that Dou Dou brought it up.
"Why didn’t you say something sooner?" Shen Siyuan asked with a hint of helplessness.
"I forgot." Dou Dou unabashedly replied.
Then she continued looking at Shen Siyuan with eager eyes.
Shen Siyuan scratched her chubby little chin and pondered, "We’ll go tomorrow."
"Okay, thank you, Potato Bro." Dou Dou was elated at the news.
"Alright, go play with Tang Tang." Shen Siyuan pinched her cheek.
Only then did Dou Dou happily run off to find Tang Tang, and soon enough, Tang Tang could be heard calling out in the living room, not sure what Dou Dou did to upset her.
Shen Siyuan didn’t get involved, kids fight and make up all the time, just let them be.
Ruan Hongzhuang came out of the room and sat down opposite Shen Siyuan, picked up the teapot, and refilled Shen Siyuan’s cup before speaking.
"Are you going to Henan tomorrow?"
Shen Siyuan was a bit surprised, glancing back at the living room, "You knew?"
"Dou Dou just told me, she said you promised her that you’ll take her to meet Sister Qiqi tomorrow."
"Yes, let me check to see if there are flights to Henan tomorrow."
"Sorry, I’ll handle the tickets." Ruan Hongzhuang said.
"What are you apologizing for?" Shen Siyuan was puzzled.
"I said earlier when we returned to Si Ming, we’d make a detour to Henan, I totally forgot about it." Ruan Hongzhuang explained.
Shen Siyuan waved it off, a bit amused, "It’s not your fault, I forgot too, that’s alright, we can make the trip whenever we have time."
"I’ll have someone arrange the tickets then." Ruan Hongzhuang got up to get her phone.
"From the company? Isn’t that Taozi’s job?" Shen Siyuan chuckled.
"That lazy girl is unreliable, I have a VIP with the airline, they’ll take care of it." Ruan Hongzhuang said.
"Where’re you all going, I want to come too." Taozi stood at the balcony door, hair still wet, looking at the two with expectation.
"No, tomorrow you have to go to work at the company, I’m almost like working for you already." Ruan Hongzhuang firmly refused.
She had already been quite lenient today, no way she’d let her have all the fun.
So saying, she grabbed Taozi and dragged her back inside.
She contacted people to arrange Shen Siyuan’s flight, while Taozi booked the hotel for him. These were tasks she was most familiar with as a secretary, so naturally, they should be her responsibility.