Three Years and Three Years

Chapter 60: Who is the Devil

When Jin Yang came out to get a cucumber, he saw Shen Xiaodie watching Zhou Mushi who was so engrossed in eating and drinking, with her mouth watering uncontrollably, drooling like a river.

Zhou Mushi probably remembered that he had a little baby next to him. Holding a yogurt in its hand, sucking on it hard, and proudly smiling at Shen Xiaodie. Seeing this, Shen Xiaodie was so tempted by the sight, that she couldn’t resist putting her toes in her mouth.

After a moment of silence, Jin Yang couldn’t help but think: is he the devil?

Uncle Jin, who couldn’t stand it, took out milk powder and a bottle from the Xiaodie’s bag, mixed a cup of milk powder with warm water, and tested the temperature on his arm before finally giving it to the little baby. Shen Xiaodie’s eyes lit up when she saw her food and she clapped her hands joyfully, calling out to Jin Yang a few times, “Daddy~ Daddy~”.

Jin Yang stiffened for a moment. He believed that he had not lived a good life yet and never had the idea of having a child. Now he was being called ‘daddy’ by such a cute little baby, and he felt quite strange.

Xiaodie held her bottle and proudly took two big sips while looking up at Zhou Mushi with her eyes full of joy and anticipation.

Then Jin Yang saw a man in his twenties, Zhou Mushi, competing with a little baby who was just over one year old, to see who could drink milk faster.

He shook his head helplessly, picked up his cucumber, and went to the kitchen to make his fried sauce noodles.

Jin Yang learned how to make fried sauce noodles from the master chef in the orphanage where he grew up. He used to assist him in cooking, and after a long time, he learned how to do it himself.

The authentic old Beijing fried sauce noodles had a delicious and fragrant sauce. As soon as the bowl of noodles was placed on the table, two people, one big and one small, on the sofa turned their heads and looked towards the kitchen with stretched necks.

Now in the living room, there were two people who were salivating. Zhou Mushi was completely greedy, while Shen Xiaodie was imitating the words and deeds of the beautiful weirdo in front of her, and she also swallowed her saliva.

“Dinner time!” Jin Yang shouted as he placed the noodles on the table. When he turned his head, he almost bumped into Zhou Mushi, who had quickly approached him in a hurried and careless manner.

However, it was obvious that Zhou Mushi had no knowledge of how to handle a child. He put Shen Xiaodie on the table and started eating his noodles with a huff and puff.

Shen Xiaodie tilted her head and looked at the weirdo who was enjoying his noodles, remembering how he had been greedy for her food just a moment ago.

This little baby unexpectedly had a ‘take but don’t give’ idea, sitting on the seat with their little butt sticking up.

As Zhou Mushi took a deep breath of the fragrance of the noodles, he also caught a whiff of a fresh poop smell.

“Damn, there’s something wrong with this noodle soup!” Zhou Mushi almost jumped in anger.

Jin Yang silently put down the bowl of noodles he had just picked up and pointed to the little thing with a mischievous smile on its face. Zhou Mushi was at a loss.

He looked incredulously at the pretty little baby, so pink and delicate, and said in disbelief, “How could she poop like this?”

Jin Yang said, “…Let me take her to the bathroom to deal with it.”

He walked quickly to the living room and took out a diaper, studying the instructions on it with a serious expression.

When he was young, he grew up in an orphanage with poor conditions and couldn’t afford diapers. He only knew how to use a urinary incontinence belt for babies. He had never used a diaper before.

He originally wanted to discuss with Zhou Mushi how to use the diaper, but seeing his look of surprise now, it seemed unlikely he could rely on him. Jin Yang silently glanced at the instructions and took the ‘poison gas bomb’ in front of Zhou Mushi and disposed of it.

Jin Yang had just finished cleaning up the little one at the bathroom and as soon as he left, he heard Zhou Mushi making a phone call in the living room.

“You take your little girl away. I feel like taking care of myself is already a challenge, really. For the sake of your daughter’s healthy growth, I feel that it’s not safe for her to stay with me.”

Zhou Mushi’s face, which was scrunched up in worry, relaxed in an instant as he listened to the other person on the phone.

“Okay, okay, I’m at home. Yes, yes, I can open the door for you anytime.”

He hung up the phone and quickly pack Shen Xiaodie’s luggage, letting out a heavy sigh of relief.

Jin Yang looked at this scene in silence, feeling that this man who seemed to have grown up on the surface was actually still a child at heart.

It was really unimaginable. If he had a child, he would probably go crazy.

At this moment, Lin Shucheng was still lying in bed recovering, frowning and relaying to the man sitting next to him, who was drinking tea, about Zhou Mushi’s request to take his daughter away.

Shen Qirun’s mouth curled up slightly, his smug expression matching that his precious daughter.

“I knew they wouldn’t last a day,” he said.

Lin Shucheng widened his eyes and exclaimed, “You knew? If you knew, why did you still put me through all this trouble! Ugh!”

Shen Qirun smiled calmly and replied, “Greedy capitalists always try to take advantage of any opportunity they can get.”

Lin Shucheng said, “…go to sleep in the study for a month!”

Shen Qirun replied, “I won’t…”

At home, Shen Qirun would act spoiled towards his wife and have playful exchanges, but when he went to someone else’s home to pick up his precious daughter, he maintained a courteous and gentlemanly demeanor.

The business district in Q city is neither big nor small, and it just so happens that Jin Yang and Shen Qirun know each other.

Therefore, when Zhou Mushi brought in his brother’s husband, he couldn’t help feeling a little jealous as he watched Shen Qirun and Jin Yang share a mutual understanding through their gaze.

As Shen Qirun held his daughter in his arms and discussed business matters with Jin Yang on the sofa, Zhou Mushi, who was yawning and eating potato chips on the side, couldn’t help but roll his eyes.

The little princess, who had a mischievous nature, sat in her father’s arms and looked cute and obedient.

Although both Shen Qirun and Zhou Mushi were trying to gain an advantage, Shen Qirun’s words were much more clever than Zhou Mushi’s, and Jin Yang’s rejection also carried some consideration. As they continued to talk, they both began to appreciate each other’s viewpoints even though the deal didn’t go through.

He and Shen Qirun weren’t particularly close, but they could at least have a conversation due to their relationship with Lin Shucheng. There was some formality between them initially.

However, seeing that he was getting more and more excited as they talked, Zhou Mushi didn’t want to be polite anymore. He looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was almost four o’clock. He slapped the still-babbling Shen Qirun and said coldly, “Don’t you need to go buy groceries and cook dinner at home?”

“Ahem,” Shen Qirun cleared his throat awkwardly. “Then I won’t disturb your two-person world anymore. I’ll take my little girl and leave first.”

“What kind of thing is a ‘two-person world’?” thought Zhou Mushi, unwilling to admit it. He watched as Shen Qirun finally pushed the baby carriage out of his house. How come he had never noticed before that Shen Qirun was so cunning and sarcastic?