Lan Yuxi's lips twitched. She bent down and picked up her daughter. "He won't let you eat them, so you won't eat?"
Mumu pouted. "He said that xiaolongbao are Mommy's favorite, and if we eat them, Mommy will cry."
Lan Yuxi smiled and kissed her daughter's small pink lips. "Mommy won't cry! Let's go, Mommy will take you to eat xiaolongbao!"
Before the mother and daughter could even enter the restaurant, they heard Zhaozhao ask, "Calling you uncle doesn't work, and calling you maternal uncle doesn't work either. Then what do you want me to call you?"
Nan Xiao smiled, looking at him. The little guy was clearly upset.
He wanted to tell the little guy: I want you to call me Dad, but you're not playing along.
Zhaozhao wrinkled his little nose with a hint of disdain. "Do you want me to call you 'big brother'?"
Nan Xiao reached out and ruffled his hair. "I'm thirty years old, is it appropriate for you to call me 'big brother'?"
Zhaozhao tilted his head to avoid his hand. "Do you think I want to call you 'big brother'? You're so stupid, if people knew I had a big brother as stupid as you, they'd laugh their heads off."
Lan Yuxi stopped in surprise. Zhaozhao had actually said such a long sentence.
She knew her son. Despite the disdain in his tone, if he disliked someone, he wouldn't even spare them a glance, let alone show disdain.
Could it be that he, like Mumu, longed for a father?
"I'm stupid? How am I stupid?" Nan Xiao's voice echoed from inside the restaurant again.
Zhaozhao slowly rolled up his small hands. "You almost died twice in Country T, you're incredibly stupid!"
Nan Xiao looked at the little guy in astonishment. That phone... could it have been given to Xiang Bei by him?
No, he was too young!
If it wasn't him, could it be Xi Bao?
Seeing him stunned and clearly not understanding her words, Zhaozhao's disdain grew.
Nan Xiao was amused by his expression. He lowered his voice and said, "The person who almost died in Country T was just my stunt double."
This time, it was Zhaozhao's turn to be stunned. He had a stunt double? He knew it! How could someone who gave birth to children as intelligent as him and his sister be so foolish?
Nan Xiao smiled and patted his shoulder. "This is my secret. Can you keep it for me?"
Zhaozhao pursed his lips. "I can't tell Mommy either?"
"Your mother and I have no secrets, of course I can tell her. However, I think she probably already knows and just hasn't asked me about it."
"No secrets?" Lan Yuxi walked in, holding Mumu, her face so dark it could drip water. "If you had told me earlier about your relationship with Mother Lingyun, none of this would have happened."
Nan Xiao stood up and offered his hand to Mumu, who naturally ran into his arms.
Lan Yuxi looked at her empty hands, her heart aching as she blinked. This little scamp, did she like this man so much that she'd be so heartlessly abandoned by her own dear mother?
"You were young then, and at that time, you didn't know you were Sister Yun's adopted daughter. If I had told you, it would have only increased your sorrow and made you suffer with me."
Nan Xiao pulled out the chair next to him with one hand, gesturing for her to sit down.
Lan Yuxi pouted and sat opposite him.
Nan Xiao didn't seem to mind her defiance. He dotingly ruffled Mumu's hair and bent down to place her on the chair.
"Mommy doesn't sit, our Mumu sits. Wait a moment, I'll get you the xiaolongbao."
Lan Yuxi looked around. "Where are the household servants?"
"They all have other tasks. Today, I will serve you, the mother and two children," Nan Xiao said, striding quickly into the kitchen.
Lan Yuxi looked at her son helplessly. "Where are Grandpa and the others? Aren't they eating breakfast?"
Zhaozhao tapped his smartwatch. "Mommy, it's already past nine o'clock. Second Uncle went to work long ago, and Grandpa and the butler took all the servants to the flower market to shop."
Lan Yuxi blinked. She had slept until past nine o'clock! httpδ:/m.kuAisugg.nět
Mumu tilted her little head and added, "Grandpa said it's too wasteful to have so much empty land in the backyard, so he's going to move the entire flower market back."
Lan Yuxi was speechless. Old Master Nan had too much time on his hands!
Suddenly, she remembered her talkative disciple. "Where's your senior brother?"
Mumu grinned. "Goddaughter and the others are coming back, so Senior Brother went to the station to pick them up for you."
Lan Yuxi rubbed her forehead. Wan Qi's family shouldn't be returning at this time. If they came back early, it must be because they saw the news online.
"Have Grandmaster and my uncles called?"
Last night, she had muted her phone for fear of disturbing the two children. In the morning, her phone was gone. Without a second thought, she knew the children had taken it for fear of missing important information.
"No. Mommy, it's understandable that Grandmaster didn't call, as he doesn't pay attention to these things. However, it's strange that my uncles haven't called. You'd better be prepared, I suspect they might just show up."
Nan Xiao listened with his ears perked up. Seeing that Lan Yuxi had stopped talking, he walked in with several steaming baskets of dumplings.
"Xi Bao, I made them myself. They taste just like they did when you were little. Try them."
Lan Yuxi looked at the steaming xiaolongbao, and memories flooded back like a dam bursting.
That old woman knew she loved these, so she ordered the kitchen not to make xiaolongbao anymore.
Nan Xiao, in order for her to eat xiaolongbao, had specifically found a master and learned for a period of time. After that, she could eat delicious and hygienic xiaolongbao anytime.
Nan Xiao first placed two for her on a small plate, then served the two little ones.
Lan Yuxi lowered her eyes to hide the tremor in them, picked up her chopsticks, and took a bite.
Nan Xiao looked back nervously. It was only when she narrowed her eyes in satisfaction that he smiled and sat down.
Mumu also picked up a xiaolongbao, and while eating, exclaimed, "So delicious! I want more!"
"Okay, this whole basket is yours." Nan Xiao smiled dotingly, pulled a basket of dumplings to her side, and then took out a napkin to wipe the oil from the corner of Mumu's mouth.
Lan Yuxi secretly glanced at the father and daughter, and her heart involuntarily felt a pang of sourness.
This kind of treatment originally belonged to her.
Hey! Lan Yuxi, what kind of mother are you, to be jealous of your own child!
After scolding herself, Lan Yuxi buried her head in eating.
Zhaozhao glanced at his sister, then at his mother, before putting a dumpling into his mouth. The deliciousness instantly spread through his mouth.
Zhaozhao nodded his little head in satisfaction.
Although this dad wasn't very sharp, he wasn't entirely useless. Especially seeing the relaxed and satisfied expressions on his mother and sister's faces, he decided to give him a chance.
Seeing that the mother and children were eating with relish, Nan Xiao ran back to the kitchen and brought them three bowls of pumpkin congee. "They've cooled for a while, the temperature is just right now."
Lan Yuxi quickly glanced at him. "Don't just take care of us, you should eat something too."
Nan Xiao secretly rejoiced. Xi Bao was finally starting to care about him again!
"Ding dong..." Just as he was about to sit down, the doorbell rang outside.