My Ex-Wife Disappeared for Years and Had My Babies-Chapter 190 - 140: The man is rich and easy to deceive

"Carey, go wash up. Have you seen the new clothes I bought you?"

Carey, still bowing his head, responded gloomily, "Mmm, thank you, Sister Xiao Nian."

"Do you like them? I asked Uncle Liang to pick them out for you."

"I like them." Carey took the clothes and hurried into the bathroom.

He didn’t rush to close the door, instead listening to Su Zhen’s sticky voice from the adjacent bedroom, "Mom, isn’t Su Bao coming back tonight?"

"Mmm, can you sleep alone tonight?"

"I don’t want to... There will be tigers."

"Then come sleep with Mom."

"But if little uncle sleeps alone, he’ll also be carried away by a big tiger."

Su Nian chuckled lightly, "Then aren’t you afraid the tiger will carry Mom away if she sleeps alone?"

"Tigers don’t eat adults."

It’s all because Xiao Lan had told her that if children don’t go to sleep early at night, they will be carried away by tigers.

"Then later you sleep with little uncle."

The little uncle standing by the bathroom door, his ears turning red, hurriedly closed the door of the bathroom.

After taking his shower and coming out, Su Zhen had already changed into childish pajamas, and Su Nian was clipping her toenails.

Seeing Carey come in, Su Nian said, "Carey, since Su Bao isn’t here tonight, can Zhenzhen sleep with you?"

Carey paused, uncomfortably looking away, "...Yes."

After trimming Su Zhen’s toenails, Su Nian whispered to Carey, "Just hold her hand until she falls asleep, then carry her over."

"It’s okay, as long as she doesn’t cry."

"Mom, what are Su Bao and Brother Haozi doing?"

"They’ve gone to sleep. You should sleep too."

After lifting Su Zhen onto Carey’s bed, she looked at Carey, grabbed a few of his fingers, sneaking a joyful feel, yet her movements were careful, as if afraid that little uncle wouldn’t like her.

"Do you want Mom to tell you a story?"

"No! I can fall asleep by myself."

Su Nian helped the child tuck into the covers, "Then go to sleep quickly, don’t disturb little uncle; Mom is turning off the lights, okay?"

"Okay, goodnight Mom."

The room suddenly darkened, the door softly shut.

Carey could only feel his heartbeat slowly accelerating, a feeling he had never experienced before, especially since it was for a little girl who had just turned four.

Feeling her soft little hand, his other hand involuntarily clenched inside his pajama pocket. He wanted to say something, but was too nervous to speak.

"Little uncle, what’s your name?"

Carey remained silent for a moment, his full name rarely asked, "Su Yan."

He really hoped she would remember this name... Years later...

She lifted her head, her dark eyes more spirited in the night, "Sounds very nice... Much nicer than my name. My mom is silly and can’t name properly."

In the darkness, he finally dared to look at her unabashedly, her slightly pouting complaint appearing so cute.

His hand fumbled in his pocket, tightening then loosening again, before finally taking something out. "This is for you..."

"What is it?" Su Zhen felt something pushed into her hand, excitedly sitting up and turning on the small lamp by the bed, only to see a light blue butterfly hair clip in her hand.

"So pretty!"

Seeing that she liked it, Su Yan’s tension eased a bit: "For you... Happy birthday..."

She immediately clipped it on her head, messing up her neat bangs and then turning her head to ask him, "Does it look good?"

"It looks good."

"I also have a gift for you..." As she spoke, she climbed off the bed, her small body wobbling as she opened a small cabinet under her bed, and took out two lollipops. Climbing back up again

She glanced outside the door, lowering her voice as if thieving, "I’ve secretly hidden these. Mom doesn’t allow me to eat candy at night."

Su Yan reached for it, holding the lollipop tightly, though he never ate candy.

"Let’s eat these and then sleep, Mom won’t know."

Su Yan looked at her and then took the lollipop from her hand, "Your mom is right. Eating sugar at night will cause cavities. We can’t eat them."

Su Zhen pouted but didn’t fuss like before. "Okay... We’ll eat them tomorrow."

Saying this, she clumsily got under the covers.

Su Yan switched off the light and properly arranged the blanket for her again.

The night grew quiet, but his heart had never been so chaotic, his face, however, remained calm. He looked over at Su Zhen embracing her own arms and closing her eyes, then adjusted to a comfortable position and closed his eyes.

On the other side, Shen Hanxiu had just dropped the kids home and was about to go in to check on them when Su Bao blocked him at the doorway, "Uncle, your mission is complete, you can go back now."

Shen Hanxiu looked down at his smiling face, thinking: Is he dismantling the bridge after crossing the river, just like his mom taught him?

"I’ll wait till you two are asleep before I leave."

"You watching makes me unable to sleep." Su Bao then slammed the door shut with a ’bang’.

Leaving Third Young Master Shen staring at the door panel so close to his nose...

This cheeky kid! His hand was quick enough to take his money, but now he’s turning his face away and refusing to recognize him?

The Third Young Master Shen, who usually commands wind and rain, for once found himself bested by a fourteen-year-old child today...

After closing the door, two children of similar height walked in sync towards a room. They entered a password on the door, and it opened.

Inside, there were four or five computers arranged along with some disassembled circuit boards and machinery.

Su Bao took out the red envelope and said: "Tomorrow, we can use this money to buy the goods."

Haohao pointed at a corner, "That mainframe is also broken, it needs to be fixed."

Su Bao generously said, "Buy a new one! That man is rich and easy to deceive."

The two children looked at each other and smiled, then turned on the computer and started ordering items like crazy on a certain online platform.

...

The next day, under the bright sunny skies, Su Zhen wore a little skirt and tied her hair into cute buns.

"Mom, can we go swimming at Uncle Shen’s house? It’s so hot today."

"Do you know how to swim?"

"Uncle can teach me. Can we go to Uncle Shen’s house after school?"

Su Nian eyed her, suspecting these were lines taught by Shen Hanxiu.

"If you can finish your homework early, Mom will let you go."

Su Zhen said happily, "little uncle is so amazing! He knows everything! He teaches me how to do my homework, and I finish it really fast!"

Su Zhen paused and then pointed to the hair clip on her head: "Mom, this clip was given to me by little uncle!"

Su Nian looked at her in the rearview mirror and smiled lightly: "Mom knows, you look very pretty!"

Wonder who she got that vain trait from.

Su Yan looked at her through the rearview mirror, his face expressionless but his heart filled with mixed feelings.

In his decade of life, talking about friends, there were hardly a few people who even spoke to him.

He couldn’t learn others’ cheerfulness, didn’t know how to smile, perhaps it was his unapproachable facade that kept people afraid to come near him.

But when he met Su Zhen, she said he looked very handsome and sweetly called him little uncle.

That innocence struck at his heart, an unspeakably beautiful feeling...

Su Yan’s school is just a bit ahead of Su Zhen’s kindergarten, so he got off the car first. When the car stopped at the kindergarten, a woman clad in a black body-hugging mini skirt, bright red lips, heavy eyeshadow emerged and blocked the car. She seemed nothing like the pure student she once was, more like a sultry fox.

Su Nian stepped forward, intending to pretend she hadn’t seen her, but Xue Qi called out to her: "Su Nian! What did you say to my son?"

"What is it?" Su Nian asked calmly.

"What do you mean, what is it? Where is he?"

Su Nian smiled lightly, "Didn’t you leave him in that house? It’s been so many days, and you’re only worried now?"

Xue Qi widened her eyes, "Don’t pretend to be something you’re not! Don’t think that..."

"Mom!"

Just as Xue Qi was pointing and scolding Su Nian, a child’s voice came from not far.

Turning towards the sound, they saw Su Bao and Haohao walking over.

Xue Qi stomped over in her high heels. There wasn’t the joy of finding her child, but instead a stern face as she questioned Haohao, "What’s with the lock at home? Became temperamental over a few scolds?"

"It’s not that, Mom... My key was lost, so I had to replace the lock."

Ever since that trip to the mountain and not listening to Mom, she hadn’t visited him for a long time. He was too scared to call her about the lost key and had to change the lock out of necessity.

Seeing the misunderstanding, Xue Qi, without apologizing, then looked at Su Bao and told Haohao, "What did Mom tell you? Not to play with disreputable people!"

Haohao glanced at Su Bao and Su Zhen, then carefully watched Xue Qi and said, "Mom, they are my friends..."

As Su Nian had just stepped forward, she suddenly felt the small hand slip away. Su Zhen ran to Haohao’s side and walked away with him, "Hurry, she will hit you!"

"Li Yihao!"

Haohao turned to look at her but eventually followed Su Zhen towards the school.

Those who don’t like you won’t be swayed by attempts to please.

Just like Mom trying to please Dad, he trying to please Mom...

Watching Haohao, who usually obeyed, now go against her, Xue Qi suddenly felt helpless and tears fell. Li Zisheng, regardless of his own feelings, saw even his usually obedient son start to defy him...

"Xue Qi, I know it’s not easy for you, but adult matters should not involve the children, they don’t owe you anything."

Hearing Su Nian reprimand her, Xue Qi raised her hand to wipe the tears and glared at Su Nian with a twisted face: "How I manage my son is my business!"

Su Nian sighed and smiled helplessly, no longer speaking, and walked away with Su Bao.

Xue Qi got back into her car and pulled out a cigarette from her bag, placing it between her red-tipped fingers. She lit it with a lighter and took deep, greedy drags, exhaling a few wisps of white smoke.

Watching Su Nian take the children into the kindergarten and then drive away.

Xue Qi’s face was full of jealousy, jealous of Su Nian’s capabilities and beauty, even more so of her kind demeanor!

After finishing her cigarette, she finally started the car.

In the dimly lit underground dance club, even in daylight, it was a scene of decadence.

Xue Qi applied lipstick in the elevator, stretching her red lips into a smile as she stepped out.

"Qiqi, you haven’t been here in days, where have you been? Brother Wang missed you!"

"I’m here now, aren’t I?"

Xue Qi smiled enchantingly and followed the middle-aged woman greeting her out of the noisy dance floor through a side door...