Chapter 243: Chapter 238: Jin Jumo Just Arrived in the Living Room 1
"And you’re really beautiful," Xixi said.
Jin Jumo: "..."
Mu Yan, conflicted about Xixi’s refusal to call her, asked, "Is it just because I’m beautiful that you won’t call me?"
"I don’t want to call you Aunt Mu," Xixi said seriously.
"Why?" Mu Yan felt ten thousand points of damage.
Xixi stared at Mu Yan for a while, then suddenly smiled and lunged into Mu Yan’s arms, "Because I want to call you sister. Sister, you’re so beautiful, Xixi loves pretty sisters."
Mu Yan: "..." Petrified!
Jin Jumo helplessly rubbed her forehead; this mischievous girl!
Hanhan also shook his head with a sigh.
"You scared me," Mu Yan was almost moved to tears, hugging the little meatball in her arms and squeezing happily.
Mu Yan and Xixi together looked just like two kids.
Jin Jumo glanced at Shi Yu standing beside them.
Shi Yu had a gentle expression, and the clear, pure eyes showing affection and a smile when looking at Mu Yan were touching.
Shi Yu seemed to be about Mu Yan’s age, in the youthful and innocent, sunny phase of life.
As Jin Jumo looked at Shi Yu, the image of Xiao Nanqing’s charming and darkly handsome face suddenly flashed through her mind, causing her to wrinkle her brow and look at Mu Yan with a hint of concern.
They went to a buffet restaurant on the fifth floor.
Jin Jumo and Shi Yu were responsible for getting food for the three kids.
Seeing Mu Yan having a great time playing with Xixi Hanhan, Jin Jumo smirked and said to Shi Yu, "Shi Yu... Can I call you like that?"
"Of course you can, Sister Jin can call me whatever she wants," Shi Yu quickly said.
Jin Jumo smiled, "You’re attending school now, too, right?"
Shi Yu nodded, "I’m at A University with Little Yan. Little Yan majors in design, and I study economics and management."
"Already in university?" Jin Jumo was slightly surprised.
Shi Yu was also surprised and looked puzzled at Jin Jumo, "Didn’t Sister Jin know Little Yan’s in university?"
"..." Jin Jumo licked her lips, "I left Z City for a few years due to some reasons and lost contact with Little Yan. But now I think about it, when I left Z City, Little Yan was already in her first year of high school, and four years have passed now. So yes, she should be in university by now."
Shi Yu nodded, "I see."
Jin Jumo couldn’t help but glance at Shi Yu.
He didn’t pry into why Jin Jumo left for so long, choosing instead to end the topic there.
It showed he was a boy with great depth and good manners.
Jin Jumo slightly curled her lips.
Suddenly, she was hugged from behind, and Jin Jumo raised an eyebrow, glancing sideways at the big kid leaning on her shoulder.
"Sister Jin, Xixi and Hanhan are absolutely adorable. They’re the cutest and most beautiful kids I’ve ever seen," Mu Yan laughed happily.
Jin Jumo smiled, "Thank you for the compliment on behalf of Xixi and Hanhan. But the world is big, how many kids have you seen? There are plenty of beautiful kids."
Jin Jumo tapped her nose before carrying a plate towards where Xixi and Hanhan were.
Mu Yan clung to her, and after walking a bit, she glanced back at Shi Yu and whispered in Jin Jumo’s ear, "Sister Jin, what were you talking to Yu about just now?"
"Want to know?" Jin Jumo mysteriously stared at her.
Mu Yan nodded vigorously.
"Ask him," Jin Jumo said, leaving that sentence before sitting down next to Xixi and Hanhan.
Mu Yan stood there, her lips twitching, then she sat at the table opposite Jin Jumo, pursed her lips, "Sister Jin, you’re so bad."
Jin Jumo lightly lowered her gaze and placed a chicken wing on Xixi’s plate, slowly saying, "Don’t worry, I haven’t said a word I shouldn’t."
"..." Mu Yan froze, watching the complex emotions flicker across Jin Jumo’s grape-like eyes.
After finishing lunch and leaving the buffet, someone’s phone call came in.
Jin Jumo looked at the caller ID on the phone screen, her lips twitching noticeably.
She distinctly remembered not saving that person’s number.
Even if she were to save it, she wouldn’t save it as... "dear husband," these words.
Jin Jumo felt her scalp tingling at those words, stiffly averting her gaze from the phone screen before answering the call.
"I’m just negotiating business at a restaurant near the mall, I’ll pick you and the kids up from the mall in two hours," the person said.
"No need, Brother Lei sent a driver to follow me with Xixi Hanhan, he’ll take us back later," Jin Jumo replied.
"I’ve already sent him away," the person said calmly.
"..." Jin Jumo’s lips twitched.
"That’s it." Saying this, the person was about to hang up.
"Wait." Jin Jumo interrupted.
The other end paused for a moment, and a man’s deep voice responded, "Hmm?"
Jin Jumo pursed her lips, "Did you touch my phone this morning after Brother Lei had it delivered?"
Rong Mochen paused again before saying, "No."
"...Oh." Jin Jumo blinked, ending the call.
If it wasn’t him, could it be Lei Yicheng?
But he seemed so serious and rigid...
"Sister Jin, where are you planning to go next?" Mu Yan asked while holding Xixi and Hanhan, her eyes gleaming as she looked at Jin Jumo, eager to spend the afternoon glued to her.
"Just going to play at the amusement area on the ground floor," Jin Jumo replied.
"Alright, let’s go together." Mu Yan said.
"This..." Jin Jumo looked at Shi Yu beside her, "Your little boyfriend, doesn’t mind?"
"As long as she’s happy." Shi Yu responded affectionately, looking at Mu Yan.
Mu Yan smiled back, "Yu treats me the best."
Shi Yu curled his lips, his smile sunny and pleasing, "Silly."
Jin Jumo looked at the pair before her, her peach blossom eyes deepening slightly. She lowered her eyelashes without saying anything.
Some things, you need to taste yourself. Some matters, you need to experience firsthand. And some people, you need to meet and engage with personally.
Others don’t need to say too much.
Youth is the age of doing as you please, and following your heart.
Why bother with so many rules and restrictions?
After playing in the amusement area for almost an hour, the three kids came out and collapsed onto the chairs.
Shi Yu immediately bought water for the kids and took out wet wipes from his bag to wipe Mu Yan’s sweat, his gestures meticulous and attentive.
Jin Jumo glanced over, then withdrew her gaze.
After resting for a while, Mu Yan seemed to have inexhaustible energy, lively once again, she looked excitedly at Jin Jumo and said, "Sister Jin, what should we do next?"
Still playing?
Jin Jumo twitched her lips, "You didn’t come to the mall just to play, right?"
Mu Yan blinked, puzzled, and looked at Shi Yu, "Yu, what did we come to the mall for?"
"..." Shi Yu stared at Mu Yan for a while, then helplessly shook his head, "Nothing."
"That’s not right, we came to the mall for something..." Mu Yan furrowed her brows, her little face scrunching up, thinking hard.
Shi Yu chuckled, holding her hand, "Alright, don’t think about it, it’s nothing."
Mu Yan dropped her gaze, looking again at Shi Yu, "Really nothing?"
Shi Yu nodded, "Yeah."
Mu Yan took a breath, "Alright, I trust you."
Saying that, Mu Yan looked at Jin Jumo again, "Sister Jin, where should we go?"
Jin Jumo looked at her, her gaze without a trace of unusualness, softly saying, "Mr. Rong said he’s coming to pick up Xixi Hanhan and me."
Mu Yan’s grape-like eyes widened, biting her lips, she turned and said to Shi Yu, "Let’s go."
Shi Yu, "..."
Mu Yan stood up, reluctantly hugged Xixi and Hanhan for a while, left her contact information to Jin Jumo, then left with Shi Yu.
Jin Jumo watched Mu Yan’s departing figure, a silent sigh passed through her heart.
After Mu Yan left, Jin Jumo stayed with Xixi and Hanhan in the resting area for almost half an hour before Rong Mochen arrived at the mall.
Originally drowsy, Xixi’s sleepiness vanished upon seeing Rong Mochen, she opened her two little arms towards him from afar.
Rong Mochen’s stern and cold face softened when seeing Xixi.
With one arm, Rong Mochen lifted Xixi up. He stretched out his other arm, his dark eyes warmly regarding Hanhan.
Hanhan stayed still, his dark eyes expressing disbelief and hesitation, staring at Rong Mochen.
Rong Mochen curled his lips slightly, patiently looking at Hanhan.
Jin Jumo also pursed her lips, looking at Hanhan.
"Brother." Xixi called him softly.
Hanhan blinked, his small mouth moving slightly, seeming as if he wanted to refuse, but ultimately didn’t.
Slowly, he shuffled his tiny steps and approached Rong Mochen.
Rong Mochen picked up Hanhan, his thin lips brushing his forehead softly, "Are you tired?"
Hanhan fidgeted with his little hands, his head bowed low, the tips of his ears reddening, shaking his head.
Rong Mochen kissed Xixi again.
Xixi clung tightly to Rong Mochen’s neck, whispering in his ear, "Daddy, when you kiss brother, he gets shy again."
Hanhan’s little face turned bright red too, unable to hide it, he turned his body and opened his arms towards Jin Jumo, "Mom."
Jin Jumo knew her son was shy, she did not expose him, stepping forward to take him from Rong Mochen’s arms.
With a flushed face, Hanhan didn’t look at Rong Mochen. He burrowed his little bum into Jin Jumo’s arms, whispering angrily in her ear, "Ye Xixi doesn’t understand anything."
Jin Jumo paused, patting Hanhan’s back, "Xixi is sister, Hanhan, be more considerate of her, alright?"
Hanhan haughtily replied, "I’ll think about it."
Jin Jumo couldn’t help but smile, kissing his ear, "Good boy."
Hanhan awkwardly hid his ear in Jin Jumo’s neck.
Tenderness filled Jin Jumo’s eyes.
Rong Mochen’s dark eyes slightly contracted, huskily speaking to Jin Jumo, "Let me handle it."
Since Rong Mochen’s arrival, Jin Jumo felt more and more gazes directed at them.
Jin Jumo gently furrowed her brows, looking at him, "Are you sure you can manage?"
Rong Mochen raised an eyebrow, "Underestimating me?"
Jin Jumo sulkily pouted her lips.
But suddenly, her arms felt light.
Hanhan had already been taken into his arms, striding towards the mall’s underground parking lot.
Jin Jumo watched as Rong Mochen, carrying two "little plump pigs," walked with swagger.