The Young Master's Beloved

The next morning, when their parents got Shen Xinde and Gu Zhuoling up, they were clearly a little short on sleep.

Shen Xinde hadn't slept enough.

He clung to Gu Zhuoling's arm, whining and acting spoiled as he said he wanted to sleep some more.

Xia Wanqing pried Shen Xinde off Gu Zhuoling and started wiping his face. Seeing him act so shamelessly, she laughed in exasperation. "Who was it that insisted on sneaking out to play yesterday? And now you're acting up here."

"Haoh 바로 didn't sneak out!" Shen Xinde shouted in his own defense.

Xia Wanqing gently pinched Shen Xinde's little nose and smiled dotingly. "I knew it. You agreed to play in the room so easily yesterday, and the moment I left, you seized your chance."

"But Haohào was good and called to tell you." Shen Xinde took the fragrant cream from his mother, smeared it haphazardly on his face, then turned and ran out. "Mommy, I'm going to find Dolly!"

Gu Zhuoling was sitting at the little table in the room, helping Zhou Jingyi lay out breakfast.

The two children had gotten up late that morning. Rather than waking them first, their parents had gone to get breakfast to bring back before calling them up.

"Soup dumplings, soup dumplings!"

Shen Xinde sat down excitedly beside Gu Zhuoling and began drooling at the sight of the food.

Gu Zhuoling unwrapped a pair of chopsticks and handed them to Shen Xinde beside him.

Shen Xinde wasn't very good with chopsticks yet and used training chopsticks at home, but that wouldn't stop him from wanting to eat something delicious.

"Careful." Afraid the soup in the dumpling would burn Shen Xinde, Gu Zhuoling hurriedly caught his hand to stop him from popping it straight into his mouth. "Blow on it, Haohào."

Shen Xinde obediently blew on it, and when he popped it into his mouth, the temperature was just right. It was so delicious that two tufts of his hair could have stood on end.

"Dolly, eat! Mommy, eat! Auntie Zhou, eat!" Shen Xinde bobbed his head as he directed the distribution of breakfast.

Gu Zhuoling did whatever Shen Xinde told him to. Whenever Shen Xinde said something was tasty and asked him to try it, he ate it, and he ended up eating quite a bit.

Zhou Jingyi couldn't stop laughing as she watched. "A-Ling is usually such a picky eater, but he's so obedient when he's with Xinde."

Xia Wanqing laughed too when she heard that. She reached out and poked Shen Xinde's chubby little belly. "Loving food too much isn't good either. Haohào's going to turn into a big chubby boy."

"No, I'm not!" Shen Xinde giggled as he fended off Xia Wanqing's attack.

"A little chubbiness is good. It's so cute. A-Ling, don't you think Xinde is cute and chubby too?" Zhou Jingyi glanced teasingly at Gu Zhuoling, who was beside her watching Shen Xinde fool around.

"Mm-hmm."

Gu Zhuoling nodded vigorously.

After breakfast, the parents let the children go out to play.

They stipulated that the children could only go to the observation deck and the play area, and that if they wanted to soak in the hot springs or go swimming, they had to tell their parents first.

Shen Xinde obediently agreed and ran off to the observation deck with Gu Zhuoling.

The weather was lovely, and the occasional breeze made it quite cool. There weren't many people on the observation deck, and they all looked like college students, with easels set up for sketching.

Shen Xinde leaned against the observation glass, looking out at the lush forest. Autumn had arrived, and some of the leaves had already turned red and yellow. Mingled with the green, they looked absolutely beautiful.

"Dolly! Pretty!" Shen Xinde pointed his little finger at the woods as birds flew out of them one after another.

"Mm-hmm."

Gu Zhuoling stayed beside Shen Xinde, looking at the beautiful scenery below, and nodded in full agreement.

Shen Xinde mumbled, "I want to draw it, but Haohào didn't bring anything to draw with."

Gu Zhuoling glanced at Shen Xinde, then looked around. "Should I go borrow some for Haohào?"

Hearing that, Shen Xinde looked around too. He saw that the young people around them all had drawing boards set up and patted Gu Zhuoling in enthusiastic agreement.

Holding Gu Zhuoling's hand, Shen Xinde picked out a young lady who had been watching the two of them all along and went up to her.

"Pretty big sister." Shen Xinde beamed and said in a clear little voice, "Could Haohào have a sheet of paper? Haohào wants to draw too."

Beside him, Gu Zhuoling held up his own watch. "I can pay you."

The young lady had melted at the sight of Shen Xinde. He was so cute, with a little cold-faced domineering CEO at his side.

Oh my! Childhood sweethearts, hehehe.

"Stop grinning and find the kids some paper." Seeing the young lady grinning foolishly nonstop, her friend hurriedly nudged her and reminded her.

"Oh, right, right, of course you can, little one." The young lady immediately came to her senses and pulled a very large sheet of paper off the ground. A little embarrassed, she said, "Kids, this paper might be a little big. Is that okay?"

"It's okay. My big brother and I will draw together." Shen Xinde obediently took the sheet of paper, which was almost bigger than he was, and it blocked his view completely.

"Thank you." Gu Zhuoling took the paper from Shen Xinde, carefully folded it in half, then turned to the waitress he had just called over. "Two glasses of juice for them, please. Thank you."

"No, no, we can get our own..." The young lady hurriedly waved her hands in refusal, embarrassed to let a child pay.

Of course the waitress recognized their young master. She had just been told to take good care of him, and she smiled graciously. "It's all right. Please wait a moment, ladies. I'll bring the juice out shortly."

The young lady looked a little at a loss and still wanted to refuse.

"It's okay, pretty big sister. Big brother has money. Could you lend me your watercolor pens too?" Shen Xinde still wanted to borrow the colored pens, and Gu Zhuoling knew it, so he wanted to order something for the young lady.

They had agreed on that just now.

"Of course!" The young lady quickly handed over the watercolor pens she had put to one side. They were sketching today, so she didn't need them yet.

"If you want anything to eat, you can say so too." Gu Zhuoling nodded.

"In that case, young master, I'll charge it to your account." The waitress brought two glasses of juice out from the inner room and handed them to the two young ladies, asking softly.

"Mm-hmm."

"Do you need anything else?"

Gu Zhuoling looked at Shen Xinde when he heard that. Shen Xinde shook his head and patted his little belly. "Haohào is too full."

"Nothing else, thank you." Gu Zhuoling turned back to answer.

One child carried the paper and the other the watercolor pens. They didn't go far, just gathered around the coffee table beside the two young ladies and bent over it to draw.

"No way, a young master?" Hearing how the waitress had addressed him, the young lady's best friend stirred her juice and nudged her, looking thoroughly shocked.

"They're so adorable~ Two little cuties~" The young lady gazed fondly at Shen Xinde and Gu Zhuoling, who were bent over their drawing not far away.

"Cute childhood sweethearts, the cold young master's beloved~" The young lady rested her cheek in her hand, stars in her eyes.

Her friend: ?

Meanwhile, Shen Xinde held a colored pen and pouted. "Dolly, I'm going to draw you a forest."

Gu Zhuoling reached out to stop Shen Xinde from putting the pen cap in his mouth. Hearing that, he smiled. "Okay. Then I'll draw you some little birds."

Shen Xinde had an idea and drew quickly. Before long, an orange-red forest appeared on the paper.

Gu Zhuoling stayed close beside Shen Xinde. He wasn't very good at drawing, but he could still draw some wobbly little birds.

A little black bird slowly came to perch on a branch.