Then they gave him a small bowl and a spoon. Mu Mu struggled to hold the spoon and wobbled as he tapped the bowl. Hearing the crisp sound, he couldn't help but giggle, revealing his newly sprouted baby teeth.
"Mu Mu will definitely have artistic talent when he grows up; look at how well he plays the piano." Bai Le now has a very strong bias towards his son; he likes him no matter what.
Xi Yan was afraid that Mu Mu might accidentally knock over the bowl, so she reached out to steady it, letting him happily bang on it, while replying to Bai Le's words in a nonchalant tone, "He grabbed money during his first birthday celebration."
Bai Le choked, feeling a bit embarrassed, so she glared at him with dissatisfaction, "That's not allowed either."
After playing with the spoon for a while, Mu Mu seemed to get bored and threw it away to nibble on Xi Yan's hand, drool dripping down her chin.
"Looks like Mu Mu is really hungry," Bai Le said seriously, suppressing a laugh.
Xi Yan was slightly taken aback, then grabbed Mu Mu's collar and pulled him away a little, before glancing up at Bai Le.
Bai Le wasn't afraid of him now. He reached out and picked up Mu Mu. Looking at the bright red and green color scheme, he felt a little sorry for his son. Luckily, he was too young to remember anything.
More than ten minutes later, the Bai family arrived on time. They were all a little surprised to see that they had arrived early. Wu Xueying immediately went to hug her precious grandson. When she saw that Mu Mu was wearing the clothes she had given him, she was overjoyed.
"My little baby is getting prettier and prettier every day. Oh, and he's wearing the new clothes Grandma bought for him."
"Come on, call me Grandma."
Mu Mu wasn't afraid when she saw someone she knew; she just giggled as she looked at her.
When Bai Le saw that Chen Suqiu had also arrived, she looked somewhat uncomfortable, with a forced smile on her face. It was probably because Bai Huizhang felt it wouldn't be right to leave her alone, so he brought her along.
"Brother!" Bai Yin clung to Bai Le as soon as she arrived. It had been quite a while since he had seen her, and she had changed a lot. She had transformed from a naive girl into a mature and charming woman, but her personality remained the same in front of him.
Chen Suqiu didn't want to speak at first, but looking at her daughter, she couldn't help but nag again, "Don't be so careless all the time. You're so old and you still make me worry endlessly. Your brother has found a girlfriend and had a child, but you don't even have a boyfriend yet. Even that girl from the Xie Family got married."
Speaking of Xie Qizhi, Chen Suqiu seemed to finally find some balance, gloating, "That girl, I don't know what she was thinking, found a son-in-law who moved in with her family. His Xie Family's parents very angry."
She also heard that the problem was with either the man or the woman, and they couldn't have children. The Xie Family elders wanted them to undergo in vitro fertilization, but they refused. However, she knew that these things couldn't be said at the table.
"Enough!" Bai Huizhang interrupted her angrily, suddenly regretting bringing her along.
Bai Le pretended not to have heard what had just been said, looked around, and found that only Old Master Xi was missing, but those present were already used to his lateness.
Xi Yan didn't talk much; he just sat there with an aloof air that kept strangers at bay. It was Bai Huizhang who took the initiative to start a conversation with him, but judging from Xi Yan's reaction, he wasn't very interested in what he was saying and was only chatting with him out of politeness.
Bai Le was eating sunflower seeds while listening to his sister gossip, "Brother, do you think it's true that Ye Feifei has a sugar daddy?"
Bai Le looked inscrutable. "You can't just talk nonsense about this."
"Is it true or not? Tell me, tell me! I promise I won't tell anyone else," Bai Yin said, shaking him playfully.
Bai Le was shaken so much that he choked on sunflower seed shells, coughed a few times with difficulty, and his face turned red.
Suddenly, a hand patted my back, gently stroking it, and a familiar, deep voice sounded in my ear.
"Don't rush, have some water."
Bai Le looked at the water glass handed to him, quickly drank a few sips, and his throat finally felt less uncomfortable.
Bai Yin looked flustered, as if she had done something wrong, and apologized guiltily, "I'm sorry, brother, I didn't mean to."
Bai Le quickly waved his hand. "What's the big deal? I choke on water all the time."
Xi Yan glanced at Bai Yin indifferently, without saying anything more.
But Bai Yin understood the meaning behind that look, and felt even more guilty.
After waiting a while, Old Master Xi finally arrived late. As soon as he arrived, he had the people behind him bring the item up. Bai Le opened the exquisite box and saw a palm-sized jade stone. Judging from its quality, it was a rare item, with a clear emerald green color and not a single impurity.
The jade was carved into the shape of a child, with its eyes inlaid with gold beads.
Bai Le probably guessed what was going on, and the corner of his mouth twitched slightly.
Then they heard Old Master Xi wave his hand and say, "This is a gift for my grandson. Look, doesn't the carving look like my grandson?"
Bai Le looked at the strange doll and thought that this person's aesthetic sense was comparable to his mother's. This time, he casually gave away a jade doll. Last time, at Mu Mu's first birthday party, the Old Master Xi gave him a building.
"It looks quite similar." Bai Le wanted to put the gift away, after all, it was a token of his elders' goodwill.
Unexpectedly, the old man glared at him and said, "I gave it to my grandson to play with, why are you putting it away?"
"Mu Mu still small, she'll get hurt if she falls."
Old Master Xi grew impatient. "So what if it's broken? It's not a big deal. It was originally meant for my grandson to play with."
Bai Le's lips twitched. He felt that when it came to spoiling the child, even his mother had to give way to Old Master Xi.
So he had no choice but to give the jade to Mu Mu, who, sure enough, immediately started gnawing on it, leaving it covered in saliva.
Bai Le was initially worried about getting the toys dirty, but Old Master Xi said, "Don't worry, anything my grandson plays with will be clean."
Bai Le clicked his tongue and casually remarked to Xi Yan beside him, "Has Old Master Xi always been like this?"
He regretted it as soon as he finished speaking, realizing he had said the wrong thing. A flustered expression appeared on his face. Xi Yan had never lived in the Xi Family when he was young. After returning to the Xi Family, the Old Master Xi was quite strict with him. As for his biological father, he ignored him completely and never cared about him again after taking him back, as if he was just going through the motions.