Eagle Catches Chicks

Having heard about him as well, he had been looking forward to meeting Su Nanxing so much that he was practically becoming a fan.

After the two chatted for a few more moments, Shen Father and Shen Mother asked Su Nanxing, "I heard your grandfather has been ill recently. Is he doing all right?"

"He's recovered. He caught a cold after getting chilled, and since he's getting on in years, it took him a little longer to recover." If Elder Su had not recovered, how could he have had time to record songs and attend the banquet?

"Congratulations on your marriage, Brother Shen. Hello, Sister-in-law Shen. Please take care of me from now on." Su Nanxing took out the gift prepared by the Su Household and handed it to Shen Yu and Xu Qingqing.

Shen Yu and Xu Qingqing naturally thanked him. Then one of Shen Yu's classmates called them over, so they went ahead first.

Shen Can brought Su Nanxing and Shen Zhuo back to where they had been sitting with Huo Xi. Before long, the children arrived too.

Shen Zhuo wanted to play with them, but he had said he would keep Su Nanxing company. He wanted to run over, yet he stayed where he was.

He carefully considered all the games before finally thinking of one that adults could join in too. "Handsome Uncle, shall we play Eagle Catches Chicks? You can be the mother hen, and Little Uncle can be the eagle."

"Oh? I never said I wanted to play, yet Xiao Zhuo has already arranged it all for me?" Shen Can deliberately teased Shen Zhuo.

Thinking Shen Can truly did not want to play, Shen Zhuo turned his head and saw that the only adult left nearby was Huo Xi. His lips pursed. He did not dare ask this person to play Eagle Catches Chicks with them.

Seeing Shen Zhuo's pout, Shen Can smiled and pinched his chubby little cheek. "All right, Little Uncle was just teasing you. Little Uncle will play with you."

"Don't run around, everyone! We're playing Eagle Catches Chicks. Whoever wants to play, line up behind me and hold onto the clothes of the person in front of you," Shen Zhuo ran over to the children and said loudly and eagerly.

The children really did line up one after another. Shen Zhuo led them to stand behind Su Nanxing, only then realizing how tall Su Nanxing was. If Su Nanxing had not been wearing a long trench coat today, he would not even have been able to grab his clothes.

Once the line was formed, Shen Can stood opposite Su Nanxing and got into position. At Shen Zhuo's adorably serious call to begin, Shen Can immediately moved.

Wherever Shen Can went, Su Nanxing blocked him. The children behind him laughed and said Shen Can was no good and could not catch them.

How could Shen Can stand hearing that? He immediately got fired up and found an opening to catch the last two children.

The two children did not cry. They only shouted that the mother hen had been captured, telling the other chicks to be careful and not get caught. They could not lose.

The children behind him ran while cheering for the mother hen. Seeing this, the two captured children joined in as well. Cries of "Mother Hen" rang by Su Nanxing's ears, leaving him utterly helpless.

Quite a few adults were drawn over, smiling as they watched the innocent children play.

Xu Qingqing watched Shen Zhuo giggle and smiled from the bottom of her heart. Ever since returning to the Shen Household, she could feel Shen Zhuo becoming more and more cheerful, and he had found children to play with too.

If he had stayed outside with her, facing all the gossip about not having a father, he definitely would have found it difficult to make friends.

Seeing the smile on Xu Qingqing's face, Shen Yu walked over and took her hand. He was nervous for a while, but when Xu Qingqing did not pull away, he tightened his grip a little more.

Shen Can caught several more children, and he was sweating all over. As he ran, he said, "There are so many of you kids. One round takes forever. This isn't fair, not fair at all. It's completely unreasonable for the two of us to keep being the eagle and the mother hen."

Su Nanxing felt the same way. He had to run while making sure not to go too fast and make the children fall. Besides, the game could not end too quickly unless he deliberately lost.

But if he deliberately lost, the children would probably notice. And how could anyone deliberately lose when playing a game? Still, he was indeed a little tired and very hot.

After running for a while longer, Shen Can could no longer bear the heat. He hurriedly called a stop, then called Shen Yao over. "Fourth Brother, play with them for a while. I'm dying from the heat."

He had originally wanted to call Shen Chi instead, since he needed someone with stamina comparable to Shen Yao's. But after glancing at Su Nanxing, he decided against it.

What if his Third Brother did not want to take over for Su Nanxing? Or what if he came over and started bickering again? Su Nanxing was tired too, his head covered in sweat from the heat.

After thinking it over, Shen Can called Lu Shao over. Lu Shao did not refuse, finding it rather interesting too.

"You're not allowed to chirp together and call me Mother Hen, understand?" Lu Shao immediately said as he walked up to the children.

"Then what should we call you?" "Call him Boss Hen." "Okay, okay, that's cool." After discussing it, the children decided on the new name.

The children started playing again. Shen Can and Su Nanxing returned to the stone bench, and Shen Can picked up a drink from the stone table and gulped down a large mouthful.

"Wow, it's cold. Brother Huo, did you have someone bring these over?" Shen Can naturally turned to Huo Xi beside him and asked. Huo Xi nodded, and Shen Can immediately thanked him.

Su Nanxing thanked him as well, and Huo Xi naturally told them both not to mention it. Shen Can then pulled Su Nanxing into conversation.

"Have you finished recording your new song?" Su Nanxing nodded at Shen Can's question. "It's finished. It'll be released with the album next month."

"Then you won't be busy from now on, right? Come hang out with me. I just got back from abroad, and I can't find anyone to play with," Shen Can said, immediately wrapping his arms around Su Nanxing's arm.

Su Nanxing smiled. "Sure, I'll hang out with you. I've just finished my work too, so I have plenty of time."

He rather liked Shen Can. He was lively, interesting, cheerful, and generous. Being around him did not make anyone feel bored or uncomfortable.

The children played for a while longer before being stopped, because they had all worked themselves into a sweat.

Xu Qingqing arranged for the children to go eat fruit and watch television. Next came the adults' time to socialize again.

Shen Can, Huo Xi, and Su Nanxing remained in the same spot, while Huo Xi sat there and listened to Shen Can and Su Nanxing gossip.

Seeing Shen Chi staring in that direction, Shen Yao said, "Third Brother, if you want to go over there, just go chat with them."

Only then did Shen Chi realize he had been looking over there for quite a while. "Who said I wanted to go?"

Watching his Third Brother leave, Shen Yao quietly muttered that he was all bark and no bite.

Seeing that dinner was about to be served, Huo Xi waited until the two had finished their latest topic before saying, "The Huo Household will also be holding a small gathering sometime soon. When the time comes, I hope the entire Shen Household, as well as you and Elder Su, will honor us with your presence."

After saying that, Huo Xi rose first and headed toward the banquet hall. Shen Can looked at Su Nanxing and asked, "Are your family and the Huo Household close?"

"Our family company has quite a few business partnerships with the Huo Household. Besides, my grandfather was actually once Huo Xi's father's teacher," Su Nanxing answered truthfully.

"Teacher? A painting teacher?" Shen Can asked in confusion. He could not imagine Huo Xi's father needing any other sort of teacher. In the end, it turned out just as he had guessed.

"Yes. Aside from business, my grandfather's hobbies are painting, chess, and things like that. He's especially skilled at painting, so Huo Xi's father once studied under him." After finishing that conversation, the two went to dinner.

Watching Shen Can and Su Nanxing, who had only known each other for such a short time, already sit together for dinner, Shen Chi pursed his lips with an emotion he could not quite name.