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But after the male lead was born, the two of them barely looked after him. They kept shoving responsibility onto each other and simply handed him over to the nanny.

Behind their backs, the nanny abused the male lead. She did not give him good food or proper things to use, scolded him, and even hit him. Yuan Yuan was such a tiny child; he could not complain or speak up, and more importantly, he had nowhere to complain to. That was how he grew to the age of three.

The male lead had been frail and sickly since childhood, and it was related to that period of his life. Later, Gu Yanqing noticed something was wrong. When he learned the truth, he was furious and gave the male lead's parents a severe dressing-down.

Gu Yanqing carried absolute authority. The male lead's parents behaved themselves for a while, but once they saw that Gu Yanqing was no longer watching them, they began neglecting the male lead again.

Gu Yanqing saw them for what they truly were. Their nature was impossible to change, so he simply took the male lead in and raised him by his side, telling them to think things through before coming to take their son back.

Instead, he received news of their divorce. The male lead went to his father, only to gain a stepmother who treated him badly...

Ahem. With such a heart-wrenching, melodramatic plot, the male lead naturally ended up being raised by Gu Yanqing. Later, seeing how clever Yuan Yuan was and having no children of his own, Gu Yanqing simply adopted him and trained him as his heir.

The male lead had gone through all that at such a young age, yet Xu Han had not expected Yuan Yuan's greatest wish to still be for his parents to get along.

Xu Han felt that if it were her, she would definitely pray for her parents to stop getting along and just let her live with Gu Yanqing. After all, Gu Yanqing really treated him quite well...

Adults and children really did think differently. It was clear that Yuan Yuan still longed for the love of those terrible parents at this stage.

The plot should have just reached the point where Gu Yanqing took Yuan Yuan in and told his parents to think things over. Perhaps news of their divorce would arrive one day soon.

Xu Han felt a little sorry for the little boy before her. She had only meant to tease him, but seeing how serious he was, she could not help taking off her gloves and rubbing his soft hair. "It will. Yellow Immortal will help make it come true."

Even if he could not make your awful parents reconcile, he would give you a happy family again.

Yuan Yuan was delighted to hear that. Then he asked, "Can I make another wish?"

He was so young, yet he really had a lot of wishes. Afraid that he would go on forever, Xu Han said, "Too many wishes won't come true, but you can make one more."

"Um..." Yuan Yuan struggled for a long time before saying, "Then I want Uncle Gu to find an auntie as pretty and gentle as Aunt Qiao, who can give me a little brother as cute as my little brother."

Xu Han: "..."

Xu Han, who had been dragged into this for no reason, felt utterly innocent. Pretty, she could accept. Gentle... Male lead, did you have some misunderstanding about who I was?

And were you an undercover agent sent by the family planning department? Why did both your wishes involve having younger brothers and sisters?

"What little brother?" At that moment, a cool voice cut in. It was Gu Yanqing.

Huh? Had they reached an agreement that quickly?

Yuan Yuan still spoke in his innocent tone. "I'm making wishes to Aunt Qiao's weasel!"

Gu Yanqing glanced at Yellow Immortal, who was happily gnawing on a cucumber, then at Xu Han, who had her head lowered as she washed vegetables without looking at him. The corner of his lips curled up. "Mm. The weasel is very effective. He will help Yuan Yuan make his wishes come true."

Xu Han had thought Gu Yanqing was going to accuse her of promoting superstition again. She had not expected him to say that, and it took her by surprise. She could not help looking up at him, only to meet those deep black eyes.

As though he had expected her to look up, Gu Yanqing gazed at her with a half-smile.

Xu Han pretended not to see him and casually looked away. She fished all the radishes out of the water and put them into a basket to drain, so they would not drip all over someone else's truck.

Yuan Yuan went back to watching Yellow Immortal eat. Gu Yanqing reached out to help Xu Han carry the basket of radishes to the rack to drain. He was very strong; Xu Han usually had to strain with all her might to lift it up there, but Gu Yanqing easily did it with one hand. Since she had free labor, Xu Han did not stand on ceremony and let him help.

Gu Yanqing asked, "Are all these being sold to Tan Yue?"

"This is hardly anything. My grandmother is still picking vegetables in the garden. She'll bring them back later."

Gu Yanqing nodded. "He has money. Sell him more, and remember to charge him extra."

Xu Han had thought he would say something like not to sell to Tan Yue, since that would fit his domineering CEO persona. Instead, he said that, making her laugh. "Don't make me sound like some unscrupulous merchant, okay? I sell everything at market price."

Gu Yanqing seemed rather regretful. "Remember to raise the price next time."

Xu Han: "..."

After a moment of silence, Gu Yanqing asked, "They didn't do anything to you or Koukou, did they?"

Who "they" were went without saying.

"They only came to my house to buy vegetables. They're not thieves or robbers, so what could they do to me?" Xu Han stretched her waist. She was exhausted. At the same time, her curiosity stirred. "How did your talk go?"

"How else could it go? I came to see my people, and they came to buy their vegetables. What, from your expression, it looks like you were hoping we'd get into a fight."

Ahem! Was she really that obvious? Xu Han rubbed her face. She had genuinely thought there would be some dramatic confrontation.

But come to think of it, Gu Yanqing's attitude toward Miss Tan had always been clear in the novel. Miss Tan had always been the one pursuing him, so even if he had an illegitimate child—or was already married with children—Tan Xin would have nothing to say about it.

It would just become very ugly.

But Miss Tan could not be that easy to fool, could she? Xu Han was still unwilling to give up and asked again, "Was your Miss Tan that easy to deal with too?"

Gu Yanqing raised a brow. "How did you know I wanted to deal with Miss Tan?"

"..." Xu Han nearly gave herself away. She gave an awkward laugh; there was a reason people said talking too much got you killed. "I guessed. After all, you two look like a perfect match."

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