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Such a lovely girl was her daughter.

Shen Wan felt proud.

"Mom, let me know when you start making the dress. I'll help," Shen Baili said, just as excited.

"All right," Shen Wan agreed.

"Does Aunt Liuzheng not ask you to go shopping anymore?" Shen Baili asked. "I haven't seen her in ages."

Shen Wan wrote her daughter's measurements in a notebook. "She's been busy lately. She hasn't had time."

"Is it about adopting a child?" Shen Baili wanted to know how things were progressing. "Have they decided?"

"It's not that simple. Adopting a child isn't easy. Both sides have to feel comfortable with each other and be a good fit."

Shen Wan and Xie Liuzheng were busy with their own affairs and rarely met, but they still chatted online.

Shen Baili nodded solemnly. "They really should think it over."

Yes, think it over carefully. For a few years, preferably.

She couldn't think of another way, so she planned to find a chance to tell her eldest brother in secret.

"Mom, what kind of person do you think Uncle Duan is?" Shen Baili asked curiously.

Shen Wan put the notebook away. "Clever and attentive."

Shen Baili leaned close to her mother's ear and whispered, "Do you think he's a good husband Aunt Liuzheng can rely on?"

Shen Wan looked at her in surprise. "Does our Suìsuì have someone she likes?"

She took an open-minded stance. "If you like someone, be brave and go after him."

"But don't let it interfere with your studies, and don't let yourself get hurt," she added earnestly. "You are the most precious person in your life."

It was normal for a child her age to dream of love.

Shen Wan hadn't expected this day to come so soon. Their Suìsuì was growing up.

She was not only her daughter's mother but also her best friend.

Shen Baili hadn't expected her mother's imagination to run quite so far. "No. Studying is the only thing on my mind."

"I've seen how well Uncle Duan treats Aunt Liuzheng. He seems like the perfect husband."

Shen Wan smiled at her. "No one is perfect."

"You have to feel out who someone really is for yourself."

Shen Baili only half understood. Shen Wan took her hand and led her upstairs. "Don't think about it so much. Let's make a beautiful dress together."

"Okay!"

Shen Wan had converted a storage room in the Xie Residence into a studio for her tools and finished work.

"This blue fabric is so pretty." Shen Baili liked bright colors.

"It's called Klein blue. It's a particularly vivid shade." Shen Wan took out the fabric and held it against Shen Baili. "My daughter is so beautiful. You'll look wonderful in this color."

Shen Baili draped the fabric over herself and twirled. "Does it look good?"

Shen Wan said, "It does."

"That's because I look like you, Mom, so I'm beautiful."

By evening, Xie Liuzheng and Xie Zhiyu had come home one after the other. Xie Chengyue was the last to arrive, while Xie Tingsi was still filming in another province.

Duan Xing hadn't come.

Xie Chengyue looked at his sister in surprise and showed a rare moment of concern. "Liuzheng, you don't look well."

"Find time this week to get a full checkup."

Xie Liuzheng explained, "I went to the hospital last week. It's an old problem, and the doctor prescribed medicine."

"I've probably just been too tired these past few days. I'll be fine after some rest."

Xie Chengyue nodded. "Take care of yourself."

"I will," Xie Liuzheng said.

"Where's Duan Xing?"

"Things are busy at his school," Xie Liuzheng said. "I wanted to talk with Shen Wan, so I came over."

Shen Wan was caught off guard. She hadn't known Xie Liuzheng was coming today, but she covered for her anyway. "Yes, we wanted to chat."

Xie Chengyue was pleased to hear it and asked no more.

He glanced at Shen Baili, who was intent on gnawing a bone, then looked away.

After finishing the meat on the bone, Shen Baili turned her gaze to Xie Zhiyu and Xie Liuzheng. Even eating at home, they maintained such elegant table manners that they were a pleasure to watch.

Everyone in the Xie Family is so good-looking.

Just watching my eldest brother and Aunt Liuzheng eat makes me want a few more bowls.

Xie Zhiyu's and Xie Liuzheng's chopsticks paused at the same time.

Xie Liuzheng looked at Shen Baili, who was eating with gusto.

Just as at the mall, she had been the only one to hear Shen Baili's thoughts.

Xie Liuzheng realized how little she knew about the girl. Could watching them eat really make her want several more bowls?

This child is rather cute.

Should I warn Aunt Liuzheng alone, or tell my eldest brother about it?

If I tell Aunt Liuzheng, I have no proof. If I tell my eldest brother, I don't have proof either... I'd better tell him I saw Duan Xing acting intimate with another woman...

My eldest brother will definitely get to the bottom of it and punish that jerk!

As Shen Baili rambled on in her head, she soon came up with a workable plan.

Hearing her dilemma, Xie Liuzheng wasn't angry that Shen Baili trusted her nephew rather than her.

They hardly ever spoke, so Xie Liuzheng understood why Shen Baili felt that way.

Perhaps they could grow closer in the future?

What Xie Liuzheng didn't notice was that Xie Zhiyu had been watching her reactions ever since he heard Shen Baili's thoughts.

After dinner, Xie Liuzheng, Shen Wan, and Xie Chengyue went out for a walk, leaving the other two at home. As Shen Baili was about to go upstairs, Xie Zhiyu stopped her. "Suìsuì, do you have a moment?"

"There's something I want to discuss with you."

Shen Baili grew uneasy, her mind racing over why Xie Zhiyu wanted to see her.

"Suìsuì, sit across from me."

"Oh, okay." Shen Baili stared straight ahead. "Eldest Brother, what did you want to discuss?"

Xie Zhiyu noticed her nerves. "Relax."

He took a stack of documents from a drawer. "Have a look at these first."

Shen Baili opened the documents and froze at the asset records inside. She didn't understand why Xie Zhiyu was showing them to her.

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