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Shen Baili showed no resentment. "Doesn't Mom come to see me every night?"

She blinked playfully. "I know everything, oh."

Shen Wan froze for a moment, then saw her daughter pat the space beside her and issue an invitation. "Let's lie down together and watch TV."

The hospital VIP Ward bed was very large, accommodating two people with absolutely no problem, comfortable and spacious.

The two lay on the hospital bed, watching a show while occasionally chatting, and they talked about the matter of Shen Baili being brought to the hospital yesterday.

"...Remember to thank Butler Lin and Cheng Yue when you see them next time."

Shen Baili kept it in mind. "Okay."

"Your Uncle Xie is abroad and couldn't rush back. He called last week—no, yesterday—to ask about your condition..." Shen Wan hesitated slightly, worrying that her daughter would be sad.

Shen Baili did not care at all. "I know, work comes first."

The entire Xie Family consisted of workaholics, and her wealthy stepfather even more so. His biological son wouldn't even be given time to rush over, let alone a stepdaughter with no blood relation?

Shen Baili's mindset was very steady. "As long as Mom is by my side, I am the happiest little girl!"

"Mom is too." Shen Wan hugged her daughter in her arms and lovingly kissed her forehead.

"Who on earth is the biological father of Xu Ruanshan's child? Gu **? Li **? Or He #?"

"First, rule out He Zong; his name only has two characters, while the others all have three characters and possess no competitiveness."

Although the drama was cheesy, Shen Baili watched it with great relish.

"Mom, what do you think?"

...Silence.

"Mom?" Shen Baili turned her head. Her mom had fallen asleep, the dark circles under her eyes looking like they were stained with ink, very conspicuous against her fair skin.

Her mom must have been very tired yesterday.

Shen Baili turned down the TV volume, tucked the blanket over her mom, and turned back to watch TV quietly.

It started raining lightly outside the window. In the entire room, there were only her and her mom, and the three male leads in the cheesy drama were dancing... uh... fighting.

The female lead was nearby, panicking and trying to break up the fight. "Stop fighting, stop fighting! You guys aren't going to beat each other to death like this."

What kind of genius screenwriter came up with this plot? It was crazy, yet she still wanted to watch it very much.

Shen Baili watched the TV, gently holding her mom in her arms, feeling a super sense of security.

The safe environment gave her stomach a subtle sensation.

Could it be...

Pfft~~ The next second, Shen Baili let out a loud fart. At the same time, the ward door opened, and the doctor and Xie Chengyue walked into the ward.

The exhaust... was still continuing.

Shen Baili: !!! Save me, save me, save me, save me!

Ah ah ah ah ah, how could my fart be so loud?

Ah ah ah ah ah, it's not like it's thunder??

Thunder was still louder than this fart of mine.

Is it still time for me to faint and pretend to have amnesia?

Those few seconds of the loud fart felt as long as several worlds.

Shen Baili's pale little face regained some color in an instant, becoming a bit rosier.

No one spoke, how awkward.

Shen Baili thought to herself, and then her brain short-circuited. She actively waved her hand. "Hi~ Have you eaten?"

Xie Zhiyu's brows lifted slightly, and a trace of a smile appeared in his usually calm eyes, vanishing in a flash.

The doctor smiled kindly. "The little girl has good gastrointestinal function. After passing gas, you can drink a little water. A moment later, when your stomach isn't bloated, you can drink a tiny bit of diluted millet porridge."

"Really?" Shen Baili swallowed involuntarily and looked at the doctor with anticipation, terrified that she had just experienced auditory hallucinations.

Her attending doctor nodded. "Really, people of China do not lie to people of China."

Shen Baili happily clenched her fists. "Thank you, you really are a good person."

The attending doctor: "...The little girl is truly lively."

A sleeping Shen Wan woke up in a daze. "Suìsuì, was that thunder just now? It was so loud!"

[Mom! My dear mom!]

Shen Baili's rosy little face turned into a fully ripened little tomato in a second.

Xie Zhiyu heard her voice, and his cold, serious handsome face ultimately failed to maintain its composure. The corners of his mouth lifted slightly, then restrainedly dropped back down.

This step-sister really was quite lively.

Interesting.

Looking at the tempting bowl of millet porridge set before the table, Shen Baili's large eyes sparkled. Heaven and earth were vast, but eating was the greatest of all.

"Thanks for the treat." Shen Baili wore a devout expression.

Xie Zhiyu nodded. "Mm."

Stinting of his words as if they were gold.

Shen Baili didn't care. She scooped up a spoonful of porridge, blew it cool at the side of her mouth, and drank it down in one gulp.

So good~ Having starved for a whole day, she finally got to eat rice. The world cannot do without rice! Shen Baili did not eat fast, chewing every bite thoroughly in her mouth. The bland and tasteless porridge was eaten by her like delicacies from land and sea.

Xie Zhiyu sat not far away eating his own dinner; during the gap of boiling the porridge, he had cooked a bowl of noodles for himself.

Shen Wan had originally planned to cook for the two of them, but they simultaneously stopped her and persuaded her to go rest in the next-door room.

This VIP Ward was a suite, equipped with everything.

Because Shen Baili was going to be hospitalized, Butler Lin thoughtfully had someone fill the refrigerator, and the ingredients and fruits inside were extremely abundant.

Xie Zhiyu simply boiled some porridge and noodles in the kitchen, which served as their dinner.

He had just gotten off work and his car happened to pass by here. Suddenly remembering that Shen Baili was hospitalized, he dropped by to take a look on his way, not expecting to witness such an unusual scene.

Quite interesting.

Xie Zhiyu raised his head and glanced at Shen Baili, who was eating with a satisfied look on her face. It seemed her surgery recovery was going quite well.

The person drinking porridge was happy, and the person cooking porridge was satisfied.

Xie Zhiyu, who had little appetite, suddenly gained one and finished all the noodles.

"What's wrong?" Shen Baili looked up and locked gazes with Xie Zhiyu, a grain of rice hanging right on her philtrum.

Xie Zhiyu pointed. "...You have something here."

Shen Baili reached out, picked off the rice grain, and then ate it in one bite.

"It's rice."

Xie Zhiyu's pupils trembled slightly. Shen Baili was puzzled. "Are there still rice grains on my face?"