Mistaken for a Figurine

Fu Yunting actually found children a little annoying.

Their boundless energy for mischief interfered with his work.

But...

No matter how he looked at this child, she seemed far too well-behaved.

He took out his phone and began searching with a serious expression.

How do you raise a three-year-old?

Is it normal for a three-year-old to be too quiet?

This man, who had absolutely no experience raising children, had no choice but to turn to the internet for help.

He even took a photo of Qin Yan eating and sent it to his assistant.

Fu Yunting: Is it normal for a three-year-old to eat by herself?

Assistant: ???

Fu Yunting: This is my niece.

In the photo, Qin Yan sat neatly, her skin fair, looking like a beautiful little figurine.

Even Fu Yunting's casual snapshot made her look lovely.

Assistant: Boss, children this age can eat by themselves, but their coordination usually isn't very good, so they tend to spill food everywhere.

Assistant: Your little one seems to be doing very well. Everything on the table looks clean.

Assistant: Most importantly, children this age generally don't want to eat by themselves.

They could feed themselves, but didn't want to.

Fu Yunting: She was very focused on eating. She finished everything.

His assistant's mouth twitched. Had he come to show off?

While Fu Yunting was chatting, Qin Yan had already finished eating.

She had even wiped her mouth clean and obediently tilted her little head up, asking the housekeeper to remove her bib.

"Uncle, where's Grandpa?"

Holding Tuantuan, she asked timidly.

Fu Yunting said, "Your grandpa went to visit an old friend."

"Want to go out and play?"

Qin Yan thought for a moment, then shook her head.

She didn't want to go out.

"Tsk... This won't do. The old man told me you haven't been out since you came back, right?"

Qin Yan pressed her little lips together, unwilling to answer, refusing to speak.

The next second, he picked her straight up.

Qin Yan: (O?O)

Wh-what are you going to do?

Fu Yunting put her into the car.

"Come on. I'll take you out to see the world."

Qin Yan: "#@!%*&#@"

Fu Yunting said, "What are you mumbling about? I can't understand you."

The little girl's outburst had been soft and babyish, like a kitten meowing, but it had been such a jumble that he hadn't understood a single word.

Qin Yan closed her mouth and stopped talking.

Once seated in the car, she turned her back to him, looking a little sulky.

That tiny, fuzzy figure had no visible expression, yet somehow looked all puffed up with anger.

Fu Yunting: Oh, this is so much fun.

He told the driver to head downtown, then pinched the round little bunny tail on the back of Qin Yan's bottom.

Qin Yan shifted her little bottom, rescuing her tail from his clutches.

Fu Yunting pinched it again.

In the end, she pressed her little head against the car and curled into a ball in the corner.

She hid her little bottom so he couldn't pinch her tail anymore.

Fu Yunting simply grabbed one of the bunny ears dangling at her side instead.

Qin Yan: ...

Uncle is a little annoying.

But little Qin Yan said nothing, secretly watching him pinch her ear for quite a while.

Finally unable to stand it, she reached out her little hands, hugged the ear, and tried to pull it back.

But she was so weak. How could she compete with an adult?

Fu Yunting held on to the ear and watched to see what she would do next.

After tugging for a while, Qin Yan grew just a tiny bit bolder and pushed his hand with one little hand.

She was like a cat that didn't want its ears pinched, bracing a little paw against someone's hand to refuse petting.

The amusement in Fu Yunting's eyes grew stronger.

How was his little niece so adorable and so much fun?

He finally understood how people felt when they watched cute pet videos and suddenly started squealing with excitement.

When the car arrived, he scooped up Qin Yan, who didn't want to get out.

"We're here already. Where do you want to play?"

He was tall and broad, easily holding her with just one arm.

He even complained that Qin Yan was too light.

"How come you haven't put on any weight?"

Afraid of falling, Qin Yan gripped the fabric at his shoulder.

Beside her six-foot-three uncle, she really did look incredibly tiny.

Held in his arms, she looked a little dazed and stayed completely still, only moving her eyes slightly to look around with cautious curiosity.

"Hey, man, where did you buy that doll? My girlfriend wants one too."

As they walked, a man stepped forward and stopped them.

Fu Yunting and Qin Yan immediately turned to look at him together.

The man: ...

"Sh-she's alive?"

Fu Yunting said, "You can't buy this one."

With that, he continued walking in a very good mood, carrying the tiny girl toward the largest amusement park in the capital.

Behind them, the couple was still talking.

"I really thought she was a figurine. She's so cute and so tiny."

"I was wondering why such a tall guy liked figurines and even brought one out shopping. I didn't expect her to be a real child."

The young man said, "If you like her, we can have one ourselves someday."

The young woman rolled her eyes. "Oh, please. Could the two of us have a child that good-looking?"

The young man protested, "I'm handsome too, okay?"

Their voices gradually faded into the distance as Fu Yunting carried Qin Yan to the amusement park entrance.

The amusement park was bustling.

Fu Yunting was about to take her inside when Qin Yan suddenly tugged at his clothes.

"Uncle."

The little one's voice was soft and sweet.

"I don't want to go."

She looked at him pleadingly.

She was finally talking to him.

Fu Yunting immediately said, "Don't act cute."

Qin Yan: ...

Her eyes held a trace of confusion. Act cute? Had she been acting cute?

"Ahem... Isn't an amusement park somewhere all kids want to go? You don't want to?"

Qin Yan shook her head.

"All right, then. Where do you want to go?"

Qin Yan's lips moved. "#@!&*"

"What? What on earth are you saying?"

Qin Yan said, "I... go home."

This time, she shortened it and got the words out clearly.

Fu Yunting read the message and replied with something entirely unrelated. "Then let's just walk around."

Qin Yan: ...I said go home. Home!

Unfortunately, she was far too weak to resist her uncle's arbitrary decisions.

Only when Fu Yunting bought her a pretty bear-shaped puff did Qin Yan's drooping spirits perk up a little.

"Go ahead and eat. I asked the doctor. He said you can eat some other things now, but nothing too spicy."

Qin Yan held it, her bright eyes looking as though starlight had fallen into them.

She didn't eat, but obediently and very politely thanked him.

"Thank you, Uncle."

She was such a well-behaved child.

Qin Yan couldn't quite bear to ruin its shape.

Fu Yunting said, "If you don't eat it, it'll melt."

Only then did the tiny girl poke it with the stick and start eating it little by little.

Fu Yunting held her the entire time.

"Uncle, go there."

After eating and spending this whole walk with her eldest uncle, she had grown a tiny bit dependent on this relative.

The place Qin Yan pointed to was a flower and bird market.