Chapter 035

Yan Jin’s childish actions made Yu Shu laugh. “Yan Xiaoxiao, you’re just deceiving yourself.”

After saying that, Yu Shu helplessly patted Yan Jin’s hand that was covering Guo Bao Rou’s eyes. “Let go, I’m already an adult. How can I have the face to fight with a child over candied hawthorns?”

“But I bought them for you,” Yan Jin said seriously. “No one can take them away.”

[Holy shit, that line from Yan Jin is too unfair! Who doesn’t want this kind of blatant favoritism? If I were Yu Shu, I would definitely fall for her on the spot.] [Two candied hawthorns don’t cost much. Does Yan Jin need to make such a big deal out of it? Arguing with a child, how embarrassing.] [You in the front don’t understand. The point isn’t about the candied hawthorns, it’s about favoring only one person!]

Yu Shu mumbled, “But I’m an adult. How can an adult fight with a child over food?”

“Adults yielding to children, that’s other people’s business. It doesn’t work like that with me,” Yan Jin said frankly. “What’s yours is yours. Just accept it openly.”

“Yan Jin, you… sigh…” Yu Shu sighed, but at the same time, a joy sweeter than honey irrepressibly welled up in his heart.

Although Yan Jin acting this way seemed very petty, Yu Shu didn’t find fault with her at all.

After all, Yan Jin was doing it all for him. And who doesn’t like being blatantly favored by someone? Who doesn’t like being partial to someone?

Yan Jin: “With her eyes covered by me, even if she cries, I won’t know anyway.”

Yu Shu wanted to laugh again, but he still tried hard to hold it back.

Although Yan Jin could be very annoying sometimes, when he wasn’t the target, her straightforward and nonsensical attitude was quite amusing.

Seeing that Yu Shu didn’t continue persuading Yan Jin, Guo Bao Rou thought the candied hawthorns were going to be taken away from her. She quickly spoke up to make her presence known. “Daddy, I want candied hawthorns too.”

“What candied hawthorns for a child? Be careful you’ll get cavities,” Yan Jin said, then urged Yu Shu, “Hurry up and eat them. Once you’re done, she won’t see them and won’t make a fuss.”

If he finished eating, wouldn’t Guo Bao Rou make an even bigger fuss?

Yu Shu sighed and looked around to see if there was anything being sold. He would buy some for Guo Bao Rou to compensate on Yan Jin’s behalf.

Luckily, not far away there was a shop selling sugar paintings.

Yu Shu breathed a sigh of relief and asked Guo Bao Rou, “Do you want to eat sugar paintings?”

Guo Bao Rou immediately shifted her attention. “Yes!”

Yu Shu made up his mind. “Then let’s go buy some sugar paintings.”

“Candied hawthorns,” Guo Bao Rou still hadn’t let go of the candied hawthorns she didn’t get to eat. “I also want candied hawthorns.”

Yan Jin was about to speak, but Yu Shu beat her to it.

“Okay,” Yu Shu said gently but firmly, with a hint of laughter he couldn’t hide. “We’ll buy candied hawthorns later too.”

Guo Bao Rou was quite persistent. “I want the candied hawthorns Mommy bought for Daddy.”

“No,” Although Yu Shu’s tone was gentle, he was very resolute. “Those are what Mommy bought for Daddy. They can’t be shared with you.”

Yan Jin’s intentions were already expressed so clearly. Yu Shu also wouldn’t give in to Guo Bao Rou just because she was young and ignore Yan Jin’s kindness.

Compared to Guo Bao Rou whom he just met, Yan Jin was still a bit more important in Yu Shu’s heart.

Guo Bao Rou pouted.

Yan Jin spoke up coldly from the side, “If you cry, forget about candied hawthorns, you won’t even get sugar paintings.”

[Oh my god, how can you two adults bully a child like this?] [What adults? These two are clearly still elementary school students.] [But honestly, the way they handled it was quite good. Although they didn’t share the candied hawthorns with Guo Bao Rou, they compensated her with other treats, which is quite fair.]

Guo Bao Rou knew that if she didn’t behave, she might not get anything at all. She quickly nodded in agreement.

After the adult and child resolved the snack issue, they arrived at the bookstore.

Yan Jin was going to study at Qingsong Academy in a few days, so she needed to prepare the necessary study supplies.

Although Guo Bao Rou was only staying with them for a day, in order to have an easier time, the two decided to also buy some introductory reading materials for Guo Bao Rou, so she could read more when she had nothing to do today.

If they tired Guo Bao Rou out, she wouldn’t run around playing with cats and dogs making trouble.

As soon as they entered the bookstore, Guo Bao Rou got excited. “Daddy, put me down. I want to choose books myself!”

“Daddy?” Wen Cai, who was reading a novel at the counter, raised his head in surprise. “Little Yu, it’s only been a few days. You even had a child already? You have extraordinary talent.”

“Mr. Wen, please don’t joke like this.” If it weren’t for the discounts he got from buying books here, Yu Shu wouldn’t want to deal with the gossip-loving and deadline-pushing Wen Cai.

“I’m just trying to lighten the mood,” Old Mrs. Wen said leisurely. “So you don’t keep saying that every time we meet, I push you to submit your manuscript without any human touch.”

“I just submitted the manuscript yesterday…”