Chapter 16 (2/2)

Ji Xiao Zhuo’s eyes brightened as he promptly nodded, “Ok. Ok, mummy. We’ll eat together. We’ll share our ice creams!”

Tang Tang led the little one towards the sofa and let him sit in front of her. She scooped some ice cream onto the spoon to feed Xiao Zhuo and then scooped some for herself.

The pair ate the ice cream happily together.

Gu Yan Ran smiled and then stood up to make two cups of coffee. She carried the cups towards Ji Yan and Zhuo Ji. The first coffee was passed to Zhuo Ji, and the second was given to Ji Yan, “Brother Ji Yan, this cup has no sugar. I know you don’t like sweet things.”

Ji Yan accepted the coffee, “Thank you.”

“There’s no need to be so courteous between us.” Gu Yan Ran said jokingly. Then she sat down next to Ji Yan and joined their discussion about stocks.

Ji Yue, who had watched the entire scen, discreetly elbowed Gu Zhang An and hinted him to look at Tang Tang before saying, “Look at Ji Yan’s wife. She seems different from before. In the past, she wouldn’t pay any attention to us or Xiao Zhuo, and now, look at how well she is treating Xiao Zhuo. I wonder if something happened.”

Gu Zhang An stroked his wife’s hair and replied indifferently, “Maybe something happened, but these are Lao San’s private affairs. We shouldn’t get involved.”

Ji Yue’s lips twitched and quietly said, “True, we shouldn’t get involved with Ji Yan’s private matters but your sister’s thoughts . . .”

When he heard her reply, Gu Zhang An glanced towards Gu Yan Ran. He laughed as he thought it was ridiculous and tapped on Ji Yue’s forehead, “What are you saying? Yan Ran sees Ji Yan and the others as brothers, like close siblings. She grew up following us from behind.”

Ji Yue laughed sarcastically in her mind and rolled her eyes secretly. Men were bad at noticing things like these. No one knew who was correct yet.

Nevermind. Since she had time to worry, she should worry about what to play next instead.

Then Ji Yue stood up and clapped a few times to get everyone’s attention before announcing, “Let’s take a rest now, we’ll play on the beach later in the afternoon! Swimming trunks and bikinis will be coming up!”

Everyone laughed.

So for lunch, everyone ate something light before resting. Ji Yan’s family of three naturally had one room, which made both Tang Tang and Ji Yan feel awkward. However, they couldn’t ask for another room now as that would be strange.

On the other side, Ji Xiao Zhuo was remarkably happy. He climbed onto the bed and rolled around before patting on it, “Daddy, mummy, quickly come over. The bed is so big and comfortable. We can even see the sea!”

Tang Tang’s face went red and didn’t dare to move. She didn’t know what to do. In the end, it was Ji Yan who got onto the bed first. He laid on Xiao Zhuo’s right side and spoke to Tang Tang, “Let’s rest now. Otherwise, we won’t have enough energy for later.”

Tang Tang’s blush deepened. She stiffly walked closer and laid down on Xiao Zhuo’s left side. After that, she placed her hands on her stomach and didn’t dare to move.

Ji Xiao Zhuo rolled to his right and glanced at his daddy, then he turned to his left and looked at his mummy. He was elated as he took both of their hands and spoke with hope, “It would be great if we could always sleep together like this!”

With a red face, Tang Tang didn’t answer. Meanwhile, Ji Yan decided to close his eyes.

Ji Xiao Zhuo assumed that his parents were asleep, so he didn’t speak anymore as he was afraid he would wake them up. Since Xiao Zhuo was feeling sleepy as well, he shut his eyes and soon fell asleep.

When Tang Tang saw that both father and son had their eyes closed, she finally calmed down and slowly fell asleep.

Ji Yan opened his eyes again when Tang Tang and Xiao Zhuo’s breathing had become soft and even. He looked at the mother and son, and an unexplainable emotion filled his heart.

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In the late afternoon, Ji Yue had prepared swimsuits for everyone, including Tang Tang. It was just that Tang Tang didn’t dare to wear it. Even though she had already gotten used to the clothing style in this world, she still couldn’t accept to wear clothes with little coverage. It challenged her bottom line.

Tang Tang dragged the time out. She didn’t want to wear it. When Ji Yan and Xiao Zhuo had already changed into their swimming trunks, Tang Tang was still at a loss.

After waiting a long time, and seeing that Tang Tang still hadn’t come out yet, Ji Xiao Zhuo ran to knock on the changing room’s door, “Mummy, are you ready yet? We’re all done!”

Tang Tang could only open the door while still wearing her own clothes.

“Ah? Mummy, why haven’t you changed?”

Tang Tang stammered a response, “Erm … Mummy doesn’t want to wear this. It doesn’t look good on mummy.”

Ji Xiao Zhuo grabbed the swimsuit from Tang Tang’s hands to take a look. Then he lifted his head, “Mummy, are you not wearing it because you’re scared others will say you look fat? It doesn’t matter. Take a look at me. I’m fat, but I’m not afraid.” Xiao Zhuo even sacrificed himself as he lifted his belly for Tang Tang to take a look.

Even though the little one didn’t normally admit it, he actually knew he was overweight.

Tang Tang didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. She wasn’t afraid to be called fat. In fact, she wished to gain some weight. At least that would be better than now where she was only skin on bones.

Tang Tang really didn’t know how to explain to Xiao Zhuo.

Seeing the situation, Ji Yan came over and picked Xiao Zhuo up, “Alright now. It’s fine if mummy doesn’t want to change. Let’s go down.”

Since Ji Xiao Zhuo was being carried, he could only wave his arms as he said, “Ok. Mummy can just wear her current clothes. Now let’s go and play in the sea!”

Tang Tang released a breath in relief. She immediately dropped the swimsuit somewhere and followed after the father and son from behind with her crutches.