When Xu Zixi walked out of the financial trading center with her kids, she was in high spirits. The sickly look that had lingered between her eyebrows for years faded a bit, adding a touch of charming allure to her.
The funds and stocks she had just invested in were those that would yield obvious returns in the short term. Generally, they were set up by market manipulators to "harvest the leeks." They would drive up the prices to attract a large number of investors and then manipulate the market to make the prices fall.
However, Miss Xu was blessed with good luck. With her sharp vision and decisive actions, it was uncertain who would end up "harvesting the leeks." She believed that in just one more week, her initial capital would multiply several times.
By then, this sum of money would become her startup capital, which she would invest in more profitable projects.
Actually, she could have left the kids at home and come out alone to handle these matters. But after the original owner's death yesterday, the two kids were really scared to be at home alone. Moreover, she didn't think she needed to hide her actions from them. When she was their age, she had already been learning how to read stock market charts.
Besides, it was really not safe to leave two young kids at home alone. That wasn't the way Miss Xu did things.
Thinking of the good days ahead, Xu Zixi's face was beaming with smiles. She hooked the fingers of the two kids and said, "Mommy always keeps her promises. I said you can have all the seafood you want tonight, and I will definitely make it happen! Let's go buy some seafood!"
Although they were born in Haicheng, the two kids had never eaten seafood in their lives. When Yuan Xiaoxu heard this, he happily hugged Xu Zixi and gave her a big kiss on the cheek. Seeing his younger brother kiss their mom, Yuan Xiaoxuan wasn't willing to be outdone and also gave her a kiss on the other cheek.
"Mommy is so great! Mommy is taking us to eat seafood!" Yuan Xiaoxu was extremely excited.
Xu Zixi was softened by the enthusiastic show of love from her two kids. She felt as if she was stepping on cotton, and she almost floated while walking.
So this was what it felt like to raise kids. It was just too wonderful!
Eager to show off her cooking skills, which were comparable to those of a five - star Michelin chef, Xu Zixi immediately hailed a taxi and asked for the nearest seafood market. The mother and her two kids, who were only thinking about seafood, didn't notice a black "tail" following them at all.
In the black business car behind, since Yan Yincheng couldn't see, Wei Shu reported every move of the mother and her two kids. Hearing that the two kids had given Xu Zixi two big kisses, Lord Yan was first in disbelief:
"Are you sure you saw correctly? Are the kids really that close to her?"
Wei Shu really wanted to say that his eyesight was excellent, but he was afraid of hurting Yan Yincheng's feelings, so he just said, "Yes, Lord Yan. I'm sure. Moreover... the two young masters seem to be in a very good mood."
Then jealousy swept over Lord Yan's heart like a storm. Why?! She had treated them so badly, often beating and scolding them. Why were the two kids still willing to get so close to her? Was the bond between them really that strong?
A moment later, Yan Yincheng's car followed the taxi to the seafood market.
Although he was blind, his other four senses were far more sensitive than those of ordinary people. Before the car window was even opened, he could smell the salty and fishy odor in the air with a light sniff.
Was it the sea?
Yan Yincheng became nervous again:
Could it be that she still hadn't given up the idea of taking the kids to commit suicide?
"Where are we?"
Wei Shu replied, "Lord Yan, this is the seafood market."
Yan Yincheng couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief, but then he was puzzled. What were they doing in the seafood market?
On the other side, Xu Zixi sized up the environment inside the seafood market. She really didn't have the courage to step in. The place was full of water, and the ground was dirty from the footsteps of the seafood - buying customers. The smell of the fishy seafood mixed with carbon dioxide was really unpleasant. Miss Xu, who had never been in such a place before, was in a dilemma.
It wasn't until her finger was tugged and the kid bit his finger and asked, "Mommy, why aren't we going in?"
that Xu Zixi took a deep breath and walked in with the two kids with great difficulty.
She had made a promise, and she had to fulfill it even if she had to cry!
The two kids were at an age when they were full of curiosity about the world. Moreover, their mom had been treating them really well these two days and hadn't spanked their little bottoms. As soon as they stepped into the seafood market, Yuan Xiaoxuan and Yuan Xiaoxu went crazy. They became two little robots that only knew how to ask, "Mommy, what's that?"
"This one that looks like an elephant's trunk is called a geoduck. It's most suitable for making geoduck sashimi."
"Mommy, what's an elephant?" Yuan Xiaoxuan asked, blinking his eyes.
Xu Zixi paused for a moment, trying hard to recall the appearance of an elephant, and described it to the two kids, "An elephant is very tall. Its skin is wrinkled all over. It has two big ears like palm - leaf fans. Its nose is about this - long. It especially likes to eat bananas."
Yuan Xiaoxuan and Yuan Xiaoxu tilted their heads, one on each side, looking very confused, "The elephant sounds so strange!"
Xu Zixi rubbed her forehead and simply waved her hand, "In a few days, mommy will take you to the zoo so that you can see what an elephant really looks like!"
"Yeah, yeah! Zoo, zoo!" The two kids clapped their little hands so hard that they turned red. Their eyes were full of stars, which made Xu Zixi straighten her chest involuntarily.
Was she a qualified mom in her first attempt at raising kids?
Yan Yincheng, who was following them from afar, felt as sour as if he had eaten five pounds of lemons when he heard the kids' cheers. But he also couldn't help but wonder about what Xu Zixi had just said:
What did an elephant really look like? Wrinkled skin, a long nose, ears like palm - leaf fans, and it liked to eat bananas?
He had never seen an elephant in his life.
No, for him, everything in this world was strange.
Suddenly, there was a "splash!" sound. Along with his assistant and bodyguards shouting, "Lord Yan, be careful!", Yan Yincheng only felt a rush of cold liquid pour down on him. Something slapped hard on his face, knocking his sunglasses off.
"Oops, my fish!"
The commotion was quite loud. And in order to hear the conversation between Xu Zixi and the kids, Yan Yincheng and his entourage weren't far from the mother and her two kids. What happened here immediately caught their attention.
Xu Zixi turned around with the two kids and saw a man in a brown turtleneck sweater and a black woolen overcoat, holding a blind cane, standing there wet all over with his eyes closed. There were also several strong men around him.
If it weren't for the red mark left on his face by the fish's tail, his face would have been a perfect masterpiece of God. But... combined with the sunglasses on the ground and the struggling fish, he looked both embarrassed and funny.
Of course, Xu Zixi couldn't help laughing.
Oh well, he sure had a big air about him. Wearing sunglasses and bringing so many attendants to a seafood market. Now he had made a fool of himself. Tsk tsk.
They hadn't expected the three of them to turn around. Wei Shu and the other bodyguards stared blankly at Xu Zixi for a long time. It wasn't until they saw Xu Zixi smiling at Yan Yincheng that they suddenly came to their senses. Some rushed to pick up the sunglasses on the ground, some took out tissues to wipe the water dripping from Yan Yincheng's hair and face, and some picked up the fish on the ground and returned it to the seafood store owner.
"Mommy, that uncle is so pitiful. He's all wet."
Yuan Xiaoxuan said, biting his finger.
...
One second, two seconds, three seconds...
Seeing Yan Yincheng tightly clench the blind cane in his hand, Wei Shu lowered his head and didn't dare to look at his expression at all.
Fortunately, Xu Zixi didn't pay much attention to what was going on here. Without saying a word, she took the two kids and left. She could tell that the man must come from a very good family. When someone encountered such an embarrassing situation, it was only proper to turn a blind eye and leave. That was the kind of self - restraint a decent person should have.
But hearing the fading footsteps of the mother and her two kids, Lord Yan felt uncomfortable again.
Although he hadn't planned to meet the two kids so soon, when they actually met, there was still a hint of expectation in his heart. But who would have thought that she would just take the kids and leave like that?!
Just like that?!
Fine!
Yan Yincheng gritted his teeth in hatred. He would remember this incident.