As Zhenzhen grew up day by day, she finally began to outgrow her “awkward phase,” becoming fairer and more beautiful.

By the time of her one-month celebration, she looked much better.

Although her eyebrows and hair hadn’t turned black yet, which still made her look a bit odd, she wasn’t as red as before.

Dressed in pretty clothes and wearing a little hat, she was now a cute baby.

Koukou played with herself and slept by herself every day.

He showed no interest in her less attractive little sister and sometimes even acted up.

He refused to sleep in the same bed as her sister and insisted on taking her little pillow to sleep with Grandma.

Gu Yanqing and Qiao Wanqing found it both frustrating and amusing.

Koukou, now older, had many little schemes and mischiefs, which were quite troublesome.

Miraculously, she slept through the night with Madam Gu without crying or causing a fuss.

As children grow up, they become harder to keep.

Since Gu Yanqing had built many connections in C City over the years, they planned to host Zhenzhen’s one-month celebration in two parts.

In C City, they would simply host a meal for acquaintances, avoiding unnecessary extravagance.

Relatives from Qiao Wanqing’s side would be directly transported to C City for convenience.

In X City, they organized a grand event, inviting all friends and family to celebrate Zhenzhen’s one-month milestone.

This also made up for the lack of any formal celebration for Koukou’s own one-month milestone.

Because of this, the Gu family prepared gifts for both Zhenzhen and Koukou, ensuring that Koukou was also acknowledged and not left out.

Zhenzhen’s one-month celebration happened to fall on December 12, a day for shopping.

Tang Yueyue really wanted to attend her goddaughter’s celebration, but she couldn’t leave her Taobao store, so she had to give up.

Anyway, they would host another celebration in C City.

Their Taobao store had a huge success on November 11, making a lot of money.

Now, on December 12, it was another day of high sales, so they continued to work hard on the front lines.

Recently, business at their store has been booming, especially with Qiao Wanqing’s homegrown dried fruits and vegetables, which often sell out.

They had to switch to limited-time, limited-quantity sales.

Their team hired many external helpers for Double 11 (Singles’ Day).

After the hectic rush of Double 11, Double 12 (December 12) arrived, and they haven’t had a break.

Qiao Wanqing and Tang Yueyue agreed to expand their team and establish their brand.

They are currently in a golden period of development.

Additionally, their current office space is too small for an expanded team, so they need to move to a larger, better office.

After Qiao Wanqing finishes her postpartum recovery and feels better, she plans to help out at the company.

Qiao Wanqing feels that they are very close to success.

On Double 12, early in the morning, Qiao Wanqing dressed up Zhenzhen beautifully.

It was winter, and during Double 11, she had bought an animal onesie from Taobao, which was warm and cute.

She had bought a similar one for Koukou before, and it was soft and comfortable to hold.

After dressing up Zhenzhen, she also dressed up little Koukou.

Koukou had grown more handsome, turning heads when he walked down the street.

Although Qiao Wanqing had bought him cute clothes, Koukou refused to wear them.

He had developed his own sense of style and only wanted to wear cool, stylish outfits.

He wouldn’t wear anything that didn’t meet his standards.

The once gullible child had grown up and was no longer so easily coaxed.

“Do you really want to wear this?” Qiao Wanqing asked, seeing that Koukou insisted on wearing the little suit his dad had ordered for him.

She had prepared a stylish woolen coat for him, but he refused to wear it.

Although the weather wasn’t at its coldest yet, the suit wasn’t warm enough.

Even though their activities were mostly indoors with the heating turned up high, Koukou was a little rascal and would surely want to go out to play with Yuan Yuan today, rather than staying inside.

“Yes~” Koukou nodded firmly. “The suit is more handsome.”

Look at this child; he really knows what he wants.

Qiao Wanqing said, “Wearing a suit will be very cold. If you catch a cold and need shots and medicine, will you be scared?”

If Koukou catches a cold, it would be troublesome.

He’d feel unwell, refuse to eat, and Zhenzhen, being so young, might also catch it.

Koukou seemed to be deterred by the thought of shots and medicine.

He looked down, then ran over and hugged Qiao Wanqing’s leg, saying, “Mommy, don’t be angry. Please!”

Qiao Wanqing: “……”

What could she say?

In the end, Koukou got to wear his little suit as he wished, but Qiao Wanqing had him wear a warm thermal shirt underneath and thermal pants under the suit trousers—commonly known as long johns…

Ahem.

After getting both Koukou and Zhenzhen dressed, she took them to the living room.

Gu Jingzhi and Madam Gu had gone out for their exercise, and the housekeeper, Miss Xiaoman, came over to help with holding Zhenzhen.

Qiao Wanqing held Zhenzhen in her arms and adjusted Koukou’s clothes.

She turned around to see Gu Yanqing coming in with a gift bag and casually asked, “Who brought a gift so early?”

“It’s from Yan Ze’s cousin,” Gu Yanqing said as the butler took the gift away. “He couldn’t come, so their family nanny brought it over.”

It turned out to be from Gu Yanze. Qiao Wanqing hadn’t been keeping up with their news lately and asked, “How are they doing? Is he still with Jiang Yi?”

“The elders in the family all oppose his relationship with Jiang Yi. His wife is also filing for divorce, so it’s probably still being handled quietly. It won’t be resolved quickly.”

It had only been half a month, and tensions were still high.

When the scandal about Jiang Yi being a mistress broke out, she dominated the trending topics on Weibo for three consecutive days.

She initially tried to clarify that Gu Yanze and Chu Shishi had been separated for nearly a year, and they had not been a real couple for a long time.

They were discussing divorce, but issues related to property and child custody had not been resolved.

Jiang Yi even hinted that Chu Shishi was being unreasonable, demanding all the property in the divorce, wanting Gu Yanze to leave with nothing, and taking the child away to prevent him from seeing his child, which prolonged the divorce proceedings.

Jiang Yi claimed she met Gu Yanze at his lowest point, and their feelings for each other grew over time.

Jiang Yi’s fans and hired supporters quickly turned the narrative around in her favor.

However, Chu Shishi posted evidence showing that Jiang Yi and Gu Yanze had been together before their separation, embarrassing Jiang Yi.

Chu Shishi explained that she chose to separate because of Jiang Yi and hadn’t divorced yet for the sake of their child and because Gu Yanze wanted her to leave with nothing.

She portrayed herself as pitiable and wronged.

Public opinion immediately shifted in their favor.

Jiang Yi had to retreat completely, shutting down comments and no longer daring to speak out.

By now, her reputation was thoroughly ruined.

The media didn’t spare Gu Yanze either, digging up his background and discovering that he was actually the young master of the prominent Gu family.

Although the Gu family was a major family in the city, they had always kept a low profile.

Now, because of Gu Yanze, the Gu family members were furious, especially the older generation.

They were livid to see him involved with someone like Jiang Yi and even more so about the exposure.

They all said that if he dared to marry Jiang Yi, they would sever ties with him.

Gu Yanze was already dealing with the headache of Jiang Yi’s situation and now faced additional trouble with Chu Shishi seizing the opportunity to negotiate a divorce.

With his relatives reacting this way, he felt surrounded on all sides.

He had no time today and, even if he did, wouldn’t dare show up, fearing the elder members of the Gu family would criticize him mercilessly.

The one-month celebration for Zhenzhen continued with close family visiting in the morning, and by noon, everyone moved to the hotel for the full celebration and banquet.

Since the celebration was held in X City, it was a grand affair.

Many guests attended, and the gifts piled up in a huge stack.

The banquet was held in a large hall, filled with dozens of tables.

Gu Yanqing was very pleased with having a daughter for their second child and treated Zhenzhen like a treasured gem.

At the celebration, he appeared to be in high spirits, looking like a winner in life.

With both children, a successful career, and the right person by his side, he truly felt like a winner in life.

Zhenzhen was still in her sleepy phase, even more so than Koukou had been at her age.

She spent most of her days eating and sleeping, which made her grow quickly and become chubby in just a month.

At her full moon celebration, Zhenzhen was still asleep.

Qiao Wanqing and Madam Gu decided to wake her up, thinking it wouldn’t do for her to sleep through the event.

As soon as Zhenzhen was forcibly awakened, she started crying without hesitation.

Despite her small size, her cries were strong and clear, with her baby voice wailing loudly.

“Don’t cry, sweetheart, don’t cry.” Madam Gu quickly picked her up, walking around and comforting her. “Were you startled awake? There, there, don’t cry.”

Zhenzhen didn’t care and continued crying, even hiccupping in between sobs.

“She has quite the temper,” Yu Chu commented with a laugh.

“Yes, even though she’s small, her temper is not,” Madam Gu responded with a smile, handing Zhenzhen to Qiao Wanqing to nurse her and stop the hiccups.

Yu Chu suggested, “It’s okay if she sleeps through the full moon celebration. Let’s not bother her.”

Seeing her granddaughter cry, Madam Gu relented and decided to let her stay as she was.

They completed the entire full moon celebration with a sleeping Zhenzhen in her arms.

Everyone praised Zhenzhen for being cute and beautiful, while Koukou secretly teased his sister.

After the celebration, he turned to Yuan Yuan and said, “My sister is a sleepy little pig, pig~.”

Yuan Yuan, who envied Koukou for having a sister, asked, “Do you not like your sister?”

“I like her a little,” Koukou replied, holding up his hand and showing a tiny space between his thumb and forefinger. “Just… this much.”

Yuan Yuan was speechless.

Koukou didn’t realize how lucky he was to have a sister.

Koukou reached out and hugged him, saying, “I like Brother~”

Yuan Yuan, already quite sensible, knew that it wasn’t appropriate for two boys to hug openly.

He firmly told Koukou, “We’re both big boys now, so we shouldn’t hug like that.”

Koukou didn’t understand this logic and innocently asked, “Why not?”

“People will laugh at us!” Yuan Yuan explained.

“Oh.”

Koukou reluctantly said “oh” and didn’t ask to hug him again, but he still didn’t understand why Brother Yuan Yuan didn’t want to be hugged now, as it used to be fine before.

As the banquet began, everyone took their seats and started eating and drinking.

Yuan Yuan and Koukou, being children, couldn’t sit still for the whole meal and soon wanted to leave to play.

Gu Yanqing instructed them not to leave the venue and asked the staff to keep an eye on them.

Since they were in a familiar environment and Yuan Yuan was older, he allowed them to go play.

The two little rascals wandered around the stage, playing with balloons and small toys.

After a while, Koukou suddenly said, “Brother, I’m cold.”

The heating was strong inside, and Yuan Yuan felt like he was sweating, finding it strange since Koukou was dressed warmly.

He suggested, “What should we do? Let’s find your dad and get you more clothes.”

“No,” Koukou pouted, “Brother Yuan Yuan, if you hug me, I won’t be cold.”

Yuan Yuan: “……”

Something felt off about this request.

While Yuan Yuan was still thinking, Koukou had already jumped into his arms.

Yuan Yuan had no choice but to hold him, not noticing the satisfied smile on Koukou’s face.