“Mom~”

When Xu Youyou saw Xu Wenyin, she instantly abandoned the little boy and ran towards her.

After successfully holding onto her mother’s hand, the little one frustratingly pulled her to the boy. “Mom, tell him that my name is Youyou, not Xiao Lu!”

Xu Wenyin: “……” This topic hasn’t ended yet?

As Xu Youyou had already told the other kid multiple times, Xu Wenyin doubted whether the little boy could understand her words.

Not knowing what to think, she couldn’t help but look at the boy.

He’s quite cute.

He has a fair and tender face unique to children. Although his facial features were still immature, every part was delicate. As long as there’s no genetic mutation, he would be an extremely handsome guy in the future.

The key was that the little guy’s hair was even a little curly.

It didn’t seem like it was permed but natural.

“Hahaha.” Another female voice came, “Sorry, sorry.”

The person who arrived was a woman who seemed to be about the same age as Xu Wenyin, but unlike Xu Wenyin’s scholarly and gentle vibes, the woman in front of her could be said to be the charming type.

But the other party wasn’t the kind of vulgar beauty. Seeing her wouldn’t make people think of any messed up things, and she gave off a sense of aggressiveness.

An aggressive beauty.

“I wonder which character is used for this little beauty’s name?”

Perhaps everyone has a love for beauty, even the system was no exception. Xu Wenyin naturally answered the question, “It’s Youyou from ‘yearns^[1]悠悠–  yōu yōu for you’.”

——Collars in blue, my heart yearns for you^[2]Book of Odes, Zheng Feng chapter, from the Collar verses.

This was the origin of Xu Youyou’s name and the one given to her by the real Xu Wenyin during her last moments.

Unfortunately, the person she was waiting for didn’t come until the end.

“Did you hear that?” The unknown lady rubbed the boy’s curly hair. “It’s not Youyou from ‘with please sounds the deer^[3]lù calls^[4]呦呦 – yōu yōu to one another’!”

It turned out the little boy had misunderstood the characters for Xu Youyou’s name.

To be a cultured parent, Xu Wenyin had long imported some 300 ancient poems, the Book of Songs, the biographies of poets from various dynasties, and so on, into her database, so she immediately understood the meaning of the other party’s words.

But such a young child knows the poem 《The Cry of the Deer》^[5]from the Book of Poetry? He must be a genius!

Anyway, Xu Youyou didn’t know those two sentences, but she could understand that the boy had made a mistake. In that case……

But before the word ‘it’s understandable’ came to her mind, the little boy immediately put away the book he was reading and stood up, looking straight at Xu Youyou.

“Xiao Lu^[6]Little Deer!”

The boy’s tone carried a hint of stubbornness.

——She’s obviously the same as the deer poem!

That’s what his eyes said.

The two adults present: “……”

Was there something wrong with this kid?

The strange feeling that Xu Wenyin had just now emerged again.

Normally, children’s eyes were clear and lively, but this boy’s eyes……

It conveyed something similar to, ‘You commoners, I’m too lazy to talk to you’.

It’s a look that only a ‘genius’ could have.

Dang, why the hell is this little brat showing off?!

Xu Wenyin was unhappy. No one had ever been able to act cocky in front of her!

The other woman should be the boy’s…… mother?

Seeming to have noticed Xu Wenyin’s gaze, the other party gave a slightly apologetic smile.

She knew it would be difficult to change her son’s mind once he believed in one thing. She had been happy to see that he was willing to talk to a little girl, but unexpectedly……

The woman was about to pick her son up and take him away when Xu Youyou suddenly stepped forward.

She cocked her head and leaned in front of the boy’s face. While most people’s first reaction to such behavior would be to take a step back, the boy remained motionless.

It was unknown whether he was too lazy or just didn’t care to move.

“Is it a nickname for Youyou?”

Xu Youyou knew what a nickname was. The children in the orphanage would often give each other one.

For example, Huahua^[7]Flower’s name was of course not these two characters, but she likes things like flowers. At first, she was called Huahua by her close friends, and then later, everyone started calling her so.

Grandma Wu said that nicknames that weren’t meant to be mocking and given by good friends weren’t a bad thing.

He gave me a nickname → A good friend → They’re friends!

Xu Youyou instantly connected the dots in her brain.

I have a friend!

The next second, the excited little girl blinked her big eyes. “You call me Xiao Lu, so what should I call you? What’s your name?”

The little girl wasn’t afraid of her son?

The woman’s eyes instantly lit up and her movements paused. “His name is Lu Chenjun and his nickname is Juanjuan^[8]Curly. You can also call him by his nickname, Little Beauty.”

Juanjuan?

Xu Youyou instantly looked up and saw Lu Chenjun’s curly hair, which looked like a sheep’s, so cute.

“Juanjuan, can I touch your hair?”

Mom said, if she wanted to do something, do it boldly. Whether she succeeded or not was one thing, but if she didn’t do it, she would never succeed.

Right now Xu Youyou wanted to touch that curly hair, but she also knew that this matter required Juanjuan’s consent, so she asked directly.

“Pfft—”

Before Lu Chenjun could answer, his mother decided for him.

“Of course. Youyou, right? Go ahead and touch it, Juanjuan won’t mind.”

Rather than saying that he doesn’t mind, it’s better to say he doesn’t care.

Lu Chenjun was a very well-behaved child. He eats and sleeps when he’s told to, and if he’s given a book, he can sit in one place and read without moving all afternoon. It could be said that he’s very easy to raise.

However, this kind of obedience wasn’t right.

A trace of sadness flashed across Qin Yiren’s smiling face. If she had a choice, she wouldn’t want her child to be so well-behaved at all. It would be perfectly fine to be naughty.

The couple had taken Lu Chenjun for a checkup a long time ago. They found that there was no problem with his IQ, body, and so on, nor was he autistic. But not only was he fine, he was also excellent, far beyond ordinary people.

Lu Chenjun’s IQ score was 168.

Ordinary people were generally around 100.

For example, some experts believed that a dog’s IQ was around 100. The way Lu Chenjun looks at an ordinary person is probably the way an ordinary person feels when looking at a dog.

There was no common topic to be had.

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Might as well immerse himself in his own world.

“Juanjuan~ Juanjuan~ I’m touching it then?”

Xu Youyou happily stood up on tiptoes after receiving the adult’s permission and gently placed her little hands on Lu Chenjun’s soft and fluffy curls.

Wow, it felt as good as she imagined.

Xu Youyou’s eyes instantly brightened a few degrees, as if she had obtained a large doll and wished she could take it home right away.

However, she also understood that Juanjuan was a human being and couldn’t be carried home by her.

After enjoying this wonderful sensation a few more times, Xu Youyou bent down and the little knot on top of her head brushed against the side of Lu Chenjun’s face. “Then, I’ll let you touch mine too.”

Good friends should give and take. She touched Juanjuan’s curly hair, so Juanjuan should also touch her hair.

Xu Youyou didn’t mind at all.

She also likes her little hairstyle very much and often flicks it back and forth with her hands, so her new friend would also like it, right?

However, after lowering her head for a while, she didn’t feel any hand touching it. Xu Youyou thought that her new friend was embarrassed, so she voluntarily grabbed Lu Chenjun’s right hand and put it on her head. “Touch it, touch it, Youyou won’t be angry~”

Xu Youyou wasn’t angry, but Xu Wenyin on the side could hardly control her expression.

Curly hair! Lu Chenjun!

She had already matched the little one in front of her with the genius boy in the novel!

In the original storyline, Lu Chenjun was a super genius who attended the special class at the age of twelve and won the International Science Award at the age of fifteen.

It’s just that this youth who was only mentioned in a few words in the novel only exists in the male protagonist’s lamentations.

It’s the male protagonist’s cousin^[9]younger male cousin who had a bright future but died young!

The only purpose of this cousin was to make the male protagonist become the only legitimate heir of the Lu family’s current generation, and instantly elevate his status.

If this Lu Chenjun didn’t die……

Xu Wenyin couldn’t help but start to think, would the scumbag not be so powerful that he could force people to be a substitute?

She had read in a book a saying that says, ‘the enemy of my enemy is my friend’!

Xu Wenyin looked at the little curly-haired boy in front of her, and even her originally displeased gaze began to look kind at this moment.

Taking a closer look, this boy exudes the aura of a smart person~

Unfortunately, all Xu Wenyin knew was what was written in the novel. If it wasn’t mentioned, she wouldn’t know what was going on behind the scenes.

So Xu Wenyin didn’t know exactly how old Lu Chenjun was when he died, or what day it was. The novel only said that he was underage when it happened and the cause of death was a car accident.

This information was too little, and Lu Chenjun’s introduction wasn’t even as long as the dog a certain male protagonist had. She couldn’t make Lu Chenjun stop going out after he turned fifteen, could she?

However, was it really necessary to get involved with Lu Chenjun’s family?

If Youyou becomes friends with this kid and he still can’t escape the fate of death, Youyou, this kind-hearted child would be very sad.

It’s better to stay away from Lu Chenjun. At worst, Xu Wenyin would work hard to start a business and make more money, so that scumbag would have to think twice about taking anyone by force.

Xu Wenyin, who still hadn’t figured out how to treat Lu Chenjun at the moment, didn’t have time to stop Xu Youyou from grabbing Lu Chenjun’s hand and putting it on her head.

By the time she saw it, it was already too late.

Xu Wenyin: “……”

It turns out that Xu Youyou, who grew up to be insecure and cowardly, was so effortlessly friendly she was a child.

Compared with Xu Wenyin’s entanglement, Lu Chenjun’s mother, Qin Yiren, was overjoyed.

That’s right, even if Lu Chenjun hasn’t had any special reaction so far, this was still good news.

His obedience was limited to his mother, and for outsiders, Lu Chenjun, tends to be indifferent.

He would ignore them and wouldn’t even throw them a glance.

Just now, he argued with the little girl over a name, not to mention that the little girl grabbed his hand and he didn’t refuse. It’s a huge improvement!

Qin Yiren couldn’t help but start thinking, could it be that her son was a facecon^[10]borrowed from the word siscon; someone deeply attracted to appearance?

No matter. Since her son has a ‘new friend’, she, as a mother, couldn’t hinder him!

Qin Yiren naturally started chatting with Xu Wenyin, and then she happened to find that their families were neighbors!

The building where Xu Wenyin lives has two floors and two households, however, there’s a difference between the two.

The place where the mother and daughter were staying was suitable for single people. Although small, it was complete in every detail.

Qin Yiren’s family was on the same floor, however, they were living in a large unit of more than 200 square meters, which was five or six times bigger than ​​Xu Wenyin’s family.

“That’s such a coincidence!” Qin Yiren likes such a coincidence. “Our two families are fated. My husband is usually not at home and I’m bored to death all by myself. Youyou’s Mom, if ever it’s inconvenient to bring Youyou with you, you can just leave her at my house!”

During their chat, Xu Wenyin had already portrayed herself as a single mother raising her child, and one without a formal job at that.

Most people might think that having a child and living in such a nice community without a job meant that she was being kept by someone, but Qin Yiren doesn’t think so. Her interactions with people all depend on what she sees. Moreover, Xu Wenyin’s temperament and speech didn’t look like she was that kind of person.

So she naturally thought that Xu Wenyin just couldn’t find a job for the time being. With Youyou’s age, it was hard for a single mother to raise a child in many ways. So of course, she wanted to help out.

Qin Yiren didn’t need to work. She’s a standard rich N^[11]often used to denote the set of all natural numbers in mathematics-generation. Annual dividends from her maternal family’s company alone could ensure that her family could live a good life, not to mention her husband’s identity.

In fact, their family had just moved there not long ago. The reason why they didn’t choose an upscale villa area was mainly for Lu Chenjun. Qin Yiren hoped that he would have more contact with other children and become more lively and outgoing.      

“Huh? That’s too much trouble for you.” If it weren’t for the fact that she had paid half a year’s rent and deposit in one go, Xu Wenyin would have even considered moving.

But seeing Xu Youyou’s happy smile, even though the book didn’t clearly say what to do in such a situation, she still gave up the idea.

She’d see what happens first.

With this kid’s aloofness, Youyou might get tired of approaching him after a while.

Xu Youyou, who was completely unaware of Xu Wenyin’s concerns, was still happy that she had her very first friend, especially since this friend also had very soft curly hair.

“Juanjuan! Have some candy!”

After saying that, without waiting for Lu Chenjun’s reaction, Xu Youyou tore off the wrapper and stuffed the lollipop directly into Lu Chenjun’s mouth.

Her new friend was slow to respond. Xu Youyou has already figured out a way to get along with him.

Sure enough, Lu Chenjun didn’t spit out the candy, but looked at Xu Youyou with his big dark eyes, and then said in a muffled voice, “Du…… mmy.”

“Juanjuan~ Candy is delicious, right?! I still have some~”

“……I don’t want.”

“Juanjuan, what book are you reading? It looks so awesome!”

The adults present: “……”

They’ve finally seen what a chicken talking to a duck^[12]unable to understand one another looks like in real life.

But looking at the smile on Qin Yiren’s face, it was obvious that this mother didn’t mind that her son was being hounded, and was even happily watching the show.

It didn’t matter to Xu Wenyin even more. The book said that an outstanding human needed a lot of minions.

Youyou must have listened to her words and was in the process of collecting one.