When you hit a snake, hit it at its seven-inch point. Even a short and fat little snake’s seven-inch point is also seven-inch.

　　As soon as Shen Shuo opened his mouth, he grasped the subject with precision.

　　The little fat boy lay down immediately and didn’t feel like talking anymore.

　　The main reason is that there are too many rules in the old house.

　　For example, every time he went back, Shen Songguo would routinely ask about and examine their homework. They were not allowed to speak too loudly, make noises, talk while eating or sleeping, and they had to stand and sit in the right posture. In short, there were rules for everything.

　　Everything else is fine, but every time they are examined, when it is Shen Chu’s turn, there is always a sharp contrast.

　　Before he was 5 years old, Shen Songguo was not very satisfied with him. After he was 5 years old, when he knew that he was not the biological son of the Shen family, he became even more dissatisfied with him. It would have been better if he had just ignored him, but unfortunately Shen Chu insisted on getting close to him at that time.

　　It’s really just asking for trouble.

　　But then again, he was going to leave this time anyway, so what was there to be afraid of?

　　Yes, what is he afraid of!

　　Shen Chu slapped his forehead and said, let’s do whatever we have to do.

　　When I think about it this way, I feel completely fearless.

　　Ha ha!

　　Xie Shiming was watching from the side and saw that Shen Chu’s round eyes, which had been drooping, narrowed up again in an instant, just like a kitten who was only thinking of bad ideas, and there seemed to be a big fluffy tail behind him, swaying happily from side to side.

　　What are you thinking about?

　　Xie Shiming felt that Shen Chu was a little different today.

　　It’s hard to say what has changed, but some of their behaviors… well, are very different from before, and sometimes even leave Xie Shiming dumbfounded and speechless. But the strange thing is that he doesn’t hate it or feel disgusted by it.

　　Compared to when he first came to the Shen family, Shen Chu resisted him and deliberately kept a distance from him, and got up every day to find something to do, as if he didn’t want to be idle. Now, Shen Chu in front of him seemed to have become more lively.

　　Like a hamster running wildly on a roller wheel, it is full of energy and motivation.

　　I just don’t like doing “real work” as much as before.

　　Shen Mingzhou went home after get off work, and Su Luoyue finished her work chat. He Lin did not stay for dinner as she had other work to do. She said hello and left quickly. Su Luoyue was in a good mood today and said she would cook for herself later.

　　”By the way, Xiao Sui went to attend summer camp. Didn’t he say he would be back today?”

　　”Oh, he was taken back to the old house by dad first.”

　　Shen Mingzhou coughed lightly and said, “We have to go back tomorrow anyway, so Dad asked someone to pick up Xiao Sui first.”

　　Su Luoyue opened her mouth, nodded after a while, and whispered, “I don’t know.”

　　Shen Mingzhou touched Su Luoyue’s hair helplessly.

　　Shen Chu stood on the sofa, and the fat boy watched secretly with his hands on the sofa back. He couldn’t help but sigh in his heart, then patted the back of the sofa and said tenderly: “Mom, what delicious food are you going to make for dinner?”

　　Su Luoyue came back to her senses, calmed down, and replied with a smile: “Mom will make your favorite food.”

　　Then she realized something and looked at Shen Shuo and Xie Shiming again: “Um…what do you two want to eat? Mom will make it for you today. Xiaoyi likes to eat beef brisket stewed with tomatoes. You two——”

　　”No need, I can do anything.” Shen Shuo interrupted Su Luoyue.

　　Xie Shiming hesitated for a moment, but still said, “I can do anything.”

　　Su Luoyue pursed her lips and smiled again: “Okay then.”

　　But Shen Chu could clearly see the disappointment in Su Luoyue’s eyes, but there was no rush. After all, Shen Shuo and the others had only moved back not long ago, and they didn’t have many “preferences” in the old house. They just cooked and ate whatever they wanted.

　　In addition, Su Luoyue chose to make a comeback, and the children are all busy with their own things. They are not like Shen Yi, who has been with Su Luoyue and participated in variety shows together for more than two months. It still takes more time to get along with them.

　　Shen Chu looked at Su Luoyue’s back as she went to the kitchen. Shen Mingzhou insisted on going over to help, but in fact he was just going to coax her quietly. His round eyes slowly narrowed.

　　Although it sounds a bit weird to say it, Su Luoyue is indeed the closest to him now. She spends more time with Shen Yi and their relationship seems to be pretty good. As for the rest, including Xie Shiming, there is still a gap when they get along with each other.

　　Even before this, Shen Mingzhou and Su Luoyue often returned to the old house, but they had not lived together since childhood, so there was a distance between the three Shen Shuo brothers and Su Luoyue and Shen Mingzhou.

　　Especially for Shen Shuo, there was a gap of 14 years between them.

　　I’m^[1]he is already a teenager, how can I^[2]they make up for this?

　　Not to mention Xie Shiming, he had only just returned to the Shen family…

　　It is not entirely true to say that Su Luoyue and Shen Mingzhou were irresponsible. They both had their own helplessness and difficulties. But now, so many years have passed. Looking back, it is of no use even if they regret it. They can only try to make up for it now.

　　Shen Chu leaned his chubby face against the back of the sofa, counting on his fingers, wondering what his parents would do after he was gone.

　　So when it was time for dinner, Shen Chu stood on a chair, holding a rice spoon, and scooped up the dishes for Xie Shiming one by one.

　　”Well, do you want to eat tomato beef? Tomato or beef?”

　　”How about scrambled eggs with tomatoes? They’re my favorite. Try one.”

　　”Cola chicken wings are delicious too. Well, you can pick the bones yourself.”

　　”And this…”

　　”This–“

　　Shen Yi chewed the beef and couldn’t help knocking on the table: “What are you doing?”

　　The little fat boy is acting weird. Did he take the wrong medicine today?

　　Or did something happen during his two-month absence that he didn’t know about?

　　Shen Mingzhou and Su Luoyue were also looking at Shen Chu, with the same look of surprise on their faces. However, they were really pleased that Shen Chu could get along so well with Xie Shiming, so they would never bother him.

　　But since Shen Yi asked this, they were also very curious.

　　Shen Chu scooped up the dishes with a spoon, filling it up every time, and then shakily put it into Xie Shiming’s bowl, piling it up on the rice to form a small hill. Then he put one hand on his waist and pointed at the rice and dishes: “Choose one to eat, and I’ll scoop another spoonful for you.”

　　”No……”

　　”Otherwise I’ll scoop each one again.”

　　Xie Shiming instantly closed his mouth, frowned, hesitated for a while, and took a bite of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

　　Oh no, I chose what he likes to eat.

　　What a good vision.

　　The little fat boy happily filled his stomach with another spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. Among so many dishes, he took the first bite of scrambled eggs with tomatoes. No matter he liked it or not, he certainly didn’t hate it. He was really smart, he had tested it out.

　　Then he looked at Shen Shuo and scooped a spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes.

　　”Brother, I will share my favorite food with you.”

　　Shen Shuo looked over.

　　Little fat boy immediately smiled: “Do you like it?”

　　Shen Shuo took a bite and wanted to say a few perfunctory words.

　　But after looking at the smile on Shen Chu’s face, he finally said, “It’s okay, too sweet.”

　　”Then try this.”

　　”Um.”

　　”This?”

　　”Oh.”

　　The little fat boy narrowed his eyes, touched his chin, and scooped another spoonful of scrambled eggs with tomatoes: “Brother, is this delicious?”

　　”It’s OK.”

　　Shen Shuo thought Shen Chu had forgotten to scoop the dish for him, so he replied.

　　The tone was still plain, but there were a few more words than before!

　　Shen Chu always liked sweet scrambled eggs with tomatoes, so after thinking about it, he gave Shen Shuo a few more spoonfuls of the same sweet dish, and the answers he got were all with a few more words.

　　So his eldest brother prefers sweet taste?!

　　I can watch cartoons, but the taste is sweet?!

　　Shen Chu was so shocked that his jaw dropped.

　　Then he turned to look at Xie Shiming——

　　The test just now was not very accurate, we need to continue testing.

　　”Hey, are you trying to be nice?”

　　Seeing Shen Chu scooping food for Xie Shiming one spoonful at a time, Shen Yi suddenly felt that the food was a little hard to swallow. He couldn’t bear to see it. He really couldn’t bear to see it. He gave it to the eldest brother and the fourth brother. After giving it to the eldest brother, he gave it to the fourth brother. What was he doing? !

　　Shen Yi curled his lips: “Are you crazy? Why are you suddenly like this?”

　　Shen Chu snorted, “What do you know? I’m being polite. My eldest brother and my fourth elder brother watched cartoons with me just now, so I’m just returning the favor. You’re the one who’s judging others by your own standards.”

　　”We are brothers and we should love each other, understand?” The little fat boy put his hands on his hips, looking very righteous.

　　Shen Yi was so angry that he was about to die, thinking, “What if I’m not your brother?”

　　Shen Mingzhou coughed lightly and said, “We can even say ‘one should judge a gentleman by one’s own standards’ at the beginning? That’s great, but why did you scoop so many extra spoonfuls of food for Mingming?”

　　Xie Shiming couldn’t help but look at Shen Chu.

　　To be honest, he was not used to Shen Chu treating him like this, and he didn’t understand why…

　　It was more difficult for Xie Shiming to accept other people’s kindness than to accept other people’s badness, so when he heard Shen Mingzhou ask this, Xie Shiming wanted to take this opportunity to tell Shen Chu that there was no need to do this, and he didn’t need it either.

　　But before he could open his mouth, a little figure suddenly fell down beside him——

　　Two soft arms wrapped around his shoulders, and Shen Chu’s voice rang in his head: “Of course, brother has to sleep with me at night, I have to take good care of him.”

　　Take care of……

　　Xie Shiming was stunned when he heard this.

　　It’s not that there are no extra rooms here, but Xie Shiming had just been recognized, and Su Luoyue was afraid that he would not be able to adapt, and was also afraid that Shen Chu would think too much, so she wanted to let Xie Shiming and Shen Chu stay in the same room first, so that they could develop feelings first.

　　So Shen Chu and Xie Shiming are sleeping together now.

　　There is a big bed in his room.

　　But although Shen Chu said this now, he didn’t think so before.

　　When Xie Shiming lived with him, he felt awkward. He was still young at that time, and even though he knew what was going on, he would still cry. So not long after, Xie Shiming and he slept in two separate rooms.

　　Now that I think about it, he was just relying on his young age, and at that time Su Luoyue and Shen Mingzhou doted on him very much. Otherwise, as a fake young master, he was so “disdained” by other people’s own son. No one would feel comfortable seeing this.

　　But it certainly doesn’t matter now.

　　Moreover, he thought it was quite fun to tease Xie Shiming. It was rare for him to meet Xie Shiming so young.

　　Shen Chu glanced at Xie Shiming who was frozen in place, humming in his heart, and hugged Xie Shiming’s shoulders tighter. See, haha, he didn’t even dare to push him away. Tsk tsk, poor little thing.

　　It’s really a bully and it’s just a pity.

　　Shen Mingzhou groaned and praised Shen Chu for being sensible. He couldn’t help but feel itchy: “Then Dad will sleep with you at night, and you will take care of Dad?”

　　Shen Chu frowned instantly: “No.”

　　Shen Mingzhou immediately showed a hurt expression, covering his chest and shouting: “Why!”

　　Shen Chu touched his face that was hurt by the prick before: “Dad, your chin can prick people.”

　　He added another sentence——

　　”I would rather sleep with my second brother than with you.”

　　Shen Yi, who was still angry at the side, felt relieved when he heard this, but then he thought, that’s not right, what does it mean to sleep with the second brother instead of sleeping with dad? Choosing him is only slightly better than choosing dad? !

　　This little fat guy! So annoying!

　　Shen Yi was so angry that he ate an extra bowl of rice.

　　On the other hand, Xie Shiming also ate too much, and when he lay in bed at night, he could hardly fall asleep.

　　Then he heard Shen Chu rolling around beside him. He paused for a long while, and after a while, he suddenly spoke in a low voice –

　　”Do you know…what she is like?”