Due to the need to delay his return, Feng Yan is currently in a video call with his assistant, Su, discussing the work for the next few days.

Upon hearing Su mention that the Shi family has been trying to compete for this cooperation, Feng Yan pauses slightly, remembering that Shi Yulin had tried to have a private conversation with him before he left.

His expression cold, Feng Yan dismisses it directly, “We don’t need to consider the Shi family for now; their proposal does not meet the requirements.”

Su nods understandingly and continues to report on the next item, “Next, we have two acquisition cases, namely…”

Just then, the study door is quietly pushed open, followed by the sound of hurried footsteps. With a slightly gritted teeth, Feng Jingxu, his son, rushes in, trying to keep his voice down, “Sheng Xia, you—”

Realizing it’s too late, Feng Jingxu abruptly shuts his mouth, but the damage is done.

Meeting his father’s calm gaze, Feng Jingxu’s back tenses, feeling a bit embarrassed, “Um, we didn’t mean to disturb you; we’ll leave now.”

However, as he tries to pull Sheng Xia away, Feng Yan doesn’t seem angry. He just calmly asks, “What’s the matter?”

Seated behind the desk, Feng Yan is wearing only a white shirt, meticulously buttoned up to the collar. The dark bookshelf behind him glimmers with a cold luster, enhancing his air of aloofness and elegance, making it clear he is not easily disturbed.

But that doesn’t seem to apply to Sheng Xia.

“Xiaoxu’s school is about to have a parent-teacher meeting and wants to invite us,” she says, walking over lightly and resting her hand on his shoulder. Her voice is soft and weak, “Honey, will Xiaoxu and I be disturbing you?”

Peeking curiously from behind him, she sees Su, the assistant, in a suit and tie, on the screen. Sheng Xia smiles naturally and waves to him, “Hi, Assistant Su, long time no see.”

“Madam,” Su pushes his gold-rimmed glasses and politely nods to her, “Since Mr. Feng is busy, I’ll handle the matter we just discussed and won’t disturb you anymore.”

“I’ll leave the acquisition case to Shaoyu.”

Feng Yan replied lightly. After hanging up the phone, he looked down at Sheng Xia’s slender fingers on his shoulder and covered them with his hand. “Is the meeting right after we return? I might need to adjust my schedule and may not be able to attend. Sorry.”

Sheng Xia didn’t actually intend to call him “Feng Jingxu”: “… It’s okay.”

“Honey, it’s okay if you don’t go, but I definitely want to,” Sheng Xia blinked at him, speaking frankly, “So, Mr. Feng, can you help me with a speech? It’ll be convenient for me to share my experiences in raising children on stage.”

Feng Jingxu took a deep breath, once again gritting his teeth, “I never said you would give a speech. That’s all in your imagination.”

“But I need to prepare just in case,” Sheng Xia pressed her hand to her chest, dramatically, “You did mention that your ranking has improved this time, so such a big improvement deserves attention!”

Feng Jingxu: “…”

He was completely embarrassed by her antics, but buried beneath this embarrassment was a hint of joy that was not easy to detect.

Although she often teased him, she would take the initiative to speak up when he found it difficult to do so, and she would firmly agree when he pretended not to care.

No matter what, Feng Jingxu treasured this feeling of being valued, something he had never experienced before.

Even though he could already imagine the chaos at the parent-teacher meeting, Feng Jingxu had no regrets about inviting her.

When the teacher called him just now to inform him, his first thought was of Sheng Xia.

… If it were her, she would probably agree to come, right?

With this thought in mind, Feng Jingxu paced back and forth outside her room, holding his phone, but he couldn’t muster the courage to knock on the door.

What if he was rejected? It would seem like he was presumptuous and lose face, wouldn’t it?

However, just as he was hesitating whether to leave, as if it were destined, Sheng Xia suddenly came out and agreed to his invitation.

The more exaggerated her behavior, the more it showed how much she valued this parent-teacher meeting.

It was as if being affirmed, Feng Jingxu’s heart suddenly settled.

Before, he could only pretend not to care as he watched others have parents sit in the children’s seats at meetings, and proudly raise their heads after hearing the teacher’s praise “But this time, it seems that he also has it.”

There was a bit of awkwardness in his heart, and a bit of reluctance to admit it; secretly pleased.

Feng Jingxu couldn’t help but mutter softly. If he had known there would be a parent-teacher meeting after this exam, he should have been more serious;.

What if he boasted, but when the final grades came out, he found that there was not much improvement? Would it disappoint her?

Ah, damn it!

However, in this sensitive and subtle adolescence; thoughts, Feng Jingxu was absolutely impossible to say it out loud;.

He forcibly suppressed the complex; emotions and cleared his throat: “…up to you.”

At worst, they would embarrass themselves together. Since Sheng Xia wasn’t afraid, what was he afraid of?

Besides, there was probably no chance to use this speech anyway.

Sensing the boy’s emotional fluctuations keenly, Feng Yan glanced at him for a while, feeling Sheng Xia’s hint of forcefully suppressing himself, couldn’t help but smile a little.

He nodded slightly, gently agreeing, “Okay, whatever Xiaxia wants, I can help.”

Amid Feng Jingxu’s complex expression of “What are you up to?” the man calmly said, “I may not be able to attend, but in such an important occasion, I should find a way to participate.”

“So your way of participating is to have Sheng Xia deliver a speech on stage, with all the words coming from you?”

Feng Jingxu: “…” He couldn’t imagine that scene, which seemed a bit absurd.

But… it didn’t seem unacceptable either.

He rolled his eyes and forcefully suppressed the curve of his lips, “Do whatever you want, I’ll go back to class.”

So the whole afternoon was spent with Feng Yan helping to write the speech, which was then handed over to Sheng Xia for review.

Feng Jingxu and the twins continued their supplementary classes.

After dinner, with no games to play, Sheng Xia felt bored and suddenly remembered there was a small cinema in the villa.

She immediately invited others enthusiastically to watch a movie with her, claiming it was a “wonderful family time.”

The twins were the first to respond, Feng Jingxu grumbling about the trouble but still getting up honestly.