“Looks great! Yue Yue Gege looks even better in this outfit, better than before!”

Facing the praise, Yue Yue remained discreet; proud and showing off, the twins were the first to applaud, even giving a special round of applause.

Actually, during their previous game, they had heard Yue Yue talk about his distress. They knew that his biological mother had come to visit him. In an attempt to console him, his friends even specially caught a rare pet egg to give to Yue Yue.

So now, when Yue Yue mentioned “Mom and Uncle Joel,” the Twins naturally wouldn’t think it was Sheng Lanqiu.

“Yue Yue Gege is so amazing, and Aunt Yan Jing too!” Feng Xuchen’s eyes sparkled, his face full of a ‘learned something new’ expression. He turned to propose, “Sister, let’s paint like this at home too; it looks so cool.”

Feng Xuran obviously liked this style too, and her eyes were eager to try: “Okay, let’s give it a try when we get home.”

Unexpectedly, with the siblings’ enthusiastic support, Yue Yue suddenly felt a bit embarrassed, his face turning slightly red. But deep down, he couldn’t help but feel a sense of pride and accomplishment; his chest puffed up a bit higher.

“This is my drawing, inspired by the river in Mom’s painting, ‘Nachu River,'” he pointed at the doodles on his clothes, carefully explaining to the Twins, “Here, the orange represents the sunset at the mountain top. Initially, I just wanted to draw the mountains, but accidentally got some paint from Uncle Joel, and Mom transformed it into this.”

“And this is the snow peak, painted by Mom, also part of her previous works depicting landscapes. They even had a close call with an avalanche, and an avalanche is…”

Perhaps worried that they couldn’t imagine it, he pulled the Twins into the gallery to see Yan Qing’s painting, smoothly retelling the story of the experiences Joel had shared with him.

Children love listening to stories, especially adventurous ones, making them even more popular.

The Twins listened attentively, visibly nervous. They couldn’t help but clench their little hands tightly. Only after hearing about Yan Jing and Joel’s escape did they finally let out a long sigh of relief. “Yue Yue Gege, your mom is really amazing, and she’s been to so many places!”

Feng Xuchen still had stars in his eyes: “In the future, we should travel everywhere like Aunt Yan Jing!”

Feng Xuran tapped his brother’s head: “Fool, that’s called traveling. Aunt Yan Jing travels for painting, not for fun.”

Yue Yue suddenly smiled even more happily, unable to resist turning to look at his mom. Then he met the gentle and affectionate gazes of the adults, which warmed his heart, prompting him to subconsciously touch his chest.

His mom was truly amazing, having been to so many places he hadn’t even heard of.

If, if…

He blushed and yearned, thinking that it would be great if he could go and see too.

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But Grandpa and Grandma would surely not agree, and Mom, the other Mom—

Suddenly remembering the last time he went out with Yan Jing, he accidentally saw Sheng Lanqiu’s expression when they returned, especially that gaze…

Yue Yue’s heart thumped, and he couldn’t help but shiver.

Although he knew Mom was waiting for him to come back, but… he didn’t know how to describe it. Being stared at by Mom like that made him inexplicably feel a bit scared.

He always felt that during this period, the adults were acting strangely.

Yue Yue suddenly sighed in distress. After the last program ended, Mom seemed to get angry because he contradicted her. Later, when she talked to him, although still wearing a gentle smile, it was clearly different from before.

But he didn’t say anything wrong. Even Yaya and Yangyang admitted their mistakes, and he even specially borrowed seashells to make a bracelet to give to Aunt Xiaxia.

Although his friends consoled him in the game, affirming that he didn’t make a mistake, Yue Yue still felt a bit down.

Fortunately, now he has Yan Jing Mom and Uncle Joel. Not only do they listen to his troubles and seriously analyze ideas with him, but they also take him to play things he hasn’t played before and tell him many stories.

He really likes them a lot.

Thinking like this, bathed in Yan Jing’s gentle gaze, Yue Yue’s face turned red again. He quickly turned his head, pulling the Twins to look at the next painting, pretending not to notice Uncle Joel’s winking actions.

Seeing them running a bit faster, Feng Shaoyu quickly followed. Listening to the children discussing stories, a smile involuntarily appeared in his eyes.

“I heard from Yue Yue that you’ll continue recording the program in a couple of days,” withdrawing her gaze from Yue Yue, Yan Jing whispered, “Is this the last recording?”

Sheng Xia nodded happily, “The Shi family recently encountered some troubles. If they want to regain custody, this might be the opportune time. But are you sure you’ve thought it through?”

Knowing that her words must be true, Yan Qing’s expression became serious. “I didn’t have the ability before, but this time, I don’t want to give up on Yue Yue anymore.”

Through the time spent together, she could clearly feel Yue Yue gradually accepting her. Even when he listened to their stories, he would show an expression of longing.

Yan Jing had made up her mind. After regaining custody, she would revisit all the places she had been to with Yue Yue, making up for everything they had lost.

They could create new memories and a future together.

And all of this was thanks to Sheng Xia’s help.

Yan Qing looked at her with shining eyes, not knowing how to express her gratitude.

“If you really want to thank me, just paint me a few more portrait paintings. I really like your style.” Sheng Xia winked at her, her eyes mischievous.

“I’m actually quite curious about the difference between your portraits and Shaoyun’s portraits.”

Yan Jing immediately agreed without hesitation.

Just as she led them inside, Sheng Xia suddenly received an unfamiliar call. When she answered, a somewhat familiar and gentle voice came through, “Xia Xia, it’s Aunt Lin.”

—It turned out to be Lin Yuezhen, her stepmother who hadn’t appeared in a long time.

If it weren’t for the system reminder, Sheng Xia would have had some trouble remembering who this person was.

Upon careful recollection, it seemed that after the first episode of the program, she had intentionally brought Sheng’s father to find trouble, but after escaping with one million without a fight, it was as if she finally woke up, realizing that offending the Feng family, especially Feng Yan, was unwise. Since then, she hadn’t appeared in front of Sheng Xia again.

How come she suddenly surfaced now?

Sheng Xia was a bit curious and raised an eyebrow, her tone teasing, “So, it’s Aunt Lin. How come you have the time to call? I thought, according to our relationship, changing to a new number wouldn’t be worth your special contact. Oh, I’m truly flattered.”

Just as she spoke, she was hit by the familiar sarcasm of Lin Yuezhen: “…”

“Did Xia Xia forget—” She gritted her teeth, silently took a deep breath, and reminded with each word, “that you’ve blocked all contact with me and your dad?”

Wasn’t it just getting a new number without notifying her? Clearly, she could only contact her with the new number!

This damned brat, becoming more and more audacious, relying on Fei Yan. It seemed like they were going to break ties completely.

If not for…

Thinking of the upcoming event, Lin Yuezhen suppressed her anger. However, before she could speak, she heard Sheng Xia’s lazy voice from the other end, “I knew something was different lately, felt much quieter. So, it turns out there’s no fly buzzing around my ears, plotting against me.”

“That’s because Aunt Lin, you don’t understand.” Sheng Xia spoke with a hint of blame, confidently questioning, “Since you know I’ve blocked you, why shamelessly come to me? Is it that the Sheng family is bankrupt, and you’ve come to beg for money? Well, even if you’re broke, you’re not qualified to ask for my life.”

Listening to the relentless verbal attacks on the other end, almost able to imagine Sheng Xia pretending to be surprised while covering her mouth, Lin Yuezhen gripped her phone tightly, and suddenly everything went dark before her eyes. “…”

—Sooner or later, she would shut Sheng Xia’s malicious mouth! Ahhh, she was infuriated!!