A Wealthy Family’s Married-In Alpha Redemption On A Parenting Variety Show - Chapter 14

Qin Shiyue had reserved a table in advance. After parking the car, the three of them put on their masks and quietly went straight into the private room.

Once the door was closed, Qin Shiyue took off her mask. “A little exciting.”

Chu Siyun’s face filled with black lines. “Don’t say that. The more you say it, the more likely it’ll happen.”

The server came over with the menu.

Qin Shiyue handed one copy to Chu Siyun, then took another and looked at it together with Chu Xiao.

Chu Xiao was still too young and had barely eaten hotpot before. This time was purely because Qin Shiyue herself wanted to eat it.

They ordered a split-flavor pot, and more or less ordered a little of everything else.

Once the hotpot started bubbling, Qin Shiyue finally looked like an alpha. Not only did she take care of the child, she also took care of Chu Siyun.

Basically, she was the one putting things into the pot and fishing them out.

As Chu Siyun ate the meat in her bowl, she sighed. “How are you so considerate right now?”

Qin Shiyue was eating while taking care of both of them. It was not easy for her to finally pause long enough to say, “I don’t have time to bicker with you. Eat properly. Don’t talk about pointless things.”

Chu Xiao did not eat much, and Chu Siyun had a small appetite, so they were full very quickly. In the end, only Qin Shiyue was still eating.

For the sake of how considerate Qin Shiyue had been just now, Chu Siyun began taking care of her, helping her cook slices of meat.

Chu Xiao sat beside them, smiling happily as she watched Mama and Mommy.

After Qin Shiyue finished eating, the three of them prepared to change locations.

Even if they wanted to rest, they could not rest in this private room. The whole room smelled like hotpot.

The three of them bought tickets for an animated movie.

Maybe the movie was unsuitable, or maybe Chu Xiao was too young for it. After only twenty minutes, she was so frightened she nearly cried.

Qin Shiyue held her and coaxed her, while Chu Siyun followed beside them.

“Baby, don’t be scared. Those are just like the cartoons on TV. They’re all fake. The awooo-awooo sounds are fake too. It’s only because the cinema equipment is more advanced, so it feels like the sound is right beside you. Actually, it’s all fake.”

Qin Shiyue was always very gentle when coaxing the child.

Chu Siyun’s thoughts drifted away.

Qin Shiyue suggested, “How about we go buy toys? We’ll buy new little cars, buy building blocks…”

As she spoke, she turned back and saw that someone had already fallen several steps behind.

Qin Shiyue stopped walking and wanted to call her, only to realize that directly calling out “Chu Siyun” in a place like this did not seem good.

Then what should she call her?

Left with no choice, Qin Shiyue whispered in Chu Xiao’s ear, “Tell your Mama to walk faster.”

Chu Xiao obediently called, “Mama, you’re falling behind!”

Chu Siyun came back to herself and hurriedly caught up.

Qin Shiyue walked side by side with her and asked, “What were you thinking about? You were so absorbed.”

Chu Siyun shook her head. “Nothing.”

Qin Shiyue did not believe her. “Really nothing?”

Chu Siyun: …

Was she supposed to say she had been thinking about her voice?

Pervert!

Chu Siyun answered, “Really nothing.”

Qin Shiyue still looked unconvinced, but did not keep asking.

The three of them entered the toy store they often visited.

There were not many people in the store. One mother was holding her daughter’s hand and looking at Barbie dolls, and another child was sprawled in front of the building block table playing.

Qin Shiyue directly carried Chu Xiao to the car models.

The models were placed relatively high, so she simply held the child while they looked.

The sales auntie followed beside them. Qin Shiyue took every model Chu Xiao pointed at and wanted.

Chu Xiao especially liked car models. Qin Shiyue understood that very well. It was the same as her liking keyboards.

Meeting such a generous parent, the sales assistant became even more enthusiastic with her introductions.

In the end, they bought six “new cars.” Qin Shiyue bent down to put the child down and was just about to take out her phone to pay when Chu Siyun directly handed over her payment code from the side.

Qin Shiyue put her phone back into her pocket.

So shopping together came with this kind of treatment?

After buying toys, they went to buy clothes for Chu Xiao.

Chu Siyun looked quite excited. Qin Shiyue retreated to the second line and let the mother and daughter take the lead.

Looking at the whole room of tiny clothes, Chu Siyun’s eyes shone. This one was so cute, that one was cute too. It would definitely be even cuter on Chu Xiao.

Chu Siyun took down a white princess dress and held it up against Chu Xiao. It should fit.

She turned and asked Qin Shiyue, “Is it pretty?”

Qin Shiyue frowned and said, “Pretty.”

It looked airy and fairy-like, but it was winter now. Could she even wear it?

Besides, it was not practical. A skirt this complicated would make it hard for a child to run around freely. So troublesome.

Seeing her expression, Chu Siyun automatically interpreted her words as “not pretty.”

She ignored her and asked her daughter, “Baby, do you like it?”

Chu Xiao nodded.

Chu Siyun took the child to the fitting room.

Qin Shiyue sat outside and reflected.

Had the clothes she bought for Chu Xiao before been too practical? Had she accidentally ignored the little thoughts of a young girl?

After reflecting to the end, Qin Shiyue concluded: Chu Xiao had definitely been bewitched by Chu Siyun’s beauty and gentleness, which was why she went along with everything she said.

Chu Xiao was usually so clean and neat. How could she possibly…

Forget it. Anything was possible. In the future, she should pay more attention.

Chu Xiao was gradually growing up. Education was especially important.

After they finished browsing one store, the number of shopping bags in Qin Shiyue’s hands had increased to five.

They were all clothes, so it was easy enough.

When she sat down on the sofa in the next store, Qin Shiyue looked at the mother and daughter chatting happily and felt a little strange.

This was the child she had raised for more than three years. It had only been a short while—how had Chu Siyun already coaxed her away?

Out of sight, out of mind. Qin Shiyue found an excuse and slipped out for a while.

The jewelry she had ordered yesterday was to be picked up at this mall.

She already had five shopping bags. One more would not look like anything.

Qin Shiyue came back with the item tucked away, thinking herself very clever as she mixed the bag among the other shopping bags.

In truth, all her little movements had long since been seen by Chu Siyun.

Sneaky and secretive. There was absolutely something fishy going on.

Chu Siyun put the little coat in her hands onto Chu Xiao. “It fits very well. Please wrap it up, thank you.”

Seeing that Chu Siyun still wanted to pick up something else, Chu Xiao stopped her. “Mama, I’m tired.”

Chu Siyun withdrew her hand and went to pay.

She had earned a lot of money before, but Chu Siyun had never really spent it properly.

She generally did not need to worry about food, clothing, housing, or transportation. The family had prepared houses and cars perfectly well, so there were basically no occasions where she needed to spend money.

Today felt truly satisfying.

Altogether, Qin Shiyue ended up holding more than ten shopping bags.

After they walked for a while, Chu Siyun said apologetically, “I’ll help you.”

Qin Shiyue dodged to the side with the bags. “No need. Hold the child. She’s pretty tired too.”

After sitting in the car, Qin Shiyue moved her arms around.

Why had they not brought the driver out? Why had she not found someone to help carry things? Why had she thought clothes were not heavy and insisted on showing off?

Her arms were about to break.

In the evening, the three of them did not go home to eat either. Qin Shiyue drove into a small alley to slurp rice noodles.

This place was somewhere Qin Shiyue had often eaten when she was in school, and she had brought Chu Xiao here many times too.

Because it was beside the university town, there was a large flow of people, most of them young. They wanted to try something fresh, but there was no way around it. Qin Shiyue came back carrying two bowls of packed noodles, and the three of them ate in the car.

Good thing they had driven this car today.

Qin Shiyue raised the small table board in the back seat and placed the two bowls of noodles on it.

Chu Siyun broke apart the disposable chopsticks. “Why did you only buy two bowls?”

Qin Shiyue had already picked up a clump of noodles and was blowing on it. After cooling it down, she fed it into Chu Xiao’s mouth. “Xiaoxiao can’t eat much. Three bowls would be too wasteful.”

“Oh.” Chu Siyun ate slowly and elegantly, bite by bite.

After feeding Chu Xiao, Qin Shiyue picked up her bowl and ate.

Before long, both the noodles and soup had entered her stomach.

Qin Shiyue closed the lid over the takeout box and wrapped the used chopsticks in tissue. After doing all this, she saw that Chu Siyun still had nearly half a bowl of noodles left. “You eat so slowly.”

Chu Siyun stirred the remaining noodles in her bowl. “I can’t eat anymore.”

Qin Shiyue reached out and stopped Chu Siyun from closing the takeout box. “So wasteful.”

She took Chu Siyun’s leftover noodles and chopsticks together, not minding it at all, and continued eating.

Chu Xiao sighed beside them, “Wow, Mommy, you’re a big eater.”

After Qin Shiyue finished, she wiped her mouth and lightly tapped Chu Xiao’s nose. “This is called cherishing food. Don’t learn from your Mama. Wasting food is bad.”

Chu Xiao nodded heavily.

After cleaning up the trash, the three of them returned home with the lingering smell of soup noodles filling the car.

Today, it was still Chu Siyun who bathed the child and coaxed her to sleep.

After Qin Shiyue sorted Chu Xiao’s clothes by category and hung them up, she took the gift and went back to the bedroom.

She had been very bold when buying it. Now, she felt a little nervous.

How was she supposed to give this?

Today is our wedding anniversary. This is a gift for you…

Wedding anniversary, gift…

For our fourth wedding anniversary, you’ve worked hard, this is…

Worked hard, my ass. She was clearly the one who had overworked herself for this family.

Qin Shiyue overturned every scenario she had rehearsed in her mind.

Seriously, too embarrassing.

Shower first. They had eaten strong-flavored food today, and she smelled of it all over.

By the time Qin Shiyue came out and found Chu Siyun holding the bag on the bed and examining it, Qin Shiyue closed her eyes, turned around, and pushed open the bathroom door again.

Chu Siyun had already seen her. “What are you doing?”

Qin Shiyue pretended she had just come out. “Nothing.”

When she walked closer, Chu Siyun pointed at the bag on the bed and asked, “What’s that?”

Sure enough, what was meant to come would always come. There was no escaping it.

She had been too careless. How could she forget the gift there when she went to shower?