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“Uncle Chi Rong!”
Feng Yuan abruptly changed direction and threw himself directly onto Chi Rong’s legs.
Chi Rong had rushed back to attend Eggy’s full moon celebration.
Seeing Feng Yuan clinging to his legs, he quickly scooped the little one up into his arms.
“Baby, I missed you so much!”
Although Chi Rong had been enjoying himself during his time away, feeling relaxed and comfortable, he had still been constantly worried about this chubby little guy in his arms.
“Yuan Yuan missed you, too!”
Feng Yuan wrapped his small arms around Chi Rong’s neck, puckered his lips, and began planting kisses all over Chi Rong’s handsome face.
He was smacking away with kisses, not yet satisfied, when a pair of large hands pinched his lips shut.
Instantly, Feng Yuan’s mouth was squished into a little duck’s bill.
Fuming, he glared at the person who had pinched his mouth, wanting to express his displeasure.
But with his mouth clamped shut, all he could manage were muffled “mmph mmph” sounds.
“Yu Ye!”
Chi Rong couldn’t stand it any longer. He freed one hand to swat at Yu Ye’s knuckles.
After taking two hits, Yu Ye finally let go.
Chi Rong had just returned. Yu Ye had only just laid eyes on him.
Before Yu Ye could even approach to speak with Chi Rong, he saw Feng Yuan, this little chubby kid, covering Chi Rong with kisses.
It goes without saying that his mood was far from pleased.
Seeing Yu Ye get hit, Feng Yuan giggled mischievously.
He hugged Chi Rong’s face and deliberately planted another loud kiss.
Yu Ye: “?”
Yu Ye narrowed his eyes: “Chubby Yuan, are you doing this on purpose?”
Feng Yuan just giggled without answering.
Yu Ye stared at him for a few seconds before suddenly leaning in.
Thinking Yu Ye was going to kiss Chi Rong, Feng Yuan hurriedly covered Chi Rong’s face with his chubby little hands to block him.
But it turned out Yu Ye wasn’t aiming for Chi Rong’s face.
He was aiming for Feng Yuan’s chubby little cheeks.
In one bite, he clamped down on the plump, milky flesh of Feng Yuan’s cheek.
Feng Yuan: “!”
Having his cheek bitten, Feng Yuan reflexively raised his small hand and smacked Yu Ye on the head.
The hit was surprisingly strong.
Almost immediately after, he realized what he had done and looked down at his chubby little hand.
Dad had told him not to hit people.
If Dad were here, he would definitely be in trouble by now.
“Yuan Yuan is sorry.”
The little guy didn’t even notice the teeth marks left on his cheek.
He just retracted his hands, pouted, and apologized.
Yu Ye accepted his apology, but on the condition that he get down from Chi Rong’s arms first.
“Hey, what are you doing!”
Chi Rong protested unhappily: “I still want to hold the baby a while longer!”
Seeing the little guy in his arms struggling to get down, Chi Rong shot Yu Ye a displeased glare.
Ignoring his annoyed look, Yu Ye insisted on taking the chubby little kid down.
“Uncle Chi Rong, I’m going to see Eggy.”
Feng Yuan didn’t linger in front of Uncle Chi Rong and Uncle Yu Ye. He still had to take Rong Rong and Xu Jiale to see Eggy.
The group of children scampered off and eventually reached Eggy.
Eggy had been prettier than the average newborn from the moment he was born.
When he first arrived, his skin was already smooth and tender. His features were strikingly beautiful at first glance.
As he grew day by day, his little face became more and more gorgeous.
Today was his full moon celebration. He was dressed meticulously from head to toe.
He wore a designer red children’s outfit and a little red hat on his head.
Around his neck hung a heavy little golden locket.
On his wrists, he also wore large gold bracelets.
Apart from the gold lock and bracelets, as well as the expensive custom-made branded outfit, even the little socks Eggy wore were incredibly pricey.
In the Yu family, whether it was Yu Yi or Fang Fang, both were big spenders.
They had decorated Eggy into a little golden Eggy.
Besides having an abundance of gold, Eggy also had more jewelry than he could ever wear.
Fang Fang adored jadeite.
She gave her favorite set of imperial green jadeite, along with a mine, to Eggy.
Just as Fang Fang had said earlier, Eggy’s birth meant—
He was here to enjoy a life of luxury.
“Eggy, you look so cute today!”
Feng Yuan leaned close to Eggy, gently touching his little hand. He felt that Eggy looked especially adorable today.
Xu Jiale was seeing Eggy for the first time.
Before coming, he had brought a red envelope given by his grandmother.
He handed the red envelope to Eggy.
“Hi, Eggy, I’m Yuan Yuan’s good friend. My name is Le Le.”
Xu Jiale introduced himself.
Eggy glanced at him and, for the sake of his older brother, didn’t treat him too badly.
After looking at Eggy, Xu Jiale turned to Feng Yuan.
“Yuan Yuan, is Eggy your biological brother? He’s really good-looking.”
“Eggy is my brother.”
Feng Yuan didn’t say “biological brother”.
He knew that a biological brother meant a new baby from his dad’s belly.
He didn’t want a new baby. Having Eggy as his brother was enough.
“Yuan Yuan, you’re so handsome. All the kids around you are good-looking, too. Rong Rong is also very cute.”
After praising Eggy, Xu Jiale went on to compliment Feng Yuan and Rong Rong as well.
He even included himself in the praise.
Feng Yuan grinned happily at his words.
Not many people came to see Eggy.
He was still too young. Fang Fang didn’t want him to be surrounded by too many people.
She was worried that germs from the adults might infect her little Eggy.
At the full-month celebration, many photos of Eggy were displayed.
Guests could look at Eggy’s pictures.
Naturally, these photos included plenty of group shots.
In Eggy’s group photos, Yu Yi and Wu Jin stood together openly, holding Eggy in their arms.
There was also a family portrait of the Yu family, which included Wu Jin as well.
Feng Yuan and Eggy had many photos together, too.
The pictures of the two little ones were all candid shots from their daily lives.
These everyday photos showed the two brothers playing with toys, drinking milk together, and Feng Yuan holding Eggy.
In the photos, the two brothers looked warm and harmonious.
Many guests, upon seeing the photos of the two little ones, would smile and say, “Yuan Yuan really does look like your family’s eldest grandson.”
Hearing this, the Yu family would reply without hesitation, “He is our grandson. He has recognized Yu Yi as his godfather. So naturally, he’s our grandson.”
Yu Lian and Fang Fang, who responded this way, saw nothing wrong with it.
But the person speaking tactfully reminded them about the issue of inheritance.
Fang Fang found this quite amusing.
Were they really worried that Yuan Yuan and Eggy would fight over the family fortune?
Not only were they planning to leave a share for Yuan Yuan, but the vast wealth of the Li family alone would be enough for Yuan Yuan to spend for several lifetimes.
The children from both families would never develop any greedy thoughts about money.
Because they lacked nothing.
The adults had their social engagements, and the children had their own fun.
One of the children attending the banquet coughed a few times while playing.
They were playing a game of “Eagle Catches Chicks”.
As soon as Feng Yuan, the “eagle”, heard the child coughing, he immediately stopped chasing the “chicks”.
He immediately turned and scooped up Eggy, who had been watching them play games.
“Eggy needs some milk. I’ll come back and play with you all later.”
Feng Yuan knew that many of the little ones in this batch had been falling ill recently.
He was worried that the coughing child might be sick.
Eggy was still so tiny. He couldn’t risk him getting infected.
Feng Yuan carried Eggy back to his room. As he passed by his uncle’s room, he knocked loudly on the door.
But his uncle didn’t open it.
Seeing this, Feng Yuan huffed in annoyance and went off to find another dragon.
He brought Eggy to Bai Chen, who was holed up in his room playing games.
“Uncle Xiao Bai, could you please keep an eye on Eggy? There’s a child outside who’s coughing.”
“Sure!”
Xiao Bai had just started a game. But when he saw Feng Yuan bringing Eggy over, he still intended to take him.
Feng Yuan had played games before and knew you couldn’t just go AFK.
So, he didn’t hand Eggy directly to Xiao Bai.
Instead, he set Eggy down, letting him lie beside Xiao Bai.
That way, Uncle Xiao Bai could keep an eye on Eggy while finishing his game.
The kids who had been playing earlier were still left waiting by Feng Yuan.
After carefully explaining the situation to Eggy, Feng Yuan waved his little hand at him and walked away.
No sooner had Feng Yuan left than Xiao Bai leaned over and kissed Eggy’s little cheek.
“Eggy, wait till I finish this game, and then I’ll play with you.”
Xiao Bai adored Eggy to bits.
He kept glancing at Eggy every few moments, which made it hard for him to focus on the game.
His teammate, who was on voice chat with him, heard him repeatedly cooing “precious Eggy” and couldn’t help but ask, “Who’s this ‘precious Eggy’?”
“He’s my baby!”
Whenever the sea dragons were holding a baby or an egg, as long as the little one’s direct parents weren’t around, they’d shamelessly claim the child as their own.
The sea dragons’ style was clearly something the teammate on voice chat wasn’t familiar with.
The teammate fell silent for a long while.
During that time, he fed the enemy team several times.
Seeing his teammate repeatedly getting killed, Xiao Bai tried to save him, but was often too late.
“Stop charging forward! Get behind me!”
Xiao Bai exclaimed in frustration, “You’re playing so poorly!”
The teammate didn’t respond, just quietly moved behind him.
After another moment, the teammate suddenly asked, “When did you have a child? Didn’t you say you were single before?”
“Can’t single people have children?”
Xiao Bai retorted indignantly, “What kind of outdated thinking is that!”
The teammate: “…”
Once again, the teammate fell silent.
After showing off about the baby for a while, Xiao Bai finally mumbled the truth: “He’s a little one from our clan. His dad and I are from the same clan.”
“So, rounding it up, he’s my baby, too.”
Teammate: “?”
Teammate: “He’s not your biological child?”
Xiao Bai: “Not biological, but even closer than biological!”
Xiao Bai spent a lot of time online and had picked up all sorts of things.
He was quick to learn new terms and new ways of thinking.
“As long as he’s not your biological child, it’s fine.”
After saying that, the teammate finally found his groove in the game.
He stopped feeding the enemy team.
After they finished the match, Xiao Bai tossed his phone aside and went to soothe Eggy.
Well, to be more accurate, he started pestering Eggy.
Eggy was already dozing off and didn’t need any soothing.
But Xiao Bai couldn’t resist. He kept stroking Eggy’s little face, pinching his tiny hands. Even his chubby little feet got pinched several times.
Eggy, with a not-so-great temper, finally lost its patience after enduring Uncle Xiao Bai’s antics several times.
Widening its eyes, it let out a fierce, grumpy “ah-ah” sound.
It sounded like it was picking a fight.
Xiao Bai, seeing its fierce little expression, was utterly charmed.
“Eggy, how can you be so adorable!”
“You’re just as cute as the baby!”
Xiao Bai began rubbing Eggy affectionately in the room, while Feng Yuan, who had brought Eggy over, was still busy catching little chicks.
They played for about ten minutes before finally stopping.
The reason they stopped wasn’t because Feng Yuan had caught all the chicks. It was because Rui Rui, who was playing the role of the chick, was coughing more and more severely.
Feng Yuan didn’t dare let him continue playing.
“Rui Rui, have some water.”
Feng Yuan poured water for Rui Rui. But even after drinking, Rui Rui kept coughing.
Seeing this, Feng Yuan asked with a hint of concern, “Rui Rui, are you sick?”
Rui Rui’s little face looked listless and dispirited as he replied, “I don’t know.”
“I was fine yesterday.”
“Yesterday, it was Cheng Cheng who was sick, not me.”
Rui Rui had visited the sick Cheng Cheng the day before.
He had felt perfectly fine then. If he had known he was getting sick, he wouldn’t have gone out.
Feng Yuan, acting like a little adult, reached out to feel Rui Rui’s forehead.
He held his hand there for a while but couldn’t detect anything unusual.
So, he went straight to fetch a thermometer.
After taking his temperature for five minutes, Feng Yuan removed the thermometer and pretended to examine it for a moment.
“Hmm, I’ll let my godfather take a look.”
Feng Yuan brought the thermometer to his godfather, who checked it and said, “37.2°C. Slight fever.”
Rui Rui was starting to run a fever. Upon learning this, Rui Rui’s father quickly took his son home.
Before leaving, Rui Rui’s father apologized.
“I’m sorry. Rui Rui was fine when he left home this morning. I really didn’t know he was sick.”
At this full moon banquet were the Yu family’s little grandson and several other children.
Children are particularly susceptible to infections.
Rui Rui’s father was aware of this, so he held Rui Rui and sincerely apologized.
The Yu family didn’t blame him.
After all, children can fall ill suddenly. No one can predict it.
Rui Rui’s father certainly didn’t want his son to get sick either.
After Rui Rui’s father left, as a precaution, the Yu family had all the children wash their hands and sanitize them.
The lively full moon banquet lasted until evening before everyone dispersed.
Feng Yuan, Qin Xun, and Rong Rong all stayed overnight at the Yu family.
The little ones slept together in one bed, while Eggy slept in a small bed beside them.
The next day was Monday.
The children had to get up for school. They had brought their backpacks when they arrived the day before, so they could head straight to school from there.
Eggy woke up at the same time as them.
Seeing his brother and Rong Rong head to the bathroom to wash up. Eggy’s gaze fell on their backpacks.
Though small, Eggy was already capable of thinking.
It knew that when its brother carried his backpack and left, it would be a long time before he came back to see Eggy.
Wanting to keep playing with his brother, Eggy waved its little hands a few times.
It tried to crawl into its brother’s backpack.
“Ah!”
After several failed attempts to climb, Eggy grew frustrated.
Staring intently at the backpack, it gathered its strength, trying to transform into a little dragon to climb inside.
Just as it was about to succeed, Rong Rong, who had finished washing up, came out first.
Rong Rong’s little face still had a few droplets of water on it.
He ran over and gave Eggy a good morning kiss.
Eggy: “…”
Eggy’s tense little face instantly relaxed. He grinned, flashing a smile at Rong Rong.
Rong Rong’s eyes curved in response.
After Rong Rong finished giving his morning kisses, Feng Yuan also came over to plant one on Eggy.
Only Qin Xun abstained.
Last time, under Feng Yuan’s watchful eye, Qin Xun had furrowed his brows and prepared to reluctantly peck the little rascal.
But before he could make contact, the little troublemaker burst into loud wails.
With no other choice, Feng Yuan had excused Qin Xun from the morning kissing ritual.
“Eggy, be good and stay home. We’re off to school now.”
Feng Yuan bid farewell to Eggy.
They hoisted their small backpacks and would leave after breakfast.
Eggy watched as both his brother and Rong Rong carried their schoolbags.
He clenched his tiny fists, face filled with tragic indignation.
If only he’d moved faster earlier!
He’d been so close, so close to climbing into one of those backpacks.
Left behind at home, Eggy watched as Feng Yuan, Rong Rong, and Qin Xun finished their meal and departed for kindergarten.
Today, the kindergarten organized outdoor activities.
This was precisely why Feng Yuan had been so enthusiastic about coming today.
They were scheduled to take a bus to Taoli’s Former Residence!
Taoli’s Former Residence was a dwelling preserved for over a thousand years.
It was once home to a famous poet.
Other poets’ inscriptions remained within its walls.
The kindergarten’s language teacher brought them here to experience the literary atmosphere from a millennium ago.
The teacher narrated the great poet’s life experiences in simple, accessible language.
He recited many of the poet’s works.
For this engaging teaching method, most children in the class listened with rapt attention.
Feng Yuan, however, let the words flow in one ear and out the other.
His small hands carefully explored the architecture, touching with utmost caution.
The teacher had emphasized that these structures held great value and mustn’t be damaged.
“Teacher, Yuan Yuan needs to pee.”
After spending most of the morning in the former residence, Feng Yuan felt the call of nature.
The teacher directed him to the restroom.
“Any other children who need to use the bathroom? You can go now if needed.”
“We’ll take a short break before continuing our tour.”
The teacher organized a rest period for the children.
During the break, the teacher paid special attention to several students who had come to school despite coughing.
These children only had coughs without fever.
That’s why their parents had allowed them to attend.
With the morning dedicated to outdoor activities and pleasant weather, parents hoped their children could get some fresh air and sunshine.
The group of children remained quite well-behaved.
Before the trip, the teacher had asked Feng Yuan to help maintain order.
With King Yuan Yuan present, all the children stayed remarkably obedient.
While the teacher tended to the present children and waited for Feng Yuan’s group to return from the restroom, an urgent phone call came through.
Puzzled, the teacher answered.
“Principal, what’s the matter?”
“Teacher Zhang, I need to inform you of something. Please remain calm.”
“I recall your class has several children on sick leave, plus a few with coughs but no fever, correct?”
The teacher affirmed, “Yes, what’s wrong?”
The principal took a deep breath before continuing, “The sick children from your class have been diagnosed with a new virus.”
“That child Tian Tian… her condition…”
The principal couldn’t bring herself to finish the sentence.
He only informed Teacher Zhang: “It’s been confirmed that this virus spreads among children. The hospital will quarantine all children who have been exposed to the virus.”
“All the children in your class need to be quarantined.”
“This is a directive from higher authorities. It came down so urgently. I just received it myself.”
“I’ve already coordinated with the superiors. An ambulance is on its way to pick you up now.”
“Teacher Zhang, you’re one of our most experienced teachers at the kindergarten. I hope you can do a good job comforting the children and making sure they aren’t scared.”
“Please cooperate and go to the quarantine site first. I’ll continue to gather more information from the higher-ups.”
After delivering the message, the principal hung up, giving Teacher Zhang time to calm the children.
After hanging up, Teacher Zhang was still a bit dazed.
But she didn’t stay dazed for long and quickly composed herself.
She counted the children she had brought along and called out to those still in the restroom.
Hearing the teacher’s call, Feng Yuan didn’t even wash his hands and was about to run over.
Rong Rong stopped him and made him wash his little hands first.
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