He Wen raised a critical question, “What does Xiao An like?”
He Qiu was also puzzled. He really didn’t know what Xiao An liked.
This was a question that He Xuan knew the answer to, and he immediately raised his hand and shouted, “Xiao An likes those two big roosters!”
“This…”
He Qiu and He Wen were filled with doubt. They still remembered that He An had scolded them before, calling them chickens.
He Xuan was only a little bit grown up and was still thinking like a child.
He explained eloquently, “Do you remember when Xiao An was just learning to speak? He learned by following those roosters, and these past few days he’s been mentioning them often too.”
“The book says that when people have something they like, they will unconsciously bring it up frequently, subconsciously proving that they like that thing.”
He concluded confidently, “So Xiao An must really like those roosters!”
After his explanation, He Qiu and He Wen began to waver. What he said did seem to make sense.
As for Fu Yuling, she hadn’t been sleeping at all. When she heard He Xuan analyzing He An’s fondness for the big roosters, she couldn’t help but shake her shoulders while suppressing her laughter.
She could imagine that when He An sees those two roosters again, the ones the three of them had given him, he definitely wouldn’t just ignore them this time.
But she didn’t say anything out loud. She waited until she had laughed enough before slowly dozing off while listening to their plans.
They had already decided how to make He An happy. Thinking that tomorrow He An wouldn’t be ignoring them anymore, the three of them peacefully fell asleep.
Early the next morning, He Wen, He Qiu, and He Xuan had all gotten up early.
Still feeling drowsy, Fu Yuling opened her eyes and asked, “Where are you going?”
“We’re going to catch…”
Before He Xuan could finish, he was dragged out by He Wen who covered his mouth.
He Qiu came over to her, picked up the blanket that Fu Yuling had pushed aside, and carefully covered her up, making sure she wouldn’t get cold. Then he said, “You continue sleeping, we won’t disturb you,” and left.
The room fell silent again. True to his word, there was not a sound from outside.
Fu Yuling slept very well this time. When she woke up, He An still hadn’t woken up. Other than when she had matters to attend to, she generally liked to sleep until she naturally woke up.
She went to open the window, and the fresh air blew in. She stretched her body before going to wake He An up.
Children shouldn’t sleep too long, or they’ll lack energy for the whole day.
When she went to call He An, he sleepily opened his eyes. As soon as he saw Fu Yuling, he clung to her like a vine and started to sob.
This utterly childlike and innocent little baby voice made Fu Yuling immediately surrender.
“Then you can continue sleeping.”
She adjusting his blanket before going to tidy herself up.
Thinking about the plan she had “overheard” last night, she guessed that they had gone to put it into action.
As she brushed her hair, she couldn’t help but smile. If the grown-up versions of them still remembered doing something so silly, she wondered how they would react when they had become big bosses.
Would they maintain their calm and ruthless look, or would they just brush it off casually?
She sighed, realizing they had a long way to go before growing up. She didn’t know if she would still be around to see them when they became adults.
Or perhaps, by then, she would have already returned.
But she couldn’t shake a vague sense of unease in her heart.
This unease stemmed from the fact that the original author of this novel could easily ruin all her efforts with just a slight change of a sentence or a few words. This invisible “enemy” was truly terrifying.
