Adopting/Raising The Male Lead and The Villain

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Lang Jinzhi closed up his phone and said in a low voice, "It was from Zhong Yuhuan."

Mr. Lang paused for a second and said, "Oh, your aunt's child."

Lang Jinzhi nodded.

Mr. Lang paused again and said, "I thought you haven't seen or talked to her since your aunt's funeral?"

"I helped her out on some things – adopted a couple of kids and put them under the Ding's."

"Oh, Zhong Chi was a bit much. It's not a bad thing to adopt a couple of children to keep her company," said Mr. Lang.

Lang Jinzhi acknowledged his father's words then, after thinking for a little bit, added, "Last time I had dinner with grandpa, she came too. Even brought me a gift."

"Oh yeah? Then if she has time in the future, why don't you invite her to have dinner at our place?" said Mr. Lang, a bit surprised.

Lang Jinzhi nodded.

The two switched the subject after that, and the topic never came up again.

Lang Jinzhi, on the other hand, made a mental note – he could treat his little cousin better from now on.

They tried a few times to set it up after that but it has yet to happen, either Zhong Yuhuan was too busy or Lang Jinzhi was too busy.

Before they were able to meet up for their dinner, Xu Yunhui's son had arrived at Zhong's. Xu Xing came home from school lugging his suitcase behind him.

Zhong Yuhuan leaned over the banister on the third floor and looked down sluggishly.

"What'd you looking at?" asked Huo Chengming as he walked over to her with a big bowl of large strawberries in his hand.

Zhong Yuhuan casually picked one up and tossed it into her mouth as she smiled and said, "Looking at Xu Yunhui's son, of course."

Huo Chengming said in a low voice, "If he dares pick on you..."

"He wouldn't dare," said Zhong Yuhuan as she patted Huo Chengming on his arm. His arm is tight, slightly bulged up with a thin layer of muscle that only belonged to a youth. Zhong Yuhuan was genuinely surprised, she couldn't help but exclaim, "Wow, Chengming-ge ge has muscle on his arm now!"

Immediately, Huo Chengming's mind was somewhere else.

His entire neck turned beet red, and he grunted lowly, "Mmm."

As they were talking, footsteps could be heard at the front door mixing with the laughing from Xu Yunhui.

"You have never taken a good look at this before you left for school. Come, let us show you your room first, okay?" Xu Yunhui's tone was more tender than normal and her face szx loving.

Xu Xing was skinny and bespectacled. A backpack on his back, he wasn't showing a lot of emotions on his face nor did he show much reactions to Xu Yunhui's tenderness.

Xu Yunhui stroked his face as her heart ached and said, "I never should have let you gone to that school. You've been there for too long. You are darker and skinnier than I remember, what had happened to you?"

Xu Xing didn't say anything but slightly looked up at the banister on the third floor.

Zhong Yuhuan looked at him from the top down and gave him a cold look without hesitation.

Xu Yunhui was still going on, "Why don't you switch to Murphy High School? All your dad's friends' kids go there. And you can get to know them and get closer with them..."

As she went on and on, Xu Yunhui finally noticed that Xu Xing wasn't responding to her at all.

"What are you looking at?" Xu Yunhui looked toward the direction that he was looking at.

When she saw Zhong Yuhuan on the third floor, she almost couldn't maintain her smile.

"Oh, she's the same age as you but a few months older. You need to address her as jie jie," said Xu Yunhui.

Xu Xing still didn't say anything.

Xu Yunhui was finally a bit annoyed.

She didn't care much that Xu Xing wasn't responding to her, but that was before she knew that Zhong Yuhuan was looking at them. She could only imagine what Zhong Yuhuan was thinking about it all.

Xu Yunhui gently shoved Xu Xing toward the couch and said to him at the same time, "Alright, we don't have to go check out your room right away. Here, have a seat. Let's chat for a little while."