Yan Zixin had been living at Wu Pengpeng's place for a month, during which no one called to show concern for the child.
Wu Pengpeng wracked her brains but couldn't figure out who the child's father was. She even went through her contact list one by one, hoping to find a clue from those names, but in vain.
Later, Wu Pengpeng simply gave up. She thought it was God's mercy to send her a money - guzzling kid. If the child's father came looking for them one day, she would figure out a countermeasure then.
Although there was suddenly a child in the family, Wu Pengpeng's life wasn't greatly affected. The tedious task of taking care of the baby was left to He Qianshan, while she only focused on spoiling the child with shopping sprees.
Thanks to the arrival of this money - guzzling kid, in just half a month, she had spent tens of millions. Most of the money was spent on finding a school for the chubby baby.
She didn't have Yan Zixin's household registration information, so good kindergartens were reluctant to accept him. In a fit of anger, Wu Pengpeng bought a private kindergarten, making it Yan Zixin's exclusive one.
When He Qianshan heard about it, he was flabbergasted. "Isn't this a bit too much?"
Wu Pengpeng waved her hand indifferently. "Not at all."
She took out a lollipop from the food bag, tore off the wrapper, and handed it to Yan Zixin, who was sitting in the rear child seat with a pouting mouth.
The chubby baby's eyes lit up when he saw the candy. He perked up and took it. "Thank you, Mommy."
Looking at his unpretentious look, Wu Pengpeng suddenly laughed. "He's my son. Of course, I have to give him the best. What's a bit of money?"
He Qianshan's hand on the steering wheel stiffened. He stole a glance at the file bag beside him and his eyes dimmed slightly.
A few days ago, he had used his connections to get a new household registration for Yan Zixin. From then on, the chubby baby could go to school normally. Unexpectedly, Wu Pengpeng had acted one step ahead of him.
After some thought, he finally didn't give the file to Wu Pengpeng. In fact, if she was willing, she could handle this by spending some money herself. As an 18 - tier nobody with no money or power, doing this extra thing might expose his secret.
Wu Pengpeng was immersed in the joy of spending a large sum of money and was completely unaware of the turmoil in He Qianshan's heart.
In a good mood, she even found the chubby baby who was competing for her affection more pleasing to the eye. She hugged the shopping bags and kept feeding him.
It was not until He Qianshan, worried that the child might overeat, stopped her that she stopped reluctantly.
The chubby baby, deprived of his snacks, pouted unhappily. Since it was his favorite Uncle He who had spoken, he didn't dare to rebel and just sat alone in the seat sulking.
He Qianshan saw his unhappiness in the rear - view mirror and coaxed him gently. "Don't be angry. Uncle will make your favorite braised pork when we get home. Okay?"
Yan Zixin immediately beamed and even drooled. He reached out his hand to He Qianshan, asking to be held.
He Qianshan parked the car steadily, got out, and opened the back door to pick him up.
Wu Pengpeng wasn't happy. She unbuckled her seat belt and got out of the car. She glared at the chubby baby hanging around He Qianshan's neck. "Don't spoil him. He'll be ruined sooner or later."
Hearing this, the chubby baby looked back at her unhappily and snorted to show his dissatisfaction.
He Qianshan immediately patted his back to soothe him. After calming the little one, he turned to soothe the big one. "Don't be impatient. He's still young. We can educate him properly when he's older."
Just as Wu Pengpeng was about to say that it would be too late when he got older, a red sports car sped over and stopped just beside her feet.
Zhao Bufan got out of the car, flipped her long hair back, and then her eyes froze. "What's going on?"
Looking at her dumbfounded look, Wu Pengpeng suddenly felt in a great mood. She pointed at the chubby baby in He Qianshan's arms. "Let me introduce you. This is my son, Yan Zixin."
She pointed at the dumb - looking aunt in front of her and introduced her to the chubby baby. "This is Aunt Fanfan. Say hello to Auntie."
Yan Zixin said in a milky voice, "Hello, Aunt Fanfan." He sweet - talked and added, "Auntie, you're so beautiful!"
Zhao Bufan was immediately overjoyed by the compliment and even forgot the reason she came to settle accounts with Wu Pengpeng.
"Hello, Xinxin!" She took two steps forward and reached out her hand to the chubby baby. "Auntie wants to hug you."
Hearing this, Yan Zixin immediately tightened his grip around He Qianshan's neck, afraid of being taken away by Zhao Bufan.
Zhao Bufan was rebuffed and awkwardly touched her nose.
Wu Pengpeng comforted her. "Don't mind. This kid is shallow and only judges by appearance."
Zhao Bufan: "..."
Thanks, I feel insulted.
She gave He Qianshan a meaningful look and whispered into Wu Pengpeng's ear. "When did you have the baby?"
Wu Pengpeng said, "It wasn't with him."
Zhao Bufan was very surprised. "Then who did you have it with?"
Wu Pengpeng also wanted to know. "Yeah, who did I have it with?"
As the best friend of the original owner, shouldn't she know this clearly?
Seeing her asking sincerely, Zhao Bufan got angry. "It's your child. If you ask me, who should I ask?"
Wu Pengpeng sighed. "Who asked me to have a messed - up mind?"
Seeing her like this, Zhao Bufan was at a loss. She quickly raised her hands in surrender. "What did the child say?"
As soon as the words came out, she thought it was absurd. As the child's mother, she had to confirm who the father was from a three - year - old chubby baby.
"I asked. He only said his father's name is Yan Moyi." Wu Pengpeng was very angry. She thought she had given birth to a useless kid. "He knows nothing else."
Hearing her contemptuous tone, Zhao Bufan immediately got unhappy. She glared at her impatiently. "With your attitude, you still have the nerve to look down on the baby!"
He Qianshan, who was sitting opposite, feeding Yan Zixin water, happened to see this. He immediately glared at Zhao Bufan and coughed lightly.
Receiving He Qianshan's death stare, Zhao Bufan obediently shut up.
Seeing He Qianshan protecting her, Wu Pengpeng thought contentedly, Who isn't a baby!
Zhao Bufan sat there silently, letting her imagination run wild. "You wouldn't have fallen in love with a down - and - out prince when you were studying abroad, would you? Afraid that your family would break you up, you secretly got together. Then when you came back to inherit the family business, you broke up with him."
She was deeply impressed by her own imagination and thought that if Wu Pengpeng went bankrupt one day, she could write some cheesy novels to make a living.
The more Zhao Bufan thought, the more excited she became. "This plot of the CEO's wife running away with the baby seems familiar!"
Wu Pengpeng rolled her eyes at her. "Watch less cheesy CEO novels. Oh, right. Don't tell my second uncle and the others about this for now. I haven't figured out how to..."
Before she could finish her sentence, she noticed that Zhao Bufan's face looked strange. Her heart skipped a beat. She took out her phone and opened the chat app.
Zhao Bufan had already posted a photo of the chubby baby in the family group and announced that he was Wu Pengpeng's illegitimate child.
Wu Pengpeng had turned off the group message notifications and knew nothing about it. By now, the group was in an uproar.
She tremblingly scrolled up the messages. When Zhao Bufan first posted the photo of Yan Zixin, everyone unanimously praised the child for being good - looking.
After Zhao Bufan said, "This is Pengpeng's son," the group was silent for a few minutes. Then Wu Qing, fearless, said, "Wow, our Pengpeng is amazing. Her son is already so big."
The group was still silent. Wu Qing, still bold, continued, "Hahaha, I'm a grandpa now."
Then he @ - mentioned Wu You, Wu Ju, Wu Xian, and Wu Fei one by one. "You're all grandpas now. Aren't you happy?"
Wu Fei was the first to be influenced by him. He started to enjoy the joy of being a grandpa in the group. He praised Yan Zixin's beautiful eyes one moment and said that Yan Zixin's face shape took after him the next.
Then the others also joined the discussion and almost praised Yan Zixin to the skies.
Wu Pengpeng deeply felt that she, the family's darling of the Wu family, was about to lose her favor.
Only Wu You remained silent throughout, probably still unable to accept the fact that Wu Pengpeng had a child out of wedlock.
Wu Pengpeng nervously sent a shivering emoji. Her hands were shaking as she typed. "Sorry, dear elders. I used to..."
Before she could finish a sentence, Wu You's message came. "Bring the child back to have a look tomorrow!"
Wu Pengpeng didn't want to go back, but she didn't dare to disobey him. "Okay."