After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 48 A Gift for the Winter Solstice (Please read on, please vote with monthly tickets~)

Since the incident involving the hairy hair, Lin Yueyao rarely calls Xu Yuan by his name directly anymore. Instead, she usually greets him by gently tugging at his clothes.

When the two of them are alone, she will secretly call Xu Yuan "Brother Yuan".

This change in address indicates that Lin Yueyao has gradually begun to regard him as an "older brother".

If Dad and Aunt Lin Jing get married, then they might actually become siblings in the true sense.

However, Dad and Aunt Lin Jing...

It feels like it's still far from certain, there's a long way to go!
After all, Hagi's dad is really slow to warm up. He's busy with work at the end of the year, and with Aunt Lin Jing helping to take care of him, he can devote himself to his work even more. He always comes home very late every day and then falls asleep as soon as his head hits the pillow.

Aunt Lin Jing's interests lie in taking care of children and playing the role of a mother; she is not interested in things like getting along well with the father.

The good relationship that the two had developed from delivering meals to each other every day did not have the opportunity to progress further.

Although their understanding of each other clearly deepened gradually through daily contact.

But Xu Yuan, as an observer, quickly realized that they were missing the most important part of their love—

That's ambiguity!

That's right, the biggest change in the relationship between Dad and Aunt Lin Jing was that Aunt Lin Jing was no longer always so polite to Dad.

My father himself came from a poor background, so he doesn't like to put on airs, and this way of getting along makes him feel very comfortable.

You two have become really good friends!
At most, they're just partners who take care of the kids together, the kind who live together as a couple.

Xu Jingguang was responsible for providing the money, and Lin Jing was responsible for providing the labor.

Xu Yuan had tried to create opportunities for Xu Jingguang and Lin Jing to be alone, including delivering meals, taking the children to school together, and spending time alone with them while helping out in the kitchen.

Unfortunately, Xu Jingguang had no feelings for her, and Lin Jing had no interest in her either.

When the two are alone together, they only talk about the children, and they really enjoy talking about the interactions between Xu Yuan, Lin Yueyao, and Xia Ke.

They talked about Lin Yueyao secretly calling him "Brother Yuan" and Xia Ke secretly kissing Xu Yuan, and they pondered how to tell Xia Ke's family about it.

I'm worried that the three of them might fight over relationship issues when they grow up.

This shipping stunt has gotten to me!
In addition, during the limited time they spent together, Xu Jingguang would often mention "A-Ling," Xu Yuan's biological mother, showing his deep longing for his deceased wife.

Dad, you can have Mom in your heart, but you can't only have Mom in your heart. My childhood in this life can't be without Mom!

Xu Yuan is troubled by his father's image as a devoted lover, and he even feels that he has shot himself in the foot by doing so, since he was reminded of this by He Xiaona when she came to his house for dinner.

However, on the other hand, it is certainly a good thing for Xu Yuan that his father still thinks about his mother. After all, if his father doesn't find a wife, he won't have to worry about fighting over the family property, which is a viable option.

But this makes Dad quite pitiful, trapped in the memories of the past, unable to find true happiness.

Perhaps when I'm a little older, a new opportunity or turning point will appear?
With that in mind, Xu Yuan could only put aside the progress of his father's relationship with Aunt Lin Jing for the time being.

My father has his own blessings; he won't marry me, so I can enjoy my happiness.

I can't exactly pressure him to get married, can I?
He's already hooked up with the old man he's interested in, and he doesn't trust anyone else.

Why do I feel like I'm raising a son when I'm taking care of this dad?!

Time quickly passed and it was already the end of December.

My father's hotel has already arranged all the wedding and annual banquet bookings up to the Lantern Festival.

The hotel matter is finally over. Dad came home much earlier than usual and sometimes even picked Xu Yuan up from school, making up for the lack of parent-child time before.

Of course, this meant that Xu Yuan wasted the time he could have spent developing a relationship with his childhood sweethearts.

However, Xia Ke clearly preferred to ride in Xu Jingguang's Crown car with the heater on, and even asked Xu Jingguang if he could take her to school during the day.

The reason was that she didn't want to "speed" with her father in the biting cold wind.

Riding a motorcycle to take someone to school on a winter morning is an ordeal, no matter how much you take precautions to keep warm, because the cold wind will whistle like blades on every inch of your exposed skin.

However, Xu Jingguang actually agreed, saying that he could pick up Xia Ke as long as her parents didn't object. Clearly, the father didn't realize how formidable his nemesis was to Xia Ke's father, Xia Lei. This act of taking her place was tantamount to openly declaring, "Your daughter is also my daughter," a blatant provocation.

Unfortunately, he couldn't resist the support of Xia Ke and her daughter Xu Qiuyun.

And a father's sincere love for his daughter.

Xia Lei agreed with tears in his eyes!

In this way, Xu Jingguang would take all three children to school in the morning.

Since Xia Ke, who lives more than a kilometer away from home, has already been picked up from school, there's no need not to pick up Lin Yueyao, who lives nearby.

As the days passed, Xu Yuan focused on strengthening his friendship with his two good friends, Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao.

He seemed to have gradually forgotten the greatest threat that had ever been to him, the most terrifying nightmare from his past life.

Until this day, the three children came home from school together and found their father Xu Jingguang's Crown parked at home. They could hear their father talking to Aunt Lin Jing in the kitchen.

"Hey, that's not how you roll out the dough. Let me do it."

"How come you can't even use a meat grinder properly? Honestly... Just put in the filling."

Dad got scolded!
Xu Yuan was overjoyed.

He quickly changed his shoes and came in, eager to witness the progress of his father's relationship:

"Dad, why are you back so early today?"

Xu Yuan saw that Xu Jingguang and Lin Jing were both wearing the same apron and busy in the kitchen. Not bad, they look like a couple!

However, the two did not think so, and Xu Jingguang even explained.

"There's nothing much going on at the hotel today. It's the Winter Solstice, so I was thinking of making some dumplings for you with your Aunt Lin."

Lin Jing said with a smile, "As the old saying goes, eating dumplings on the Winter Solstice will keep your ears from freezing."

"Yay! We can have dumplings again today!"

Xia Ke pulled Lin Yueyao's hand and spun around dancing. As they danced, they accidentally bumped into a large box on the table, almost knocking it over. Lin Yueyao instinctively caught it, feeling that it was a bit heavy.

"Uncle, what is this?"

Xia Ke pointed to the colorful paper box wrapped on the table, "Is this a gift?"

Xu Jingguang said with a smile, "Yes, this was given to Yuanyuan by Aunt He. It's the gift she wanted the most. Open it and take a look!"

……

？ ！！

The name He Xiaona was almost completely unfamiliar to Xu Yuan.

Now that the topic has been brought up again, Xu Yuan suddenly felt a surge of unease.

"Hurry up and open it, young master! Do you want me to help you open it?"

……

Under everyone's watchful eyes, Xu Yuan slowly unwrapped the gift that had filled him with dread.

The deep blue ocean paint scheme paired with silver metallic layers, along with the sharp fins and spines that present a violent, jagged texture, transforms into this guy's deadly weapon during transformation.

The enormous head, with its sharp teeth, exuding an oppressive aura, and its eyes gleaming with ferocity, caused Xu Yuan's two companions to involuntarily reveal expressions of gleaming eyes—

"It's...it's a shark giant that you can't buy anywhere else in the whole county!"

The situation that Xu Yuan had been most worried about had finally come to pass.

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