Transmigrated into a wealthy family's stepmother, I raised the villain into a sweet child.

Zhengzheng looked at Zanzan's contorted face, completely bewildered, and asked again to confirm, "Zanzan, do I really want to drink it?"

Zhou Yanqian nodded: "Drink!"

Zhengzheng gave a pitiful "oh," glanced at Zanzan's still contorted face, took a deep breath, and carefully took a sip as well.

The moment the herbal tea touched my lips, it was so bitter I almost rolled my eyes.

He swallowed the herbal tea, then exclaimed, his words becoming slurred: "You, Zan Zan, you, is your mouth broken?"

Where is the best drink?!

Tears were welling up in his eyes!

Zhou Yanqian had calmed down a bit by now. Looking at Gu Mingzheng's equally distorted face, he felt much more at peace.

He tried to sound tough, saying, "It's alright, it's just not that good."

Upon hearing this, Jinxi brought the herbal tea to his lips again: "Would you like to have another sip?"

Zhou Yanqian froze for a few seconds, then feigned composure and said, "Zhengzheng is a guest, so let's give such good things to Zhengzheng!"

Zhengzheng shook his head, as if trying to shake off the strange smell. Hearing Zanzan say this, he immediately refused, "Auntie Xiaoxi, thank you, but I don't like drinking this."

It's even more bitter than cold medicine!

Jinxi looked at the two children, who were now behaving themselves, and stopped teasing them: "Alright then, it's a pity that you can't appreciate such delicious food."

Zhou Yanqian pouted. "Ugh, who wants to appreciate this bitter stuff!"

But while his mouth was bitter, he remembered something else.

Jinxi said, "I'll go find a cup with a lid, fill it with some for your dad, and then we'll go back."

Zhou Yanqian nodded obediently. Seeing Jinxi go to the master bedroom to find her grandmother, he also pulled Zhengzheng to the kitchen.

Zhengzheng thought he was going to drag her to drink that bitter stuff, and frantically backed away: "Zanzan, Zanzan, forget it, I really don't like drinking that."

"Who said we wanted to drink that herbal tea?" Zhou Yanqian glanced at him. "Eat something else."

Something else?

Zhengzheng obediently followed Zanzan into the kitchen, where he saw Zanzan skillfully open the refrigerator door, squat down by the refrigerator door, rummage around with his little hand, and pull out "a" thing.

Zhou Yanqian looked at the refrigerator with satisfaction. He had secretly asked his grandfather about it as soon as he arrived today. Zan Zan could trust his grandfather completely when it came to doing things!

And there were so many flavors; he drew an orange flavor and then a grape flavor.

Zhengzheng curiously walked over and squatted down beside him, asking, "Zanzan, what's this?"

Zhou Yanqian glanced at him: "Small ice pops, you've never had one before?"

Zhengzheng shook his head: "Mommy has never bought me crushed ice. Is it delicious?"

"It's delicious." Zhou Yanqian closed the refrigerator door and handed him the grape-flavored one.

Zhengzheng exclaimed, "Wow! Awesome! Is this a grape? How did you know I like grapes?"

We've known each other for so long in our past lives, so it's not hard to know this.

Zhou Yanqian said, "Tear it open."

Zhengzheng obediently tore open the outer packaging. The ice cubes were frozen solid. Zhengzheng tapped his arm with the ice cubes, let out a yelp, and said pitifully, "Zanzan, I can't bite such hard ice."

"Idiot." Zhou Yanqian also tore his own clothes open: "Watch closely."

He wanted to break the shaved ice easily, but it was frozen too hard and he couldn't quite tear it apart.

Zhengzheng was looking at him intently at that moment: "Zanzan, I've seen it clearly with both eyes, please teach me quickly!"

Zhou Yanqian: ...

Zhou Yanqian gently bit his back teeth, becoming much more serious at this moment, and also slightly tightened his arms.

The crushed ice then broke in half.

Zhengzheng exclaimed, "Wow! That's amazing! Awesome!"

Zhou Yanqian secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Luckily, things were cleared up, otherwise he would have been incredibly embarrassed.

He said, "You break it too!"

Zhengzheng hummed in agreement, took a deep breath, pinched the shaved ice with his two chubby hands, let out a soft "ha," and broke the shaved ice apart.

He looked excitedly at the broken pieces of ice: "I'm so amazing!"

Zhou Yanqian looked at his broken ice, then at his own broken ice. How come he could succeed on his first try?

He pursed his lips, realizing he still needed to work on his upper body strength; he couldn't let a little kid outdo him!

Zhengzheng lowered his head and took a sip, his eyes narrowing. He shrank his neck and exclaimed, "So icy! It's like eating frozen grapes, so delicious! I love this!"

Zhou Yanqian said, "Let's swap half."

He handed half of an orange to Zhengzheng, and Zhengzheng handed him half of a grape. Now the two little ones can enjoy a double-flavor shaved ice.

Zhengzheng took another sip of the orange flavor and said, "Your favorite orange flavor is delicious too."

Zhou Yanqian hummed in agreement: "Of course!"

Oranges are the kindest, most delicious, and juiciest fruit in the world, except for sour oranges.

However, after replying, Zhou Yanqian felt a little strange. How did Zhengzheng know that he liked orange flavor?

Before she could think about it, the kitchen glass door was pulled open, and Jinxi stood outside: "Oh, I knew you two little brats were missing, so you were sneaking food here."

Zhou Yanqian felt a little guilty, and he said loudly, "We didn't steal any food! I was just thirsty and wanted to see if there was any ice water."

Zhengzheng didn't understand, and just kept nodding along.

Jinxi walked over and felt relieved when she saw that there were only two bags of crushed ice in the trash can.

She looked at Zan Zan and said, "It's not right to have a loud voice. Having a loud voice will only turn you into a duck, and you'll only be able to quack from now on."

Zhengzheng laughed out loud: "Gagaga—"

Zhou Yanqian glared at him unhappily, but Zhengzheng didn't seem to notice at all, and continued to grumble, "Gagaga—"

Speechless. How can someone be so clueless about social cues!

Jinxi said, "It's hot in the kitchen, take Zhengzheng to sit on the sofa and eat. I'll get some herbal tea for your dad, and then we'll go back."

"This is letting him off the hook this time," Zhou Yanqian snorted twice and led Zhengzheng back to the living room.

Zhengzheng whispered, "Zanzan, we just stole some food, is that okay? Will your mommy spank you?"

If he sneaks a bite, his mommy will have his daddy spank him. It doesn't hurt, but he still screams.

"It's okay," Zhou Yanqian said. "My mommy listens to me."

Zhengzheng exclaimed, "You're amazing! How can I get Mommy to listen to me?"

Zhou Yanqian coughed lightly: "You'll understand when you grow up. For now, you should listen to your mommy."

Zhengzheng pouted and said, "Oh, well, okay then."

The two little ones climbed onto the sofa, and Zhou Yanqian even turned on the TV and put on an animated cartoon.

The two of them sat side by side, happily eating shaved ice while watching cartoons.

Yang Hongyan and Jin Dahai also came out at this moment. They looked at the two children's well-behaved appearance and chuckled: "Look at Zanzan, he looks exactly like Xiaoxi when he was a child."

Jin Dahai also remarked with emotion, "When she was little, I bought her popsicles; now that she's grown up, I buy popsicles for her son. It's a kind of inheritance."

Yang Hongyan rolled her eyes at him: "You have the nerve to say that? I didn't keep an eye on her at all back then. Xiao Xi had diarrhea for a week after eating."

Jin Dahai exclaimed, "Well, I've learned my lesson now, I'll buy less, I'll buy less."

Jinxi finished preparing the herbal tea and returned to the living room. For some reason, she was struck by how content the two children looked.

She was a little wicked; she wanted to buy some homework so that the two of them could sit at their desks, scratching their heads in frustration.