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

Zhou Yanqian's crying from the spiciness was quite a scene.

But his behavior is so funny that it makes you want to laugh.

Jinxi quickly poured him a glass of iced watermelon juice: "Don't eat anymore, don't eat anymore, oh dear, don't eat anymore! Drink some watermelon juice first."

They simply confiscated his kebabs.

Zhou Yanqian held the cup and gulped down the watermelon juice.

Seeing this, Jinxi also took a bite and asked in confusion, "It's not spicy at all! It's hardly spicy at all."

This isn't even as spicy as the hot and sour noodles that Zan Zan secretly ate.

Zhou Linxu was also puzzled: "He was supposed to pour the slightly spicy one, could it be that he poured the wrong one?"

That bottle of chili powder was bought especially for Zan Zan, because I was afraid he would crave spicy food.

He took the skewer from Jinxi and took a bite. Did he not use the wrong chili powder?

Yang Hongyan took a tissue to wipe Zanzan's tears, and upon hearing Jinxi speak, replied, "Can your ability to cope be the same as Zanzan's?"

After listening, Jin Xi and Zhou Linxu nodded in agreement.

makes sense.

Jin Dahai also said, "Zanzan, don't cry. Grandpa peeled a lobster for you and made you a dipping sauce. It's not spicy. Come and try it."

Zhou Yanqian had already finished the watermelon juice in one go, but he still couldn't stop crying.

Jinxi was stunned: "Is it that powerful? Is it scalding hot or spicy?"

She pulled Zan Zan to her side: "Don't cry, don't cry. Open your mouth and let Mommy and Daddy see if your tongue is damaged."

Zhou Yanqian pouted, looking utterly pitiful.

Zhou Linxu had already turned on the flashlight on his phone and looked worried: "Baby, open your mouth, come on, ah—"

Zhou Yanqian opened his mouth and huddled together with Jinxi to take a closer look.

"My mouth is fine, and my tongue is okay too." Zhou Linxu was somewhat relieved.

Jinxi also said, "I guess they burned themselves. They were fresh out of the oven, and they were on metal skewers, so they cooled down slowly."

Zhou Linxu put his phone aside, and his son immediately jumped into his arms.

He patted his eldest son's neck: "It's alright, it's alright, we'll have something non-spicy tonight."

Zhou Yanqian buried his face in his shoulder, seemingly a little embarrassed to come out.

But Zhou Linxu felt that the fabric on his shoulder was wet. He held Zan Zan on his lap, tilted his head slightly and kissed his little ear: "Don't cry, don't cry. It's Daddy's fault for not thinking it through. Daddy will be more careful later and blow it off for you."

Jinxi continued, "Mommy, how about I pour you another glass of watermelon juice? And add some ice. We can eat the skewers after they've cooled down, okay?"

Zhou Yanqian then revealed his face, his eyelashes wet with tears, making him look incredibly endearing.

He grunted in a muffled voice, "Alright then."

"Our Zan Zan was so wronged, poor baby." Jin Xi said as she poured him a glass of watermelon juice, this time adding two ice cubes as a token gesture.

She handed the watermelon juice to Zan Zan: "Drink it quickly."

Zhou Yanqian held the iced watermelon juice and gulped down another big mouthful.

He seemed to have recovered by now, and smacked his lips: "Dad, I want to eat that again."

Zhou Linxu picked up the kebab placed to the side and took a bite himself. After all that commotion, the kebab had gotten quite cold.

Zhou Linxu then handed him the meat skewers: "They're not hot now, try them and see if they're spicy?"

Zhou Yanqian pursed his lips tightly, and his chin trembled slightly.

Looking at him like this, Zhou Linxu couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

He asked, "What's wrong?"

Zhou Yanqian shook his head, took his meat skewer, and slowly took a bite.

Zhou Linxu watched his cheeks move back and forth and asked, "Is it still spicy?"

"It's not spicy anymore," Zhou Yanqian said. "It's delicious."

Zhou Linxu was relieved: "You probably just burned yourself. You're going to eat lobster after this kebab? Grandpa peeled a big bowl of lobster for you. Eat it however you want."

Zhou Yanqian kept biting into his meat skewers without making a sound, only staring at Zhou Linxu.

Zhou Linxu tilted his head: "Why are you looking at me like that? Feeling wronged? It was just a little burn, Mr. Zan, where's your CEO aura?"

Zhou Yanqian twitched the corner of his mouth and said quietly, "Don't eat my meat skewers next time, they're all gone."

Zhou Linxu flicked his cheek: "You're such a stinky baby. Okay, okay, I won't eat it next time. I'll eat it when you give it to me, okay?"

Zhou Yanqian nodded in satisfaction and continued eating his meat skewers: "They're delicious, Dad! You should have some too!"

Zhou Linxu shook his leg: "Young CEO, why don't you get down? Grandpa's peeled lobster meat has been waiting for you for ages, did you hear that?"

Oh right! Lobster!

Zhou Yanqian immediately shrunk off his lap, grabbed a skewer of meat in one hand, and darted away like a rabbit.

He called out, "Grandpa!"

Jin Dahai placed the lobster meat he had peeled on the table: "Sweetie, Grandpa will grill you another skewer of lobster meat later, do you want some?"

"Great!" Zhou Yanqian took another bite of the kebab. "Grandpa, you're amazing!"

After praising her, Zhou Yanqian went to Yang Hongyan's side and said, "Grandma! You've worked hard too!"

Yang Hongyan smiled, her eyes crinkling: "It's no trouble at all, Zan Zan Bao, what else do you want? Grandma will get it for you."

Zhou Yanqian waved the meat skewers in his hand, and Yang Hongyan then gave him two more different meat skewers and placed them on the grill.

Jinxi said, "Please sit down first, I'll have Butler Zhao take a picture of us!"

Jinxi quite enjoys taking photos, but most of the time, the people taking the photos just give them a thumbs up.

Butler Zhao was already standing to the side with his camera.

Zhou Yanqian was originally standing far away, but after seeing his father waving, he lingered and came to his side.

Zhou Linxu placed his hand on his shoulder: "Baby, smile."

Zhou Yanqian hummed twice, leaned against him, and grinned at the camera.

Butler Zhao took several photos, and the meeting only ended after Jinxi said she was satisfied.

Jinxi put on her gloves: "Alright, let's eat!"

They grilled the first batch, and soon an aunt took over the job of grilling skewers. Zhou Yanqian sat between Jinxi and Zhou Linxu, eating the grilled meat one bite after another, and also eating the lobster meat that his grandfather had peeled for him. Oranges and lychees were circling around his feet.

Zhou Yanqian looked down and met the round eyes of Daju and Dali.

Zhou Yanqian patiently explained, "You can't eat this. It's seasoned. If a puppy eats it, it will die. I'm a human, so only I can eat it."

Zhou Linxu listened to him babbling on and on with the puppy and couldn't help but chuckle.

Jinxi heard him laughing and turned her head to look at him.

Then Zhou Linxu gave a signal with his eyes.

Jinxi also went to see Zanzan, and saw him obediently whispering with Daju and Dali, and she smiled along with him.

She said, "Daju and Dali know, you should eat well too."

Zhou Yanqian hummed in response, but did not look up immediately.

The two adults started chatting with the other two adults.

The evening breeze ruffled Zhou Yanqian's hair, and the air was filled with the delicious smell of barbecue.

He finished eating a meat skewer and put the skewer back on the table.

She looked up and first glanced at her maternal grandparents across the street, then looked at Jinxi.

Finally, he slowly turned his head to look at Zhou Linxu.

Like looking, like observing.

Finally, Zhou Linxu caught that burning gaze. He glanced at Zan Zan, then picked up a lobster, peeled it in a few quick movements, put the meat in Zan Zan's bowl, and reached for a new lobster with his other hand.

Zhou Yanqian looked at the whole shrimp meat in the bowl, picked up his chopsticks and put the shrimp meat in his mouth. Before he could even start chewing, another piece of shrimp meat was put into his bowl.

As he chewed, he leaned against Zhou Linxu's arm, his soft cheek pressed against his father's arm, his little mouth constantly moving, looking incredibly content.

Zhou Linxu whispered, "Sit tight, don't fall."

Zhou Yanqian said "Oh," and replied, "You won't fall."

Anyway...

Anyway, I'll be caught.