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

Zhou Linxu carried him back to the second floor.

Zhou Yanqian then asked, "Where's Mommy?"

"Your mommy needs to wash up too." Zhou Linxu pinched the soft flesh on his side. "Alright, go find your pajamas yourself. I'll run the water for you. You need to wash your hair tonight."

He said "oh" and ran to the dressing room, pulled out his pajamas. He took out a set of light yellow pajamas with a duck pattern printed on them. They had just been delivered and he hadn't worn them yet.

Jinxi had been complaining for the past two days about why she wasn't wearing her new pajamas, so today was a good day to wear them for him to see.

He returned to the bathroom with his pajamas, where Zhou Linxu had already filled his bathtub with water.

Two familiar ducks were floating on the water. Zhou Linxu opened the cabinet and threw in a bath sponge. The water immediately turned blue, and the smell was quite pleasant.

Zhou Linxu hugged his waist, quickly washed his smelly feet, and then put him back in the bathtub: "Scrub your own flesh. When you're two years older, you'll have to bathe yourself."

Zhou Yanqian made two more "oh" sounds, which sounded perfunctory.

Zhou Linxu rubbed his back. At this age, a child's skin is smooth and soft, reminding Zhou Linxu of the first time he met him.

Back then, Zan Zan didn't even seem as big as his forearm. Now, in the blink of an eye, he's grown into a big kid.

For some reason, Zhou Linxu has been inexplicably moved by Zanzan's growth lately. It seems that without him noticing, Zanzan has grown from a green bamboo shoot into a straight bamboo.

Zhou Yanqian had no idea what his father was thinking; he was playing with two ducks.

Zhou Linxu asked, "Baby, have you been happy lately?"

Zhou Yanqian replied, "I'm happy."

Zhou Yanqian truly felt that this was the most pleasant time of his life recently.

No worries, no troublesome people.

Having learned everything, I felt extremely relieved.

Zhou Linxu pinched his little shoulders, made him spin around in the bathtub, and then lifted his little arms to lather him with foam.

Zhou Yanqian slightly raised his head, looking at his elderly father who was scrubbing him, and asked, "Dad, are you happy?"

"I'm happy," Zhou Linxu said. "I'll be even happier if you're more obedient, like if you don't bully me."

Zhou Yanqian lowered his head and chuckled secretly. Zhou Linxu saw this chuckle clearly and his eyes crinkled with laughter, like a little kitten.

Zhou Linxu had already skillfully pretended not to see anything. After he had finished chuckling to himself, he raised his head and said earnestly, "Dad, adults can't be too greedy. I've already been very obedient. If you want me to be even more obedient, that's just being greedy!"

Zhou Linxu pinched his little face with his fingertips: "How can this mouth be so eloquent? I can't even argue with you anymore."

"Of course!" Zhou Yanqian unconsciously puffed out his chest. "My grandparents and Xiao Xi all said I'm a genius."

"Yes, yes, yes." Zhou Linxu said helplessly, "A child prodigy."

"Genius child," "Exceptional son"—they only recognize flattering titles.

Zhou Yanqian held the ducks and made them quack twice more, as if echoing his father's words.

Zhou Linxu washed his eldest son thoroughly, wrapped him in a bath towel, and placed him on a small stool.

Zhou Yanqian suddenly remembered something and asked, "Dad, when are we going to the water park?"

I've told him so many times, but he still hasn't gone!

"This weekend," Zhou Linxu said, "Dad will take you there this weekend."

Zhou Yanqian grumbled, "You better be!"

Zhou Linxu dressed him and kissed his cheek: "You must go this time. If you don't go, Dad will give you five hundred yuan, little genius."

"Oh dear," Zhou Yanqian said hesitantly, "Actually, you don't have to go."

Zhou Linxu was amused by him and tapped the tip of his nose with his warm fingertip: "Little money-grubber."

He couldn't help but wonder, hadn't he ever skimped on his son's food and drink? How could he be so greedy!

Zhou Yanqian thought to himself with a smug smile, "What could my old father possibly understand! That's five hundred yuan!"

Zhou Linxu put him on the bed: "Play by yourself for now, I'm going to take a shower."

Zhou Yanqian said "oh" and started to tossing and turning in bed again. Finally, he picked up Zhou Linxu's phone and sent a message to Jin Xi: "I've finished showering. When are you coming down?"

He waited for a while, but still didn't receive a reply from Jinxi.

They're probably busy.

How boring.

Zhou Yanqian didn't want to get out of bed after taking a shower, so he just scrolled through his father's WeChat Moments on his phone for a while. It was all just regular financial news or project updates.

What a boring WeChat Moments feed.

He looked around and then went to Jinxi's WeChat Moments.

Jinxi's circle of friends is very vibrant, but most of them are photos of him.

Zhou Yanqian was stunned. When did she post so many photos? She hadn't told him at all.

And when I clicked on it, I saw that the old father had dutifully liked and commented on every single one of them.

Although the comments were mostly phrases like "cute," "handsome," "well-behaved," etc., judging from the time, he liked and commented on them not long after Xiaoxi posted them.

You're pretty quick.

Zhou Yanqian was fairly satisfied with his father's speed.

After browsing Xiaoxi's WeChat Moments, Zhou Yanqian had nothing to do again. His father had also downloaded a match-3 game on his phone, but since the accounts weren't shared, he rarely played it.

He picked up his phone again to send a message to Xiaoxi, when a familiar voice came from the doorway of the children's room.

"Zan Zan, stop sending messages, I'm here." Jin Xi had finished washing up. She was wearing a long silk nightgown and holding her phone as she walked to the bedside.

Zhou Yanqian lay down and looked at her: "I sent you messages, but you didn't reply to any of them."

Jinxi said, "I'm about to come down, why would I send you a message?"

Zhou Yanqian turned over and stood up from the bed. Jin Xi slightly opened her arms, and the child clung to her.

Jinxi whispered in his ear, "Why are you so sticky?"

She buried her face in his neck and inhaled deeply again: "Mmm, you smell so good, my little darling."

Zhou Yanqian chuckled.

Jinxi bounced him around a couple of times: "Solid baby, you might grow to be 1.9 meters tall someday."

She felt that Zan Zan's score had increased a bit.

Zhou Yanqian said, "Dad said he's going to take us to the water park this weekend and he's going to transfer 500 yuan to my Xiaotiancai."

Jinxi exclaimed in surprise, "Taking you out to play, and I still have to transfer you five hundred yuan?"

Is it possible for Zhou Linxu to allow little Zhou Zanzan to eat and take things like this?

Jinxi looked at Zanzan's little face, but Zhou Yanqian turned his face away, not letting her see.

What's there to misunderstand? Jinxi probably thought it was a choice between two options, but Zhou Zanzan said he wanted them both.

Kids these days don't like making choices either!

Jinxi poked his ticklish spot, and Zanzan laughed so hard he twisted wildly in her arms, and Jinxi almost couldn't hold him back.

She said, "Alright, alright, did you buy swimming trunks and goggles?"

Zhou Yanqian thought for a moment and realized he really didn't have any: "We'll go buy some tomorrow."

"Okay, then you'd better behave now," Jinxi said. "I'll take you to the martial arts gym tomorrow after it closes."

"Okay," Zhou Yanqian said, "Let's ask Grandpa and Grandma if they're going."

"Then go ask your grandparents yourself tomorrow," Jinxi said. "They miss you a lot, even though you didn't go today."

Zhou Yanqian hummed in agreement. It felt good to be remembered.

Jinxi put Zanzan back on the bed and said, "Okay, baby, you should try to fall asleep now."

By the time we've gone back and forth, it's already nine o'clock.

Zhou Yanqian lay obediently in the middle of the bed, patting the empty space on his other side: "Sit down, Mommy."

Jinxi sat down, casually picked up a book next to her, glanced at the cover, and saw it was a picture book of Grimm's Fairy Tales.

She asked, puzzled, "When did you buy it?"

This wasn't available before.

Zhou Yanqian glanced at it: "Dad brought it back."

Although I've never read it even once, it's nice to have it sitting there as a decoration.

Zhou Yanqian glanced at the bedside table; the two bouquets of flowers were still blooming beautifully!

Jinxi said, "Then I'll read this book to you, and you can close your eyes."

Zhou Yanqian made two "oh" sounds, but didn't obediently close his eyes.

Just then, the bathroom door was opened.

Zhou Linxu had a bath towel wrapped around his waist, and his body was not completely dry. Water droplets rolled down his skin and disappeared at the edge of the towel.

He raised his sleek arm and brushed the wet hair from his forehead back, revealing his full, smooth forehead.

Jinxi's gaze swept over him from head to toe.

It was one thing not to have noticed before, but ever since Jinxi learned of Zhou Linxu's feelings, she just felt that Zhou Linxu was burning with desire.

Day after day, he uses his body to seduce this poor woman with a weak mind!