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

The person on the other end of the phone paused, seemingly not expecting such an answer.

Jinxi asked, "He's right next to me. Do you want him to talk to you personally? So you don't keep bothering me all the time."

The adoptive mother, You Qing, visibly hesitated for a moment, swallowing back the words she was about to say.

Because they were afraid Zhou Linxu would hear them.

Jinxi, however, persisted, asking, "Hmm? Why did you stop talking? He's really right next to me; he can hear everything you say."

Zhou Linxu looked at Jin Xi, who was beaming with joy, as if she had won some great victory. However, since Jin Xi had already said she wouldn't go back, he naturally wouldn't agree.

He said in a low voice, "Mom, I'm busy lately, so I won't be going back for a while."

Jinxi looked up at him. Zhou Linxu was looking down at her phone, his voice deep, magnetic, and exceptionally pleasant.

She never expected that Zhou Linxu would actually acknowledge what she had said.

That last sentence was purely to disgust You Qing.

It wasn't until he spoke that You Qing seemed to find her voice: "Lin, Lin Xu, it's okay. You can go ahead and do your work. Come back when you have time, and we can have a simple meal together as a family."

"Okay, I will." Zhou Linxu replied fluently.

Jinxi snapped out of her daze and said, "That's it, I'm hanging up."

He then promptly hung up the phone.

Zhou Linxu looked at her and asked, "Did you have a fight with them?"

Jinxi is usually very compliant when her family calls.

Today is quite different; they seem to dislike Jinjia.

"What's the point of arguing with them?" Jinxi crossed her arms, her eyebrows slightly raised. "I've already unilaterally severed ties with them."

The person connected to the Jin family is the original owner of this body. The original owner is already dead. If it weren't for inheriting the original owner's memories, Jin Xi and the others would be complete strangers.

Severing ties?

Zhou Linxu looked at Jin Xi's face. She looked relaxed, but it was clear that she was serious.

Jinxi seemed to have thought of something as well, and she said, "However, if you want to get closer to them, you don't need to worry about me. We are independent individuals."

Jinxi has never been in management, but he has at least watched movies and read novels. Who knows if there will be cooperation between these companies in the future?

But she laughed as soon as she finished speaking.

Zhou Linxu was still pondering her previous sentence when he saw her smile and couldn't help but ask, "What are you laughing at?"

"It's nothing." Jinxi laughed without any pretense, speaking frankly as well: "I just felt that I said something pointless."

Zhou Linxu is a mature capitalist. He doesn't need Jin Xi to say anything; he can weigh the pros and cons himself.

She sighed, stopped talking to Zhou Linxu, and turned slightly to call out, "Zanzan, come back soon, let's go watch cartoons."

It seems that Zan Zan was discouraged by the questions posed by the production team during the recording of the show. He has stopped watching cartoons recently and has been watching the financial channel less.

Zhou Yanqian rode his scooter to the backyard gate, tilted his head slightly, and glanced between the two of them with his dark eyes.

There was something subtly strange about the two of them, but he couldn't quite put his finger on it.

But Jinxi had already gone inside; it seemed she was going to put on cartoons for him.

Zhou Yanqian got off the scooter, gripped the handlebars with both hands, and with a little effort, placed the scooter under the eaves.

He glanced at Zhou Linxu, snorted, and then rode off on his scooter to chase after Jinxi.

Zhou Linxu, somewhat bewildered by the snort, looked at Zan Zan's small, free-spirited figure and then chuckled softly.

You brat.

*

In the evening, it was time for Zhou Yanqian to take a shower.

This time, Zhou Linxu didn't need Jin Xi to remind him anything; he appeared in the children's room on time.

Zhou Yanqian is currently choosing his pajamas for tonight. Jinxi has already shown him seven or eight sets of pajamas, but he is not satisfied with any of them.

Jinxi asked, "Are you going to sleep, or are you going to a beauty pageant?"

Upon hearing Jin Xi's words, Zhou Yanqian replied, "Xiao Xi, you have no patience."

He had only been choosing for a short time, and it was just a few sets of pajamas.

In his previous life, he could sit quietly and look at a hundred suits, and then choose the one he would wear that day from those hundred.

Jinxi, unusually, lost her temper and said, "Yes, yes, I'm impatient and I'm delaying your little peacock from displaying its feathers."

Zhou Yanqian said, "I am not a peacock."

Jinxi ruffled his hair: "I'll give you one more chance. If you still can't choose, you can sleep naked tonight."

Zhou Yanqian dared not speak out in anger, and pointed to the set of pajamas he had worn at the beginning.

Jinxi laughed in exasperation, and couldn't help but pinch his cheek again: "So you were just playing me?"

What's the difference between this and writing ten versions of a proposal, only for the client to ultimately use the first version?

Zhou Yanqian pursed his lips, but in the end he couldn't hold back and revealed a mischievous smile.

Hahaha, so stupid!

He's just playing around, hahaha!

However, as he smiled, he caught a glimpse of a figure at the entrance to the dressing room out of the corner of his eye.

Zhou Linxu arrived at some unknown time and simply leaned against the entrance to the dressing room, quietly watching them.

Zhou Yanqian silently pulled his teeth back in.

Jinxi spotted Zhou Linxu this time too: "Are you done?"

After finishing his meal, Zhou Linxu went to his study, saying there was an impromptu overseas meeting.

Zhou Linxu only stepped into the dressing room after the two noticed him.

The dressing room was already a limited space, and when Zhou Linxu walked in with his tall figure, the space looked even smaller, creating a very oppressive atmosphere.

He seemed to realize that he was being a bit too aggressive, and Zan Zan was watching him warily.

If they had long ears, they'd probably be standing up by now.

This is really something, I don't know who he took after.

Zhou Linxu sighed and conceded, "I just finished, so I'm here to give Zanzan a bath."

Jinxi took off her pajamas and put them in her arms: "Okay, now I have all my pajamas."

Then he opened the drawer and let Zan Zan take out a pair of pants.

The three of them walked into the bathroom together. Jinxi noticed that Zanzan would unconsciously become "dignified" after seeing Zhou Linxu.

She stopped being naughty and making a fuss; she was as well-behaved as a porcelain doll.

Is Zhou Linxu really that powerful?

Jinxi touched her chin, seemingly lost in thought.

Before she could finish thinking, Zhou Linxu asked her to leave the bathroom.

Zan Zan seemed to dislike Jin Xi being inside; after taking off her shirt, she refused to take off her pants.

Jinxi yawned: "Alright, you two, father and son, take your time washing."

She was going upstairs to wash up, and it seemed that there wouldn't be any knocking on her door tonight.

Zhou Linxu closed the bedroom door, and when he turned his head, Zanzan had already taken off his pants and was naked in the bathtub.

He was still holding two ducks in his hands, quietly watching him in the water.

As Zhou Linxu approached him, Zanzan turned around in the water on her own, leaving him with her stubborn back.

This was Zhou Yanqian's last act of dignity.

He knew he couldn't escape being bathed; either Zhou Linxu or Jin Xi would have to come in.

After much thought, I'll go with Zhou Linxu.

Besides, he did have a very comfortable bath, and even his hair was washed very clean.

That's about all the use he has!

If he didn't know that Zhou Linxu only had one smart, perfect, and genius son, he would have thought Zhou Linxu had another family, given how skillfully Zhou Linxu washed his son.

The little ducks started quacking again, their calls particularly clear in the quiet bathroom.

Zhou Linxu pinched the soft back of his neck. What was this kid thinking about now?

The little duck's quacking was really pitiful.