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

"What are you thinking about?" Jinxi narrowed her eyes. "Your kite is about to fall. Run a few steps."

Zhou Yanqian took a look and indeed it felt like it was about to fall but couldn't—this wouldn't do!

There was no time to gossip about the love-hate relationship between the two, so Zhou Yanqian quickly ran off.

Jinxi sighed, "Don't let the towel you stuffed in your back escape."

Zhou Yanqian didn't care to listen; he just wanted to run faster. He was the heir to the Zhou Group! Carrying a sweat towel on his back would be a laughing stock!

Jinxi and Zhou Linxu walked side by side like this. She said, "Your son is like a stubborn ox, always disobedient, and in the end, he is defeated by reality. He will do it again next time."

Zhou Linxu chuckled softly: "Very lively."

He was quite pleased with how the child was behaving, thinking, "Little one, you don't have to be so obedient."

The two walked slowly, making sure that Zan Zan was always in their sight.

Jin Xi asked, "Haven't you been too busy at work lately?"

Zhou Linxu has been appearing at home quite frequently these past few days. Even today, a workday, he still managed to find time to play with Zan Zan.

"I'm almost done with my work," Zhou Linxu said. "As long as I'm not on a business trip, I can come back anytime."

"Then should I ask the nanny to prepare a room? I'll sleep in the guest room later." Jinxi had actually wanted to ask Zhou Linxu about this for a while, since she couldn't keep sleeping with Zanzan. If she came back late one day and Zanzan was asleep, she might wake the child up.

Zhou Linxu's gaze lingered on her for a few seconds before he said, "No need. I had a sofa bed custom-made. If I come back late, I'll sleep in the study. You can use the master bedroom."

"Okay, whatever you want." Jinxi didn't insist. She was also very tired from taking care of the child every day. Since Zhou Linxu offered to sleep in the study, she had no reason to refuse. "By the way, there's also the matter of the shops. I've looked at them all today, and they're all very good. Why don't you rent them out?"

A place like that could easily fetch hundreds of thousands of yuan a year if rented out.

Zhou Linxu had actually heard what Uncle Li had said. His gaze fell on Jin Xi, and he simply said, "I don't have time to manage this. If you have any business ideas, just go for it. Uncle Li has all the keys, so you don't need to pay me rent."

This generosity made Jinxi gasp: "The rent still needs to be paid... it's so expensive."

Zhou Linxu simply chuckled. Jin Xi looked at him, and when the man smiled, his whole face seemed to relax: "Consider it as me investing. Give me a share of the profits later."

He didn't care about Jinxi's meager rent payment. Besides, he knew that the rent Jinxi gave him was paid to her by him first, and this back-and-forth transfer was troublesome.

"Sure," Jinxi said without hesitation. "If we make a profit, we'll split it 30/70."

"Me, seven?" Zhou Linxu was unusually surprised.

"Haha, you're joking." Jinxi said, "I'm Qi, Mr. Zhou, my time is also very valuable."

She earns two million a month, after all; she's quite wealthy!

When Zhou Linxu heard Jin Xi's words, he even had a strange feeling that "this is how it should be."

He nodded: "Okay."

Zhou Yanqian ran very fast, but he didn't expect that his kite string would break so easily. The kite drifted with the wind and finally got stuck in a tree.

He stood under the tree, looking up at it for a while. Just as he was about to turn around and look for Jinxi, he noticed from afar that the two of them were walking slowly and chatting and laughing. He didn't know what they were saying, and they were completely unaware that his son was facing a problem.

Zhou Yanqian hesitated for a moment, then decided against it.

Wouldn't he be a third wheel if he went there now?

What if they are truly in love? After all, Zhou Linxu listens to Jin Xi quite a bit.

He didn't listen to me like that.

Zhou Yanqian stood under the tree again with his arms crossed. He gestured to show the size of the tree; he could actually climb it.

No sooner said than done, Zhou Yanqian had just climbed up the tree when a childish voice came from behind him: "Little friend, what are you doing?"

Zhou Yanqian turned around and saw a little girl in a sports short-sleeved shirt standing behind him, holding a paper windmill in her hand, which was slowly spinning in the wind.

Zhou Yanqian had seen this child before; Jin Xi had run into her a few times when she took her to play in the villa area.

The little girl seemed to recognize him too, and exclaimed, "You're the kid with the scooter!"

Zhou Yanqian nodded. The other person seemed to be a shady character. After recognizing him, he immediately came over and asked, "Do you want to climb a tree? But my brother said climbing trees is dangerous."

"My kite is up there." Zhou Yanqian looked up at the eagle kite stuck in the middle of the tree, completely wedged.

The child looked up and exclaimed, "Oh my god, save the eagle kite!"

Zhou Yanqian hummed in agreement and prepared to climb up again, but the child said, "You're a child, you can't climb trees."

Zhou Yanqian sighed, "It's okay, I can climb."

The child asked, "How old are you?"

Zhou Yanqian didn't understand why this little girl was so familiar with him, but he still answered her, "Three and a half years old."

"Then you're a little kid." She hesitated for a moment, "Let me climb! I'm four years old, I'm an adult! Let me save the eagle kite."

What sir?

Zhou Yanqian was shocked by these words. Four years old, is that an adult?

However, after the child finished speaking, he put his windmill on the ground and, imitating Zhou Yanqian, lay down on the other side of the tree. He tried his best to hug the tree trunk with his little hands and his little legs were also trying to climb up, but he couldn't move at all.

The two children just stared at each other in bewilderment.

The child said weakly, "Oh no, I think I'm going to be saved too."

"...Actually, you can just put your legs down." Zhou Yanqian said patiently, "I can climb up myself. You should go down; it's dangerous."

"But I'm an adult!" The little boy blinked his round eyes. "Adults should protect children."

Zhou Yanqian hesitated, then decided to go down first and then carry the child down with him.

Just then, a puzzled male voice was heard: "Wen Manyi, what are you hugging the tree trunk for?"

Wen Manyi cried out, "Brother, come quick! My friends and I have been kidnapped by this tree! Please come and save us!"

Shen Shiyue was a little helpless. He quickly went over, first taking his fussy younger sister down, then taking down another familiar-looking child. He turned to Wen Manyi and said, "Manman, I've told you a million times, you can't climb trees!"

"I didn't climb the tree, I was saving this child's eagle kite!" Wen Manyi explained, "Brother, you misunderstood me, you need to apologize to me."

"Oh, sorry." Shen Shiyue said perfunctorily as he looked up and saw an eagle kite. He gestured to indicate the height; the tree wasn't that tall, and the kite was right outside. He could reach it by jumping a little higher.

"Manman, take the children a little further away, I'll get the kite."

Hearing her brother say that, Wen Manyi quickly took Zhou Yanqian's hand and moved to the side, comforting him, "Don't worry, my brother is very capable. He'll save your eagle kite in a moment."

Zhou Yanqian just wanted to pull his hand back, but the little boy was holding on tightly.

He should have gone to be a third wheel for Jin Dangxi and Zhou Linxu, since he wasn't that familiar with this kid.

He watched as the older boy walked a little further away, then took a running start, stretched out his long arm, and took the kite that was stuck in the tree down.

Is it really that amazing?!

Zhou Yanqian's pupils dilated in shock. It would take him quite a while to climb, but the other person had only jumped lightly!

Shen Shiyue checked the kite and handed it back to him: "Where's your mother? Why are you here all alone?"

He also remembered the child, who often played on scooters with his mother around the villa area. He had heard his aunt mention that the child's surname was Zhou.

"Brother, he's so pitiful, let's take him home." Wen Manyi held his hand tightly: "I'll take care of him."

"They're here," Zhou Yanqian said, afraid the two might misunderstand. "They're on their way."

He pointed to the positions of Jinxi and Zhou Linxu. Shen Shiyue looked over and saw that the familiar-looking aunt was indeed there, and she was already very close.

Since the adults were there, he said, "Manman, his parents are here. We should go back now, or his aunt will worry."

"Alright then." Wen Manyi had no choice but to let go of Zhou Yanqian's hand: "Little friend, we can play together again later. My brother bought me a scooter, and I'll bring my family's cake and milk to play with you then."

In a villa area, you're bound to bump into someone a few times.

Besides, the other party even helped him carry the kite. Although Zhou Yanqian didn't know why they brought cake and milk to play with him, he also had small cakes and milk at home.

He didn't say anything, just nodded and said, "Okay, goodbye."