“Um.” At this moment, Fu Shizhao, who was sleeping next door, also woke up. He half-sat up and cast an inquisitive gaze in this direction.

Seeing this, Tang Minghuai got up and placed him on the bed next to Tang Mian, handing him another differently colored small gift box.

“Thank you, Uncle,” Fu Shizhao said obediently, folding up his short legs. Even though he already knew that there should be a digital watch inside, just like Tang Mian’s, he still earnestly unwrapped the gift.

Uncle and Auntie had always been very kind to him. In his previous life, every time they brought gifts for Tang Mian, they never forgot to bring him an identical one.

While Fu Shizhao was opening his gift, Tang Mian had been fiddling with the digital watch for quite some time.

Actually, when he thought about it carefully, it was easy to guess his dad’s intention in giving him and Fu Shizhao digital watches.

In his previous life, he had never used a digital watch, and his parents had never bought one for him because he stayed at home until elementary school with his parents by his side, not needing such a communication device.

But this time, his parents were preparing to send him and Fu Shizhao to kindergarten for school, so having a digital watch was quite necessary.

Tang Minghuai had already set up the digital watch in advance, leaving all the family members’ information inside and adding each other as friends on both watches to facilitate communication between the two little ones.

With Tang Minghuai’s help, Tang Mian successfully wore the watch on his wrist.

Using the digital watch was also very simple. After helping Fu Shizhao put on his watch as well, Tang Minghuai patiently explained the functions and operation of the digital watch to them.

Tang Mian, feeling excited, dialed the number labeled “Mom.”

“Hello? Hello, is this…” A familiar voice that he missed dearly came from the digital watch.

Tang Mian couldn’t contain his amusement as he spoke, “Guess who I am.”

Shen Siwan chuckled in response, “Mom can’t guess.”

Tang Mian wiggled his little feet and revealed the answer, “It’s Mian Mian.”

Shen Siwan suddenly realized with an extended, melodious tone, “Oh, it’s my baby.”

Tang Minghuai, sitting nearby, couldn’t help but laugh.

Fu Shizhao, sitting next to them, pretended to be engrossed in operating his digital watch, concealing the smile in his eyes.

Following Tang Mian’s example, Fu Shizhao also made a call to his foster father.

His foster father, unlike Tang Mian’s mom, wasn’t the type to playfully tease children. He sounded pleasantly surprised as soon as he answered, “Zhao Zhao?”

Clearly, he was aware of Mr. Tang purchasing digital watches for the two kids and had even saved Fu Shizhao’s number.

Fu Shizhao responded with a light, “Mm-hmm.”

People who came out of the military either had a way with words or were straightforward. Based on what he knew, his biological father probably fell into the former category. His mother had been “deceived” by his father’s sweet talk, which was something she couldn’t resist. He knew what the situation was like in the Fu family, and he hadn’t initially intended to involve his mother. However, many things might be destined, and the two of them ended up entangled with each other, ultimately falling victim to the ruthless individuals in the Fu family who couldn’t tolerate any outsiders.

And foster father belonged to the latter category, he has always been honest and straightforward throughout his life. Perhaps the boldest thing he had ever done was taking himself from his father’s hands while still in diapers.

He wasn’t sure who he resembled more, possibly a bit of both.

When it came to dealing with the Fu family, he was more like his biological father, and when dealing with Tang Mian, he leaned towards his foster father’s disposition.

Finally, Tang Minghuai officially announced the purpose of giving them the digital watches, “Both of you are at the age to start kindergarten. This morning, I already contacted a kindergarten, and next Monday, you can go there directly. When you’re at school, take care of each other, and if anything happens, just use the digital watch to call us.”

Both little heads nodded in agreement.

—

When they returned home in the evening, Tang Sheng saw the two little heads who were under the same roof but insisted on communicating through phone watches.

It all started with Tang Mian getting engrossed in a game and not wanting to bother Mom and Dad anymore, so he decided to bother Fu Shizhao instead.

As he was still an adult inside, ordinary children’s toys were unlikely to pique his interest. Finally getting his hands on an electronic device he had never played with in his previous life, he naturally wanted to thoroughly enjoy it.

Fu Shizhao was more than willing to cooperate.

Tang Sheng casually passed by his younger brother, asking the housemaid who was standing there with a mischievous smile, “Did we receive a package today?”

The housemaid nodded, “Is it the one with Young Master’s name as the recipient?”

Tang Sheng nodded.

“It turns out it was ordered by Eldest young Master.” The housemaid suddenly realized.

Mr. Tang had been asked about the package by his wife when he returned in the afternoon, and he had expressed complete ignorance, never expecting it was bought by Tang Sheng.

Tang Mian also noticed the commotion between his older brother and the housemaid, and he lowered his wrist with the phone watch to focus his gaze on his big brother.

Tang Sheng nodded again and, noticing his younger brother’s gaze, explained, “It’s a gift for… Mian Mian.”

His voice was not loud, but Tang Mian, in the same space, could definitely hear it.

Unexpectedly, the next moment, his younger brother ran upstairs without looking back.

Tang Sheng: “…?”

Tang Sheng turned his gaze to the housemaid, feeling somewhat nervous as he asked, “Is there a problem with the package?”

The housemaid quickly shook her head, “The package is fine, it’s not damaged.”

Then… what could it be?

In Tang Sheng’s mind, his brother’s words from earlier in the morning suddenly resurfaced, “I’m really afraid you bought something strange that would upset your little brother.”

A drawing tablet wasn’t something strange, was it?

Seeing Tang Sheng’s puzzled expression, the housemaid smiled and explained, “It’s just that Young Master is still too young to play with such advanced drawing tablets, and it’s an electronic product. Madam is also concerned about his eyes, so she put it away. Perhaps Young Master will have to wait a bit longer until he’s a bit older to play with it.”

“Oh…” Tang Sheng was taken aback.

Then, the housemaid took out her phone from her pocket, bowed her head to search for something, and soon handed her phone screen to Tang Sheng.

?Children’s Magnetic Doodle Board?

?Children’s LCD Writing Tablet?

?Children’s Reusable Drawing Board?

“You should buy something like this,” the housemaid suggested.

Tang Sheng: “…”

Was it still possible to place an order now?

—

Tang Mian returned to the children’s room where Fu Shizhao was and pouted, sitting on the small sofa next to him.

He had almost forgotten about the drawing tablet…

So, that “annoying” gift was from his big brother.

Gifting a drawing tablet to a child who hadn’t even turned four yet was truly something.

The digital watch was still in a call, and Fu Shizhao had also heard the conversation between Tang Sheng and the housemaid earlier. A hint of amusement flashed in his eyes, thinking that his big brother was still the same.

In fact, he had already guessed that the drawing screen was most likely a gift from Tang Sheng.

After all, in their previous life, when Tang Sheng was in an ambiguous phase with that sister, he would always come over and ask for his opinion before giving gifts. He often found himself speechless because of some of Tang Sheng’s ideas, but he had long gotten used to it.

Although he didn’t have much dating experience, he knew how to make people happy.

Most likely… he learned it from Tang Mian.

—

After dinner, when Fu Yu returned from his walk outside, he secretly handed something to Fu Shizhao.

That night, while Tang Mian was getting ready for bed, Fu Shizhao took advantage of a moment when Tang Mian was washing up and hid the thing in Tang Mian’s blanket.

As Tang Mian climbed into bed, yawning, his little leg was slightly pricked by something inside the blanket.

Tang Mian raised an eyebrow in confusion and lifted the blanket to see what it was.

“Big brother, a gift for you,” Fu Shizhao said at the right moment from behind the partition.

It was a children’s drawing board.

It was very similar to the one the housemaid showed to Tang Sheng in the evening.

Tang Mian was just the right age to use it.

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