“Tang Wei is…?” Zhou Wen lowered his head and looked at his own son.

Mu Zichen shook his head in confusion. “I don’t know either.” But little Cotton Candy was surnamed Tang and called Tang Mian. This Tang Wei might be a relative of his family, right?

Upon hearing this, Sun’s father and mother seemed to have caught a lifeline and grabbed their son’s shoulders in excitement. They asked, “How did Tang Wei contact you?”

Tang Caihua had a gambling problem and had lost a lot of money. His company was in financial trouble, and he had tried to borrow money from their family multiple times, but they had refused him each time.

Little Cotton Candy, as they called him, seemed to know Tang Wei as well. It appeared that their family also had a negative impression of Tang Wei. Perhaps Tang Caihua’s family had also encountered difficulties with them too. Therefore, their family had harbored resentment and deliberately used their child as a “weapon” to bully them, causing both sides to suffer.

Sun Kangming was startled by his parents’ reaction and stuttered, unable to form a complete sentence.

Seeing his son’s hesitation, Sun’s father stood up and raised his voice, “Where is Tang Wei?” He noticed that Tang Minghuai, looking worried, was already leading Tang Wei in their direction.

Tang Minghuai didn’t stop in front of anyone but rather, with a stern expression, led Tang Wei out of the medical room. There were some things he didn’t want to discuss in front of Tang Mian and the others. They were still young and shouldn’t be exposed to such dirty matters.

Tang Wei struggled to keep up with his fast-paced steps, unable to say a word, his heart pounding like a drum.

His dad and mom had never told him what to do in a situation like this…

“Let’s go together, check the surveillance footage, and then head to the hospital. I don’t have much time,” Zhou Wen also took her son’s small hand and calmly said to the confrontational Sun family.

She naturally sensed that there might be more to this situation than met the eye, but the one who had initiated the physical altercation was indeed Sun Kangming, and even if he had been manipulated, he was still quite despicable—a troublesome kid. She disliked misbehaved children the most.

The Sun family was taken aback by her words, their fiery resolve dampened. They reluctantly followed along, while cursing Tang Wei’s family in their hearts.

“Mom.” Tang Mian, who had silently observed the drama unfold, blinked and reached out to touch Shen Siwan’s hand, which was resting on his other leg.

Tang Mian’s hand was small, just enough to hold onto a few of her fingers.

Shen Siwan, with an unpleasant expression on her face, finally came to her senses. She adjusted her facial expression, switching to a gentle smile, and asked, “Yes?”

“What happened? Why did Dad take Tang Wei out?” Tang Mian tilted his little head and continued to act innocent.

Shen Siwan cleverly explained, “He did something wrong, and when people do something wrong, they have to take responsibility.”

Although she also wanted to go with her husband to find out the truth behind this situation, Tang Mian needed her, and she had to stay behind to accompany him.

She had initially thought that Tang Wei’s family was just overly focused on personal gain, but she didn’t expect their hearts to be so dark.

Tang Mian nodded thoughtfully, didn’t ask any more questions, and placed his little head back on Fu Shizhao’s shoulder. His goal had already been achieved, and he believed that his parents would handle it well. It was like a welcome rain after a long drought.

He had been worried about his young age, unable to directly “deal with” Tang Wei’s family, but he didn’t expect them to stumble so quickly, handing him the opportunity on a silver platter.

If he hadn’t been reborn, Tang Wei’s scheme might have succeeded. After all, Sun Kangming was too naive, not even realizing he was being manipulated, leaving Tang Mian to guide him.

But fortunately, the injuries he sustained were a small price to pay for revealing the true ugly faces of that family to his parents. It was worth it.

Tang Caihua and Chen Junyu probably had no idea what was happening here. When they found out, their expressions must have been quite interesting, much like the ones they wore when he had personally gathered all the evidence to send their entire family to prison in his previous life. It was not a pleasant feeling to shoot oneself in the foot. Thinking about it, Tang Mian couldn’t help but stifle a yawn.

He was exhausted.

Crying had worn him out.

He needed to hurry back and either fix his hearing aid or get a new one. He would have to go abroad for that, and it was also an opportunity to have his ears examined.

Fu Shizhao, in his human-shaped pillow form, sat very upright, and in no time, the steady sound of breathing from the fuzzy little head on his shoulder began. His entire weight of the body pressed toward his side.

Fu Shizhao tilted his head slightly. From this angle, he could clearly see Tang Mian’s long curled eyelashes and the baby fat that hadn’t disappeared from his cheeks. Fu Shizhao smiled helplessly, and his gaze fell on the wound on Tang Mian’s knee that had been treated. His eyes darkened involuntarily. How could he protect hisyoung master?

Shen Siwan sat on the other side of Tang Mian, staring blankly into space, her mind filled with thoughts about Tang Wei’s family. Her expression was far from pleasant.

Suddenly, she heard a small voice: “Auntie, can I learn kickboxing?”

Shen Siwan was taken aback, her gaze shifting from her sleeping son to Fu Shizhao, who had his head raised and was wearing a serious expression.

“Cartoons say that learning kickboxing makes you very strong, and I want to become very strong to protect my big brother,” Fu Shizhao continued.

Shen Siwan finally understood what he meant, and her heart warmed. Her expression brightened, and she smiled while lowering her voice, saying, “Sure, but you’re too skinny right now, and you’re a bit short. You need to drink milk obediently to grow taller and make sure your body is healthy first, or the teacher won’t accept you.”

Fu Shizhao nodded obediently.

He was well aware of his current physical condition.

He was making an effort to eat more, finishing every drop of milk every day, and devouring all the snacks that Tang Mian shared with him. This led Tang Mian to constantly worry that he wasn’t getting enough to eat and to give him more snacks with a helpless expression.

In this new life, he couldn’t afford to waste time. Learning new skills was a good idea.

If he ever encountered that stupid and malicious jerk from Tang Mian’s previous life again, he couldn’t afford to be as helpless as he had been in his past life.

–

Inside the kindergarten’s surveillance room…

The principal nodded and bowed, carefully smiling at Zhou Wen. “We will definitely handle this matter seriously, and the incompetent teacher will be dismissed. Please rest assured.”

The teacher from Sun Kangming’s class, upon hearing this, became flustered but still didn’t dare to protest or argue.

She knew that after this incident, not only would she be dismissed, but even the school leaders with whom she had connections might also be affected.

She had gotten herself into real trouble this time.

Zhou Wen nodded and didn’t touch the tea poured for her by the principal. Instead, she smiled and glanced at Teacher Tu, advocating, “We should hire more teachers like Teacher Tu.”

The principal hurriedly agreed, “Yes, yes, Teacher Tu is an excellent teacher.” Teacher Tu gave Zhou Wen a grateful smile.

In fact, she also bore some responsibility , since the incident occurred under her supervision. Even if she were held accountable, she wouldn’t shirk her responsibility. She had prepared herself for being dismissed just now.

But in places with many kids, there were always uncertainties. Although she had her share of responsibility, the blame didn’t fall solely on her. After the incident, she had actively taken steps to handle it, and both sets of parents of the two students in her class had treated her with goodwill.

“Mom, do we still need to go to the hospital?” Mu Zichen suddenly asked.

Zhou Wen glanced in the direction of Tang Minghuai, knowing that they were still dealing with the situation involving “Tang Wei.”

At the moment, she indeed had nothing to do, and her presence here was mainly for intimidation, to support the parents of her son’s good friend, Little Cotton Candy.

Although their interaction had been brief, she could tell that Little Cotton Candy’s parents had good manners, and they were doing a good job in raising their child. She was happy to let her son become friends with Little Cotton Candy.

Zhou Wen said without reservation, “We’re not going. After all, your head isn’t really hurting.”

Sitting beside them was Sun Kangming, who did have a bit of a stomachache: “…”

Mu Zichen looked conflicted and said, “But… there’s really delicious popcorn next to the hospital. I want to buy some for Little Cotton Candy.”

Zhou Wen sighed and said, “Alright, let’s go then.”

She was also a bit tempted by the idea of having some popcorn.

–

When Tang Mian woke up, he found himself sitting in a car, with a bucket of freshly popped popcorn in his lap.

Uncle Fu Yu was driving, his brother was in the front passenger seat, his mother was beside him, and his father was nowhere to be seen. Tang Mian was still leaning against Fu Shizhao.

Tang Mian yawned and didn’t think too much about it. He casually opened the popcorn bucket and stuffed a piece into his and Fu Shizhao’s mouths.

The sound of “crunch, crunch” filled the car.

Tang Sheng, who had been sitting in the front seat lost in thought, heard the noise and turned his head to look back. When his gaze landed on the bandaged wound on Tang Mian’s forehead, he bit his lip again.

He had already learned about what had happened at the kindergarten today and was eager to give that child who had bullied Tang Mian a lesson.

He had never liked Tang Wei before, and he couldn’t really explain why. It might have been his intuition.

Tang Sheng was not particularly fond of children, but he had never been bothered by his two younger brothers. Tang Wei, however, was different. There was something about him that he just didn’t want to get close to.

But in the past, he had always locked himself in his room and didn’t have much interaction with these little kids, so he hadn’t noticed anything unusual about Tang Wei before.

If he had spent more time with Tang Mian before, maybe none of these things would have happened. He really wasn’t being a responsible older brother.

Tang Mian blinked his eyes, not understanding why his older brother had been staring at him with such a strange look. He decided to stick his hand into the popcorn bucket and pull out a few more pieces of popcorn, then he stuffed them into his brother’s mouth.

Tang Sheng’s cheeks puffed up slightly as he chewed on the popcorn, making a “crunch, crunch” sound.

Tang Mian continued to feed himself and Fu Shizhao with popcorn, ignoring his brother’s peculiar gaze. His mother didn’t like snacks, so he didn’t share any with her.

The car was filled with the continuous sound of “crunch, crunch” as they all enjoyed the popcorn. Soon, the small bucket of popcorn was completely devoured, even by Tang Sheng, who usually wasn’t a fan of snacks.

No one mentioned the events of today anymore.

–

In a child’s world, worries shouldn’t linger for too long. However, it wasn’t until dinner time that Tang Minghuai still hadn’t returned.

Tang Mian knew what he had gone to do and was looking forward to him bringing back some good news.

While getting ready for bed, Tang Minghui held Tang Mian close to him and said, “Tomorrow, let’s go get a new hearing aid, okay? We’ll take a plane ride, and it’ll be like flying for Mian Mian.”

Tang Mian immediately nodded in agreement, waving his little hand happily. “fly~!” He had loved flying since he was little, enjoying the view of the clouds and the floating sensation.

For him, fixing his hearing aid was indeed a top priority. Going abroad also meant he could bring back some gifts for Fu Shizhao. Fu Shizhao’s birthday was coming up soon, and since Fu Shizhao had given him a small drawing board as a gift, he felt he should give his older brother something special for his first birthday since being reborn.

The next day, as they boarded the plane and Tang Mian excitedly looked out the window at the clouds, he suddenly realized something very important. He was going abroad to get his hearing aid, which meant Fu Shizhao would have to go to kindergarten by himself for the next few days.

And he would have to nap at kindergarten all alone.

Tang Mian furrowed his small brow, feeling a sense of unease in his heart.

TL might not be that good in this chapter so I’m sorry about that. I had a terrible migraine today.

Ya’ll might see more of Fu Shizhao calling Tang Mian as ‘his young master’ from now on. ^_^

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