Returning to Infancy with my Nemesis - Chapter 42

In the end, Tang Mian still succeeded, and he didn’t even have to put in much effort.

Tang Mian stared at the two people on the screen and said directly, “Zhao Zhao, try making a cat’s meow.”

Acting a bit childish, Fu Shizhao replied, “Meow.”

With Fu Shizhao’s “Meow,” a pair of cat paw stickers instantly appeared on the faces of the two people on the screen, making them even cuter.

Tang Mian pressed the photo button with a sense of satisfaction.

Fu Shizhao, seeing Tang Mian’s triumphant expression, couldn’t help but smile.

If he wanted to take advantage of him, he didn’t mind. If he wanted to tease him, that was fine too. He was willing.

Tang Mian and Fu Shizhao then spent some time playing around with photo effects and took many pictures before finally going to bed contentedly.

Although he really wanted to play with his tablet, he had to be careful not to overdo it.

With Fu Shizhao as his warm human-shaped pillow, Tang Mian slept well, and the next morning, he happily went to kindergarten with Fu Shizhao.

However, as the second day neared the end of kindergarten, Tang Mian began to feel a little melancholic once again.

Tonight, he couldn’t go to Fu Shizhao’s place again. He had to go back to accompany the cat, and he also had to take the strawberries given by Fu Shizhao’s great-grandmother to give to his parents, his brother, and the cat.

He had to restrain himself and not let Fu Shizhao come back with him tonight. After all, the one taking care of Fu Shizhao now was the old lady. He needed to spend more time with her and build a good relationship with her. Only when he had a good relationship with her could Fu Shizhao be absolutely safe in the Fu family.

He wasn’t a fool, and that much was evident.

In any case, now he could be certain that Fu Shizhao wouldn’t drift away from him as he did in the previous life, so there was no need to worry anymore.

His dad and mom came to pick him up after school.

After Uncle Fu Yu left, they hadn’t hired a new driver for the family. They had hired a driver before because his dad had injured his leg during basketball, and he didn’t like to drive.

Now his dad’s leg had long since healed, and they hadn’t found a driver who was a better match than Uncle Fu Yu, so they weren’t in a hurry to look for one.

Holding the flowers that his mom gave him, Tang Mian hurriedly ran to Fu Yu’s car nearby and saw, as expected, the old lady sitting inside.

“Great-grandma, flowers, gift,” Tang Mian said, struggling as he handed over the bouquet in his arms.

The old lady quickly reached out to take it.

The flowers were fresh, beautifully trimmed, and had good types and meanings. It seemed that a lot of thought had gone into them.

Through the partially open window, the old lady smiled and nodded at Tang Mian and Shen Siwan from a distance, a way of saying hello.

The Tang family parents had a clear attitude and didn’t want to be overly intrusive. They hadn’t tried to be too familiar, but they had carefully prepared this bouquet of flowers according to their youngest son’s request, and the courtesy was in place.

It gave a very comfortable feeling.

After taking the neatly packaged basket of strawberries that the old lady handed over and pinching Fu Shizhao’s little face, Tang Mian happily headed back.

The first thing Tang Mian did when he returned home was to pluck the small kitten curled up into a ball from the cage and gave it a firm hug.

Then he washed his hands and took out the smallest strawberry from the basket, offering it to the kitten as if it had gone on a whole day of “hunting.”

“Meow.”

Now, he could only watch cartoons by himself…

As Tang Mian was petting the kitten, he couldn’t help but press pause on the cartoon and made a call to Fu Shizhao using his smart watch. The rest of the plot could wait; he had waited for many days.

“Big brother, I’m still eating,” Fu Shizhao’s muffled voice quickly came from the other end.

Tang Mian responded with a soft “Mm” and said, “Then go ahead and eat.”

Indeed, the old lady tended to eat a bit earlier, as many elderly people did.

However, Fu Shizhao didn’t hang up the phone.

Tang Mian heard the old lady’s smiling voice from the other end of the phone, “Eat slowly, don’t choke… Has Mian Mian eaten?”

“I haven’t eaten yet,” Tang Mian replied, swaying his little feet, his mood still relatively good.

In no time, Fu Shizhao quickly finished his meal, greeted the old lady, and then ran back to his room. He and Tang Mian opened the television and started watching the same episode of the cartoon together.

When Tang Sheng returned home from school, he heard two nearly identical sounds of cartoons.

One was coming from the family’s television, and the other was being transmitted from his little brother’s watch.

Almost out of nowhere, Tang Sheng suddenly remembered a social media post from a couple in his class who were secretly dating. In their post, they mentioned that they spent weekends apart in their respective homes but watched the same movie with synchronized progress and complained about the inability to screen share on the video app.

When Tang Sheng had first seen that post, he thought those people were really into playing games.

Now…

He quickly shook off the random thoughts in his mind and went upstairs to his own room with his backpack.

Perhaps he was the only old-fashioned one.

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That evening, Tang Sheng unexpectedly received a knock on his door from his younger brother.

Tang Sheng was somewhat excited.

Since the incident when he turned off the TV and made his little brother cry, his brother hadn’t knocked on his door in the evening.

Tang Mian tilted his little head and directly stated the purpose of his visit, “Big brother, can I borrow your tablet to play?”

Tang Sheng was briefly surprised but immediately agreed. Although his parents had warned him not to let Tang Mian play with the tablet, fearing that he might become addicted and harm his eyes, one night of playing shouldn’t be a big deal, right…

With the tablet in hand, Tang Mian had Tang Sheng start a video call for him and Fu Shizhao, and he happily returned to his room.

Tang Sheng stood at the door, stunned for a while, and the words “You can play in my room for a while” were stuck in his throat.

He went back to his room and closed the door.

“Big brother, I’ll earn money in the future to buy you lots of tablets,” Fu Shizhao said on the other side of the screen, his eyes curved, purposely speaking childishly to amuse Tang Mian.

The effect was great. Tang Mian nodded happily and felt self-satisfied, thinking that he had trained his little brother very well.

While chatting with Fu Shizhao on the video call, Tang Mian took a glance at the tablet’s main interface, hoping to find some fun games to play. He really wanted to play some electronic games.

However, Tang Sheng’s tablet was filled with various educational apps, which left Tang Mian feeling overwhelmed.

Tang Mian looked at a few of them but quickly lost interest and closed them.

Suddenly, Tang Sheng’s personal account, which he hadn’t logged out of, received a message.

Perhaps he thought that Tang Mian wouldn’t understand much at his age, so Tang Sheng didn’t pay attention to these details and continued chatting with the person on the other end.

?Class 2 – Jiang Tian?: How about this weekend?

?Class 2 – Jiang Tian?: Let’s meet at the Youth Center this weekend.

Tang Mian: “!!!”

It’s his sister-in-law!

Tang Mian’s gossip radar kicked into high gear.

“Zhao Zhao, let’s sign up for an extracurricular class at the Youth Center this weekend!”