I am not just a tycoon-Chapter 734 - 440: I Want to Give Birth to a Little Cotton-Padded Jacket for You, Feeling Stealthy, Starting the Journey_2

Little Buding's eyes and eyebrows curved up with laughter; she didn't know what the red envelope meant, she just knew that the money inside could definitely buy a lot of fried skewers.

Fang Mother admonished, "Fang Mingshi, that's your sister's boyfriend, not a taxi driver."

Little Buding, with her clear big eyes, asked, "My sister's boyfriend, what does that mean?"

"It means brother-in-law."

Fang Father and Fang Mother didn't know how to answer, the words came from Fang Minhui instead. She picked up Little Buding and pointing at Shen Yuan said, "Call him brother-in-law."

Little Buding listened to Fang Minhui well, her smile even broader: "Brother-in-law, hee hee~"

Fang Father and Fang Mother exchanged a glance, but said nothing.

Naturally, lunch was at the Fang's house. Fang Father and Fang Mother poured tea for Shen Yuan, prepared a fruit plate, then went to the kitchen to get busy.

Meanwhile, Shen Yuan and Fang Minhui were in charge of minding the store and keeping an eye on Little Buding.

Little Buding was quite mischievous too; she actually wanted to charge six yuan for a five yuan bottle of Assam tea.

Fortunately, Fang Minhui knew the price of the goods, and in the end charged only five yuan.

When asked why she did that, she sheepishly said, "Hehe, because I wanted to embezzle one yuan to buy fried skewers."

Fang Minhui, feeling helpless, thought for a bit and then gently advised, "Don't do that next time, okay? You have to be honest in dealings, charge the actual price. Embezzling isn't good either. If you want to eat fried skewers, you can ask Mom or sister, and besides, didn't your brother-in-law just give you a red envelope?"

Little Buding, looking adorably dumb, nodded her head, "Okay sister, I will be an honest little baby."

At noon, Fang Father and Fang Mother prepared ten dishes, a local custom of hospitality. Shen Yuan was not shy and began with a bottle of Maotai spirit after sitting down.

"Uncle, care for a drink?"

Fang Father naturally agreed, and the two finished a bottle, feeling a bit more could have been had, but considering they had to accompany Fang Minhui to her old middle school and elementary school in the afternoon, they did not open another.

"When I was in junior high, there were five classes in each grade, but in the past two years, my parents told me, now there's only two classes in junior one. Everyone took their children out for schooling elsewhere."

The two arrived at the gate of the middle school and Fang Minhui said somewhat melancholically.

"Yeah, and the number of people having children is also falling."

Shen Yuan had recently read a news piece; since the year 2000, the birth rate has been declining year by year, with a brief recovery from 2012 to 2016 but then plunged again right after.

Nowadays, the concept of 'more children, more blessings' has faded, and young people focus more on the quality of personal life, considering having children as 'high input, low return'.

"Yeah, it's just my parents love children, that's why Little Buding was born. My mom was almost 40 years old at that time, considered an elderly pregnant woman, really bold."

Fang Minhui said reflectively, then her eyes shone brightly, "How about it, isn't my little sister cute?"

Shen Yuan nodded, "Uh, even cuter than you."

Fang Minhui's eyebrows arched up, "I'll give you another chance to answer."

"Um, just as cute."

"Humph, that's more like it."

Fang Minhui took Shen Yuan's hand, "Shen Yuan, how about I have a little cotton-padded jacket for you?"

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"Cute and silly, and a bit mischievous, ideally with a personality just like my little sister's."

Fang Minhui blinked her charismatic eyes, subtly hopeful.

Shen Yuan was at a loss for words for a moment, why do all the beauties in the harem want to have children for me?

I'm not a stud horse.

Seeing Shen Yuan silent, Fang Minhui frowned, "Shen Yuan, why aren't you speaking?"

"I got a bit distracted just now, what were you saying, asking your mom to make me a cotton-padded jacket for winter?"

Fang Minhui stomped her foot in exasperation, "Shen Yuan!"

......

The air in the small town was fresh and soft, mixed with the scent of straw and earth, reminding Shen Yuan of his grandmother's house.

His uncle had called a few days ago, saying that the house was nearly finished with renovations, and they could move in next month. Shen Yuan told him not to rush and to air it out to reduce formaldehyde first.

Grandmother didn't care about those things. Wherever she lived was the same to her, but she always reminded Shen Yuan to find a partner, saying she had the red envelope ready and urged him not to wait until she passed away to get married.

Shen Yuan could only reply with a spit-spit-spit, unwilling to entertain such inauspicious talk.

Bringing a girlfriend home wouldn't be a problem at all for me; I could pull in a whole truckload of them. The question is whether grandma, you're prepared enough red envelopes.

The peaceful township quiets the mind, with leisurely pedestrians and slow-moving old oxen, even the street's Old Huang dog is taking it slow.

People in the village retire early, generally after dinner they take a stroll and watch some TV before preparing for bed. Shen Yuan lies in the bed on the second floor, finding the time at just 9:30 PM still a bit unsettling. freeweɓnovel.cѳm

Fang Minhui's bedroom is simply decorated, just plain white walls, a bed, two nightstands, a wardrobe, and a bamboo chair whose dark brown hue shows signs of aging.

"Ah, not having NPCs to keep me company while sleeping at night really feels like something's missing."

The two haven't married yet, and Fang Min's parents are unaware of how far the pair have developed their relationship, so they arranged to stay in separate rooms. There are four bedrooms on the second floor of her house, which was more than enough.

At this time, next door, Fang Minhui who is also finding it hard to adapt, is only a wall away from Shen Yuan. Not sleeping together was truly a bit regrettable.

"Should I sneak over there? Mom and dad should be asleep by now..."

Fang Minhui had a daring thought when suddenly the door "clicked" open. She thought Shen Yuan had sneaked in, but it turned out to be the dazed Little Buding.

"Hehe, big sis, I'm here to accompany you~"

Normally, during holidays at home, Fang Minhui would sleep with her younger sister, who was quite clingy to her.

"Are mom and dad asleep?" Fang Minhui asked because usually Little Buding sleeps with her parents.

"Mm-hmm, I wanted to come over earlier, but mom said not to disturb you, so I sneaked out while they were asleep."

Little Buding crawled into Fang Minhui's blanket, excitedly hugging her: "Big sis, your blanket is really super warm and comfy~ and smells so nice~"

"Right? So, are you going to sleep here tonight and then go back or head back to mom and dad's bed....... hey, hey, why are you touching me?"

Little Buding blinked her clear beautiful eyes, "Big sis, so big, even bigger than mom's, and so soft~"

Fang Minhui helpless: "....if you touch me again I'll carry you back."

"Hehe, then I'll stop touching."

Little Buding obediently withdrew her hand, curiously asking: "Why do you and mom have this, and dad, and the driver, don't have it?"

Fang Minhui flicked her little forehead: "You'll have it too when you grow up. Also, call him brother-in-law, not driver brother anymore."

"When will I grow up then?"

"....."

After finally putting Little Buding to sleep, Fang Minhui tiptoed out of bed and snuck into Shen Yuan's room.

"Yuan Babe, I'm here to accompany you~"

Dressed in her pajamas, Fang Minhui slipped into Shen Yuan's blanket like a little sister, feeling quite sneaky.

Shen Yuan yawned: "You're so late, this king was about to sleep."

Fang Minhui coquettishly said: "Then if you don't need me, I'll just go back, okay?"

"Ha, I think you're itchy."

"It's you who is itchy."

"......"

Shaking bed frames, swaying figures......

2 hours later, Fang Minhui was lying on the bed panting, her fair cheeks flushed, looking dazed.

"Yuan Babe, I'm so tired~"

"Hmm, still talking back?"

"No talking back now, I just want to lie here and sleep, but my little sister is in my bed, and I'm worried she might wake up and cry if she can't find me."

"No worries, you've already completed your task tonight." Shen Yuan said with a smile.

"Hmph, you big bad egg!"

Fang Minhui nestled in Shen Yuan's arms, whining for a while, then asked: "It'll just be the two of us going to Japan, right?"

"Um.... essentially yes."

Shen Yuan pondered, it's just the two of them officially traveling, others like translators, drivers, bodyguards, assistants, they all have their own duties, and are considered accompanying personnel.

The next afternoon, when Fang Minhui appeared in the airport terminal for the official flight, and saw Ji Ya, Lu Xinyue, Tan Xin, she stayed silent for a long while.

Then, annoyed and helpless, she stamped her foot: "Is this what you meant by just the two of us?"