Traveling through the worlds, my husband comes here to smell the scent

Chapter 232: My Brother’s Hypocrisy Has Been Seen Through (14)

At the dinner table, Zou Yan looked at Zou Xu, who had been taking good care of his younger brother. He thought he was seeing things and couldn't believe it. He pretended to look over there accidentally.

After confirming that it was true, Zou Yan ate a few mouthfuls of rice in silence, forgetting to pick up any dishes. He wondered if the child had been too stimulated recently and had gone crazy.

The more Zou Yan thought about it, the more he felt it was possible. With a heavy look on his face, he wondered how he could compensate Zou Xu. Transfer money? Transfer a villa?

Shen Ling was very happy to see how Zou Xu took care of his son, and used the serving chopsticks to pick up a dish that Zou Xu liked.

"Thank you, Mom"

After hearing this, Zou Yan was so scared that he started coughing. The aunt next to him quickly pushed the water at hand to him.

"Sir, drink water"

Zou Yan was choked and quickly picked up the cup, drank some water and took a breath.

Shen Ling on this side also suddenly paused, wondering if he had heard correctly, but looking at the gentle attitude of the child opposite, he quickly smiled and responded:

"Hey, okay, Xiaoxu"

Shen Youan lowered his head to eat, and couldn't help curling the corners of his lips. He carefully raised his head to glance at Zou Xu, and happened to find that the other party was looking at him.

So, Shen Youan felt a little embarrassed and glared at him with a little annoyance. Zou Xu's eyes were happy for a moment, and then he said, "Okay, I won't watch anymore. Let's eat."

At this moment, Zou Yan finally calmed down. He suddenly remembered something and said in a serious tone:

"Xiao Xu, I heard you participated in a math competition?"

"Um"

Zou Xu responded calmly, and without changing his expression, he lowered his head to peel the shrimp in his hand.

"Do you know you're trending? Those netizens are waiting to laugh at you."

Seeing that he didn't care, Zou Yan spoke in a more serious tone.

Zou Xu didn't even raise his eyelids. He put the peeled shrimp into Shen Youan's bowl without saying a word.

Seeing this, Zou Yan's expression softened. He thought that he just didn't know how to start the conversation. He didn't mean to blame Zou Xu. After all, it was his son, and he could participate in whatever he wanted. It was not someone else's business to say anything.

Thinking of that hot search, he has already sent people to investigate who did it. Otherwise, it would just be an ordinary matter and would not have become a hot search.

"Xiao Xu, if you want to participate, Dad won't stop you, but you should also ask your teacher to fill in the gaps in the competition beforehand. Otherwise, why would you just stand there? Besides, tomorrow is Saturday, and the preliminaries will start in the morning. Because of this, they're planning to broadcast it live. What do you think we should do?"

Shen Ling listened to what Zou Yan said, but didn't know how to start. She looked at Zou Xu opposite her worriedly, but the child still didn't react. He was diligently peeling shrimps.

Shen Ling took another look at her own child, who had two freshly peeled shrimps stuffed in his mouth. Forget it, let him eat. She didn't care anymore and let Zou Yan talk. The child was growing.

"You've become an adult this year, and you're still young. Kids like you all care about your reputation. When the time comes, the questions for the preliminary round... Oh, forget it. Dad doesn't know what to say to you. Just do whatever you want. You can participate in the competition tomorrow without worrying about the trending searches."

Zou Yan didn't know what to say for a moment. Because of what happened between him and Shen Ling recently, he felt that he owed Zou Xu a little.

After thinking about it, he had cleaned up so many messes over the years, so this one wouldn't be any worse.

Zou Xu felt a little gloomy when he heard his self-righteous words about being nice to him, and sneered from the bottom of his heart.

At this moment, Shen Youan swallowed a mouthful of rice, put down his chopsticks, and casually took out his phone from his pocket. After unlocking it with his fingerprint, he exclaimed in surprise and said exaggeratedly:

"Ah! Brother, you are so awesome! Everyone is praising you for being so outstanding!"

As he spoke, Shen Youan handed the phone to Shen Ling again, motioning her to look at it:

"Mom, look, isn't my brother really awesome?"

While wiping his hands, Zou Xu looked up at his boastful and somewhat arrogant little look, and felt warm in his heart, idiot!

Shen Ling took the phone and looked at the comments in the post, as well as the posts by the owner about the certificates Zou Xu had won in competitions over the years. Several senior professors had personally come forward to praise him, confirming that it was true.

A hint of admiration flashed across Shen Ling's eyes, and she naturally understood her son's intention.

So he handed the phone to Zou Yan and said gently:

"Ayan, look at Xiaoxu, what an outstanding child!"

When Zou Yan heard what Shen Ling said, he frowned slightly, took the phone and glanced at it casually. When he really saw it, shock flashed in his eyes. This is Zou Xu, his son?

The more he read, the heavier and more helpless Zou Yan felt. Except for the years when his wife passed away, he had never felt such emotions before.

Only then did Zou Yan understand. He remembered that several years ago, during the Chinese New Year, Zou Xu had quarreled with him, yelled at him, and had never cared about him.

At that time, Zou Yan just thought that Zou Xu was being unreasonable, as he was obviously working hard enough.

Zou Yan put down his phone, lost his appetite, and left. He went upstairs alone and stayed in the study.

Shen Ling looked at Zou Yan's back and recalled some of the things Zou Yan had occasionally told her about Zou Xu. However, she had never heard that Zou Xu had participated in any competition and won first place.

Shen Ling sighed. Every family has its own problems. She handed the phone to Shen Youan, gently touched his head and said:

"Mom, go up and take a look."

"okay"

After Shen Ling left, Shen Youan walked over to the table and stood next to Zou Xu. He lowered his head to look at Zou Xu, who had a calm expression but clearly had a hint of melancholy in his eyes. He slowly put his arm around his shoulders and said,

"Hug brother, I'm here"

Zou Xu leaned his head into his arms and said softly, "Hold me."

Liu Yun looked at the two children, sighed, and went into the kitchen to busy himself.

Shen Youan held Zou Xu for a while, then looked at the bowl in front of him. There was not much rice left, and it was cold now.

"I'm not going to eat anymore. Come with me to have a midnight snack later, okay?"

"Um"

Zou Xu responded softly and was obediently taken upstairs by Shen Youan. At this moment, Zou Xu seemed to be relying on the person who was holding his hand with all his heart.

When they arrived at Shen Youan's room, Shen Youan first took him to wash his hands, and then wiped them carefully with a tissue.

Zou Xu just lowered his head and watched his every move. Suddenly, he no longer felt depressed. Now... it was pretty good.

When Shen Youan finished wiping his hands and turned around to throw away the tissue, and was about to turn back, Zou Xu unconsciously hugged him from behind, resting his chin on Shen Youan's shoulder, and whispered:

"An An, I'm not sad anymore."

Shen Youan listened to his words, the hot air sprayed on his ears, making half of his body numb. Thinking of his obvious sadness just now, he said awkwardly:

"Tsk, that's nonsense, I don't believe it."

Zou Xu hugged the man a little tighter, chuckled, and continued:

"I'm really not sad, An An, ask me why"

"why"

Shen Youan asked obediently with his ears red.

"because……"

"With you by my side"

Suddenly, all the things he cared about and didn’t get before are no longer important. The only thing that matters now is the baby in his arms, who belongs only to him.

"Shame on you?"

Hearing his disgusting words, Shen Youan struggled out of his arms, looked at him face to face, and glared at him lightly.

Zou Xu looked at his shy little appearance, curled his lips, tilted his head slightly, and laughed silently in an unruly manner.

At this moment, Shen Ling suddenly knocked on the door and said:

"Is Xiaoxu in there? Your father asked you to go to the study."