Lu Yan suddenly stretched out his long arms and scooped Jiang Shuyin up sideways into his embrace.
Jiang Shuyin was startled. She clenched her hands into fists and pushed hard against the man.
"Lu Yan, what are you doing? Put me down right now!"
Instead of letting her go, Lu Yan took long strides toward the wooden cabin.
Lu Yan knew the little guy didn't like him.
Now that the little guy had walked away holding the little girl's hand, this was his only way to force the boy to turn back.
Sure enough, hearing the commotion, the little guy turned to look.
"Bad guy, what are you doing? Let go of my person!"
Little Yiyi let go of Little Sweet Orange's hand and ran over, aiming his water gun.
In a few quick steps, Lu Yan carried Jiang Shuyin into the cabin and placed her on the sofa.
"Don't be afraid. I don't mean anything else. I just want the four of us to have a meal together as a family."
Jiang Shuyin glared at him in embarrassment and anger. "Who is a family of four with you?"
Lu Yan didn't argue with her. He took out his phone and called the restaurant manager.
Little Yiyi ran into the cabin. Just as he was about to aim his water gun at Lu Yan, he saw Lu Yan pull a black handgun from his waistband.
It was actually a real gun!
Seeing Lu Yan's action, Jiang Shuyin was terrified. "What are you doing?"
"Don't worry, I won't hurt the little guy." Lu Yan swiftly disassembled the gun and reassembled it. The whole process was smooth and incredibly cool.
Seeing this, Little Yiyi furrowed his little sword-like eyebrows.
"Wow, Daddy, you're so cool!" Little Sweet Orange stood at the door, jumping up and clapping her hands.
Lu Yan smiled at Little Sweet Orange, then looked at Little Yiyi's tense face. "Want to play with the real thing?"
Jiang Shuyin stood up from the sofa. "Lu Yan, our son is still young."
Little Yiyi turned his head away proudly. "I don't care about that!"
Lu Yan walked over to Little Yiyi and squatted down his tall frame. "If you don't want to play with guns, how about Daddy teaches you to throw darts?"
Before Little Yiyi could say anything, Lu Yan picked up a few pebbles, walked to the balcony, and skipped them across the calm sea. The pebbles immediately bounced forward over the water.
Seeing this, Little Sweet Orange gasped again. "Wow, Daddy can skip stones too! So amazing!"
Lu Yan handed a pebble to Little Sweet Orange. "Daddy will teach you."
He held Little Sweet Orange's hand and guided her to throw the pebble into the sea.
Although the pebble only skipped two or three times and didn't go as far as her Daddy's, Little Sweet Orange was still thrilled.
"Brother, Daddy is super amazing! You should ask him to teach you."
Little Yiyi couldn't help but roll his eyes. "Who needs him to teach me? Those are just tricks to fool little kids."
Seeing that Little Yiyi was unwilling to get close to their Daddy, Little Sweet Orange hugged Lu Yan's neck and whispered in his ear in a milky voice, "Brother is just being awkward. Daddy, please don't be mad at him."
Lu Yan shook his head to show he wasn't angry.
How could he be angry at his own child?
Moreover, Little Yiyi was truly just like him when he was a child.
Aloof, proud, awkward, smart, and precocious.
Not long after, the restaurant manager delivered the food.
Lu Yan had ordered more than ten dishes, along with quite a few desserts.
Seeing the desserts, Little Sweet Orange's eyes immediately lit up like stars. "These are all my favorites!"
Little Yiyi glared at Little Sweet Orange. "Your cavities are going to be happy again."
Little Sweet Orange pouted her pink little lips. "Brother, are you jealous? Daddy bought me delicious food and lots of toys, but you don't have any."
Little Yiyi replied, "Who cares."
Lu Yan let out a low cough. "I didn't expect to have a son, so I didn't prepare any gifts or toys for a boy. But I'll have someone send some over this afternoon."
Little Yiyi retorted, "No need."
The little guy was the epitome of aloofness.
Jiang Shuyin knitted her brows. "Yibao, you can't talk to your Daddy like that."
Lu Yan shook his head. "It's okay. The little guy has his own thoughts, and I understand."
He could tell that his son was mature for his age and highly intelligent. With a child like this, it would be difficult to make him open up immediately without giving him enough companionship and warmth first.
"Daddy, can you and Mommy join our family sports day next time?" Little Sweet Orange blinked her big eyes, a bit of cream smudged on the corner of her mouth, looking incredibly soft and adorable.
Lu Yan took out a tissue and wiped the corner of Little Sweet Orange's mouth. "Of course."
"That's wonderful! From now on, no more little friends will say that Brother and I are wild kids without a Daddy."
Hearing Little Sweet Orange's words, Jiang Shuyin's heart suddenly tightened.
A dense, subtle pain spread through her entire body.
Her previous thoughts had been completely wrong.
Even if she gave the children her all, a father's love was something she could never provide.
...
Lu Yan stayed on Yuzhou Island for two days. He received a call from Third Master Qin and had to return to Hong Kong.
Taking advantage of the time the twins were playing in the living room, he called Jiang Shuyin out to the terrace.
Lu Yan leaned his tall, aloof frame against the railing. His deep, eagle-like eyes fixed on Jiang Shuyin's cold yet beautiful profile. "Are you and Li Zeqian together?"
Jiang Shuyin shook her head. "No. Raising two children, I haven't thought about romantic relationships."
This was the first time she had spoken to him so calmly.
She had sensed Little Sweet Orange's deep longing for a father's love. Being at odds with him would have a bad influence on the children.
She was trying to make peace with him.
Lu Yan pressed his thin lips tightly together and said in a hoarse voice, "Qin Xiaoxiao and I are completely innocent too. You should have guessed by now that I am an undercover agent currently executing a mission. I have to go back to Hong Kong immediately."
Jiang Shuyin uttered an "Mm" in response.
Lu Yan took a bank card out of his pocket. "The password is your birthday. Take this card. Consider it my compensation for the two children over the past three years."
After a moment of hesitation, Jiang Shuyin took the card. "I'll hold onto it for the children."
Lu Yan nodded without saying anything else, turned around, and went inside the cabin.
Jiang Shuyin realized that during this meeting, he wasn't as domineering and forceful as she had imagined.
As long as he didn't entangle her romantically or fight her for the children, she was willing to get along with him peacefully.
After entering the cabin, Lu Yan got down on the floor and let Little Sweet Orange ride him like a horse.
Little Sweet Orange hugged Lu Yan's neck, giggling happily.
"Brother, do you want to ride the horse together?"
Little Yiyi sat by the windowsill holding a book. He glanced at the brightly smiling Little Sweet Orange and snorted, "Childish."
Little Sweet Orange giggled. "Keep pretending, Brother. You're not focused on reading at all. You're holding your book upside down!"
Little Yiyi quickly looked down at his book.
It really was upside down.
His fair, aloof little face instantly flushed bright red.
"Hahaha..." Little Sweet Orange's merciless laughter echoed throughout the living room.
Standing at the door and witnessing this warm and beautiful scene in the living room, Jiang Shuyin's heart softened, and a smile couldn't help but curl the corners of her lips.
But just as the smile bloomed, it was captured by Lu Yan's deep gaze cast in her direction.
