Liang Shi could only guess.
After Su Mu finished disciplining the two children, they apologized to each other and made up.
Liang then asked, "What is the child's full name?"
“It’s Su Yu,” Su Mu said. “She takes my surname.”
Liang Shi nodded, then said, "I apologize for being so abrupt. I was just curious after hearing what you said."
"It's alright." Su Mu smiled gently. "You're very good with kids; they're both very well-behaved."
"It's because their parents taught them well," Liang Shi said, not daring to take credit.
She didn't spend much time with the two little ones.
It can only be said that they were acting on their own initiative.
"Your necklace is so beautiful," Liang Shi said. "May I ask where you bought it?"
Su Mu's smile faltered. "It was designed by my husband."
"Ah," Liang Shi said, quite disappointed, "that means it's not available on the market anymore."
When her husband was mentioned, Su Mu's mood was not high; it dropped almost instantly, and she responded very softly, "Mm."
"Is your husband a jewelry designer?" Liang Shi asked. "Can I buy his designs on the market? I really love his style."
Su Mu paused again.
After a long silence, she said gently, "He is not."
They wouldn't say anything more.
Liang Shi tried to get more information out of Su Mu, but Su Mu stopped there and kept quiet.
As the other party was about to leave, Liang Shi, no longer bothering to be subtle, asked, "Do you know Su Yao?"
Su Mu pursed her lips after hearing the name. "Hmm?"
"You look somewhat like her," Liang Shi said. "My wife works in the jewelry industry and is a big fan of Su Yao. She often mentions her at home, so seeing you reminded me of her. I wonder if you..."
"We're not familiar with each other, we don't know each other." Su Mu said coldly, "Sorry, we have something to do, we'll be leaving now."
The escapist sentiment is obvious.
After saying that, she pulled Su Yu to the counter to get the food, and then left in a hurry.
Liang Shi watched their departing figures through the window.
If she was slightly unsure before, wondering if Su Mu might be Su Yao's twin sister, she is now 100% certain that Su Mu is Su Yao.
Her evasive attitude and nervousness betrayed her when the name was mentioned.
But why did she change her name?
Moreover... he doesn't acknowledge his former identity.
Su Mu, Su Yao...
Su Yu, Sheng Yu...
As Liang Shi pondered carefully, trying to figure out the relationship, Rainbow suddenly said with envy, "That auntie's tattoo is so cool."
Liang Shi asked in surprise, "You saw her tattoo?"
“Yes,” Rainbow said. “They are a few trees, but they are so lifelike that they seem to be swaying in the wind.”
A row of trees?
“There are words under the trees,” Rainbow said. “But I couldn’t see them clearly. Those trees are so beautiful. I want to grow some when I grow up.”
Bell interrupted, "I saw it clearly!"
Liang Shi: "??"
Are all children's eyesight this good?!
However, their position did look better.
The bell seemed proud that it could outdo Rainbow, and said smugly, "It's the character 'Lin,' a double 'wood' character."
Forest……
A row of trees...
A row of trees makes a forest!
Liang Shi's eyes lit up, and he suddenly felt enlightened!
Therefore, Su Mu tattooed Sheng Qinglin's name on his collarbone.
Su Mu—
Taking half of "Qing Lin" gives "Mu".
Sheng Qinglin passed away unexpectedly, and Su Yao changed her name because of it, living her life with his imprint on her.
What about Sheng Yu?
When Su Mu called her daughter, she still called her "Ayu".
This shows that she secretly prefers the name Shengyu.
Liang Shi then asked Lingdang, "Lingdang, how did Shen Yiran know that Su Yu's name is Sheng Yu?"
Lingdang frowned, thought for a while, and then said, "Shen Yiran said that the two of them grew up together, and that Sheng Yu stole her milk when she was little."
Sheng Yu was once fostered by Shen Yiran's family.
"Do you know what Shen Yiran's family does?" Liang Shi asked again.
She felt like she had sent two little spies into a kindergarten.
The information these two children possess may seem useless at first glance, but when pieced together, it forms a coherent whole.
The kindergarten where Lingdang attends is full of children from wealthy and privileged backgrounds.
Since Shen Yiran's surname is Shen, could it be related to the well-known Shen family in Haizhou City?
Bell shook her head. "I don't know, anyway, I'm very poor."
Liang Shi: "?"
"Why are you so poor?" Liang Shi asked.
Lingdang said matter-of-factly, "Their family of four lives in a house of over 100 square meters, aren't they poor? It seems her father lost a lot of money gambling and offended his cousin..."
Lingdang paused, "I don't remember which relatives they were, and then they were kicked out of the villa. She even cried in class last year because of it."
Liang Shi asked in surprise, "You still remember what happened last year?"
“Of course!” Lingdang proudly puffed out her chest. “I have a great memory, and it’s about Shen Yiran! Of course I’ll remember it, and I’ll tell her about it when we get married.”
Liang Shi: "..."
They're really quite promising.
Even Rainbow couldn't help but scoff.
Bell: "?"
She scoffed, "You all don't understand me, huh!"
"Alright." Liang Shi pushed the hamburger in front of her and pinched her nose. "Little piggy, if you keep humming, you'll turn into a little pig's head. Eat quickly, or your stomach will feel uncomfortable if you eat it when it gets cold."
The bell made her whimper as she squeezed it, and then she started to playfully tease her.
Normally, there are strict rules when eating at the old house, but this time he insisted on sitting next to her and even acted coquettishly, wanting to be held before eating.
Helpless, Liang Shi could only hold it, while Rainbow looked at him with an extremely complicated gaze, as if to say—this works? How childish.
But Liang Shi felt he shouldn't show favoritism, so he asked Rainbow, "Do you want to come over too?"
Rainbow shook her head rapidly, "There's no room."
Lingdang, who was happily eating her hamburger, suddenly opened her mouth, widened her little eyes, and asked, "Are you saying I'm fat?"
Rainbow: "No."
You have it!
"No."
"..."
A new round of childish arguments began. Liang Shi gasped and stuffed a hamburger into Lingdang's mouth.
Bell: "Awoo~"
The war finally ended.
Looking at the two of them, Liang Shi suddenly thought that it would be better to have only one child in the future.
The two children will argue incessantly.
//
That evening, Liang Shi drove Rainbow home. After meeting Zhou Li, Zhou Li gave Rainbow a box of fresh strawberries.
They're big, juicy, and bright red—they look delicious.
Lingdang sat in the car staring at the strawberries. At first, she said she wanted to save them for her aunt, but then she remembered, "Auntie, can't Auntie eat strawberries?"
“You can’t even see it,” Liang Shi said. “So you have to eat it before we get home.”
Lingdang patted her round belly, "But I can't finish it all."
“Let’s go together.” Liang Shi drove back to Repulse Bay, but didn’t get out of the car. He just sat in the car and shared strawberries with Lingdang.
Bell kept saying she couldn't eat anymore, but then she couldn't help saying, "This is so delicious!"
Liang Shi thought she was being pretentious. What hadn't a child like Lingdang eaten?
She raised an eyebrow and said, "Maybe it tastes especially good because it's from someone else's house?"
Lingdang nodded, a mischievous glint in her eyes. "I think Zhou Caihong's mom is so gentle, just like my mom."
Liang Shi didn't understand her sudden change of heart. "So?"