Been Waiting for You to Escape Marriage for a Long Time – CH90

Chapter 90: Childhood Sweetheart Route – Extra (1)

On his first day of kindergarten, Shen Shuyi cried his heart out.

Lin Yiqiong—his biological mother—carried him out of the Rolls-Royce and walked towards Hong Kong International Kindergarten. Shen Shuyi wailed in her arms, his cries of “Mommy—Mommy—please—no—” echoing in his ears.

Lin Yiqiong couldn’t get into the kindergarten that day and turned left into the police station.

That evening, back home, his mother exploded.

“I can’t control your son anymore! Whoever can control him can!”

Lin Yiqiong was born into a wealthy family in Hong Kong, a well-known and powerful heiress.

This girl could uproot a willow tree at three, punch her own father at five, become the school bully at seven, instantly fall for her future husband at thirteen, forcefully take her childhood sweetheart at eighteen, and give birth to Shen Lu at nineteen. At thirty, finding Shen Lu less fun than a child, she meticulously planned for another ten months to give birth to Shen Shuyi, her masterpiece, the result of her painstaking efforts and immense satisfaction.

—But only until he was three.

At three, Shen Shuyi already possessed a strong sense of self and, arguably, completely inherited his mother’s mischievous nature, a veritable little devil.

The whole family was helpless against him.

“What is it now?” Her husband, Shen Shizhang, a calm and gentle man, remained composed and smiling even in the face of his wife’s overwhelming anger—Shen Lu’s personality was inherited from Shen Shizhang.

Lin Yiqiong felt a headache coming on when she thought about taking her youngest son to kindergarten today.

“This morning I took your son to kindergarten, and he cried in my arms as if we weren’t even strangers. Three years of separation have ultimately been a waste.” “The police took me away!” Lin Yiqiong continued, “As a result, passersby thought I was a child trafficker and called the police right there. I had my left foot already inside the kindergarten when two police officers arrived.” Shen Shizhang couldn’t help but laugh, looking at Shen Shuyi.

Shen Shuyi, who was still three months shy of his three-year-old birthday, sat sullenly on the ground, seemingly unwilling to speak to anyone.

“It’s good that the misunderstanding is cleared up now,” Shen Shizhang quickly reassured his wife. “What happened? What made you so angry?”

“Heh, the police took your son and me to the police station, and then asked me if I was a human trafficker. I said no, the person in my arms is my son.”

“The police then asked your son, ‘Sweetie, do you know this auntie? Who is she?'”

Shen Shizhang: “Did Little Shu say you were his mother?”

“Guess what? He said I was Lin Yiqiong.” Lin Yiqiong said expressionlessly, “Who doesn’t know my name is Lin Yiqiong? What’s wrong with your son’s thinking! Because of that sentence, the police thought I wasn’t his mother, and I stayed in the police station until night!”

“I don’t want this son anymore. Whoever can send him to kindergarten and study obediently will be his mother.”

Upon hearing that Lin Yiqiong didn’t want him, Shen Shuyi’s face contorted in pain, on the verge of tears.

He cried whenever he wanted, like a little alarm bell, wailing uncontrollably.

Shen Shizhang quickly picked up Shen Shuyi and comforted him, “Mommy just want to scare you, she won’t abandon you, okay baby?” Shen Shuyi had just stopped crying and looked hesitantly at Lin Yiqiong.

Lin Yiqiong, in a dramatic mood, exclaimed, “Aren’t you going to abandon me?!”

“Waaaaaahh … “Okay, okay, baby, stop crying.” Shen Shizhang patted his back, looking helplessly at Lin Yiqiong. “You come over and comfort Little Shu for a bit.”

“Let him cry for a while,” Lin Yiqiong said cheerfully. “You know, it’s usually annoying when kids cry, but when you make them cry, it sounds so sweet!”

Upon hearing this, Shen Shuyi cried even louder, protesting with all his might, “I hate Mommy! I hate Mommy!”

Lin Yiqiong’s constant presence in front of little Shen Shuyi annoyed him, so she deliberately said, “What can we do? Mommy loves you, loves you, loves you!”

Shen Shuyi held his breath.

Shen Shuyi was at his wit’s end and started screaming, “Waaaaah—”

Shen Shizhang said helplessly, “Let’s see how you handle this later.”

Shen Shuyi had a big temper for his young age, and by evening he still hadn’t forgiven his mother.

Lin Yiqiong wasn’t one to be easily fooled. She secretly replaced Shen Shuyi’s nightly favorite cartoon, “Paw Patrol,” with the heart-wrenching mainland Chinese period drama about maternal love, “Springtime, Stepmother’s Heart.”

Shen Shuyi watched it all night, and the next day, he toddled over to Lin Yiqiong’s room.

The little boy climbed onto Lin Yiqiong’s bed, crying, pushing Shen Shizhang aside and monopolizing his mother’s embrace, sobbing, “Mommy… I’m sorry, I’m sorry, I’ll never say anything bad about you again, I’ll never hate you again… Waaaaah…” Lin Yiqiong pretended not to notice: “What’s wrong, sweetie?”

Shen Shuyi cried, “I’ll listen to Mommy from now on, Mommy, don’t leave me…”

“Okay.” Lin Yiqiong said, “Then Mommy wants you to go to kindergarten, do you want to go?”

Shen Shuyi stared at Lin Yiqiong with his big, round eyes, his vision blurred with tears, for a long time before nodding and muttering, “Um…” Shen Shiyou was amazed.

A little devil really does need a big devil to tame him.

Shen Shuyi obediently went to kindergarten.

His first day at kindergarten caused a sensation throughout the entire school.

The reason was simple: there had never been such an adorable child at Hong Kong International Kindergarten before.

Shen Shuyi completely inherited Lin Yiqiong’s looks. His mother, in her youth, was considered the most dazzling pearl of Hong Kong, known as the top socialite in Hong Kong.

Shen Shuyi surpassed his mother, growing up to be well-behaved and beautiful at a young age. As soon as he arrived, all the other children wanted to play games with him.

But it was his first time in a group setting, and he was a little uncomfortable. He sat quietly all morning, not speaking to any of the other children.

The teachers were a bit worried about Shen Shuyi, so they paid him extra attention. After his nap, when the kindergarten distributed snacks, the homeroom teacher gave Shen Shuyi an extra bottle of milk, hoping to soothe him.

Shen Shuyi needed to use the restroom soon after drinking the milk.

He mustered the courage to call for the teacher several times, but before class, the teacher had told him that except for recess, he had to sit on a small stool and couldn’t run around.

Shen Shuyi didn’t want to bother the adults, so he held it in until his face turned red, but he didn’t dare to speak.

Until a sweet, childlike voice came from beside him: “Are you feeling unwell?” Shen Shuyi turned around and saw a very handsome little boy. Shen Shuyi remembered that he was in the middle class, and because this class was about watching cartoons to learn English, he was sitting with the younger children.

“I, I,” Shen Shuyi stammered shyly.

The older boy asked, “Are you running a fever?” He also touched Shen Shuyi’s bottom. Shen Shuyi shook his head and managed to squeeze out, “I need to go to the toilet… I…” Shen Shuyi was already struggling to hold it in. The little boy, understanding his discomfort, quickly nodded and took his hand, saying, “I’ll take you.” The teacher, who was teaching the children an English song, was startled to see the two little ones running out hand in hand.

“Zhao Yuheng! Where are you taking this kid?!” The teacher quickly chased after them, but Zhao Yuheng had already led Shen Shuyi to the bathroom.

But it was too late. Standing at the door, Shen Shuyi couldn’t hold it in any longer and wet his pants.

Although he was only three years old, he already knew about appearances and saving face.

Wetting his pants in front of the teacher and other little boys was an utter disgrace to him!!!

Especially since Zhao Yuheng seemed completely unconcerned, like a little adult touching Shen Shuyi’s bottom and asking in surprise, “How come you’ve already peed?” Shen Shuyi’s eyes instantly turned into a sizzling egg, his face flushed red, and without warning, he opened his mouth and began to cry loudly.

“Waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah—”

That night, at the Shen family’s old residence, the alarm blared again.

“Waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah, waaaaah…”

Shen Shuyi nestled in Lin Yiqiong’s arms, crying heartbrokenly: “I don’t want to go to kindergarten, it’s so embarrassing, I don’t want to go to kindergarten, waaaaah…”

“Oh dear, my sweet little one, why are you like a little faucet, crying all day long?” Lin Yiqiong had already learned from the teacher about Shen Shuyi’s embarrassing incident that day, and she was both amused and exasperated.

She meant to say that Shen Shuyi’s tears were flowing uncontrollably, but Shen Shuyi misunderstood, thinking Lin Yiqiong was mocking him for wetting his pants, and cried even harder.

Shen Shuyi was genuinely heartbroken this time, and Lin Yiqiong could tell that the child was truly crying, unlike his previous fake crying where he would just dry his eyes without shedding tears.

Lin Yiqiong hugged Shen Shuyi, patted his back, and coaxed, “Okay, okay, sweetie, how about we ask for leave tomorrow? We won’t go to kindergarten anymore, okay?” “Shen Shuyi went to kindergarten today, and Lin Yiqiong found it a bit unsettling, developing separation anxiety.

After thinking about it all day, she realized her son was barely three years old; sending him to kindergarten was indeed a bit too early.

She thought, ‘Maybe I should let him play for another year.’

Hearing Lin Yiqiong say this, Shen Shuyi’s crying subsided a little.

His little mind was racing. If he couldn’t go to kindergarten tomorrow, wouldn’t he miss seeing that kind little brother from today?

Shen Shuyi hesitated for a moment, then said through teary eyes, ‘Mommy, I want to go to kindergarten.'” Lin Yiqiong was taken aback.

The next day at kindergarten, Shen Shuyi had composed himself. After all, only the teacher and that older boy knew about the urination incident. Adults generally kept their promises and wouldn’t tell everyone about Shen Shuyi’s embarrassing moment.

Shen Shuyi, his heart pounding like a rabbit, waited until the whole school watched cartoons again. This time, he was assigned to sit next to the older boy from yesterday. The boy remembered him, glanced around at everyone sitting far away, and asked softly, “Do you still need to go to the toilet?”

Shen Shuyi blushed.

The little boy took a piece of candy from his pocket and placed it on his desk: “If you need to go to the toilet later, you can call me.”

“My name is Zhao Yuheng.”

Shen Shuyi kept that candy until he graduated from kindergarten without ever eating it.

Later, the candy expired and crumbled into crumbs, but Shen Shuyi kept the wrapper, occasionally reminiscing with Zhao Yuheng about the past—of course, that’s a story for later.

That’s how Shen Shuyi met Zhao Yuheng.

He later learned that Zhao Yuheng’s mother was Zhuang Xinrou.

Although the circle of wealthy wives in Hong Kong wasn’t large, Zhuang Xinrou had long since married and moved to the mainland. It was only in recent years, when her child started school, that she sent him back to Hong Kong. Lin Yiqiong initially didn’t know that Shen Shuyi knew Zhuang Xinrou’s son at kindergarten.

She only found out because of a misunderstanding that almost scared her to death.

That was when Shen Shuyi was four years old, in the middle class of kindergarten.

After a year at school, Shen Shuyi had completely shed his former introverted and timid demeanor.

Last semester, he got into a fight with a classmate, and his older brother, Shen Lu, arrived at the kindergarten with a group of bodyguards to stand up for him. After that incident, Shen Shuyi’s status at Hong Kong International Kindergarten was practically that of a supreme little emperor.

Everyone who saw him would shout “Long live the Emperor!” and prostrate themselves in reverence.

This little emperor had also grown at an astonishing pace into a mischievous little devil who gave all the teachers a headache.

Throughout the entire kindergarten, only Zhao Yuheng could control him; the teachers were at their wits’ end.

At lunchtime, Shen Shuyi was being picky again. Zhao Yuheng sat solemnly beside him, eating what Shen Shuyi wouldn’t have, and then feeding him a lot of fruit.

Although he was only five years old, he already had the awareness to take care of Shen Shuyi—after all, firstly, Shen Shuyi was the only friend he had made at kindergarten; secondly, Shen Shuyi was younger than him, so he was his younger brother, and he had an obligation to take care of his younger brother! Zhao Yuheng was an only child, and therefore longed for a younger brother to take care of, especially a handsome one like Shen Shuyi.

Moreover, this brother was different from others—others’ brothers were born to their mothers, but his was his own brother, someone he found outside!

This was a brother entirely his own!

In other words, he was his own child!

Zhao Yuheng cherished this precious child immensely, wanting to be responsible for everything. He even forbade the teachers from taking care of Shen Shuyi.

Every mealtime and snack time, Zhao Yuheng would go to Shen Shuyi’s classroom first, feeding him bite by bite, wiping his face with his hands, taking him to wash his hands and use the toilet, and only after taking care of Shen Shuyi would he slowly eat his own meal.

The teachers, finding this troublesome but turned a blind eye.

The only thing that gave the teachers a headache was that every day at noon nap time, Shen Shuyi would climb into Zhao Yuheng’s little bed to sleep.

He’d been caught by the teacher several times already, but his behavior remained unchanged. Zhao Yuheng would even cooperate, hiding the tiny Shen Shuyi under his blanket and pretending to be asleep.

At bedtime, Shen Shuyi, clutching his teddy bear, would quickly climb into Zhao Yuheng’s bed when the teacher wasn’t looking.

Zhao Yuheng had been pretending to be asleep and waiting for him for a long time. As soon as he arrived, he opened the blanket.

Shen Shuyi, all soft and squishy, ??burrowed into his blanket, making a lot of noise. Zhao Yuheng couldn’t resist kissing him several times on the cheek.

This was the first time Zhao Yuheng had kissed him, and the fifth person besides his father, mother, grandfather, and brother. Shen Shuyi was startled.

Zhao Yuheng, being five years old, knew that kinship was an intimate act, and he wouldn’t do this to anyone outside his family.

Being watched by Shen Shuyi made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Fortunately, Shen Shuyi only paused for a moment before recovering. After all, Shen Shuyi was so cute, so many people wanted to kiss him, and his self-esteem was exceptionally high.

Whenever his grandfather kissed him, his beard would tickle his cheeks, but Zhao Yuheng’s kisses felt very comfortable; his older brother’s lips were so soft.

“Brother, more kisses!”

Shen Shuyi hesitated for a moment between hugging his teddy bear and hugging Zhao Yuheng, then decisively threw away the teddy bear and hugged Zhao Yuheng.

The two hugged tightly, and Zhao Yuheng kissed him a few more times on the cheek, making Shen Shuyi giggle.

Of course, their sweet time together didn’t last long before they were caught red-handed by the nap teacher.

Shen Shuyi, like a little kitten, was carried back to his own classroom to sleep.

Years passed, and one day, Shen Shuyi went to find Zhao Yuheng as usual, only to find that Zhao Yuheng wasn’t in the nap classroom.

“Teacher Wang, where did my brother go?” In the kindergarten, the only child Shen Shuyi called “brother” was Zhao Yuheng.

All the teachers knew the two children were very close. She explained, “Your brother will be starting primary school next semester, and he studies hard every day at noon to prepare for his exams.” International kindergartens and primary schools in Hong Kong are very competitive. Besides the children needing to take exams, parents also need to prepare resumes and participate in exams. Only after rigorous selection can a child have a chance to attend their desired primary school.

“Teacher Wang, what does ‘starting primary school’ mean?” Shen Shuyi asked, confused.

“It means he won’t be in kindergarten anymore; he’ll be going to school somewhere else,” Teacher Wang kindly explained.

These words struck Shen Shuyi like a lightning bolt.

What did it mean to not be in kindergarten anymore? Was Zhao Yuheng leaving kindergarten? Would they ever see each other again?

Shen Shuyi pouted, his round eyes crinkling with a wavy edge.

Teacher Wang had a bad feeling.

The next second, the familiar school announcement blared again: “Waaaaah—I don’t want to be separated from my brother! I don’t want to, I don’t want to, I don’t want to—” The next morning, Zhao Yuheng had just arrived at kindergarten when a small firecracker suddenly bumped into him.

He hugged him tightly, knowing without looking down that it was Shen Shuyi.

Shen Shuyi had cried all night, his eyes swollen like a rabbit’s. Zhao Yuheng touched his eyes: “What’s wrong?”

“Brother, let’s get married!” Shen Shuyi sobbed, “I want to be your wife.”

Last night, he had asked Uncle Lin for a long time using his Little Genius smartwatch. Uncle Lin said on the phone that only married couples could be together forever, like Dad and Mom.

Once married, even if Zhao Yuheng went to elementary school, they could still be together all the time.

Zhao Yuheng was taken aback: “But you’re a boy, you can’t be my wife.”

“Then you can be my wife,” Shen Shuyi quickly changed his mind.

“I guess that won’t work either… I’m a boy too,” Zhao Yuheng hesitated.

“Can’t boys marry each other?” Shen Shuyi asked.

He even went to ask Teacher Wang about it.

Teacher Wang was slacking off at noon, reading a BL novel, his face beaming with desire. Hearing Shen Shuyi’s question, he was so startled that he stopped reading and quickly said, “Of course not!”

“Wait a minute,” Teacher Wang realized something was off, “It’s not that it’s impossible… but you’re still young, you don’t know these things… oh dear, this… oh dear, how should I put it…” Teacher Wang was facing the biggest challenge of his career!

Shen Shuyi, however, was already deep in thought: Teacher Wang didn’t say it was impossible, so it was possible!

“I asked Teacher Wang, brother,” Shen Shuyi ran back to the classroom and clung to Zhao Yuheng. “Teacher Wang said boys can marry boys!”

Since it was the teacher who said it, there shouldn’t be any problem.

“Why do you suddenly want to marry me?” Zhao Yuheng asked.

“Teacher Wang said you’re going to start elementary school, and I don’t want to be separated from you, so I want to be your wife,” Shen Shuyi explained logically. “That way you can take me with you to elementary school, and if people know I’m your wife, they won’t kick me out.”

Zhao Yuheng had also been worried about having to separate from Shen Shuyi when he started elementary school.

The temptation to be with Shen Shuyi forever was too great. Although he felt that they were so young and marriage might be a little inappropriate, he didn’t think too much about it.

Zhao Yuheng nodded. “Okay.”

They held a grand wedding at Hong Kong International Kindergarten.

Shen Shuyi invited all the kindergarten children to the ceremony. He selected some good-looking ones to be his best man and maid of honor, and even gave himself a mesmerizing, devilishly bright-eyed makeup look with watercolors.

He also stole Lin Yiqiong’s large diamond ring to use as his own wedding ring—because it was too big, Shen Shuyi had to fill the hollow part with modeling clay to make it fit securely on his hand.

The wedding was very formal. Zhao Yuheng wore the little suit he had worn to his elementary school interview, and the two became the youngest newlyweds in Hong Kong’s history, witnessed by the kindergarten children.

After the wedding, Shen Shuyi began packing his dowry—the milk and cookies the teacher had given out that afternoon, the greeting card he had made the day before, his teddy bear, and some of his kindergarten awards.

“Uncle Lin said that after the wedding, the wife will live at her husband’s house.” Shen Shuyi packed her little schoolbag and said excitedly, “I’m going to stay at your house tonight, brother!” Zhao Yuheng nodded and touched Shen Shuyi’s forehead: “Little darling, do you want to erase this red dot you drew with your watercolors?”

“Hmm~ no!” Shen Shuyi snuggled against him: “My mommy only takes off her makeup before going to bed at night, which means she can only change it at night!”
Zhao Yuheng seemed to understand, but not quite.

Shen Shuyi let Zhao Yuheng carry his dowry bag, and then, holding Zhao Yuheng’s hand, he said happily and in his childish voice, “Husband, let’s go!”

That afternoon, the Zhao family’s driver came to pick up Zhao Yuheng, and Shen Shuyi ran off with his little husband on his short legs.

The driver, assuming Shen Shuyi was his young master’s new friend, cheerfully carried him to the back of the car. Their close relationship was obvious to everyone, and even the teacher assumed Shen Shuyi had already informed his family. They watched the Zhao family’s Bentley drive away.

At six o’clock that evening, the Shen family driver failed to pick up Shen Shuyi from the kindergarten, and Lin Yiqiong nearly went crazy.

Meanwhile, at the Zhao family villa, Zhao Yuheng led Shen Shuyi out of the car.

Zhuang Xinrou, seeing the unfamiliar child, paused, “A-Heng, this is…” Why did her son bring a little friend home!

Shen Shuyi strictly remembered his current identity, his expression extremely solemn.

After getting out of the car, he knelt on the ground and kowtowed to Zhuang Xinrou with a loud thud, shouting and reciting with emotion, “Greetings, Mother-in-law! I am Zhao Yuheng’s wife!”

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