Chapter 31: My Leg Is Dead!
“You betrayed my love~~~ Forced me to leave~~~~~”
“Only after learning the truth did my tears fall~~~~~~~”
Qin Zelin: “…”
Qin Jianye: “…”
Shao Siheng: “…”
Cen Miao looked thrilled. “Hubby! This song sounds so good!”
“Burdened with a debt of love~~~~~~~”
Qin Zelin pressed his brow and tried to keep his voice gentle.
“…Mm, it sounds very good. But it’s a little loud and might disturb the people resting next door. Let’s turn it off for now, all right?”
“Okay,” Cen Miao agreed obediently.
Hearing the way his grandson coaxed him, Qin Jianye felt that after a little more time—once the two became even more inseparable—he should be able to “recover.”
Hmph. It was all thanks to him. Otherwise, how could that machine-like grandson of his ever have found such an adorable husband?
There truly was someone for everyone.
Shao Siheng stood nearby suppressing his laughter, grateful he had come. Where else would he get to see Qin Zelin looking so helpless?
After turning off the music, Cen Miao bounced over and threw himself at Qin Zelin, speaking in a spoiled, demanding tone.
“Hubby, I like this! Buy it for me!”
Qin Jianye: “…?”
Shao Siheng: “…?”
The person in his arms bounced excitedly against him, his delight overflowing. It was obvious he genuinely loved the electric scooter.
Qin Zelin loosely steadied Cen Miao’s waist with one hand and used the other to hold the wriggling person still.
He said calmly, “You can’t accept gifts from outsiders. But Grandpa gave this to you, so you can accept it.”
The instant he finished speaking, Qin Zelin’s arms suddenly emptied.
“?”
Cen Miao had already spun around and thrown himself into Qin Jianye’s arms by the bed, his voice sweet enough to drip honey.
“Thank you, Grandpa! Grandpa is the best! I like Grandpa the most!”
The flawless combination nearly coaxed the old man back into an embryo.
Qin Zelin: “…”
“Oh, Grandpa likes you too! If there’s ever anything you want, just tell Grandpa. Grandpa has money and can buy you anything!” Qin Jianye immediately beamed from ear to ear.
“Okay.”
Shao Siheng watched Qin Jianye glow with delight as Cen Miao repeatedly called him Grandpa, looking so thoroughly charmed that he could barely tell north from south.
If Cen Miao asked for Huanyu Group next, the old man might hand it over on the spot.
Then Shao Siheng looked at the person whose face had darkened the moment his arms were emptied.
Hah.
A contractual marriage???
Forced into it against his will???
Last time, he forbade Cen Miao from calling anyone else Big Brother, claiming that anyone who asked him to do so was a bad person trying to trick him.
And this time, he was forbidding Cen Miao from accepting gifts from “bad people,” huh?
Whatever you want, come to me~ I’ll buy you anything~
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Throughout the entire afternoon, Qin Jianye’s smile never left his face.
He thought it was no wonder Old Master Cen had adored this grandson so much. Cen Miao was kind, adorable, handsome, and knew how to act spoiled.
Before leaving, Qin Zelin watched the two of them part reluctantly and felt that his presence… might not have mattered at all.
“We still haven’t been able to contact Mom and Dad,” Qin Zelin stated calmly.
“Hm? Oh, right, you haven’t reached them.” Qin Jianye’s gaze wandered guiltily. “It’s fine. Seeing Miaomiao makes me so happy that I already feel much better.”
“Bring Miaomiao to visit me more often when he’s on break.”
Cen Miao hurriedly replied, “Okay! Grandpa, wait for me and stay well. I’ll come whenever I’m on break.”
“All right!”
In the underground parking garage, Cen Miao insisted on riding the scooter home himself.
Qin Zelin tried every possible way to persuade him and finally promised to have Aunt Wang make beef jerky before convincing him to get into the car.
On the way home, Cen Miao rubbed his stomach and turned to gaze longingly at Qin Zelin.
“Hubby, I’m hungry.”
Qin Zelin was reviewing the profiles of several tutors Fang Huan had sent him. At those words, he gave a quiet response.
“Mm. We’re almost home. I’ll tell Aunt Wang to start cooking now.”
Cen Miao picked at the seat with his fingers, remembering the food those humans at the nurses’ station had said was delicious.
After struggling for a moment, he quietly requested, “But Hubby, I want to eat… Madonna Baby’s spicy leg.”
The driver and bodyguard in the front seats: “………??!!!!!”
Qin Zelin’s hand abruptly stopped scrolling, and he nearly dropped his phone.
After his initial shock, he remembered Cen Miao’s cognitive impairment. Like the previous misunderstanding over buying a bag, this probably wasn’t what Qin Zelin thought it was.
McDon… McDonald’s?
“You want McDonald’s?” Qin Zelin asked uncertainly.
Cen Miao nodded vigorously.
“Mm! I want Madonna Baby’s spicy leg.”
What in the world was a baby’s spicy leg?
The car fell silent for a moment.
Little Liu, who was driving, cautiously spoke up.
“Boss, could he mean a McSpicy chicken burger?”
“Mm!”
Qin Zelin pressed his brow.
“Go to the nearest McDonald’s.”
Little Liu: “…All right.”
The car turned around.
Cen Miao’s mind was filled with thoughts of spicy legs, while Qin Zelin concentrated on choosing a new tutor for him.
The first candidate was a young man around the same age as the previous tutor and fairly attractive. Qin Zelin glanced at him before swiping on.
In the end, he selected a forty-year-old woman with many years of experience from among the six candidates.
His reasoning was that extensive experience surely meant she would teach better.
[Qin Zelin] Choose the last one. You’ve worked hard lately.
[Qin Zelin] [Transfer: 50,000 yuan]
[The Universe’s Mightiest Little Fang] Understood. Thank you, President Qin. This humble servant takes his leave.
[The Universe’s Mightiest Little Fang] [Devoted Until Death.jpg]
Before long, they arrived at McDonald’s.
Once the car was parked, the bodyguard quickly got out, purchased the meals, and returned.
On the way home, Cen Miao lazily leaned his head against Qin Zelin while eating his burger.
“Hubby!”
“Mm?” Qin Zelin lowered his gaze toward the person leaning against him.
“McDonald Baby’s spicy leg really is delicious!”
Qin Zelin suppressed a laugh.
“Mm.”
After finishing one burger in a few bites, Cen Miao unwrapped the second.
Qin Zelin was browsing international news when he suddenly realized he hadn’t heard Cen Miao chewing for a while.
He turned his head and discovered that Cen Miao had fallen asleep while still holding half a burger.
His lips were slightly parted. Perhaps because he had been eating more recently, he had gained a little weight. His soft cheek was pressed against Qin Zelin’s shoulder, squishing out a small, plump mound of flesh.
Qin Zelin stared at that little patch of softness and found it strangely adorable. Unable to resist, he reached out and poked it.
As expected, it felt very nice.
It somewhat resembled the texture of Qin Zexi’s cheeks when he was a baby, but Qin Zelin didn’t remember finding Qin Zexi adorable back then.
Perhaps Qin Zexi had been too noisy?
All he did was cry and poop every day.
And he ate poop…
While Qin Zelin considered the reason, his gaze shifted downward and suddenly landed on the breadcrumbs that had fallen onto his elbow at some unknown point.
“…”
Adorable, my ass.
Neither of them was adorable.
As the car entered the courtyard and turned a corner, Cen Miao abruptly woke up.
He raised the burger in his hand, took a bite, and asked indistinctly, “Are we home?”
Qin Zelin watched the seamless series of movements, wondering how Cen Miao could wake up and immediately continue eating from exactly where he had left off.
“…Mm. Get out.”
The door opened.
The moment Cen Miao stretched out his leg, a strange sensation ran through it, and he instantly collapsed onto the ground.
He shouted, “Hubby, my leg is dead!”
Qin Zelin, who was getting out from the other side of the car: “?”
