"No. I have things to handle. You go yourselves," Shen Xi said, looking down at him with a smile.
Since they were going to Qin Si Ye's courtyard, she could see what was happening from where she stood.
She had made it clear to him a few days ago that she did not want any further interaction with this man.
"I'll go with you all. I like rabbits too," Mei Yun suddenly walked over and said, taking Shuo Shuo's hand.
Shen Xi's unwillingness to go was exactly what Mei Yun wanted.
Judging from Shen Xi's cold expression, even though Qin Si Ye had already moved in, they should still be strangers to each other.
The situation she worried about had not yet arisen.
However, just in case, she had to go over and see for herself.
"Okay. It's nice to have Aunt Mei accompany us. Let's go quickly," Yan Yan said happily, immediately going over and taking Mei Yun's hand.
The five of them soon reached the entrance of Villa No. 1. Qin Si Ye opened the courtyard gate, and the three children immediately spotted two cute, lazy rabbits basking in the sun in their new home. They ran towards them joyfully.
Mei Yun scanned the surroundings and then turned to Qin Si Ye, asking, "Mr. Qin, everything here looks brand new. You must have moved in not too long ago, right?"
"Yes, about a month," Qin Si Ye replied after a moment of thought.
A month? That wasn't a short time.
"Are you living alone?" Mei Yun asked again.
"No. My grandmother and sister are here too," Qin Si Ye said, looking at her with a slight lift of his eyebrows.
He wondered why she was asking him these questions, as if she were checking a household registry.
Mei Yun breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile, "It's good to have someone to accompany you. Living alone in such a large villa would be too lonely."
"Aunt Mei, come quickly and look. Are these two rabbits twins? I say they are, but Brother Chen and Brother Shuo say they aren't," Yan Yan said, walking over and taking Mei Yun's hand towards the rabbit hutch.
Qin Si Ye also walked over.
Mei Yun looked closely. The two rabbits were different from the ones she usually saw. Most of their bodies were white, but their ears and eye circles were black.
Besides that, there were some black spots on their backs. Mei Yun smiled and said, "What cute little rabbits! They do look very similar, but their spots are different.
To know if they are twins, you'd have to ask the person who bought them."
Hearing this, Qin Si Ye spoke up, "These rabbits are called Begonia rabbits, also known as Panda rabbits. They were indeed born from the same mother rabbit, but they are not twins; they are from a litter of ten."
Upon hearing this, Chen Chen immediately looked up at Qin Si Ye with confusion, "Uncle Qin, how do you know so clearly? Did you buy the rabbits?"
A jolt went through Qin Si Ye. He hadn't expected that his casual words would reveal a loophole to this child.
If he admitted it, his excuse of being on a business trip would crumble, turning into a lie.
The corners of his lips curved into a smile as he said, "I was on a business trip and didn't have time to buy them. Butler Liu bought them and told me about them."
"Oh," Chen Chen looked at him thoughtfully, half-believing.
At this moment, Yan Yan's eyes turned slightly red. She turned and took Qin Si Ye's large hand, asking, "Uncle Qin, if we buy these two, will their mommy and the other little rabbits be sad?"
Qin Si Ye thought for a moment and replied with a gentle smile, "No. Rabbits are separated from their mothers when they grow up to live independently. Butler Liu said that the other little rabbits have also been bought by others."
After hearing his words, Yan Yan turned to look at the two cute, fluffy rabbits. She picked up some dry grass and placed it in front of them, murmuring, "Little rabbits, don't be sad, and don't miss home. We will take good care of you."
As soon as the two Begonia rabbits saw the dry grass, they hopped over joyfully and began to eat.
"Look, they're eating grass."
"Slow down, slow down, Begonia rabbits, don't choke."
"Let's name them."
"Okay, okay. Let's call the one with more spots Panda, and the one with fewer spots Begonia. What do you think?" Yan Yan thought for a moment and looked at her two brothers.
"Yes. They sound good and meaningful," Chen Chen and Shuo Shuo replied in unison.
Mei Yun watched the three children's happy scene and also smiled.
She couldn't help but turn to Qin Si Ye beside her. She hadn't expected that such a high-and-mighty, cold, and taciturn CEO would have such a childlike heart and get along so well with children.
"That's why I heard so much chattering from outside. So it was you three little rascals. Now that you have rabbits, you don't want to see your great-grandma?" At this moment, Xu Zhilan walked out from inside, leaning on her cane, and stood on the steps, smiling at them.
Hearing this, the three children immediately turned and ran towards her. Chen Chen said, "No. Great-grandma, it's not what you think. We were just saying hello to the rabbits and were about to come in to see you."