Upon hearing this, Qin Si Ye typed on the screen, "I heard you were wronged at school today, and it pained me greatly. I suggested to her that I'd like to be your godfather."
The three adorable children looked at each other when they heard this, their eyes sparkling with excitement. They quickly asked, "Uncle Qin, do you really want to be our daddy?"
Qin Si Ye replied without hesitation, "Yes. I like you very much."
Chen Chen quickly asked, "What about our mommy?"
There was a long silence on WeChat before a message came back: "It's very complicated, not something that can be explained in a few words."
It turned out Uncle Qin's feelings weren't very clear either. The three children exchanged glances again, and Chen Chen typed:
"Uncle Qin, you bringing up being our godfather in front of Mommy today was a bit hasty.
In Mommy's heart, the three of us are worth more than anything. If you want to be our daddy and protect us, the first thing you must do is win her heart.
Only when you and she are together can you truly be our daddy. Otherwise, Mommy will think you are trying to compete with her for us."
Another silence ensued on WeChat. After about a minute, Qin Si Ye typed, "Who is your father? Do you really not know?"
"No. Not only do we not know, but even Mommy isn't sure," Chen Chen replied sadly.
Qin Si Ye typed thoughtfully, "Alright. I understand. I will seriously consider this matter."
Shen Xi returned to her room and changed into loose home clothes, still feeling a lingering fear as she thought about her conversation with Qin Si Ye at the school gate.
No, she had to prevent the children from interacting with him, otherwise, the situation would become increasingly difficult to control.
Especially the agreement to deliver cake every Friday; it seemed she needed to terminate it urgently.
If Qin Si Ye refused, she would use her refusal to play chess with his grandmother as a bargaining chip.
After strategizing in her mind, Shen Xi picked up her phone, about to send Qin Si Ye a WeChat message, when she received his first.
"Are you there?"
"Mm," Shen Xi replied after a few seconds of hesitation.
Qin Si Ye said, "The proposal I made at the school gate earlier was presumptuous, and I retract it."
Frowning slightly, Shen Xi's gaze flickered back and forth.
Didn't this man once say that he never regretted or retracted his words? Yet, less than an hour later, he had changed his mind?
"Okay," Shen Xi replied with another word.
Qin Si Ye said, "I have a special affection for the three children, perhaps because we are fated.
I want to help them; I have no other excessive intentions, purely out of liking them. I hope you don't overthink it."
Like? Shen Xi's heart skipped a beat. He said he liked her children.
No, they were also his flesh and blood.
Could it be the bond of blood kinship, drawing them closer in the unseen currents of fate?
Shen Xi couldn't help but be touched, feeling a bit guilty for her narrow-minded thoughts just moments ago.
Although she was their mother, what right did she have to sever their father-son relationship?
However, she couldn't tell them the truth and let them recognize each other, as that might mean losing the children forever.
Shen Xi took a deep breath. She decided to maintain the status quo for now.
"Mr. Qin, I am very pleased that you can say this. I deeply remember your help to me and the children.
But there should still be boundaries between people. I hope you can fulfill the promises you've made."
Qin Si Ye responded readily, "Alright."
After exiting WeChat, Shen Xi's mind suddenly flashed to Lu Yu Shan's expression when she left the kindergarten.
She thoughtfully scanned the faces of the three children one by one, as if she had thought of something.
Oh no! Did she see her own reflection in the children's faces?
At the time, she only thought about the mask she was wearing, forgetting that the children looked too much like her.
Shen Xi immediately took out her phone and made a call.