“You call it Bear Baby? How childish.” Ming Zhi said one thing but meant another.
The little one was indeed successfully distracted and began to explain in a soft, sweet voice why she wanted to call the little bear “Bear Baby.”
Ming Zhi quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
That was close—she almost fell for it again!
No wonder this child is destined to become the villain queen in the future; her charm skills must be maxed out!
She silently reminded herself that the reason she was helping Yun Xiaoyu was only to prevent the poor little thing from turning into a big villain.
It definitely wasn’t because she saw Yun Xiaoyu as a little sister!
The words “little sister” flashed through her mind, and a trace of sadness flickered in Ming Zhi’s eyes.
She once had a little sister too, the apple of the entire Ming family’s eye, but unfortunately, her whereabouts are now unknown…
“It’s here, it’s here!” Lin Senyu came over with a takeout bag, carefully arranging the meal boxes one by one.
Ming Zhi had ordered Cantonese cuisine—light in flavor, nutritious, and quite suitable for a child to eat.
The seller had included three small puddings, soft, smooth, and delightfully bouncy.
Lin Senyu switched to his cutesy voice again: “Baby~ If you call me ‘big brother,’ I’ll give you my pudding too.”
The little one blinked her big, watery, dark eyes, clearly tempted.
Ming Zhi: “Don’t call him ‘big brother,’ and I’ll give you my pudding.”
Huh?
The little one fell into a dilemma. After a moment, she gave Ming Zhi a sweet smile.
Satisfied, Ming Zhi patted her little head and pushed her own portion of pudding over.
Lin Senyu bristled: “Sis! You’re being way too domineering and dictatorial! Why should you be the only one with a little sister? I want a little sister too!”
Ming Zhi couldn’t be bothered to deal with him. Propping her chin on one hand, she watched Little Yu eat her porridge.
Hmm~ She knows how to use a spoon!
Hmm~ She even pouts to blow on it!
Hmm~ She’s even adorable while eating porridge~~
…Wake up! Snap out of it!
Ming Zhi patted her cheeks, forcing herself to come to her senses.
“By the way, why did you change your internship family?” Ming Zhi asked.
Lin Senyu glanced around, making sure no one was nearby, then leaned in mysteriously: “Sis, if I told you that the world we live in is actually a book, would you think I’m crazy?”
Ming Zhi’s hand, holding her chopsticks, paused.
Well, well—it seems she’s not the only one who’s awakened.
She said calmly, “Go on.”
Lin Senyu was stunned. As expected of his Zhi-jie, she was so composed!
He chattered on about his awakening experience, then put on a look of smug intelligence: “I’ve figured it out—since I can’t beat the future villain anyway, I’m just going to lie flat and slack off, enjoying life for the next twenty years first! The family the program arranged for me cooks terribly, and no matter how tough life gets, I can’t let my taste buds suffer!”
Ming Zhi’s lips twitched.
She had thought Lin Senyu was wise beyond his years, with some hidden plan up his sleeve.
Turns out he really is just plain stupid!
“Sis, I suggest you do the same as me and just be a couch potato. That villain is too fierce—torturing us would be like crushing ants… Speaking of which, I finally remembered why the baby’s name sounded so familiar!”
Lin Senyu excitedly turned to Little Yu: “Baby, your name is exactly the same as the future big villain’s! She’s also called Yun Xiaoyu! What a coincidence…”
Under Ming Zhi’s gaze, which clearly said “you idiot,” Lin Senyu’s expression visibly shifted to terror—
“Ahhhhh!!!” Lin Senyu let out a sharp shriek, darting behind Ming Zhi in an instant. Trembling, he stammered, “Sis! She… she couldn’t be the future villain, could she?!”
Who could tell him why that insane, cruel, and ruthless villainous queen was now a soft, adorable, and cute human toddler?!
Ming Zhi said disdainfully, “Keep your voice down, don’t disturb Little Yu while she’s eating.”
Lin Senyu: ??
Had he gone crazy, or had his sister gone crazy?
She actually dared to address the great villain’s real name to her face?!
Little Yu paused her porridge-drinking in confusion. Although she didn’t understand terms like “book world” or “awakening,” she vaguely sensed that the grown-up version of herself would become a great villain?
Moreover, it seemed she would do things that would hurt the brother and sister in front of her…
“I won’t.” The toddler mustered her courage, her soft voice filled with determination. “Little Yu won’t become a great villain!”
Lin Senyu was still screaming, “Ahhhh! Does this count as spoiling the plot for her? Will we even survive until tomorrow, sis? Sis, say something! Talk to me!”
“Shut up!” Ming Zhi scolded. “Sit down!”
Her tone was like training a dog, and Lin Senyu actually responded to it.
Since childhood, Ming Zhi had always had a kind of innate dominance over him. He was once an unruly little troublemaker, but as soon as Ming Zhi raised her hand, he immediately became his sister’s lackey.
Lin Senyu sat down trembling, his gaze shifting back and forth between Ming Zhi and Yun Xiaoyu.
What would Sister Zhi do? Directly eliminate the great villain?
…No, that’s illegal.
Then bully her while the villain is still young?
…No, that’s too shameful.
After waiting for a long time, he didn’t see Sister Zhi hit Little Yu or scold her. Instead, he heard—
“Mm, I know.” Ming Zhi said calmly. “Finish your porridge, and I’ll believe you.”
Lin Senyu: ??
That’s it? That’s it?!
He couldn’t figure it out until he saw the toddler’s little belly bulging roundly, then suddenly understood.
Got it! Sister Zhi wants to stuff her to death!
Hiss, what a cruel method of revenge!
“What brand of milk powder is good?” Ming Zhi asked again.
Lin Senyu let out an “ah,” confused. “Sis, that’s not really appropriate…”
“What’s the problem?”
“She, she’s still a child after all. Sis, you don’t have to poison her…” Lin Senyu found it hard to say.
Ming Zhi slowly typed a question mark in her mind.
What on earth was her genius brother thinking?
“She’s already drunk so much toxic milk powder, and she doesn’t look very smart either. Sis, maybe we should just let it go…” Lin Senyu pleaded earnestly. “We can’t poison her again!”
Ming Zhi was speechless.
So Lin Senyu thought she was going to buy toxic milk powder for Yun Xiaoyu.
“I’m asking you which brand of milk powder is nutritious! Not which brand is more toxic!” she said irritably.
Lin Senyu was stunned.
Huh? Sister Zhi actually wasn’t trying to poison Little Yu?
“Then I’ll ask my aunt abroad…” Lin Senyu took out his phone, still dazed, and sent a message to his aunt.
After finishing her shower, Ming Zhi came out of the bathroom drying her hair.
The guest room was empty, with no sign of the familiar toddler figure.
Ming Zhi frowned. Where’s the little dummy? Had she been captured and abused again by that wealthy couple?
She threw down the towel and stormed off to settle the score—
Passing by Yun Xiaoyu’s nursery, the faint light coming from inside made Ming Zhi pause in her tracks.
Pushing open a crack in the door, she saw the little one curled into a tiny ball on the narrow crib, clutching the dusty gray teddy bear tightly in its arms.
A sharp pang, like a needle prick, struck Ming Zhi’s heart, followed by a faint ache and bitterness.
If this was the villain’s way of feigning pitifulness…
Then she was utterly, completely taken in.