Liu Ci and Lin Shuwen left after their business discussion was over followed shortly by the Zhou's father and son duo.
The amount of time that they've spent today was already longer than usual. In the past, when Zhou Qinhe brought Zhou Yi to Sunshine House, they had never stayed for more than half an hour, sometimes even less than 20 minutes.
The little male lead politely bid his farewell to Yan Shuyu and Zhang Yuanjia before he left with his father. The two little boys, who were just glaring at each other moments ago, really showed some signs of making up by this time.
The "showdown and aggressive" feel between the two little boys seemed to have slowly melted away after Yan Shuyu's cello performance.
Ever since little Zhou Yi learned "Little Leaping Frog" from Aunty Yan, he had felt close to her and looked up to her. Now that he found out that the same Aunty Yan who could play "Little Leaping Frog" on the piano could also play the cello and was so good at it, the little kiddo was marveled by her.
Zhou Yi was only slightly emotionless right now and nowhere close to his father's level of hiding his feelings. Like a good-for-nothing person, his mouth had dropped open as he was immersed in Aunty Yan's beautiful melody. And, Zhang Yuanbao had witnessed the entire scene.
Little kiddo Zhang Yuanbao had been trending toward becoming his mother's brain-dead fan lately. Seeing how Zhou Yi had such good taste and knew to appreciate his mother's strength, that made Zhang Yuanjia felt extremely proud of his mother and decided that perhaps he just might be able to befriend Zhou Yi - limited to just being fond of him, of course. If he still wanted to fight him over his mother, his stance could change instantly.
Yan Shuyu's instant son's "change of heart" happened during her most awkward moment. Without the adults being aware of it, friendship quickly sprouted and grew between the two little kids. Granted, Yan Shuyu hasn't had the time to notice any of those minor details; by the time she noticed that the relationship between the two little boys had changed, it was when Zhou Yi was saying his goodbyes.
Then, while Yan Shuyu was looking on, Zhou Yi proactively thanked Zhang Yuanjia, "I am taking off now. Thank you for showing me around today."
"No worries." Putting his pettiness aside temporarily, Zhang Yuanjia slipped right into the role of a kiddo host and even threw out an invitation, "Come again. I will be able to spend more time with you next time."
The little male lead nodded seriously, "I shall come again."
The two little hands connected, and Zhou Yi then left with his father. Yan Shuyu, on the other hand, was still fascinated by the scene of the two little boys shaking hands - her son and the male lead were the archnemesis who had always been at each other's throats in the book. Now, with the incredible effort that she had put in, they had become friends. At this rate, they just might become the best of childhood friends. OMG, she was so touched right now.
When Yan Shuyu had finally recollected herself from her own fantasy, she suddenly noticed that she was surrounded by her little buddies and her son had already gone over to the office.
She felt a bad feeling washed over her. Shivering, she wrapped her arms around herself and asked, "What... are you guys trying to do?"
Miss Sherry, leader of the crowd, was already rubbing her hands together. "Yanyan you little brat. Keeping us in the dark this entire time. Spill! What's your relationship with Boss Zhou!"
"Exactly! We've all heard Boss Zhou's words. What's the situation here, hmm?"
Just as Yan Shuyu has anticipated, that they'd try to pry it out of her forcefully. But, when it came to this topic, in all honesty she was as baffled as her little buddies!