The next day, Liu Yicheng, who woke up early to prepare to go to the small building next door to pursue his beloved, discovered the shed in the yard.

Turns out, Xie Qingci, who had disappeared from the room, was now lying on a deck chair hugging Yu Xia.

Looks like they spent the night this way.

He couldn’t help but admire their level of public displays of affection again. Just as he was about to call others out to have a look, Xie Qingci suddenly opened his eyes on the deck chair and stared at him.

Liu Yicheng’s heart skipped a beat, and just as he was about to speak, Xie Qingci freed one hand to make a "shh" gesture to him.

The surrounding staff had already gathered around them, seemingly unsurprised by this, so Liu Yicheng followed his gesture to keep silent, didn’t say anything, and walked out of the yard.

Xie Qingci watched him leave, half-closing his eyes and rubbing against the person beside him.

Which directly woke Yu Xia up.

Her eyes weren’t even open yet, she first reached out to push his face away, but after two or three attempts didn’t succeed, she reluctantly opened her eyes to look around.

"It’s daylight? We should go back."

Xie Qingci buried his face in her neck and mumbled "mmm," but showed no intention of getting up.

Yu Xia lifted the blanket halfway and stood up herself, pulling his hand to drag him upright.

"Come on, let’s move the stuff back."

The yard returned to normal, and the people who got up later had no idea what the two of them had done the night before, greeting them as usual.

Yu Xia went on to brush her teeth and have breakfast solemnly, not mentioning anything about sneaking out to meet her lover last night.

In the late morning, the director issued a notice.

"Due to yesterday’s challenge, more than half of the people failed. From a certain perspective, it means your friends don’t agree with your understanding and view of relationships. So, to help everyone better understand their differences in perception of each other and themselves, we have particularly set a punishment round."

"Today, every team needs to cooperate in taking care of a child. Based on the number of times the child cries, we’ll judge whether you pass. The group that comes last will be forcibly split up and teamed with others in the next challenge, regardless of success."

As he spoke, a colorful kindergarten shuttle bus parked on the road outside, and the staff led a bunch of kids off the bus and into the space.

Each one looking like they’re on a field trip, with little bee backpacks, holding hands as they walked together.

But taking care of children——

Everyone else ran over to greet the children, shouting words like "So cute" and "So Kawaii," except Yu Xia and Xie Qingci remained standing still.

Yu Xia: "Let me say first, my understanding of children only comes from my nephew. When he was this age, the most I did was buy him teething biscuits and stealthily touch his face. I have absolutely no experience in taking care of children."

Xie Qingci: "Do you think I would have any?"

Yu Xia quietly scanned the group of kids: "Why not choose the most obedient and compliant girl?"

She feared she might lose her temper on the show and ruin her image if they got a naughty boy.

Xie Qingci nodded too, but the choice of child wasn’t up to them at all.

The director lined six kids up, letting them each choose their "host family" themselves.

Yu Xia and Xie Qingci stood at the edge of the line, watching a little girl holding a red pinwheel, with beautiful braids rushing up to them.

The little girl, with grape-like beautiful eyes, curiously studied them, looked at them a couple of times, then lowered her head to blow on the pinwheel, not saying she chose them but lingered without walking away.

Finally, she stretched out her hands toward Xie Qingci and said in a childish voice:

"Hug."

Yu Xia clicked her tongue, watching as Xie Qingci picked her up.

"What’s your name?" she asked.

The little girl thought for a moment, then blinked her eyes and said, "I’m Little Potato."

"...Little Potato? That’s a great name, sounds crispy and delicious."

Little Potato looked fair and tender, her face round and chubby. She couldn’t resist scratching the girl’s chin.

This action was familiar, Xie Qingci raised a brow at her, handing the child to her.

"You want to hold her?"

"Forget it, forget it, human cubs are only for looking at from a distance."

Moreover, when Little Potato saw she was about to be handed over, she immediately clung to Xie Qingci’s neck with her short arms, and the red pinwheel spun rapidly in the breeze behind his head.

Indeed, women have liked handsome men since they were little.

She didn’t mind, she patted the chubby arm, softened her voice, and asked, "Little Potato, do you want to play with us today?"

Little Potato nodded earnestly, her obedient demeanor melting hearts.

"How old are you, Little Potato?"

"I’m four, I’m already in kindergarten."

"That’s awesome. Do you like this brother?"

"I like——"

"Then shall we have this brother accompany you all day today, okay?"

Xie Qingci kept holding her, not knowing what else to do, so he mimicked her and awkwardly softened his tone to speak to Little Potato: "This sister likes you very much, do you want to..."

"Wahhhh——"

A little girl next to them suddenly cried out loudly, a sound so loud it was deafening. 𝒻𝓇𝑒𝘦𝘸𝑒𝒷𝓃ℴ𝑣𝘦𝑙.𝒸ℴ𝘮

Zhou Yu and Liu Ji frantically crouched down to comfort him, but Liu Yicheng, for some unknown reason, dragged Zhou Yu away.

The two of them rushed into the living room, and when Zhou Yu couldn’t shake him off, she began cursing him, but Liu Yicheng wouldn’t let go, he entered the living room, closed the door, and his anguished pleading voice faintly echoed out.

"Please don’t take care of the child with him, I’m begging you, I can’t take it."

"That looks just like you’ve already married and had children with someone else, and I have to watch it from the side, Zhou Yu, I’m begging you, don’t do this to me."

Outside, everyone had their mouths agape, glancing at each other in disbelief.

What’s this? Performing a tragic love drama in front of children?

Yu Xia covered Little Potato’s ears and said to Xie Qingci: "Let’s go, over there."

Little Potato didn’t like having her ears covered, she wriggled around, pouted unhappily.

Yu Xia then gave her a peck on her fair face: "Shall we go see the ducks, Little Potato?"

Little Potato was dazed by the kiss, then shyly blushed. Her fair skin turned pink, she thought this was a custom of reciprocity, and pouting, she returned the kiss.

Xie Qingci looked thoughtful, turned his face to Yu Xia and said: "I want a kiss too."

Little Potato thought he was talking to her, so she pecked him right away. Qingci laughed and continued to tilt his head to gesture at Yu Xia.

Yu Xia felt it wasn’t appropriate to act intimately in front of a child, so she pretended not to notice.

Xie Qingci walked on while talking to Little Potato: "Our family’s custom is to express liking by kissing. Sister likes Little Potato, so she kissed you. Little Potato likes brother, so she kissed me, right?"

Little Potato nodded, twirling the pinwheel twice.

"Alas, but sister doesn’t follow the rules," he sighed theatrically, "I really like sister, but she doesn’t kiss me, I’m so sad."

Little Potato looked blankly at Yu Xia and pointed a short finger at Qingci’s face, saying to her, "Kiss."

Yu Xia: "..."

Qingci tilted his head again, so she quickly pecked him once, then hurriedly wiped her mouth, coaxing Little Potato with the pinwheel to ignore this "liking means kissing" game.