Parents' Love: My Childhood Sweethearts with Jiang Weidong

"Brother Weidong, can I have one?"

In a secluded corner, Si Yang looked up at Lin Wangshu, who was happily munching on an ice pop, his mouth watering. He then looked at Jiang Weidong with pleading eyes.

When Jiang Weidong dragged them over just now, Siyang looked panicked and defiant, but when he saw the popsicle, he immediately grinned and changed his expression.

Jiang Weidong found it amusing, coughed lightly to hide his laughter, then put a cold face on his face and shook his head, saying firmly, "No way!"

Si Yang immediately deflated, pointing at Lin Wangshu who was squinting her eyes in enjoyment and deliberately tempting him, and angrily accused, "Then why does Sister Wangshu only have one, even though I'm younger than her!"

Because Dehua had been taking care of Siyang's daily life for the past few years, and the Jiang family's children also played with him, Siyang didn't consider himself an outsider at all.

Upon hearing this, Lin Wangshu tossed the small wooden stick in her hand to Jiang Weidong, squatted down, and smiled at him, saying, "Of course, it's because we're family. He's naturally closer to me than to you."

Seeing the four of them hang their heads dejectedly, Lin Wangshu added with a smile, "So, once we become a family, we'll treat you like our own younger brother."

"I'll bring you all the good food and fun things, how about that?"

As she spoke, Lin Wangshu reached out to Jiang Weidong, took a toy car, and waved it at the four of them, saying, "If you do us a small favor, this is yours!"

"Besides, my older brother has a lot of stock left, so you can play with it as much as you want!"

His eyes lit up at the sight of the four items; at his age, he simply couldn't resist them. So he nodded repeatedly to Lin Wangshu, "Okay, Sister Wangshu, I'll do whatever you say!"

"I'll do whatever you ask me to do. From now on, you're like my own sister!"

Although he had expected it, Jiang Weidong couldn't help but chuckle and shake his head when he saw how spineless the boy was, thinking to himself that this kid was really easy to bribe.

Lin Wangshu nodded in satisfaction, beckoned to Siyang, and whispered a few words in his ear.

"Don't worry, big sister, leave this to me." Siyang readily agreed immediately. "Auntie is so good to me, like my own mother, I will definitely help her!"

"Good lad, you're not an ingrate, my aunt hasn't been good to you for nothing!" Jiang Weidong said with admiration, giving him a hard rub on the head.

Seeing his quick agreement, Lin Wangshu raised an eyebrow and asked with a smile, "If you agree, you'll have to suffer for a while. Are you willing to do that?"

Si Yang nodded vigorously, "It's okay, I'm not afraid!"

"Alright, don't worry, you can come to our house for a free meal without your dad's knowledge. You won't be wronged!" Lin Wangshu stood up and pinched his cheek.

Then he gave him a few cents and told him to go buy an ice pop. Si Yang immediately beamed and skipped off to the store.

Watching his retreating figure, Lin Wangshu made a face and pressed her icy fingers to Jiang Weidong's hands to warm them up. "This popsicle was too cold; I almost couldn't eat it!"

Jiang Weidong tenderly held her hand in his palm and said helplessly, "I already told you to let me eat, but you insisted on taking it from me. Now you'll have a stomachache again."

Lin Wangshu's due date was approaching, so Jiang Weidong strongly disapproved of her eating popsicles.

"I asked you to come and fill in the gaps, but you're just squatting there sucking on an ice pop, which is so unserious. How am I supposed to use both soft and hard tactics, threats and inducements, on him now?"

Listening to her eloquent arguments, Jiang Weidong shook his head helplessly. "Anyway, you're always right. I can't argue with you. Just don't come crying to me when your stomach hurts."

Lin Wangshu turned to the side, tilted her head to look at him, and smiled confidently, "Isn't it you I still have? With the brown sugar water you make for me, I'm not afraid anymore."

Jiang Weidong, who was being manipulated by her, was somewhat unconvinced and wanted to argue that he would ignore her if she disobeyed him in the future. However, when he looked into Lin Wangshu's smiling eyes, he couldn't say anything.

Finally, her ears turned red, and she lowered her head to diligently warm her cool hands.

Lin Wangshu's idea for dealing with someone like Lao Ding was to play hard to get.

He's been taken for so well by Dehua that he's become so used to it that he can't appreciate Dehua's kindness at all. We need to ignore him for a while first.

When there's no one to do the laundry and cook, and with just a little more firewood, Old Ding will be in a real bind. That's when he'll remember how good Dehua is!

While the four things are easy to manage, it's not easy to persuade Dehua. She is wholeheartedly devoted to Lao Ding and the children, without any selfish motives. It would be difficult to ask her to watch Lao Ding suffer.

Lin Wangshu was a junior, so it was not appropriate for her to bring up this matter with Dehua, and she was also afraid that Dehua would lose face.

Therefore, after much thought, Lin Wangshu felt that this glorious task should be entrusted to An Jie.

So after dinner, An Jie was chatting with Jiang Defu in the bedroom when Lin Wangshu poked her head in with a grin, "Mom, come out for a second, I have something to tell you."

Seeing her mysterious demeanor, Jiang Defu felt both jealous and curious. He shook the newspaper in his hand, snorted, and said, "What is it that I can't hear? You two are even whispering to each other."

Anjie stood up smugly and glanced at him lightly, "Of course, this girl is closer to her mother."

Once in the living room, Lin Wangshu belatedly felt a little embarrassed and awkwardly told An Jie her thoughts.

An Jie was startled upon hearing this, and then waved her hands, saying, "No, no, how can a young lady like you get involved in such matters?"

"This is an adult's emotional problem. You're just a kid, you don't need to worry about it so much."

Lin Wangshu pouted unhappily, "I'm just feeling sorry for my aunt. She's always so enthusiastic about everything, it breaks my heart to see her like this."

Then she tugged at Anjie's arm and pleaded, "Please say yes, Mommy, beautiful Mommy, my method really works! Please try it with my aunt!"

Anjie was being rocked back and forth by her, but the corners of her mouth couldn't help but turn up. Finally, she smiled and nodded in agreement, "Okay, okay, I'll do as you say, alright?"

Back in his bedroom, Anjie pondered to himself. Although he still felt the idea was somewhat unreliable, he didn't have any other good ideas at the moment.

She and Jiang Defu had approached Lao Ding countless times. Jiang Defu had almost lost all sense of shame for Dehua's sake, but they still couldn't win his heart.

At this point, we have no choice but to try anything, even if it seems hopeless.

When Jiang Defu saw that An Jie looked preoccupied after returning, he couldn't help but ask, "What did Wang Shu say to you?"

An Jie opened her mouth, but then remembered that Jiang Defu was biased towards outsiders and often spoke up for that old Ding, so she swallowed her words back.

She just smiled at him and said, "It's nothing, don't worry about it."

When Dehua was carrying freshly fried fish to Lao Ding's house again, Anjie called out to her, "Dehua, wait a moment."

Dehua was in a hurry to get to Lao Ding's house, and upon hearing this, he impatiently replied, "Sister-in-law, let's talk about it when I get back, the fried fish will get cold soon."

Having spent so many years together, Anjie was genuinely a little afraid of her. Therefore, he had mentally prepared himself for a long time before speaking, and of course, he couldn't just let her go now.

"Dehua, don't go to Old Ding's house anymore!"