The whole family is reborn, and their five-year-old child becomes the darling of the entire capital.

Yan Shanshan looked at the child, who was not even as tall as the table, with disbelief, and blinked hesitantly.

Wait, is this the formidable enemy she's imagined countless times at home?

She had short legs and looked to be about the same age as her half-brother, maybe three or four years old.

So why did she think this little brat was just as annoying as Ye Shuyin?

Yan Shanshan hesitated for a moment.

Ye Shuyin smiled and took Xiao Yuxi's hand, walked over, carried her to the stone bench, wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with a handkerchief, and gently fed her a small piece of pastry that looked like it could be eaten by a child without choking.

Ye Shuyin felt smug. She had been learning from her older sister since she was a child, so naturally her observation skills were much better than those of the willful and ignorant Yan Shanshan.

After observing the shapes of the pastries on the table, she roughly guessed that this young lady might be smaller than rumored. Even the pastries were less than half the size of ordinary ones. The Duke of Mu's mansion, with its vast collection, certainly wasn't sparing with the ingredients; rather, they were designed so that their young lady could eat them perfectly without choking, ensuring they melted in her mouth. It was clear that they had put a great deal of thought into it.

Little Yu Xi stretched out her two tiny hands from under her thick cloak, took the pastry with both hands, and said in a soft, sweet voice, "Thank you, sister." Then she began to swallow it in one gulp like a hamster, chewing slowly.

Yan Shanshan couldn't help but take another look. The little guy's mouth was stuffed full, a bit like the fat fox she kept. But she still pouted and muttered cheekily, "Hmph, like he's never eaten before."

When Xiao Yuxi heard this, she blinked, slowly finished what was in her mouth, and then refused to eat any more.

Ye Shuyin narrowed her eyes and looked at Yan Shanshan, "If you don't speak, no one will think you're mute. You ate like you hadn't eaten in eight hundred years, and you still have the nerve to criticize others?"

Yan Shanshan's eyes widened, wanting to retort, but seeing the little girl who dared not eat anymore after hearing her words, she pulled the plate towards the little girl and said dryly and stiffly, "Eat."

Xiao Yuxi blinked, and seeing that she didn't seem to have any ill intentions, she took another small pastry and ate it politely, taking small bites one by one. She hadn't eaten breakfast and had been dragged here, so she was very hungry.

I used to be able to go hungry for two or three days, but lately I've been pampered so much that I feel incredibly hungry if I skip even one meal.

Moreover, this little pastry truly had a flavor she had never tasted before.

Ye Shuyin patiently fed her, and when she saw that she had almost finished eating, she gently asked her, "What's your name?"

“Mu Yuxi,” Little Yuxi paused, thinking of the explanation her second sister had taught her, “the Yu in ‘giving’ and the Xi in ‘Ge Zhi Tan Xi’.”

Ye Shuyin frowned slightly, not understanding the name at all. "Yu Xi? These two characters don't seem like normal characters for a name, especially the character Xi. Who gave you this name?"

It's clearly a secondary word. Given how much the Mu family dotes on her, why would they be so perfunctory with her name?

Xiao Yuxi blinked innocently. She hadn't been to school yet and didn't even know how to write her name. Her second sister had taught her this on the spot, and she didn't know the meaning of the name. "Isn't it nice? It was my second sister who named me."

Second sister?

The group of young ladies from prominent families all shivered.

That living Yama?

The little girl beside her quickly chimed in, "It sounds beautiful! It sounds wonderful!"

"Yes, yes, you can tell from the name that it comes from a cultured person."

"Yes, yes, that's right."

Who dares to say that the name of the Great General Who Protects the Nation is unpleasant?

Ye Shuyin's lips twitched. That's right. The general is a military officer, not a civil official. It's already quite good to have this name. If it were her father, it would only be worse.

Xiao Yuxi felt relieved. Looking at the crowded pavilion, she saw many young ladies standing without seats, and the pavilion was also drafty, which made her feel a little uncomfortable.

After tilting his head and thinking for a long time, he jumped off the stool and said, "Let's go inside! It's cold outside."

Yan Shanshan paused. She had actually fallen into the water in winter when she was a child, and it left her with a chronic illness that made her extremely sensitive to cold. However, she had always maintained a fearless and undaunted demeanor towards the outside world.

Could it be that she noticed I was cold and deliberately invited everyone inside?

Yes, she's always the center of attention in a crowd, so it's so easy for her to get this little guy's attention.

Mu, who didn't recognize this older sister at all, ran out of the pavilion after getting the approval of the others.

Yan Shanshan proudly raised her chin, glanced at Ye Shuyin who had been left behind by the little girl, and got up to follow behind the little girl.

Ye Shuyin glanced at her inexplicably. What's wrong with this person now?

Yingrui saw the little maid running out of the pavilion from afar and thought something had happened, so she quickly went to meet her and caught her young mistress.

"We need to move to the big room! Sister is cold, it's all windy!" Xiao Yuxi always heard Yingrui use reduplicated words with her, and subconsciously thought that she should use reduplicated words when talking to her, which made the other young ladies' maids tremble with cuteness.

Yingrui understood what she meant and subconsciously looked towards the pavilion over there.

Actually, this pavilion has the best plum blossom viewing scenery in the entire Mu mansion. It's surrounded by water, plum blossoms, and fish, which is why the Second Miss set it aside for them.

It turns out that, although it was supposed to be a plum blossom appreciation banquet, these children were all under ten years old and couldn't possibly have as many thoughts about plum blossoms as adults. They probably would just glance at them and then have no feeling at all. Moreover, the cold wind blowing across the water was incredibly biting.

After realizing the problem, Yingrui decisively led a group of children to the front hall, a place they originally planned to visit during lunch, but now they had to go there earlier.

However, since they are all children from different families, and one of them is the protagonist of today's event, the families of these adults probably have no objections.

Ning Xiaohe followed behind Yan Shanshan, her gaze fixed on Yingrui's clothes. After a while, she looked down at her own attire and inwardly mocked herself, "What am I comparing myself to her? She's a first-rank maid in the Duke of Mu's mansion, while I'm just an adopted daughter."

Yan Shanshan stepped forward, took Xiao Yuxi's soft little hand, and snorted inwardly. She knew that this little girl had been secretly observing her all along. Since she had convinced them to change the venue, she would reluctantly let her hold her hand.

We can only hold hands for a short while...

You have to loosen your grip after a while.

Suddenly, someone grabbed Xiaoyuxi's little hand, and her eyes widened: \(◎o◎)／!

Upon seeing that the person pulling her seemed to be the girl from the pavilion earlier: (●—●)

Alright, looks like another girl who likes to touch her inappropriately. Well then, let her hold my hand!