Let me win you over, and you'll become a heartthrob before I even begin?

Bai Ci remained indifferent to him, but was much more enthusiastic towards Yan Weixi: "Xi'er, Mom has made some dishes. Go change your clothes, wash your hands, and come eat."

"Huh? Oh."

Yan Weixi turned to Yan Yuexing and said, "I'm going to change my clothes."

"Go."

Having found an excuse, Yan Weixi immediately ran back to her room to change her clothes, and breathed a sigh of relief.

She really didn't know how to deal with her overly enthusiastic mother.

She roused the red panda, grabbed it by the armpits, lifted it up, and got straight to the point:

"Kitty! Is there anything that can create clones?"

The little panda's arms dangled at her sides, unable even to scratch its head; it could only tilt its head and blink its rather dim-looking little black bean.

"what?"

"Yes, I have."

"Give it to me quickly!"

"Um……"

"Is there a possibility..."

"We're too poor to afford it..."

Yan Weixi: "?"

How can I afford it?

"When your attention level reaches 500, you can buy it!"

Yan Weixi: "?"

"!"

"five hundred!?"

"Why don't you just rob it?!"

To completely win over a character costs 100, yet she has to save 500 to buy a clone—isn't that just a profiteer taking advantage of her?!

The red panda instinctively tried to scratch its head with its fluffy, chubby paws, but unable to reach it, it instead scratched Yan Weixi's hand.

"That's why I said we're too poor to afford it."

Its self-righteous expression made it look exactly like a bratty kid who deserved a beating.

But it was indeed reasonable, leaving Yan Weixi with no way to refute it.

The little panda asked curiously, "What do you want to do with your clones?"

Yan Weixi didn't hide it from it: "Mom is too enthusiastic, I can't handle it."

The little panda hit the nail on the head: "So you want to use your clone to share the burden?"

"Yes."

"Hmm, why don't you try to be more open and accept their enthusiasm?"

Yan Weixi unconsciously lowered her hand, and the little panda had no choice but to look up at her.

In its beady eyes, Yan Weixi's slightly forlorn expression was reflected.

After a long, long time—so long that it thought time had been paused—it finally heard a voice:

"I'm not good at dealing with my parents; their enthusiasm makes me uncomfortable."

The red panda tilted its head; it was a product of electronic technology and did not understand the complex emotions of humans.

It simply assumes that children naturally want to be close to their parents and crave their love.

It couldn't understand Yan Weixi's situation.

But it understood one thing at that moment:

"Aren't you a magician? Can't you create a clone of yourself?"

Yan Weixi: "..."

Yan Weixi turned her face away guiltily.

"I was lazy and didn't study..."

Red panda: "6".

With tears in her eyes, she admitted her mistake: "I didn't cherish the opportunity to learn back then, and now I deeply regret it!"

Red panda: "They're all excuses."

Upon hearing this, Yan Weixi was reminded of the days when her high school teachers would only scold her as an excuse, and she became unhappy: "Stop talking, I don't want to hear it."

"Why don't you like listening to anything..."

"Don't you even listen to whether what you're saying is human?"

"What does this have to do with me being a panda?"

"...6."

*

She quickly changed her clothes and went downstairs, where she saw Yan Yuexing still standing in the same spot.

Yan Yuexing's gaze followed his mother's figure.

His gaze was calm and undisturbed, like a lonely sea hidden in the silent night.

His expression was unreadable.

Yet, a rare sense of loneliness could be seen in his overly straight body.

Yan Weixi couldn't figure out what he was thinking.

He was very enthusiastic just now, but now he's changed, just like I remember him.

This made it impossible for her to distinguish which Yan Yuexing was the real Yan Yuexing.

For example, Yan Yuexing was clearly upset and moved out of the school during elementary school, threatening never to go home again, making people think he hated his parents. But when he saw his mother again, he was as unable to walk away as ever.

The little panda couldn't understand Yan Yuexing. It scratched its head, not thinking very well, and said, "Humans are so complicated."

"Perhaps it's precisely because we are human that we are so complex." Yan Weixi also didn't understand the reason.

Hearing footsteps, Yan Yuexing turned around. The moment he saw Yan Weixi, a smile spread across his face, his eyebrows curving upwards, and his tone cheerful:

"Little sister, are you all changed?"

"Ah."

"Go eat quickly."

"it is good."

Yan Weixi walked towards the restaurant without noticing any other footsteps.

She turned to look at Yan Yuexing.

Yan Yuexing noticed her gaze and hurriedly put on a smile again: "Go quickly."

There seems to be an invisible chasm between them.

Yan Weixi easily approached her mother, while he dared not step forward and stood there.

She couldn't understand.

Is it really that difficult to eat with other people?

But she knew what she had to do.

She took the initiative to cross the "line," took Yan Yuexing's hand, and walked towards the restaurant.

Yan Yuexing looked slightly surprised, and when he realized Yan Weixi's intention, he couldn't help but despise himself in his heart.

Why can't he be more honest with his family? Why does he need his sister to lead him there?

But he—

I just can't do it.

He didn't know why either.

Bai Ci served the food early on.

Upon seeing Yan Yuexing, she wasn't overly moved. Instead, she stood up and put her arm around Yan Weixi's shoulder, saying, "Come here quickly."

"Come and try Mom's cooking!"

Yan Weixi pulled her brother down to sit with her.

Bai Ci kept putting food on Yan Weixi's plate.

Yan Weixi kept hinting to her mother to also serve food to her brother, and Bai Ci then served food to Yan Yuexing.

Yan Yuexing looked at the food in the bowl, and for a moment, she couldn't express the emotions in her heart.

This was the first time his mother had served him food.

He took a small bite, not finding it particularly amazing, but rather delicious.

Unlike her brother's emotional reaction, Yan Weixi was so hungry that she just kept eating.

Watching her youngest daughter eat heartily, Bai Ci's own appetite was greatly stimulated, and she ate a few more bites.

Yan Weixi didn't forget to praise Bai Ci's cooking: "Delicious! Mom, your cooking is excellent."

When Bai Ci heard her daughter praise her cooking skills, her face was filled with a long-lost happiness: "If it's delicious, eat more!"

Bai Ci felt a surge of happiness welling up inside.

Hehe ~

Her daughter praised her cooking.

My daughter is the best!

Whose little darling is this so sweet and loving?

It belongs to her family! (Super self-righteous version (?????))

I was so blind back then, I had no taste at all!

Bai Ci secretly complained to himself about how blind and incompetent he was in his past life.

"Brother, you should eat more too." Yan Weixi didn't forget to bring her mother a glass of water.

When Yan Weixi told him to eat more, Yan Yuexing's eyes lit up.

My sister really cares about me!

Otherwise, they wouldn't care about me so much!

Oh oh oh!

My little sister is the best little baby in the world!

Screw love!

My sister is the best in the world!

Some people with a "love-obsessed" mindset will spontaneously evolve into—

Sister complex.

Bai Ci noticed that Yan Weixi always brought her eldest son along, intentionally or unintentionally.

She saw through her youngest daughter's little thoughts and didn't hold back her words: "Ah Xing, you should eat more too."

Yan Yuexing looked at the home-cooked dishes in front of her and was even more moved: "Great!"