The little boy Xiao Beichen in his arms looked at the grandfather with curious eyes.

After watching for a while, he turned his head to look out the window and continued to admire the scenery.

Where are you all headed?

Qin Xiang'an then said, "Let's go to Haishi."

Are you visiting relatives?

The old man could tell they were a family of three, and the man had an upright air about him, making him seem like a very good young man.

Qin Xiang'an nodded, and the two chatted casually for a while.

The old man was also going to visit relatives, but he was almost at his stop; he was only two stops away.

After the old man got off the bus, three more people arrived.

A woman was with two children, a boy and a girl. The girl looked about seven or eight years old, and the boy looked about four or five years old.

However, the boy was a bit mischievous. As soon as he came in, he started jumping around on the lower bunk and running around.

"Little Tiger, don't run around."

After handing the item to a rather thin girl nearby, the woman quickly grabbed him back.

The little boy was still a bit unconvinced. He sat on the bed, his bottom bouncing back and forth, quite restless.

Then he shouted, "I want to eat peach shortbread, Mom, hurry up and get the peach shortbread out!"

His tone was extremely arrogant; you could tell at a glance that he was a spoiled brat.

"Okay, okay, Mom will get it for you. You just sit still."

The woman then took out a bag of peach shortbread from her bag, took one out, and handed it to him.

The girl next to her didn't even have half a piece, but she seemed used to it. She sat down next to her without saying a word.

"Eat slowly, don't choke." The woman smiled as she watched her son eat so happily.

"I want water." The woman glared at the girl. "Didn't you hear what your brother said?"

"Hurry up and take the water bag out."

The girl trembled with fear and quickly took out the water pouch from her bundle.

She removed the stopper from the bottle before handing it to her younger brother.

Shen Jingyue and Qin Xiang'an sat opposite her, looking at the girl who was thin and frail, with patches on her clothes.

But the little boy and the woman's clothes were clean and without a single patch.

The little boy, in particular, had a round head and a plump face, clearly indicating that he had been carefully raised by his family.

Then look at that little girl, so thin and frail, she looks like she could be blown over by the wind.

And the woman's attitude towards the little girl.

Shen Jingyue was certain that this woman favored sons over daughters.

However, these were other people's business, so she just muttered a few complaints to herself and didn't say anything.

Seeing that the child seemed hungry, she asked Qin Xiang'an to make the baby formula.

There was hot water on the train, so Qin Xiang'an took out her baby's bottle and went to get hot water.

Only then did the woman notice the woman and child sitting opposite her.

When she saw how beautiful Shen Jingyue was, a little bit of jealousy started to creep into her heart.

Looking at the child in her arms, so well-fed and chubby, he was truly adorable.

She asked, "This child is so well raised, so beautiful, could it be a girl?"

This child is clearly a girl; no boy could be so beautiful.

Shen Jingyue smiled but didn't say anything.

"Let me tell you, girls don't need to be raised so well. No matter how well you raise them, they'll still have to get married eventually."

Look how nicely she dressed the child; a little girl could just have some old clothes altered.

I just heard that they're still feeding their baby formula. Formula is so precious! A little girl can just have some rice water.

Shen Jingyue ignored her and held the child, trying to comfort him.

The woman cursed inwardly at her for being tactless when she saw that she was being ignored.

They treat a little girl like a treasure.

"Mom, I want to sleep, I want to sleep on top."

After the little boy had eaten and drunk his fill, he started fussing about climbing up again.

They bought two beds, one on top and one on the bottom.

I only managed to buy this through connections; otherwise, sleeper tickets wouldn't be so easy to get.

"No, it's so high up there. You always move around a lot when you sleep, what if you fall?"

She only has one precious son, and she's worried about him.

But the little boy was a mischievous brat and refused to do it. "I don't want to, I want to sleep on top."

He started to climb up as he spoke.

The woman quickly picked him up and said, "No, it's not safe up there. Be a good boy, and Mom will buy you meat later. How about that?"

She gently coaxed him.

"Then I want braised pork, the really fatty kind!" the little boy shouted.

"Okay, okay, whatever you say." She picked up the little boy and put him back on the bed.

"I want to sleep. Get this good-for-nothing away from me," the little boy said directly to the little girl.

His tone was incredibly arrogant. Even though she was his own sister, he acted and spoke as if she were a complete stranger.

No, perhaps not even as good as a stranger.

Shen Jingyue, sitting opposite, felt angry when she heard this.

This kind of child is spoiled; they won't be any better when they grow up.

"Didn't you hear what your brother said? Get up there and go to sleep right now," the woman said to the little girl in a very unpleasant tone.

The little girl flinched, then quickly stood up and started climbing.

The woman only allowed her son to lie down and rest after she saw her go upstairs.

I'm not worried at all about whether she'll be scared.

If this money-losing girl weren't useful, able to do housework and cook, she wouldn't have taken her to Haishi and left her in her hometown.

Qin Xiang'an quickly brought back the hot water.

The water temperature was just right, so he took out the milk powder from his bag and scooped in a few spoonfuls.

After shaking it well and making sure it's not too hot, I then feed it to the child.

Little Xiao Beichen started gulping down his milk powder from the bottle as soon as he tasted it.

The woman across from them felt a pang of sympathy seeing them feeding such good formula to a worthless child.

It's just a money-losing crop, why bother feeding it so much?

Unfortunately, she saw that the man was tall and strong, and although he was good-looking, he looked like someone not to be trifled with, so she didn't dare to say what she was thinking.

But his son was different. Seeing the child eating so happily, he assumed it was malted milk powder, so he said to his mother:

"Mom, I want some malted milk powder too. Go get me some."

He heard everything just now. That little brat across from him is a good-for-nothing. A good-for-nothing shouldn't eat good food. All the good food is his.

"Sweetie, that's not malted milk powder. Mom will buy you some more when we get to your dad's, okay?"

The little boy was not willing and immediately started to throw a tantrum, crying and screaming, "I don't want it, I don't want it, I want to drink malted milk powder!"

"That worthless little brat can drink, why can't I? I don't care, go get it for me, I want to drink it."

He pointed at Xiao Beichen, the little boy in Shen Jingyue's arms, and cried.

When Shen Jingyue heard that brat dare to say that her child was a money-losing burden, she immediately gave him a cold look.

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