Going back to being twenty, taking her heartbroken son to a massage parlor.

The moment those words were spoken, the air seemed to freeze for half a second.

Before Su Mu and Sister Wang could even react, Shang Xiuyan started acting herself.

She covered her face with her hands and twisted her body shyly.

"Oh dear! I accidentally blurted out the truth, how embarrassing~"

Su Mu's eyelids twitched violently.

I don't believe you.

This girl is clearly just looking for trouble and trying to make a scene for herself, while also getting a verbal advantage.

This isn't shyness; it's clearly excitement that makes one feel like they're on cloud nine.

It was only then that Sister Wang realized what was happening. Her eyes widened, and her gaze swept back and forth between Su Mu and Shang Xiuyan's pink hair.

This pink hair is unique in the entire university town.

Finally, she slapped her thigh and realized what was going on.

Sister Wang's voice instantly rose in volume.

"Hey sis!"

"I thought you looked familiar just now. Your pink hair is unique in the whole school! Aren't you... Su Zhiling's roommate?"

"How old are you? Your brother is almost forty, divorced, and has a child. Do you really want to be his stepmother?"

"Listen to my advice, this isn't child's play, you'll regret it!"

Shang Xiuyan removed her hands from her face and proudly puffed out her chest.

"You'll regret being your uncle's wife for two years, but you'll regret not being one for a lifetime!"

She cleared her throat, her eyes revealing a wisdom that seemed to have seen through the illusions of the world:

"As the saying goes, the second cup of tea is the best, and who doesn't love a handsome older man!"

"That's my taste, so what?"

Sister Wang's mouth was wide open.

Are young people these days so progressive?

Su Mu's forehead was covered in black lines.

This girl is wasting her talent by not participating in Jiangcheng Hip Hop. She can string together single and double rhymes so easily.

"Shut up!"

Su Mu couldn't listen any longer. If she continued, who knew what other shocking and outrageous things she might say.

He grabbed Shang Xiuyan's thin arm and, regardless of her willingness, dragged her into the supermarket.

"Didn't you say you were here to buy daily necessities for Su Zhiling? Hurry up, finish shopping and leave!"

Shang Xiuyan was being dragged so far that her feet barely touched the ground, but she was still yelling:

"Hey, hey, hey! Don't rush me, Uncle Su Mu, I haven't finished my declaration of love yet!"

"Shut up!"

As Sister Wang watched the two figures pulling and tugging at each other, her initially shocked expression gradually changed, and her mouth stretched to her ears in a wide grin.

"Tsk tsk tsk, youth is truly wonderful."

She shouted at the top of her lungs:

Hey bro! The mother and baby section is just ahead, turn left!

"You know that place, you're familiar with it! You used to buy a lot of diapers for your daughter there!"

Su Mu stumbled, gritting his teeth as he replied, "I don't know!"

……

When we got to the household goods section, it was finally a bit quieter.

Su Mu pushed the shopping cart and began to sweep the shelves.

He casually grabbed a few bags of Lay's potato chips and threw them into the car; they were the flavors Su Zhiling loved to eat when she was a child.

Before it could even settle properly, a delicate white hand picked it up and neatly placed it back on the shelf.

Su Mu was taken aback: "What?"

Shang Xiuyan rolled her eyes at him:

"Uncle, you're a terrible father."

"Don't you know your daughter doesn't eat these puffed snacks? She thinks they're too high in calories and that they'll cause acne."

As she spoke, she skillfully took several bags of mochi from the shelf next to her and then picked out two bags of freeze-dried strawberries and threw them into the car.

"She likes sweets, especially chewy, sticky things."

"And these freeze-dried strawberries, she can't stop eating while watching dramas, but eating these won't make her gain weight."

Su Mu opened his mouth, but couldn't refute it.

Shang Xiuyan then walked to the toiletries area, her fingertips gliding over the rows of facial cleansers, finally stopping at a bottle of Freeplus in blue and white packaging.

"And this, Doubao's face is dry, and if she uses anything even slightly irritating, it will turn red and peel. She needs to use something with amino acids, something gentler."

Looking at Shang Xiuyan's serious profile, Su Mu felt a pang of emotion.

This girl usually seems crazy, but I never expected her to be so thoughtful.

He even remembered details like Su Zhiling having dry skin.

To be honest, Su Mu knew that even his ex-wife Jiang Yiyao had never been this attentive.

Under the bright lights of the supermarket, as Shang Xiuyan selected items, a few strands of pink hair fell beside her smooth cheeks. Her focused expression revealed a gentle and virtuous wifely quality to Su Mu.

Su Mu stood to the side watching, and his heart skipped a beat.

This scene... is almost too beautiful to be real.

Is this the legendary feeling of pure love?

It's really pretty good.

Just as Su Mu was still feeling self-satisfied, a magnified pretty face suddenly appeared in front of him.

Shang Xiuyan suddenly looked around to make sure no one was around, and her gentle demeanor vanished instantly.

She lowered her voice and asked softly:

"Uncle Su Mu, where exactly is that storage room located?"

"And how exactly do you lift it up?"

"Is it mentioned from the front or the back? Please elaborate, I'm so curious!"

Click.

Su Mu's heart was shattered.

The feeling of pure love was instantly fed to the dog.

Su Mu rolled his eyes in annoyance and pushed the bike away:

"I don't know! Twenty years have passed, how could I remember so clearly!"

"Is it okay if someone has Alzheimer's disease?"

Su Mu had no desire to bring up his past with his ex-wife again.

That was the biggest black mark in his Aquaman career.

The once-powerful Aquaman met his end in a dilapidated storage room, a truly shameful end.

Shang Xiuyan was not about to give up, so she reached out and grabbed Su Mu's clothes and shook him.

"Hey Uncle Su Mu, just tell me! Give me a little hint!"

Shang Xiuyan has been a novel lover since she was a child, and she even wrote a romance novel herself. This material is perfect for her to write into; it's incredibly realistic.

Su Mu stopped and turned to look at her:

"I won't tell! Why do you, a young girl, care about so much?"

"Do you really want to put your theory into practice and become a stepmother?"

Shang Xiuyan blushed, released her grip, and gave a haughty snort.

"You wish!"

"Although your looks and figure are acceptable now, you are clearly incompetent when it comes to taking care of children. You don't even know what kind of face wash your daughter uses."

As she spoke, she held up a finger and shook it: "So, right now you can only be considered... a backup option."

A backup plan?

These two words struck Su Mu's weak point precisely.

Su Mu stopped and slowly turned around, his eyes turning dangerous.

Is "damn" even a word that can be used to describe him?

You can say that to a simp.

But for that old scumbag, that was a blatant insult!

It is a trampling on his dignity!

Su Mu pushed the shopping cart aside, took a step forward, and spoke in a dangerous tone:

What did you call me? Backup plan?

"Your uncle treats you like a younger sister, but you treat him like a backup plan??"

Shang Xiuyan was startled by his imposing manner, shrank back, and weakly tried to explain:

"Not really... so it's more like... a potential dad? A boyfriend in the observation phase?"

"Isn't that still just a backup plan?!"

Su Mu laughed in exasperation.

I was thinking that since this was my daughter's school and her roommate's place, I should restrain my true nature and act like a proper elder.

I never expected to be labeled a backup option by a little girl.

Uncle is playing the innocent love game with you, and you're treating Uncle as a backup option, right?

Row.

If I don't show you my skills today, you'll really think I'm a pushover.

Without wasting words, Su Mu stepped forward, his movements so fast that Shang Xiuyan didn't even have time to react.

He suddenly reached out with his large hand, grabbed Shang Xiuyan's two slender wrists, lifted them up, and then pushed them backward.

Boom!

A muffled thud.

Shang Xiuyan was pinned against the shelf behind her, and several packs of tissues fell down with a loud clatter.

Hearing the noise from a distance, Sister Wang peeked out and grinned excitedly.

"Oh my god! It's starting again! And it's making so much noise!"