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

Xia Lanlan's teachers' apartment.

The two-bedroom apartment wasn't large, but it was clean and tidy, with a faint, pleasant fragrance in the air.

My daughter, Su Zhiling, didn't get to eat lunch at all. The cafeteria was packed with people, like they were watching a monkey.

The four of them simply changed locations.

The idea was to let Su Zhiling experience the warmth of a family with double the maternal love in advance.

In the kitchen, Xia Lanlan, wearing a pink cartoon apron, was kneading dough on the board, preparing to make dumplings.

Su Mu sat on a small stool to the side, slowly picking green beans.

Xia Lanlan twisted her waist and kneaded the dough, glancing at the living room every now and then, her tone tinged with worry.

"Is the child alright?"

"After she yelled that, she seemed really strange."

"Maybe he's really been traumatized and gone mad."

Without turning his head, Su Mu snapped a string bean in half with a snap.

"It's okay."

"Look at her now, she's not making a fuss at all, and she even has a smile on her face. She's so happy."

"I think her autism is almost cured."

He paused, his tone revealing a hint of sincerity.

"Honestly, Ms. Xia, although you can be quite annoying at times, I really have to thank you this time."

Xia Lanlan stopped what she was doing and glanced at him sideways.

"Just a verbal thank you?"

Su Mu knew from the smell that the woman was about to make another request.

He interrupted immediately.

"Just say it, don't push your luck."

"Snapped!"

Xia Lanlan picked up a bean stalk from beside her and gave him a light slap on the arm.

"Tell me what! Tell me what!"

"You heartless maggot! You ungrateful wretch!"

She got angrier and angrier as she spoke, so she simply wiped the flour on her hands onto her apron, put her hands on her hips, and struck a pose befitting a teacher.

"If you really want to thank me, break up with Shang Xiuyan now! Right now! Immediately!"

"I absolutely cannot stand by and watch a scumbag like you ruin a naive female college student!"

As Shang Xiuyan's elder and teacher, she felt it was her responsibility and obligation to pull the misguided sheep back to the right path.

Su Mu listened as if it were a joke.

"What do you mean by 'separate'? You put it so rudely."

"Isn't that a stepmother for the child? It's all for the child."

He immediately started acting like a scoundrel.

Just kidding, where can you find another girl who is so traditional and obedient?

Xia Lanlan was so angry that she picked up the bean stalk and smacked him again.

This time, Su Mu was prepared and grabbed her wrist.

"I let you have your turn once, and now you're getting cocky, huh?"

Xia Lanlan's wrist was gripped by him, and she couldn't break free; her cheeks felt hot.

"I'll smoke it! You old scumbag!"

"Not only do you prey on female college students, but you also constantly find ways to take advantage of me! Tell me, shouldn't you be punished?!"

Su Mu's eyes narrowed dangerously.

"Come on, try drawing it again."

"I'll call my son right now and tell him to break up with your niece, Xiao Jianxi."

"You wouldn't want your precious niece to lose her beloved boyfriend at such a young age, would you?"

Xia Lanlan froze instantly.

"you!"

"How can you drag the younger generation into the affairs of your elders!"

"Su Mu, you're shameless!"

She really wouldn't dare to gamble.

If Xiao Jianxi really breaks up with her boyfriend because of this trivial matter of hers, then she will become the sinner.

Seeing that she had become obedient, Su Mu smugly snatched the bean pod from her hand.

"Reach out your hand."

"I'll take it back. An eye for an eye, that's fair."

This man's thirst for revenge is outrageously strong.

Xia Lanlan immediately put her hands behind her back and shook her head like a rattle drum.

"I don't want to! I'm afraid of the pain!"

Su Mu's gaze swept over her, a malicious smile playing on his lips.

"Where are you not afraid of pain? Let me find it for you."

Xia Lanlan instinctively covered her buttocks and glared at him warily.

"Everyone's afraid!"

Su Mu grinned mischievously and took a step closer: "Turn around."

Xia Lanlan: "I don't want to!"

Su Mu waved his phone: "Then I'll call my son, put it on speakerphone."

Xia Lanlan was on the verge of tears: "No, I don't want to either!"

The two chased and dodged each other in the small kitchen, playfully fighting.

The atmosphere became exceptionally warm, as if they were truly a married couple.

.......

At the dining table in the living room, Su Zhiling watched the two people bickering in the kitchen with a calm expression.

She now feels that nothing seems strange to her anymore.

When you encounter too many problems, you go crazy.

I feel better and better.

"Come on, sweetie, open your mouth."

Shang Xiuyan was feeding Su Zhiling jelly spoonful by spoonful with a small spoon.

"Try the snacks Mom bought for you, are they sweet?"

Su Zhiling obediently opened her mouth and took a bite.

Chew, chew, chew.

Looking at her obedient and adorable appearance, Shang Xiuyan felt her heart melt, and a maternal glow emanated from her.

She just wanted a daughter as well-behaved and adorable as this!

Unexpectedly, my dream came true!

Shang Xiuyan fed him another bite with satisfaction, gently coaxing him.

"Doubao is so good."

"Come on, call me 'stepmother' and let me hear it."

Su Zhiling swallowed the jelly and looked up at her.

"Calling someone 'stepmother' isn't entirely unacceptable."

"However, I have one request."

Shang Xiuyan immediately patted her chest and assured him.

"Tell me! Don't just say one, ten will do!"

Su Zhiling's tone was calm, yet every word she spoke was piercing.

"Since you want to be my mom, then you need to set a good example for the children."

"So, don't copy my exam paper this semester."

!!!

Shang Xiuyan's smile froze instantly.

She forced a smile.

"Sure, Doubao."

"Mom...I promise you."

However, the feigned strength didn't last two seconds.

She broke down instantly, crying and hugging Su Zhiling's arm.

"You're going to copy it, Doubao! How can you be so formal!"

"We're family now! What's yours is mine, isn't it?"

"Besides, your mother's good grades make you, as her daughter, proud, don't you?"

"Can you really bear to watch your dear stepmother fail her courses and have to retake them, delaying her graduation?"

Su Zhiling just looked at her calmly.

"Heartless."

"We're family, so I won't stand on ceremony with you."

"Also, I won't be helping you write that lab report the teacher assigned today."

"Look around, what daughter in the world helps her mother with her homework?"

Su Zhiling, a top student, was full of confidence at this moment.

Shang Xiuyan was completely dumbfounded.

She felt that Doubao had changed.

From a withdrawn little bean bun to a sharp-tongued little bean bun.

And he doesn't even write his own thesis.

Is the price of motherhood really so heavy?

Who can stand this!

"Honey—!"

Shang Xiuyan drew out her words, sending a distress signal to the kitchen.

"You need to discipline your daughter! She's starting to rebel and all she does is bully her mother."

Su Mu happened to be carrying a plate of freshly washed vegetables when he heard this and said with a smile.

"That's not so bad."

"She was much more rebellious during her adolescence."

Upon hearing this, Su Zhiling looked up at him and immediately retorted.

"Old Deng."

"I went through a rebellious phase in junior high, but you, almost at your grave, are now entering your rebellious phase?"

"They're really getting worse as they get older."

"In a little while, won't you become a baby, lying in bed crying for milk?"