Rebirth of the Little Star – 44
44 – It was none of his business how the An family was doing, he only wanted that little star of the An family.
Moving in with Lu Tian Shen?
An Xing put the cell phone against the head of the bed, rolled around, hugging the pillow and lying on the quilt, and propping up his cheeks.
“Well, will this work? If I’m not at home, can Ning Rong be closer to mom and dad?”
Lu Tian Shen put the documents aside, his eyes looking towards the teenager on the other end of the video, his voice low and gentle.
“Then tell me first, do you really want Ning Rong to be closer to Uncle An and Aunt Shen?”
The teenager tilted his head, “Of course!”
Lu Tian Shen smiled: “Then listen to me, you move here to live for a while.”
Emotions are all about getting along, the current An Zhaoming and Shen Ying undoubtedly care more about An Xing. But Ning Rong was their biological son, or a biological son whose adoptive parents were both dead, and was personally excellent, and also had a good relationship with An Xing.
Then in time, the balance will slowly tilt towards Ning Rong, becoming equal on both sides, or even, Ning Rong will be heavier than An Xing’s share.
If An Xing has a bad heart, or is selfish, he should dominate the An family couple’s favor and not let go – because his biological parents are dead! The only thing he can rely on is the An family couple.
If An Xing was really such a bad boy, perhaps things would have been simpler. Then the An family could have abandoned An Xing without any psychological burden and brought back their own son who was good enough to inherit the family business.
But An Xing wasn’t, and the Ning couple had passed away, so the An family wanted both children, and took the initiative to take the hardest path. They can’t ignore An Xing, but they also need to get close to Ning Rong as soon as possible.
Since they met each other, Ning Rong and An Jia have been testing each other carefully, trying to see clearly each other’s character and bottom line, and find a suitable way to get along with each other. But the little fool doesn’t understand anything, he’s just anxious and worried about why hasn’t the family gotten closer yet?
Lu Tian Shen didn’t intend to give the little dummy a clear explanation of all this, just smiled and said:
“Like I said, you need to give them more space and opportunities to get along.”
If An Xing had been involved in their mutual testing, the result would have been good. If the final result was not good… would the little fool be offended?
After all, An Xing is an “outsider”, and people’s hearts are fickle.
The man’s deep voice became softer again, causing the young man to subconsciously turn up the volume to the maximum level and get closer to listen carefully.
“There is only one month until school starts, you can come over and stay for two weeks …… no, three weeks to let them get along.”
“Of course, you’ll have to go back on the weekends and drag them to do some parent-child activities …… hiking, sports, picnics, all of which can enhance the relationship.”
The little fool has already tried very hard, if you guys still can’t get close, it’s not his business, so you can’t blame him.
An Xing nodded his head while listening, and even wanted to take a small notebook to note all of this down. He couldn’t help but ask admiringly:
“How come you’re so experienced, Brother Shen? Where did you learn it?”
After saying this, An Xing suddenly felt that something was wrong.
He and Lu Tianchen grew up together, and he had met both the uncles and aunts of the Lu family. Those two people… were a standard wealthy couple who were married for their own interests. They have never raised a son, but are totally cultivating an heir.
Other people’s families may have parent-child activities, the Lu family definitely does not. These methods are definitely not Lu Tian Shen’s own experience, but he specifically gathered them.
As for who he was searching for, do you even need to ask?
It was definitely for him!
His brother Shen was simply the number one best brother in Tang City!
An Xing was so touched that he got out of the quilt at once and sat down on his butt. “Brother Shen you’re right, it’s still good for them to be close without me being present, I’ll move this weekend!”
After a pause, he tangled.
“But what reason would I use to move out? If I just tell the truth ……”
“I suggest you don’t.”
At the other end of the video, Lu Tian Shen picked up the file again.
“If you tell the truth, Uncle An and Aunt Shen will definitely be more distressed about you than Ning Rong. Of course they’ll reject you moving out. Then at this rate, by the time school starts ……”
“…… They will definitely still be as polite to each other as they are now!”
An Xing clenched his small fists, feeling that this absolutely could not be the case!
Lu Tian Shen: “So I’ll recommend a reason for you to say ……”
The words that followed were blurred, An Xing listened carefully and his eyes glowed.
“This method is good, they definitely have no reason to stop me from going over to live with you!”
Lu Tian Shen was in an extremely good mood, smiling and giving the teenager a boost of energy.
“Then you have to work hard. Whether Ning Rong and the others can truly become a family in the future depends on this.”
The teenager’s small round face was filled with excitement, his light curry colored eyes shining brightly as he looked over.
“Okay Brother Shen! In the future, when the family is harmonious, I’ll give you the first credit!”
“That would be my honor.”
It was none of his business how the An family was doing, Lu Tian Shen thought, he only wanted that little star of the An family.
*
The An Family didn’t have a strict schedule, An Xing could sleep long enough to be a slacker before getting up.
But with things harboring in his heart, he woke up early and rolled around in the bed, counting with his fingers what he was going to bring to the Lu family.
Well …… it seems like he doesn’t need to bring anything, just carrying his study materials will do.
The phone vibrated and An Xing grabbed it to take a look. It was the loving family who asked him if he was awake and if he was going downstairs to eat.
An Xing Xing super walk: It’s time to eat.jpg
It took less than ten minutes from washing up to going downstairs. When the boy in little monster pajamas rushed down, breakfast had just been placed on the table. An Zhaoming was reading the news on his tablet, Shen Ying was on the phone with her friends about going to the gallery, and Ning Rong was eating and playing with his mobile phone.
Seeing An Xing come down, the three of them looked up together with keen eyes.
An Xing was oblivious, his attention was all on breakfast, “Aunt Zhang good morning, what’s for dinner today?”
“Fruit pancakes, come and eat while it’s hot!”
An Xing happily sat over and indulged in the food, unable to extricate himself. The unspoken exchange of words was lost to breakfast, and there was a vaguely moody atmosphere at the table.
Shen Ying and An Zhaoming also sat over to eat, and the two had just taken a few bites when they heard the teenager say:
“By the way mom and dad, I’m planning to stay at Brother Shen’s house for the next half a month ah!”
“……”
The dining table fell into a dead silence, followed by the three of them turning their heads in unison and looking at the teenager in shock.
“What? You’re going to go live with Tian Shen?!”
An Zhaoming was the first to speak, his usual calm and solemnity lost.
An Xing nodded his head in a chicken-pecking manner, with a very innocent look on his face, as if this was a very ordinary thing.
However, with the addition of the premise of “An Xing and Lu Tian Shen have an undisclosed marriage contract”, this matter is not ordinary at all.
“Xingxing thinks that the little… child of the Lu family has helped us a lot during this period, so he wants to stay with him for a few days to be close? Actually, it doesn’t have to be that troublesome. Dad has said before that he would treat him to dinner. Isn’t this just right? You can call him during the weekend. He came over for a meal.”
“As for living in the past …… or forget it, that kid is usually quite busy at work, you go and he still has to take care of you, bizarrely disturbing people.”
When negotiating with others, you cannot deny it right away. First, confirm that the other party’s idea is correct, then distort the other party’s perception, change the idea, and propose another solution without any trace, and finally reject the other party’s initial proposal.
Ning Rong had respect for An Zhaoming, and felt that he had only wanted to go and beat up that wild man who had been stealing the pup. He was really immature, and there were still a lot of things he needed to learn from his father.
An Xing was confused for more than ten seconds, still not being able to dish out An Zhaoming’s logic, and simply summarized it directly.
“Uh-huh, dad you’re right, this weekend I just happened to invite Brother Shen to our house for a meal. After dinner, I’ll just follow Brother Shen directly to move over tomorrow, and I don’t need him to make an extra trip!”
An Zhaoming: ……
I do not intend to lose my son for another dinner!
Shen Ying glanced at her husband and son and felt that they were useless and couldn’t grasp the point at all. She pushed the bowl of peeled egg and thin meat congee that was served on the table to her pup and softly asked:
“Why did Xingxing suddenly think of going to live with Tian Shen? Are you guys planning to go out and play together?”
Huh, traveling is also a pretty good excuse wow!
An Xing nodded, “Uh-huh, we are planning to go out for a bit.”
“Then how come you have to stay for half a month? Will it bother Tian Shen too much? I’ve heard your father mention that Tian Shen is really busy during this period of time, and he has to take care of you when you go over as a guest ……”
“Take care of what, we’re familiar with each other!” The teenager waved his paw, not feeling that this is a problem at all, “We both have to go out to work during the day, and come back at night to do our own things, I don’t need him to take care of anything!”
Important information: a man and a boy don’t spend half the month in the same room, they still have to go out to work during the day.
The three people were silently relieved, the men were silent, and the women continued to ask.
“And the reason for doing so? Xingxing had not mentioned this matter at all before, it must have been a sudden decision. Not allowed to lie to mom oh, mom will be sad!”
Young people who are so good at acting like a spoiled child are following the example of adults. When the woman opened her almond-shaped eyes and showed a pitiful expression, An Xing could only surrender.
“Brother Shen said that other people’s boyfriends have a trial period, and we both should have a trial period when we get engaged.”
“He asked me to go over and live with him for half a month to get a feel for it in advance. If I feel unhappy living together, then I have the right to refuse the engagement.”
This method was what Lu Tian Shen said last night, and An Xing felt that it could be used.
From mom and dad’s reaction just now, it could be seen that they definitely did not agree for regular reasons, but if it was about the big deal of the engagement, they could not refuse.
Although An Xing thinks that this engagement may be terminated by his elder brother Chen in the future, it can be used as an excuse first – this “engagement trial” cannot be replaced by others, and it is also essential, which is the necessity of cohabitation. And he is currently on summer vacation, and he is going to live on campus as soon as school starts, so there is an urgent need for cohabitation.
Sure enough, once this reason came out, mom, dad and Ning Rong were all quiet and seemed to be thinking about something.
“Lu Tian Shen said that it’s an engagement trial?”
In the midst of the silence, Ning Rong spoke out, the corner of his mouth hooked up in a somewhat meaningful smile.
“Then he’s quite sincere.”
An Xing was uncertain and nodded stupidly.
Looking at the little fool’s silly perfunctory appearance, it was obvious that he hadn’t realized anything yet. Shen Ying and An Zhaoming looked at each other and smiled.
“In that case, why don’t you go ahead and invite Tian Shen to come over for lunch tomorrow.”
She didn’t say whether she agreed or not, so An Xing just assumed that meant agreement and happily answered, continuing to nibble on the fruit pancakes.
As the little fool lowered his head to eat his meal dry, the other three exchanged glances, seeing the same determination in each other’s eyes.
The wolf boy definitely had a plot! I have to peel off his wolf skin tomorrow!
*
Shen Ying and her friend had arranged to go gallery shopping, and An Zhaoming went fishing with his old friend. An Xing had planned to stay home, and when he heard Ning Rong say he was going back to move things, he instantly sat up and wanted to follow along.
“Yesterday, Brother Hong all said that the Ning family’s people have been looking for you lately, maybe they just want to do something bad, I’m going to tag along to protect you!”
“……”
Ning Rong was silent for a while, reaching out to squeeze the teenager’s soft little arm.
“Just this?”
An Xing exasperatedly slapped him.
“What’s the point of pinching my arm, it’s not like I’m fighting! I’m saying that I’ll call Uncle Li to protect the two of us!”
Ning Rong retracted his hand and said with a sigh of relief:
“It’s me and Uncle Li protecting you.”
An Xing: ……
Regardless of who was protecting who, Ning Rong didn’t take those two seriously, and it was fine to bring An Xing along.
Uncle Li drove, and when they arrived at the Ning family’s house, the three of them went upstairs together. Ning Rong dragged out the boxes that were lying around the house and picked out the things he wanted to take with him, while An Xing sat on a small bench and categorized them, packing them up before Uncle Li and Ning Rong moved them towards the downstairs.
–The spoiled artist tried to help, and was blasted back to the small bench by the two to keep an eye on it.
“Just these books and notes and photo albums? You don’t need to bring anything else?”
An Xing had a camera in his hand, wandering around the house taking pictures. He saw a row of horizontal bars carved from low to high on Ning Rong’s bedroom doorway, labeled with numbers next to them, and knew that this was probably the mark left by Ning Rong’s annual height measurement, and excitedly went over to take pictures.
When the flash came on, the room was already mostly empty, with only a few bits and pieces left, as well as large pieces of furniture.
Ning Rong returned to his senses and answered.
“Next time. I want to go back and organize myself first, see what I missed and bring it next time.”
At this moment, even the electricity in the old house has been cut off, not to mention turning on the air conditioning fan. Only by opening the door can there be some coolness. Ning Rong glanced at An Xing, who was sweating hot, and picked up the box on the ground.
“Just move two more trips, I’ll go buy a drink, you wait at home.”
An Xing agreed, holding the camera and continuing to wander around.
Ning Rong and Uncle Li each carried a box down, and the room became quiet. An Xing sat on the sofa, looking at the photos he just took.
Looking at them one by one, combined with the photos in the album, it seems like one can see how the couple raised Ning Rong little by little in this house.
An Xing exhaled a breath of air, slightly out of breath, and as he was lost in thought, he heard the sound of footsteps. He was wondering how Ning Rong and Uncle Li came up so fast, when he turned around, he saw Eldest Uncle Ning and Eldest Auntie, who were sweating profusely and running up.
“Good nephew! We finally got to you!”
An Xing: ……
T/N: My first language isn’t English, and there may be some grammatical errors. But I try not to deviate from the author’s narrative. If there are any errors or nonsensical sentences, feel free to comment.