My Youth Began With Him

“Whoa! Nice! Let me think… How about an 11-day trip to Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland?” Little Bean turned her head to Huo Mian and asked in excitement.

“Please, your mom only has one week. How can you mention Germany, France, Italy, and Switzerland?” Huo Mian was exasperated.

“Let’s go to the U.S. I didn’t tour all the places during our last trip. This time, we can go to Seattle and Florida…” Little Bean suggested.

“No. It takes a long time to fly there and back. I don’t want to waste time on the road. I think we can fly directly to an island such as Bali, Phuket, Krabi, Maldives, or Saipan, etc.,” said Pudding.

“Wait! Only the three of us are going? How about Dad?” Little Bean finally remembered the key figure.

“The three of you finally remembered me… I feel like I’m becoming invisible to you.” Mr. Qin pursed his lips.

“Haha! No way! We love you so much, Dad…” Little Bean immediately buttered him up.

“Then whom do you like better, me or Boyuan?” Mr. Qin was relentless.

“Um…” Little Bean got a little tongue-tied.

“Do you have to ask? Of course, she likes Gao Boyuan better! Dad, are you trying to torture her with such an obvious question?” Pudding answered for Little Bean.

“Hahaha…” Huo Mian couldn’t stop laughing.

“No nonsense… Big Sis. I didn’t say that…”

“Then would you say you love Dad more? Gao Boyuan is listening,” pointing at Little Bean’s cellphone, Pudding reminded her.

Sure enough, one the screen, Gao Boyuan was looking at them with an innocent and adorable face.

“I… I like you both…” Little Bean finally decided not to offend either of them.

“Fine. My daughter is grown, and I can’t keep her anymore… I’m heartbroken,” Mr. Qin placed his hand on his chest and said with feigned sadness.

“Dad, don’t be sad. Now that Little Bean betrayed you, you can leave everything to me; I’ll never marry for GK,” Pudding laughed.

“Fu*k… Qin Zhaozhao, you’re shameless. How can you take my share of the inheritance from right under my nose?” Little Bean looked at her elder sister in disgust.

“Little Bean, no dirty words… You’re a girl, remember?” Huo Mian grabbed Little Bean’s ear and scolded.

“Auch! It hurts… I know now, Mom. I won’t do it again.”

Maybe she had used dirty words so much lately that they would pop out when she wasn’t careful. Children sprouting dirty words were always frowned upon.

Little Bean thought she wasn’t a child anymore, but she had to abide by the strict rules her mom had made.

Having returned home earlier than usual, Huo Mian played with the kids late into the night. After the twins fell asleep, she changed into her pajamas and returned to the main bedroom.

“Honey…”

“I’m finishing this file. Water is ready; go and take a bath after a long day,” staring at the screen of his laptop, Qin Chu said,

“Okay.”

Carefully, Huo Mian entered the bathroom and was surprised to find that he had gotten her a new pair of non-slip slippers

The old pair had small bear pictures; the new pair had pictures of Minnie Mouse on them.

Qin Chu’s old slippers had been replaced by a pair with Micky Mouse pictures. They were matching slippers for a couple.

“Honey, did you buy these slippers?” Huo Mian opened the bathroom door and asked.

“Yeah.”

“Where did you get them? They are adorable… Micky and Minnie, they are matching slippers!” Huo Mian was pleasantly surprised.

But after hearing Mr. Qin’s answer, she almost choked…