Gu Qichi originally thought Bo Yu was joking. After all, a young master like Bo Yu, logically speaking, should hate squeezing in with others the most, let alone having half of his bed taken away.
Just thinking about it was uncomfortable.

But unexpectedly, Bo Yu was not only not joking, he actually carried out this sentence to the very end.
Every night, after Gu Qichi finished washing up, the moment he pushed open the door, he would see Bo Yu hugging a throw pillow, looking at him with eyes full of expectation.

Gu Qichi: “……”
Gu Qichi: “Bo Yu, can you still not sleep by yourself today?”

He spoke with difficulty, his bun-like face wrinkling up, fingers tangled together in distress.
Bo Yu stuffed the little bear doll he had prepared early into his arms, looking completely justified: “Of course! Didn’t I say it? We have to sleep together every day, I need to protect you.”

Gu Qichi held the little bear in his arms, pursed his lips, and felt a little embarrassed: “Then can I sleep alone today?”
His voice was very small, his tone filled with an indescribable anticipation.

But he was rejected by Bo Yu without a second thought: “Of course not! I’ve already laid out the blanket and pillows. Chichi, come to sleep quickly.”
Gu Qichi looked at Bo Yu’s bedroom opposite them, feeling a bit like he wanted to cry but had no tears.

Sleeping with Bo Yu was so exhausting. Every day, he would be held tightly by Bo Yu, making it difficult to even breathe.
But Bo Yu didn’t think so, and even vowed confidently that it was because he wanted to protect him even in his dreams.

Moreover……
Gu Qichi glanced again at the bedroom Bo Yu “prepared” for him, which was stuffed full of Bo Yu’s own things, big and small.
Bo Yu’s clothes, Bo Yu’s pillows and blankets, Bo Yu’s water cup, Bo Yu’s little bow and arrows, Bo Yu’s model cars…
Almost all of Bo Yu’s favorite things were brought into Gu Qichi’s bedroom by him.
Under the beautiful excuse that he wanted to share everything he liked with Gu Qichi.

These days continued for a long time, until Grandpa Bo returned from his business trip and realized something was wrong.
Bo Yu’s bedroom was almost emptied out.
In contrast, Gu Qichi’s bedroom was about to burst from being stuffed full.

At first, Grandpa Bo thought Bo Yu regretted bringing Gu Qichi back, which was why he was using his own things to occupy the bedroom that belonged to Gu Qichi.
Wanting to use this method to make Gu Qichi back down and voluntarily ask to return to the orphanage.
But when he called the boy over to question him, he found out that the situation was completely different from what he had imagined.
It was even vastly different from his imagination.

It was the middle of summer, and the sunlight overhead was so blinding that it hurt the eyes. The climbing temperature mixed with hot and humid vapor stuck stickily to the body, making it very uncomfortable.
When Bo Yu ran over to see him, he was enveloped in a layer of heat, his face drenched in sweat and flushed red from the warmth.

He was holding a bowl of freshly chilled bayberry tangyuan in his hands. The bayberries were huge and bright red, with wisps of cold air wafting out. Cool water droplets seeped out from the side of the bowl, getting all over his hands.
Grandpa Bo told him to put the bowl down to answer, clearly intending to lecture him, but Bo Yu wasn’t afraid at all, and even urged: “Grandpa, what exactly do you want to talk to me about?”
Bo Yu: “If there’s nothing else, I’ll go first. Chichi is still waiting to eat tangyuan. If he can’t eat it soon, he’ll throw a temper tantrum again.”

Grandpa Bo was stunned, the words of reprimand pausing on his lips as he looked at Bo Yu hesitantly.
The anxiety on Bo Yu’s face didn’t seem fake; he even looked a bit impatient.
Grandpa Bo thought for a moment and tentatively asked: “Little Yu, do you like Little Chi?”

Bo Yu felt a bit baffled. He glanced at Grandpa Bo and said as a matter of course: “Of course I like him! I like Chichi the most.”
Grandpa Bo was somewhat bewildered. He pointed at Bo Yu, then pointed at his room upstairs, and asked: “Then why are you bullying Qichi, taking over the bedroom prepared for him?”
Holding the chilled bayberries, the pads of Bo Yu’s fingers were frozen red, and obvious confusion showed on his face.

On the other side, Gu Qichi had waited a long time for Bo Yu but couldn’t wait any longer. Hot and craving the treat, he jumped off the chair, pattering out to find Bo Yu, and happened to bump into this scene.
He saw Bo Yu tilting his head up, saying with a proud face: “I didn’t take over Chichi’s bedroom, I’m sharing it with Chichi. Chichi likes sleeping with me the most. I’m protecting him.”
As soon as his voice fell, he saw Gu Qichi peeking out from behind Grandpa Bo.

Gu Qichi’s cheeks were flushed from the heat, his eyelashes trembling slightly, looking as if he wanted to leave. Seeing this, Bo Yu immediately threw aside the bayberries in his hand, ran over to grab Gu Qichi’s hand, and led him in front of Grandpa Bo.
His hands were cold, coated in a layer of damp moisture. Gu Qichi was immediately chilled into shivering. Before he could recover his senses, he heard Bo Yu say with a look of expectation: “Chichi, hurry up and tell my grandpa that you like sleeping with me the most. We will sleep together in the future too.”

Grandpa Bo looked at the two of them, his gaze like a torch, his voice serious: “Qichi, tell me, is Bo Yu really bullying you? If he is, I will definitely help you teach him a lesson.”
Grandpa Bo was exceptionally serious, and Bo Yu holding him was exceptionally stubborn. Caught between the adult and the child, Gu Qichi had no choice but to bite the bullet and reply: “Grandpa, Bo Yu has never bullied me. I also really like sleeping with Bo Yu.”

Bo Yu was satisfied. Grandpa Bo fell silent.
The butler, who hurried over from behind, didn’t know whether to laugh or cry, not knowing how to explain to Grandpa Bo that this was the young master’s way of liking the little young master; it was just that the expression was a bit too intimate.

Perhaps it was to let Grandpa Bo see whether Bo Yu had really bullied Gu Qichi or not, but in the middle of the night, Gu Qichi suddenly developed a high fever in his sleep.
It was Bo Yu, who was holding him and refusing to let go, who discovered it first.

Gu Qichi was burning up in a daze, his cheeks bright red. He hugged himself, curled up into a tiny ball, unconsciously mumbling something in his mouth, looking very pitiful.
Bo Yu tried to wake Gu Qichi up, but Gu Qichi didn’t react at all. He had probably had some nightmare; tears spilled from the corners of his eyes, and he was still grasping a section of Bo Yu’s sleeve in his hand, unwilling to let go.

Bo Yu had no choice. It was his first time encountering such a situation. On one hand, he couldn’t bear to leave Gu Qichi, and on the other, he was burning with anxiety to find Grandpa Bo.
In the dead of night, deafening cries rang out from the Bo family mansion. The lights in the corridor were turned on one after another. Bo Yu stepped barefoot on the cold floor, and accompanied by the “thump thump” sound of his running, before he even reached the door, he had forcefully woken up Grandpa Bo with his crying.

The butler also walked out of his room, sleepy-eyed. Seeing Bo Yu in this state, he hesitantly asked Bo Yu what was wrong.
Bo Yu tugged at Grandpa Bo’s sleeve, his eyes completely red, pointing at Gu Qichi’s room while sobbing and dragging him along: “Chichi has a fever. No matter how I call him, he won’t wake up. Grandpa, I’m scared, hurry and call the doctor.”
Hearing this, Grandpa Bo and the butler immediately sobered up. They quickly picked Bo Yu up and hurried towards Gu Qichi’s room, simultaneously calling for the doctor.

………
………

Before Gu Qichi arrived at the Bo family, Grandpa Bo had already arranged for someone to give him a full-body examination.
The doctor said that when Gu Qichi was born, he was likely premature, so his body was exceptionally weak. Coupled with congenital heart disease, he couldn’t withstand even the slightest stimulation.
The doctor warned Grandpa Bo to pay special attention to Gu Qichi’s diet. He hadn’t lived well in the orphanage before, and his nutrition hadn’t kept up, so he was much shorter than other children and looked thin and small.
His stomach and intestines were especially fragile, so the biggest taboo was indulging in cold or spicy foods.

Grandpa Bo specially instructed the nanny at home to adjust Gu Qichi’s diet according to the recipe, hoping to properly nourish his body.
But in the scorching summer, young children craved cold things and inevitably got a little greedy.
Grandpa Bo hadn’t been home these past few days, and Bo Yu was completely unaware of this matter.

Gu Qichi liked eating ice cream, so Bo Yu simply gave him his own share, letting him eat to his heart’s content all at once. When he wanted to eat chilled bayberries, Bo Yu also froze them in the fridge early in the morning, waiting until they were properly frozen before bringing the bowl to his room.
Gu Qichi wouldn’t say it out loud, but every time he ate these things, his eyes would show unmistakable happiness, and his appetite would improve a bit.

When Gu Qichi was happy, Bo Yu was happy too. He propped his face in his hands, lying on his stomach on the soft large bed, quietly watching Gu Qichi eat. He couldn’t be any more well-behaved.
But no one had ever told him that Gu Qichi couldn’t eat cold things, nor could he blow the air conditioner all night long.
Everyone only told him that Gu Qichi’s heart disease could be cured, and he would grow up happily in the future, able to stay by Bo Yu’s side forever.

……
When the doctor arrived, he glanced up at the air conditioner in the bedroom, felt the temperature, and immediately picked up the remote to turn it off.
“Old sir, Qichi has a weak constitution. Blowing the air conditioner all night long will definitely cause him to catch a cold. I just looked at the trash can; there are a few ice cream sticks in it, probably what he ate recently.”
“Ice cream coupled with cold air, his stomach absolutely can’t handle it, so he started running a high fever at night.”
“I’ve prescribed him some fever-reducing medicine, and I’ll put a cooling patch on him in a bit. By early tomorrow morning, the fever should break.”

While giving instructions, the doctor took out a cooling patch from his medical kit and placed it on Gu Qichi.
Grandpa Bo and the butler seriously noted down the precautions.
Only Bo Yu was clenching his fists tightly, tears blurring his vision and falling patter-patter, splashing into tiny water droplets on the floor.

Doctor: “For the next two days, you must ensure a light diet; don’t give him anything greasy. Also, you cannot let him eat so many cold things in the future, otherwise he’ll get a fever again.”
Grandpa Bo asked the butler to take the doctor to formulate a new diet plan. As soon as he looked down, he found Bo Yu’s face covered in tears, crying so hard he looked like he was made of tears.

“Grandpa,” Bo Yu pulled at his sleeve, his voice choked with sobs: “Is Chichi going to die?”
“Just like Mom and Dad…”
He had already lost his mom and dad; he couldn’t lose Gu Qichi too.
Besides Grandpa, Gu Qichi was his only family in this world.

Grandpa Bo looked at him, feeling a bit heartbroken, and squatted down to pat his head.
Grandpa Bo: “Little Yu, he won’t. The doctor said Little Chi is just sick and will recover in a couple of days. But his body is weaker than normal people’s, so as his older brother, you have to take on the heavy responsibility of protecting him. You can’t indulge his willful nonsense anymore like you did today.”
Grandpa Bo: “Do you understand?”

The bedroom was brightly lit, the clock on the wall ticking away. Gu Qichi’s breathing was shallow, his eyelashes still trembling.
Bo Yu turned his head, looked at Gu Qichi, then looked back at Grandpa Bo, and nodded heavily.
“Grandpa, I will. I’ll supervise him so Little Chi will never get sick again.”

………
………

Early the next morning, Gu Qichi’s fever broke. He leisurely woke up, his body still feeling a bit sore.
He had a freshly changed cooling patch on his forehead. His throat was dry. He was just about to get up to grab a cup of water when he realized he couldn’t move.
It wasn’t the kind of immobility from being entirely hugged by Bo Yu like before, but rather his arm and half of his shoulder were being pressed down; the kind of immobility where Bo Yu was using him as a pillow.

Bo Yu was sleeping very soundly; Gu Qichi could even hear soft snoring.
Most likely because he had stayed up all night taking care of him, Bo Yu, being young, couldn’t hold on. A deep weariness showed on his face, and there were faint dark circles under his eyes.
Gu Qichi didn’t dare to move again. He lowered his head, leaned in closer to look at Bo Yu’s face, and smiled very, very lightly.

Bo Yu was very good-looking. Although he still had baby fat, his facial features were delicate, his facial contours smooth, and he had an indescribable handsomeness.
His eyelashes were also very long, drooping down to cast a layer of shadow on the skin of his eyelids.
Gu Qichi carefully shifted, pulling his arm out a bit, and let Bo Yu rest his head on his leg to sleep.
Once his arm stopped tingling, he reached out, poked the tip of Bo Yu’s nose, and slid his finger upward, playing with his eyelashes.

Bo Yu’s eyelashes were a bit stiffer than his own, and poking against the pad of his finger felt somewhat ticklish.
Gu Qichi absentmindedly thought that when Bo Yu grew up, he would definitely be very likable.
He was unconsciously poking Bo Yu with a bit too much force without even realizing it.

His hand was suddenly grabbed by someone, and only then did he look down in a bit of a panic.
He just happened to meet Bo Yu’s eyes, dark and deep, making it hard to read his emotions.
Bo Yu was still a bit sleepy, but seeing that Gu Qichi had woken up and looked energetic, his nerves that had been tense all night finally relaxed, and he let out a long sigh of relief.

He stretched his neck and shoulders, slowly sat up, and crawled over to Gu Qichi’s side.
The two half-grown children silently stared at each other like this. Bo Yu leaned forward, felt the temperature on Gu Qichi’s forehead, confirmed he didn’t have a fever anymore, pulled up his hand, and whispered an apology: “Chichi, I’m sorry. I didn’t take good care of you and let you get sick.”

Gu Qichi was stunned for a moment, not understanding his meaning. Then, he touched the cooling patch on his forehead and turned his head to see the two discarded cooling patches in the trash can, finally realizing in hindsight—
He had gotten sick again, and Bo Yu had taken care of him all night without getting proper rest himself.

In the past, at the orphanage, he was often sick. In Gu Qichi’s limited memory, the only person who often took care of him was Director Mom.
But Director Mom was too busy. She had to take care of all the children in the orphanage and couldn’t focus all her energy on Gu Qichi.
When Gu Qichi was sick before, she would occasionally watch by his bed, caring for him until he fell asleep.
But she had never been like Bo Yu, staying by his bed all night and taking care of him the entire night.

Gu Qichi silently raised his hand and touched Bo Yu’s face.
“Bo Yu, did you not sleep at all last night?”
Bo Yu nodded. Just as he was about to claim credit from him, he saw the rims of Gu Qichi’s eyes turning red.

Tears began to patter down his face, and his bun-like face scrunched up into a ball.
Gu Qichi pursed his lips and spoke in a small voice: “Bo Yu, I’m sorry.”
It was all his fault. He shouldn’t have eaten so much ice cream, shouldn’t have tricked Bo Yu into freezing the bayberries, shouldn’t have been greedy for the cold at night, secretly turning on the AC.

If it weren’t for him, Bo Yu wouldn’t have had to busy himself all night.
Moreover, there was no need to guess to know that Bo Yu must have been scolded by Grandpa Bo.
He cried as he spoke, his face pale, looking somewhat listless and wilted.

“I shouldn’t have lied to you and secretly eaten so many ice creams. And I made you take care of me all night… I’m so… mmph”
Before he could finish his words, Bo Yu suddenly covered his mouth.
The other boy looked serious, lecturing him properly: “You’re not allowed to say it’s your fault, it’s clearly my fault.”

Gu Qichi shook his head hard, broke free from Bo Yu’s hand, and argued with him.
“It’s my fault.”
“It’s my fault.”
“You’re not wrong, blame me.”
“How can I blame you? I was clearly the one who lied to you first.”
“No, it was me being stupid and not noticing, and I froze the bayberries too…”

You said a word, I said a word. The two argued endlessly, stubbornly trying to take all the blame onto themselves.
In the end, with Bo Yu holding Gu Qichi’s hand and Gu Qichi pulling Bo Yu’s face, they looked at each other and burst out laughing with a “pfft.”
Bo Yu: “Then whose fault is it exactly?”
Gu Qichi tilted his head and said softly: “Then we’re both at fault, is that okay?”

Bo Yu nodded seriously, poured Gu Qichi a cup of hot water, leaned over again, and said: “Then we’re both at fault.”
Gu Qichi took the water, moistened his throat, lay down obediently, and looked at Bo Yu with a beaming smile.
His body hadn’t fully recovered yet, and after arguing with Bo Yu for so long, his throat was a bit sore.

And Bo Yu, who hadn’t slept all night, was incredibly sleepy at this moment. He adjusted his position, slept beside Gu Qichi, turned sideways to hug him, and buried his head into the crook of his neck, rubbing gently.
“Then if we made a mistake, shouldn’t there be a punishment?”
“Before, whenever I did something wrong, Grandpa would punish me.”
He mumbled softly.

Gu Qichi was long accustomed to Bo Yu’s little habits. He let out a yawn, also overcome by drowsiness.
Tears gathered in the corners of his eyes, and his head tilted to Bo Yu’s side.
Gu Qichi: “I don’t know. The director has punished other children before, but she’s never punished me.”
Gu Qichi: “I also don’t know how we should be punished.”

He closed his eyes, and soon, his vision fell into darkness.
Just as Gu Qichi was falling into a daze and about to sleep, Bo Yu, who was buried in the crook of his neck, suddenly sat up, staring at him with bright eyes.
Gu Qichi was a bit groggy. Just as he was about to ask Bo Yu why he suddenly got up, he felt a warm touch on his cheek.

Soft, like jelly.
He opened his eyes. Half asleep and half awake, the beams of light in the room fluctuated, and Bo Yu’s face was magnified right before his eyes.
It turned out he was kissing him.
Gu Qichi thought dizzily.

But Director Mom said he shouldn’t let others just casually kiss him.
Thinking of this, Gu Qichi tried his best to focus, and began lecturing Bo Yu in a serious tone.
“Bo Yu, Director Mom said others are not allowed to kiss me.”
Bo Yu “Ah”ed, not looking the least bit like he did something wrong, but instead reasoned confidently: “Am I an ‘other person’?! I’m your family now!”

Gu Qichi was successfully pulled into his logic, slowly thinking that it indeed seemed to be the case.
Bo Yu was his family, not a random person. Of course, he could kiss him.
He reluctantly “Oh”ed, turned around, and wanted to sleep.
“Then alright.”

Bo Yu, however, was a bit unwilling to give up. He shook Gu Qichi, wanting to get to the bottom of this: “Why didn’t Director Mom let others kiss you? Were there a lot of people who wanted to kiss you before?!”
Gu Qichi was so cute. His hair was soft, his eyelashes long, his face as white as snow; he was no different from a doll.
Bo Yu really wanted to kiss him, and had been itching to do so for a long time.
He finally found a chance today, naturally, he couldn’t give up.

But the thought that besides him, there were many, many other people who had kissed Gu Qichi, brought him a wave of sadness.
Why wasn’t I the first one?
If only I could have met Gu Qichi earlier.

Gu Qichi didn’t understand why his mood changed so quickly, but he still patiently explained it to him: “I’m good-looking. The older sisters in the orphanage all liked me and wanted to kiss me. But when Director Mom found out, she told me that girls can’t just casually kiss boys, and boys can’t just casually kiss girls either.”
“I can only kiss the person I like.”

Bo Yu suddenly saw the light. He happily leaned over and kissed him again.
Bo Yu: “I’m not a girl, I’m a boy. So according to Director Mom’s words, I can kiss you.”
Gu Qichi frowned, feeling that this logic was a bit confusing, but he couldn’t figure out exactly where the flaw was.
He had no choice but to shake himself awake and entangle with Bo Yu: “But you’re supposed to kiss someone you like.”

Bo Yu fiercely bit his cheek lightly: “Then do you not like me?!”
Gu Qichi: “……”
Gu Qichi: “I like you.”
Gu Qichi: “But does you kissing me count as a punishment?”

Bo Yu clenched his hand into a fist, rested it on his chin, and analyzed logically: “Look, you don’t like other people kissing you. But a punishment is making someone do something they don’t like. So, kissing you is a punishment.”
“Then do you like kissing others?” Bo Yu asked him again, uncontrollable probing in his eyes.
Gu Qichi shook his head, answering honestly: “I don’t know, I haven’t kissed anyone else yet.”

Bo Yu’s eyes lit up. Not a trace of bashfulness was seen on his face as he very generously pointed to his own cheek: “Then it’s time to punish you. Hurry up and kiss me.”
Gu Qichi: “?”
Gu Qichi: “Isn’t kissing me the punishment?”

Bo Yu curled his lips, leaning so close he was almost at Gu Qichi’s mouth.
Bo Yu: “Of course not! I also don’t like others kissing me. This is naturally a punishment for me too.”
Gu Qichi was completely dizzy from confusion. Under Bo Yu’s urging, he tentatively leaned forward and very lightly kissed Bo Yu’s cheek.
He sighed, saying helplessly: “Is this okay now?”

Bo Yu nodded excitedly, not forgetting to remind Gu Qichi: “Then let’s keep our method of punishment fixed from now on, so we don’t have to keep trying to come up with new ones.”
Bo Yu: “When the time comes, you’ll kiss me once, and I’ll kiss you once. This way, we can remind each other and stop making mistakes.”
Drowsiness swept over him. Gu Qichi was deadly sleepy. After nodding to appease Bo Yu, he secretly covered his ears with the blanket.

Anyway, as long as he didn’t make a mistake, it would be fine. He wouldn’t make mistakes every day, so he wouldn’t need to kiss Bo Yu every day.
Kissing occasionally wasn’t a big deal…
Gu Qichi completely fell into a deep sleep.

On the other end of the pillow, Bo Yu was extremely excited, gesturing and waving his hands about something.
Hehe, as long as he made a mistake, he could kiss Gu Qichi!

………
………

There was a strange occurrence in the Bo household recently.
As the heir of the Bo family, although Bo Yu was young, he had always held himself to the strictest standards.
He even established a set of rules for himself early on, strictly constraining himself according to these standards without fail.

Grandpa Bo pitied his grandson and tried to let him relax more—play in the mud in the garden, or swing with the other kids.
But every time it was brought up, it would be righteously refused by Bo Yu.
Little Bo Yu: “Grandpa, I’m going to become a very powerful person to protect you in the future. Of course, I must follow the standards. You don’t have to worry about me, I will definitely achieve it.”

Every time Bo Yu said this, Grandpa Bo felt both heartbroken and proud. He wished he could line up all the old folks in the courtyard and show off his good grandson to them one by one.
But recently, Grandpa Bo found out that Bo Yu was always “intentionally or unintentionally” making small mistakes.
Sometimes it was leaving a little bit of rice in his bowl, sometimes accidentally knocking water over onto the carpet, and sometimes it was getting a ridiculously simple math problem wrong…

There was even a time when Grandpa Bo caught Bo Yu sneakingly picking up a fallen leaf from a potted plant at home, gluing it back on, and then, putting on a show, running in front of Gu Qichi to pluck the leaf off, creating the illusion that he was destroying the plants…
Grandpa Bo: “……”
Grandpa Bo felt that his grandson was doomed.

He looked left and right, up and down, but couldn’t figure out the reason why Bo Yu was doing this.
He could only attribute it to the vacation being way too long. This little kid had nothing to do and his brain was about to break from being cooped up.
So upon receiving the news that the kindergarten was about to start, Grandpa Bo waved his hand and hurriedly sent Bo Yu over, hoping the teachers could save his grandson’s soon-to-be-broken brain.

On the other side, Gu Qichi also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
Bo Yu had been making way too many mistakes recently. Some things weren’t even mistakes, yet Bo Yu insisted he was at fault, grabbing Gu Qichi and giving him a flurry of kisses.
Under the beautiful excuse of punishing himself to learn a lesson.
But Gu Qichi’s face was about to be kissed raw.

………
………

On the day they went to the kindergarten, Gu Qichi wore new clothes, carried a new backpack, and looked at the kindergarten gates with great anticipation.
The teacher held his hand, patted his head, and gently asked: “Little Chi, you’ll be doing a self-introduction soon, will you be nervous?”
Gu Qichi shook his head. He hadn’t yet encountered anything that made him nervous.
“Don’t worry, Teacher, I won’t be nervous.”

The teacher touched his cheek, her face beaming with a smile, feeling joyous in her heart.
This child was really good-looking, like a porcelain doll. Anyone who saw him would want to come over and touch him.
The two of them pushed open the classroom door. Teacher Fang looked up and noticed that the children were unexpectedly quiet today.

No one was being noisy or making a fuss; they were obediently waiting for class to start.
Everyone was even sitting uniformly on their little chairs with proper posture.
Teacher Fang couldn’t help but take a few extra glances, feeling very comforted in her heart.

Teacher Fang: “This is the newly transferred student in our class. His name is Gu Qichi. From now on, he will have class with everyone, play games together, and become a part of us. Let’s welcome him with a round of applause—”
Enthusiastic applause rang out. Everyone was full of energy, their burning gazes fixed on Gu Qichi at the podium.
He really was very good-looking, even prettier than the little class belle. Brother Yu indeed hadn’t lied.

“Next, please invite Qichi to introduce himself to everyone—”
Another round of thunderous applause rang out, echoing in the spacious classroom, exceptionally deafening.
Some children even clapped until their palms turned red, but still didn’t stop.

Bo Yu, sitting right in the middle near the podium, had clapped enough. He slowly stopped, reached up to tug his bowtie, and was very satisfied with the behavior of the other kids in the kindergarten.
This was the proper attitude to welcome a new classmate. Seeing everyone like him so much, Chichi would definitely be very happy, and would like this kindergarten even more.
This way, Chichi could go to and from school with him every day. Bo Yu felt excited just thinking about it.

……
The applause died down. Gu Qichi cleared his throat, getting ready to speak.
A very quiet voice drifted from behind Bo Yu.
“This is Brother Yu’s little brother. Everyone, liven up and listen obediently to his self-introduction, got it?”

Sitting in the very front row, Bo Yu frowned. He gestured at Gu Qichi to wait a moment before speaking.
After making this gesture, he immediately turned around and promptly corrected his lackey’s form of address.
“He’s not my little brother. Chichi is my child bride.”