The Entire Kindergarten Fought Over Me—And My Little Villain Got Jealous

Ning Shixue took Xie Yaoyao and the others home.

Before going to sleep, Xie Yaoyao and Ji Xiao played with building blocks in his bedroom for a while.

Xie Yaoyao kicked his little feet.
He was like a clingy puppy.
Ning Shixue lay on the bed playing games, his legs dangling off the side.
Xie Yaoyao huffed as he dragged his little mat over and stuck close to him while playing.

He was very close to Ning Shixue.
When he looked up, the chubby flesh on his cheek could rub against Ning Shixue’s leg.

The old butler felt he was too clingy.
He tried to coax him from the side.
“Young Master, do you want to watch some cartoons?”

Besides the variety show, Xie Yaoyao loved cartoons the most.
But now, even cartoons couldn’t attract him.

He just wanted to stick with Ning Shixue.

The old butler had to leave.
He was afraid Ning Shixue would get too tired.
Even though Xie Yaoyao wasn’t a bratty kid now, he had a lot of energy, like a little perpetual motion machine.

It was hard for Ning Shixue to deal with him.

But actually, the old butler was overthinking it.
Ning Shixue was just lying on the bed.
He hadn’t gotten up to play with them at all.

After all, you could make the kid suffer, but you couldn’t make yourself suffer.

Ning Shixue had downloaded a new game.
After finishing a round, he looked down at Xie Yaoyao and the others’ blocks.
Xie Yaoyao wasn’t building anything properly.
He had a few blocks and was mumbling to himself.

Ji Xiao, on the other hand, was very serious.
He wanted to build a little castle.
But it was very difficult.
He failed several times in a row.
Ning Shixue happened to see him pout to himself.

Ning Shixue: “…”

Great. He must have learned that from Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King.

After playing for over half an hour, Ning Shixue urged them to go to sleep.
He should sleep too.
He still had a few scenes left to film.

He didn’t even dare stay up late now.

Because every time Xie Yaoyao got up at night, he would secretly run over to check on him.
Once he found Ning Shixue hadn’t slept and was having his nightlife, he would immediately call Xie Zhaozhou.

Then Xie Zhaozhou would call him back.

Ning Shixue was really afraid of this.
Although Xie Zhaozhou didn’t blame him, his tone wasn’t even harsh.
He just chatted with him idly, making Ning Shixue blush and want to curse.
Then Xie Zhaozhou would hang up.

Xie Zhaozhou must have told Xie Yaoyao to call him directly, no matter what time at night, if he saw Ning Shixue awake.

But Xie Zhaozhou already slept very late.
If he was woken up again, he probably wouldn’t be able to sleep all night.

Ning Shixue didn’t want to disturb him.

Xie Zhaozhou had him completely figured out.
If he controlled him in every way, forced him to go to the hospital, take medicine, and sleep by ten, even knowing it was for his own good, Ning Shixue couldn’t stand it.
He hated being controlled by others the most in his life.

But Xie Zhaozhou didn’t.
Xie Zhaozhou stayed up with him.
His voice was low, hoarse, and gentle.
His exhaustion wasn’t faked.

But he didn’t seem to be forcing himself.
It was like he was willing to stay up with him, waiting for this call every night.

Sometimes, wanting Xie Zhaozhou to go to sleep, Ning Shixue would pretend to be asleep.
He would even make his breathing long and even.

Xie Zhaozhou would pause for a moment, then ask quietly,
“Ningning, are you asleep?”

Through the receiver, that low, hoarse voice was incredibly sweet.
Ning Shixue would pull the covers over his ears.

His fair ears would be covered until they were red.

Xie Zhaozhou would hear him rustling the covers.
Every time, he couldn’t help chuckling softly.
Then he would say,
“Goodnight.”

Ning Shixue would start feeling sorry for the antagonist again.

He couldn’t help remembering what Xie Zhaozhou had said to him that night.
Those dark, deep phoenix eyes, looking at him intently, asking him, “Who I like, don’t you know?”

He hadn’t wanted to struggle for this life anymore.
So he was very passive about getting treatment.

Just survive a few years.
It didn’t matter if he died.

But now, he suddenly couldn’t bear it.

If he died, would Xie Zhaozhou be sad?

In the original story, Old Master Xie and Xie Yaoyao both died.
Xie’s father and Liao Yanwan also died at that time.
It was deep winter, and it snowed.
Xie Zhaozhou went alone to sweep the graves on the mountain.

Ning Shixue found he couldn’t accept this outcome.
He didn’t care if he lived or died.
But he didn’t want to see this ending.

He hadn’t thought about saving the antagonist.
But he couldn’t just die like this and add to Xie Zhaozhou’s burdens.

–

Under the chubby kid’s supervision, Ning Shixue was asleep by 10:30.
He had completely lost his nightlife.
When he woke up, before he could go to the set, he received a call from Tang He’an.

Tang He’an had agreed with them that Ji Xiao would stay with Ning Shixue for half a month, then he would pick him up.

Tang He’an had originally wanted to come get him in a day or two.
But the police suddenly contacted him.

They said a distant relative was willing to adopt Ji Xiao.

Tang He’an had already called them.
They were a couple, about his age, under forty.
They were indeed very distant relatives.
He didn’t even know how to address them by generation.

They were roughly Ji Xiao’s aunt and uncle.

The woman had been ill a few years ago and couldn’t have children.
But both of them really wanted a child.
Last year, they started visiting several welfare homes.
They hadn’t decided which child to adopt yet.

After Ji Xiao’s situation came out, the woman felt Ji Qing looked familiar.
She had met Ji Qing’s mother years ago.
After the incident, she went to inquire and found out they were indeed relatives.

What was rare was that both husband and wife were doctors.
They knew about Ji Xiao’s hyperthymesia.

Since they were relatives, and now no one else was adopting Ji Xiao, they could have taken Ji Xiao away quickly by going through the proper channels with the police.
But they still called Tang He’an.

They said they would wait another half a month to see if Ji Xiao was willing to go with them.

Ji Xiao had people he knew in Yan City.
Tang He-an and the others cared about him a lot.
Doing this was also to reassure them.

They seemed very sincere.

Tang He’an had deliberately gone to meet them last night.
He thought they seemed reliable.
He Lin also agreed.

“Xiao Ning, do you have time tonight?” Tang He’an asked him. “If you don’t have time, I can take Ji Xiao to the hotel.”

Ning Shixue thought for a moment and said,
“I have time.”

After finishing work that night, he took Ji Xiao to the hotel.
Ji Xiao’s aunt and uncle wanted to take him to dinner.

Ji Xiao liked watching documentaries.
He had seen ones about welfare homes.
He knew that if you didn’t have parents, you would be sent to a place like that, to live with many other children.

Then new parents would come to pick up these children.

Little Ning Gege had taken him to stay at his house, so he didn’t go to a welfare home.
But he couldn’t stay at Little Ning Gege’s house forever.
Uncle Tang and the others were finding him new parents.

Xie Yaoyao was still confused in the car.
He asked Ji Xiao,
“Little Mantou, you going to have a stepdad?”

“Mm,”
Ji Xiao said, hugging his little black pig plushie.

Xie Yaoyao got excited.
He even proactively touched Ji Xiao’s little black pig.
He thought having a stepdad was a good thing.
There was nothing better than this.
He got a stepdad, and that’s how he got the baby.

Now Little Mantou could have his own baby too.

“You can bring baby to my house to play,”
Xie Yaoyao said, linking pinkies with him to make a pact.

He didn’t think of Little Mantou as food anymore.
Little Mantou was his good friend.
His eyes sparkled as he couldn’t help swinging his soft little legs.

He hadn’t seen Little Mantou’s baby yet.

Ji Xiao was a bit nervous at first.
But with Xie Yaoyao wiggling around beside him, telling him how to raise a baby, he wasn’t so nervous anymore.
He even felt a little anticipation.

Ji Xiao understood everything.
Ning Shixue didn’t say much to him.
He just took him and Xie Yaoyao to the hotel like he was going out to play.

Ning Shixue also thought it was better for Ji Xiao to be adopted.
In the orphanage he came from, Ji Xiao was good-looking and smart.
That was the biggest disaster.

Ning Shixue wasn’t good with people.
Luckily, Ji Xiao’s aunt and uncle were gentle and very talkative.

His aunt really liked children.
When she saw Ji Xiao, she reached out and hugged him.
She even hugged Xie Yaoyao.
She couldn’t help smiling and asking,
“What’s your name, little cutie?”

Actually, she had seen Xie Yaoyao on the show and knew his name.
She was just deliberately teasing him.

Xie Yaoyao was soft all over.
He blinked his big eyes.
Being picked up by a strange auntie, he started kicking his short legs.

He was very confident in his soft, chubby cheeks.
How could anyone not like his chubby flesh?
This auntie definitely wanted to take him away too.
But he had to follow the baby.

Xie Yaoyao didn’t connect them with Ji Xiao at all.
Because this uncle was very old too.
Not like his baby.
His baby was still a kid.

How could this be Little Mantou’s baby?

Xie Yaoyao firmly thought they must be here to break up him and the baby.
He hurriedly finished his meal, wiped his face, and then forcefully burrowed into Ning Shixue’s arms.

Ning Shixue had no idea where his vigilance came from.
Although he was vigilant in the wrong direction.
They weren’t here to take the chubby kid away.

Ji Xiao was well-behaved the whole time.

When he was picked up, he didn’t make a sound.
When his aunt fed him, he obediently held his little bowl and ate.
Until it was time for Ning Shixue and the others to leave that night, Ji Xiao didn’t say anything.

“If you’re scared,”
Ning Shixue crouched down and whispered to him,
“come home with me tonight.”

If the other party couldn’t even wait one night, Ning Shixue thought that wasn’t very reliable either.

But Ji Xiao shook his head.

He was indeed scared, since it was his first time meeting this aunt and uncle.
But Little Ning Gege definitely wouldn’t give him to bad people.
And he had his little piggy to keep him company.

Ning Shixue still decided to stay at the hotel with Xie Yaoyao for the night.
He booked a room next door.

The parenting show director finally messaged them.
Once Ning Shixue finished filming here, the show would resume.

He Lin and Ning Shixue were both on the set.
Tang He’an hadn’t taken any acting jobs these past few months.
He was keeping Ji Xiao company, showing him around Yan City.

Ning Shixue didn’t have many scenes.
He finished filming in less than half a month.
They were reshooting his scenes anyway.
After he finished, the other actors also wrapped up.

If an actor on the production hadn’t suddenly had an incident, leading to temporarily replacing and reshooting, this drama would have actually finished filming months ago and had its wrap party.

So on the last night, He Lin only took a few of the main cast to dinner.
That included Ning Shixue.

After all, he played the younger version of the male lead.

That night, it rained in Yan City.
It still hadn’t stopped when they left the hotel.
Ning Shixue parted ways with He Lin and the others and walked towards the parking lot with his umbrella.
Then he saw that familiar Mercedes.

Ning Shixue was stunned.
His steps unconsciously quickened.
But when he walked over, it was Song Li who got out and opened the car door for him.

“Young Master Ning,”
Song Li said, holding the umbrella for him.

Xie Zhaozhou was still abroad.
He had to finish all his work to accompany Ning Shixue on the show.
He hadn’t been able to return to Yan City yet.
He would arrive at the show location a day later than Ning Shixue.

Ning Shixue couldn’t help feeling awkward.
He thought Xie Zhaozhou had suddenly arrived in Yan City tonight.

But since Xie Zhaozhou hadn’t come, he also breathed a sigh of relief.
He still didn’t know how to face what was almost a confession from Xie Zhaozhou before.

The rain was getting heavier.
He quickly bent down to get in the car.
But his eyes couldn’t help widening.
On the back seat was a huge bouquet of white roses.
They were snow mountain roses, their petals soft and moist.

Ning Shixue could almost hold them in his arms.

Song Li smiled and said,
“President Xie asked me to give these to you.”

The car hadn’t even started moving yet.
Ning Shixue hadn’t even had time to put the flowers down when his phone suddenly vibrated.
It was a message from Xie Zhaozhou.

– [. : Happy wrap!]

Ning Shixue hesitated for a moment, then lowered his head and typed.

– [snow: Thank you.]

Xie Zhaozhou replied quickly.

– [. : Is that all Teacher Xiao Ning has to say to me?]

Ning Shixue realized he really did rarely message Xie Zhaozhou.
At most, they called at night.

And they didn’t talk for long either.

While he was still struggling with what to reply, Xie Zhaozhou suddenly sent another message, slowly.

– [. : I even deliberately tried to please you tonight.]

Ning Shixue: “…”

Ning Shixue typed carefully, not wanting to be flirted with.

– [snow: ?]

Xie Zhaozhou seemed busy.
This time, he took a few minutes to reply.
His message was ambiguous, with an air of innuendo.
Ning Shixue could almost imagine that low, smiling voice.

– [. : After all, the competition in our line of work is also very fierce. Was Teacher Xiao Ning satisfied with me tonight?]

Ning Shixue: “…”

Your line of work where you start at a hundred thousand for going into the industry?

Ning Shixue, blushing, put away his phone and ignored him.
He reached out and hugged the bouquet to his chest.

The parenting show resumed filming.
They still had three days of filming left in the northern city.
They would still go back to the northern city.

Xie Zhaozhou had things at the company.
Ning Shixue and Xie Yaoyao went ahead.
The production team provided plane tickets.
The guests went to the northern city separately and met up at Grandpa Mu’s house.

As soon as the live stream opened, comments flooded in instantly.

“[Sniff, finally waited for you!!!]”

“[I thought we wouldn’t be able to film anymore. Where’s my wife, where’s my baby?! Puppy hugging leg crying.jpg]”

“[Don’t bother. The slacking king will definitely arrive at the last minute again.]”

“[Ahhhh, where’s Little Tangyuan? Is Little Tangyuan not coming this time???]”

“[Probably not, since Ji Qing got arrested. I heard Little Tangyuan just found someone to adopt him.]”

Ji Xiao couldn’t continue filming the show.
But the director had discussed with his aunt.
Later on, the kids would be able to video call Ji Xiao.

The live stream viewers could still see Ji Xiao.

Ning Shixue and Xie Yaoyao arrived after 3 PM.
They were indeed the last group.
Anyway, there were no tasks today.
Why come so early?

But as soon as Ning Shixue arrived at Grandpa Mu’s house and looked up, he couldn’t help being stunned.

Tang He’an was in the yard with a little boy, helping Grandpa Mu move things.
Ning Shixue stared at that little boy for a long time.
Xie Yaoyao also scratched his cheek in confusion.

This Uncle Tang had suddenly swapped his kid for a different one.

When the little boy turned around, revealing a pair of auspicious phoenix eyes exactly like Yan Ting’s, Ning Shixue finally realized.

???

It was actually Tang Haohao.

Tang Haohao had lost several sizes.
Tang He’an and Yan Ting both looked good.
Actually, Tang Haohao was quite handsome after losing weight.
He had his hands in his pockets and nodded to Ning Shixue like a little adult.

Before, he was chubby.
You could barely make out the shape of his eyes.
Only now did you realize they were very standard auspicious phoenix eyes.

“[I’m going to die laughing. Everyone who comes has this expression. Even the director didn’t recognize him.]”

“[Actually, I was startled at first too.]”

“[Completely different kid.]”

“[I just want to know what weight loss method is this effective. I really need it. Crying.jpg]”

Tang He’an scratched his head awkwardly.

Actually, the reason he and Yan Ting were divorcing was partly this.
Just before the show started filming, Yan Ting went abroad for a month.
Tang Haohao was with him the whole time.

Tang Haohao was naturally prone to gaining weight.
He suddenly got that chubby.
Yan Ting was very angry when he came back.

And although Tang Haohao used to be a brat, now he often deliberately threw tantrums.
Tang He-an coaxed him, he wouldn’t listen.
Scolding him, he wouldn’t listen.
Even Yan Ting’s words, Tang Haohao didn’t want to listen to much.

Yan Ting simply couldn’t understand.
It wasn’t like Tang He-an was a first-time parent.
In fact, Tang He-an did more of the parenting.

Why was this happening?

Yan Ting wanted an explanation from Tang He-an.
But Tang He-an couldn’t give one.
So Yan Ting gave him a divorce agreement.

Tang He-an actually didn’t want to keep filming the show.
Wouldn’t it be better to just drag it out like this?

Yan Ting was a very serious person.
Since he had agreed to finish the show before divorcing, unless absolutely necessary, he wouldn’t break the contract.

He didn’t want a divorce at all!

Yan Ting questioned him.
But he didn’t know what was going on either.
Anyway, overnight, his kid had turned into a brat.

Tang He-an was a bit glad Xie Zhaozhou hadn’t arrived yet.
Otherwise, seeing Xie Zhaozhou and Ning Shixue together, in his current mental state, it would be hard not to be jealous.

How come other people had wives?

“Teacher Ning!” the director said, putting on a flattering smile as he came out to greet them when he saw Ning Shixue and the others had arrived.

Besides Ning Shixue and the others, the new guest had also arrived.
He was following behind the director.
He looked to be in his thirties.
Ning Shixue had seen him on Weibo.

He was the third male lead from I See the Immortal Lord, Qin Zhou.
But Ning Shixue hadn’t had any scenes with him.
They hadn’t met on set.

Qin Zhou looked down at the little boy beside him.
“Naonao, say hello to everyone.”

Naonao was about Xie Yaoyao’s age.
He was holding a little tractor.
He stared at Ning Shixue and the others for a while.
Then he turned and ran off.
Qin Zhou could only smile awkwardly.

Xie Yaoyao hugged Ning Shixue’s leg.
His chubby little face grew more confused.
This place was full of kids he didn’t know.

He originally knew He Miao.
But He Lin and the others had arrived in the morning.
He Miao had gone with Mu Na to a performance at the northern city theater.
Mu Na was putting on makeup, and she was putting on makeup too.

Kids’ stage makeup like that, very thick purple eyeshadow, red cheeks painted on.
Her hair was sprinkled with lots of glittery fragments.
She still hadn’t taken it off.

Xie Yaoyao’s soft, white cheeks puffed out.
He almost cried.
How could there be a mermaid monster?

Too scary.

After Ning Shixue and Xie Yaoyao dropped off their luggage, they went to sit on the sofa.
He Miao ran over to him.
She stared at the bandage on his hand and carefully reached out to touch it.

Ning Shixue’s hand wasn’t fully healed yet.
He had to wear gloves here to avoid rubbing against the wound.
So he had simply wrapped it in bandages again.

He Miao thought Little Ning Gege was just too pitiful.
She raised her own bottle and handed it to Ning Shixue.
“Little Ning Gege, do you want to drink this formula?”

She had seen Ning Shixue drink Xie Yaoyao’s little milk in the car before.
She thought Ning Shixue liked it.

This was formula the director had made for them.

Every kid had some.

Ning Shixue: “…”

Ning Shixue declined.

Tang Haohao had his hands behind his back and also moved over to him.
He had wanted to talk to Ning Shixue earlier.
But after losing weight, he started caring about his image.
He was a cool guy now.

He thought Ning Shixue was really amazing, as amazing as his Big Daddy.
He had even fallen off a snowy mountain and been fine.

“Little Ning Gege, you drink mine!” Tang Haohao couldn’t help yelling.

He also wanted Ning Shixue to teach him.

Qin Naonao had been clamoring to come on the show before they left.
But as soon as he got on the plane, he started regretting it.
He cried the whole way.

When he got to the program team and looked up to see the director, he burst into tears again.
He had only just been coaxed into being good.

He didn’t want to play with Xie Yaoyao and the others either.
He pouted and played with his tractor.
But when all the kids on the show suddenly ran over and surrounded Ning Shixue, he couldn’t help being curious.

Was this gege very impressive?

He ran over too.

Ning Shixue was suddenly surrounded by a group of little kids.
They were all vying to hand him their bottles.

Xie Yaoyao stood nearby, planting his chubby hands on his waist.
His dark eyes grew wider and wider.
His profile puffed up like a little bun.
Why were so many strange kids following the baby?

He was even getting squeezed and couldn’t hold onto Ning Shixue.

Xie Yaoyao the Great Demon King started to get angry.
His little belly was full of fire.
The baby could only drink his basin milk!

Didn’t these kids have their own babies?!