The Beautiful Stepmother from the Eighties: Marrying a Factory Director to Raise Kids

Chapter 483

Zhou Zedong thought for a moment and added, "His drawing skills are very high."Si Nian was surprised.

For the Eldest Child to say something like this, the kid must truly be extraordinary.

"It seems I'll have to take a look when I have time. I'll go pick up your sister tomorrow."

Si Nian planned to pick up her daughter herself the next day to see for herself.

It ​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌​‌​​‌‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​​​​‌​​‌‌​‌‌​​​‌‌‌​​​​‌‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​​‌​‌​‌‌​​​‌​​​‌‌​​‌‌‍wasn't that she was overwhelmingly curious, but her daughter was close to the boy, and his behavior of pulling down his pants to prove himself was honestly a bit startling.

Si Nian felt she needed to see exactly what kind of person he was.

The Second Child had been trying to chime in for ages, but his brother completely ignored him.

He curled his lips and immediately said, "I'll go with Mom!"

He really wanted to see what kind of person could be as pretty as his sister but still be a boy.

The next day, as soon as Si Nian went over to pick up the kids, she heard her son exclaim, "So cool! Mom, that's so cool. I want a hairstyle like that too."

Si Nian tilted her head to look and saw a child with a heart shaved into his hair, standing with his back to them, talking to a teacher.

Because of his height, they could easily see the prominent heart shape on his head.

Si Nian was speechless. Wasn't this the heart-shaped haircut that many kids loved back when she was little?

So someone was already at the cutting edge of fashion this long ago?

Seeing the Second Child's amazed and longing expression, the corners of Si Nian's mouth twitched.

It was cute enough for a little kid to have this haircut.

But the Second Child was already in third grade, soon to be fourth, and he was quite a big boy. If he got that haircut, it would be an absolute eyesore.

The teacher talking to the little boy seemed to notice their gaze and turned her head to look over.

Spotting Si Nian, her eyes immediately lit up.

"Comrade Si, you're here too. What a coincidence. I actually wanted to talk to you about something. I was planning to do a home visit this afternoon, but I didn't expect to run into you here."

Si Nian nodded slightly and asked, "What is it you need to see me about, teacher?"

The teacher smiled, "Well, there's an upcoming national children's traditional Chinese painting competition. We have two spots from our side, and I'd like to select Yaoyao to participate. I wanted to ask for your opinion and see if you agree."

After saying that, she remembered something and added, "Don't worry, we will cover the food and accommodation. You might just need to prepare some daily necessities for her. The competition itself lasts one day, but since it's not held locally, it might require a two-day stay. The venue is in the mountain city, which takes about five or six hours by bus."

Si Nian frowned. It was certainly a good thing to participate in a competition; it was very important for a child's awareness and engagement.

But the child was still so young.

Si Nian thought for a moment and said, "I'll ask my daughter. If she wants to go, then she can go."

She couldn't put too much pressure on the child.

Speaking of which, the child had only been enrolled for a few days.

Why did the teacher choose her so quickly?

As Si Nian was puzzling over this, she turned her head and noticed a round little head staring at her with a pair of beautiful peach-blossom eyes.

There was a hint of curiosity in his gaze.

Suddenly making eye contact with such a face, Si Nian was stunned for a good moment.

The child was simply too pretty. He was more delicate and good-looking than any child she had ever seen, yet he was sporting that tacky heart-shaped haircut, which made for a truly eccentric combination.

However, because his features were so outstanding, even that haircut somehow looked pleasing to the eye.

Si Nian examined him, and he examined her right back.

His calmness surprised her immensely.

Si Nian quickly recovered, wondering if this was the boy Yaoyao had mentioned yesterday.

Before she could say a word, the Second Child next to her stepped forward, blushing. Eyes wide, he said, "Little sister, you are so pretty. As pretty as my mom."

Before he even finished his sentence, he started scratching his head in a goofy manner, blushing and giggling foolishly.

Si Nian was speechless. She had never felt the Second Child to be so cheesy before.

The boy, however, simply withdrew his gaze as if used to this. He ignored the goofy, sturdy kid in front of him and said to Si Nian, "You don't look alike."

Si Nian was confused and asked, "What doesn't look alike?"

"You are Yaoyao's mom, but you don't look like her at all."

His voice was a bit childish but carried a hint of aloofness. Si Nian couldn't quite understand why a child with such a temperament would pull down his pants for a girl just to prove himself.

Hearing this, she found it both funny and exasperating. "Of course we don't look alike. Didn't Yaoyao tell you that I'm her stepmother?"

She tapped her chin thoughtfully for a moment and said, "Have you heard the story of Snow White? I'm like the stepmother in Snow White."

The little guy's pretty face changed, and the way he looked at her became unfriendly.

Si Nian found it highly amusing.

Having satisfied her curiosity, Si Nian needed to get ready for her daughter's competition.

Because they would be away for two days and needed to stay overnight, even though the school covered the expenses, the child was too young for her to feel at ease letting her go alone.

So she packed her daughter's clothes the night before. The next day, she took a leave of absence from work and prepared to set off with her daughter.

A bus was waiting at the school gate. She heard that once registered, the bus would go around picking people up for the competition. There were many children from the city participating, so when Si Nian arrived, the bus was already filled with quite a few children and parents.

She held her daughter's hand, telling her to stay close. Just as they went to find a seat, she saw the pretty boy from yesterday sitting alone. Unlike everyone else, there was no adult beside him.

Seeing Yaoyao, he shifted over and moved to the inside seat, clearly offering the spot to her.

The teacher stood up from the back and said with a smile, "Mother Si, you can sit here."

"Xie Xian and Yaoyao are the closest, let them sit together."

Si Nian nodded. She took out her daughter's small bag and the pastries her son had woken up early to make for her. "Yaoyao, remember to share with your little friend, okay?"

She had noticed that not only did this child not have a parent with him, but he was also wearing the same clothes as yesterday. He was just carrying a backpack with empty hands, probably having brought nothing else.

It would be a bus ride of several hours; he would definitely get hungry.

Yaoyao nodded her little head.

The teacher beside them retracted her gaze and sighed, "It's a good thing you were willing to come, Mother Si. Otherwise, I would really worry about not being able to keep an eye on both kids by myself."

Si Nian asked, "The child's parents didn't come?"

The teacher lowered her voice, "Xie Xian's family situation is a bit complicated. His mother works as a dancer. You know, in a dance hall. She spends her days intoxicated and dreaming, where would she find the time to take him to a competition? I went to look for her the day before, but couldn't find anyone."

She sighed endlessly as she spoke, feeling a bit heartbroken. "It's a pity that Xie Xian has such great talent but ended up with a mother like that. I don't even know if he'll be able to continue learning painting with me next year."

Xie Xian's family had money, but his mother completely ignored him. When she was in a better mood, the teacher only had to mention it, and she would readily pay the tuition.

When she was in a bad mood, even saying one word would make her impatient.

The more Si Nian listened, the more familiar it sounded.

Xie Xian?

A mother from a dance hall?

Isn't this the name of the male star who became one of the Four Heavenly Kings of the entertainment industry later in the novel?

Because of his androgynous beauty, he once took the country by storm and was affectionately known as the Pretty Boy.

He even became the youngest Best Actor winner thanks to a movie called Break of Dawn.

Although the novel definitely exaggerated things, seeing such a face in real life, Si Nian had to admit that the novel's description was actually quite conservative.

It was just a pity that at the peak of his popularity, it was dug up that his mother was a notorious dance hostess who had not only done many illegal things but also ruined other people's families.

Dragged into the mud just as he became famous, his personality changed drastically. He began operating on the edge of the law and was eventually arrested.

If one were to ask how Si Nian knew this, it was because this person was assigned to the same prison cell as the Eldest Child.

The Eldest Child had quite a lot of screen time in the novel. After all, as the main villain, the book described him seeing Xie Xian being bullied in prison for looking too feminine.

It was he who stepped in to help him.

As for the reason for helping him, it was because of his sister who had passed away early in his life.

Zhou Zedong said that his sister didn't like to talk since she was little, and just like Xie Xian, she liked to express herself through drawing, doodling wherever she went.

He felt that Xie Xian was just like his sister.

Seeing Xie Xian being bullied reminded him of his sister, who had committed suicide because she was bullied.

That was why he helped him.

In the end, Zhou Zedong was transferred away for research, leaving only Xie Xian behind.

Ultimately, Xie Xian died too.

He committed suicide, just like his sister.

Zhou Zedong always kept this person in his memory.

When Si Nian read this part, she just skimmed over it because she didn't like depressing plots.

She never expected that, after all the twists and turns, she would actually run into him.

She knew that every encounter was by no means a coincidence.

It must be a ripple effect caused by her altering the plot.

In this life, the children were all living happily, which almost made her forget what they had gone through in the original book.

Because they had never seen the light, their world in the novel was completely dark.

The same went for the people around them.

But this time, Si Nian felt that everything would definitely be different.

She looked at her daughter. Yaoyao was pinching a small pastry from a little box and handing it to him, smiling sweetly and adorably: "For you."

......

At the same time, at school, the Second Child was cupping his little face, looking completely lovestruck.

Jiang Jiu leaned his head over in confusion and asked, "Second Brother, why do you keep spacing out?"

The Second Child: "I think I'm in love."

Jiang Jiu: "?"