Chapter 319: Childhood Friends Must Be Cultivated from a Young Age (2)

After Zhou Ruoyun went to the kitchen, Xiao Xueqing smiled at An Ziyu, who was sitting beside her, and asked, “Can you tell Auntie your name?”

An Ziyu pursed his little lips, his beautiful eyes showing a hint of shyness.

He couldn’t help but move slightly to the side and quietly say, “My name is An Ziyu.”

Noticing his movement, Xiao Xueqing hugged her daughter and gently said to him, “Don’t be afraid, Ziyu. This is Auntie’s daughter, Luoluo. We live next door, so you can play together from now on.”

Shen Mubai felt a wave of overwhelming emotion as she looked at her target.

Only she knew how tough the past two years had been. Just thinking about it made her want to shed a tear of bitterness.

In this world, the male protagonist’s personality has completely changed due to the collapse of the world line. Shen Mubai’s task was to correct it back to its original state until he reached adulthood.

This body had died in the womb, and she had taken its place, enduring the baby days of babbling and nursing.

The system is a big jerk.

The system stated, “The host has finally been retained once, which is truly something to celebrate.”

But the reality was that even after being retained, Shen Mubai’s intelligence remained at the same level.

An Ziyu was obviously curious about other children his age. He stared at Shen Mubai with his pretty eyes, but perhaps because he was shy, he remained motionless.

Seeing this, Xiao Xueqing set her daughter down and patted her head, saying, “Go ahead.”

Naturally, Shen Mubai was inwardly excited. She had long awaited the appearance of her target so she could escape her boring life.

The little boy watched her approach without blinking, his chubby face showing a child’s innocence and curiosity.

Shen Mubai, an imposter, couldn’t genuinely display such an expression. She thought about how to build a good relationship with the male protagonist, but in her nervousness, she tripped and fell right onto him.

Feeling her weight pressing on something soft, Shen Mubai awkwardly looked at the little boy’s eyes, now filled with disbelief and grievance. His eyes quickly welled up with tears, and he burst out crying.

Just then, Zhou Ruoyun, holding a tea tray, witnessed the scene and hurriedly put down the items, exclaiming, “Oh no.”

Both women rushed to pick up their respective children.

Xiao Xueqing apologized profusely while holding her daughter.

Zhou Ruoyun, both amused and distressed while comforting her son, said, “He’s always been like this, very delicate. He cries at the slightest touch, as if the whole world owes him something.”

Shen Mubai felt guilty and remorseful, watching the little boy’s tears fall as he clung to his mother’s neck, sniffling.

No matter how Zhou Ruoyun tried to console him, An Ziyu wouldn’t stop crying.

With such an incident, Xiao Xueqing felt it was inappropriate to stay any longer and decided to visit another day.

In the following days, Xiao Xueqing visited next door several times.

Shen Mubai felt frustrated seeing the little boy turn his face away every time he saw her. She mentally asked the system, “Am I disliked?”

The system replied, “Ah, it seems so.”

Shen Mubai sighed, feeling like a two-hundred-pound child.

“I didn’t even do anything wrong.”