At noon, the sun was shining brightly and dazzling the eyes, and the air was filled with the factors of scorching heat.

Half Mountain Villa.

The well-known wealthy district of West City.

A continuous crying sound was emanating from a luxuriously decorated villa.

It had already been half an hour, and the crying was still going on.

"Sweetie, be good, let's stop crying, okay? If you keep crying, you won't look pretty!"

"Don't cry anymore, sweetie. Look, auntie has prepared so many delicious things for you."

"Baby, stop crying..."

"..."

Lin Wan discovered for the first time that a child's cry could actually be so terrifying.

The lethality!

In her past life, she must have been an air raid siren.

"Auntie is telling you, auntie's home has two very handsome little brothers, as long as you stop crying, auntie will give you a little brother, okay? You can pick either of the two..."

As long as this girl could stop, even if it meant giving away both together, that would be fine!

Lin Wan liked girls, and really wanted to have a daughter, but unfortunately, she birthed two sons in succession, and with the near mishap during the birth of the second, Xu Annian refused to let her have a third child no matter what.

Having a daughter became a dream.

Until a couple of days ago, when her best girlfriend said she had to go on a business trip and was sending the girl over for Lin Wan to take care of for two days. Lin Wan was so happy she couldn't sleep all night, but nobody told her that when the little girl cried, it would be so frightening.

Lin Wan had two naughty boys—the eldest was very quiet when he was born, hardly ever crying or fussing, and when he was hungry or wet, he would at most grunt a couple of times.

After growing a bit older, he became even more proud and aloof. Forget about crying, he didn't even need anyone to coax him. This left her, his mother, without any sense of achievement.

Then came the second child, who nearly took her life. After giving birth, she cried a mess, as for whether the stinky boy cried or not, she really didn't notice.

Later on, he wasn't short of getting scolded and crying, but each time it was just a dry sob for a couple of moments.

No need for her to take action, someone would make him shut up.

So, she really didn't know a child could cry for half an hour without taking a breath.

She was genuinely worried that crying like that might make someone pass out.

Just as Lin Wan was feeling completely exasperated, the front door was pushed open from the outside, and a boy of about six or seven years of age appeared at the entrance.

The boy had a schoolbag on his back, delicate features, and fair skin that shone in the sunlight. His handsome little face, with brows slightly knitted, his beautiful eyes filled with displeasure as he looked inside the house.

Lin Wan felt like she saw a savior the moment she saw him.

Never before had she been so grateful for the boy's arrival.

"You've come back just in time, hurry, help me coax her, stop her from crying!"

Xu Jiayan hadn't yet clearly made out the bizarre creature that had invaded the house and was causing 800 decibels of noise while he was away, when a soft lump was stuffed into his arms.

The boy was caught off guard, and before he had a chance to shove it back, the other person had already jumped away, like dropping a hot potato, and let out a long sigh of relief right in his face.

This noon had been quite exhausting for her.

Xu Jiayan: ...

He lowered his head and saw a face with eyes closed and red from crying, tears and snot smeared all over the face due to crying too hard, like holding one's breath. After crying for too long, she couldn't help but let out a sob hiccup, followed by a large bubble of snot emerging from her nose.

Then "pop—" it burst.

He felt as if all the pores in his body had exploded. No, it was as if the whole world had exploded.

His handsome little face went completely dark in an instant.

His body stiffened completely.