Mu Weilan's eyes had a flash of shock. She looked at the warm "Family of Three" watercolor painting.

"Sweet Bean feels lonely?"

The little girl held her face and rolled her sparkly dark eyes. She nodded in earnest and said pitifully, "Yes. Sweet Bean doesn't have any friends. Mom also doesn't come back from Mars to see Sweet Bean! Hong's mom braids her hair gorgeously every day. I want a mom to braid my hair, too."

Mu Weilan couldn't help smiling and rubbed the little guy's cute bowl-cut head, "But Sweet Bean has short hair, it's hard to braid it."

Sweet Bean pouted and said in a piteous tone, "It's because no one braid my hair, so dad took me to cut it short. Dad said he didn't know how to braid hair. Daddy's a dum-dum."

Mu Weilan tittered. She imagined Fu Hanzheng holding the kid's hair with clumsy and frowning at the impossible task of braiding. She had heard of Fu Hanzheng's ruthless means in market competition, and it was hard to imagine that Fu Hanzheng could be helpless sometimes.

"Then don't cut off your hair this time. I can help you with your hair."

The little fellow frowned and asked thoughtfully, "Hmm... is it a beautiful braid like Hong's?"

"Of course! You are so adorable, and you must be beautiful with braids."

The little guy's soft and fair hands suddenly grabbed her. "Mu, my mommy can't come back from Mars. Could you be my mother now?"

Mu Weilan was dazed for a moment, "Hmm?"

The little fellow sighed as she sat on the steps. Then she said with a touching tone, "If Mu doesn't be my mommy, then dad will definitely find another one to be Sweet Bean's mom. But those people will scold Sweet Bean, starve Sweet Bean, and hit Sweet Bean. Mu, If I was hurt and in hospital, would you come to visit me?"

Sweet Bean looked up at Mu Weilan with her wide, lustrous eyes. That look of the poor little guy pained her heart.

Fu Hanzheng's female companions could abuse the her?

Of course, they would not do that in front of Fu Hanzheng, but when it was behind his back? Could it really be like what Sweet Bean said? They would starve her, scold her, or even hit her?

Mu Weilan's maternal affections were called out, and she asked painfully, "Does your dad often bring women home?"

To make Mu Weilan agree to be her mother, Sweet Bean trapped her dad without hesitation. Swear Bean folded her baby arms across her chest and said indignantly, "Humph! If daddy took a lady back, he would leave Sweet Bean alone, and ask me to play by myself!"

Mu Weilan frowned and couldn't help getting angry. Fu Hanzheng looked like a decent man. She thought he loved and cared about Sweet Bean a lot. It turned out that he didn't even take his daughter seriously in front of the lust for women.

"Do you really want me to be your mom?"

"Yes! Because I know Mu won't pick on me!"

She wanted to protect Sweet Bean. However...this was not her decision to make. "You have to ask your father's opinion on this matter. My words doesn't count. But even if I can't be your mother, I will talk to your dad and ask him to accompany you more."

The little guy blinked her big eyes. "Mu, I'll take that as a yes!"

Mu Weilan looked at the little guy with indulgence and took her hand. "Okay, let's go to class."

...

After school in the afternoon, Sweet Bean was the last one left in the class again.

With the experience of last time, Mu Weilan called Fu Hanzheng straight away. The phone rang for a long time before it was picked up.

"This is Mu Weilan. Mr. Fu, it's already four o'clock. Everyone has left. When will you pick up Sweet Bean?"

The man on the other end raised his wrist and looked at the time. His voice was low and calm, "I'm in a meeting. It won't be over for two hours. Please look after Sweet Bean for now."

With those words, he hung up the phone.

"..."

Mu Weilan was shocked and felt speechless. Was there any father like that?

She really doubted whether Sweet Bean was just ran into and took home by Fu Hanzheng.

Wasn't Fu Hanzheng afraid that she might kidnap Sweet Bean?

Mu Weilan looked down at the little girl standing by her feet. Sweet Bean had a small schoolbag and looked up at her innocently. Mu Weilan squatted down and said with a gentle voice, "Your father has something important to do right now. He will pick you up later. Why don't we go to the neighborhood and have some fun?"

The little fellow was not sad at all. She clapped her hands and said with joy, "Great! Mu, can we go to your place?"

As she led the little guy out of the kindergarten, she said to her, "Eh? To my house? But there's nothing fun in my house."

"But I want to go to Mu's house! If any lady bullies me next time, I can go to find you!"

Mu Weilan smiled. The little guy was smart enough to know she should run away. "If any lady bullies you, call me first. You can't run out alone, or you'll get lost. Okay?"

"Mu, can you give me your phone number then?"

Mu Weilan agreed without thinking. "Sure."

The little guy was wearing a smart touchscreen watch and handed it to Mu Weilan. "Mu, save your number in my watch, and I can call you next time!"

Mu Weilan entered her cell phone number. "Done."

Mu Weilan led the little guy out of the kindergarten. When they passed a KFC, the little girl suddenly stopped, stood there, and touched her stomach with her little hand.

Mu Weilan looked at her smilingly. "Are you hungry? Would you like to eat in KFC?"

The little guy nodded. "Yes! Mu, may I have KFC?"

"Of course! Let's go."

Inside the KFC, Mu Weilan ordered a Kid's Meal for Sweet Bean and ordered a coke and a hamburger for herself.

The little girl grabbed the chicken nugget and munched on it happily. Mu Weilan saw how happy she was and asked curiously, "Will your father bring you to KFC on weekend?"

Sweet Bean shook her head. Her greasy little hands were holding the drink and took a sip, "Dad said that KFC is bad for one's health, so he never brought me to KFC."

That's right, KFC was full of fried food. Although many children liked it, it was not good for their health.

But it was a rare occasion, and the kid was so happy. It was worth it.

But it seemed that Fu Hanzheng rarely accompanied Sweet Bean.

Sweet Bean was eating mashed potatoes while discussing with Mu Weilan, "Mu, can you not tell dad about me having KFC? Dad will get angry!"

"Okay, this is a secret between us. I won't tell your dad."

Sweet Bean suddenly got up and bended over across the table. She got close to Mu with her little mouth and gave Mu Weilan a kiss on the cheek. "Thank you, Mu!" she said.

Mu Weilan was stunned and touched her oily face, which was kissed by Sweet Bean. She felt happy for no reason.

What happened to her? Even if she became Sweet Bean's stepmother in the future, it was because of the deal with Fu Hanzheng, but how could she have the feeling that she really seemed to be Sweet Bean's mother?