The Tender Beauty is Sweetly Doted in the 20th Century Novel!-Chapter 262 - 260: Jiamu and Xiangsi

In the end, He Chen still ended up eating a large bunch of slightly charred skewers.

And all the remaining skewers ended up in his and Liu Jitong’s stomachs as well.

Since the air was so refreshing, everyone played some games in the park after eating the skewers before heading home.

Happy times are always short-lived.

Two days passed in the blink of an eye.

Ye Manman was already in a semi-sabbatical state, able to choose whether or not to attend school at any time, but Cheng Yuan couldn’t.

She only took leave for Monday and Tuesday.

She had to return to classes.

As for Xia Yu’an,

she hadn’t planned to take leave, so she went back to school for classes on Monday.

Jiang Yuan stayed for another two days at the Liu Family, and on the seventh day, left with Liu Jitong when he drove back.

As reluctant as farewells are, they can always stay in touch.

Communication will only become more advanced in the future.

During the next two weeks, Ye Manman participated in two competition finals at school, after which she began her complete sabbatical.

Since no one from the Foreign Languages Department participated in the competitions she entered, and she didn’t go to the classroom to disrupt other students, she never got to meet Ji Bowen and the others.

The weather in November was getting a bit chilly.

Ye Manman’s belly had grown quite large, and walking had become a bit strenuous.

Since she hadn’t gained much weight elsewhere on her body, her limbs were still slender, but the big belly made her feel backache and strain while walking, needing to sit or lie down for most of the day.

He Chen was very straightforward.

He agreed to Liu Gaoyuan’s suggestion and moved in with Ye Manman to the Liu Family.

However, since they were both moving in, Ye Manman insisted on not staying in Liu Rulan’s former room, opting to stay in a guest room instead.

Anyway, all the necessary things were there, and they felt more comfortable living there.

At first, He Chen was a bit busy and would return home late at night.

But somehow, after speaking with Liu Gaoyuan or Liu Yanghua, his company’s operations soon entered a favorable phase, and he wasn’t as busy.

Starting from November, he was mostly free and often stayed home to care for Ye Manman.

It was after moving into the Liu Family that Ye Manman finally met her uncle’s two children.

They had been staying at school and never got to meet them whenever they returned home. Ye Manman had always wanted to meet these cousins.

This day was their bi-weekly return home.

Ye Manman was leaning on the sofa, looking at some materials she requested from the teacher, when the two children came back in a rush.

The boy was a year older than the girl, but the height difference between them was already noticeable; the boy was half a head taller than the girl.

When they saw Ye Manman, they were both stunned.

"Who are you?"

The boy seemed a bit more composed, pulling his sister back and looking at her warily.

However, as soon as they asked, they felt that Ye Manman looked particularly familiar!

She looked especially like their little aunt who had been living in the courtyard!

Perhaps their rapid changes in expression looked amusing to Ye Manman, making her feel entertained.

She teased them.

"Who do you think I look like?"

"You’re our cousin, right!"

The young girl, suddenly filled with excitement, ran up to her, staring intently.

While staring, she kept exclaiming.

"Cousin, you’re so beautiful!"

"Even prettier than the photos Dad showed us! Like a big movie star!"

The young girl was really sweet-talking!

No woman dislikes being complimented on her looks, and Ye Manman was no exception.

Especially when she saw these two teenagers who bore some resemblance to herself, she couldn’t help but feel a sense of fondness!

"Thank you."

She patted the young girl’s head and stood up with a smile.

"You’re Sisi, right?"

"Wait for me a bit, this is our first meeting, and I have prepared gifts for you, let me go grab them."

Getting up was already a bit challenging for her.

Liu Xiangsi, seeing her pregnant and finding it inconvenient to move, quickly threw her backpack onto the sofa and carefully supported her.

"Thank you, cousin!"

"I’ll help you."

Liu Xiangsi, already a fourteen-year-old teenage girl, was in her first year of high school.

Thanks to good education, she understood that it was impolite to refuse a gift, as it was a gesture of goodwill from her cousin.

However, she also knew that it wasn’t safe for pregnant women to go up and down the stairs, so she volunteered to assist her.

Ye Manman already had a good feeling about her initially; now she liked this girl even more.

She patted Xiangsi’s head again.

"Thank you so much~"

Then she turned to the boy, who hesitated about whether to come and help, and said.

"Jiamu, please wait for me downstairs a bit—I promise you’ll like the gift I’m giving you!"

Liu Jiamu had already seen photos of Ye Manman before; he just hadn’t reacted quickly enough to recognize her when meeting in person, allowing Liu Xiangsi to speak up first.

He was supposed to be the big brother helping his cousin!

Darn it!

She beat him to it again!

Liu Jiamu, feeling a bit vexed, picked up his sister’s backpack and hurried past them, rushing to the second floor.

"I’ll go put down my backpack first, cousin, I’ll be right back down to help you!"

He was a sophomore in high school, right at the age when boys shoot up in height.

His long legs carried him swiftly up to the second floor.

Before Ye Manman could say anything, he rushed back down, carefully positioning himself on her right side to support her.

With someone on both sides supporting her, the scene felt oddly peculiar.

She actually wanted to say that it was quite inconvenient to go upstairs this way.

But she couldn’t refuse the kindness of the two children, so steeling herself, she allowed them to assist her up to the second floor.

Once at the guest room, the two well-mannered children didn’t enter.

Ye Manman went inside to fetch the gifts and handed them to them as she came out.

"These are for each of you. With winter approaching, which is particularly cold, you should prepare scarves and gloves ahead of time so your hands don’t freeze while doing homework."

She handed each of them a box.

Inside was a pair of thin scarves, which were easy to wear both indoors and outdoors, and a set of gloves with buttons that could switch from fingerless to full-fingered.

The colors were gentle shades of blue-gray and khaki, perfect for teenagers of their age.

Not too glaring yet simple and elegant, they weren’t so ugly as to be unused.

The two of them took the boxes marked with a large logo of a famous brand of gloves and scarves and thanked Ye Manman in unison!

"Thank you, cousin!"

"We love the gift!"

Speaking in unison, and judging by the way their eyes stuck to the scarves and gloves, it was clear they genuinely liked the gift.

Moreover, they initially thought that was all for the gifts.

However, Ye Manman pulled out two more presents.

"That’s not all."

"This is for Jiamu. I heard you love playing basketball, so I decided on my own to get you one, hope you like it."

She took a bright orange basketball by the door, and Liu Jiamu’s eyes lit up!

"Thank you, cousin!"

Liu Xiangsi was very sensible; she wasn’t jealous or said anything.

Of course, Ye Manman wouldn’t favor one over the other.

She took out a beautiful planet lamp, adorned with a lovely ribbon, perfect for someone with a girly heart.

"This is for you, Sisi."

"I heard you love starry skies and drawing. This lamp, once plugged in at night, lets you see the starry sky in your room; it can rotate and play music too. It should be beautiful and atmospheric; perhaps you’ll find new inspiration."