109: In the clothing store, Jiang Xian feeds Li Zhiyan

“Aunt Jiang…”

“I want to really feel it, okay?”

Li Zhiyan looked at Jiang Xian with burning eyes.

That gaze, completely seeing her as a woman, made Jiang Xian’s heart completely panic.

“Li Zhiyan, can Auntie kiss you a little longer?”

Jiang Xian found such a request a bit hard to accept, after all, there was a 23-year age gap between herself and Li Zhiyan.

However, she also felt unable to refuse Li Zhiyan, so she could only discuss it with him.

Then, Jiang Xian actively wrapped her arms around Li Zhiyan’s neck and kissed him.

And they kissed together.

After Aunt Jiang took the initiative, Li Zhiyan’s experience was noticeably much better.

After a while, Jiang Xian let go of Li Zhiyan, feeling the warmth of his body.

She softly asked, “Is that enough, Li Zhiyan…?”

“No…”

Li Zhiyan was very firm. Yan Lei’s appearance this time was a very good opportunity for him.

After all, opportunities to take a step further with Aunt Jiang were rare.

“Li Zhiyan…”

“Auntie is begging you…”

Begging Li Zhiyan, Jiang Xian then kissed him again.

Li Zhiyan also accepted Jiang Xian’s overture.

Feeling the touch of her beautiful legs, they only separated after a long time.

“Aunt Jiang, please.”

“I’m really curious…”

Li Zhiyan pressed down on Jiang Xian and also began to plead with her.

“Okay… okay, you let Auntie get up first.”

Li Zhiyan obediently got up, and Jiang Xian also agreed to his request.

…

After the two came out of the room, Li Zhiyan tidied up the messy clothes on the floor that Yan Lei had torn.

Only then did he open the rolling shutter door.

As soon as the store opened, a girl walked in.

Jiang Xian’s clothing store had good business mainly because she was good at styling.

The clothes she stocked were all quite good.

After she introduced clothes to the girl, Li Zhiyan said goodbye to her, “Aunt Jiang, I’m going back to the dorm first.”

“We’ll chat on QQ later.”

Li Zhiyan also had no intention of going back to Fang Zhiya’s home.

Aunt Fang was delicate and could be wild occasionally.

But if he bothered her every day, she wouldn’t be able to handle it.

Li Zhiyan recalled how Aunt Fang called him ‘darling’.

His heart felt…

“Mm…”

Jiang Xian nodded.

After Li Zhiyan left, she continued to introduce clothes to the girl.

At the same time, she recalled what had just happened. Li Zhiyan’s hands were so warm and strong.

…

Walking on the road, Li Zhiyan opened the system.

The system showed that the mission reward had been issued.

The amount in Li Zhiyan’s bank card returned to 160,000.

With money in hand, Li Zhiyan didn’t feel so flustered anymore.

“New mission released.”

Immediately following, another new mission was released.

“Because Yan Lei failed to persuade Jiang Xian to remarry Yan Zhengjin.”

“He will call again tonight to continue persuading Jiang Xian.”

“If persuasion fails, he will become enraged and verbally abuse Jiang Xian.”

“Please go comfort Jiang Xian.”

“Mission Reward: 100,000 cash.”

This mission was simply too easy!

Li Zhiyan was very excited. His life goal was to make a lot of money.

To make money, he had to comfort Aunt Jiang.

Moreover, Aunt Jiang was a very important person to him.

Even without a reward, he would still go comfort her.

As soon as he returned to the dorm, heavy rain started falling again…

In such scorching summer weather, continuous rain couldn’t help but create a desolate feeling.

As soon as he entered the door, everyone in the dorm looked at him with somewhat strange gazes.

“Brother Yan, you actually came back tonight. Didn’t you go out to have fun tonight?”

Li Zhiyan felt a bit helpless. It seemed that the impression of him going out every night was deeply ingrained in their minds.

“What fun?”

“Brother Yan, let’s play a few rounds of King of Fighters. I’ve also learned Orochi’s infinite combo. Let’s kick some ass!”

Li Zhiyan naturally wouldn’t miss such a request for a beating.

After beating the three flamboyant guys in the dorm, he returned to his seat and chatted with Su Mengchen.

Regarding Su Mengchen’s lack of reply, Li Zhiyan was very patient, continuously sending her messages.

What he didn’t expect was that Su Mengchen actually started replying to him.

While chatting with Su Mengchen, Li Zhiyan also communicated with his Mother-in-law.

Li Zhiyan: “Mom, Chenchen has replied to me.”

Shen Rongfei: “Mm… Auntie chatted with her for a long time today.”

At home, Shen Rongfei was curled up, her long, slender black-stockinged legs looking like works of art in the mirror.

Listening to the rain outside, she also felt a wave of warmth.

Shen Rongfei: “You should chat with Chenchen more about childhood memories.”

“Encourage her more. Actually, Chenchen is truly beautiful, and she inherited my figure.”

“It’s just that she was born with a limp.”

Chatting with Li Zhiyan, Shen Rongfei also felt a little sad.

She had two regrets in her life: one was her beloved husband, who never touched her again after the day she entered the delivery room.

The other was her daughter being born with a limp.

She was so beautiful; if it weren’t for her congenital limp, how could she be so self-conscious?

Li Zhiyan: “Mom, don’t worry, I will definitely bring Chenchen out of the shadows.”

“And I will take good care of you in the future.”

In his previous life, even when Shen Rongfei’s family declined, she was always very, very good to him.

It wasn’t until the moment she committed suicide that Li Zhiyan understood how painful it was to lose the second mother in his life.

So, in this life, no matter what, he had to take good care of Shen Rongfei.

Shen Rongfei: “Good.”

Putting down her phone, Shen Rongfei’s beautiful black-stockinged legs were tightly pressed together.

Her beautiful, foxy face showed some happiness. This child, Li Zhiyan, appeared for a very short time.

But he cared deeply for her, and for Chenchen. With this son-in-law in the future, her life would probably be happier.

For so many years, her life had only been filled with depression. Whenever she thought of it, Shen Rongfei couldn’t help but feel a sense of despair… But thankfully, Li Zhiyan’s appearance brought some hope to her life.

…

Lying on the dorm bed, chatting with Su Mengchen.

He was thinking about making money from missions.

His life goal was to become super rich.

The three flamboyant guys in the dorm never stopped their banter.

“Li Zhiyan, now everyone in the class knows Su Mengyue likes you. Have you considered being her boyfriend? If it were me, I would have gone for it already.”

Zhang Zhiyuan’s voice was extremely sour. He wished Su Mengyue liked him…

“Let’s not for now. I have someone I like.”

Li Zhiyan currently had no interest in Su Mengyue, probably because her bust size was only a B cup and because in this life, he only liked mature women.

So, he had no such thoughts at the moment. Things would happen naturally.

“Ah, I really envy Brother Yan, a dragon among men. The class beauty actively approaches him, and he doesn’t want her. Even if she throws herself at him, he doesn’t want her. That’s truly awesome.”

“If only I could also become a dragon among men like Brother Yan.”

The few of them kept chatting. Li Zhiyan talked to them while chatting with Su Mengchen.

Just then, he received a QQ message from Wang Shangyan.

“Li Zhiyan, are you at school?”

Li Zhiyan: “Mm, Aunt Wang, I am. Are you at the supermarket?”

“Yes, I was going to leave, but the rain is a bit heavy.”

“It’s not very safe to drive.”

Li Zhiyan: “Yeah, the weather forecast says it will rain heavily for a few more days.”

“You should be careful. You can wait until the rain stops before leaving.”

“I’ll come keep you company.”

There were still a few hours until the mission execution time, so he could take this opportunity to accompany Aunt Wang.

“Okay.”

Wang Shangyan felt pleasantly surprised. This child truly liked her.

Wang Shangyan genuinely liked Li Zhiyan, this child who had made both the Internet Cafe and the milk tea shop popular.

…

Just as Li Zhiyan was about to leave, he heard loud noises from next door.

“The Student Union is checking rooms again.”

Li Zhiyan then remembered the Student Union, such an organization in the school.

Somehow, he remembered Senior Sister Meiyu.

The Student Union had some deterrent effect on children who hadn’t seen much of the world.

However, for him, it had no effect at all. In his opinion, they were just little brats acting important.

Soon, Yin Qiang brought a few Student Union members into the dorm.

“Hello, President.”

“Hello, President.”

Everyone greeted Yin Qiang. As the president of the Student Union, Yin Qiang liked to be called President.

And these freshmen, who had just entered school, all flattered him.

So Yin Qiang had become accustomed to throwing his weight around at school.

Behind Yin Qiang, Li Zhiyan saw a thin young man.

He recognized him at a glance: this person was the son of his mother’s best friend, Wu Qingxian.

Although he had never met him, he had seen Aunt Wu’s ex-husband when he was little.

Her ex-husband looked like this, and the two of them did indeed bear some resemblance.

When Yin Qiang saw Li Zhiyan coming, he felt a surge of secret pleasure.

Ever since Li Zhiyan prevented him from pursuing Su Mengchen last time, Yin Qiang had held a grudge.

He originally wanted to fight him, but after hearing that even the instructor was no match for him in wrestling, Yin Qiang completely chickened out.

From then on, he decided to retaliate against Li Zhiyan in other ways…

That was to use his Student Union authority and his mother’s position to get back at Li Zhiyan.

For example, last time, he used his mother’s official convenience to block the expedited processing of Li Zhiyan’s business license.

Presumably, Li Zhiyan was still troubled by the license issue now.

“Li Zhiyan, greet the President. Don’t you have any manners?”

Wu Qingxian’s son, Zhang Honglei, shouted loudly, quite like a fox borrowing a tiger’s prestige.

He was dressed entirely in designer clothes. Li Zhiyan glanced and knew they were genuine, clearly costing a lot of money.

Li Zhiyan knew that Aunt Wu’s finances were tight.

She had never been willing to spend much money since childhood, even buying the cheapest cosmetics.

She had worked hard to raise Zhang Honglei, but he turned out to be such a vain person.

Li Zhiyan gave him a cold look, having no good feelings left for this older brother from Aunt Wu’s family.

He just glanced at the few Student Union members and continued chatting.

He didn’t even bother to pay attention to them.

The guys in the dorm admired Li Zhiyan even more. Brother Yan was Brother Yan; he didn’t even put the Student Union President in his eyes. But then again, Brother Yan was so young and already had his own milk tea shop, and the business was so booming.

Why would he care about a Student Union? Even if he dropped out, it wouldn’t affect him at all.

“Li Zhiyan, don’t you have any manners? You don’t respect your seniors. My mom often praises you. You’re truly a disgrace.”

Li Zhiyan was already used to these young people’s habit of showing off in a low-class way. After all, mindlessness was the norm in this society.

He didn’t even bother to pay attention to Zhang Honglei.

“Li Zhiyan, why is there trash in your trash can? Your dorm will be deducted 2 points.”

“Your desktop is not tidy, deduct 2 points.”

“The quilt on the bed is not tidy, deduct 2 points. Write it down.”

“You can’t even do such a small thing well. Your life is in danger. If this continues, you can forget about graduating.”

Each deduction item made Yin Qiang feel very smug.

At the same time, he also saw that Li Zhiyan had now become a handsome guy of god-like status.

For a moment, a feeling of jealousy uncontrollably rose in his heart.

The first time they met, Li Zhiyan was still unremarkable.

But now, Li Zhiyan’s appearance completely crushed his own.

How could someone transform so much in just half a month?

Li Zhiyan finally spoke.

“Are you done talking? If you’re done, get lost.”

What was a Student Union President? And he really disliked this Yin Qiang, after all, he had tried to trick his Chenchen back then.

For such a scumbag, if it weren’t for a society governed by law, he would definitely beat him up severely.

“Li Zhiyan, who gave you the guts?!”

Zhang Honglei also shouted.

“You get lost too.”

Li Zhiyan looked coldly at the few Student Union members. Zhang Honglei immediately couldn’t control his temper.

Young people were always so hot-headed. He had always wanted to mix with the upper class by following Yin Qiang.

Maybe in the future, he could even borrow his BMW 3 Series to drive.

So at this moment, he felt this was an excellent opportunity to show off.

Seeing such an opportunity, Yin Qiang intended to signal to the few Student Union members to go up together.

Afterward, they would say Li Zhiyan made the first move.

When Li Zhiyan saw Zhang Honglei make a move, he got excited.

With his ability to fight five, he felt an inexhaustible amount of strength every day.

Having someone to fight was simply an opportunity for him to vent.

Then, Li Zhiyan kicked Zhang Honglei.

Their soles collided, and Zhang Honglei felt a sharp pain.

He uncontrollably fell backward, heavily hitting the ground. He hadn’t expected Li Zhiyan to be so good at fighting.

His strength was simply like a wild ox!

Instantly, he was completely silenced…

Seeing how fierce Li Zhiyan was, Yin Qiang subconsciously gave up the idea of going up.

When Li Zhiyan squeezed his wrist last time, it almost crushed his wrist.

A few of them might not necessarily be his match.

"If you have nothing to do, then scram."

Li Zhiyan stared at Yin Qiang, flexing his wrist.

He had already seen that Yin Qiang, that dog, wanted to take the opportunity to get revenge on him, but he was just intimidated by him.

If he had proactively fought with him, then he really could have had some fun.

"Li Zhiyan, don't even think about graduating."

After Yin Qiang left Li Zhiyan with a harsh threat, he took the Student Union members to the next dormitory.

Zhang Honglei got up and followed them, his face extremely grim, as he had truly lost a lot of face.

However, he was beaten because he stood up for Yin Qiang.

Yin Qiang would definitely take care of him in the future, and if he could get him a position in the Student Union, then it would be much easier for him to pick up girls at school.

...

"Brother Yan, you're really fierce, daring to fight with the Student Union members."

The three show-offs in the dormitory all greatly admired Li Zhiyan; although the Student Union wasn't very important, it still had some sway over younger students in the school.

"Brother Yan, you'll have to be careful from now on. Director Yin, that woman, dotes on her son greatly. She might really mess with your credits and prevent you from graduating."

Li Zhiyan recalled the image of Yin Qiang's mother.

She could only be described as flirtatious; that woman simply pampered her son.

However, Li Zhiyan didn't care much about these things; he didn't mind if she liked to bully him.

"I have something else to do, so I'm leaving first."

...

After checking the nearby dormitories, Yin Qiang no longer had the mood to continue checking.

After leaving the dormitory check to the others, he and Zhang Honglei went downstairs together.

After going downstairs, he proactively helped Zhang Honglei hold up the umbrella.

Watching Li Zhiyan's receding figure, Zhang Honglei's heart was filled with resentment.

"President, you'll have to properly deal with this kid later."

"Don't worry!"

Yin Qiang was very confident in dealing with Li Zhiyan; his mother was the department head, so dealing with him would be effortless.

"I'll make sure he doesn't graduate."

Thinking of his beautiful mother, Yin Qiang felt very reassured.

No matter what, if he didn't get this anger out, he probably wouldn't be comfortable for the next few years.

...

After arriving at the school supermarket with an umbrella, Wang Shangyan also came out to greet him from afar.

"Li Zhiyan."

After Li Zhiyan entered the supermarket, she gently helped him pat the raindrops off his shoulders.

This gentle demeanor made it difficult for Li Zhiyan to connect the Wang Shangyan in front of him with the violent Wang Shangyan who had once smashed Liu Huan into the hospital with a bottle.

"Aunt Wang, what a heavy rain."

Li Zhiyan inexplicably recalled a comic strip.

It depicted a warm little story between a younger brother and an older sister after it rained.

"Let's go inside and sit down."

"The weather outside is a bit cold."

Although it was summer, in this kind of strong wind and heavy rain, Wang Shangyan, wearing a short skirt and short sleeves, really did feel a bit cold.

Though Li Zhiyan didn't feel cold, he liked such a small room.

"Okay."

"Aunt Wang."

After leading Wang Shangyan by the hand into the room, Li Zhiyan gently sat beside Wang Shangyan, leaning against her shoulder.

"You, you're such a child."

Feeling Li Zhiyan's childlike behavior, Wang Shangyan gently stroked Li Zhiyan's face.

And Li Zhiyan took the opportunity to kiss Wang Shangyan's face, feeling very close to her lips.

At this moment, Wang Shangyan's heart was inexplicably warm; in this rainy weather, listening to the sound of the rain outside, it seemed to really stimulate the secretion of hormones.

"Aunt Wang, will you and Uncle Liu remarry?"

Li Zhiyan asked about Liu Huan's situation, which Li Zhiyan knew about.

The two divorced after Liu Huan went to the hospital that time.

"Probably, but definitely not in the short term."

"What he did disgusted me too much."

"What's wrong, Li Zhiyan, do you hope Auntie and Uncle remarry?"

Li Zhiyan shook his head.

"Aunt Wang, of course I don't want you to remarry. If you remarry Uncle Liu..."

"He definitely won't let me hug you or kiss you anymore."

Li Zhiyan wrapped his arms around Wang Shangyan's waist, smelling her fragrance, finding it very pleasant.

"He's just too petty. I originally wanted to remarry him quickly, but after that one argument, I told him to just wait."

"Don't worry, Li Zhiyan, you're Auntie's favorite child."

"Even if we remarry, you can still hug Auntie and kiss Auntie in the future."

"It's just that Liu Huan's mind is too dirty."

"That's why he has such messed-up thoughts. After all, you're just a child."

Saying that, Wang Shangyan also hugged Li Zhiyan back.

"That's good, anyway, I don't want you to remarry."

Wang Shangyan asked curiously, "Why?"

"Because I don't think he's a good person. If you remarry him, he'll sooner or later cheat again, and then it will be a cycle, and you'll still be unhappy."

Wang Shangyan fell into deep thought; what this child said seemed to be true.

"Auntie will think carefully about your words."

The two of them just hugged like that, Li Zhiyan leaning in Wang Shangyan's embrace, admiring the snowy cleavage up close.

It wasn't until the rain stopped that Wang Shangyan reluctantly said, "Li Zhiyan, Auntie has to go back quickly."

"Otherwise, I'll have to sleep here tonight."

After the two stood up, Li Zhiyan gave Wang Shangyan another tight hug.

Then he saw her out the door.

After watching Aunt Wang leave, Li Zhiyan took his umbrella and walked towards the Commercial Street.

Now that the mission execution time had arrived, he could prepare.

When Li Zhiyan arrived at Jiang Xian's shop, the door was already closed.

However, a little light could still be seen from under the rolling shutter door.

Jiang Xian should be tidying clothes inside now.

Then Li Zhiyan gently knocked on the door.

"Is Aunt Jiang in?"

"Li Zhiyan."

Jiang Xian, who had just finished tidying clothes in the room, was about to go back to her small bedroom to read a storybook.

But unexpectedly, she heard Li Zhiyan's voice again.

Her heart couldn't help but fill with pleasant surprise.

Just now, she was still feeling sad and upset about how her son treated her.

But she didn't expect Li Zhiyan to come, and that suppressed feeling also gradually dissipated at this moment.

Jiang Xian's heart was very fond of Li Zhiyan.

After pulling open the rolling shutter door, it started raining again outside.

"Li Zhiyan, in such stormy weather, why did you come over? Why aren't you sleeping well in your dormitory?"

Looking at the umbrella in Li Zhiyan's hand and his soaked shirt, Jiang Xian couldn't help but feel a little distressed.

"It's nothing, with such heavy rain, I was afraid you'd be scared, so I came to keep you company."

"And talk with you."

Jiang Xian pulled down the rolling shutter door, her pretty face uncontrollably flushing a little.

Talk? It was clearly about wanting to kiss.

Indeed, the moment the rolling shutter door closed, Li Zhiyan wrapped his arms around Jiang Xian's slender waist and kissed her red lips.

And Jiang Xian was also passionately responding, to the sound of the rain outside.

It really was easy to make hormones surge.

The 41-year-old mature woman and the 18-year-old youth embraced and kissed in the shop. Li Zhiyan also repeated what he had done for the first time with Aunt Fang today.

Feeling Aunt Jiang's embrace.

Although Jiang Xian felt very shy, she still let Li Zhiyan do as he pleased.

After all, the first time is awkward, the second time is familiar.

The two kissed from the shop to the small room in the back.

Just as they lay down, Jiang Xian's phone rang.

It was her son, Yan Lei. Although Yan Lei had done something very excessive today, Jiang Xian still cared deeply about her son in her heart.

After all, a son is different from a husband; a son is blood-related and she raised him little by little.

After hesitating for a moment, she still sat up.

She casually tucked the storybook under the pillow and answered the phone.

"Mom, when are you going to remarry Dad?"

The very first sentence after connecting the call made Jiang Xian's heart turn cold, which made Li Zhiyan feel a bit speechless.

This Yan Lei's intelligence was far inferior to Liu Yaolong's. Liu Yaolong had even feigned an apology to Aunt Fang to trick her into taking medicine and making money, then gaining her favor before trying to achieve his goal.

In contrast, this Yan Lei directly started with an interrogation...

He was simply a pure giant darling. However, after thinking about Yan Zhengjin's style of directly demanding gifts, Li Zhiyan felt it wasn't surprising.

Like father, like son.

And he still wanted Aunt Jiang to remarry?

That was simply impossible.

"I said, I don't want to remarry your dad."

"Don't you understand? And don't you have anything to say about what happened during the day?"

It was precisely because they hadn't remarried that Jiang Xian could freely kiss and hug Li Zhiyan.

After realizing Yan Zhengjin's true colors, Jiang Xian had completely given up on the idea of remarriage at this point.

However, she still hoped her son could recognize his mistake and apologize to her.

After all, in this world, mothers all love their sons.

This is a maternal instinct.

"I have nothing to say."

"You hurry up and remarry my dad."

"What are you without my dad, you stinking bitch!"

At that instant, Jiang Xian's mind went completely blank.

Stinking bitch, she had heard such words from Yan Zhengjin.

Now, her own son was cursing her like that.

Is that a word a son should use to insult his mother?

Not to mention Jiang Xian, Li Zhiyan, who was beside her, also felt his head about to explode, wanting to grab this Yan Lei and beat him up.

He snatched the phone and directly hung up the call.

Then he blacklisted Yan Lei's phone number...

"Aunt Jiang..."

Li Zhiyan patted Jiang Xian's shoulder, and the next second, Jiang Xian threw herself into Li Zhiyan's arms.

This time, she didn't cry, but she sat there in silence.

She was clearly very sad in her heart.

"Aunt Jiang..."

"Let's not mind that person."

"After all, he's not just your son, he's also Yan Zhengjin's son."

"There's a saying, 'like father, like son.'"

"Someone like him doesn't deserve to be human; he even curses his own mother."

"He's an animal."

Such animals were not only Yan Lei, but also Liu Yaolong.

It was precisely because of this that Aunt Fang gave all her fervent love and sincerity to him.

Looking at the current trend, Aunt Jiang would be the same.

For the rest of her life, she would only love and care for him.

That would be best.

"Li Zhiyan..."

After a long while, Jiang Xian's tears still flowed down.

"I really didn't expect that the son I raised from childhood would turn out like this."

Li Zhiyan hugged Jiang Xian tightly.

"Aunt Jiang, it's okay. Even if no one in this world truly cares about you anymore, I will still care about you."

"No matter what happens, I will always be by your side."

"If you need anything, you can always find me by sending me a message."

At this moment, Jiang Xian's heart was extremely vulnerable.

So, after hearing Li Zhiyan say this...

Her heart was also incredibly touched, driven by emotion.

She grabbed Li Zhiyan's hand.

Then she proactively welcomed him.

And kissed him, feeling Aunt Jiang's passionate kiss.

Li Zhiyan, however, felt a bit grateful to Yan Lei; young people these days, why do they like to send their mothers to the door so much?

"Aunt Jiang..."

After a long while, Li Zhiyan said somewhat indistinctly, "Aunt Jiang, can you feed me?"

"I really want to eat a meal fed by you."

"I want to eat some dinner."

Thinking of the delicious food Jiang Xian made, Li Zhiyan was a bit hungry at this moment.

Today, he wanted to get even closer to Aunt Jiang.

"No... no..."

Jiang Xian instinctively still wanted to resist feeding Li Zhiyan dinner.

Eating at this hour wouldn't even be called dinner; it should be called a late-night snack.

"Aunt Jiang, please, I love you the most."

"Okay?"

Although he was 18 and an adult, in front of a 41-year-old woman, he was still a child.

Being a child when asking for something was truly too convenient.

Li Zhiyan truly felt this deeply.

The three words "I love you the most" pierced Jiang Xian's heart at this moment; it seemed like only Li Zhiyan truly cared about her in this world now.

Only he helped her and treated her well, without considering the consequences.

If she hadn't met Li Zhiyan when she went to the Internet Cafe to see if any students were online...

Then her current situation would truly be unimaginable.

Actually, this request wasn't too much.

After a long while, she said with a flushed face, "Alright then, Auntie promises you."

Li Zhiyan was very happy and a little excited in his heart.

Then he gently lay on Jiang Xian's lap, waiting for Aunt Jiang to feed him a late-night snack.