"Having a baby."

After returning from Greece, Shen Ke was once again busy, while Lin Jian took a few days off at home and quietly started a "big project".

Now that Shen Ke is the actual "exclusive designer", and the design has been in shape for many years, it's time to put on the agenda the renovation of the "Lok Chun Yuen", which has been postponed for more than a year.

That's a big reason why Lin Jian chose to hold off on joining the company.

He wants to recreate an "ideal country" for Shen Ke with his own hands.

While Lin Jian has been working on projects where he was mainly responsible for the design, this time around, he's taking on multiple roles, from designing and selecting materials to liaising with his own team of engineers and keeping a close eye on the progress of the project on a day-to-day basis.

With such a heavy workload, Lin Jian is more serious and energetic than any other project he has handled before.

"The overall area of the garden is not very large, and Shen Ke's ingenuity was also hidden in the original layout, so Lin Jian did not encounter any major problems in the process of remodeling and restoration, and the whole project went forward very smoothly.

In October, one day in late summer and early fall, Lin Jian was leading workers to build the topographical skeleton of the rockery in the garden, Cheng Youjun took advantage of the eleven-day holiday to take his wife and son to the mountains with nothing else to do.

Two years ago, Mr. Cheng got a big fat boy, it is said that the birth of more than 8 pounds, white and chubby a small meatball, excited Mr. Cheng stood outside the maternity ward door and cried with joy, and so Qi Xin was pushed out of the maternity ward, almost directly kneeling next to the trolley, on the spot to his daughter-in-law kowtow to one.

Nowadays, Mr. Cheng's son has reached the point where he is full of doodads.

Early October season, the afternoon sun is still with a little bit of the "autumn tiger" aftermath, Cheng Youjun a hand holding his wife, a hand holding his son, so Shi Shi into the construction of the "drop interesting garden".

As soon as he entered the door, he pointed to Lin Jian, who was not far away, and said to the little chubby group in his arms, "Come son, call your brother!"

"......" Lin Jian turned back at the sound of his voice and was first stunned when he saw the visitor, and then washed his hands from the tap that led up the hill before walking over and greeting him with a smile, "Mr. Cheng, Sister Xin. "

When his eyes turned to the milk ball held in Cheng Youjun's arms, Lin Jian had not yet uttered a word when the little one suddenly opened his mouth and smiled brightly at him, "...... Brother, brother!"

Lin Jian: "......"

Good boy. Learn something good from your father.

A temporary awning was built in the garden, Lin Jian guided their family of three over to sit, and rummaged out a few disposable paper cups, poured two cups of water warm from the warm water bottles he had brought up the mountain, handed them over, and said with an apologetic smile, "The construction site is rather simple, there's nothing on it, don't mind."

Cheng Youjun and his wife didn't mind at all. While they were talking with Lin Jian, Shen Ke came out from the door of the side building that hadn't been knocked down and rebuilt.

Cheng Youjun Shen Ke into the shed, first looked at Lin Jian a glance, and then "hey" a smile, looking askance at Shen Ke yin and yang said: "Yo, you're living this day is comfortable ah?"

Shen Ke looked at him, before he could speak, Cheng Youjun touched Lin Jian's arm again, and raised his chin toward Shen Ke, signaling: "Dare I say that my great nephew is here in the sun, with the workers busy, he stayed in the place where the wind doesn't blow and the sun doesn't shine and did a hands-off shopper, tsk, this day! ...... still with him not leave ah?"

Shen Ke heard this is not particularly big reaction, just very faintly curved the end of the eyes, but this very shallow smile, in Cheng Youjun's eyes, that is really into "you envy? The question was a rhetorical question.

Cheng Youjun said, "What am I envious of? I have a wife and a son, and the happiness of a straight man is something you gay people don't understand!

But before he had time to say these words, the little milk ball in his arms let out an "ee-ya" sound, flinging his white lotus-root-like little arms and chubby little legs, and slid down from his father's arms, stomping a few steps and running to the side of Shen Ke's legs, and due to the fact that he was too young and too round and too heavy, so that in the last two steps, his soft mass bumped into Shen Ke's little legs directly. The last two steps were so small and round and heavy that the soft lump bumped directly onto Shen Ke's calf.

There used to be a lot of exotic flowers planted in the "Falling Interest Garden", and now that the whole place has been rebuilt, a few flowers and plants have been moved out from the original sun room. Shen Ke looked down at the small meatball clutching a small handful of petals in his hand, smiled, and asked, "Flowers for me? "

"Yay!" Little Milk Dumpling held his little hand up high, smiling like a little Maitreya Buddha, and tried his best to hand Shen Ke the flower in his hand, babbling vaguely, "For Fa Fa, it's beautiful!"

Shen Ke the bottom of the smile slowly rippled open, a stoop will be on the ground of the little fat Buddha hugged up, the small group of surprise "ah!" The small group surprised "ah!", waved his little arm and laughed, "Raise high, higher than daddy!"

Cheng Youjun: "......"

When the little group of 100 days of feast and weeks old, Shen Ke and Lin Jian were all there to celebrate him, and it was only a year later that Shen Ke couldn't help but smile and wonder when he held the child again: "Look at the white and chubby, how come it's only so little weight?"

"Kids are like that." Qi Xin laughed and chimed in at this point, "They look chubby, but it's not time to really squeeze their arms yet, so they shouldn't be able to hold them next summer."

"That's right!" Cheng Youjun found an opportunity and immediately opened his mouth to forcefully salvage his honor, "Growing up as a child can be fun, tsk, it seems like you won't have the chance to experience the joys of raising a child."

"Who said that." Shen Ke gave him a smiling look and didn't point it out, just replied meaningfully, "It's not like I haven't had one before."

Lin Jian aside: "......"

Cheng Youjun: "......"

Yes, you foster family Sego, all right!

The little milk ball has been clutching the flowers in his hand, at this time was held in Shen Ke's arms, began to raise the chubby little arm, trying hard to put the flowers in his hand to Shen Ke's head, but due to poor control of the movement and strength, coupled with the little fat hand is not very flexible, so the repeated attempts to fail, in a pinch, the little mouth glanced, the bottom of the eyes wrapped two winks of tears out.

Lin Jian smiled and walked over to him, gently squeezing his small white hands and naturally helping him put the flowers on Shen Ke's temples.

The little dumpling is now happy, the bottom of the eyes still contains tears, but the little mouth has already grinned, haha clapped his hands and looked at Shen Ke cheerfully said: "Good-looking ah!"

I don't know if I'm talking about flowers or people.

Lin Jian smiled and nudged his little nose with his fingertips, smiling warmly, "That's really good, understanding aesthetics at such a young age."

This ...... is not sure if it is a compliment to the flowers or a metaphor.

Cheng Youjun, who was sitting under the pergola, watched his son stick to Shen Ke and refused to come down, and gave a very unhappy secret "hmmm", then turned to his wife for help: "Daughter-in-law, quickly snatch your son back!"

"Stop it." Qi Xin smiled and patted his own husband's head, the technique was almost the same as patting his family's Alasky, "A child's mind and eyes are bright, and they will naturally get close to people or things they like, you see ...... this is destiny it."

It is true, according to the reason, the little dumpling and Shen Ke did not see each other too often, more often happened when he was a baby with no memory at all, but I don't know why, it seems that he has a natural sense of closeness to Shen Ke, from the afternoon in the "Falling Fun Garden" for most of the day, until the evening in Shen Ke's place after dinner, almost like a soft little pendant hanging in Shen Ke's arms and refusing to be carried by anyone, before being carried away by mom and dad. From the afternoon when he spent most of the day in the "Lok Fun Garden" to the evening when he finished his dinner in Shen Ke's place and was carried away by his mother and father, he almost hung in Shen Ke's arms like a soft little pendant, refusing to be hugged by anyone.

Before they were brought home, they dropped a few drops of golden peas in a very aggravated manner, the kind that can't be coaxed, and even Qi Xin and Cheng Youjun were at a loss.

Lin Jian looked at the two couples sitting on the floor hand in hand to coax their son, thought for a moment, walked over, sat down in front of the little group, and said softly, "Do not cry Oh, always crying small children will not grow tall."

The little group's crying subsided, staring at him with big, tearful eyes and huffing.

Lin Jian wiped his tears, pointed at Shen Ke and said gently to the little meatball, "Think about it, in the future, do you want to grow as tall as Shen Da Da, or as tall as daddy?"

The baby really stopped crying. The baby was a little bit blinded.

"Good boy, so smart." Lin Jian nodded in satisfaction, then said to Qi Xin, "Sister Xin, it's ready."

Qi Xin: "......"

Cheng Youjun: "......"

Thank you, thank you.

After the family left, Lin Jian and Shen Ke went to the bathroom to soak away their fatigue.

In the large, semi-curved double bathtub, Lin Jian and Shen Ke each leaned against the edge of one side, the bath ball dissolved into a layer of pure white foam, but Lin Jian was silent in the water that looked like fresh snow.

"Thinking about what?" After a long time, the opposite side suddenly asked in a deep voice.

"...... Well, I miss Sister Xin's son." Lin Jian looked up at him and replied thoughtfully.

Shen Ke warm slow laughter dense in the water mist, more appear moist and fuzzy: "So like him ah, this is only gone less than an hour."

Lin Jian gazed at him straight and straight, his brows slightly furrowed as if he was thinking or hesitating; there was not much excessive emotion in his eyes, but his pupils looked unusually clear under the warm light.

After a while, Lin Jian said in a low voice, "I actually don't have any special feelings for children, I can't say I like them, but I don't really hate them either."

Shen Ke was quiet and didn't make a sound, listening to him.

"But ......" Lin Jian The words paused for a moment before he asked somewhat hesitantly and slowly, "Are you ...... very fond of children ?"

"Yes?" Shen Ke bends the corners of his eyes and asks, "How can you tell?"

Lin Jian frowned a little deeper at that, but did not answer.

Shen Ke does not seem to be obsessed with the idea that he should give a clear answer, and if Lin Jian doesn't say anything, he doesn't ask any more questions.

After a while, Shen Ke got up from the bathtub and turned on the showerhead to rinse the foam off his body, while inclining his head to Lin Jian, "The water is getting cold."

"Oh." Lin Jian nodded, stood up, and habitually moved next to Shen Ke, who also very naturally took off the shower and helped the still somewhat pensive person rinse away the sticky bath bubbles.

When the two of them had put on their bathrobes and stood in front of the shower mirror to blow-dry their hair, Lin Jian suddenly muttered something softly.

"Huh?" Shen Ke stood behind him, turned off the hair dryer, and rubbed Lin Jian's already dried hair with his hand, and asked, "What were you saying?"

"...... still like it, right?" Lin Jian lifts his head slightly and looks into Shen Ke's eyes in the shower mirror, "I mean, you're into kids."

"Why would you think that?" Shen Ke put the hair dryer back into the handy bath cabinet, and the moment he lowered his hand he smoothly took Lin Jian's wrist and led the man back to the bedroom.

It was a quiet night, just the two of them alone, and every time they faced Shen Ke without outsiders and alone, the edges and thorns in Lin Jian's body that were rooted in his bones would naturally soften and even disappear.

He was always clear and soft and well-behaved when he was around side by side.

Lin Jian sat on the bed and thought carefully about how to answer this question and what to say after answering it.

After a long time, he looked at the person who always sat next to him without any hesitation and waited for his answer, and finally spoke hesitantly and with slight difficulty, "You look ...... like the kind of person who would be very patient with a small child, moreover, I can also detect from your eyes that you seem to . . still like this kind of human cub's."

After saying this, Lin Jian slightly apprehensively waited for his response, while Shen Ke was just quiet for two seconds, actually sank into a deep laugh and said, "Surprisingly, you still use to look ...... Don't you feel it yourself?"

This was asked ...... Lin Jian looked up at him slightly bewildered and froze for a moment before reacting to what he meant by that.

-After all, he had brought him up himself.

"...... It's not the same." Lin Jian pursed the corners of her mouth and found that her ears had a tendency to become hot again, so she deliberately coldly lowered her eyes and retorted in a flat voice, "When you raised me ...... I was eight years old when I arrived at Shen's house, and I wasn't such a glutinous rice ball."

Designer Lin's eyes chilled and his face hardened, so Shen Ke knew--

He's being shy again.

"That's about right." Shen Ke suddenly lifted his hand, palm down, and gestured in front of Lin Jian, and laughed quietly, "You were this tall when you first came here, and you looked so small that if you didn't tell me, I would have thought you were only four or five years old."

"You ......"

Lin Jian only felt that behind his ears and even the side of his face were burning, but when he turned his head and faced Shen Ke angrily, he found that the other party's eyes were full of a soft and gentle emotions, as if he had suddenly fallen into some kind of long and dense memories, and even the color of his eyes seemed to contain a very light light light.

Lin Jian's disliked words, which were already on the verge of his mouth, rolled back into his throat with a gurgle.

"It's still not the same." After a long time, Lin Jian noticed that his face might not be so hot anymore, and once again took the initiative to provoke the conversation, "If you really like children, then ......" He didn't say the second half of the sentence, because he knew that even if he didn't say it, Shen Ke also He did not say the second half of the sentence, because he knew that even if he did not say it, Shen Ke would still understand his unfinished words.

Then won't you feel sorry that you can't even have a child of your own blood in this life?

"Lin Jian." Shen Ke lifted his hand and rubbed the backs of his fingers against his face, saying, "Don't get any ideas."

Lin Jian, however, shook his head and said bluntly, "Even if you don't feel it now, when you get older and see others enjoying their families, you will still feel regret."

"Lin Jian." Shen Ke's original flirtatious demeanor faded a lot, and the tone in which he called out his name again was inexplicably solemn, "Such words will not be said again."

"I don't feel sorry for it, and I won't feel that way in the future." Shen Ke says, "There's no good thing in the world where one person gets all the credit, that would be unfair."

"No same-sex couple, in any country or region, has ever had love along with a child in their bloodline, and if they have, then the character of the other person is mostly up for consideration."

Shen Ke calmly and slowly finished this sentence, then raised his hand to grasp the dense soft hair on the back of Lin Jian's head, and sighed, "So, don't say anything like this that makes you feel bad in the future."

He appeared to be comforting, but with a vague hint of non-negotiable forcefulness.

And Lin Jian was stunned for a long time and suddenly asked, "So ...... if adopted ......"

"You want to?" Shen Ke asked in a low voice, interrupting him.

It took a long time before Lin Jian's slightly tense shoulder line dropped, and as if giving up resistance and pretense, he replied in an honest whisper, "Honestly, not really."

Not to mention another living being, if he could, he would even like Shen Ke not to have even a single flower or grass, a wisp of breeze, or a ray of warm sunshine by his side.

It's only good and enough when he's the only one.

"By the same token, I don't want to." A few fuzzy chuckles returned to Shen Ke's voice, "And didn't I tell you before, it's not like I've never had one or raised one before, so what's new?"

"That ......"

"Besides-" Shen Ke suddenly curved the corners of his eyes and spat out, caught off guard, "one baby in the house is enough."

Lin Jian: "......"

Love story surprise attack, you're foul.

Lin Jian opened a pair of clear and fresh eyes, blushing uncontrollably while whooshing cold air towards Shen Ke, and although he looked like he had let go of this stigma, he was still more or less apprehensive in his heart.

Shen Ke decoded it in a flash through those eyes.

"Hey--" the opposite side of the original sitting steadily people suddenly reached out and swept him, Lin Jian unprepared, the whole person was pulled straight from behind to the bed, fell into the center of the bed on his back.

"...... Shen Ke!" Lin Jian's heart palpitated as he glanced incredulously at the clock above his bed to make sure it was now the middle of the night, and then even more incredulously at the man who'd already jerked off the strap of the bath foam, and "What are you doing!"

Shen Ke glanced down at the man lying on his back on the bed, and leaned down from his good nature, kissing him on the beads of his lips before answering in a serious voice, "Not for anything."

"Give birth."

Lin Jian: "......"

"I have to go up to the mountains tomorrow ......" Lin Jian breathed hard to change his breath in the other's very light but very long kisses, and breathed heavily for a few moments before he lowered his voice and broke off, "And it's already so late ......"

"That's why I let you learn a lesson." Shen Ke muzzle although light, but the eyes but with a smile, "Remember what is careful words, but also remember ...... to ask for help."

Lin Jian: "......"

No, you wait a minute!

The point is this, is it something I can ask for!

And in the latter part of the night, when the cool night breeze quietly peeked into the room through the window cracks, Lin Jian bent his knees and propped himself up on the bed, his thinly sweaty palms resting on Shen Ke's shoulders, his forehead resting against the hollows of his shoulders, and once again slid into a hard and slow sitting position.

So the early hours of that day were spent as if it were a whole day.

And it was like that night after night for days on end.

It was not until Shen Ke took him to "work hard" for a long time, and several times even though Lin Jian struggled, he could not get up early in the morning to supervise the work in the "Lok Fun Park", that this "long lesson" came to an end. It was only after Lin Jian arrived to supervise the work in the "Lok Fun Garden" that this "long lesson" came to an end.

Since then, Lin Jian has never dared to talk about having or raising a child.