CHAPTER 571: CHAPTER 569 A GOOD MOOD

"Alright, stop laughing, you’re about to laugh yourself silly."

Coming down the stairs, Taozi laughed all the way.

"It’s been a long time since Grandma was this happy. I’m really happy right now, thank you~" Taozi’s face couldn’t hide her joy, it was almost overflowing.

Shen Siyuan turned his head sideways and leaned forward.

"What are you doing?" Taozi asked in confusion.

"Silly, Gege wants you to give him a kiss." Dou Dou ran over from the car at some point.

"You’re the smart one."

Taozi reached out to tap her little head, but Dou Dou was quicker, dodging so that Taozi hit nothing but air, and even managed to hurt her own elbow.

"Hehe, you missed. I just learned that, isn’t it impressive?" Dou Dou stood proudly with her hands on her hips, her little face full of smugness.

Shen Siyuan gave her a thumbs up, her flicker was so fast that even if someone stood next to her, they might not notice her disappear for a moment.

Dou Dou always gave off a silly and clumsy vibe, always the last to learn anything.

But in areas she’s interested in, she can be considered a genius, always developing unexpected abilities.

For example, previously, she breathed fire with her butt, and that’s not something just anyone can learn.

And don’t think it’s just a joke, this shows she has an extremely fine control over her Netherworld Fire. You know, she spent a long time to get it under control initially.

"Let’s go, it’s getting late, we should head home."

"I don’t want to go back so early." Taozi said.

"Where else do you want to go?"

Shen Siyuan glanced at the time. Saying it was late, but it was actually just before eight because Grandma Taozi had the habit of going to bed early, so they brought her back after dinner.

"Let’s go to Haiyue Square, just the two of us." Taozi said.

"Hmph, what about me?" Dou Dou grumbled on the side.

"Uh..."

"You go home first." Shen Siyuan said.

"I don’t want to play with you guys anyway." Dou Dou said angrily.

She turned to leave.

"Wait..." Taozi hurriedly stopped her.

"What? You want to beg me to stay? No way, even if you beg, I’m not staying. I’m going to find Tang Tang to play..."

Dou Dou said this, but her little face turned aside, ears perked up, looking as if she was waiting for someone to ask her to stay.

"There’s a big circus at Haiyue Square tonight."

"Big circus?"

"Yep, lions, tigers, and elephant performances and more."

Dou Dou had a shocked expression on her face when she heard this.

"Really?"

"Of course it’s true, you’ll know if you go and see for yourself."

"But since you don’t want to go, then forget it."

"I want to go, I want to go, I want to come along..." Dou Dou quickly said.

At this time, Taozi didn’t need to plead with her, Dou Dou willingly got in the car.

"Is there really a circus?" Shen Siyuan asked puzzled after getting in the car.

Dou Dou in the back of the car immediately perked her ears up, worried that Aunt might be tricking her, given her history.

Taozi looked back, and as expected, saw Dou Dou looking at her with a suspicious expression.

"There really is, if you don’t believe me, check online."

She said the last sentence to Shen Siyuan.

Shen Siyuan took out his phone, checked, and indeed there was one.

Dou Dou had already leaned her little head over when Shen Siyuan took out his phone.

"Is there? Is there?" she asked hurriedly.

"There is."

"Yay~"

Dou Dou grinned wide with a silly smile.

"Are you imitating Tang Tang?"

"Yeah."

Then she thought for a moment and said, "Should I go back and tell Tang Tang and the others so they can come to watch the circus with us?"

Taozi: ...

She didn’t want Dou Dou to go back, not because she wanted her to see some circus, but because she didn’t want her to run back and tell Ruan Hongzhuang that she and Shen Siyuan went out for some alone time. She knew Dou Dou too well.

How could she answer now, she couldn’t possibly tell Dou Dou not to go back.

And by that point, Shen Siyuan had already spoken up.

"Then go, but you can call Xiao Yue and Duoduo to come watch, but not Tang Tang, it’s too late and inconvenient to bring her back and forth."

The few of them can fly, but Tang Tang can’t. It’s too far for Mao Sanmei to cab her here practically, the most likely outcome is Ruan Hongzhuang bringing her over.

But since Taozi wants some alone time, Shen Siyuan wasn’t completely oblivious and it wasn’t a good idea to bring Ruan Hongzhuang too.

"Alright." Hearing Shen Siyuan say this.

Dou Dou bumped her head against the car door, ready to fly into the night sky.

And then—

With an "ouch" she fell back onto the back seat, holding her forehead and whimpering.

"I, I..."

Dou Dou’s eyes welled up with tears, her face full of grievance.

"I forgot to change." She said with a tearful voice.

Shen Siyuan and Taozi both burst into laughter.

"You’re still laughing, you two big baddies." Dou Dou huffed.

Then she turned into a Yin Wind, deliberately stomping twice on Taozi’s lap, then flew out the car.

She’s smart, knowing that even if she transformed, Shen Siyuan could grab her and spank her butt, so she could only take it out on Auntie.

However, Taozi did feel the Yin Wind twist twice in her lap, so she curiously looked at Shen Siyuan and asked, "Is Dou Dou hitting me?"

Shen Siyuan stifled a laugh and nodded.

Not only did she hit you, but she also rubbed her butt against your face twice.

Though he didn’t say that out loud, fearing Dou Dou would really get spanked.

Driving along the coastal avenue, forwards, the vehicles were sparse at night, one side was the vast ocean, the other was a sea of lights.

On one side, the waves crashing against the shore, making splashing sounds, on the other side, the bustling noise of people.

Along the coast, as far as the eye could see, there were restaurants, street food, and teahouses, all filled with people at this time.

By now it was already December, tourists from the Northern regions were flocking to Bin Hai for winter, marking Bin Hai’s tourism peak season.

Taozi rolled down the car window, letting the sea wind blow in, ruffling her long hair, but she showed no intention of closing the window, even turning on the car stereo to play some energetic music.

Seeing her so happy, Shen Siyuan felt infected, becoming lively and joyful as well.

"Shen Siyuan." Taozi suddenly called Shen Siyuan’s name seriously.

"What’s up?"

"Thanks." She said loudly.

"This is the third time today, you know." Shen Siyuan said.

"Haha, third time’s the charm, it’s the last time." Taozi laughed.

You could tell she was genuinely happy; otherwise, she wouldn’t repeatedly thank Shen Siyuan.

"Si Yuan." Taozi called again, this time her voice was gentle, without using Shen Siyuan’s last name.

"What’s up?"

"Do you... love me?"

"Uh..."

This question was hard to answer, because from his position, whether he said yes or no, he’d seem like a jerk.

So how should he choose?