I Became the Mother of His Child-Chapter 500: Thank You, Senior

"Mm! Chen Hao, be careful on the road, there's a lot of traffic out there, watch closely, and with the temperatures rising, you definitely shouldn't go play basketball at noon. Take more notes in class, and come back so Little Baby can take a look," Xu Xiuxiu busily instructed, her worried tone mirroring that of Mrs. Song from years ago.

"I know," Song Chenhao replied as the entrance door at the hallway was closed.

When Song Chengguang wasn't home, Song Chenhao, aside from the head of the Song family, Song Yuanhuan, was the only man in the Song Family. He felt that, with his older brother Song Chengguang as a predecessor—as the once sensational top scholar of the Imperial City's college entrance exam—Song Chenhao too had to deliver a satisfactory performance when it was his turn.

But on the first day of the final year in high school, there he was, sitting on the basketball court, spinning a basketball in his hands, waiting for a group of alumni to start a game, yet unexpectedly encountered a girl with a particularly quirky personality who was younger than his sister, Song Chenxi, just a freshman in high school. After meeting him once, the naïve girl brazenly barged into his world, even attempting to stake her claim, and she even bribed his food-loving sister, Song Chenxi.

"Chen Hao, this is the breakfast I've prepared for you, will you eat it?" In the face of a junior who had, rain or shine, delivered breakfast to him every morning for a whole month, Song Chenhao found it quite curious. He had never encountered anyone so thick-skinned, impossible to shoo away, or scold away, yet still so persevering.

She'd been so relentless for so long that Song Chenhao, even if he didn't want to know anything about her, was still reminded by the surrounding buzz of gossip. He heard that her academic performance was poor, barely scraping by, and only got into their school thanks to her family's donations. He heard she'd been appointed as the top beauty of her grade, and that she was competing with a literary committee member for the title. Apparently, she nearly lost due to her poor grades since most of the girls supported those who were proficient in morals, intelligence, physicality, and aesthetics. She only had her looks, not the grades, but luckily, in the end, her beauty allowed her to emerge victorious.

Rumors...

Rumors...

Even though he truly did not want to know anything about her, aside from her persistent entanglement, he seemed always to hear a lot about her—whether through overhearing conversations in the halls or from his own sister. In any case, he learned about her despite his initial indifference, and he remembered her.

This was frustrating for someone who, apart from his mother, Xu Xiu, and his sister, Song Chenxi, cared little for other women. Indeed, you can be exceptionally cold to a stranger, but it's hard to lash out at a person who likes you, especially when she's a somewhat restrained and adorable girl, even though she did indeed cause him some inconvenience.

"Liu Yuming, I've told you, I've had breakfast already. Could you please stop bothering me?" Song Chenhao stopped in his tracks, his head pounding. He was supposed to go to school with his sister that morning; the girl usually held back a bit when his sister was around. However, this morning, his sister came down with a sudden case of mumps, her cheeks swollen high, so Xu Xiu had called her in sick, which was why he had come to school alone.

"Then, could you take this breakfast I made for our school beauty, Chen Xi, to her? Last time, she said she really liked the sandwich I made," Liu Yuming still smiled warmly, unoffended and unabashed, that expression seeming to say as long as she could speak to Song Chenhao every day, even if she was rejected, she would be overjoyed.

This must be what it's like to have a youthful crush—simple, free from too many complex emotions.

"She took a sick day," Song Chenhao answered irritably and with his long strides—towering at over one meter eighty—looked down upon Liu Yuming, who was just around one meter sixty. Song Chenhao thought, she really was short, especially compared to his one-sixty-seven sister, Song Chenxi.

"Ah! The senior student took a leave of absence? What happened to her? Is she feeling unwell somewhere?" Liu Yuming became very excited upon hearing the news, with a worried look on her face that didn't seem feigned at all.

"..." Song Chenhao's forehead started to throb, but he chose to ignore the girl who was muttering non-stop beside his ear.

He had always thought his sister was quite talkative, but this girl was clearly even more so. With this in mind, Song Chenhao's long legs began to hasten their pace unconsciously.

"Hey, Chenhao, you haven't even told me what happened to the senior yet! Don't go!" The little girl called out from behind, her voice unconsciously rising then filled with urgency, and then somehow, with a "pat" sound, she fell to the ground.

"..." The sound of the fall and the gasp that followed were clearly audible from behind, which gave Song Chenhao, whose hearing and vision were sharp and who had been instilled with gentlemanly manners by Xu Xiuxiu, despite his cold nature, a headache. He stopped his long legs and slowly turned his tall, handsome figure around.

"Huff, huff..." The girl with a backpack and a pretty ponytail, who always had a full smile on her face, was now pouting and blowing on her scraped arm, "It's bleeding..." As she blew, her puffed cheeks suddenly deflated, and her voice sounded somewhat stunned, as if she couldn't believe that she could bleed from taking a fall.

"Get up." Song Chenhao, annoyed, stepped forward, his tall figure standing beside her, then he spoke, intending to call the person to her feet.

"Chenhao..." The little girl looked up to see Song Chenhao looking down at her, and smiled radiantly. She then sprang up from the ground nimbly as if the person who had just been frowning and crying out in pain wasn't her at all. She then looked at Song Chenhao dreamily and said, "Chenhao, you didn't leave! Hehe... that's great. I just took a fall and it really hurt, but now that I see you, it doesn't hurt at all." The little girl was quite expressive with her feelings, in stark contrast to the cold-natured Song Chenhao.

Song Chenhao looked at the little girl who was smiling again in front of him and seemed somewhat unable to understand. Could it be that single-celled organisms are always like this? Clearly showing teeth and wincing from the pain, and yet the next moment they could be laughing so brightly that it was almost blinding.

"Could you deliver this breakfast to the senior? She said she likes the breakfast I make the best!" Liu Yuming, seeing this, planned to hand the breakfast to Song Chenhao with a pleading look on her face.

"Got it." Song Chenhao, irritated, took the breakfast and walked away.

The little girl behind him saw the breakfast taken away by Song Chenhao and became especially happy. That satisfaction truly couldn't be described with words, and she even clenched her fists and jumped excitedly in place for a few moments.

"Go to the infirmary and get it bandaged." After walking several steps away, Song Chenhao turned his head to take another look at the little girl who was smiling foolishly at his back. After speaking, he quickly left.

"I know, I'll go to the infirmary to get bandaged right away, thank you, Senior Chenhao…" Liu Yuming's very distinctive voice carried from behind, her exhilaration was very apparent.