The dinner table was incredibly lively that evening, the kind of chaos that only family could create. With Xiaobao and Jian Ci in the same room, the energy doubled. Jian Ci talked endlessly, his words spilling out like a river, while Xiaobao fired off twenty questions in rapid succession, her curiosity boundless.
Jian Wei finally snapped, groaning as he set down his chopsticks. "Don't you two get tired?"
Jian Ci blinked innocently. "Tired of what?"
Jian Wei rolled his eyes. "Talk, talk, talk—it's like you have got batteries in your back."
Jian Rui, ever the peacemaker, reached over and placed more food on Jian Ci's plate. "Eat more," he said calmly.
Jian Ci grinned, his leg swinging under the table, brushing against Yu Xi's. He leaned closer, lowering his voice. "Little Xi, do I really talk too much?"
Yu Xi didn't answer directly. Instead, he placed more food on Jian Ci's plate. "Here, eat more."
"…" Jian Ci stared at him, feeling both dismissed and oddly comforted.
