Scorpions and Centipedes

In the end, Long Wu suggested that Shen Fu check his and Xiaodie's phones to see if there were any changes, "Or see if you accidentally bought anything strange."

Shen Fu nodded. Just as he hung up, he received a package delivered to his door. The security guard had received it and sent someone to hand it directly to the homeowner. Shen Fu signed for it and saw the sender's name was "Bai Zhihua."

Oh? It wasn't Bai Xiaodie. It seemed to be some ancient-style clothing. This was probably ordered by her a few days ago using his account, so it didn't spend Xiaodie's or President Bai's money this time.

Just as he brought the package into the house, his mother leaned in: "Son, why do you have white hair!"

"Mom, your eyes are so sharp. You can see it from so far away?" Shen Fu didn't suspect anything. Lately, he had to deal with several women and worry about his writing. It was a miracle he hadn't lost all his hair, so a few white strands were normal.

Sui Bingyue immediately pushed her son down to sit: "Let mom pluck it for you. Bear with it a bit."

She suddenly yanked, and Shen Fu's head tilted to the side. His mother was surprised: "How does your hair grow so strong? I can't even pluck it out?"

Shen Fu smiled bitterly: "Maybe use scissors, Mom."

"Then it will just grow back. It must be plucked from the root!" Sui Bingyue pressed her son's head down and pulled hard, finally plucking the strand of hair.

Shen Fu rubbed his head and looked at it: "Mom, you plucked the wrong one. This is clearly black hair!"

"Is that so?" Sui Bingyue hid the strand of hair and looked at his head again. "Ah, the sun must have reflected off it, making me see wrong. It's all black hair."

"Fortunately, I have a lot of hair for you to mess with." Shen Fu shook his head, holding the package, and went upstairs to find Bai Shanshan.

At this time, she was curled up on the bed watching a food show. "Ah, you're back! Let's go quickly!" Bai Shanshan felt that breakfast hadn't even filled the gaps in her teeth, and she was just waiting for lunch.

"Alright, I came to call you."

"What is this? Delicious food?" Bai Shanshan asked.

"These are Zhihua's clothes," Shen Fu smiled and said. "Do you want to try them on?"

Bai Shanshan immediately shook her head vigorously: "Not interested."

After putting away the package, Shen Fu pulled Bai Shanshan downstairs. "Mom, Xiaodie and I are going out. When are you and Dad leaving?"

"Leaving right now." Sui Bingyue put away the strand of hair and picked up the nail clippers: "Son, your nails are too long. Let mom..."

Before she could finish, Shen Fu stretched out his hands; his nails hadn't even grown past a fraction of an inch. As a keyboard typist, long nails would affect his speed, so he always kept them very short.

"Mom, there's something wrong with your eyes lately. Why don't you go to the hospital to get them checked?" Shen Fu was worried.

"Go on, your dad is a doctor, why would I need to see an outsider? You guys go play." Sui Bingyue had to shoo her son and daughter-in-law away.

Hearing the noise outside, Wan Zitian opened her door and said, "Uncle, wait for me, I'm coming with you guys!" She and Bai Shanshan weren't very close yet and wanted to learn more about her.

With Wan Zitian joining, they had to take the electric car. The sports car didn't have enough seats, and the Cayenne was being repaired. Watching the young people leave, Sui Bingyue went downstairs to find Shen Aotian.

"Aotian, let's go!"

"Wait, honey, Leng Feng is saving the female lead!" The old man wearing 3D glasses kept his eyes glued to the screen.

"We still have to go do the DNA test. Can you pay some attention?"

"Then do you know where to go for the test?"

"Uh, I don't know. You're a doctor and you don't know?"

"I'm an orthopedic doctor, how would I know?" Shen Aotian shrugged. "Search where to go first."

Sui Bingyue immediately used her phone to search for paternity testing addresses in the capital. She chose a suitable place and patted her old partner's shoulder: "Found it, let's go."

"Wait, just a bit longer, Leng Feng is about to fight the final boss!"

Thus delayed, it was almost 11 AM when the two finally left the house. Shen Aotian was still reluctant: "When will Wolf Warrior 3 come out..."

On the other side, Shen Fu took the two girls to Wangfujing Pedestrian Street. Wan Zitian was a bit disappointed: "Xiaodie and I came here back in college."

Shen Fu smiled: "But Shanshan hasn't been here."

"Is there food sold here?" Shanshan asked full of expectation.

Along the way, Wan Zitian and Bai Shanshan had become closer. She realized Shanshan was a simple foodie; just hearing a description of how delicious lion's head meatballs were made her drool, looking a bit silly.

Shen Fu introduced: "The food here isn't necessarily authentic Beijing specialties, just like other food streets, but I think you'll like it because they have everything. Especially the barbecue here is great."

"Oh, don't mention barbecue. Those grilled scorpions and grilled centipedes almost made me not dare to walk down this street." Wan Zitian shuddered.

"Ah~" Bai Shanshan's eyes widened, her face showing a hint of anticipation.

Sure enough, when they saw the grilled scorpion stall, Shen Fu asked if she dared to try. Shanshan nodded decisively. Shen Fu bought her a skewer of scorpions, while Tiantian chose grilled cicadas—she could barely tolerate this because she used to catch cicadas with Shen Fu for her mother to fry when they were kids.

Wan Zitian took a bite and asked Shanshan: "Is it good?"

"Yeah, it's alright." Shanshan ate one, then handed the skewer to Shen Fu to make him taste it, actually wanting to scare him. Unexpectedly, Shen Fu was brave enough to eat it and even said: "I have a colleague from Yunnan. I'll take you there for a trip sometime. They have a much richer variety of grilled insects. Tiantian, you've been there so you must know, they even eat live worms."

Wan Zitian trembled: "Stop talking, I only dare to eat mushrooms."

Shen Fu handed another skewer of centipedes to Shanshan. She ate while saying: "Shen Fu, let me tell you a secret about Miaomiao."

"Oh, tell me."

"This is Miaomiao's secret, you can't let Tiantian know." She whispered in Shen Fu's ear. Good sisters were meant to be sold out.

Tiantian looked dissatisfied; if it were Xiaodie, she definitely wouldn't hide anything from her.

"Ah!" Shen Fu was startled. "I really didn't expect that. I thought she..."

Bai Shanshan gestured to keep it a secret: "That's Miaomiao's weakness, but don't scare her, or she'll really cry."

"Is Bai Miaomiao afraid of bugs?" Wan Zitian suddenly chimed in.

"Ah! You... I..." Bai Shanshan gasped.

Wan Zitian smiled triumphantly: "Guessed it right!"