Tianbao was only three-and-a-half years old and Shu Yan didn’t feel comfortable leaving him with his kindergarten teacher. Plus, he couldn’t really fall behind in the kindergarten, so she just took some time off for him and brought him with her to her shop.

“Boss, how come you brought Tianbao with you?” asked Zhang Huaxiu in surprise, when she saw Tianbao trailing behind Shu Yan.

“My landlord wanted his house back immediately. I didn’t have time at all these couple of days to look for a new place to stay, so I had Jingjing staying with her teacher and will be bringing Tianbao with me to the shop for a while. I have already told your sister-in-law about this arrangement.” Shu Yan pulled Tianbao over to her and said, “Tianbao, this is Aunty Xiuxiu. You have met her before. This one is Aunty Yingying. You need to be good, no running around madly, and definitely no running outside of the shop, okay?”

“Okay,” said Tianbao as he looked left and right. This was the very first time he has been to his mother’s shop.

A boutique was relatively busy and Tianbao was still interested in looking around at the beginning, but he eventually lost his interest and just sat around behind the cash register and played with his toy car after a while.

As the balloons had dwindled, there were always some who came to try out their luck. Someone won an electric fan and then more people came to buy clothes.

After lunch, Shu Yan and the others tidied up the clothes that had been tried on by customers in the morning. By the time they were done with that, more customers came. When they were finally able to take a break, Shu Yan saw that Tianbao had already fallen asleep on top of a pile of clothes.

She walked over to fix the clothes to make it more comfortable for him to sleep on. Many in the past had said that one should always keep their children with themselves and that it wasn’t the same when the kids grew up with their grandparents. That may be true, except that many didn’t have that option. In a normal family, one’d need to work to be able to earn money to support both their parents and their children. But it wasn’t easy to earn money and take care of the kids at the same time.

Shu Yan only fully comprehended fully what it was like to be parents when she had experienced this herself. She had no idea how her mother did it. She had to manage the fruit shop and do laundry, cook, and take care of the kids on top of that.

That’s why it was always said that one could only understand what their parents had gone through when one was parents themselves. Too bad she no longer had the opportunity to take care of them. It saddened her every time she thought about that.

“Boss lady, someone is asking for you outside.”

Shu Yan looked up and saw Lao Hu standing outside the front door. She quickly walked over and propped open the door for him. “How come you didn’t come inside?”

“I didn’t want to bother you.” This was a women’s clothing shop. Lao Hu felt that it might not be appropriate for him to go inside.

“It’s fine. Many men come with their wives to shop.” Shu Yan didn’t want others to know that she was looking into Le. When one person found out then another person would also find out then, one thing leading onto another, soon everyone would know about it. But she couldn’t bring Lao Hu to the storage area either. With so many people watching, there would for sure cause some crazy rumors.

“Xiuxiu, can you watch Tianbao for me for a bit? I am going to go check out a couple rental places.” Shu Yan explained herself before she took off with Lao Hu.

There was a little park not too far away from West City Nan Road. They picked a slightly secluded spot and had a seat before Shu Yan asked, “What did you find out?”

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