Sheng Li looked confusedly at Xiu Mo before whispering in an ever so quiet voice, "Father would be unhappy if I didn't go home."

Xiu Mo looked complicatedly at Sheng Li. He had been mistreated by his adoptive father, yet still cares for whether he was unhappy or not. Xiu Mo paused, then realized that it was likely because his bastard father, if unhappy, would beat him. Making him sensitvie to other peoples emotion. But this only made the boy learn to fear their emotions as well.

Feeling upset just imagining him being mistreated, Xiu Mo made a decision that would follow his soul forever, and that was to spoil Sheng Li to the high heavens. 

Thinking that far, Xiu Mo raised his hand again to pet Sheng Li's head, his soft and fluffy black hair making Xiu Mo unable to stop, almost rubbing Sheng Li bald.

With the domineering confidence of a president in a trashy romance novel, Xiu Mo said heroically, "Don't be scared. I will make sure that he won't ever hurt you again, and if you so please, he will never appear in front of you ever again."

 As Xiu Mo continued on majestically, he didn't at all notice that Sheng Li wasn't paying attention to his words, and instead had all of his focus taken away by the comforting, warm palm that continued to stroke his head rhythmically. 

Only when Xiu Mo said, "As I am your only family member, I will be sure to spoil you to heaven and beyond! If you want anything, just say the word and it will be yours," only when he heard this did Sheng Li finally stop dazing about. Suddenly, his eyes sparkled childishly as he said impulsively, "Icecream."

Sheng Li had see his brother be rewarded with icecream many of times for being good. However, when Sheng Li was good, he had never gotten such a thing like a reward. So, he wanted to be rewarded just this once. He wouldn't be greedy ever again, but just this once, he wanted to be validated. He wanted all of his pain and perserverence to be validated and rewarded, to prove that he had worked hard. To prove that him working so hard was worth it.

So he asked.

Seeing Sheng Li's shining eyes, and how his mature facade just melted away to reveal his child like joy, Xiu Mo felt upset. Not at Sheng Li, but for him. For him to be so excited for something that could so easily be abtained by Xiu Mo, he truly felt that Sheng Li needed more then just him simply spoiling him. He needed his undivided love and care.

Sheng Li immediately shrinked into frightened hamster ball, his scared state also frightening Xiu Mo. Xiu Mo was at a loss for a moment, only when he heard the equally as lost voice of Sheng Li, did he realize that he was in fact crying, "U-umm, don't be upset. I don't have to have it."

Xiu Mo couldn't help but laugh at his akward comfort, finding him even more endearing. Gently leaning forward in his wheelchair, Xiu Mo took the lost little hamster of a villian into his embrace as he conjoled in a soft whisper, "i'm not upset at you. You can have as much icecream as you want." 

Half sitting on Xiu Mo's lap, Sheng Li felt a bit distressed. After all, people who sit in wheelchairs more often then not are injured. Sheng Li was very familiar with how painful injuries could be, so he really didn't want to lean on Xiu Mo, as he might touch his injury. 

Xiu Mo, who had no idea about the careful considerations of Sheng Li, simply decided to have the lovely Sheng Li sit on his lap, terrifying the poor hamster villian. 

Worried that Sheng Li would be uncomfortable, he adjusted his and Sheng Li's body so that he could be more comfortable. Seeing that the little villain wasn't moving, only then did he put aside his worries to summon a maid with the clap of his hands to go get the cute little villains icecream as well as warm honeyed water in case the icecream was too cold for him.

After the maid had left, only then did Sheng Li ask in a soft whisper, "Aren't I heavy?" He had wanted to ask if he was okay, but wondered if he would take it in the wrong way, so he asked in a more roundabout way.

Xiu Mo shook his head as he said with a teasing tone, "Nope, you are very light for a ten year old." 

Sheng Li who was thirteen, almost fourteen: "...QAQ"

Too worried to correct him, Sheng Li couldn't help but blurt out, "Does your legs hurt?" He truly hadn't talked so much in years. 

Only then did Xiu Mo realize that the boy was genuinely worried. With his heart softening into a puddle of mush, Xiu Mo said in a low whisper, "I'm fine, you don't weigh too much." 

After saying that, Xiu Mo felt even more upset. He was a bit too light. Secretly writing this down in the little black book inside his heart, Xiu Mo decided to get creative with his punishments for his relatives.

                                           –Xiu Mo's diary–

Cuddling the cute hamster villain felt very nice. It would feel even better if he would have some more flesh on him.

(Scribbles some stupid looking stick figures in many different tragic scenarios.)

                                            –Sheng Li's diary–

Future Sheng Li reminiscing about his first kiss: I had always thought that nothing could be sweeter than icecream, but I realized later that kissing Xiu Mo was far sweeter. It also tastes better.