Seeing the strange looks from the students.
Tang Yuxin coughed twice, composed herself, and pretended not to recognize Xiao Fei.
"You… you all shouldn't just stand here."
"Grab your luggage and quickly follow the senior students to find your dormitories."
Tang Yuxin spoke calmly.
After speaking, she shot Xiao Fei a meaningful glance, then turned and left the area.
Xiao Fei immediately understood and nodded subtly.
After the new students had dispersed, he quietly began to walk in the direction Tang Yuxin had gone.
The two of them walked in silence, one ahead and one behind.
They left the school.
They reached a secluded street before finally stopping.
When their eyes met, both felt somewhat awkward.
The atmosphere was rather strange.
After all, they hadn't seen each other in a year and didn't share much of a connection—just that fleeting one-night affair.
"How… how have you been?"
Tang Yuxin was the first to break the oppressive silence.
"Mm, I'm doing fine."
Xiao Fei replied calmly without pretense, "And you? How has this past year been for you?"
It was a simple question.
But somehow, it seemed to poke at Tang Yuxin's sensitive nerves.
Her composure instantly crumbled; her eyes began to redden.
"Sob…"
The next moment, tears streamed down her face uncontrollably.
A beautiful woman, even when sobbing, still looked stunning.
Seeing Tang Yuxin suddenly cry left Xiao Fei flustered.
He didn't know how to console her, so he could only pull out some tissues while asking nervously:
"What's wrong? Please don't cry."
Tang Yuxin took the tissues and wiped her face.
Then she lifted her head and, with utmost seriousness, said, "I gave birth to three children. They're all yours."
Xiao Fei: "???"
Three children?
Those words struck him like a bolt of lightning out of the blue.
Xiao Fei stared at Tang Yuxin in utter disbelief.
What kind of joke was this?
Three children.
Could it be that, from that one encounter a year ago, she ended up with three at once?
Xiao Fei felt this whole situation was absurd beyond belief.
"You don't believe me?"
Seeing the expression on Xiao Fei's face, Tang Yuxin seemed to have anticipated this.
She clenched her fists tightly and said, somewhat embarrassed, "I got pregnant right after that night…"
"And you're the only one I've ever…"
Xiao Fei stood still, still unable to process it.
After all, this revelation was utterly explosive.
He struggled to accept it.
Becoming a father out of nowhere was no trivial matter. He couldn't just blindly take care of someone else's kids, could he?
If they really were his kids, he'd certainly take responsibility.
But if not…
Tang Yuxin knew that just saying it wasn't enough to convince him.
So she flagged down a taxi and motioned for Xiao Fei to get in.
Xiao Fei had no clue what Tang Yuxin was planning to do.
But to figure out whether he was really a father or not, he reluctantly got into the car.
...
Half an hour later.
The two of them arrived at a residential complex on the outskirts of the city.
Where Tang Yuxin lived was twenty kilometers away from the school.
Every day, just commuting back and forth took over an hour.
To save money, she had to wake up early each day.
Then she'd transfer between three metro lines before finally reaching the school.
Despite this, she had no complaints and even did it cheerfully.
"We're here."
Tang Yuxin led Xiao Fei to an old apartment building.
The two of them climbed the stairs together until they reached a rented unit on the third floor.
They entered the living room.
Xiao Fei looked around.
The place was small but neatly organized, a simple two-bedroom apartment.
The furniture and decor were minimal—a wooden couch, a few chairs, and two beds.
There wasn't even a TV.
At the same time, Xiao Fei noticed the coffee table in the living room was piled with diapers and various sizes of baby formula cans.
As Xiao Fei was taking it all in, the bedroom door opened.
A middle-aged woman in her forties walked out of the room.
"Miss Tang, you're back."
"I just changed the babies' diapers. They're all asleep now."
Tang Yuxin nodded, then turned to Xiao Fei and introduced, "This is the nanny I hired, Aunt Wang."
"Hello."
Xiao Fei greeted her politely.
"Hello."
Aunt Wang gave Xiao Fei a once-over, seemed to realize something, and smiled knowingly. "Alright then, I'll leave you two to talk. I'm going out to buy groceries."
With that, she tactfully left the living room.
Afterward, Tang Yuxin led Xiao Fei into the bedroom.
Once inside, Xiao Fei was stunned by the sight before him.
On a wide double bed lay three chubby, fair-skinned babies.
They were lying there neatly, sleeping soundly.
The three little ones looked like they were carved out of jade.
Especially the little boy in the middle, who looked like a tiny ball of meat, irresistibly adorable.
Seeing this scene, Xiao Fei was completely dumbfounded.
"These… are all my kids?"
Xiao Fei asked in astonishment.
"Yes."
Tang Yuxin nodded.
At that moment, a strange sound echoed in Xiao Fei's mind.
[Ding…]
[Fatherly Love System has been activated.]
[Congratulations, Host, on reuniting with your children. A cash reward of 500,000 has been issued.]
[Note: All subsequent funds will be legally and compliantly transferred to the host's account. Please feel free to use them.]
A system?
As an online novel writer, Xiao Fei was very familiar with the concept of systems.
But he never imagined that after writing about them for so long, he'd finally get to experience one himself.
He quickly calmed his excitement and silently asked in his mind, "System, can you explain your functions?"
[Of course, Host.]
[This is the Fatherly Love System, designed to help the host become a qualified and outstanding super dad.]
[As long as the host cares for the children sincerely, various rewards can be earned.]
[The system will also issue tasks from time to time. Completing these tasks will yield even greater rewards…]
After listening to the system's explanation.
Xiao Fei had a general understanding of its functions.
As long as he put effort into taking care of the kids, he'd earn rewards. Completing tasks would bring even more lucrative rewards.
Now, he just happened to have three kids.
Although Xiao Fei had no idea how to care for children yet,
he decided to give it a shot for the sake of the system's rewards.