"I'm not eating this, go away!"

When Zhuangzhuang heard Mai Mai's question, he became even more stubborn, his face flushed with embarrassment. He picked up his game console, got up, and moved to another corner to continue playing.

When the seven or eight-year-old boy stood up, he was a head taller than Mai Mai.

When passing by Mai Mai, Zhuang Zhuang subconsciously turned to the side to avoid her, pressing himself tightly against the wall, as if afraid that if he touched Mai Mai, he would knock down this cute little girl who was showing her a friendly expression.

Although he put on an impatient look, his rosy cheeks betrayed his inner vulnerability and desire for attention.

Mai Mai held a bowl of braised abalone and shark fin soup in her hands, looking at the aloof young man with an innocent yet curious expression.

I never expected to be rejected so cruelly and ruthlessly.

Instead, her younger sister Miaomiao came over with a smile and hugged the cute little sister who was shorter than her from behind.

"MaiMai, you don't need to worry about my brother, he's just that arrogant!"

“He’s in the senior class at kindergarten and he doesn’t usually play with me, so I’ll just let him play video games by himself.”

"Let's go, let's go back for dinner. There's a really delicious lotus flower pastry there..."

Zhuangzhuang pretended to be engrossed in playing a game console while squatting on the sofa in the corner of the private room. In reality, he kept glancing at the reactions of his two younger sisters not far away and the three adults at the table.

Seeing that Mai Mai was being pulled away by Miao Miao, the adults didn't seem to notice his little mood.

I suddenly felt a little wronged.

In an instant, a tragic scenario flashed through his mind: he was abandoned by the whole world, and no one cared about him, just like Ultraman who was wronged, and even those he was usually protected didn't trust him...

Feeling lonely, helpless, and wronged.

My nose suddenly stung with tears, but I stubbornly pouted and nestled on the sofa, continuing to press the buttons on the game console and control the little character to complete the levels.

They even turned up the volume of the game console, and various sound effects immediately filled the entire private room.

Miaomiao pulled Mai Mai back onto the chair, and the two little girls ate their food sweetly.

They wouldn't even think that much about it.

On the contrary, the three adults, who had been engrossed in discussing married life, noticed the antics of the three children and, listening to the sounds of the game console, couldn't help but turn their gaze to Zhuangzhuang in the corner.

When Huang Yiyi saw her son throwing another tantrum, she looked bitter and helpless.

He could only give Lin Chu and Ge Lan an apologetic smile.

He then frowned slightly, turned to look at his son in the corner, and gently patted the back of the chair in a serious manner.

"Zhuangzhuang!!"

"What did Mom tell you at home? A little man should be generous and polite when he goes out. Your sister just offered you some treats, how could you let her go away!"

"Come here quickly, Mom ordered all your favorite dishes."

"After we've eaten, Uncle Lin and Aunt Xiaolan are going to take us to buy ski equipment so we can go to the ski resort together!"

"Weren't you particularly interested in skiing and eager to try it when you were at home?"

"Why are you playing video games again!"

"Come here, be good, don't make me come over and pull you!"

Hearing Huang Yiyi's slightly serious tone, the two little girls at the table were immediately drawn to her and subconsciously looked at their older brother in the corner.

Zhuangzhuang, however, seemed to have long been immune to his mother's authority. He simply snorted, wrinkled his nose, and turned away.

"snort."

The sound of the game console continued to echo in the private room, seemingly expressing Zhuangzhuang's inner dissatisfaction.

The more you criticize him at this point, the less likely he is to compromise.

After all, at this stage of his life, it is a crucial time for a young boy to develop self-esteem and self-identity; he simply enjoys the feeling of being noticed.

Once he complies, other people's attention will shift away from him.

That would only make him more disappointed.

Therefore, many children of this age are described as being disliked by cats and dogs, as they are most mischievous at the age of seven or eight.

Huang Yiyi looked helpless when she saw that Zhuangzhuang wouldn't listen to her commands at all.

However, in front of outsiders and friends, she didn't want to embarrass her child, so she didn't intend to pull or scold Zhuangzhuang and could only let him be.

He just smiled helplessly and turned around, then looked gently at his two little sisters sitting to the side, looking innocently at their brother.

He immediately reached out and served food to Miaomiao and Maimai.

"Here, your brother doesn't like it, you guys eat more."

"Skiing will be very tiring, so eating more will give you the energy to learn from Aunt Xiaolan."

Under her comforting care, the two little girls immediately smiled and nodded obediently, chattering and picking out delicious food from the table, completely forgetting about their brother standing to the side.

Huang Yiyi breathed a sigh of relief when she saw that her child had something to talk about.

He immediately smiled helplessly and looked at Lin Chu and Ge Lan beside him.

"Hey, I've let you guys watch the show."

"I have a son and a daughter at home, and sometimes I really feel powerless to help them."

"As I told you before, Yang Lin's family is quite traditional, and to put it bluntly, they are a bit sexist and spoil their son."

"Although they prepared a lot of things for their granddaughter Miaomiao and treated her very well."

"But it's a little more special for boys."

"So at home, even if I, as the mother, want to set rules for my child, he will be protected by his grandmother and uncle, and he will gradually become a little spoiled. As long as it is not a matter of principle, I will not discipline him."

"In addition, Yang Lin, as a father, is often absent and is not at home, so there is no man in the family to set an example for the boys."

"Zhuangzhuang is a bit stubborn and temperamental these days."

"Actually, I hope Yang Lin can spend more time with his child, at least not be absent during this crucial period of character development, so that the child can be more sunny and generous, and have some of the responsibility of a boy."

"Sigh... But as you all know, Yang Lin would rather get a divorce than spend time with his child."

"Right now..."

As they spoke, Lin Chu and Ge Lan noticed the helplessness on Huang Yiyi's face and turned their attention to Zhuangzhuang, who was playing video games in the corner.

At this moment, Ge Lan also put on a worried look, completely agreeing.

"I totally agree with this. Zhuangzhuang's current state is just like Li Shuang's!"

"It's the consequence of the absence of a father figure from childhood to adulthood."

"Of course, Zhuangzhuang hasn't grown to the level of Li Shuang yet, so there's still room for adjustment. Li Shuang is over thirty years old, and he's truly beyond saving!"

Having managed to salvage Huang Yiyi and the child's reputation somewhat, Ge Lan couldn't help but start criticizing Li Shuang.

“Let me tell you, Li Shuang and I both come from single-parent families.”

"But my mom is quite independent and decisive, so she raised me to have more boyish traits from a young age, which actually complements me."

"Although I still have a bit of a dependent and people-pleasing personality, I'm much better than Li Shuang."

“I’ve been to his home. His mother raised him alone from a young age, and she spoiled him rotten!”

"Can you imagine that Shuang Ge, a man in his thirties, doesn't help his mother with any housework at all?"

“When we went to his house, his mother was sweeping and mopping the floor every day, while Li Shuang was playing games on his phone, squatting on a chair and not moving. His mother had to tell him to lift his feet before he would move.”

"I was stunned. This kind of thing would never happen in my house!"

"Later, I realized this clearly because the way Li Shuang interacted with his mother at home before marriage was the same way he interacted with me after marriage."

"He doesn't express himself, he doesn't take initiative, he doesn't share housework, and sometimes even when we live under the same roof, we can go for a whole month without speaking to each other. We each have our own living area!"

"This is terrible, we must correct it as soon as possible!"