Chapter 104

Xu Yirou held her breath and focused intently, her serious expression even more focused than when she was applying lipstick.

Their actions quickly attracted the attention of the cubs, and Xu Yirou and Yinyin were gradually surrounded by the curious cubs.

The girls watched eagerly, itching to join in. They shyly expressed their desire to participate, and Xu Yirou readily agreed.

The boys, eager for new experiences, were equally impatient.

Xu Yirou generously offered the lipsticks in her hand: "Would you like to try them? I can put them on for you too."

Boys: Wow, they got some too!

The entire mushroom instantly began to boil.

Xu Yirou is a girl who always keeps her word. Not only is she hardworking, but she also has a natural talent for maintaining order.

"Line up, line up!"

"No cutting in line. Whoever cuts in line will not get their paper painted."

"Meatball, your lipstick smells so good, I want to put on more QAQ"

"No problem, I'll apply another layer for you~"

During the fifteen-minute break, Xu Yirou applied lipstick to all twenty children in the Mushroom Class in one go. The children smiled and admired each other, extremely satisfied.

When Teacher Liu returned, everything went black before my eyes—

Before they left, they were a litter of clean, snow-white human babies; how did they turn into a bunch of baby goldfish with goldfish mouths in the blink of an eye?!

The toddler, with pouty lips as if they'd had glass punched in them, hopped and waved, asking, "Teacher, teacher, are we pretty?"

Teacher Liu's lips twitched: "..."

What happened to your mouths? Who painted them like that?

She looked around with a headache, trying to find the culprit: "Which child brought their mother's lipstick?"

Jiang Yan chose a more everyday lipstick color for Xu Yirou, and with a light application, it's practically invisible unless you look closely.

"Teacher Liu, I'm the one who brought them." Xu Yirou puffed out her chest, as if she had done something incredibly good.

Waving her chubby little hand enthusiastically, she said in a childish voice, "Teacher, do you want to paint too? Come on, let me help you."

Teacher Liu was taken aback, then laughed and cried at the same time: "Thank you for your kindness, Rou Rou, but I don't need it."

She walked over to Xu Yirou, bent down and confiscated her lipstick: "Rourou, you can't bring cosmetics to kindergarten. The teacher will keep your lipstick for you and give it to your guardian after school."

Xu Yirou's bright smile froze, and her fluffy eyebrows furrowed into a deep frown.

"Why can't I wear it?" The little girl's mouth was slightly open, her dark, grape-like eyes filled with grievance and confusion. "Lipstick isn't food, it won't make your stomach upset..."

Explaining complicated things to the children was too much for them to understand, so Teacher Liu simply scared them by saying, "Lipstick contains substances that are harmful to the human body. If a child has an allergic reaction or ingests it, it could cause an upset stomach."

Xu Yirou's eyes widened suddenly. Oh, it's that serious? Then she doesn't want it.

The little boy was successfully intimidated and hurriedly handed the lipstick to Teacher Liu, looking up at her with a tearful voice, "Teacher, I put lipstick on all the children, will we die?"

"No, no, it's not that serious." Not wanting to scare the cub too much, Teacher Liu took out a pack of wet wipes from her bag. "Don't worry, it'll be fine if you wipe it off now."

Xu Yirou quickly helped distribute the wet wipes, but some of the kids weren't satisfied with the wipes and lingered, unwilling to wipe themselves.

Xu Yirou stamped her feet anxiously: "If I don't apply it, I'll get poisoned and die. If I die, I won't be able to eat delicious snacks anymore, and I'll become poor and ugly!"

The cub was so frightened by what it heard that it made a funny face and quickly wiped its little mouth clean.

After all the children in the class removed their makeup, they returned to their clean and beautiful appearance, and Teacher Liu finally felt relieved.

After finishing the first class, she didn't forget to privately send the terrifying scene from the morning to Xu Qingyan.

[My eldest child, Rou Rou, brought a lipstick to kindergarten this morning and ended up making all the kids in the class look like goldfish with their lips drawn on it.]

Our kindergarten prohibits children from bringing cosmetics. I have already confiscated the lipstick. Please check your child for any prohibited items before sending them to kindergarten in the future.

Children's safety is paramount; we urge parents to cooperate actively.

Upon receiving the complaint, Xu Qingyan's brow twitched slightly. He knew his mother had worn lipstick that morning, but he didn't know she had brought it to kindergarten.

Xu Qingyan was surprised that her mother had accomplished such a remarkable feat. Looking at the photos of internet celebrities with pouty lips on her phone, she awkwardly pinched the bridge of her nose.

Okay, teacher, it won't happen again.

He then forwarded the message to his three siblings' group chat, instructing them to carefully check their mother before sending her to school in the future.

Upon opening the group message, He Nianzhu and Xu Niancheng were caught off guard and overwhelmed by the cuteness, bursting into laughter on the spot.

He Nianzhu: "Hehehehe, Mom has this skill too!"

Xu Niancheng: "Hehehe, we can't let Mom's talent go to waste, we have to enroll Mom in a painting class."

Upon receiving the message from her husband, Jiang Yan remained silent for three seconds before bursting into tears of laughter.

*

During recess, in the Little Deer Class.

"Cheche, the teacher said we can't skip classes. Are you going to go to the Mushroom Class to play with Rou Rou again?"

Xu Cheye had barely sat up when his deskmate Chenchen, who was staring intently at him, immediately asked in a loud voice.

Xu Cheye turned around helplessly: "Don't you like Meimei? I'm going to play with Rou Rou, shouldn't you be happy? That way Meimei won't come looking for me."

Chenchen's face flushed slightly as her little secret was exposed, and she quickly retorted, "Who said I like Meimei? Don't talk nonsense!"

"Last time you told me Meimei was cute, and you were angry that I ignored her." Xu Cheye put his hands in his pockets, glancing at him with a teasing look in his eyes. "Isn't that liking her?"

Xu Cheye was eloquent, and the five-year-old kid was no match for him. Besides, he wasn't just making things up. Chenchen was speechless and blushed.

"I didn't! You're framing me!" Chenchen blocked his way regardless. "Anyway, if you go to the Mushroom Class, I'll tell the teacher!"

"That brat is really nosy," Xu Cheye shrugged nonchalantly, then grinned and made a face at him.

Chenchen was stunned for a moment, and Cheche smiled at him, meaning she was inviting him to play together!

He jumped up, flattered, and wrapped his arms around the other person's neck, nodding arrogantly: "Alright, I'll go with you. I promise the teacher won't know."

"?"

Xu Cheye was completely confused. Did he say something? The cub's strange thought process.

As soon as the bell rang, Xu Yirou turned around as usual, and sure enough, there was a figure standing suspiciously at the back door.

Xu Yirou's eyes lit up, and she ran over, clutching her little skirt, calling out, "Cheche!"

"Rou Rou".

Upon noticing the unfamiliar boy beside Xu Cheye, Xu Yirou was taken aback: "Who is he?"

"I'm Cheche's deskmate!" Chenchen raised his head high and patted Xu Cheye's shoulder hard. "I'm also his first good brother. My name is Chenchen."

Xu Cheye glanced at him sideways but didn't contradict him.

Oh, Cheche is making friends with boys now.

Xu Yirou was happy for him and enthusiastically stretched out her little paw, her sweet little voice melting people's hearts: "Hello, Brother Chenchen, I am Rou Rou, the goddess of Cheche."

What, a goddess?

Chenchen suddenly looked at Xu Cheye.

Xu Cheye smiled and calmly replied, "That's right, Rou Rou is my goddess."

Chenchen: ! !

Chenchen pulled Xu Cheye to a slightly secluded corner, staring at him with wide eyes and asking, "Is Rou Rou really that good? Better than Mei Mei?"

"Of course, meat is the best in my heart."

“…Okay, I understand.” Chenchen nodded seriously.

He walked back to Xu Yirou, cleared his throat, and said in a measured tone:

"Rou Rou, since you are my good brother's goddess, then you will be my goddess from now on. Che Che and I will play with you together."

Xu Yirou was stunned. Although it was a bit sudden, she was happy to have another playmate.

She readily agreed: "Okay, okay."

"No, that won't do."

Xu Cheye resolutely refused: "Chenchen, Rou Rou can't be your goddess. She can only be my goddess. You should let Mei Mei be your goddess."

Why?

Chenchen frowned. He had made this decision with great determination, all in order to get closer to his new friend.

"Because she's my wife!" Xu Cheye shouted in his heart.

He took a deep breath: "Because you like Meimei, we boys can't just fall in love with someone else so easily. We have to learn to persevere and take responsibility. Only by seeing things through to the end can we be real men."

Chenchen scratched his cheek. Cheche looked like an adult, just like his mother, spouting profound truths.

To be honest, he was quite reluctant to part with Meimei. Meimei was like his pet chubby little sparrow, with small, curved eyes when she smiled, and she was super cute.

"Oh well."

Xu Cheye was relieved to see that the young man was teachable.

He patted his shirt pocket: "Today it's milk candy."

Since the kindergarten doesn't allow children to bring their own snacks, Xu Cheye would secretly bring a few milk candies to Xu Yirou every day to satisfy her cravings.

"Wow."

Xu Yirou was extremely excited, looking at Xu Cheye with the same adoration one would show a god of wealth, as if he were a sweet White Rabbit candy.

Xu Cheye didn't bring much, only three pieces in total, because eating too much candy can easily cause cavities.

Xu Yirou carefully tore open the candy wrapper, and the unique sweet aroma of White Rabbit milk candy immediately wafted out.

The little dumpling couldn't wait to take a bite, and its tongue was instantly enveloped in a sweet flavor. Ahhh, it's so delicious!

The little dumpling doesn't care about facial expression management; her most genuine feelings are written all over her face.

"So you secretly bring candy for Rou Rou every day."

Chenchen glanced sourly at Xu Cheye, then stared at Xu Yirou and swallowed hard.

Strange, he's long been tired of White Rabbit milk candy, why is he suddenly so craving it?

Chenchen pinched her nose, forcing herself to look away. If she couldn't see or smell the aroma, she wouldn't crave it.

Xu Yirou caught a glimpse of it out of the corner of her eye and chuckled, then shared the candy with a big smile: "Cheche, Chenchen, let's eat together."

The remaining two perfectly packaged milk candies lay in her snow-white palm.

Xu Cheye doesn't eat candy, so he naturally declined.

Seeing this, Chenchen quickly withdrew her finger, which was halfway raised, and shook her head against her will: "No need, I don't like candy."

Xu Yirou secretly winked at Xu Cheye.

Xu Cheye smiled knowingly, picked up a piece of candy and stuffed it into his deskmate's hand: "If you don't eat the candy my goddess gave me, you're being disrespectful."

"Hehe, you know that's good." Xu Yirou tossed him the last piece of candy. "Catch it."

Xu Cheye nimbly raised his arm, catching the candy with a clean and graceful motion.

Xu Yirou clapped her hands enthusiastically, praising him as handsome like a true fangirl.

Xu Cheye didn't respond, but instead asked, "Rou Rou, are you happier now?"

Their clear, harmless eyes seemed to possess some kind of mind-reading ability, easily seeing through the little dumpling's hidden emotions.

"You don't need to hide it from me. I can tell whether you're in a good mood or not at a glance. Did something happen this morning?"

Xu Yirou's lips slowly drooped, her voice barely audible: "I...I did something bad today..."

"What's up?"

"I almost killed all the kids in the Mushroom Class."

Chenchen: "Huh? You poisoned me?"

Xu Yirou suddenly looked up and stammered, "How...how did you know?"

"..."

"You really poisoned me!" The candy in her mouth suddenly stopped being sweet, and Chenchen jumped back a big step, choking on her saliva and tears streaming down her face.

Xu Cheye used one hand to pat his back: "The candy you ate was taken from home."

Xu Yirou realized what was happening, frowned unhappily, and muttered, "Hmph, Rou Rou didn't put on shiny lipstick for Chen Chen, so Rou Rou didn't poison Chen Chen."

Xu Cheye is quick-witted and has excellent hearing.

"You brought lipstick to kindergarten and even put it on all the children in the Mushroom Class. Then the teacher confiscated the lipstick and told you that the lipstick was harmful to the children's health, is that right?"

"Oh, I didn't say anything, how did you know?"

While fiddling with her little hands with a bit of embarrassment, Xu Yirou labeled Xu Cheye as a little fairy.

Cheche is just like a fortune teller in a TV series; he knows everything.

Xu Cheye said seriously, "As long as you don't swallow the whole lipstick, it's not poisonous. Teacher was just joking with you, Rou Rou."

If lipstick could really kill people, then at least half of the world's population would die.

So that's how it is...

A sense of relief, like seeing the moon after the clouds have parted, enveloped my entire body.

The previously listless girl instantly brightened up and happily hugged Xu Cheye: "Cheche, Rou Rou didn't poison me, Rou Rou isn't a bad boy~"

"Of course, Rou Rou has always been a very good child."

"but--"

Why did Rou Rou bring lipstick to kindergarten?

"..."

Xu Cheye: "Why?"

Xu Yirou, whose face was as soft as a marshmallow, blushed like a cherry tomato. She turned her head away and grumbled, "Mind your own business when it comes to the goddess."

Xu Cheye: "...Okay, okay." His voice was tinged with laughter.

Ignored to the side, Chenchen angrily tried to get attention: "Are you guys giving each other spinach?"

Xu Yirou was bewildered for a while. Where was the spinach? There was no spinach at all.

She shook her head in disgust: "No, no, I hate eating spinach the most, please don't give me spinach to eat."

Xu Cheye: ...Perhaps he meant to flirt?

*

The mother cub's unusual love of beauty made the three siblings secretly nervous for quite some time.

The three of them would occasionally try to subtly inquire about the situation from Bubble.

As the family member who spends the most time with Xu Yirou every day, Bubble provides the most valuable information.

"Grandma plays with us every day."

“There are no other children I don’t know. My great-grandmother’s friends are my friends, so of course I know them all.”

Bubble was licking a colorful lollipop that was bigger than her face, and she was overjoyed. She wanted to take a picture and send it to her friends to show off!

The three siblings personally picked them up and dropped them off at school every day. They heard nothing unusual from Bubble's mouth and saw no suspicious cubs. Everything seemed perfectly normal.

After several months of peaceful coexistence, the three siblings gradually relaxed.

After Jiang Yan returned, Paopao's freedom to watch dramas was gone forever, and her tablet was also ruthlessly confiscated. She and Xu Yirou only had one hour to watch dramas each day.

After dinner, a huge screen on the living room wall played emotional scenes, accompanied by mournful background music and the protagonist's heart-wrenching cries.

The toddlers sitting in a row on the sofa each had a pack of tissues, crying their eyes out.

"Waaaaah, the female lead's father is dead."

"She's already so pitiful, why do the other kids still bully her? Waaah!"

"That's awful!" Xu Yirou blew her nose, snot flying everywhere. "When I grow up, I'm going to kill all those bad guys who bully children!"

The grandmother and granddaughter were crying their eyes out, while the three siblings remained expressionless, as cold as if they had been killing fish at RT-Mart for ten years.

Xu Yirou was furious and asked angrily, "Dabao, Erbao, Xiaobao, why aren't you crying? Are your hearts made of stone?"

The three children, called out by their mother, looked up and met her bright red rabbit eyes.

Xu Qingyan coughed and said, "Mom, TV dramas are all fake."

"I know it's fake, but if it were real, it would be terrible!" Xu Yirou was so angry she looked like a pufferfish. "I asked you to watch TV with me for a while, but you weren't serious at all."

Her gossamer-like eyelashes were wet, and her protest was tinged with grievance: "I don't think you care about me as your mother anymore, humph."

The three siblings looked at each other with reproachful eyes and began to feel guilty. Their mother usually didn't ask them to do anything; she would just watch TV with them for a while.

He Nianzhu touched her nose and squatted down first to coax, "Mom, you're definitely in my heart. You occupy a full place in my heart. I'll watch it with you now, so please don't be angry."

“Mom, we were wrong.” Xu Niancheng peeled an orange and gave one half to each of the two little ones. “This show looks like a big production, with both leads being very good-looking. It’s definitely a good show.”

Orange juice stained Xu Yirou's lips glistening: "Then you two should cry first."

The three siblings: "Huh...?"

Xu Yirou glared at him haughtily: "Bubble and I have been crying for so long. If you don't cry, it makes us look silly. That's so unfair."

"..."

When Jiang Yan came out of yoga, she saw the three siblings taking turns performing crying scenes to comfort their baby mother.

He Nianzhu's acting skills are beyond question; a professional would easily outperform her.

Xu Niancheng managed to squeeze out a few tears, but the tough, cold-faced CEO Xu Qingyan, the only one with eyes as dry as the Sahara Desert, stared wide-eyed.

Seeing her three little devils racking their brains to make her happy, Xu Yirou was finally satisfied and waved her hand to let them go.

The episode had already finished airing, and the ending theme song was playing on the screen.

Xu Yirou rubbed her eyes and took a moment to ask, "Dabao, Erbao, Xiaobao, do you miss your dad?"

The three siblings' expressions, which had just begun to ease, suddenly froze.

Not wanting to evoke painful memories for Xu Yirou, the three of them whispered in perfect unison, "Mom, Dad will always live in our hearts."

"Do you want to see him?"

“My father has never appeared in my dreams.” Xu Niancheng said with a forlorn expression, “But I still hope that I can be his child again in the next life.”

They were somber when they spoke of He Ting, who had passed away too soon.

Xu Yirou sensed their emotions and couldn't help but feel sorry for them. She hugged her daughter Xu Niancheng and said, "Xiaobao, don't be sad. Your father is so mean. He didn't come to see you and made you sad."

The mother of the four-year-old child gritted her teeth in anger.

"Mom, don't blame Dad. He must be thinking of us too."

What a load of rubbish.

It would have been better if she hadn't said anything, because once she did, Xu Yirou got even angrier. Cheche was having so much fun playing with the other children at kindergarten every day, and she didn't seem to remember her own kids at all.

Xu Yirou clenched her small pink fist, her eyes resolute, and said in a deep, resonant voice:

"Don't worry, Mommy will have your dad come to see you!"

She'll go find Cheche to recognize the baby tomorrow.

Xu Niancheng smiled and gently rubbed her face.

None of the three siblings took Xu Yirou's words to heart, dismissing them as childish ramblings.

*

The next morning, Xu Yirou got up ten minutes earlier than usual, and quietly dressed and washed up before leaving her room.

Xu Qingyan, the only one in the family who diligently gets up early to go to work regardless of the weather, is already sitting at the dining table leisurely eating breakfast.

Upon hearing the noise, Xu Qingyan glanced at her wrist and raised an eyebrow: "Mom, why are you up so early today?"

Didn't you sleep well last night?

"I slept very well."

Xu Yirou stretched lazily, yawned, and slowly climbed onto the chair.

"That's good. The milk is still warm, please drink it while it's hot."

Xu Yirou gulped down a big mouthful, feeling a warm, comforting sensation in her stomach.

She turned her head, her big, sparkling eyes blinking:

"Dabao, come pick me up from school together today."

"us?"

"Hmm~" the mother cub said in a soft, drawn-out voice, counting her chubby little fingers, "You, Erbao, Xiaobao, and Yanyan, all of you come to pick me up from school."

Xu Qingyan looked at her: "Mom seems very happy today."

"Dabao, you're awesome!" Xu Yirou gave a thumbs up and grinned, "Mom didn't spoil you for nothing."

"Would Mom be willing to share your happiness with me?"

Xu Yirou lowered her eyes, looking conflicted.

She was going to prepare a big surprise for her three children...

We can't say anything now; it has to be kept secret.

Xu Yirou shook her head cutely and made a shushing gesture: "Shh~"

I'll tell you later.

Hehe, Da Bao and the other two will definitely be very happy then.

He Nianzhu and Xu Niancheng woke up late, and Xu Yirou was worried that Xu Qingyan would forget to inform them while he was busy, so the first thing she did after leaving the house was to call them with her smartwatch.

"Second child, remember to pick up Mommy after school. Don't be late. If you are late, Mommy won't talk to you for three days."

"Little Bao, Mommy wants you to pick me up from school today. Remember to come on time, okay? Mua~"

A phone call from the baby's mother woke the brother and sister, who had been fast asleep all night.

The same question popped up at the same time: Wasn't it my older brother who picked me up from school today?

He Nianzhu glanced at the time; it was only eight in the morning. She decided to go back to sleep.

Xu Niancheng dozed off for five minutes before getting up. Her mother's solemn instruction to pick her up from school must have had a deeper meaning.

It's been a while since I bought any new clothes, so I'm going out to buy a few outfits, get a beauty spa treatment, and pick up my mom from school looking gorgeous this afternoon!

...

"Cheche, are you really my deadbeat husband?"

During the break between classes, Xu Yirou was happily munching on candy in a secluded corner, her eyes constantly glancing at Xu Cheye.

Xu Cheye, who unexpectedly awakens his past life memories, is now known as He Ting, the only son of the He family: "..."

"Rou Rou, 'dead ghost' sounds a bit awful. How about we change it?"

Xu Yirou shook her head, determined not to exchange, but she was still indebted to the other party and had eaten the candy they had given her.

"Well...that works too." She bit her finger in frustration, then a sudden idea struck her. "Then I'll call you the Living Ghost."

The father of the three children is not dead; he is alive and well and cannot be called a dead ghost.

The cubs have their own complete logical system.

Xu Cheye was truly defeated by her, sighing helplessly and shaking his head with a laugh.

"Is there something you want to tell me?" He sensed a hint of resentment in the little girl's voice when she spoke to him today.

"Uh-huh!"

Xu Yirou: "Why don't you go see Da Bao, Er Bao, and Xiao Bao?"

Xu Cheye paused for a moment, then said honestly, "I haven't figured out how to reunite with them yet."

His identity in this life is somewhat delicate. If he were to reveal it rashly, what if those three little brats couldn't handle it and stopped recognizing him?

Actually, it's more about feeling apprehensive about returning home.

"Then I've thought of something for you."

Xu Cheye tilted his head and looked at her with amusement.

Xu Yirou snorted and complained softly, "Who told you to be so slow? I've been thinking for so long and still haven't figured it out. My babies are crying because they can't see their dad."

Xu Cheye's expression froze for a moment, his bright smiling eyes flashing with a few strands of surprise and delight, as well as a chest full of pride.

After regaining his senses, he coughed lightly, a smirk playing on his lips: "Those three little brats really miss me that much?"

Xu Yirou frowned slightly, her protective instincts kicking in.

Invincible naturally and skillfully grabbed Xu Cheye's ear:

"They're not brats, they're my babies! You damned, oh no, you living ghost daddy!"

"You have to see my babies today, or else..."

Xu Cheye's heart skipped a beat.

"I'll be all the kids' goddess, not yours, and I won't play with you anymore!"

"..."