Chapter 30

Yinyin was also looking at her.

The two cubs stared at each other for a while, then Xu Yirou pursed her lips and said, "I understand, teacher. I won't bring snacks anymore."

"This child is teachable," Teacher Lin said with an approving look.

"Can I keep a little bit?" The cub asked shyly, holding up three carrot fingers. "Just a few planet cups."

She wouldn't eat any of it; she wanted to save it all for Yin Yin.

Kindergartens prohibit children from bringing their own snacks for safety reasons and to help cultivate good eating habits in children.

But as long as it's not excessive, the teacher turns a blind eye to one or two candies.

But with so many cubs in front of her, Teacher Lin couldn't afford to go easy on them; once she opened the floodgates, trouble would follow.

So she declined with a sweet smile.

Xu Yirou sighed. She knew it...

"Dabao, take these home." She waved her hand, put all the snacks into the bag Teacher Lin gave her, and reluctantly handed them to her son.

Xu Qingyan: "Yes, Your Majesty."

Other cubs: ? ?

I was stunned yet again.

After Xu Qingyan left and Xu Yirou returned to her seat, Yinyin and the other cubs surrounded her: "Rourou, are you the queen? That uncle just called you Your Majesty the Queen."

“Yes, I’m the queen at home.” Xu Yirou said, hands on her hips. “They all listen to me.”

Da Bao calls her Queen, Er Bao calls her Great-Aunt, and Xiao Bao calls her Princess, hehehe.

She is the head of the household!

"Wow, so you can do whatever you want at home?"

"Can I watch TV for as long as I want?" Yin Yin asked with a pained expression. "I can only watch two episodes of cartoons a day. My mom never lets me watch more than that."

"I can't eat too many snacks at home because my mom says it's bad for my teeth," said Child A sadly. "So I can only eat a little bit each day, sigh."

"Me too, I can't go out to play by myself, and even if I do, I can only play for a short while."

Being a baby is so tough QAQ

Their focus returned to Xu Yirou: "Rourou, isn't it great to be a queen? They won't object to anything you do, right?"

Xu Yirou was embarrassed.

No, that's not it either...

Her three children will keep an eye on her. She'll be treated the same as them: she can't watch too much TV, she can't eat too many snacks, and she has to come home after playing outside for a short while.

The mother cub suddenly felt that her position as the head of the family was in jeopardy.

That won't do.

Xu Yirou felt a sense of crisis, but said, "That's right, I'm the queen, I'm the head of the family, I can do whatever I want, and they can't control me."

Wow, she's the head of the household!

The naive little dumpling immediately idolized Xu Yirou.

"Meatball, how can we make adults listen to us?" Yinyin asked with her big, eager eyes. "I want to be the queen at home too."

“It’s very simple.” Xu Yirou recalled the moments she had spent with her three children. “You need to have enough momentum, and you need to have the determination and awareness to resist.”

The illiterate toddlers asked with innocent eyes, "What do you mean by determination and awareness?"

Xu Yirou hesitated for a moment, then closed her eyes and said, "Simply put, you have to say no to whatever the adults say. Remember, you must say no loudly, so they know we are not easy to bully. Try to stick to this for a few days, and from then on, we will be the queens of the house."

"You'll say whatever the adults say?"

"Uh-huh!"

"Then my mom will definitely beat me." Baby A trembled. "My mom's beatings hurt so much."

"Then call the police." Xu Yirou swung her little feet. "Let me tell you, hitting people is illegal. If your mother dares to hit you, then call 110."

Baby B was surprised: "Then her mother will be arrested by the police!"

Cub A: "Ah, I don't want my mother to be taken away! I... I don't want to be queen anymore!"

Xu Yirou showed a loving expression: "It's just to scare your mom with the police officers, she won't really be arrested, don't worry."

The children's words were innocent, naive, and earnest. After listening to Xu Yirou's speech, the group of children were enlightened and suddenly understood.

She secretly resolved to wage a battle to change her fate and rise to become queen!

*

At 8:30 a.m., the toddlers lined up to do morning exercises to the accompaniment of cheerful and lively music.

Teacher Lin, who led the exercises, moved with a playful and cute style, and her expressions were lively and expressive. The children all followed her movements skillfully.

Xu Yirou was a transfer student and didn't know how to do morning exercises, but she still stumbled along with them.

She's determined to be the best girl, so morning exercises are no problem for her!

Xu Yirou was intently observing the teacher's movements, trying her best to keep up with the rhythm, completely unaware that a malicious gaze was fixed on her.

"Haha, her movements are so funny."

"She's like a tortoise!"

The loud laughter was so unrestrained that it quickly attracted the attention of the group of cubs, including Xu Yirou.

Xu Yirou looked the boy behind her up and down. When he saw her turn around, his laughter became even more unrestrained, and he deliberately imitated her earlier actions.

"Are you disabled?" the little boy mocked. "Your morning exercises look awful."

The boy's inexplicable malice took Xu Yirou quite a while to process.

After regaining her senses, Xu Yirou frowned and said unhappily, "I'm not disabled. Who are you? Don't make jokes about disabled people. It's not funny at all."

"I'm Jiang Jiang." The little boy struck a smug pose. "I'm the little tyrant in the class. All the kids have to listen to me and aren't allowed to talk back."

"Childish, boring." Xu Yirou turned her head away haughtily, ignoring the other person.

?

This chubby girl has a terrible temper. Little tyrant Jiang Jiang has never been treated coldly before, and he was extremely annoyed. He decided to find an opportunity to teach the new chubby girl a lesson.

However, the cubs are forgetful, and as the class progressed, Jiang Jiang forgot about the trouble he was supposed to cause.

When it was lunchtime, most of the children ate quietly by themselves. Even if there were dishes they didn't like, they would just put them aside.

Jiang Jiang started yelling because there was celery in his plate that he didn't like, which startled the caregiver who was feeding him.

"Jiangjiang, Auntie has picked out all the celery. There's no celery left, so we can eat now."

"No, no, it tastes like celery!" Jiang Jiang cried, "Teacher, I don't want to eat!"

Teacher Lin and the co-teacher exchanged a troubled glance, neither of them wanting to take on this hot potato.

"I'm a good girl, a good girl eats by herself." Xu Yirou mumbled, scooping up a big spoonful of rice and feeding it into her mouth.

The sound was very soft, but because the surroundings were quiet enough, it reached Jiang Jiang's ears without missing a single detail.

What does this mean? Is it mocking him for being a picky eater? Little Tyrant Jiang Jiang's face turned green.

He snatched the spoon from the caregiver's hand, slurped down his food in a few big mouthfuls, slammed the spoon on the table, and provocatively shouted, "Smart babies eat the fastest, and those who eat slowly are stupid babies. You are all big idiots!"

The cubs: 0.0

Xu Yirou lifted her eyelids in confusion, swallowed the food in her mouth, and mumbled, "Jiang Jiang, why did you say you were stupid?"

"?"

"What nonsense are you talking about? When did I say I was stupid? I said you guys are stupid!"

"..." Xu Yirou puffed out her cheeks, "You eat the slowest, you need Auntie to feed you, and you're still picky about food. You're the stupid baby."

Xiao Bawang Jiangjiang's face twisted with anger upon hearing this.

He was the class bully, and all the other kids would give way to him and dare not go against him. This new chubby girl dared to call him stupid.

He's so angry!

"You little chubby girl!" Jiang Jiang said angrily, "You eat the most, you're the little chubby girl!"

Xu Yirou paused for a moment.

She looked down at herself, secretly pinching her soft flesh, and her whole body turned bright red. She glared at Jiang Jiang, embarrassed and annoyed.

"I'm not fat!"

"You're fat!"

"You're such a picky eater!"

"I'm not!"

The two cubs started arguing, and the teachers on both sides had to quickly intervene to barely calm their anger.

New and old grudges have formally created a rift between the two cubs.

In the afternoon music class, the little tyrant Jiang Jiang sat behind Xu Yirou, staring at her two black braids with a mischievous grin, and occasionally reaching out to tug at them.

Ouch, that hurts! Xu Yirou turned her head and saw Jiang Jiang giving her a smug smile.

Xu Yirou raised her eyebrows slightly: "Did you pull my braid?"

Jiang Jiang crossed her arms: "So what?"

Xu Yirou yelled, "Teacher, Jiang Jiang pulled my braid!"

Jiangjiang is a seasoned troublemaker in the class. He often teases other children and gets criticized and reprimanded by the teacher, but he's long since become indifferent to it.

I'm not afraid of the teacher at all.

Sure enough, after Teacher Lin finished her verbal reprimand, Jiang Jiang remained defiant, like a dead pig unafraid of boiling water.

This infuriated Xu Yirou, who gritted her teeth and pondered how to get revenge.

The last period in the afternoon is free time outdoors.

As school was about to let out, the playground was bustling with a large group of little ones, gathered in the playground's recreational area, playing on the slides and swings, their laughter filling the air.

Among the throngs of cubs, Xu Yirou was pleasantly surprised to find Bubble.

She waved and called out from afar. Bubble immediately looked up, her brows furrowing with joy, and ran over without saying a word.

The two little bundles of joy huddled together. Bubble asked, "Meatball, what are you doing here?"

“I’ll come to kindergarten if you’re here,” Xu Yirou said. “That way we can see each other more often.”

Bubble had forgotten what she said that day, but she never expected that Rou Rou would actually come to kindergarten for her sake.

Bubble was overjoyed and touched: "Meatball, I'm so happy! Will you come to my house to play?"

"My mom's back! I can treat you to the cake she made!"

Thinking of the cakes that Bubble's mom makes, Xu Yirou drooled and nodded eagerly, "Okay, okay, I love your mom's cakes the most."

Little tagalong Yinyin asked, "Rourou, is this your sister?"

"No, Bubble is my good friend and also my granddaughter~"

Yinyin was completely stunned: "Ah, your granddaughter... no wonder you two look so alike."

Bubble chuckled. She and Rou Rou looked alike, so they were practically family!

"Yinyin, you're such a silly girl, you actually believe that kind of thing." The annoying Jiang Jiang popped out again, "Little Fatty and Little Instant Noodle Hair are obviously lying, and you actually believe them."

Little chubby girl?

Mini instant noodle head?

Xu Yirou and Paopao looked at each other, Paopao glared at him: "Are you talking about us?"

Jiang Jiang: "Who else could it be but you guys, Little Instant Noodle Hair?"

Bubble's hair is naturally curly, just like her mother Jiang Yan, but Jiang Yan straightened it so that outsiders can't tell.

The cubs never conceal their malice; it's immediately apparent.

Bubble hates it when people call her "instant noodle hair" and is also angry when Jiangjiang calls Rou Rou a chubby girl.

"You'd better apologize to us right now!"

"Tch, who do you think you are? I'm not apologizing to you." Jiang Jiang said arrogantly, her nostrils flaring upwards.

Xu Yirou protected Bubble: "Jiangjiang, didn't your parents teach you to get along well with other children?"

"How dare you laugh at someone else for being fat? Why don't you look at yourself?" Bubble's sharp tongue rang out. "Do you know you're as skinny as a monkey? You're ugly, dark, and skinny, and you still dare to bully others. If you bully my chubby one again, believe me, I'll kick you out of outer space!"

A bolt of lightning struck.

Big, horse, monkey...

Jiang Jiang's face flushed red and then turned pale: "I'm not ugly! My grandma says I'm the most handsome man in the world..."

"Your grandma's lying to you!" Bubble continued to taunt, "You're just an ugly big monkey!"

"...You're talking nonsense!"

Jiang Jiang, glaring fiercely at the blow, declared, "I'll hit you!"

Bubble was not intimidated at all. He strode forward, rolled up his sleeves, and went to fight him head-on.

Xu Yirou followed with her short legs, looking as if she were moving forward and backward with Bubble.

"Hey!"

"ha!"

"What a joke!"

"Waaaaah—Teacher, help me!!!"

Before Jiang Jiang's fist could land on Bubble, Bubble nimbly dodged it and instead took a big punch from him.

Xu Yirou took the opportunity to kick Jiang Jiang twice more, making him scream in pain.

Jiang Jiang has delicate skin. He can act like a bully in class because the other children are timid and dare not easily resist, which has fostered his bullying behavior.

Bubble is different. Her mother, Jiang Yan, is a martial arts student and has a strong sense of self-protection. Bubble started taking martial arts and boxing classes when she was three years old.

Little Bubble does have some real skills.

That punch of hers could make ten children cry.

Bubble snorted, "If you mess with me, Bubble, you've kicked a steel plate!"

When the two sides started arguing, all the teachers noticed the commotion, but the cubs attacked unexpectedly and too quickly.

When the two teachers arrived at the scene, Jiang Jiang had a bright red five-finger mark on his face and two dusty little footprints on his bottom.

Teacher Lin and Teacher Zhang suddenly felt dizzy.

Oh no, the Little Tyrant family are all notorious bullies!

The two teachers already felt that their future was bleak.

Hearing Bubble's domineering words again, I was both amused and exasperated.

Unsurprisingly, the parents of the three cubs, Xu Yirou, Paopao, and Jiangjiang, are on their way.

*

Xu Niancheng and Xu Qingyan received a message from Teacher Lin at the same time, and Xu Niancheng immediately shared the message in the three-person group chat.

Bamboo: [Is Mom alright? Is Mom hurt?]

y: [Mom is okay.]

Chengcheng: [The one who got beaten up is the one in trouble. Big brother, your goddaughter is quite the same as you! Impressive!]

Bamboo: [Big brother, if you ask me, you should just accept Bubble as your confidante. That little girl is really loyal; she's protected Mom like the back of her hand.]

y: [Is this how you use "watertight"?]

Chengcheng: [Big brother, come back soon, I'm a little nervous going alone hhh]

Y: [I'm off work now, you can go out.]

Worried that his mother would suffer alone, Xu Qingyan, for the first time ever, urged the driver to increase the speed.

Kindergarten office.

"What's going on! This little girl is so fierce! Look what she did to my child! This kind of child must be expelled!"

“It was indeed wrong of Bubble to hit someone, and I will not shirk my responsibility. But as far as I know, your child is not innocent. He started the verbal abuse, so how do you account for that?”

Before even entering the office, Xu Qingyan heard two voices arguing inside.

The first was sharp and piercing, while the second was gentle yet cold and domineering.

Xu Qingyan paused slightly. From his angle, he could only see a slender and graceful figure.

This must be Bubble's parent, the mother whose daughter arranged a "blind date" for her?

Xu Qingyan stepped inside with a calm and composed gait.

When Teacher Lin saw him arrive, she quickly called out, "Parent of Bubble, over here."

The woman with her back to Xu Qingyan stiffened slightly, and the two inadvertently made eye contact.

With just one glance, Xu Qingyan seemed to see himself five years ago.

The woman in front of me was wearing a mask and a hat, revealing only a pair of bright, slightly upturned almond-shaped eyes. She wasn't wearing an expensive or glamorous dress, but she was still dazzlingly beautiful.

Five years later, Jiang Yan reappeared in front of him.

I've imagined a hundred different scenarios for meeting my ex again, but none of them are like this.

Xu Qingyan was momentarily lost in thought, but Jiang Yan had already silently turned her gaze away.

"Da Bao!"

Xu Yirou got up from her seat and ran to her son, complaining tearfully, "Dabao, Jiangjiang called me a chubby girl, pulled my braids in class, and he bullied Paopao, calling her 'little instant noodle hair'..."

"I understand." Xu Qingyan's icy gaze melted away as he gently stroked the little girl's head. "Don't worry, I'll handle it."

"Da Bao's dad!" Bubble ran over right after him.

Xu Qingyan remained calm.

Jiang Yan's eyes, which were previously obscured by her expression, suddenly turned icy. She pulled her daughter closer with unprecedented seriousness and said, "Bubble, he is not your father. Don't call him that."

It's like telling Bubbles, or more like telling someone else.

Xu Qingyan's icy gaze, sharp as an ice cone, fixed intently on Jiang Yan, then shifted downwards to Bubble, whom she was protecting in her arms.

"Tell me, how should this be resolved? We need a solution that satisfies me!" Jiang Jiang's mother's voice broke in.

Jiang Yan: "We're dropping out of school."

Bubble cried out, "Mommy, I don't want to drop out of school!"

She still wants to go to school with Rou Rou!

Xu Qingyan stared coldly at Jiang Jiang's mother: "And you?"

"Me? What do you mean?" Jiang Jiang's mother asked with a harsh look.

"Didn't you hear what my child said? Your child insulted and bullied my child without cause. Shouldn't you apologize?"

Jiang Jiang's mother rolled her eyes: "Isn't it normal for kids to argue? Which kid doesn't argue?"

Xu Yirou retorted in a low voice, unconvinced: "Then why are you so fierce, Auntie? This is a matter between us children. You adults shouldn't meddle in other people's business."

"Hey, how can you talk like that, young lady? You—"

Jiang Yan didn't want to get entangled with the other party. During this time, she had been hesitating about whether to take her daughter away from Beijing. She also had properties in other cities, and she could still settle down with her daughter after leaving Beijing.

Now is the perfect time to drop out of school and move.

After making her stance clear, Jiang Yan hurriedly left with Paopao, followed closely by Xu Qingyan.

"Why are you running away? The matter hasn't been resolved yet, and you haven't apologized to my child!"

Xu Qingyan didn't even look at him, and said to Secretary Feng, who was waiting at the door, "You stay and handle this matter; consider it overtime."

Secretary Feng: ...

ah?

A black man with a question mark face (jpg).

President, I'm not married or have children yet, I have no experience.

Forced into the task, Secretary Feng reluctantly walked inside, only to be met with the menacing gaze of Jiang Jiang's mother.

The provocative look immediately ignited Secretary Feng's fighting spirit. No matter where you work, it's still working. For the president, for overtime pay, I'll give it my all!

Jiang Yan carried her daughter and walked straight to her car. As soon as she opened the door, a tall, dark figure descended, and the man's well-defined hand slammed onto the car door.

"Jiang Yan," Xu Qingyan looked down at her, "why are you avoiding me?"

Jiang Yan froze, while Bubble, perched on her mother's shoulder, looked up at him with a strange expression.

"Da Bao's dad... Da Bao, do you want to invite my mom to the movies?"

"..." Jiang Yan gently patted her daughter, "Baby, don't ask about adult matters, go downstairs and play with Rou Rou for a while."

Bubble climbed off its mother's lap, its big, watery eyes looking at its mother, then at Da Bao's father, before running off to play with Xu Yirou.

After running a few steps, she suddenly turned around and said loudly, "Da Bao's dad, my mom likes pretty flowers, so you have to bring flowers when you invite her to the movies!"

Xu Qingyan turned around, her brows slightly relaxed: "Okay."

Bubble climbed into Xu Yirou's car, and the two little ones sat side by side in the back seat, peeking out through the windshield.

"Bubble, can you hear what they're saying?"

"I can't hear you."

Xu Yirou had a sudden inspiration and, in her childish voice, instructed the driver: "Old Fang, lower the car window a little."

The little girl is so clever, Old Fang chuckled and obediently rolled down the car window.

The two little ones huddled together and whispered, "Meatball, do you think Daddy will listen to me? Actually, I hope that besides bringing flowers, Daddy can prepare some other surprises."

"What surprise?"

"Fireworks," Bubble said seriously. "I saw in the show that the uncle often set off fireworks for the aunt, and the aunt loved them so much that she cried."

Xu Yirou stroked her chin thoughtfully, then shook her head: "Dabao wouldn't do it, he's just a blockhead."

Huh?

"Da Bao is here."

"My mom came too."

Both car doors opened at the same time, and Jiang Yan leaned in and took Paopao away.

Xu Qingyan kept a straight face, lost in thought, and neither of them spoke until the car door closed.

He watched as Jiang Yan and her daughter gradually disappeared into the direction from which they went.

Xu Yirou glanced at her son's face: "What's wrong, Da Bao? Does Bubble Mommy not like you?"

Xu Qingyan's complexion was not good. He closed his eyes and said in a low, soft voice, "Mom, she doesn't like me."

Five years is enough time to change many things, and enough time to see some things clearly.

Xu Yirou tilted her head, sensing her son's sadness.

"Da Bao, don't be sad."

Her soft cheek pressed against her son's arm, her tiny hands, no bigger than his palm, pinching his fingers, as she spoke in a childish voice:

"Even though you're a little wooden doll, Mommy loves you, and Erbao and Xiaobao love you too. There will always be people in the world who love you just like we do."

Little piece of wood?

Xu Qingyan smiled wryly. Even the cub's mother thought he was like a block of wood, so it was no wonder that Jiang Yan avoided him.

On the other side of the car, Bubble hugged her mother, her eyes sparkling with gossip: "Mom, what did you and Da Bao talk about? Did you promise him you'd go to the movies?"

Jiang Yan snapped out of her absent-minded state and asked, "Baby, do you really like that... Da Bao?"

I'd never heard him called "Da Bao" before; it sounds really awkward.

Bubble was calculating: "Mommy, Rou Rou said that Da Bao can earn a lot of money and can also cook and do housework. If Mommy is with him, Mommy won't have to work so hard filming to earn money, and we can even save money on hiring a nanny."

Jiang Yan smiled helplessly and pinched her daughter's chubby cheeks: "Baby, even if Da Bao earns a lot of money, Mommy will still act and earn money while Mommy is with him, because acting is a job that Mommy likes, and it has nothing to do with whether he can make money or not."

"Baby, tell Mommy, do you really want a daddy?"

Back then, she tried every means to seduce Xu Qingyan, and from the very beginning, she was determined to abandon her father and keep her son.

Xu Qingyan is intelligent, good-looking, has a strong core and stable emotions, and has no family history of hereditary diseases. She is a high-quality seed that meets her requirements.

They dated for six months, and she got pregnant in the fourth month.

Two months into her pregnancy, she ended their relationship with a one-sided cold war, and booked a plane ticket to go abroad to give birth.

Last year, when she heard that Xu Qingyan's mother was seriously ill, she figured she wouldn't be in the mood to care about her affairs, so she planned to make a comeback and film.

Who would have thought that he would find them in less than six months.

If she hadn't confronted him face-to-face just now, understood his temperament, and known that he wasn't a liar, she would still think that today's reunion was a trap he had meticulously set.