"It can't be Alzheimer's. Look, Grandpa and Grandma are older than Dad. How could Dad have Alzheimer's first?"
Bai Xizhu replied to Bai Yifan in a low voice.
Bai Yifan pursed his lips and muttered under his breath.
"That's hard to say. Dad uses his brain and his mouth every day when he's in court. There's a limit to how many words a person can say in their lifetime. He talks too much. Maybe he'll get dementia early."
Bai Xizhu's lips twitched, and she said again, "What you said isn't wrong!"
The siblings muttered something to each other and soon arrived at the dinner table.
The two men sat upright at the dinner table, waiting for the meal to begin, as if they weren't the ones who had spoken ill of Old Man Bai.
Bai Anhai placed the last plate of braised prawns on the table, and the dishes were all served.
The shrimp raised in the spring water of the space are exceptionally plump and delicious.
Each lobster was bigger than the palm of your hand, bright red, and looked very appetizing.
Unsurprisingly, Bai Anhai placed the most delicious-looking dish in front of Bai Xizhu.
Leng Yebai sat next to Bai Xizhu and consciously helped her peel shrimp.
The white, fresh shrimp meat was placed in the bowl in front of Bai Xizhu. Bai Xizhu took a bite, and her mouth was full of shrimp meat.
Bai Yifan's mouth was practically watering.
"Dad, could you please pick up a big shrimp for me?"
Bai Yifan stood up, holding the bowl, and looked at Bai Anhai with a smile, his face showing the expression of a filial son.
Bai Anhai calmly picked up a large shrimp, peeled it, and put it in Wang Yiyun's bowl, without giving any to Bai Yifan.
"Dad?" Bai Yifan called out again.
Only then did Bai Anhai lazily look at Bai Yifan, without saying a word, but giving Bai Yifan a look.
All-white eyes.
Eat it or not, I'll starve to death!
"Dad, why aren't you saying anything?"
Bai Yifan felt slightly uncomfortable watching the usually refined-looking lawyer Bai roll his eyes.
Normally, Old Man Bai would at most swear at him, how could he possibly roll his eyes in such an unseemly way?
Old Man Bai is a cultured man who tortures others with words!
"A person shouldn't talk too much in their life, or they'll develop dementia."
Bai Anhai said quietly.
Bai Yifan: ...
Wow, Dad's pretty patient. He clearly heard him and my sister complaining, but he didn't call them out on it at the beginning.
Why do I have to listen for so long!
He's definitely a cultured person!
"Dad..."
Bai Yifan wanted to argue, but Bai Anhai shut him down with a few quiet words.
"By the way, Xiao Fan, wash the socks in a bit. You're in charge of washing all the socks for the family for the next month. Don't use the washing machine; electricity is hard to come by these days. Remember to hand wash them!"
Bai Yifan: ...
There are several lightning-type ability users in the family: Bai's father is one, Leng Yebai is one, and Bai's mother is one.
Why is it so hard to get electricity?
Bai Yifan felt bitter inside, but dared not say it.
"Come on, have some shrimp."
Bai Xizhu calmly watched the commotion and picked up a large shrimp for Bai Yifan.
But even after the shrimp was in his mouth, Bai Yifan didn't find it particularly delicious.
A month's worth of smelly socks had already broken his fragile spirit.
One person, one pair a day; seven people, thirty days, two hundred and ten pairs…
"Why did my older sister also secretly talk bad about me, and only let me wash the socks!" Bai Yifan pouted and muttered to himself.
"I didn't say it secretly, I said it openly and honestly!"
Bai Xizhu answered confidently and righteously.
"You could hear that?"
Bai Yifan was shocked.
He just muttered something quietly, how did his older sister hear it?
“Of course, any normal person can hear it, right?” Bai Xizhu looked at the others.
"You heard it clearly!"
Bai Zhengxuan nodded, then quickly buried his head in the braised pork knuckle in his bowl.
The higher a person's superpower, the more sensitive their sense of smell and hearing will be, and they will be able to hear and smell much more than ordinary people.
Bai Yifan immediately grasped the crux of the problem.
He was the only Level 1 ability user in the family, which meant that when he complained to his older sister, not only his father heard it, but the whole family did.
Bai Yifan was completely devastated!
"Sis, you know everyone can hear you, so why are you still complaining?" Bai Yifan said, somewhat frustrated.
Luckily, I haven't had a chance to complain to my older sister about Mom and Grandma yet, otherwise it wouldn't just be a matter of washing socks for a month.
He deserves a month of beatings.
"I'm just telling the truth!" Bai Xizhu grinned.
I just said I suspected my dad had Alzheimer's, not that he was a Muggle.
How could Dad possibly be angry!
"Dad, aren't you angry about this?" Bai Yifan pointed at Bai Xizhu, then at himself. "Is this fair?"
Both of their filial sons said their father had Alzheimer's disease, so why was only he punished?
"A girl's words are never malicious, unlike your constant jinxing!"
Bai Anhai rolled his eyes at Bai Yifan again, getting angrier the more he thought about it.
Can Bai Yifan just say whatever he wants?
Doesn't he know how accurate his predictions are?
"Add two more months, and I'll wash all your socks for the next three months!" Bai Anhai said decisively.
My daughter can freely criticize herself.
Bai Yifan is no good.
This kid's mouth is blessed!
Bai Yifan: ...
He shouldn't have said that!
Bai Yifan ate the prawns with gusto, then stood up and viciously grabbed several more.
Eat more... so you can wash your socks when you're full!
The Bai family sat together happily, united and loving, with kind fathers and filial sons eating together, while the five little beasts also ate in their own special big iron pots.
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