Spring passed and autumn came. Little Huo Lingchen turned three years old and was going to kindergarten.

From then on, the life of the Huo family became "interesting".

On an ordinary afternoon, Mr. Huo, who had just returned from fishing, received a video call request from little Huo Lingchen.

Mr. Huo was a little surprised.

Huo Lingchen had a phone watch on him, and dialing was very simple. But usually, the child would only call him at lunch or dinner, and was very independent at other times.

Mr. Huo answered the call.

The video window quickly popped up, reflecting Huo Shanshan's pretty little face.

Mr. Huo's expression softened unconsciously: "It's Shanshan, was today's class fun?"

Huo Shanshan looked at people with a pair of big eyes, and looked very obedient: "I know all the lessons today! Grandpa, I miss you so much, and I want to eat the fish balls made by Grandpa Zhang..."

The three-year-old child spoke in a baby voice, and when he stretched out his tone and acted coquettishly, he was so cute that people couldn't stand it.

Mr. Huo's heart was about to melt: "Okay! Okay! Grandpa will pick you up now, okay?"

The light in the eyes of little Huo Lingchen flickered, and his little expression seemed a little hesitant: "Then...will mom be angry?"

How could Mr. Huo let the child be embarrassed?

He was very decisive: "Don't worry, I'll go talk to your mother!"

Mr. Huo personally drove to the kindergarten to pick up little Huo Lingchen.

After Huo Lingchen turned one year old, she lived with Huo Qinian and Su Yunbai in Lianshan on weekdays, and only stayed at the Huo's old house for two days every weekend, so she was also very familiar with this place.

As soon as she arrived at the Huo's old house, the child did not run around happily, but sat down at her small desk very obediently, saying that she had to do her homework.

Director Huo looked a little surprised, but he didn't show it in front of Huo Lingchen. He just said, "Let's do our homework first. Grandpa will ask Uncle Zhang to make fish balls. We can eat after you finish your homework, okay?"

Huo Lingchen nodded seriously, "Grandpa, if you are hungry, eat first. I will be busy for a long time." He

looked very busy.

Director Huo watched the child carefully take out his notebook to write and draw, and walked away a little.

He asked the assistant, "Did you hear me clearly? What happened?"

The child obviously came to him to "take refuge".

The assistant's expression was a little subtle.

He leaned close to Director Huo's ear and whispered.

After a long while, Director Huo raised his head and looked at Huo Lingchen with a strange expression.

He seemed to want to laugh, but he didn't laugh in the end. He just cleared his throat and said, "Hey, when they come back, remind me. I can't let our Shanshan be bullied by her parents..."

As he said that, he strolled to see little Huo Lingchen doing his homework. He was in a very good mood.

On the other side, at the International Bilingual Kindergarten in City A, Su Yunbai and Huo Qinian, who were notified by the teacher a beat late, were sitting in the principal's office watching the surveillance playback.

The surveillance showed the scene of the children in the small class taking a nap. The two teachers on duty, one male and one female, coaxed every child to bed and sat at the door.

A few minutes later, little Huo Lingchen sat up and raised her hand - this was to signal to the teachers that she wanted to go to the toilet.

The female teacher stood up and walked over, taking Huo Lingchen to the toilet.

Not long after the two left, another little boy raised his hand.

The male teacher stood up and took this little boy out.

Soon another little girl sat up and said she wanted to go to the toilet.

Fortunately, the female teacher who sent Huo Lingchen out had returned. She took Huo Lingchen back to the room and said something to her.

Huo Lingchen nodded and walked towards his bed.

The teacher took the little girl who was going to the toilet out with confidence.

Huo Lingchen, who was walking towards his bed, did not return to his bed obediently, but turned halfway and walked to the bed of a fat little boy.

She took out a colored pen from her pocket and started writing and drawing on the boy's face.

She finished her painting quickly, put away her brush, and went back to her bed as if nothing had happened. She lay down, covered herself with a quilt, and went to sleep.

The two who went to the bathroom came back soon, and the lunch break went smoothly.

The video fast-forwarded.

More than an hour later, the little boy with the painted face woke up and sat up.

A group of children soon noticed the boy's new look, and they gathered around, talking about it, and laughing.

The little boy cried loudly because of grievance, and the teachers rushed to comfort him...

There was a lot of chaos.

Huo Qinian looked at the surveillance camera, thinking about something.

Su Yunbai was a little embarrassed.

The headmaster misunderstood the expressions of the two people and quickly said: "Lingchen is actually very sensible. The colored pens she used are all washable. Just wipe them a little. This is more like a prank.

"We have already criticized her, and she has admitted her mistake.

"The reason we invited you two here today is mainly for some more important things.

"I believe you two know in your hearts that Lingchen is a very smart child. In fact, she has very strong coordination ability, which is rare in children of this age..."

Huo Qinian and Su Yunbai returned to the Huo's old house with the headmaster's words.

As soon as the two walked into the gate, they heard the voice of little Huo Lingchen, which was deliberately raised one degree: "Zhizhi was washing his pens in the pool, washing and washing, and then the pool was washed black!

"The pool is black, and Zhizhi's handwriting is beautiful..."

Mr. Huo kept nodding his head with a smile, and cooperated with the performance of the child Huo Lingchen.

After Huo Lingchen finished the story, he still leaned on Mr. Huo, but blinked his big eyes and looked at Huo Qinian and Su Yunbai, with a twinkling light in his eyes: "Mom and Dad are back!"

The child's test was a bit awkward, and he looked guilty and righteous.

Su Yunbai was so angry that he laughed.

This child is really crazy.

Huo Qinian held Su Yunbai, leaned forward slightly, and said with a smile: "Shanshan, your mother and I just came back from your headmaster, and we know everything.

"Can you tell Dad why you gave your classmate a cat face?"

Little Huo Lingchen put his hands behind his back and quietly looked at Huo Qinian's face, and then looked at Su Yunbai.

The two adults remained silent.

Huo Shanshan bargained first: "If Shanshan tells it, can mom and dad guarantee that they won't be angry?"

Huo Qinian said: "That depends on what your reason is. If it's just a prank..."

"No!" Little Huo Lingchen shouted, "Wang Mingtao always bullies Xu Manman. I told him not to bully Xu Manman, but he still didn't listen. In the morning painting class, he snatched Xu Manman's pen and painted on Xu Manman's hand! The most important thing is that his painting was ugly! It made Xu Manman cry!"

The child looked angry, "He didn't listen to me and bullied my friends... I want to let him know that I am super fierce!"

Su Yunbai asked: "Then why don't you tell the teacher?"

Huo Lingchen said: "I'm grown up! I can do it myself! "

After saying that, she became a little embarrassed, and even her voice became smaller, "and... and if you rely on the teacher, they will not obey me in the future..."

Su Yunbai: ...

Huo Shanshan has been in school for half a year, and has shown a strong big sister mentality, and is very good at "forming gangs and becoming the boss."

How can she be so strong-willed at such a young age?

Huo Qinian continued to ask her: "Then why don't you want people to know that it was you who did it? If you want him to know that you are not easy to mess with, why don't you teach him a lesson clearly? "

Huo Lingchen glanced at him with a look of disgust, as if to say "Why are you so stupid": "Of course we can't let anyone catch us, the teacher will punish me."

She said with a complaint on her face, "Dad, you are wrong. Obviously, the red dot is broken. I checked and there is no other red dot there, but the teachers still know about it..."

Su Yunbai held his forehead.

The "red dot" that little Huo Lingchen was talking about refers to the indicator light of the surveillance camera. This was installed in front of the gate of Lianshan. Once Huo Lingchen asked about it out of curiosity, and Huo Qinian told her.

Huo Qinian was always very patient with children, so he went around the surveillance camera and found that the red dot was broken. He had explained to the child what was going on, and even showed her in person how the surveillance cameras were used.

Huo Qinian didn't expect the child to really remember everything, but who knew that her memory was not bad, and she could even start to "draw inferences from one instance".

What she meant was that she had confirmed that the surveillance cameras in the nap room were broken, so why did someone catch them?

Huo Qinian said: "Shanshan, Dad didn't say that all surveillance cameras have red dots. The red-dot camera in your nap room is indeed broken, but there is another one without a red dot that is still working.

"Why didn't you ask the teacher to confirm before you did it?"

Su Yunbai warned Huo Qinian.

Did he think she was not brave enough?

Huo Qinian quickly tried to make up his mind: "Well, of course Dad didn't say that this is right. The main thing is to think clearly before doing anything, right?"

Huo Shanshan stopped talking.

Huo Qinian asked her again: "Then why did you use a washable crayon? Don't you hate that little boy?"

Huo Lingchen glanced at Su Yunbai and covered his butt shyly, "Mom will be angry."

Su Yunbai held his breath.

She knew she was being naughty, didn't she?

Mr. Huo smiled silently.

Huo Qinian clenched his fist and put it to his lips. He cleared his throat for a long time before hiding his smile.

He continued to ask: "Did you let those two kids who needed to go to the toilet go?"

Huo Lingchen nodded: "The teacher will watch them, and you have to let the teacher go."

"Then how do you control the time?"

This is what Huo Qinian is most curious about.

The teachers in the kindergarten are very responsible. There will be two teachers, one male and one female, on duty during the lunch break. To let two teachers leave the lunch break room at the same time, one after the other, even if it is only for a short period of time, it requires precise calculation.

The children can only add and subtract within ten, how do they know how to control the time?

Huo Lingchen said: "I gave Zhao Zicong a rabbit candy." When she said this, she showed a reluctant expression - Su Yunbai did not allow her to eat too much candy, and she had a fixed amount of candy every day.

"When I go out, he eats candy. After eating a bunny candy, he can tell the teacher that he wants to go to the toilet. He has to poop, so it takes a little longer.

"Xu Manman heard that I came back and got up and said she wanted to go to the toilet. The teacher had to take Xu Manman to the toilet and couldn't take care of me..."

This time, not to mention Huo Qinian and Mr. Huo, even Su Yunbai looked at little Huo Lingchen with admiration.

She is not even four years old, how can she be so smart?

Su Yunbai was very curious: "How do you know that the time it takes to eat a bunny candy is enough for you to go to the toilet?"

Huo Lingchen put his hands behind his back, looking a little proud: "I saw it. Zhao Zicong likes to eat bunny candy, he eats it every day. He eats when I go to the toilet, and he eats again when I come back from the toilet..."

As he spoke, he showed an envious look.

Su Yunbai pretended not to see it.

This child is really too smart. The kindergarten principal's worries are not unreasonable. Children who are too smart need more effort to teach.

If he is too strict, he is afraid that her personality will be suppressed, and if he is too lenient, he is afraid that she will learn bad things.

Especially since she is so good at reading people's eyes...

At this moment, Huo Lingchen carefully observed the expressions of his parents and "prescribed the right medicine": "Dad and Mom, Shanshan is wrong..."

She stretched out her tone and acted coquettishly, and suddenly became a little sweet girl, which was simply lethal.

Huo Qinian wanted to say "pay attention next time".

But Su Yunbai could still hold on: "Where did you go wrong? "

Huo Lingchen puffed up her cheeks: "I shouldn't play pranks on others, I shouldn't be caught..." As she spoke, she carefully watched Su Yunbai's expression, and finally said sadly, "Okay, and I shouldn't have sneaked back to grandpa's place."

Wait, what does "shouldn't be caught" mean?

Su Yunbai was about to pursue the matter, but Huo Qinian had already accepted it graciously: "Then the punishment is that you have to draw a little duck, do one more puzzle, and can't eat candy for two days. Do you accept it?"

The little girl looked pitiful: "Okay."

Then she looked at Su Yunbai again: "Mom, I studied hard today. I wrote a whole page of words and told grandpa a story..."

Mr. Huo gave her face: "That's right. Shanshan was very well behaved today. She did her homework as soon as she came back. And I went to pick up Shanshan by myself, so she didn't sneak back..."

Su Yunbai: ...

Another traitor.

Huo Lingchen ran to the small desk, picked up the words she had just written, and handed them to Su Yunbai, "Look, Mom!"

She looked like she was showing off, and then she grabbed Su Yunbai's hand and shook it coquettishly, "Mom, can you draw a duck and do a puzzle with Shanshan?"

Su Yunbai couldn't stand it anymore.

Little Huo Shanshan was soon "punished" happily with her mother's company.

The child said she wanted to draw a duck and do a puzzle with her mother, but in fact she just wanted Su Yunbai to sit aside and watch, and she didn't need Su Yunbai's help.

Under the light, the little girl looked for the puzzle on the table with her big eyes, and pressed it carefully to the designated position, as if she had infinite patience.

Occasionally, she found a small piece that she had been looking for for a long time, and her eyes would flash with joy, which made the hearts of those who watched her soften.

That night, the adults in the family waited until the little girl finished drawing the duck and finishing the puzzle before sitting down to eat.

The little girl no longer needed anyone to chase her to feed her. She ate the fish balls she had been thinking about at her own place, and listened to the adults talking while eating. Her big eyes blinked from time to time, as if she could understand everything.

That night, Su Yunbai went to coax the little girl to sleep. The little girl even acted coquettishly with her: "Mom, Shanshan, after listening to the story today, can we listen to the song again?"

She lay on her little bed, tilted her head to look at Su Yunbai, and negotiated: "Just listen to it once."

Su Yunbai looked at her well-behaved appearance, and her smile softened unconsciously: "Okay, what do you want to listen to, baby?"

The soft singing soon sounded, like the accompaniment of the night.

The night gradually darkened.

Huo Qinian in the master bedroom waited for half an hour but still didn't see Su Yunbai come back, so he got up and walked to the inner room.

The inner room was dimly lit, his daughter was sleeping in her crib, and his wife was leaning on the edge of the crib, slightly closing her eyes and dozing off.

When the mother and daughter were asleep, their expressions were very similar.

Huo Qinian's heart suddenly became very warm.

He stood up, pulled up his daughter's quilt, then bent down and hugged his wife.

Su Yunbai was awakened.

Seeing that it was Huo Qinian, she glanced at him, but did not try to struggle down. Instead, she looked back at Huo Lingchen, and seeing that everything was fine, she cooperated and stuck to Huo Qinian's chest.

She heard Huo Qinian's heartbeat, very steady and strong.

This is her husband, and next to him is their daughter.

The present is stable, and the years are quiet.

Su Yunbai couldn't help but smile.

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