Chapter 44 The Taste of Home
While Wen Le was talking to the system, Jin Cancan had already crawled over to him, raising his claws to smack him in the face. Wen Le quickly stopped him.
His parents had already expressed their willingness to let him take care of him, so he definitely couldn't spoil him anymore. Before, they could still think he was ignorant, but now that they knew he could become a human, his nature was different. A pet bear would at most destroy the house, but a human bear would cause trouble. Wen Le felt that if he really taught his son to be a bear, he would be doing his parents a disservice.
Thinking of this, Wen Le grabbed Jin Cancan's restless paw and dragged him to the corner, making him squat facing the wall. "You squat here and reflect on this. Can you just hit someone in the face? I didn't bother with you before, but now you're addicted to it?"
"Awoo~" Jin Cancan blinked his eyes and tilted his furry face to act cute with Wen Le. This guy has grown up now. Whenever he did something wrong and was taught a lesson by Wen Le, he would pretend to be stupid and innocent and act cute with him, trying to get away with it.
"Don't pretend you don't understand me. I know you do." Wen Le was unmoved. "It's wrong to hit someone in the face casually. I won't make a fuss if you hit me, and they won't make a fuss if you hit others. Just like Sister Lily, why don't you dare hit her? Isn't it because she will hit you back?"
After a pause, waiting for the little thing to digest these words, Wen Le continued, "Think carefully about whether your behavior is right or wrong. You can't just do whatever you want just because I love you. Do you know what this behavior is called? Being a bully in your own home, and bullying the weak and afraid of the strong. These are all very bad qualities, and very annoying. Do you understand?"
After saying that, Wen Le turned his golden furry face back and said, "Just sit here and reflect on yourself. Do you want to be a good kid that everyone likes, or a bad kid that everyone hates? Think it over for yourself."
Then Wen Le went about his business, pretending to ignore it. But in fact, he kept following the little thing from the corner of his eye, and as long as it admitted its mistake, he would immediately take it back.
At first, Jin Cancan refused to sit down and reflect properly, and even whimpered a few times. Seeing that Wen Le would not pay attention to it, it panicked and began to hang its head and remain silent. After a while, seeing that Wen Le still ignored it, the corners of its eyes became a little moist, and it began to whimper and sob, looking pitiful, as if it was about to cry but couldn't.
Wen Le felt a little distressed, but he still hardened his heart and did not go over. This time he must make it realize its mistake, otherwise it would be difficult to correct it next time. It will think that if it makes a mistake, it will be forgiven as long as it cries a few times.
As for the system, it was still in the observation period, and even though it felt sympathy for the little master, it didn't dare to speak out. This was because one of the settings stipulated that when the master was educating the little master, the system could not interrupt and interfere with the master's discipline of the child.
After about a quarter of an hour, Jin Cancan started to cry loudly. Wen Le felt that it was about time, so he walked over, squatted down to wipe its tears, and asked it, "Do you know you are wrong?"
Jin Cancan nodded quickly: "Awoo awoo awoo~" I know, I won't dare to do it again next time~
"If it happens again, I will really ignore you."
“Ouch~”
Wen Le finally smiled and reached out to rub its furry head. He bought it a bag of beef jerky from the system store and took the opportunity to teach it how to share: "Give some to Lily and the others. You should learn to share delicious food with your friends, okay?"
Jin Cancan hesitated, because Wen Le had never taught him this since he could remember. Wen Le was very upset about this. He had previously thought that it was a pet and didn't understand these things, so he let it do as it pleased, which led to its bad habit of eating alone. But it wasn't too late to correct it now.
"Go ahead, there's still plenty of beef jerky. If you share it with Lily and the others, I'll give you another bag as a reward."
Hearing there was a reward, Jin Cancan's eyes lit up and he quickly ran out with the beef jerky bag in his mouth. But he quickly turned back and carefully used his claws to pull out a piece of beef jerky from the bag and pushed it in front of Wen Le, and called out softly: "Awoo~"
Wen Le was a little surprised when he saw the beef jerky and couldn't help asking, "Is it for me?"
"Awoo~" Jin Cancan nodded.
Wen Le quickly picked up the beef jerky, stroked its furry head, and praised it, "Thank you, I like it very much, you are awesome!"
"Meow~" After being praised, Jin Cancan's voice became softer and more adorable. It was obvious that Wen Le's praise was very effective. It rubbed against Wen Le and then ran outside with the beef jerky in its mouth.
Wen Le quickly sent a message to Xu Dongdong, asking them to leave some for Jin Cancan, otherwise if it was all eaten up, it would be difficult to share it with him next time.
Xu Dongdong and the others politely took only one each as Wen Le said, and then praised Jin Cancan for his willingness to share, especially Xu Dongdong. This guy praised Jin Cancan to the point of praise, and the little guy was so pleased that he rewarded him with another piece of beef jerky.
Wen Le kept his word and bought a bag of beef jerky from the system mall as a reward for Jin Cancan. Although he felt a little painful when paying, as a parent, one should not lie to children. Either don't agree easily, or if you promise but can't do it, it will be useless next time.
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Jin Cancan's transformation was successful, and Wen Le and the others could return home without worry. As for Jin Cancan, who had taken the camouflage potion, she looked the same as she had two days before, save for the fuzzy coat that had been removed. This wasn't something anyone familiar with her would notice. Besides, it was hot here, so it was normal for animals to shed their fur.
When the leave was over, the four students and one pet were scolded by the head teacher like frost-bitten cabbages, withered from head to toe. Especially Xu Dongdong, because he bargained with the head teacher, trying to reduce the ten thousand-word self-review to a few hundred words, or even not write it at all, the head teacher gave him special treatment.
The head teacher started with Xu Dongdong's studies and continued to talk about his disobedience to discipline. This eloquent speech lasted for about an hour, and finally ended with the study. He really had a good start and a good end.
It was three hours later when several people came out of the head teacher's office. Even Wen Le, who always prided himself on being calm, looked dazed, not to mention the others.
Wen Le wiped his face and said with lingering fear: "It turns out that class teachers are all god-like." He talks too much... For three hours without stopping.
The others nodded in agreement.
So the next question is, how do you write that 10,000-word review?
The four of you looked at each other and then stopped talking.
Finally, Xu Dongdong couldn't help but ask, "How about we go to that stationery store to place the order?"
Before he could finish his words, Wen Le objected: "I wouldn't go even if you killed me." He had just asked them to help write a 10,000-word self-criticism. It had only been a few days, and he was asking them to help write another one. What would they think? He couldn't afford to lose face.
But… a 10,000-word self-review was truly daunting, and he'd never written one before, so he had no idea where to even begin. But the homeroom teacher only gave them two days, and time was running out, leaving them no room for delay. So, after some thought, Wen Le started to come up with a bad idea: "How about this? Anyone who hasn't been to a stationery store lately can place an order there, and then we can copy it. After all, we're all together this time, and the story's origins and course of events are the same. Why not just change the pronouns and tweak the details later?" It was perfect.
Xu Dongdong glanced at him and said, "Wen Le, you're really good. I've noticed that you're a bit of a mean kid. You're usually quiet, but when the time comes, you start to act badly."
Wen Le glanced back: "What good ideas do you have? As long as you don't make me write that ten thousand word self-criticism, I'll even call you brother. Just tell me." Morality and integrity are nothing compared to a ten thousand word self-criticism.
Xu Dongdong was at a loss for words. If he had the ability not to write a self-criticism, he would have left here long ago.
"Why don't I go?" Li Zhenzhen said. "I haven't been to that stationery store in a long time. If I go, they will definitely have forgotten about me by now. It won't have any impact."
Everyone's eyes lit up, and Xu Dongdong blurted out, "Okay, okay, you go this time. After you submit your self-criticism, I'll treat you to a good meal at Mickey's as compensation."
You might not believe it, but Li Zhenzhen's last 10,000-word self-review was written with the help of her father, Li Chenggong. It's said that to ensure his daughter's progress and finish it quickly, Li even reviewed all the self-reviews he'd been asked to write in school. So, writing self-reviews is truly a defining characteristic of the Abandoned Stars. Keeping this in mind might even benefit the next generation.
They immediately got to work. To save time, Li Zhenzhen went to the stationery store on Star Online and placed an order. Worried about not having time to revise the work, they expedited it. This way, they would have time to edit the details and recopy the review. As for the 600 credits Li Zhenzhen had spent, they agreed to split them evenly, but instead of giving them to Li Zhenzhen, they would all go to the snack bar downstairs from their dorm for a late-night snack.
Li Zhenzhen strongly agreed with this proposal.
So Xu Dongdong suggested, "Why don't we go eat spicy crayfish? There's a new shop downstairs. Some people in our class have tried it and they say the crayfish tastes great, but they don't look very good. They look a bit like mutant bugs."
Spicy crayfish!
Wen Le's eyes suddenly lit up. He didn't expect that there would be such delicious food downstairs in their dormitory. It turned out that the people of the Foodie Country were always so awesome. Even in the interstellar era thousands of years later, these things did not disappear.
I can't help but drool just thinking about it, okay?
Wen Le was afraid they would regret it, so he quickly said, "Then let's go eat this, it's delicious!"
The other three glanced at him and asked, "Have you eaten it?"
Wen Le nodded: "I have eaten it, this is a delicacy from my hometown~"
So the four of them and their pet went straight to the crayfish restaurant downstairs.
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