Chapter 133 The House is in Chaos
Inside a room on the second floor of the Donghai Inn, a storm called "family crisis" is brewing.
Although Shen Jin dismissed the fortune teller with a single glance, the aftereffects of Xiao Tuantuan's awakening of "mind-reading" abilities were only just beginning to appear.
Lunchtime.
On the table were steamed sea fish, braised pork ribs, and seafood porridge that Jiang Mianmian had specially ordered.
This time of day is usually a heartwarming moment of parental love and filial piety. But today, the atmosphere is eerily suffocating.
Shen Jin held the bowl, his chopsticks reaching for a piece of pork rib.
The little girl sitting opposite him suddenly blinked her big eyes and spoke in a childish voice:
"Dad, are you trying to give the biggest piece of pork rib to Mom?"
Chen Jin's hand paused.
That was indeed a thought that had just crossed his mind.
"Wait a minute? Something's not right."
Tuantuan tilted her head, as if she had heard some new signal, "Dad's thinking has changed. He's thinking: 'How did this kid know? Will there still be any surprises in the future?'"
Shen Jin: "..."
He took a deep breath, placed the ribs into Jiang Mianmian's bowl, and tried his best to maintain the dignity of a strict father:
"Do not speak while eating or sleeping. (Eating)"
"oh."
Tuantuan obediently lowered his head to drink his porridge, but less than three seconds later, he raised his head again, looking at Shen Jin with a sympathetic expression:
“Dad, I heard you calling me a ‘little brat’ in your mind.”
"Smack!"
The chopsticks in Shen Jin's hand were snapped in two.
Jiang Mianmian sat beside her, holding a bowl, trembling.
This is terrifying...
I can't live like this anymore!
This is like having two human surveillance cameras installed in your house, operating 24/7! And one of them is a giant loudspeaker—it can't be hidden!
She tried to make herself inconspicuous, quietly reaching for the last large shrimp on the plate.
"mother!"
Tuantuan suddenly turned her head and looked at her intently.
Jiang Mianmian's hand trembled: "W-what are you doing?"
You're thinking: 'While these two are fighting, I'll quickly steal the last shrimp and eat it without getting caught.'
Tuantuan repeated it accurately, then added innocently, "Mom, it's wrong to steal food. Dad said that good things should be shared."
Jiang Mianmian: 【…Thank you so much to your whole family!】
Looking at his distraught wife, and then at his son who had an innocent face but whose words were cutting to the heart, Shen Jin felt his temples throbbing.
This is hardly an awakening of superpowers.
This is clearly an awakening of the "house-destroying" attribute!
"Chen An!"
Shen Jin put down the broken chopsticks, his face darkening. "What did I say? Even if you heard it, you are not allowed to say it aloud!"
"But……"
Tuantuan fiddled with her fingers, feeling wronged. "But that voice keeps ringing in my head, and I feel uncomfortable if I don't say it out loud."
"You have to endure the discomfort!"
Shen Jin stood up, preparing to take the boy away and give him a good talking-to. "Come back to my room with me."
As soon as he stood up, he was already thinking about how he would spank him or make him stand as punishment.
Before he could even make a move, Tuantuan seemed to have anticipated his prediction and darted under the table.
"I'm not going!"
Tuantuan yelled under the table, "Dad, you want to spank me! And you're going to use that gold brick! It hurts!"
Chen Jin: ? ? ?
I did think about spanking, but I never thought about using gold bricks! That's just your imagination, isn't it?!
"come out!"
"Don't go out! Mom, help! Dad's going to beat me!"
The whole room was in complete chaos.
Two mind readers, one big and one small, began a battle of wits, "predicting and counter-predicting," across a table.
When Shen Jin tried to grab to the left, Tuan Tuan rolled to the right in advance; when Shen Jin tried to intimidate her with his internal force, Tuan Tuan covered her ears and shouted, "I won't listen, I won't listen!"
Caught in the middle, watching the bowls and chopsticks flying everywhere and the father and son causing chaos, Jiang Mianmian completely broke down.
"Enough!!!"
She slammed her hand on the table, gathered her strength in her dantian, and let out a lion's roar.
"Shut up, all of you! Sit down!"
The world is finally quiet.
Shen Jin straightened his disheveled clothes and sat back down in his chair. Tuantuan also crawled out from under the table and climbed back into the baby chair, covered in dust.
"You two!"
Jiang Mianmian pointed at the father and son, her fingers trembling, "One mind reader is annoying enough, now there are two! Do you want to tear this house apart?"
"Especially you! Shen An!"
She glared at her son, "From now on, turn off that stupid radar of yours! If I ever hear you giving nonsensical announcements again, I'll..."
"My mother is going to take away my snacks and confiscate my gold bricks."
Tuantuan replied skillfully, even sighing, "Mom, you've used this trick eight hundred times, can't you come up with something new?"
Jiang Mianmian: [...]
Destroy it. I'm tired.
This child is beyond saving. Is it possible to start over?
Seeing Jiang Mianmian's utterly hopeless expression, Shen Jin knew things couldn't continue like this.
Although Tuantuan is young, he inherited Jiang Mianmian's superhuman strength and now possesses the ability to read minds. If he is not guided and controlled, this kid will definitely become a troublemaker in the future, and might even... bring disaster upon himself because he knows too many secrets.
"Your Highness, please calm down."
Shen Jin poured Jiang Mianmian a cup of tea, then turned to look at his son, his eyes becoming deep and serious.
"round and round."
"Um?"
"Let's play a game."
Shen Jin stretched out a hand, palm up, "Look at your father's hand now, and guess what your father is going to do next."
Tuantuan stared intently at Chen Jin's hands.
One second, two seconds.
Suddenly, Tuan Tuan's expression changed.
"Father...Father, you need..."
"Whoosh—!"
Before he could finish speaking, Shen Jin's hand had already moved. With lightning speed, he flicked Tuan Tuan's forehead with a sharp flick.
"Thump!"
"Ouch!" Tuantuan covered her forehead, her eyes brimming with tears.
"Did you guess it?" Shen Jin asked.
"I...I guessed it." Tuantuan said with a mournful face, "But it was too fast, I couldn't dodge it."
"That's the problem."
Shen Jin said in a deep voice, "Mind reading can only let you know what the other person is thinking, but if your body can't keep up, if your mouth is faster than your brain, you will still lose and you will still get beaten."
"and……"
His cautious gaze swept across the surroundings. "In this world, some people think one thing and say another. Some people's inner voices are false, traps. If you believe them all, you won't even know how you died."
Tuantuan seemed to understand, but not quite.
“So,” Shen Jin concluded, “starting tomorrow, your father will not only teach you to control your strength, but also… how to control your ‘ears’.”
"In this family, you are not allowed to listen to, believe, or speak of anyone else's thoughts except for your father and mother."
"This is an order."
The Regent's aura was fully unleashed, instantly intimidating Xiao Tuantuan.
"Yes... Tuantuan knows."
The little guy shrank his neck, finally realizing the seriousness of the problem.
Jiang Mianmian listened from the side and secretly gave Shen Jin a thumbs up in her heart.
[It has to be his biological father. That's some serious parenting!]
【but……】
She suddenly thought of a more serious problem.
Since these two can read minds, maybe I should find a new place to hide the three thousand taels of silver I keep under my bed?
And that gold-plated washboard...
Shen Jin and Tuan Tuan turned their heads at the same time to look at Jiang Mianmian.
Shen Jin raised an eyebrow: "Three thousand taels? Under the bed?"
Tuantuan added insult to injury: "A gold-plated washboard? Mom, are you planning to use it for kneeling?"
Jiang Mianmian: [...]
【Ugh! Can't I even express what I think in my heart?!】
I can't stay in this house any longer!
With Jiang Mianmian's devastating screams, the day at the Donghai Inn came to a close amidst a chaotic scene of "filial piety and harmonious marriage."
Although the house was in chaos, Shen Jin knew that this was life.
It was full of surprises, but also full of... vibrant fun.
However, it seems that the "mind-reading education" for Tuantuan must be put on the agenda.
Otherwise, he might lose his authority as a father and the princess's private savings.
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