Chapter 81
Xiao Mo on stage also sensed that the atmosphere was a bit strange, but she had excellent mental fortitude. With the strong mental support of the giant chocolate ice cream and milk ice pot, Xiao Mo bravely finished singing the entire song.
As I came off the stage, a mischievous boy was singing along next to me.
"Slowly gouge out your eyes... Hahahaha, how terrifying."
Xiao Mo suddenly realized that she had sung the lyrics wrong, and very wrongly at that.
She stormed back to the round table, her big eyes brimming with tears, and pouted as she questioned her parents.
"I just sang it for you once, why didn't you listen carefully?"
The Jin family's parenting style has always been that whoever makes a mistake should apologize, and they never punish parents. In addition, since the parents already had something to hide, they quickly and sincerely apologized.
Qi An hugged Xiao Mo and coaxed her gently for a long time, but Xiao Mo just hugged her arms and pouted.
"My baby is angry, and I can't soothe him."
In the live stream room,
To be honest, it's not our daughter's fault for being angry. What kind of parents are they? So unreliable!
[Seriously, what were these two doing daydreaming while Xiao Mo was singing for them?]
This is what happens when you neglect your child; now you can't appease them anymore, can you?
The waitress brought over the complimentary giant ice pot. Xiao Mo, who had been fuming just moments before, instantly beamed with joy upon seeing the enormous ice pot.
Seeing an opportunity, Du Xiaoruo quickly and solicitously handed over a cartoon-shaped soup spoon.
Xiao Mo took the small soup spoon handed to her by her mother, scooped up the chewy taro balls and put them in her mouth. Chewing on the sweet taro balls, her anger subsided by more than half.
But remembering her previous grievances, Xiao Mo still pouted and protested.
"My teacher taught me that listening attentively to others is a sign of respect. I feel that you didn't respect me just now, and you hurt my self-esteem."
"Daddy was wrong." Qi An's attitude in admitting his mistake was very good. He quickly put a chocolate ice cream on the small plate in front of Xiao Mo, raised his hand and swore.
"Dad swears that I will listen carefully when you talk to me from now on."
Xiao Mo raised her eyelids and cautiously looked at her mother. Actually, she was more afraid of her mother at home.
Du Xiaoruo also promised, "Mom knows she was wrong and will listen to Xiao Mo properly from now on." After making the promise, Du Xiaoruo glared at Qi An. If it weren't for this lecherous man, none of this trouble would have happened.
After receiving apologies from her parents, Xiao Mo was no longer angry, but her big eyes darted around, and a thought of taking advantage of the situation popped into her head.
"Then I have one condition: I can eat whatever I want later, and then I will forgive you."
Du Xiaoruo gently stroked her youngest daughter's fluffy head, her tone very gentle, "Xiao Mo? Is there something Mommy didn't explain to you clearly?"
Xiao Mo instantly became sensible, "Mom, I was wrong. When you're angry, you should stick to the facts and not try to blackmail Mom and Dad."
Xiaoruo nodded, "Good girl!"
[Little Mo is so well-behaved; she immediately cowers in front of her mother. Now we know who's really in charge in this family.]
I think Xiaoruo's parenting style is amazing. She's firm when it comes to apologizing, but she doesn't spoil her child.
Honestly, I think it's wrong to give in to a child's tears and buy them toys or snacks. That will only encourage them to take things for granted, and they'll cry all they want in the future.
Crying children are so annoying.
After finishing the ice pot, it was already dark outside. Warm yellow lights lit up the ancient town, and various tempting aromas wafted from the food street.
Xiao Mo gets a lot of exercise every day, and although he eats a lot, he almost never has indigestion. Qi An and Xiao Ruo stayed behind the two children and let them eat to their hearts' content.
They ate their way from one end of the street to the other, and then strolled back along the pedestrian street by the moat. Halfway there, Xiao Mo got sleepy, tugging at his father's clothes, and dozing off like a chick pecking at rice as they walked, his fluffy head nodding with each step.
Qi An squatted down, and Xiao Mo climbed onto his father's back, wrapped his short arms around his father's neck, and fell asleep instantly upon smelling his father's familiar scent.
Xiaoruo, holding Xiaoshu's hand, walked slowly alongside Qi'an. She looked down and asked,
"Can the little book move around?"
Xiao Shu gave her a confident smile, "Mom, I'm a 10-year-old big girl now, of course I can walk. I still have homework to do when I get back to the hotel."
Qi An's expression stiffened, and after a long pause, he suggested,
"I'm very tired today, I'll do my homework tomorrow."
Xiao Shu shook her head firmly, "No, today's work must be done today."
Qi An grumbled discontentedly, "I've never seen you this ambitious before."
Du Xiaoru coughed lightly twice, awkwardly changing the subject, "I wonder where Fan Lei and the others live."
“They’ll most likely be staying at the same hotel as us.” Qi An lifted Xiao Mo up a little. “I just checked online, and the only decent hotel in this ancient town is the one we’re staying at.”
Back at the hotel, Du Xiaoruo took Xiao Mo off Qi An's back, carried her into the room to sleep, wrung out a towel to wipe her face, and then let her fall asleep peacefully.
Xiao Ruo took a shower, her long black hair reaching her back wrapped in a towel. She tore open a black and gold face mask and applied it to her face. After thinking for a moment, she picked up a perfume and applied some to her wrists and behind her ears.
She picked up her phone, which was charging on the bedside table, and looked at it. There were no messages, so Xiaoshu probably hadn't gone to sleep yet.
Since getting married, the couple has always had a harmonious sex life. Du Xiaoruo saw online that after having a child, the couple often become like roommates, but their family has always been as sweet as honey.
These past few days, we've been filming a show outside, and it's been so long since we've been intimate. If Qi An hadn't teased her, it would have been fine, but after he did, Xiao Ruo felt like a feather was being tugged at her heart, and she even started to look forward to it a little.
Meanwhile, in another room, Qi An was sitting at his desk, frowning, looking at a fill-in-the-blank question.
[When guests arrive, I open the door for them and say, "Hello, do you have an appointment?"]
Qi An asked, "Is this how you always talk to your guests?"
Xiao Shu nodded, "Yes, that's what our housekeeper always says when she opens the door."
"Alright then," Qi An conceded. "Then hurry up and write."
He raised his wrist to look at his watch; it was almost 10:30. "I'll go take a shower first," he thought, figuring he should finish his homework by the time he finished.
When Qi An came out after taking a shower, Xiao Shu was still sitting at the table writing furiously. Qi An went over and saw that Xiao Shu had finished her Chinese homework, but had started her math homework.
Qi An stood behind Xiao Shu and looked at him, pointing out a few mistakes. After dawdling for a while, it was 11:30 before Xiao Shu finally finished his homework for the day.
After finishing his homework, Xiaoshu took a bath and then read a bedtime story, and the little rascal didn't fall asleep until almost midnight.
After Xiao Shu finally fell asleep, Qi An leaped over the bed, grabbed his phone, and quickly sent a message to Du Xiaoruo.
[Finally asleep. Shall I come get you now?]
Half a day had passed since the message was sent, but there was still no response. Qi An was getting anxious and wanted to call directly, but he was afraid of waking Xiao Mo and ruining everything.
He simply got up, tiptoed out of the room, walked into the corridor, and gently knocked three times on the door opposite.
Fan Lei's family is indeed staying at this hotel, and they are even staying on the same floor as Qi An and his family. They stayed out a bit late today and just came back from outside. The camera will follow them as they enter their room.
Just past the corner of the corridor, Fan Lei, who was walking ahead, spotted Qi An acting suspiciously at the door, seemingly doing something. Fan Lei, feeling playful, put his index finger to his lips to signal the cameraman to be quiet. They retreated behind the wall, leaving only the camera to film Qi An's movements.
In Fan Lei's home live broadcast room.
[Holy crap, what's going on? What is Mr. Ha trying to do?]
[Did Ha do something wrong and get thrown out by Xiaoruo? Hahahaha.]
[Xiao Ruo is ruthless; she threw him out without even giving him a pillow.]
As everyone was speculating, a click sounded, and the door in front of Qi An opened. Qi An slipped into the room, and after a short while, he came out of the room carrying the sleeping Xiao Mo and went into the room opposite.
A while later, Qi An came out of the opposite room empty-handed and rushed into the room where Xiao Ruo was.
[Hahaha, anyone who's married with kids understands, hahaha...]
I'm so envious of this couple! My husband and I have only been married for two years, and I've already lost interest in sex.
Wow...this love has a really long shelf life.
The next morning, after having breakfast in Lanying Ancient Town, everyone prepared to drive back to the village. When they met Fan Lei's family at the hotel entrance, they greeted each other.
Once inside the van, Qi An complained, "Why did Fan Lei have such a creepy grin when he saw me?"
Holding a bag of pastries she bought for Grandpa Niu, Xiao Mo looked up at Xiao Ruo with her big, bright eyes and said...
"Mom, I had a very strange dream last night. I dreamt that I was sleeping with my brother Xiaoshu, but when I woke up this morning, I found that I was sleeping next to you."
Du Xiaoruo calmly returned her daughter's smile.
"It is a bit strange."
[Hahaha, Xiao Mo, you're sleeping next to Brother Xiao Shu because your parents are driving inappropriately for children, that's hilarious!]
【Huh? What happened? Didn't you stop streaming after going back to your room yesterday?】
[Saw this in Fan Lei's live stream. I saw a bit of car exhaust fumes, hahaha.]
Xiao Mo was going to deliver pastries to Grandpa Niu's house, so the nanny van took her all the way to the gate of Grandpa Niu's house. Qi An and Xiao Ruo were there, so she should get out and say hello.
As soon as I reached the gate, I heard a quarrel coming from inside.
Through the half-open gate, you can see a young man and the village chief standing in the yard.
The young man's face showed some anger, but you could tell that he was trying to control his tone. "It's not that I don't want to come back to take care of my dad, it's just that I can't leave my job in the city. If I lose my job because of this, how will the three of us survive?"
The village chief waved his hand, "Then you should take your father to the city to take care of him."
The young man sighed heavily, "My wife and I are still crammed into a single room with our child. How are we supposed to live here?"
The village chief frowned. "Are you saying you don't want to get involved?"
"How can I manage it? I've tried my best, but it's still like this."
After listening for a while, Xiaoruo turned to Qi'an and said, "Let's go back first. They're dealing with something right now. They'll come back this afternoon."
Qi An nodded; it was indeed inconvenient to go in now.
The couple turned around and realized that Xiao Mo was gone. Then they heard a clear, cute little voice coming from the yard.
"Uncle, you don't mean the kind of hard work you're talking about, like sleeping at 2 AM and waking up at 7 AM for a monthly salary of 3,000 yuan, do you?"
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