Chapter 199 Mao Mao's tadpoles are gone!
After raising a few new goldfish, the first thing Mao Mao does when she wakes up and opens her eyes is to go and see her goldfish.
She ran out the door with her short legs and saw her third brother peeking out from the stairs.
"elder brother?"
Lou Hongjian was startled and trembled. He turned around and saw that it was her, then breathed a sigh of relief: "It's you, Mao Mao."
He immediately waved to his sister, "Come here, come here."
Mao Mao ran over, confused.
Lou Hongjian squatted down and hugged his younger sister, pointed downstairs, and whispered, "Mao Mao, go and see if Dad has left yet."
"dad?"
"If he's already gone out, just call me and I'll go down," Lou Hongjian cleverly suggested.
Mao Mao nodded her little head: "Oh."
The stairs were high and long. Mao Mao slowly descended the stairs, holding onto the handrail. Soon, the sound of her footsteps attracted the attention of others.
"Mao Mao, you're up?" Lou Dashuai walked over, rubbing his hands together, and strode up the steps.
He bent down and picked up the little bundle of joy from the stairs, nuzzling her soft little face. His deep voice cracked, "Mao Mao, Daddy's about to leave. I won't see you all day. Daddy will miss you so much!"
Lou Dashuai didn't just talk about it; he also put it into action. He rubbed so hard, as if he wanted to turn his longing into something tangible and leave it behind. The little flesh on Mao Mao's face was distorted from the rubbing.
She reached out her little hand to push away Lou Dashuai's head that was pressing in: "It itches, Daddy, it itches!"
She pushed it while looking confused.
Why is Dad talking so strangely today?
Commander Lou didn't leave. He asked her, "Mao Mao, do you want to come with Daddy to the military headquarters today? Daddy will take you to see the cannons!"
Mao Mao blinked: "Cannon?"
"That's right, it's not just cannons, the military headquarters has many other good things you've never seen before." Commander Lou coaxed, "Do you know? Dad is very powerful outside, all the soldiers listen to me, and when Mao Mao comes with me, they listen to Mao Mao too!"
Mao Mao, bewildered, said, "Oh..."
Lou Dashuai persisted: "Maomao, don't you like playing with Daddy? When Daddy is working, you can sit next to him. Isn't that great? It shows how close we are as father and daughter."
"Dad is busy with work every day and doesn't have time to play with Mao Mao. How pitiful!"
Mao Mao: "Huh?"
Commander Lou has his own ideas.
After Nie Zhengyun took Mao Mao for a stroll outside, rumors began to circulate in Haicheng that the Green Gang had gained a new young lady.
Where did the Green Gang get a prostitute?! This is his daughter!
He asked Lou Wenshan's daughter!
Last time, he threw a birthday party for Mao Mao, announcing to everyone that he had a precious daughter. But the guests at the birthday party were all members of Haicheng's high society, not enough.
There are many people in the military. Once he takes Mao Mao for a walk, who will dare to say that Mao Mao is a young lady from the Green Gang?
Lou Dashuai's plans were in full swing.
But despite his eloquent and elaborate explanations, Mao Mao remained uninterested.
She looked back at the stairwell, but her third brother was no longer there.
Mao Mao thought for a moment and said, "Mao Mao is not going."
General Lou was heartbroken: "Mao Mao..."
"Mao Mao wants to see goldfish." Mao Mao said, "Mao Mao will play with goldfish today."
Commander Lou: "..."
That goldfish was a gift from Nie Zhengyun.
It makes me so angry just thinking about it!
"Dad, please don't make things difficult for Mao Mao."
Lou Fengju also came over. He glanced at the corner of his clothes peeking out from the stairwell, but didn't expose her. He took his younger sister from his father's arms.
“Not just anyone can enter the military headquarters. Besides, Mao Mao has no interest in those cannons and bombs; they would only scare her.”
Lou Fengju touched his younger sister's soft little face, a small patch of fair skin was rubbed red by the stubble of the great general Lou.
He raised an eyebrow and smiled at his father: "Even if you're angry, you shouldn't act pitiful, right? That doesn't suit you."
Lou Dashuai's face turned cold, and he glared angrily at his eldest son.
Lou Fengju ignored his gaze, carried his younger sister downstairs, and placed Mao Mao on a chair in front of the dining table.
The steamed buns and soy milk on the breakfast table are more appealing than any cannons or bombs.
Upon smelling the delicious aroma of the food, Mao Mao immediately perked up, her eyes sparkling.
Lou Fengju took the military jacket handed to him by the maid, but didn't put it on immediately. Instead, he brought his handsome, arrogant face closer to his sister, a smile playing on his lips: "Mao Mao, your brother is going out. Last time, Ah Hong taught you how to say goodbye?"
Mao Mao immediately pouted and gave her brother a goodbye kiss.
Goodbye, brother!
Lou Fengju put on his military cap, pinched his younger sister's cheek, and then went out.
General Lou was not giving up and still wanted to try to abduct his daughter again. He had barely started a conversation when Old Madam Lou glared at him sternly: "You're going to work, not to take care of the child. Is this how you do things—half-hearted and indecisive?"
So, Lou Dashuai could only clench his fists and leave the house unwillingly.
The two cars drove away one after the other, and Lou Hongjian's figure appeared from the staircase.
He dragged his weary body to a chair and let out a long sigh: "Sigh."
Lou Heming looked up from behind the newspaper, his eyes behind his gold-rimmed glasses filled with laughter: "Ah Hong, how long are you going to hide from your father?"
Lou Hongjian sighed again: "What can I do? Dad sees me as the most annoying person right now, so of course I have to stay away from him."
Unfortunately, since we live under the same roof, we can't really hide far away.
Or should he go hide away for a few more days?
Lou Hongjian, looking disheveled, spread jam on his bread: "I really don't understand why you and my eldest brother always have something to do whenever I'm supposed to go out with Mao Mao. If my eldest or second brother went, this kind of thing definitely wouldn't happen."
Lou Heming picked up his coffee cup and took a sip: "I think Mr. Nie must have considered this as well."
My older brother works in the military, so his schedule is easy to find out. He's a doctor, and there's a duty roster at the hospital.
Lou Yansui muttered to himself, "The first time Mao Mao went out with Mr. Nie, she almost recognized him as her godfather. The second time, rumors spread that the Green Gang had a young lady. The third time, could it be that Mao Mao is really going to be Mr. Nie's daughter?"
Lou Hongjian: "..."
Lou Heming: "..."
The three of them couldn't help but shiver.
No doubt, Dad will be furious when the time comes.
Thinking that Mao Mao had already made an appointment with Nie Zhengyun to meet again next time, Lou Hongjian choked up, as if he could already see his own impending doom.
After having breakfast, he couldn't wait to grab his keys and head to the gallery, with a large bag of luggage in the passenger seat.
I'm planning to go away and lay low for a few days.
Mao Mao didn't sense her brothers' sadness at all. After seeing them off, she couldn't wait to run to see her goldfish.
The big white cat followed her footsteps, and the two of them soon arrived in front of the glass fish tank, sat down in a row, and admired today's goldfish before the start of their morning introductory lesson.
Mao Mao was in a good mood, wiggling her little feet, while the big white cat wagged its tail.
Mao Mao: "Huh?"
After watching for a while, Mao Mao approached the fish tank in confusion, her round little face almost touching the glass. Her dark eyes stared unblinkingly at the small animals swimming inside.
After a while, she tilted her head in confusion.
"Mother! Mother!"
Mao Mao shouted loudly for her mother.
Xia Xiaoxiang came out upon hearing the sound: "What's wrong?"
"Tadpoles, Mao Mao's tadpoles are gone!"
"What?"
Xia Xiaoxiang peeked into the direction of the fish tank from afar. In the transparent glass bathtub, several small goldfish with golden and red coloration were swimming around, and there were also a few inconspicuous little tadpoles with thin, long tails.
Xia Xiaoxiang asked in confusion, "Isn't it here?"
Mao Mao shook her head: "One is missing."
"One is missing? Did you miscount?"
"I've counted three times, but one is still missing."
Mao Mao can already count to numbers up to twenty. There aren't many tadpoles in the fish tank, also within twenty. She counted them three times, and each time she didn't make a mistake.
Xia Xiaoxiang thought to herself: One is missing? That's perfect!
She didn't want a croaking frog to appear in her bed one day.
If there's one less tadpole, it means one less frog in the future—that's good news!
Xia Xiaoxiang casually said, "It went to find its mother."
"hold head high?"
Mao Mao turned around and exchanged a glance with the big white cat.
Oh, I see. So it went to find its mother.
She rested her chubby chin on her hand, leaned back down in front of the fish tank, and continued to watch the goldfish with delight.
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