Tang Huihui was delighted to hear this. "That child doesn't look stupid at all."
Xiaoman smiled. "What did he say?"
Ugly said excitedly, "He said Ugly, play."
Mei Bing patted Chou Chou's little head. "Chou Chou is really amazing. He taught him to talk so quickly."
"Hehe..." Ugly was a little smug. "Auntie, Uncle Gorilla is so smart."
Just as Chou Chou finished speaking, Shen came in from outside. "Chou Chou, play."
"Okay." Chou Chou said to Tang Huihui, Xiaoman, and Meibing. "Great-Grandma, Grandma, Aunt, I'm going to play."
Tang Huihui: "Go ahead."
Xiaoman smiled at Shen. "Chou Chou, do you know why your Uncle Tengteng taught him for so many days but he still couldn't learn to speak, while you taught him for just one day and he learned?"
Ugly thought for a moment. "I don't know."
Shen's eyelids twitched twice.
Xiaoman glanced at Shen: "Because your Uncle Tengteng is an adult, and you are a child. Your Uncle Gorilla just turned from a gorilla into a human."
Ugly's eyes lit up: "Grandma, I understand! You mean, Uncle Gorilla is like Ball Ball now." Ball Ball is the little baby next door. "Ball Ball doesn't understand what adults are saying yet."
Xiaoman looked at Shen and smiled: "That's right. Because he just became human, although he is an adult, his intelligence is just like a child's right now."
Chou Chou continued, "So he can only understand what children say."
Xiaoman nodded. "When you teach him to speak, teach him something simple first. Once he's learned that, then you can teach him something more difficult."
"Okay. Then I'll go get the picture book that my mom bought me when I was one year old."
Xiaoman: "Mmm."
Shen let out a silent wail. He liked being with Chou Chou, but the thought of him following Chou Chou around like a little kid every day... gave Shen a headache just thinking about it.
Shen thought to himself, "If I had known this would happen, I would have used a different method."
Ugly came out of the house with a picture book for recognizing characters. "Uncle Gorilla, I'll teach you to recognize things."
Shen's heart was filled with resentment. But... "Roar roar roar!"
Xiaoman raised an eyebrow. "Chou Chou, it seems he doesn't want to learn from you."
Ugly blinked. "Uncle Gorilla, don't you want to learn to talk with me?"
Shen immediately walked over to Chou Chou and took the book from her hands. "Roar!"
Ugly's eyes crinkled with laughter. "Grandma, you guessed wrong. Uncle Gorilla likes to mimic my speech."
Xiaoman smiled. "Then you should teach him properly."
“Okay.” Chou Chou pulled Shen to sit on the sofa. “Uncle Gorilla, this is an apple.”
Shen felt that Xiaoman was definitely doing it on purpose. "Pingping... Ping... Roar!"
Xiaoman: "Chou Chou, you have to teach him one word at a time."
“Okay.” Chou Chou looked at Shen and said, “Ping.”
Shen was extremely frustrated. "Ping."
Chou Chou ruffled Shen's hair, just like Xiao Man and the others did. "Uncle, you're so smart."
Shen also rubbed Chou Chou's head: "Ming."
Xiaoman raised an eyebrow.
Shen's eyes flickered.
Ugly loves being a little teacher. "Uncle Gorilla, fruit."
Shen: "Fruit".
Seeing that nothing was wrong, Mei Bing stood up from the sofa. "Grandma, Mom, I'm going to help Tengteng cook."
Tang Huihui and Xiaoman: "Mm."
A moment later, Tengteng came in. As soon as he entered, he smiled. "Chouchou, is being a teacher fun?"
Ugly: "It's fun."
Tengteng sat down next to Chou Chou: "Then your uncle will entrust the task of teaching him to speak to you. Can you do it?"
Chou Chou stood on the ground and saluted Tengteng: "Yes."
"Okay." Tengteng carried Chou Chou to the sofa. "Continue."
"Okay. Uncle Gorilla, pear."
Shen Bian repeated "pear" to Chou Chou while glancing at Tengteng. Meaning: Teaching me to speak is your task.
Sheng Teng shrugged. Meaning: I taught you, but you couldn't learn it.
*Pfft!* Shen inwardly coughed up blood.
Ugly pointed at the grapes and said, "Grapes."
Shen: "Portuguese".
Ugly: "Grape".
Shen: "Grape".
Ugly: "Grapes."
Shen: "Grapes."
...
After finishing his meal, Tengteng glanced at Shen.
Shen's eyelids twitched twice more.
Tengteng smiled. "Grandpa, Grandma, Grandpa Shang, Grandpa Guo, Mom, Dad, I can stay at home for two months this time."
Tang Huihui: "That's great."
Han Dashan: "Why can you take such a long break this time?"
Tengteng rubbed Chou Chou's head: "I've been able to rest for so long thanks to Chou Chou."
Han Dashan: "What does this have to do with Chou Chou?"
Tengteng pointed at Shen: "We specially hired an expert in this field to teach him to speak. But it didn't work at all. But Chou Chou has only been with him for a little over a day, and he has already learned several words. I just called our leader, and after listening to him, our leader told him to continue staying at our house to learn from Chou Chou. Because of his special status, our leader asked me to stay at home and look after him."
Shen was extremely frustrated. He liked being with Chou Chou, but he didn't like constantly pretending to be a child.
Xiaoman smiled. "Chou Chou, you have two months to teach him to speak."
Tengteng looked at Chou Chou and said, "Two months is a long time, so you can just teach him a few words every day. There's no need to rush."
Xiaoman: "He won't remember even if I teach him too much."
Tang Huihui: "That's right. You can't get fat in one bite. Chou Chou, we'll teach you slowly. No rush."
Ugly: "Okay."
Shen was certain that Xiaoman and Tengteng were deliberately messing with him. But… he could understand Tengteng messing with him, since he'd been teasing Tengteng a lot lately. But why was Xiaoman messing with him? Was she getting revenge for her son? Or… a thought popped into Shen's mind: Xiaoman already knew he was the fox from that day. But Shen thought that was impossible. In the end, Shen concluded that Xiaoman was probably just getting revenge for Tengteng.
After finishing discussing Shen's matter, Xiaoman looked at Meibing and said, "Starting tomorrow, you will exercise with me and your father. I will teach you a set of exercises that will not only strengthen your body but also ensure a smooth delivery for your child."
Mei Bing was very happy to hear that. "Thank you, Mother."
Tengteng: "Then I'll exercise with you guys tomorrow too."
Xiaoman: "Whatever you say."
That evening, after washing up, Han Bin lay down next to Xiaoman and kissed her. "Wife, do you want to take a closer look at that boy?"
"Um."
"You've taken a fancy to that kid?" If she didn't like him, Xiaoman wouldn't bother with him.
"It looks alright on the surface."
"But what's the reality?"
"We'll actually know in two more months."
Do you think our daughter will like him?
"have no idea."
"What if our daughter doesn't like him, but he insists on marrying her?"
Xiaoman smiled and said, "Your daughter isn't a paper tiger, is she?"
Han Bing thought about it and agreed. "Should we call our daughter and tell her?"
"No need. Let the children handle their own affairs. We'll only step in if they can't solve it themselves."
"All right."
In the days that followed, Shen tried his best to act like a child while hoping that his older sister would come back soon.
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