After Descending the Mountain, Seven Big Brothers Spoil Me - Chapter 279

Chapter 279: Be Careful Not to Turn into Fish Porridge
“I want to eat fish!”

“I want shrimp!”

“I want meat!”

Next door, Lian Tianyi sat on the ground, kicking and screaming at the top of his lungs, his cries resounding through the heavens.

At the door, Zhouzhou leaned over to watch the commotion. She looked up at Xi Yan and grabbed his hand, placing it over her ears to cover them.

With her chubby arms hugging a bowl, she wolfed down her food while staring wide-eyed at the courtyard.

Qin Er, serving her the dishes, curiously asked, “What’s he crying about?”

“Crying for pie.” Zhouzhou swallowed the food in her mouth and said between bites, “Of course, he’ll cry if he’s only promised pie but not given any to eat.”

If someone dared to promise her pie but wouldn’t let her eat it, she’d cry until the sky leaked!

In the courtyard, Lian Pei also had a headache. Originally, he just wanted to soothe his son, but he kept pestering for the things he had been promised. Where could he get it for him?

Seeing Wu Xiaowen standing aside, he spoke up, “Can’t you think of a way? Are you just going to let Yiyi cry like this?”

Wu Xiaowen, looking tired, pinched her brow. “I’ve told you before, don’t promise children things you can’t fulfill.”

“So you’re blaming me? We agreed when we got married: you take care of the household affairs while I work hard outside to earn money. Can’t you even take care of the child properly?”

Hearing this, Wu Xiaowen’s expression turned ugly.

Zhouzhou wrinkled her small brow, tilting her head in confusion. “Then isn’t that silly boy your child?”

Hearing her tender voice, Lian Pei was momentarily stunned. Knowing she was Qin Lie’s daughter, he didn’t say much and patiently explained, “Of course Yiyi is my child. In one household, it’s normal to have clear division of labor. I provide for the family, and Yiyi’s mom takes care of him. Isn’t that how it should be? I can’t do everything.”

“My dad does everything!” Zhouzhou stood with her chubby waist, shaking her small head proudly. “My dad goes to work every day and is very busy, but he still spends time with me.”

“Moreover, if you said let Auntie take care of the child, then when Auntie is taking care of him, you shouldn’t interfere. When my dad spanks me, my grandma never interrupts!”

The little girl was barely as tall as a leg, but she lifted her chubby chin and earnestly imparted parenting wisdom, making people can’t help but smile.

[Haha, I’m going to laugh to death! So she’s proud of what? Proud of getting a beating!]

[I was a little angry before and wanted to say that Lian Pei just abandons his child, but when it’s time to educate him, he shouldn’t be lectured. What a hypocrite! I didn’t expect Baby Zhouzhou to say everything I wanted to say, but she doesn’t need to use herself as an example!]

[Zhouzhou is right! It’s the most annoying when teaching a child with someone interfering, always making trouble. If you’re capable, then take action, don’t just talk. He just casually says it, leaving all the work to his wife. He’s so lame.]

Wu Xiaowen didn’t expect Zhouzhou to speak up for her. She was stunned for a moment and couldn’t help but feel warmed in her heart.

Just as she was about to speak, the Yu Mian family walked over. Apparently, they had also heard the conversation. Looking at Zhouzhou, Yu Mian furrowed his brow and said, “Little girl, how can you criticize your elders? It’s very disrespectful.”

Zhouzhou was stunned, and Zhaocai followed suit, staring blankly, not understanding where this smelly thing had come from.

Xi Yan acted as if he was startled, his face darkened, and he walked up, pulling Zhouzhou behind him protectively. He sarcastically remarked, “Who are you to lecture my niece? How come, have you lived for thousands of years and love to act like an elder?”

He actually dared to call him a tortoise!

Yu Mian’s eyes suddenly ignited with anger.

Back when Xi Yan participated in the talent show, Yu Mian, as one of the judges, didn’t think much of him. He advised him to change careers, but Xi Yan unexpectedly became famous overnight, winning the championship and embarrassing Yu Mian. Since then, whenever they met, Xi Yan never showed him any respect.

Yu Mian stared at him, recalling the ridicule he had endured over the years, his face growing colder. “Talent alone is useless without character.”

“Are you praising my little uncle for his talent then?” Zhouzhou’s head peeked out from behind Xi Yan, gleefully saying, “My little uncle is even better than you. Your jealousy is useless.”

“Who’s jealous of him!” Yu Mian was furious, feeling like he had been pricked in a sore spot.

But Zhouzhou ignored him, snorted, and ran over to Lian Tianyi. She lifted him up and tossed him into Lian Pei’s arms, swiftly slipping a talisman into his pocket, her chubby hands extremely agile, unnoticed by anyone.

Taking a step back, Zhouzhou said, “Who told you that you could have the meat? You should find that person. We’re not three-year-old kids anymore. When there’s a wrong, there’s a rightful owner. We must be fair! Uncle, when you promise something to a child, you have to follow through.”

Huo Ji’an nodded in agreement. His dad always lied to him, promising things and not delivering. It’s annoying.

After doing all this, Zhouzhou ran back next door and quickly brought over the fish they hadn’t cooked. She handed it to Wu Xiaowen and said, “Auntie, this is for you.”

Wu Xiaowen was stunned. She didn’t expect the little girl to do this and felt embarrassed as she politely declined, “Thank you, Zhouzhou, but you don’t have to. You’ve already done enough. It’s not easy for you either.”

“It’s okay. Catching fish is easy.” Zhouzhou proudly puffed out her chest. “I’m amazing!”

With that, she didn’t wait for Wu Xiaowen to refuse and simply shoved the fish into her hands. Then she lowered her head to touch the spot on Wu Xiaowen’s leg where Lian Tianyi had kicked her earlier, and asked, “Auntie, does your leg still hurt?”

Upon hearing her words, Wu Xiaowen couldn’t help but feel her nose tingle. She never expected that the first person to ask her if she was in pain would be someone else’s child.

Not even her husband had asked.

Maybe he thought a child couldn’t kick hard enough to hurt much.

Indeed, he didn’t take care of the child, so how could he know these things?

She forced a smile, her eyes filled with bitterness.

For some reason, Lian Pei also felt extremely uncomfortable. This emotion came out of nowhere. He touched his chest, feeling bewildered. He looked at his son in his arms and suddenly raised his hand to spank his buttocks.

After spanking him, he was stunned. Why did he hit his son?

But in the heat of the moment, he acted instinctively.

Lian Tianyi was dumbfounded and cried even louder.

Wu Xiaowen was about to speak, but Zhouzhou suddenly stuffed a talisman into her hand. She had originally intended to go forward and comfort the child, but she frowned and said, “Why are you hitting the child? Couldn’t you have spoken nicely?”

Her tone was surprisingly similar to Lian Pei’s.

Lian Pei’s brows furrowed, feeling even more bitter, but he never had this feeling when he said these words before.

What’s going on?

He pondered, unable to come up with an explanation, unable to say a word.

[Now you know what it feels like to be uncomfortable. People just stand and talk without feeling the pain.]

[Why does it feel like these two suddenly switched roles? But to be honest, in the last episode, it felt like Director Lian didn’t respect his wife much, he was too male chauvinistic, acting like a boss at home, especially with bringing the child along this time, it’s obvious he never takes care of the child. His wife’s temperament is pretty good, which is why he’s so spoiled.]

[Hope the wife stands up now, just like this, make him take care of the child, then he’ll know it’s not easy.]

[Honestly, I’m getting annoyed with Yu Mian. This is other family matter, what’s he doing jumping in?]

Seeing this, Yu Mian’s fans immediately jumped out to defend him.

[What do you mean? Yu Mian was also well-intentioned.]

As soon as they appeared, Xi Yan’s fans also refused to back down: [Oh, was it also well-intentioned when you advised Xi Yan to change careers back then? Heh, some people just love using their seniority to suppress others, how disgusting.]

The two sides had never gotten along, and it didn’t take long for them to start arguing.

The guests couldn’t see the barrage, but Qin Yan noticed that Lian Pei and Wu Xiaowen seemed uneasy. He glanced at the little girl who was giggling beside them, suddenly stepped forward, picked her up, pressed her head against his chest, blocking her expression, and said as if to avoid suspicion, “We’re leaving first, you guys go on with whatever you are busy with.”

With that, he hastily left with Zhouzhou.

Lu Yanyu and the others felt that his behavior was a bit strange, but they didn’t think much of it and immediately followed.

However, Qin Yan didn’t let them follow. He shook off the cameraman, carried Zhouzhou to a corner, leaned against the wall, trapped the little girl in the corner, and asked, “What did you do to them?”

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou was somewhat surprised. She didn’t expect Third Uncle to be so smart to have noticed.

Her eyes rolled around, chubby fingers poked around, blinked innocently, and said, “It’s nothing much, just stuck an empathy talisman on them.”

“What’s an empathy talisman?”

“It’s just that their moods are connected. Uncle can feel Auntie’s emotions, and Auntie can feel his too, they exchange feelings.” Zhouzhou pouted and muttered, “Third Uncle is really silly, he doesn’t even know this.”

Qin Yan’s mouth twitched. Who could understand her pile of weird talismans?

No wonder they reacted like that just now.

Thinking back, it was indeed an exchange.

He slapped his forehead, feeling a headache. “Zhouzhou, let’s discuss next time before you act. Otherwise, with such big changes in them, it’s hard to explain.”

Afraid that the little girl might act recklessly, he intentionally scared her, “Be careful, someone might find out and capture you, tie you to an experimental table, and cut you into fish porridge!”

Upon hearing this, Zhouzhou’s little face wrinkled, and she looked at him with some indescribable expression. Then she glanced behind him, shook her head, and sympathetically said, “Third Uncle, you’re finished.”

Qin Yan didn’t understand what she meant by that. Just as he was about to ask, a voice came from beside him, “Are you scaring Zhouzhou like this?”