Huo Lin emptied out the cards and let the little child pick them up and play as they pleased.
In an instant, the little child, now possessing so many cards, joyfully grabbed them and looked at each one.
“Brother, Ningning loves you the most!”
“Mhm.”
Listening to the little child’s confession, Huo Lin’s face showed little emotion, but his foot couldn’t help but twitch.
Having played with the cards all the way, when they were about to reach the palace, the little child finally packed the cards into his own backpack.
“Not playing anymore?” Huo Lin asked.
With the cards packed away, the little child lifted his hand to rub his chubby face. The next moment, changing his the expression on his face, the little child began to shed tears.
Witnessing all of this, Huo Lin thought, “…”
He understood.
They were about to meet an adult, so it was necessary to shed a few tears in advance.
Huo Lin held a backpack in one hand and the little child in the other. Although young, due to long-term intense training, his physical strength was not to be underestimated.
Now he was getting more stable at holding the little child.
“Brother, Ningning will walk by himself!”
The little child wiggled his body, wriggling out of his brother’s embrace. Once on the ground, he used his short legs to run ahead.
The palace guards saw them and were about to greet them, but the little child disappeared in no time.
Huo Lin walked behind, not in a hurry to catch up.
The little child was familiar with the palace; he had previously found a dog hole under the palace walls, along with Fatty.
Both the chubby mouse and the little child had found two holes in the palace and the Zhang family’s residence.
He ran for quite a while.
The little child finally reached the main palace. Before he even entered, his voice rang out.
“Auntie! Uncle Lulu! Ningning is here!”
After the little child’s announcement, when he entered, Ai Wei had already come out.
“Auntie!”
When he saw Auntie, the little child urgently slammed the brakes, but still ended up colliding into her.
The little child was plump, so the collision didn’t hurt much.
Ai Wei lifted the child that had bumped into her and kissed his head. “Why is Ningning in such a hurry?”
The little child rubbed his face against Auntie’s and snuggled close. Only after snuggling did he allow Auntie to inspect his face.
“Oh dear, who bullied our Ningning?”
When the little child started crying, his face and eyelids turned red, quite noticeably.
Ai Wei held the aggrieved child and walked towards the study. “Uncle Lulu is busy in the study. Do you want to go tell Uncle Lulu about it?”
The little child that had come to complain nodded.
Seeing this, Ai Wei smiled and carried him to the study.
The corridor was a bit long, and Ai Wei chatted with the little child on the way. The child clung to Ai Wei’s neck, preventing her from checking the StarNet.
“The StarNet isn’t nice. Auntie shouldn’t look at it."
The chubby child pressed close to his auntie and whispered softly.
In reality, Ai Wei had already watched quite a few videos on the StarNet and even saved a bunch of them. Clearing her throat, she followed the child’s words, “Alright, Auntie won’t look.”
Anyway, she had almost finished watching those videos on the StarNet, so there probably weren’t any new ones she hadn’t seen.
After the child reminded his auntie, they arrived at the study.
Ai Wei didn’t go inside.
She remembered that Ludwig had been working just now. She didn’t know if he had finished yet, and she couldn’t be bothered to go in and check.
“Ningning, go ahead. I need to call your Auntie Ella. it’s time for your regular check-up.”
As she spoke, Ai Wei set the child down.
The child pushed the door, and it wasn’t locked. Skilled at it, the child squeezed in and closed the door behind him.
Seeing him enter, Ai Wei went to contact Ella.
Inside the study.
Ludwig, who was discussing military and political matters in a video conference mode, had already heard the noise when the door was pushed open. However, he recognized who it was by the noise alone. Thus, his expression remained unchanged, and he continued with the conference as usual.
The little child was still very well-behaved. Seeing him busy, he should play with his toys by himself nearby. There were many toys piled up in the study, and these toys were all the latest models.
But after waiting for a while, the little child still didn’t go to play with the toys.
“Uncle Lulu.”
Ludwig’s foot sank a bit. He lowered his head and saw the little child sitting on his foot, his chubby little bottom pressing against him.
The most skilled action of the little child was to sit on an adult’s foot and hug their leg. “Uncle Lulu, look at me!”
Ludwig: “...”
Today’s little child was a bit different from before.
The little child knew that Uncle Lulu was busy, but the child was very anxious!
On the way here, the little child was playing with cards, but his brain was working the whole way.
Among big brother, auntie, and Uncle Lulu, the one who the little child thought could help delete the video should be Uncle Lulu!
So, after confirming the target, the little child closed the door and began to secretly plead.
“Be good. I’ll hold you after I’m done with my work.”
The video conference hadn’t been interrupted, and the previous topic hadn’t concluded yet. Ludwig couldn’t close the meeting right now.
The little child clung to Ludwig’s leg, not behaving at all. Tearfully, he looked at Ludwig, his childish voice sounding pitiful: “Uncle Lulu, it’s so embarrassing for me on the StarNet. Can you help me delete the videos?”
Ludwig: “...”
Ludwig’s expression slightly changed, and he discreetly glanced at the conference video.
If he remembered correctly, one of the people participating in the meeting had a tendency to gossip and talk a lot.
As Ludwig’s gaze shifted to the video conference, it’s as if the image was frozen in time, with the people inside not moving at all.
“Uncle Lulu!”
With no response, the little child climbed onto Uncle Lulu’s leg. After climbing up, he finally noticed the holographic screen, but the people on the screen were not moving. The little child thought it’s just a background image.
He gave Ludwig a sticky kiss on the face and continues to plead, “Ningning loves you the most, the most!”
Ludwig remained unaffected by such rainbow-flavored praise as ‘loves you the most’.
He’s heard that kind of phrase many times from the little child’s mouth.
Seeing that Uncle Lulu still wasn’t responding, the little child racked his brain, trying to figure out how to win over Uncle Lulu.
“Uncle Lulu, when you’re old, Ningning will be filial to you!”
Seeing that sweet words weren’t working, the little child started drawing castles in the air for Uncle Lulu: “If you become paralyzed, I’ll bathe you!”
Ludwig: “?”
Ludwig was so baffled by the extravagant promises that he couldn’t speak.
In order to delete his own videos, the little child went to great lengths. He tried everything, and finally, in a pitiful tone, he said to Uncle Lulu, “If you delete the videos, Ningning won’t dare to misbehave anymore.”
Seeing the pitiable little child, Ludwig finally took pity: “Alright, I won’t let them spread your videos.”
Upon hearing this, the little child planted multiple kisses on Ludwig’s face: “Uncle Lulu is the best!”
Ludwig was efficient; he made a call, and soon enough, the videos involving the little child were prohibited from circulating.
Just as netizens were confused, a new message emerged from nowhere.
[The little chubby kid found a video online. He cried and went to His Majesty to complain. After begging for a while, His Majesty agreed to help him delete the videos.]
With this message, there was another addition to the amusing incidents involving the little chubby kid.
Netizens were increasingly fond of this chubby little child. When he first appeared in videos with the emperor, he was cute and lovable, making people want to give him a hug.
Later, the little child bowed to Confucius and asked Ludwig to delete videos – one thing after another, creating an impression of an adorable and funny little child.
Perhaps in the future... he might follow a comedic path!
An Nuo had been spending more time online lately. He came across these comments and frowned slightly.
Ningning was the rarest and most precious young one of their royal family. When he grew up, he would undoubtedly inherit the good looks that every member of their royal family possessed. Their handsome little child couldn’t possibly follow a comedic path.
After lingering in the study for a while, the little child, perhaps exhausted from crying too much, was now seeking Uncle Lulu’s help, his eyes heavy as he leaned against Uncle Lulu’s sturdy chest. Tilting his head, he fell asleep.
Ludwig lowered his head and looked at the little child sleeping with his mouth slightly open, even pinching his chubby cheeks.
On the video call screen.
Ludwig gazed at the group of people, intentionally not disconnecting or leaving. They clearly saw that he was caught up by the little child, yet each of them deliberately acted stuck, refusing to exit.
With the little child asleep now, Ludwig adjusted his posture so that the little child could rest against his arm and continue sleeping.
In a soft voice, Ludwig said, “Continue, where did we leave off?”
