Lele, who was questioned, also sensitively sensed that something was not quite right with the atmosphere. He looked up with a puzzled expression and said, “It’s what Dad Ningning said.”
Dad Ningning was super amazing. He could eat a lot of food and also score many 100s.
Lele greatly admired Dad Ningning. He tightly grasped the small blanket that Zhan Xi placed on him and eagerly says, “Lele also wants to score 100 in the future.”
Zhan Xi: “...”
Zhan Xi looked at Lele’s admiring face and then thought about Ningning’s bottom-ranking grades.
He choked up.
Raphael loved to tease children. Seeing Lele’s admiration for the little chubby kid, he wanted to say something, but before he could speak, An Nuo pinched him.
An Nuo felt some sympathy for this poor little child. In their royal family, children had always been precious.
They couldn’t bear to see children living poorly.
Zhan Xi met Lele’s gaze, struggled for a moment, but still didn’t tell Lele about his own child’s grades.
After he informed his own child first, he would let his child come over and talk to Lele.
“Lele, from now on, you can relax and settle down. I will take care of the kindergarten matters for you.”
“Yeah!”
After comforting Lele, Zhan Xi turned and left the room. As he walked, he took several deep breaths.
Ling Qi didn’t follow. He served dinner at the bedside so Lele could eat a little more.
As for the other people in the room, Zhan Xi left first, and they followed shortly after.
The adults were quite intrigued by the sight of the little child receiving his report card, even though Marshal Twain’s sudden appearance seemed a bit out of place. Nevertheless, he remained unfazed and managed to squeeze his way into the crowd to watch.
At this moment, in the dining room.
The little child, who was eating with small steps, finally finished the large basin of food that was almost as big as his face.
“Do you still want to eat?”
Huo Lin saw his small body lean back, so he asked.
The little child shook his head, lifted his clothes, and let his brother touch his stomach.
Round and soft.
After Huo Lin finished touching, he confirmed that he was full.
“Big brother, do you like skinny kids or chubby ones?”
“Chubby ones.”
Huo Lin pinched his little belly and earnestly replied, “Ningning, you should eat more and get your weight back.”
The little child blinked and looked at his belly. “Big brother, the fitness teacher wants Ningning to lose weight.”
Huo Lin: “Don’t listen to him.”
Huo Lin continued to pinch the soft belly, “Ningning looks better with a little more fat.”
After finishing the meal, with no adults around this time, it was naturally Huo Lin who cleaned up the table.
He collected the plates and bowls from the table and put them in the dishwasher.
The little child followed him step by step, seeming to finally stick to him slowly, “Big brother, have the other kids gone home?”
“They have.”
After starting the dishwasher, Huo Lin waited beside it, ready to take out and put away the dishes after they were washed. “Those kids should be home by now. Ningning, do you want to play with them?”
“No, I don’t.”
Their winter camp had just started, but it was already over. He hadn’t established any deep friendships with the other kids yet; he just felt a little regretful, “If the other kids had stayed a little longer, it would have been better.”
Huo Lin was puzzled. “Why would you want them to stay longer?”
The little child proudly said, “So I can show off my grades to them! If they don’t leave, I can show them when my report card comes out!”
Huo Lin: “...”
Huo Lin tactfully said, “If that’s the case, I think it’s better for them to leave earlier.”
The little child didn’t quite understand.
He continued to boast, “If the other kids see Ningning getting a perfect score, they’ll definitely envy Ningning!”
Huo Lin continued to gently remind, “If you really can get a perfect score, they will definitely envy you.”
But the fact was... it’s unknown whether this child could really get a perfect score.
While in the kitchen, the sound of Zhan Xi’s footsteps approached them.
“Ningning.”
Initially, Zhan Xi felt a pang of unease when he first saw the report card. However, later, with Ningning not by his side and learning of Ningning’s mishap, under various stimuli, this old father, Zhan Xi, no longer cared about any grades.
It’s like when a child at home didn’t listen and ran around, only to get lost. When the parents find the child, their first reaction was definitely to hug the child and cry, embracing them dearly.
After the affectionate moment passed, the parents would give the naughty child a good scolding.
Zhan Xi had lost interest now. Thinking about the little child’s report card and how Ningning boasted about his grades everywhere, he felt that this kid needed some discipline.
Such a young child, not studying well but delving into feudal superstitions.
“Come here, Dad forgot to tell you something.”
Huo Lin stood behind Ningning. Just by looking at Zhan Xi’s expression, he realized what was about to happen.
Quietly, he turned on the recording function of his star device from behind.
He didn’t want to record any dark history; it was an agreement between him and his father. When his father agreed to let him go out, they agreed that he would record this scene.
Ningning, still not noticing his older brother recording, was feeling quite good after having eaten and drunk his fill. “Dad, what do you want to tell Ningning?”
The little child happily approached his father, even hugging his leg.
Zhan Xi lowered his head to look at the little child, who was smiling sweetly at him. There was no smile on his handsome face. Without giving the little child any psychological preparation, he straightforwardly announced, “Ningning, your report card is out.”
Ningning: “!”
The little child’s eyes lit up. He looked up at his father with anticipation. “How many perfect scores did Ningning get?”
Zhan Xi: “…”
Zhan Xi continued, “You didn’t score a single 100, Ningning. You ranked last again.”
Ningning: “!”
Ningning looked terrified. “No, that’s impossible!”
He had bowed to Confucius many times; it couldn’t be that he ranked last.
Zhan Xi looked at the little child’s changing expression, reached into his pocket, and pulled out the report card. “Take a look for yourself.”
There was a name on the report card.
Rubbing his eyes, the little child confirmed that it was indeed his name before continuing to read.
A few minutes later, the little child’s expression was as if he had been struck by lightning.
“This, no, can’t, be!”
Clutching the report card, tears welling up in his eyes, his childish voice stuttering, his tears trembling.
Having boasted to many people that he would score 100, the little child couldn’t accept this cruel reality.
He looked at his father for confirmation, his eyes watery with a glimmer of hope, “Dad, you’re lying to Ningning, right?”
This couldn’t possibly be his report card!
Zhan Xi looked at the little child’s appearance, then at the report card. He sighed softly. “I wish I was lying to you.”
His own child, just starting school for the first year, had scored so few points. When he returned home for the New Year, he didn’t know how to face everyone on the barren planet.
The little child was utterly devastated.
He shook his head, refusing to believe that this was his report card.
