Originally sleepy-eyed, the little child was taken aback when he saw what his older brother was pointing at.
“Brother, what are you looking at?”
“I want to see how long you’ve been playing games.”
While responding, Huo Lin glanced at the screen, and soon he saw the device usage time: “Have you been staying up late playing games these past two days?”
The little child was left speechless.
The drowsy little child was so scared that he lost all his sleepiness, grabbing his brother’s hand, trying to snatch the star device back.
“Ningning, Ningning is sleeping.”
The little child twisted his brother’s hand, afraid that his brother would confiscate his star device.
Huo Lin’s grip was strong. If he didn’t want to let go, even if the little child exerted all his strength, he wouldn’t be able to snatch the star device back.
“You’ve opened the game for 15 hours. Considering your daytime activities, I reasonably deduce that you’ve been playing for several hours at night.”
Huo Lin finished speaking and looked at the dark circles under the little child’s eyes again.
This little child needed constant supervision, otherwise he would do things that’s too worrying.
Caught in the act, the little child struggled to explain: “Ningning played in his dreams at night.”
“I don’t believe it.”
Huo Lin reiterated those two words.
Seeing his brother being so cold, the little child struggled to come up with other excuses but failed. He leaned against his brother, only able to beg pitifully: “Brother, Ningning knows he’s wrong, please don’t confiscate the star device.”
“Ningning won’t play at night anymore.”
The little child said as he kissed his brother several times, trying to sweet-talk his way out.
But Huo Lin glanced at him and knew he was trying to deceive him.
The two looked at each other, and under the pleading gaze of the little child, Huo Lin didn’t confiscate his star device. Instead, he pressed a few more times on the screen.
A few seconds later.
Huo Lin handed the star device with the child mode enabled to Ningning.
“Here you go.”
The little child didn’t know that his brother had put it in child mode. With a bright smile, he happily took the star device and hid it under his pillow.
“Brother, you’re the best!”
“Alright, go back to sleep for a while. We’ll leave after you wake up.”
Huo Lin originally intended to dress up the little child, but seeing him still sleepy, he let him continue sleeping.
The little child held onto his brother’s hand, his chubby face pressed against his brother’s hand, and he fell into a deep sleep.
Huo Lin watched him fall asleep in just a few seconds, knowing that he was really tired.
Since both children were asleep, Zhan Xi postponed their departure until the afternoon.
Before leaving, Zhan Xi also received a call from Twain. Both families had agreed to raise Lele, so the activities the children would engage in had to be arranged by the adults.
This time, when Zhan Xi went to B1 Planet, Twain asked him to bring a gift to Lele’s mother on his behalf.
After Zhan Xi finished discussing matters with Lele’s mother, they were appointed as Lele’s guardians directly.
The two adults chatted for quite a while before ending the conversation. Before ending it, Twain suddenly asked, “Is Ningning still sleeping with you now?”
“He’s sleeping with Lele these days, in the next room. Why do you ask?”
Twain frowned slightly. “Wagner has been asking to sleep alone these days, but he doesn’t seem well-rested when he sleeps alone.”
It’s like he had been staying up late.
Thinking of his own child at home, Zhan Xi said, “Ningning hasn’t been feeling too well these days either. I think he’s exhausted from catching up on his studies for almost half a month. By the way, after Wagner returns, have you hired a tutor for him again?”
“Not yet.”
After discussing a few more matters regarding the education of the children, the conversation ended.
In the afternoon,
Huo Lin checked the little child’s school bag and stuffed many toys into it. “Ningning, if you want to play, play with these toys. Don’t always stare at the star device screen, or your eyes will hurt, you know?”
Star device games were popular, and the little child found over 400 games on the website. Compared to star device games, toys didn’t seem very interesting anymore.
The little child responded with “Mm-hmm” but his expression showed that he was just going through the motions.
Huo Lin squinted at him, feeling somewhat dismissed. “Ningning, does your dad know you stay up late playing on the star device?”
The little child remained silent.
The little child suddenly froze. He looked up with his chubby face and slowly turned to his older brother.
“Brother, are you... are you going to tell Dad?” the little child’s childish voice sounded frantic.
Huo Lin remained silent.
Seeing him not speaking, the little child thought he was going to tattle.
The little child, who had been trying to deceive his brother, suddenly panicked. He hugged his brother and pleaded, “Don’t tell Dad, Dad will spank Ningning’s butt!”
Dad said playing the star device all the time was bad for the eyes. If Dad found out he stayed up late playing the star device, he would definitely get beaten.
The little child was terribly frightened.
He hugged his brother, pitifully begging, “Ningning doesn’t want to get beaten.”
After begging for a while and saying many sweet words, Huo Lin, who just wanted to scare the little child, reluctantly nodded under the little child’s affectionate attacks.
“I won’t tell your dad, but you have to promise not to get addicted to games.”
“Ningning swears!”
The little child, who swore with his middle finger, looked serious with his chubby face.
Huo Lin looked at his finger and silently lifted his second finger.
The little child’s swearing gesture was learned from a villain in an animated film, and the little child quite liked this villain.
But parents had already reported and taken this animated film down. The little child couldn’t watch this animated film and cried for several days.
After packing everything up, Zhan Xi also left with the two children.
Before leaving, the little child sat in Dad’s arms, waving his little hand tearfully, “Brother, wait for Ningning to come back!”
“Ningning will miss Brother!”
At the moment of parting, the little child realized he wouldn’t see his brother for many days, and he began to miss his brother.
Especially when the spaceship took off, the little child, watching his brother still standing there, cried uncontrollably.
“Brother, Ningning misses you so much!”
Zhan Xi looked at the little child who was separated from his brother, feeling both amused and moved, he picked him up and brought him into the spaceship, “Stop crying, we’ll be back after the New Year, and then you’ll see your brother.”
“I’m going to the cockpit. Ningning, you and Lele play by yourselves.”
After soothing the little child for a while, Zhan Xi let him go when his crying subsided, “By the way, Dad isn’t trying to pressure you, but Dad wants to remind you that you haven’t finished your winter vacation homework yet.”
