“Is it tasty?”
Pei Dundun was so bitter that he cried tears of utter disappointment. “It’s not tasty.”
Lu Qin: “Will you still soak it in soy sauce next time?”
Pei Dundun: “No.”
Lu Qin: “Why can Dundun tell the difference between Uncle Jiang’s and Dad’s steamed eggs?”
Pei Dundun: “Because Uncle Jiang added crucian carp soup, and Dad doesn’t like crucian carp.”
Lu Qin: “So, without potatoes and beef brisket, missing so many ingredients, how could the taste be the same?”
“Why does Dad use body wash to bathe you and not soy sauce? Is it because Dad doesn’t want Dundun to smell better?”
Pei Dundun: “No.”
Lu Qin spoke earnestly. “Some simple things have complex principles behind them. Before Dundun understands them, don’t imitate them lightly.”
“In the future, Dundun, you need to study things that Dad doesn’t know. So for things that Dad knows, before you start to study them, ask for Dad’s experience first, okay?”
Pei Ge nodded, half understanding: “Okay.”
Lu Qin started bathing the little one again. Suddenly, Pei Ge said: “Dad, can you teach me how to fish?”
Lu Qin: “Of course, but before fishing, we need to attract the fish first, and then... we can’t scare them away.”
When the big fish was circling near the hook, it’s especially important to be patient.
President Lu patiently accompanied his son to the amusement park, riding the carousel, climbing the inflatable castle, and playing on the water drifting slide...
The children’s amusement park they visited had many activities where children queued up to receive free candy.
A line of cute little kids stood in line, each receiving an animal-shaped cotton candy at the window, creating a very loving scene. Pei Dundun stood in the line, not the shortest, but the most upright.
Pei Dundun wasn’t very interested in candy; he preferred to get various small buns, as they were filling, and also because Pei Rong didn’t eat candy.
Why couldn’t adults receive them too? His dad also gets hungry.
Afraid that his dad would go hungry, Pei Dundun always got buns for his dad to eat.
President Lu and Madam Jiang received the buns from Pei Dundun, a treatment no other parent at the park had.
After ensuring both Dad and Grandma had buns, Pei Dundun clapped his hands: “All done.”
Lu Qin kept an eye on the surroundings while lifting Pei Dundun up.
Pei Dundun hooked Lu Qin’s neck and opened his palm to reveal a coin-shaped chocolate. He couldn’t help but boast in Lu Qin’s ear, “My dad gave it to me. None of the other kids have one!”
Lu Qin: “...”
Three bodyguards had been supervising the entrance for a long time, yet they still managed to let one slip through. He took a deep breath and asked, “When did he give it to you?”
Pei Dundun replied, “When my dad was handing out pineapple buns.”
He had lined up and received a pineapple bun at the window.
When Pei Dundun picked up his pineapple bun, he found a coin-shaped chocolate as well.
He looked up sharply and saw that the person handing out the pineapple buns was Pei Rong, wearing a mask and gloves.
So he got one more chocolate coin than the other kids.
His dad was truly amazing.
Ten minutes ago, President Lu, who had eaten a pineapple bun, suddenly felt a bit choked up.
Could the little brat not act so nonchalant when bringing him buns next time?
Lu Qin handed Pei Dundun over to Madam Jiang and the bodyguards, then quickly walked to the pineapple bun window, where a female employee was now handing them out.
There was still a chance. Only ten minutes had passed.
The slippery fish would certainly leave slowly.
He quickly found the staff exit of the amusement park, which led to a back street full of parked electric scooters. Pei Rong, driving a four-wheeled car, was likely heading to the nearby parking lot.
Lu Qin saw a white Mercedes slowly reversing at the end of the street, ready to drive away in a few seconds.
At this moment, his long legs played the most important role of his life. Lu Qin sprinted with all his might, but when he reached the street corner, he only caught up to the exhaust fumes of the car. He closed his eyes, feeling deeply frustrated, worse than losing a billion-dollar deal.
Fortunately, he saw the license plate clearly.
Breathless, Lu Qin turned around and was stunned.
Through the windshield, one person was sitting in the driver’s seat, and another was standing in the dust, their eyes meeting.
Lu Qin’s gaze suddenly became as sharp as a hawk’s, his blood hot and boiling, his muscles tense. A moment later, he suppressed his aggression, calmly stepped forward, and placed both hands on the hood of the car.
He refused to knock on the window to get the person out; he didn’t want to see a side profile. He insisted on standing directly in front of Pei Rong, looking at him clearly, to see where he planned to hide next!
Pei Rong’s car had a high chassis, and Lu Qin, not at all inferior to this behemoth, had a commanding presence. Big beauty Pei felt overwhelmed and lowered his eyes.
Pei Dundun, that traitor.
Pei Rong’s fingers stiffened on the steering wheel. Having been so laid-back, he had never thought about how to handle this meeting. People should really have some sense of crisis.
He could write “I gave birth” on paper, but couldn’t say it calmly to Lu Qin’s face.
It was too embarrassing. Like what?
Feeling the heat from Lu Qin’s burning gaze, Pei Rong lowered the car window to get some air.
In the next second, as the air currents swirled, Lu Qin reached in, pressed the car door switch, “invited” Pei Rong out, and shoved him into the back seat.
Then Lu Qin got in and drove the car to a spot where it wouldn’t obstruct traffic.
Pei Rong said, “There’s illegal parking surveillance here.”
Surveillance, understand? Surveillance.
Lu Qin took out his wallet, and out of the corner of his eye, Pei Rong saw a stack of cash.
He thought Lu Qin was going to pull out ten bills and tell him, “Park for seven hours first.”
However, Lu Qin pulled out a wine valuation bill from a compartment and said calmly, “Perfect timing. Let’s talk about the joint custody of Dundun. Dundun opened fifteen million worth of my wine, and you need to reimburse half.”
Pei Rong: “...” Can you reimburse the emotional damage of Dundun raising rats?
This was too much. Reimbursing half was exactly the entirety of his stock account. Could it be a scam?
Or was it implying that his situation was completely under control?
Pei Rong: “How many bottles?”
Lu Qin: “Twelve bottles.”
Pei Rong: “I’ll give you twelve bottles. The year Dundun was born, I brewed them.”
That was during the pregnancy period, a term Pei Rong couldn’t say in front of Lu Qin.
Lu Qin froze.
Could business really be conducted this way?
But he really wanted the wine his wife brewed by hand, more precious than these twelve collectible bottles.
Lu Qin suddenly realized that Pei Rong was testing him.
If he agreed, it would indicate that he still harbored unfathomable intentions toward Pei Rong, and his actions were not out of pure kindness.
To catch a great beauty, you have to use the method the beauty likes: no baiting the water, no using bait, and it’s best if even the hook is straight, waiting for the fish to bite willingly.
Otherwise, the great beauty would struggle, and the sharp hook would tear their mouth.
So Lu Qin resisted the urge to kiss forcibly, resisted the urge to pull him into his arms, and instead started talking about Pei Dundun’s child-rearing issues.
He could quietly use the child as bait, he could secretly use bills as bait, but the hook—Lu Qin himself—had to be harmless and straight.
In his mind, Lu Qin was in a fierce internal struggle, a heroic act of cutting off his own arm: “This isn’t quite equivalent, is it?”
Was he afraid that Pei Rong would go back and be so angry that he’d smash his homemade wine?
Pei Rong slowly looked at Lu Qin.
Lu Qin, with a stern face, said, “Do you think I’m still as foolish as I was three years ago?”
Pei Rong: “Hm?”
Lu Qin glanced at him coldly and said calmly, “I can no longer get hard for you.”
No desire means no weakness; this time he absolutely would not let desire prevail.
Pei Rong seriously: “Oh?”
