Chapter 23: Yu Yu Causes Trouble

“Yu Yu is amazing.” Qingyi gently patted Yu Yu’s head.

“Sister made osmanthus red bean cakes. I’ll take some back for your Father and Brother later.”

“Thank you, Sister.”

After the osmanthus red bean cakes were steamed, Qingyi wrapped some in oiled paper for Yu Yu.

She also delivered some to the neighbors and Wisteria.

As Wisteria ate the osmanthus red bean cake, Qingyi quietly whispered in her ear.

“I gave you and Yu Yu the largest portion.”

Wisteria couldn’t help but laugh; Qingyi was so cute.

Yu Yu, eating the osmanthus red bean cake, looked up at Sister Wisteria with a puzzled face.

Why is Sister Wisteria laughing?

The three of them chatted and laughed together while enjoying the osmanthus red bean cakes.

After finishing, Yu Yu hugged the two bouquets she had ordered and trotted off to find her Father.

“Huh? Father isn’t home?”

Yu Yu placed the flowers down and set the osmanthus red bean cakes aside.

Then she went to Jiang Gu’s house.

“Brother.” Yu Yu sweetly called out.

Jiang Gu looked up at Yu Yu with some surprise.

“Brother, I brought you osmanthus red bean cakes and some candy.” Yu Yu placed her offerings on the table.

“Thank you.” Jiang Gu said softly.

“You’re welcome.”

Yu Yu climbed onto a stool and sat down.

“Brother, try the osmanthus red bean cake; it’s really delicious. Sister Qingyi made it.”

“Okay.” Jiang Gu picked up a piece and took a small bite.

It was sweet without being cloying, with a faint aroma of osmanthus.

“Delicious.”

“Brother, didn’t you sleep well last night?”

“Your eyes are dark.” Yu Yu pointed out Jiang Gu’s dark circles.

“I had a lot of official duties yesterday, so I went to bed a bit late.” Jiang Gu glanced away, trying to hide the truth.

“Brother, you’re lying! You won’t even look Yu Yu in the eye.” Yu Yu stood on the stool, her hands on her hips, glaring at him.

These adults always thought children were easy to fool and would lie to them.

“Brother, lying is not something a good child does.”

Jiang Gu felt a twinge of guilt at her disapproving gaze.

He had set a bad example for the child by lying in front of her and being found out.

“I’m sorry.” Jiang Gu quickly apologized.

“Don’t learn from me.”

“I just couldn’t sleep well.”

“That’s what makes you a good child.” Yu Yu said that recognizing one’s mistakes is what makes one a good child.

“Just don’t learn from me.” Jiang Gu was afraid of leading Yu Yu astray.

“I know.”

“Brother, let me tell you a secret.” Yu Yu turned her big, lively eyes.

“What is it?”

Yu Yu whispered her secret to her brother.

Jiang Gu’s expression changed in surprise.

“How do you know so much?” Jiang Gu looked at the little dumpling.

“I can tell.”

Don’t think children don’t understand anything; in fact, they are very clever.

Yu Yu was a smart child.

Jiang Gu nodded.

After chatting with her brother for a while, Yu Yu left.

She returned to her Father’s place.

“Huh? Father still hasn’t come back?”

“Father?” Yu Yu tentatively called out.

No one responded.

Hehehe, with Father not home, this place is Yu Yu’s domain.

Yu Yu inspected the area like a little master.

“Look, a little goldfish.” Yu Yu stood on a stool, watching the little fish swimming around.

She reached out her small hand to poke the fish, which darted away in fright.

“Little goldfish, what’s your name?”

Little goldfish: Do you think I can answer that?

After waiting for a while and not receiving a reply from the little goldfish, Yu Yu sighed.

“Oh, it turns out not all little goldfish can talk.” Yu Yu felt a bit disappointed. She had read a book where the little goldfish could talk and even gifted pearls to children.

Not being able to talk made the fish uninteresting to Yu Yu, so she jumped down from the stool and trotted over to the bookshelf.

She looked at the big-bellied jar and reached out to poke it.

She pulled out a small, black, round object. What was this?

Yu Yu sniffed it; it smelled a little fragrant.

Could it be delicious? Yu Yu wanted to take a bite but hesitated for a moment. She decided to ask her Father before eating it.

Yu Yu put the little ball into her bag and then waddled over to the desk.

“Father’s stool is so high!” Yu Yu struggled to climb onto her Father’s stool with her little legs.

Then, she looked at the paper in front of her and, leaning on the table, dragged the inkstone over. She then picked up the brush and dipped it into the inkstone.

Why isn’t there any ink?

She saw Big Brother Medical Immortal and the others just dip it in, and they could write.

Yu Yu furrowed her brow in confusion.

Oh! She remembered. Big Brother Medical Immortal and the others had to use a black stick to grind it before they could write.

And they had to add water.

Yu Yu remembered and went to grab the teapot, carrying it over to pour water into the inkstone.

She accidentally poured too much.

“Oops.” Yu Yu looked at the spilled tea and quickly used her sleeve to wipe it dry.

She saw that the book had been wet and felt a twinge of pain in her bottom.

She would hide it later, so Father wouldn’t see it.

Yu Yu began to grind the ink, getting ink on her little hands and clothes.

“Feng.” Yu Yu held one hand behind her back, holding the brush in the other, her expression confident.

“Xiao.”

“Han.”

Yu Yu looked at the black blob on the paper, admiring it with satisfaction.

Then, she pressed her small hand into the inkstone, covered it in ink, and pressed it onto the paper, leaving a handprint.

“This is Yu Yu’s ink treasure.”

Yu Yu placed the “finished” paper aside and then began to draw spontaneously.

“This is Yu Yu, this is Father, and this is Sister. What does Sister look like?”

“And Brother.”

Yu Yu focused on drawing little stick figures on the table.

Suddenly, she heard the sound of a wheelchair rolling, and Yu Yu instantly became alert.

Oh no, she quickly dropped her brush and hid the wet book in a corner.

The more panicked she became, the more chaotic she was. Yu Yu knocked over a few things.

Feng Xiaohan heard the commotion and walked in, seeing his study as if it had been robbed.

He then saw his daughter, sitting amidst the chaos, looking guilty.

Feng Xiaohan almost choked. Someone! Get the heart pills; he needed two.

“Father.” Yu Yu offered her Father a flattering smile.

She then hid the ink-stained paper and drawing under her bottom.

“Come here.” Feng Xiaohan beckoned her.

“Father, are you going to spank Yu Yu?” Yu Yu was too scared to go.

“I’m not going to spank you.” Feng Xiaohan pressed his forehead.

Was he the kind of person who spanked children?

“Really?” Yu Yu asked her Father repeatedly.

She was afraid that he would spank her.

“Really.” Feng Xiaohan patiently nodded.

Yu Yu then waddled over.

Feng Xiaohan looked at his messy daughter and sighed. She was still salvageable after a good wash.

Feng Xiaohan led his daughter to the washbasin, wetted a handkerchief, and wiped the ink off her face.

Yu Yu looked at her Father with some anxiety.

“Don’t be afraid, Father isn’t angry at you.” Feng Xiaohan looked at his anxious daughter and comforted her.

“But Yu Yu messed up Father’s room.”

“Did you do it on purpose?” Feng Xiaohan patted his daughter’s little head.

“No, Yu Yu wanted to write, but she got Father’s book dirty, and I was afraid you would be angry, so I wanted to hide it.”

“Then I got too anxious and knocked things over.” And that’s how everything ended up like this.

“Write? What did you write? Show Father.” Feng Xiaohan was curious what his daughter had written.

Yu Yu went to get her “ink treasure.”

“Look, Father.”

Feng Xiaohan looked at the three ink blobs and a handprint.

Was this writing?

Feng Xiaohan looked carefully for a long time.

“Is this cursive?”

“What’s cursive?” Yu Yu looked puzzled. She hadn’t written the words “cursive.”

“Yu Yu wrote Father’s name.”

“Feng Xiaohan.” Yu Yu carefully pointed out each character to her Father.

“This handprint is Yu Yu’s, meaning Yu Yu wrote it.”