Yuanyuan’s face flushed as she fidgeted nervously with her hands, her lips opening and closing as if trying to say something. Her eyes were glazed over, clearly overwhelmed.

“Wait a second,” Yu Mingxi interrupted the questioning and stepped forward to wipe the sweat from Yuanyuan’s forehead with a tissue. “Yuanyuan, breathe. Just focus on your breathing. Everything here is what your brothers taught you, and you did really well earlier. You’ve got this, no need to be nervous.”

“But… Yuanyuan feels like she can’t breathe anymore,” she whimpered, her small voice filled with frustration and anxiety.

“Don’t stress,” Yu Mingxi soothed, gently stroking her soft, fluffy hair. “Just think of it like playing a game with Dad and your brothers. No pressure, okay?”

“But… if Yuanyuan gets the answers wrong, does that mean my mango milk will be taken away?”

Finally!

Yuanyuan revealed what was really bothering her.

Yu Yingze, rubbing his forehead, was speechless.

So, she wasn’t nervous about the test itself—she was worried about her mango milk being confiscated!

“Mango milk? Who’s talking about taking away your milk?” Yu Jinxiao looked baffled. “No one wants your precious milk.”

Yuanyuan perked up, her expression skeptical as she pouted. “Really? If Yuanyuan gets something wrong, Daddy won’t take away my snacks?”

No wonder Yu Jinxiao had noticed Yuanyuan acting a little strange today. Her big, dark eyes had been filled with unease, and even when looking at him, she seemed more distant and scared than usual.

It turned out she was just worried about losing her snacks.

“No, that’s not the plan. I just want to see how well you’ve learned today,” Yu Jinxiao said, crossing his legs and tapping the board with a teaching pointer. “In fact, if you do well, maybe there’ll be a reward—a treat of your choice.”

“Yay!” Yuanyuan, who had been slumping with dread, bounced back to life instantly!

The little quiz resumed, with Yu Jinxiao adding more and more items to the board. Yuanyuan managed to answer every question, though she hesitated at times. Still, she got everything right.

This result was unexpected for Yu Jinxiao.

After witnessing several not-so-bright moments from his little daughter, he hadn’t held much hope for the quiz. But now, pleasantly surprised, he found himself very pleased.

He immediately granted Yuanyuan permission to have a small ice cream as a reward.

“By the way, Yuanyuan, come here,” Yu Jinxiao called her back and stuck a series of numbers onto the board. “This is Daddy’s phone number. Memorize it.”

Three minutes later, Yuanyuan nodded confidently, “I’ve memorized it!”

Yu Jinxiao tested her on the spot and, to his surprise, Yuanyuan recited the number perfectly, not missing a single digit.

He then had her memorize Gao Zhou’s phone number too—just in case.

“We can save the numbers in Yuanyuan’s kids’ watch,” Yu Mingxi suggested, sitting Yuanyuan down on the sofa and bringing up the relevant function on the watch. “We’ll save my number, Yingze’s number…”

“I want to save Brother Shen Ji’s number!” Yuanyuan piped up in between bites of her ice cream, making sure everyone heard her clearly.

That way, she could chat with Brother Shen Ji more often and become his good friend. How else was she going to save Daddy?

As soon as she said that, the room fell into an awkward silence.

The first number Yuanyuan wanted to save wasn’t anyone in the family—it was Shen Ji’s?

Yu Jinxiao shot Yu Mingxi a look, and he quickly got the message. He discreetly saved Yu Jinxiao’s number first and set it as the top contact, followed by his own and Yu Yingze’s numbers.

Only after that did he add Shen Ji’s number.

After teaching Yuanyuan how to dial the numbers, Yu Jinxiao pulled out his phone, ready to have her try calling his number first, but…

Without a moment’s hesitation, Yuanyuan dialed Shen Ji’s number instead.

Once again, the room fell into silence.