Chapter 13

0.1 kilograms, that’s 0.2 jin, 100 grams.

Less than half a jin.

The weight is roughly equivalent to half a medium-sized pear, or a quarter of an apple.

It only takes two bites to eat, and it can be consumed in about half an hour, without leaving much of a presence.

So, it’s not necessary to worry too much about it.

Yeah, don’t worry about it.

Lu Shiqi rubbed his face, comforting himself in his heart, Pei Manman was still sick, he didn’t eat much yesterday, it was normal for his weight to drop.

Besides, he only dropped a little bit, it was already very good.

But–

How! Can! You! Not! Care!

Even though Lu Shiqi’s requirements were a bit demanding, he expected him to maintain his weight, so the worst outcome he was willing to accept was to maintain it.

Now Pei Manman had dropped 0.1 kilograms, it was like he went to take an exam that he was very confident about, but he got it completely wrong from the first question.

And Lu Shiqi was born with a strong competitive spirit, he couldn’t accept this situation the most.

Seeing the number on the scale go from fixed to disappearing, he would really be desperate.

Was this the heavens hinting at something?

Would he get a very bad score in this competition?

Was this an unfortunate beginning? A bad omen full of danger?

It was like this at the beginning, would what await him later be even more vicious and terrible?

“The scale is broken; this scale is broken.”

After almost a minute of silence, Lu Shiqi made this evaluation.

He said to Pei Manman: “Get off, weigh yourself again.”

Pei Manman didn’t understand, he blinked, but he listened to Lu Shiqi, obediently got off.

He could feel that Lu Shiqi’s aura became serious and cold, children’s intuition in this area was always sharp.

But later, when this action was repeated three times, and Lu Shiqi was still not satisfied, and wanted to do it a fourth time, Pei Manman’s only feeling was fear.

Did he do something wrong?

He must have done something that made Lu Shiqi unhappy, so Lu Shiqi made him keep repeating it?

“I didn’t do well, I’m sorry…”

Although he didn’t know what he did wrong, apologizing wouldn’t hurt.

Pei Manman didn’t dare to step on the scale anymore, he hoped that Lu Shiqi could tell him first what he did wrong.

But Lu Shiqi didn’t have the heart to think about why Pei Manman was apologizing, he just said coldly: “Step on it again.”

Pei Manman really didn’t dare anymore.

It was fine to step on it once, but to do it repeatedly without reason, and Lu Shiqi didn’t give any response, it really made him feel very insecure.

“…No.”

He said in a low, aggrieved voice, shaking his head and taking a step back, saying: “…I’m scared.”

Lu Shiqi didn’t understand: “What’s there to be scared of, what are you scared of?”

Pei Manman didn’t dare to say.

He wasn’t afraid of weighing himself, he was afraid of Lu Shiqi himself.

“It’s just stepping on the scale again, let me see your weight.”

“Okay, get on.”

He was about to reach out and grab him.

“No, no…”

As it turned out, Pei Manman wasn’t completely submissive.

When he was really scared, the little guy wasn’t stupid either, he would still hide and avoid.

But Lu Shiqi was used to being domineering, and he wouldn’t give up until he achieved his goal, Pei Manman had only taken two steps back when he was grabbed by his clothes and pulled back.

The feel was very light.

Lu Shiqi felt that he hadn’t encountered any resistance, the little guy was light as a feather, he was really about to become a cotton doll.

“Wuu…”

The moment he was caught, Pei Manman made a scared sound, and cast a pleading look at Ling Yue.

Ling Yue had been unable to watch for a while.

Adhering to the principle of letting Lu Shiqi handle it himself as much as possible, she had endured not intervening.

But when she met Pei Manman’s scared and pleading eyes, she couldn’t bear it anymore, and finally stepped forward to stop this absurd farce.

“Okay, okay, you’ve already made your brother weigh himself three times!”

“But,”

“But what? The scale is not broken, it’s just this weight, it will be the same no matter how many times you weigh it.”

With Ling Yue’s help, Pei Manman quickly hid behind her, then poked out half his head, looking at Lu Shiqi in puzzlement.

Ling Yue wanted to be serious, but she was really amused by Pei Manman’s cuteness.

Although he was timid, he wasn’t stupid.

He knew to say he was scared, to ask for help, and he would even hide.

What kind of cute little thing was this?

He was too cute, wasn’t he?

If it wasn’t for the wrong occasion, Ling Yue would have hugged the little guy in her arms, rubbed him hard and kissed him a few times.

Lu Shiqi said dejectedly: “But he’s 0.2 jin lighter than yesterday.

“Isn’t that normal? Your brother is sick, he didn’t eat much yesterday.”

Lu Shiqi said stubbornly: “He didn’t eat much, but he shouldn’t have lost so much weight.”

“How is that a lot, it’s only 100 grams, just the weight of a mouthful of water.”

“Really?” Lu Shiqi asked, “Do you really think so?”

“…”

Ling Yue could understand the implication in his tone.

As an actor, controlling weight is commonplace.

The most painful thing is to gain weight for a role and then be required to lose it quickly in a short period of time.

During those days, let alone maintaining weight, if she only lost 0.1kg, Ling Yue would feel very frustrated.

So, her persuasion had no credibility in Lu Shiqi’s eyes.

“…Of course, Mom is a special case, but Manman is just an ordinary child, do you dare say that it’s a lot for an ordinary person to lose 0.1kg when they are sick?”

“…”

Lu Shiqi also knew that he was being stubborn.

He was doing some useless repetitive work because he didn’t want to accept the facts.

Now that Ling Yue had stopped him, he had nothing to argue about.

“Okay, you don’t have to worry too much about his weight these days, Manman has to control his diet these days, he has to eat lighter.”

“When he recovers, he can eat more, you can record it properly then, the data then will be meaningful.”

After some persuasion, Lu Shiqi finally accepted reality.

He glanced at Pei Manman who was still hiding behind Ling Yue, hugging her thigh, he could only reply: “Okay.”

Then he went to school in a gloomy and deep mood.

Black Monday, directly set the tone for the whole day.

After Lu Shiqi left, Pei Manman finally relaxed.

But not much, just a little bit.

He heard Lu Shiqi and Ling Yue’s conversation, but they spoke too fast, the little guy couldn’t understand, he could only listen to half and throw away half.

At least he understood that the problem was because of him.

The little guy was uneasy and guilty, he apologized to Ling Yue: “Auntie, I’m sorry…”

His timid and cowardly appearance, but desperately trying to take responsibility, aroused a wave of love in Ling Yue’s heart, she quickly squatted down to comfort him: “Huh? Manman didn’t do anything wrong, why are you apologizing to Auntie?”

Pei Manman pursed his lips: “Brother is unhappy… I don’t know, I didn’t do well.”

He really wanted to do everything well, not to trouble anyone, to make the people around him happy because of him.

But he just couldn’t do it, he couldn’t do it.

He seemed to only cause trouble for others.

Ling Yue reached out to rub his little curls that were sticking up, smoothing out the disappointment on his little face.

“Brother is not unhappy, brother just thinks about things differently from Manman, that’s brother’s own personality.”

“Manman is not wrong, you didn’t do anything wrong.”

Pei Manman blinked.

The little poor thing who was used to being inferior, even when he heard the adult say so, he didn’t dare to believe it.

“Okay, let’s go wash our faces and change clothes first, then eat breakfast.”

“Auntie has time today, she will stay with Manman all day.”

“Tell Auntie first, is Manman feeling better today, is your stomach still uncomfortable?”

Pei Manman quickly shook his head: “No more discomfort!”

He really didn’t feel uncomfortable anymore.

He was much, much more energetic than the day before.

“Are you hungry, do you want to go eat breakfast?”

This time, after a pause of a few seconds, the little guy slowly nodded, replying a little shyly: “…Okay.”

When Ling Yue had cleaned up the little cub, and they sat down on the dining chairs, Pei Manman’s attention had already shifted for the most part.

Breakfast was a scrambled egg that had been broken up, small buns with light-flavored vegetable filling, and a small bowl of millet porridge.

It was a pity that he didn’t get to eat the sweet runny egg yesterday, but today he had scrambled eggs that looked tender, Pei Manman’s eyes instantly lit up with a watery shine.

“Auntie, it’s egg, is this egg?”

He started talking in ambiguous baby talk.

Ling Yue was charmed again: “Yeah, it’s egg, does Manman like eggs?”

“Hehe… I like it!”

Ling Yue was about to say that was great, but her personal phone rang twice, the notification sound was the special ringtone she had set for Lu Shiqi.

At this time, Lu Shiqi had already arrived at school early and had started his first class.

Although private schools didn’t restrict students from bringing their phones, they were still prohibited from using them during class.

Lu Shiqi never sent her messages at this time, could it be that something urgent had happened and he needed to find her?

Ling Yue put down her chopsticks and checked the message first.