Chapter 14

Ling Yue was speechless.

Lu Shiqi actually called someone “kid”.

What was this kid doing?

He sent her a message during class just to ask this?

Ling Yue: [You listen to the teacher carefully! Don’t play with your phone during class!]

She really wanted to say that if he didn’t, she would confiscate his phone when he got home, but that probably wouldn’t have any effect on Lu Shiqi.

[Xiaoqi: I don’t want to listen]

[Xiaoqi: It’s so boring, I could lecture better than him]

[Xiaoqi: So, did you eat breakfast?]

Ling Yue: …

He was such a cocky and annoying little brat.

He was so young, and he dared to disrespect the teacher.

But it was not surprising.

Lu Shiqi was indeed born with a clever brain, he had shown an intelligence far beyond his peers since he was a child, he learned everything quickly, it was no exaggeration to say he was a jack of all trades.

To say he was a genius, that would be an overstatement.

Compared to true geniuses who could shake the world, he probably couldn’t even touch their heels.

But he could be considered a little genius.

After all, he was already able to teach himself some high school courses, and he never seemed to study seriously.

Although Ling Yue and his father weren’t bad, their childhood combined wasn’t as good as his, it could only be said that Lu Shiqi was ambitious, he had hit the genetic lottery.

With a wealthy and affluent family background, and his own extraordinary intelligence, it was hard for Lu Shiqi not to be spoiled, so his bad personality and temper seemed to have become his biggest flaw.

It was also because of this that Ling Yue had never taken him for an IQ test – she was afraid that the results would be in his favor, then he would be even more arrogant.

Ling Yue: [Lu Shiqi, please respect the teacher, you can’t say that]

Ling Yue: [Don’t play with your phone during class]

She could feel the seriousness and earnestness in these two lines of text through the screen.

It was somewhat threatening to Lu Shiqi, but not much.

[Xiaoqi: You should have told me if you ate or not earlier, I would have put my phone down earlier]

Ling Yue: .

Fine, fine, it was her oversight.

There was no way, if typing a few words could make Lu Shiqi listen obediently, then Ling Yue would have already reformed his personality and temper, she wouldn’t have to rack her brains to find ways.

She had raised him, so she had to take full responsibility.

Oh well, just endure it.

Ling Yue: [Of course he ate, he’s eating now]

[Xiaoqi: Show me]

The little brat, he’s so demanding.

Ling Yue picked up her phone and took a picture of Pei Manman eating with his head down, looking adorable.

Ling Yue: [Now you can rest assured?]

Pei Manman was still the best.

Compared to Lu Shiqi’s heart-stopping behavior, the little guy’s eating was still so healing, making people feel calm.

The sincere love and enjoyment he had for food in his eyes couldn’t be faked, and couldn’t be concealed, he kept shaking his head as he ate the eggs, he looked so happy.

Ling Yue reminded him: “Manman, eat slowly, you have to chew more in your mouth.”

The little guy held his chopsticks, and when he heard this, he suddenly giggled.

It was such a strange laugh.

But Ling Yue couldn’t help but laugh along, she asked curiously: “Huh? What are you laughing at, Manman?”

Pei Manman was in a good mood because he was eating his favorite eggs.

And the scrambled eggs here were different from the ones he had eaten before; they were especially delicious and tender.

Although they were fried, there wasn’t much oil, and the seasoning was light.

They weren’t fishy at all, the heat was controlled very precisely, the eggs were incredibly soft and tender, it was almost like eating egg pudding.

The fear of being controlled and tormented by Lu Shiqi had dissipated, his mind was now filled with the joy of eating eggs.

The little guy’s tone was soft, with a milky smile: “Manman is me… I am Manman.”

Ling Yue didn’t understand, but the sentence was really cute, it made people want to repeat it.

“Yes, Manman is you, you are Manman.”

I don’t know what triggered the little guy’s mechanism, but his smile became even deeper.

“I’m eating, I’m eating by myself.”

Ling Yue was even more confused.

Was this the world of normal children, filled with baby talk that adults couldn’t understand?

But after thinking about it for a while, and recalling what she had said, Ling Yue finally understood.

It was her previous sentence.

–Manman, you have to eat slowly.

She used his name twice in that sentence, the person who said it didn’t feel anything, but the little guy probably felt differently when he heard it, that’s why he suddenly laughed.

So–

He! Was! So! Cute!

How could he be so cute!

A soft and fluffy, milky and well-behaved little baby, he was the type of child that Ling Yue liked the most and had no resistance to.

He was much better than the stinky kid at home.

Just as she was being healed by Pei Manman’s baby voice, her phone vibrated twice again, it was a reply from Lu Shiqi.

Ling Yue instantly felt a sense of powerlessness as she was pulled back to reality.

Sigh, this stinky temper was her own.

[Xiaoqi: I saw it, it looks pretty good]

Ling Yue:

You little brat, you’re even giving your opinion?

But on second thought, she could understand Lu Shiqi’s unusual behavior this time.

He had been spoiled since he was a child, he could do whatever he wanted, adults indulged him in everything, and he was so smart, his life had been easy mode since birth, he had hardly encountered any setbacks.

He thought he could help take care of Pei Manman this time – but the beginning of the journey didn’t go as he expected.

The matter was small, but in the end, it was out of control, Lu Shiqi couldn’t enjoy the feeling of being in control anymore, so he couldn’t accept it.

That was pretty good.

His personality needed to be frustrated, to improve his acceptance of failure.

[Xiaoqi: It just feels like there’s not much?]

[Xiaoqi: Is that all, isn’t it a bit little?]

Ling Yue: [I feel the same way when I watch you eat]

Ling Yue: [Now you can finally empathize with Mom?]

Then the message sank like a stone.

Lu Shiqi must have seen it, his response was to remain silent and pretend to be dead, and he didn’t reply again.

Ling Yue was quite happy about it.

Let him also worry about Pei Manman eating, then he could experience the feeling of adults wanting him to eat more.

“Auntie, you… you, why don’t you eat…”

Ling Yue was busy texting Lu Shiqi; she hadn’t touched her breakfast much.

Pei Manman only had eyes for the eggs, he was about to finish the eggs when he realized that Ling Yue hadn’t eaten much, so he stopped and wanted to wait for Ling Yue to eat together.

He should eat with the adults.

Because eating alone was very rude.

Well-behaved children could be liked by adults.

And he really wanted to be liked by Ling Yue.

Ling Yue put down her phone when she heard him.

Anyway, Lu Shiqi didn’t dare to reply, even if he did, it wasn’t anything important.

She saw Pei Manman put down his chopsticks, and immediately understood that the child was waiting for her to eat together, her heart softened a little more.

He was so well-behaved.

But his well-behavedness was always linked to pity, so the more well-behaved he was, the more he made people feel sorry for him.

Ling Yue’s breakfast was a cup of black coffee, two slices of whole-wheat toast with a fried egg and half an avocado, seasoned with a little black pepper.

A female star’s disciplined breakfast.

She wasn’t on a diet, but it was no different from a diet.

Anyway, as a human being with normal taste buds, Ling Yue had long been tired of this kind of food.

At this moment, she picked up the bread with a slightly heavy heart, and took a bite: “Auntie ate, Manman eat too.”

Don’t say, facing Pei Manman’s cute little face, even the whole-wheat bread that made her gag tasted a little wheaty.

Pei Manman finally felt reassured and continued to eat.

He was almost finished with the tender scrambled eggs, he really couldn’t bear to part with them, so he left two bites, deciding to eat them last.

So, he put down his chopsticks, picked up the bun, held it with both hands, lowered his head and took a big bite.

The vegetable filling was mixed with mushrooms and dried tofu, it was very fresh, the bun skin was soft and fluffy, soaked through with the juice of the filling, it wasn’t dry at all, it was delicious.

After eating the savory bun, he took a sip of the sweet millet porridge.

A double enjoyment of taste buds.

Even as a human cub, he couldn’t escape the temptation of the salty-sweet perpetual motion machine, he took a bite here and a bite there, he couldn’t stop eating.

“Ha–“

After finishing the last sip of millet porridge, Pei Manman let out a satisfied sigh.

When he was first brought here the day before yesterday, the little guy was tense all over, his face was full of nervousness and timidity, after two days of getting along, he was now more relaxed.

Besides, Lu Shiqi wasn’t around to bother him, which made him feel even more relaxed.

The final part was the two bites of eggs that Pei Manman had deliberately left.

No matter how reluctant he was, there would always be a time to finish them.

Pei Manman couldn’t hold the plate, so he could only lower his little head, bring his mouth to the edge of the plate, then scoop the eggs into his mouth, and chew slowly.

He was still not satisfied.

When he wanted to have another serving, it was actually the most suitable time, the time when he felt the best.

Ling Yue’s heart melted.

Who understood the value of a child being able to finish all his food, not leaving a single bite?

And he didn’t even have picky eating habits, he ate everything, and everything tasted good.

Children should be like this!

Raising a child like this was the joy of life!