Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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With each snack Tang Tang picked out, her heart bled. She felt so guilty towards Ji Yan. Finally, unable to bear the pangs of conscience, she took out her phone, opened WeChat, and confessed her sins to Ji Yan.
When Ji Yan opened WeChat that evening, he unexpectedly received a voice message from Tang Tang.
Ji Xiaozhuo had added Tang Tang on WeChat, but the two had never contacted each other on WeChat, or more accurately, never on their phones. Seeing Tang Tang contact him suddenly, Ji Yan’s first thought was that something had happened at home. He quickly opened the voice message, and Tang Tang’s clear but slightly guilty voice rang in his ears: “Honey, I bought so many snacks today, and it cost so much money. I’m sorry, I won’t do it again.”
Ji Yan listened several times, confirming that nothing serious had happened. She had only spent money on some snacks, yet this woman acted as if she had committed a crime. Ji Yan was speechless.
What did she think of him? Did she think he was the kind of man who wouldn’t even allow his wife to buy food? He wasn’t being that stingy, was he? Besides, Tang Tang used to spend much more money every month than she did now, so this little bit of money for food was nothing.
After thinking for a moment, Ji Yan replied to Tang Tang with a message: “It’s okay, buy whatever you want to eat. Let me know if you need more money.”
After sending it, Ji Yan suddenly realized that he was actually talking to her like that. It sounded like a real conversation between a husband and wife, but wasn’t it too strange to use that between him and Tang Tang? This had never happened before.
He seemed to have become inexplicably gentle with her.
Tang Tang was still awake when she received Ji Yan’s reply. She was sitting on the bed with Ji Xiaozhuo, engaged in a battle of wits.
The two of them sat cross-legged facing each other, with a huge pile of high-calorie snacks between them.
“Baby, you can’t eat this. Daddy said before he left that he couldn’t let you get any fatter.” Tang Tang spoke to Ji Xiaozhuo so seriously for the first time.
Ji Xiaozhuo pitifully bit his little finger, practically waving his handkerchief around. “Mommy, I’ll just eat a little bit, it’s okay to eat just a little bit.”
Tang Tang couldn’t bear to see his pitiful look and really wanted to give him some, but she didn’t want to disobey Ji Yan. He had repeatedly warned her not to let him eat these things, especially at night. How could she give them to him?
Sigh, it’s all her fault. She shouldn’t have taken it out in front of him. Next time she’d eat it secretly, but lately the little guy had been inseparable from her, so she hadn’t had time to sneak a bite.
Tang Tang had a terrible headache. Just then, her phone beeped. Tang Tang saw it was a WeChat message and immediately opened it. It was from Ji Yan! He not only didn’t blame her for spending money recklessly, but also said she could call him if she needed more!
Oh my god, her husband was so good!
Tang Tang was overjoyed, her eyes crinkling with laughter.
Ji Xiaozhuo peeked out and saw it was his father. He quickly asked, “What did Daddy say?”
Tang Tang pinched his little nose. “Daddy didn’t criticize me for buying snacks, or tell me to ask him for money when I didn’t have enough.”
Ji Xiaozhuo said “Oh,” and sadly fiddled with his fingers. “Why can you buy snacks, but I can’t? Daddy’s being unfair!”
Tang Tang quickly explained, “Of course Daddy isn’t being unfair. It’s for your own good. Mommy is too thin, so she needs to eat more, but you can’t get any fatter, or you won’t be handsome anymore.”
Ji Xiaozhuo pouted, looking at Tang Tang with a hint of accusation. “Didn’t you say I’m handsome? Didn’t you say you love me? How can you now say I won’t be handsome if I get fat? Mommy, you can’t do that.”
The little guy’s aggrieved look was unbearable. Tang Tang immediately hugged him and said, “No, no, Mommy will always love you, and you’ll always be handsome!”
The little guy then grabbed Tang Tang’s clothes. “Then why can’t I eat?”
Tang Tang was speechless. She felt like she had been tricked by the little guy.
On one side was her tearful little one, and on the other was her husband’s admonition. Tang Tang felt conflicted. Finally, having no other choice, she decided to ask her husband, who was thousands of miles away, for help.
“How about we ask Daddy?”
Before the little one could react, Tang Tang quickly sent a voice message to Ji Yan on WeChat: “Honey, the baby wants some snacks. Can I give him some?”
When Ji Yan saw this message, he could pretty much guess what was going on. Ji Xiaozhuo was definitely acting spoiled and begging for snacks. Given Tang Tang’s current personality, she would most likely lose to Ji Xiaozhuo.
Ji Yan simply made a video call.
Tang Tang was startled, then realized it really was Ji Yan calling, and immediately showed it to Ji Xiaozhuo, “Baby, look, Daddy’s video calling!”
Ji Xiaozhuo lay on the bed, pretending to be dead, looking utterly hopeless.
Tang Tang pulled the little guy up while pressing the answer button, and Ji Yan’s face immediately appeared before his eyes. Tang Tang stammered, “Husband… husband.”
“Where’s Ji Xiaozhuo?”
Tang Tang had no choice but to poke the still-pretending-to-be-dead Ji Xiaozhuo, “Baby, Daddy’s looking for you, get up quickly.”
Ji Xiaozhuo lay motionless, muttering, “I’m already asleep.”
Tang Tang blinked, biting her lip as she looked at Ji Yan.
Ji Yan chuckled softly on the other end, speaking directly to Ji Xiaozhuo, “Ji Xiaozhuo, I’m giving you three seconds to get up, one! Two!”
As soon as he said “two,” Ji Xiaozhuo rolled over and sat obediently in Tang Tang’s lap, facing Ji Yan together.
“Daddy.” The little guy looked obedient.
Ji Yan found it amusing, but his face remained serious. “Mommy said you want to eat snacks now?”
Ji Xiaozhuo lowered his head and looked at his fingers.
Ji Yan didn’t soften his heart just because of his pitiful appearance. He still had to criticize him. “Dad told you not to eat too many snacks, especially at night. Did you forget?”
Ji Xiaozhuo bit his lower lip and stammered, “Dad, I was wrong. I won’t do it again next time.”
Ji Yan nodded and let him go. He then turned to Tang Tang. “Tang Tang, you can’t spoil him too much. You can’t give in to his pitiful act or his whining and pleading. Otherwise, you’ll spoil him.”
Tang Tang knew she had been too soft on Ji Xiaozhuo. She blushed with embarrassment and obediently said, “I know. I won’t do it again. I won’t let him eat too many snacks.”
Ji Yan sighed. Tang Tang used to be indifferent and aloof towards Ji Xiaozhuo, but now she had changed. However, she was very gentle and naive and couldn’t outsmart Ji Xiaozhuo’s cleverness. She was easily fooled. If this continued, she wouldn’t be able to control Ji Xiaozhuo at all. He would easily get his way with her.
Although he loved Ji Xiaozhuo deeply, it wasn’t blind love. He would discipline him when necessary, and he had to. He wanted Ji Xiaozhuo to grow into an excellent child, not a spoiled one. He was rarely home, so the responsibility of educating Ji Xiaozhuo would largely fall on her. Therefore, he needed to teach her to say “no” to Ji Xiaozhuo.
“Tang Tang, Xiao Zhuo is still a child. He doesn’t know how to control himself. He needs your guidance and education. You must criticize him for things he does wrong. You can’t let him have his way, otherwise his character will go astray. Do you understand?”
Tang Tang understood, of course. Children’s personalities needed to be guided by adults; they must not be spoiled, otherwise it will harm the child. She loved Ji Xiaozhuo so much, and he was so pitiful, so she couldn’t help but be good to him and couldn’t bear to refuse him. However, this was wrong, and she would change in the future.
Tang Tang assured Ji Yan, “Honey, I understand. I won’t spoil the baby blindly anymore, don’t worry.”
Seeing his mother being lectured by his father because of him, Ji Xiaozhuo felt guilty and proactively assured his father, “Dad, please don’t criticize Mom anymore. Mom is innocent. I promise I’ll never ask Mom for snacks at night again!”
Ji Yan nodded, “Okay, Dad believes you.” Having said what he needed to say, there was nothing more to say. Ji Yan told the mother and son to go to bed early and hung up the video call.
The mother and son looked at each other silently for a while, then both breathed a sigh of relief.
Ji Xiaozhuo pushed the snacks towards Tang Tang, “Mommy, I don’t want to eat them! These are for you, you eat them!”
Tang Tang couldn’t bear to eat the delicious food in front of the little one while he watched longingly. So she put the snacks back in the bag, “Mommy doesn’t want to eat them either, Mommy doesn’t want to eat them now.”
Ji Xiaozhuo quickly grabbed Tang Tang’s hand and said earnestly, “Mommy, you eat them, you’ll have a lot of fun.”
“You’re supposed to be gaining weight, right? Daddy said eating snacks at night will make you gain weight, so you can only gain weight if you eat them at night.”
Tang Tang knew that eating at night would make her gain weight, but she really couldn’t let the little one watch her eat. After thinking for a while, Tang Tang decided to wait until the little one fell asleep before eating herself, so the little one wouldn’t be tempted.
Tang Tang put the snacks away in the cupboard, hugged the little one, and patted his back. “Okay, Mommy won’t eat now, let’s go to sleep.”
Seeing that his mother really wouldn’t eat, Ji Xiaozhuo nodded. “Okay then, let’s go to sleep together.”
Tang Tang kissed the little one’s forehead and began to hum a little tune, one that her nanny used to sing to her often, which always helped her fall asleep quickly.
Sure enough, the little one, with the gentle melody and pats, soon drifted off to sleep, his little belly bobbing up and down.
Once she was sure the little one was truly asleep, Tang Tang carefully got up, grabbed some snacks, and sneaked into the living room.
Her nanny used to forbid her from eating at night, fearing it would make her fat and lose her figure, and she was used to not eating anything after dinner. But now the situation was different, and she was anxious… She needed to gain weight, so she had to do this, hoping her efforts would have some effect.
Tang Tang found out the chocolate and cake that were supposedly the most fattening foods and started eating them little by little. She had never eaten these before, and now that she tasted them, she found them really delicious! No wonder the little guy was so eager for these things, but unfortunately, he was already quite chubby and couldn’t eat too much.
Tang Tang ate three pieces of chocolate and three pieces of cake in one go, only stopping when her stomach was completely full. She sighed, clutching her bloated belly, and, not daring to wander off, went straight back to bed and lay down. Eating and then sleeping would definitely have a better effect.
However, she was in a terrible state in every way right now. Just gaining weight wouldn’t do; the key was to nourish her body from within, to become beautiful from the inside out, so that her skin and hair would look better. The best way to nourish from within was to drink beauty-enhancing soups.
Her wet nurse used to often make her a kind of soup, saying it was nourishing, made with common ingredients. Tang Tang didn’t know if the soup actually had any effect, but her skin had indeed become increasingly better, as smooth and delicate as tofu, glowing in the sunlight. She looked incredibly beautiful. However, because she was so beautiful, she was constantly looked down upon by her sisters in the mansion, forcing her to avoid leaving her courtyard except for essential reasons, and even when she did, she would deliberately make herself look disheveled.
But no one would bully her here anymore. Tang Tang decided to start making herself soups tomorrow, determined to nourish herself from within and strive to become a beautiful woman, so that she wouldn’t embarrass her baby and baby’s father anymore.
Thinking of this, Tang Tang happily fell asleep.
The next morning, Tang Tang got up early and enthusiastically went to buy the necessary ingredients, then plunged into the kitchen to start simmering a nourishing soup.
Ji Xiaozhuo, seeing his mother so busy, thought she was making something delicious, and clung to Tang Tang’s trouser leg, following her closely, eagerly awaiting the finished product.
Seeing the little guy’s expectant look, Tang Tang served him a bowl after it was done, explaining that although this soup was primarily for women, children could eat it too.
However, to Ji Xiaozhuo’s particular disappointment, the soup didn’t taste good. It had a strange flavor, and after taking one sip, he frowned, put down his spoon, and refused to drink it. “Mom, what is this soup? It tastes awful!”
Tang Tang explained, “This soup is what Mom made to drink. It’s supposed to make Mom more beautiful. There are some Chinese medicinal herbs in it, so it doesn’t taste very good.”
Ji Xiaozhuo then understood and immediately pushed the soup away, saying, “Then Mom, I won’t drink it. I’m already very pretty, I don’t need to become more beautiful.”
Tang Tang didn’t expose him and nodded with a smile, saying, “That’s right, you’re already very pretty. It’s Mom who needs to become more beautiful.”
Ji Xiaozhuo didn’t really have a concept of beauty or ugliness. He thought his mother was very beautiful and didn’t understand why she always wanted to become more beautiful, but he fully supported what his mother wanted to do, and he wanted to help her.
Thinking of this, Ji Xiaozhuo had an idea. He immediately ran to his room, took out his tablet, found Ji Yue’s WeChat, and sent her a video call request.
Ji Yue was in a department meeting when her phone showed Ji Xiaozhuo’s number. She was surprised for a moment, worried that Ji Xiaozhuo might have something urgent, she paused the meeting and went straight to her office to answer the video call.
“Xiao Zhuo, why did you video call Auntie? Is there something you need to talk to me about?”
Ji Xiaozhuo nodded his little head. “Auntie Ji Yue, I want to ask you something.”
“Oh?” Ji Yue became interested, wondering what had prompted the little one to contact her. “What is it?”
Ji Xiaozhuo asked sweetly, “Auntie Ji Yue, do you know how to become pretty?”
“Huh?” Ji Yue was confused by the little one’s question. “Why are you asking that? What’s wrong?”
Ji Xiaozhuo explained the situation to Ji Yue in detail. Although the child’s narration wasn’t very clear, Ji Yue understood. “You mean, you want your mother to become prettier, so you’re asking Auntie if there’s any way?”
“Yes, yes, that’s it! Aunt Ji Yue, you’re so pretty, you must know how to become pretty, right?”
Ji Yue was so pleased by the little one’s words that she chuckled non-stop. “Okay, okay, just because you have such good taste, Auntie will help you too. I know what your mom needs, I’ll send her some things that will make her pretty. You have to remind her then.”
Ji Xiaozhuo nodded happily, “Thank you, Aunt Ji Yue.”
“You’re welcome, you’re welcome. You can ask Auntie for help with anything.”
After hanging up the phone, Ji Xiaozhuo ran to Tang Tang’s side with his short legs and shared the good news with her, “Mom, I’ve thought of a way for you! I asked Aunt Ji Yue how to become pretty, and Aunt Ji Yue said she’ll give you something that will make you pretty.”
“Huh? What?” Tang Tang exclaimed in surprise, “Baby, why did you bother Aunt Ji Yue?”
Ji Xiaozhuo immediately replied, “Because Aunt Ji Yue is very beautiful, everyone says so, so Aunt Ji Yue must know how to become beautiful. After Aunt Ji Yue teaches you, Mommy, you can become beautiful too.”
Tang Tang felt that this was too much trouble for Ji Yue, but she was also very touched by the little guy’s thoughtfulness. She hugged him and said, “Mommy thanks you, but please don’t bother Aunt Ji Yue anymore. Aunt Ji Yue is very busy. Mommy can do such small things herself.”
Ji Xiaozhuo nodded, “Okay then.”
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