Translator: Dj2203
Editor: Dj2203
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Seeing that Tang Tang was even more serious than Ji Xiaozhuo, Ji Yan knew she had amnesia and couldn’t remember these things, so he simply taught her as well. But every time he finished, Tang Tang looked utterly hopeless, which made him inexplicably want to laugh.
Her expression was too easy to read; it was obvious she hadn’t understood. So after teaching the mother and son, he would go back and carefully teach her again, pointing out what she didn’t understand. If one time wasn’t enough, he would go over it again until she understood.
Tang Tang blushed with embarrassment every time. She felt she was wasting Ji Yan’s time and her conscience bothered her. “I’m sorry, I’m so clumsy. Honey, you go teach the baby, don’t waste your time teaching me. I’ll learn by myself.”
“It’s okay, you’ll get it after a few more tries. If you don’t understand something, I’ll teach you again.” Ji Yan was very patient and never got impatient with Tang Tang because she was clumsy.
Tang Tang thought Ji Yan was truly the best person in the world. He had all the best qualities and no flaws at all. How could there be such a good person!
Seeing his mother’s deeply moved expression, Ji Xiaozhuo felt sullen and silently turned his chubby little body to do his homework. “Hmph, Dad’s biased! He tells Mom it’s okay, but if it were him, he’d definitely ask, ‘Ji Xiaozhuo, where was your brain just now?’ He was so worried he can’t even look away.” The baby was heartbroken.
Under Ji Yan’s guidance, Tang Tang finally learned multiplication and division, although only by writing equations on paper. It was still incredible to her; this method was so simple and convenient! The people here are so smart! Now she’s become smarter too.
At this time, Ji Xiaozhuo had moved on to the next step: mental multiplication and division.
Tang Tang originally wanted to try this magical mental multiplication and division method, but after a day of learning, she had to give up with tears in her eyes. It wasn’t that she was lazy, but that her brain wasn’t up to the task. She thought and thought until she was about to throw up, but still couldn’t come up with the answer. This was simply not something she could learn; in the words of the locals, it was limited intelligence.
Her baby’s IQ was probably more than twice hers.
In the end, Ji Yan simply gave the mother and son a quiz and let them compete to answer it. Tang Tang used scratch paper to calculate, while Ji Xiaozhuo did mental calculations to see who could answer faster.
At first, Tang Tang could barely keep up with Ji Xiaozhuo, but in the end, she often hadn’t even finished calculating before Ji Xiaozhuo gave the correct answer.
Tang Tang felt ashamed, but even more so, she was happy. She was happy that Ji Xiaozhuo was so wonderful and outstanding, and she was proud of him.
Tang Tang was used to praising Ji Xiaozhuo every day, and kissed the little guy’s chubby cheek. “Baby, you’re so great!”
In the past, Ji Xiaozhuo would always pretend not to care and wave his hand, then humbly say, “It’s nothing special.” But today was different. Ji Xiaozhuo didn’t pretend to be humble, but directly asked for a reward. “Mom, I’m so great, can you grant me a small request?”
“What small request?”
“Can I have a Transformer?”
Tang Tang thought the little guy would want something nice to eat, but unexpectedly, he wanted a Transformer. Speaking of which, Transformers are toys, right?
This was the first time Ji Xiaozhuo had asked for a toy on his own initiative. The toys he had before were all gifts from people who came to visit him, so Tang Tang naturally agreed. “Okay, Mom will buy you one!”
Ji Xiaozhuo’s eyes lit up, and then he turned to look at Ji Yan. “Dad, is that okay?”
Since Tang Tang had agreed, Ji Yan naturally wouldn’t object and nodded in agreement as well.
Ji Xiaozhuo exclaimed “Yay!” “Dad, can I ask Aunt Ji Yue to buy me one?”
Ji Yan raised an eyebrow. “Why?”
“Because Aunt Ji Yue can deliver it tomorrow. Buying it online is too slow!”
The little guy was in such a hurry that he definitely didn’t want to play with it himself. Thinking of the toys he had taken apart and brought out in pieces but always brought back intact, Ji Yan immediately thought of the reason. “You want the Transformers to take apart and bring to kindergarten?”
Ji Xiaozhuo nodded.
Tang Tang couldn’t contain her curiosity any longer and hugged the little one, asking, “Baby, why do you always take your toys apart and bring them to kindergarten? Can you tell Mommy?”
Ji Xiaozhuo hesitated for a moment, then chose to tell the truth, “I bring them to Wen Nuo to assemble. Oh, by the way, Wen Nuo is my deskmate.”
“Your deskmate? All the toys you bring home intact every day are assembled by her?”
“She put them all together.” Ji Xiaozhuo subtly praised her, “Wen Nuo really likes assembling things, and she’s not slow when she’s assembling them. She’s almost as smart as me.”
Tang Tang was amazed by the little girl’s skill. Ji Xiaozhuo had taken all those toys apart, which she thought were completely ruined, but this soft and sweet little girl had perfectly put a pile of pieces back together! That’s incredible!
Are all kids these days so clever?
Ji Xiaozhuo couldn’t stop talking about her deskmate, “Wen Nuo is my friend now. She not only talks to me, but she also gave me her only candy, which she didn’t even want to eat herself.” Even though the candy tasted terrible.
“Really? That’s great! It seems you two get along very well. Since she gave you something to eat, you should reciprocate. Mom will make some snacks for you to take and share with your deskmate tomorrow.”
Ji Xiaozhuo wholeheartedly agreed with his mother’s suggestion, blinking his big eyes expectantly. “Mom, can I bring an extra bottle of milk every day? I want to share one of my milk with Wen Nuo because she’s always hungry, it’s so pitiful.”
Tang Tang was surprised, “Baby, how do you know Wen Nuo is always hungry? Did she tell you?” Ji Xiaozhuo must be mistaken; what family wouldn’t feed their little one?
“She didn’t tell me, but I noticed,” Ji Xiaozhuo said with absolute certainty. “Her stomach starts growling before noon every day, and she keeps drinking water; she’s hungry.”
Tang Tang was skeptical.
“Really, once you brought me some milk, but I didn’t drink it. I gave it to her, but she didn’t want it. I said I’d trade it with her for one of her little stars, and then she took it. She drank it with great relish, like she was really hungry.”
Could it be that the little girl digests too quickly and gets hungry soon after eating? Or is she a picky eater and doesn’t like to eat, so she gets hungry?
Tang Tang couldn’t figure out the reason, but the little girl must be uncomfortable being hungry, so she decided to send an extra bottle of milk for her.
The next day, in addition to sending Ji Xiaozhuo an extra bottle of milk, Tang Tang also gave him two extra meat buns, instructing him to give them to the little girl as well, so that her stomach wouldn’t growl again.
After Ji Xiaozhuo went to school, Tang Tang took out flour and started making pastries, even shaping each one into a small animal so that children would love them. When she went to pick Ji Xiaozhuo up after school, Tang Tang took a box of freshly baked, warm pastries with her, intending to give the little girl a taste.
However, to Tang Tang’s surprise, a familiar figure was standing at the kindergarten gate, squatting in front of Ji Xiaozhuo and speaking gently to her.
It was Gu Yanran.
Tang Tang’s steps faltered instantly; the unpleasant memories she had managed to suppress surged back up, and she wondered what Gu Yanran was doing here this time.
Ji Xiaozhuo spotted Tang Tang first, waving and shouting, “Mommy!”
Gu Yanran looked over and gave Tang Tang an indescribable smile, a smile that made Tang Tang’s heart skip a beat, filling her with inexplicable unease.
Suppressing her panic, Tang Tang calmly walked up to Ji Xiaozhuo and took his little hand. “Baby, is your deskmate still here?” She didn’t greet Gu Yanran; since they’d already fallen out, she didn’t want to be polite.
Ji Xiaozhuo immediately pointed towards the classroom. “No, Wen Nuo’s family doesn’t pick her up. The teacher takes her home every day.”
“Oh, I see. Mom made some pastries. Why don’t you take them to Wen Nuo and let her try them?” Tang Tang handed the box to Ji Xiaozhuo.
Ji Xiaozhuo’s eyes lit up, and he ran into the classroom with the box.
Only Tang Tang and Gu Yanran remained.
Gu Yanran spoke first, “Aren’t you going to ask me what I’m here for?”
Tang Tang chose not to speak.
Ignoring Tang Tang’s silence, Gu Yanran continued, “I came to deliver something to Ji Yan and also to see Xiao Zhuo. Ji Yan said Xiao Zhuo wanted a Transformer, so I brought it to him. Now that I’ve delivered it, I’ll be going.” Gu Yanran then turned and left gracefully.
Tang Tang pursed her lips and walked straight into Ji Xiaozhuo’s classroom without looking to the side. She found that all the children had left, leaving only two little children and Su Yue, all three of them eating pastries.
Su Yue saw Tang Tang and smiled, holding up the pastry in her hand. “Xiao Zhuo shared one with me. You made it very well. Look how much those two kids are eating.”
Tang Tang also looked at the two little ones. The two were huddled together, munching on pastries, and they were indeed eating very happily, especially little Wen Nuo, who was eating with complete focus, as if her eyes were only on that one piece of pastry. You could tell how much she liked it from her actions.
Tang Tang couldn’t help but walk over and pat the two little ones’ heads, then said to Ji Xiaozhuo, “Xiao Zhuo, there’s more at home. Let Wen Nuo take this box home to eat.”
Ji Xiaozhuo nodded generously and pushed the remaining pastries in front of Wen Nuo, “Wen Nuo, take it home and eat it slowly.”
The little girl slowly looked up at Ji Xiaozhuo, pastry crumbs still clinging to her lips, looking dazed. After a while, she looked at Tang Tang, her long eyelashes blinking, seemingly confused and helpless.
The little girl’s adorable appearance made Tang Tang pat her head again, “Don’t be shy, take it home and eat it. Auntie will make you more next time.”
The little girl still stared blankly at Tang Tang.
Ji Xiaozhuo stood up and patted Wen Nuo’s head, like an adult comforting a child, “Okay, I’m going home now. See you tomorrow.”
With that, she took Tang Tang’s hand and went home under the little girl’s gaze.
“Mom, I gave Wen Nuo breakfast this morning, and she ate it so deliciously, she almost choked! Mom, I think Wen Nuo is being abused!” On the way home, Ji Xiaozhuo indignantly told Tang Tang about his discovery.
Tang Tang immediately stopped him, “Baby, don’t talk nonsense. What parent abuses their child? Look at Wen Nuo, she’s clean and there are no marks on her body. She doens’t seem to be abused, does she? Maybe she digests quickly, or maybe she’s a picky eater and doesn’t eat much, so she’s hungry.”
Ji Xiaozhuo pouted and muttered softly, “Anyway, I think there’s something wrong.”
Tang Tang didn’t hear his words. Actually, she wasn’t as calm as she appeared. Gu Yanran’s arrival had affected her mood to some extent, but she felt she shouldn’t let her bother her, so she could only use busyness to distract herself from those irrelevant things. As a result, dinner tonight was more elaborate than usual.
Just then, Ji Xiaozhuo’s excited voice rang out from outside, “Dad!”
Ji Yan was back. Tang Tang wiped her hands and came out of the kitchen, about to greet him, but she was speechless when she saw the person behind Ji Yan.
Gu Yanran had followed Ji Yan back.
“You’re here.”
Ji Yan didn’t notice Tang Tang’s awkwardness and said to her, “Yanran came to the army today for some business. She’ll stay here for another night.”
Tang Tang pursed her lips and said “Oh,” then turned and went into the kitchen to continue cooking. She then set out the food and served the dishes as usual, except that she set out an extra set of chopsticks and bowls.
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