When Yu Yi listened to it for the fourth time, he still couldn’t stop laughing.
He scrolled through the comments under the video, reading what the netizens had to say. He couldn’t help but laugh.
As he read on, he couldn’t hold it back anymore and left a comment himself.
“Hahaha, adorable, right? That’s my godson!”
Not long after Yu Yi posted that comment, his notifications exploded with replies.
He’d used his main account to post it.
On that account, he would occasionally share bits of his daily life. Although he never intentionally showed off his wealth, any sharp-eyed netizen could easily dig around and figure out that he was far from ordinary.
For example, the clothes and accessories he wore, as well as the limited-edition luxury watch on his wrist, were worth tens of millions.
Modern netizens really enjoyed watching the daily lives of genuinely rich people.
Without realizing it, Yu Yi’s account had already gathered over a million followers.
In the beginning, he even showed his face in his videos. He was handsome and, on top of that, loaded, so his comment section and private messages were flooded with people calling him “husband”.
Especially his private messages. Some even sent him photos directly.
Yu Yi himself never opened them to look. But one time, Wu Jin happened to see them.
After seeing those indecent messages, Wu Jin completely lost it.
Yu Yi had to coax him for three whole days and nights. By the end of it, his body had nearly turned into something like a rag doll straight out of a novel.
After being tormented by Wu Jin like that, Yu Yi hadn’t even managed to put his clothes back on before his hands trembled as he hurried to turn off his private messages.
From that day on, he didn’t dare show his face in any more videos.
He even went back and deleted all the previous ones where his face appeared.
But even so, his follower count just kept growing.
This time, as he looked through the replies under his comment, Yu Yi was actually in the mood to respond.
“Hahaha. Of course, my godson’s good-looking. My parents adore him to bits.”
“That little guy gets spoiled wherever he goes.”
“You’re talking about him getting hit? Sure, he gets scolded, but his grandpa and dad still love him.”
“Whose childhood didn’t include a few beatings?”
After posting that last comment, Yu Yi even reached back to rub his own butt.
He sighed to Wu Jin and said, “When I was little, I was so good-looking, but my parents never went easy on me. They used to whip me.”
Of course, it wasn’t for no reason.
When he was a kid, he once watched some classmate’s video disc. It was one of those Hong Kong action movies full of fighting and gunplay.
He got so fired up after watching it that he sneaked out, taking his grandfather’s gun, and went straight to a place notorious for its terrible public security.
And after that… he nearly didn’t make it back alive.
His grandfather dragged him home. After the family finished interrogating him, they took out the whip and gave him a thorough beating. It was a mix of everything.
“I’m telling you, I used to get whipped badly. Look at my back. See if there are still scars!”
Hearing that, Wu Jin actually turned him over and looked at his back.
Yu Yi’s skin had always been fair and smooth since he was little.
Wu Jin stared at his back but didn’t find any scars on that clean, flawless skin.
Still, as he listened to Yu Yi talk about how miserable his beatings used to be, Wu Jin couldn’t help but feel a pang in his heart.
He lowered his head and gave Yu Yi’s back a small lick.
Yu Yi: “!”
Yu Yi shuddered instantly.
Just a second ago, he had been lying down. But in the blink of an eye, he flipped himself over.
He stared warily at Wu Jin and accused, “You’re trying to do something perverted again, aren’t you?!”
Wu Jin: “…”
Being called a pervert every day, Wu Jin was already used to it.
With a good temper, he patiently explained, “My saliva is medicine. If there were scars, it could help heal them.”
Yu Yi: “?”
Yu Yi immediately rolled his eyes.
He shifted to the side and mocked mercilessly, “You sure love bragging. Even more than I do.”
He had never heard of anyone whose saliva could actually be used as medicine.
Yu Yi didn’t believe it. Wu Jin didn’t bother explaining further either.
The latter simply kept a straight face, though there was a faint hint of grievance in his eyes.
Seeing him looking so wronged, Yu Yi couldn’t help but want to comfort him.
But before he could even start, Yu Yi’s phone rang.
It was a call from a friend.
He answered it casually.
The friend got straight to the point: “That kid in Little Deer’s video, he’s really your godson? Someone just asked me to check with you. Could you give them the parents’ contact info?”
“They want to ask if the kid would be interested in doing some voice acting.”
“And Little Deer also wants to get in touch. He said the kid helped him gain a lot of followers, so he wants to thank him.”
Listening to his friend’s words, Yu Yi frowned slightly.
“Voice acting? I’m guessing his parents won’t be interested, but I’ll ask Yuan Yuan for you.”
“As for that Little Deer guy… If he really wants to thank us, he can just share some money with our Yuan Yuan.”
All that small talk and polite gratitude meant nothing compared to transferring a hefty sum.
As soon as Yu Yi said that, his friend burst out laughing.
“Don’t even mention it, I know that Little Deer guy. His situation’s a bit complicated.”
“He was born in an orphanage. Now that he’s earning money, he sends more than half of it back there. The rest, he spends on taking care of some big idiot.”
“No one knows where he picked that fool up from, but the guy eats like a bottomless pit.”
As his friend talked about Little Deer’s situation, Yu Yi listened, feeling that it all sounded a bit exaggerated.
Still, he didn’t say much. He just gave a quiet “mm,” to show he’d heard and understood.
The two of them wrapped up their brief conversation. The friend didn’t bother him any further.
Yu Yi glanced at the time. It was already quite late.
By logic, if he wanted to contact Li Sheng, he should’ve waited until daytime.
But his eyes turned sly, mischief gleaming in them.
“I’ll give Li Sheng a call, see if he’s asleep yet…”
Yu Yi held back a wicked grin, clearly intending to mess with Li Sheng.
But Wu Jin remembered that Li Sheng and Feng Qi were together, so he quickly reached out, snatched the phone away, and stopped Yu Yi’s mischief.
That night.
The little cub who’d been sleeping soundly in the big bed was carried back to his own room by his big dad halfway through the night.
The next morning.
When the little cub woke up, he found himself back in his room, and both of his dads were gone.
He sat up, cheeks puffed out in anger. Clutching the blanket with both tiny hands, his little face looked even colder.
This family had truly broken his little heart!
Dad had hit him last night. Not only did he not stay to comfort him afterward, but he wasn’t even here this morning!
Fuming from the moment he woke up, the little cub who had once again “sealed off his heart and love” kept a straight, chubby bun-like face as he dressed himself.
He even brushed his teeth and washed his face all on his own without calling for any adults to help!
The cold, stoic little cub finished getting ready and headed toward the dining room.
On the way there, he ran into Grandpa.
The two of them locked eyes.
Li Heng, who was usually strict and unsmiling, couldn’t help but recall what he’d seen on the surveillance footage last night the moment he saw the little cub’s serious, expressionless face.
He cleared his throat and didn’t dare keep looking directly at the unsmiling child.
“Yuan Yuan, why are you up so early?”
Li Heng bent down and picked the little one up into his arms.
Holding him, he started walking toward the dining room.
When Feng Yuan woke up, he hadn’t checked the time. Only now did he lower his head and glance at his smartwatch.
And when he saw it, he got even angrier.
It was only 7:20.
He woke up too early!
Realizing he’d accidentally gotten up ahead of time, the little cub’s face tensed up even more.
Out of the corner of his eye, Li Heng glanced at his chubby little face, feeling a sudden urge to poke it.
In the dining room.
As usual, Li Si and Frida, the early risers, were already there.
Li Sheng hadn’t come yet.
After Grandpa set Feng Yuan down, the servants finished bringing out the dishes.
Frida looked at Feng Yuan and reached out to gently touch his cheek.
Feng Yuan let Grandma touch his little face, standing perfectly still without leaning in for a hug as he usually would.
During this meal, the little cub was uncharacteristically quiet.
He didn’t say a word, just kept scooping rice into his mouth.
When Li Si noticed he was only eating rice and ignoring the dishes, a puzzled expression appeared on her face.
“Here.”
She personally picked up a meatball and placed it in his bowl.
Feng Yuan looked at the meatball, puffed his cheeks, and said, “Sister, Yuan Yuan doesn’t need you to pick food for him.”
Li Si ignored what he said.
Throughout the whole meal, Li Si was so focused on feeding him that she barely ate anything herself.
Just as breakfast was about to end, Li Sheng came out.
When he walked over, he reached out and rubbed Feng Yuan’s little head.
“Yuan Yuan, good morning.”
Feng Yuan ignored him.
A moment later, breakfast was over. Feng Yuan slung on his little backpack, ready to head to the base with his sister.
Behind them, Frida nudged Li Heng’s hand and asked softly, “How long is Yuan Yuan going to stay cold like this?”
This icy little cub hadn’t given them a single kiss all morning.
Normally, every morning, the little one would pucker his lips and go around kissing everyone.
Li Heng thought about it seriously and said, “Probably won’t last more than two days.”
After all, in the surveillance video, the little cub had sworn not only that he wouldn’t smile again, but also that he’d study hard.
As for that last part, Li Heng figured the little guy wouldn’t be able to hold out for even two days.
Hearing his prediction, Frida let out a small sigh of relief.
In the car.
For the first time, Feng Yuan pulled out an English picture book and buried his head in it.
Li Si, who hadn’t seen the video from last night, still had no idea what had caused Feng Yuan to act so differently.
She only reminded Li Sheng softly, “Second Uncle, Yuan Yuan seems a bit off today.”
The corners of Li Sheng’s mouth lifted slightly as he pretended not to know anything. “Really? I don’t see anything wrong.”
Sitting in the back seat, Feng Yuan perked up his little ears, listening to his big dad’s words.
Seeing that Big Dad hadn’t noticed his change at all, the little one clenched the hand holding his picture book into a tiny fist.
Li Si frowned, clearly dissatisfied with Li Sheng’s response.
She stopped talking to him and instead took hold of Feng Yuan’s chubby little hand.
“Yuan Yuan, do you want to go out and relax a bit? My grandpa wants to have a family trip. We could all go together.”
Normally, Feng Yuan loved going out to play.
But right now, his character was that of a cold, stoic cub who only cared about studying.
So he shook his head, his round little face full of solemn pain as he firmly rejected Li Si’s invitation.
Li Si squeezed his chubby hand and said, “Think about it again. You don’t have to give me an answer so soon.”
Robert’s planned family trip actually sounded quite interesting.
When Robert was younger, he had been a famous explorer.
He even published books about his expeditions, which became bestsellers all around the world.
Li Si owned several of her grandfather’s books. She gave the Chinese editions to Feng Yuan.
“When you learn a few more words, you’ll be able to read them. They’re really fascinating.”
Li Si’s praise wasn’t because the author was her grandfather. She genuinely thought the books were fun and engaging.
Feng Yuan accepted the book his sister handed him.
He didn’t recognize many characters yet, so he couldn’t read it on his own.
Fortunately, he had a little cheat.
All he needed to do was take pictures of the pages and send them to Qin Xun. Qin Xun would record voice messages, reading the book aloud for him.
Li Sheng drove the two little ones to the base.
When Feng Yuan was about to get out of the car, Li Sheng reached out and scooped him into his arms.
“Really not going to give Big Dad a kiss?”
He hadn’t gotten his morning kiss either. Lowering his gaze, Li Sheng looked at his son’s little face and asked softly.
Feng Yuan let out a huff and turned his head away.
Seeing that, Li Sheng cupped his little cheeks and bent down to plant a kiss anyway.
Feng Yuan: “No kisses!”
Bad Dad! The bad Dad who carried Yuan Yuan away last night!
Feng Yuan pressed his tiny hands against Li Sheng’s face, trying hard to push him away. But his resistance was no more effective than a kitten swatting its paws, completely useless.
After Li Sheng finished kissing his little face, he couldn’t resist giving a gentle bite to his soft, chubby cheek.
By the time Li Sheng finally had his fill, the little one was practically fuming.
“Alright, you two, hurry along now. Don’t be late.”
Li Sheng handed the freshly kissed little cub over to Li Si.
Under Li Si’s speechless, complicated gaze, he remained perfectly calm. Li Sheng turned around and got back into the car before driving away.
The car sped off, kicking up a trail of dust.
Li Si took out a handkerchief from her pocket and, without saying a word, started wiping Feng Yuan’s little face.
She thought adults were so annoying!
They always relied on their size advantage to bully children.
“Yuan Yuan, make sure you do well in your training class. Only when you become strong will you have the power to fight back.”
Li Si lectured him with a completely serious face.
Feng Yuan listened and nodded earnestly.
The morning’s training class wasn’t too bad. The instructors took his young age into account and designed most of his exercises to be more fun and playful.
Even when they were correcting him, the way they did it was totally different from how they treated the other kids.
Charles had complained more than once, saying they were being unfair.
But Charles’s complaints had absolutely no effect.
The instructors’ favoritism toward Feng Yuan was obvious to anyone watching.
Their bias continued without the slightest attempt to hide it.
As for the teachers in the academic classes, they wanted to favor him, too. But unfortunately, they really couldn’t bring themselves to do it.
The academic classes at the training base were much more advanced than those at ordinary kindergartens.
However, most of the children here could handle the material just fine.
For example, Li Si and Li Wang both had to skip ahead in their courses.
Those two kids were simply too smart.
But Feng Yuan was the one who posed the greatest challenge in the teacher’s entire teaching career at the base.
It wasn’t that Feng Yuan’s little brain was dumb. It was just that, when it came to studying, he hadn’t quite “clicked” yet.
Learning worked that way sometimes. Some children struggled at first, but then, as time went on, miraculously became excellent.
And there were also kids who did great when they were young, but didn’t do so well later on.
In short, when it came to a child’s academic development, even teachers couldn’t predict how things would turn out.
All they could do was teach their best and try to help the students grasp what they could.
“Yuan Yuan.”
The English teacher said patiently, “When learning English, the first step is to be brave enough to speak it.”
“You’ve been learning for quite some time now. Can you try saying something to me in English?”
Feng Yuan: “…”
His little face looked so miserable from enduring the torment of English class that it had lost its color.
When he heard the teacher’s request, he pouted, his lips trembling a little. After a long pause, he finally managed to say a single sentence in English.
“Bye bye!”
Teacher: “…”
The teacher closed his eyes, taking a few seconds to compose himself.
After a brief moment, he rubbed his face and forced himself to keep going.
“Yuan Yuan, besides that one, try saying another sentence. Today we just need to learn three short phrases, then we can end class.”
Feng Yuan: “Hi!”
Teacher: “That one doesn’t count either. You can’t say Hello or Hi.”
Feng Yuan: “…”
This time, Feng Yuan stayed quiet for a long while before finally blurting out, “Fuck!”
Teacher: “???”
The teacher’s eyes widened in shock. “Feng Yuan! Who taught you that word?!”
Feng Yuan: “Charles said it.”
Feng Yuan didn’t even know what it meant. He’d just heard Charles say it often.
Teacher: “…”
The teacher’s face turned green. “Class dismissed! I’m going to find Charles right now!”
The base had very strict rules. Swearing was absolutely forbidden.
It was one thing for Charles to say such words himself. But to corrupt a child, too!
The teacher immediately ended Feng Yuan’s class on the spot. Meanwhile, the next teacher who taught math had already arrived early.
The math teacher asked Feng Yuan if he wanted to take a short break first.
Feng Yuan shook his head.
His motivation to study was hanging by a thread, but it was still stubbornly there.
“Teacher, please teach Yuan Yuan a bit more today!”
Even before class started, Feng Yuan was already piling pressure on himself. “Yuan Yuan wants to study hard from now on! You can give Yuan Yuan extra homework, too!”
Math teacher: “…”
The math teacher’s eyes lit up instantly at those words.
Looking at Feng Yuan in surprise and delight, she couldn’t stop praising him.
“Yuan Yuan, I just knew it. You’re Li Si and Li Wang’s little brother. You’re bound to be just as good as they are at studying.”
“Don’t worry, I’ll definitely help you catch up to your brother and sister’s level!”
The math teacher was full of confidence. With his tiny fists clenched tight, Feng Yuan also felt certain that he was about to rise and shine!
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