As soon as the crowd dispersed, Han Feifei hurriedly ran in from outside the clinic. Seeing her child safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief, rushed over, and hugged him, then asked Shanshan, “What’s going on? I just went out to buy groceries, and when I came back, I heard that our child got into a fight with someone else. It scared me.”
Shanshan told her not to worry, pointing to Dudu, “It’s okay, your Zhang Yiran didn’t fight. It was my chubby son who fought with someone else. Both kids are fine.”
Shanshan briefly explained the situation to her, and after listening, Han Feifei couldn’t help but give Dudu a thumbs up and exclaimed, ‘shanshan, your kid is incredible! He can take on three opponents and win. He’s quite something.”
“You’re praising him too much. If you praise him anymore, he’ll get conceited,” Shanshan waved her hand impatiently. “Let’s not talk about that. Feifei, do you know this little girl? Her family hasn’t come to look for her yet. Whose child is she?”
Han Feifei looked at Tiantian for a moment, then exclaimed, “Oh, isn’t this General Yan’s granddaughter, Tiantian? What’s she doing here? Do you mean this little girl?”
Shanshan nodded and then turned to Yuan Long, asking him who General Yan was.
Yuan Long also just learned that this little girl was General Yan’s granddaughter. He said, “General Yan’s family lives in the villa area east of our military district. Let’s send the child back home first.”
Shanshan agreed. She thought it would be best to send the child home early since her parents would surely be worried if she went missing.
Just as they were about to take Tiantian home, they saw two figures hurrying towards them at the gate. The leader was a military man about sixty years old, with gray hair and a serious face, exuding a dignified aura. There was also a young soldier in his twenties accompanying him.
Shanshan was busy staring at the stars on the man’s shoulder, so Yuan Long stepped forward and saluted him first, “Hello, General Yan!”
It was only then that Shanshan realized that the man in front of her was General Yan, Tiantian’s grandfather.
General Yan nodded and looked at Tiantian, who was unharmed beside them. He sighed with relief, bent down, and reached out to her, “Come, Tiantian, come to Grandpa.”
Tiantian saw her grandfather and happily ran over to him, hugged his neck, and rubbed her face against his.
General Yan then asked Yuan Long, “Yuan Long, what’s going on?”
Yuan Long briefly explained the situation, and after hearing it, General Yan immediately looked at Dudu, patted his head with a kind expression, and said, ‘thank you, little friend, for protecting our Tiantian.”
Dudu waved his hand nonchalantly, with a look that said “No need”, “You’re welcome. When you see something unfair, you have to help out.”
Shanshan: …Where did this kid learn these words?
General Yan found it amusing and laughed. He patted Dudu’s head appreciatively, then thanked Yuan Long and Shanshan before taking Tiantian away.
Tiantian lay on her grandfather’s shoulder, her little face showing reluctance. She waved to Dudu repeatedly and said, “Big brother, I’ll come play with you tomorrow!”
Dudu also waved his chubby hand and replied, “Okay, remember to bring the magic wand for me!”
“Okay!” Tiantian nodded vigorously. “I won’t forget! Wait for me!”
It wasn’t until the figures of Tiantian and her grandfather disappeared that Dudu reluctantly withdrew his gaze.
Shanshan asked in surprise, “What’s a magic wand? Is it a toy?”
Dudu shook his head and gave her a look that said, “Mom, you’re so clueless. Don’t you know what a magic wand is?” He said, “A magic wand is not a toy, it’s a very delicious lollipop!”
“Hey, you little rascal!” Shanshan pinched his ear. “Why did you let her bring you a lollipop? Are you shameless enough to ask a little girl for food? You’re a man, you know? Are you even embarrassed?”
Dudu stomped his feet. “No, I didn’t ask for it. Donut said she wanted to thank me, so she gave me a magic wand to eat.”
“I told you, her name is Tiantian, not Donut,” Shanshan let go of his ear but continued to scold him. “You can’t ask for things from a little girl. People say don’t mention it for a big favor. You just saved her, and then you asked her for food. Do you know that it undermines your heroic image?”
Dudu didn’t care about being a hero or not. He just knew that lollipops were delicious, and just thinking about them made him drool. He grabbed Shanshan’s hand and shook it, “Mom, remember to wake me up tomorrow, don’t let me oversleep.”
Shanshan: …This kid definitely wants to wake up early to ask the little girl for food!
Unfortunately, they were leaving for the capital early tomorrow morning, so this chubby kid was destined not to get any.
When they reached the bottom of the building and parted ways with Han Feifei and her son, the family of three entered the house. Yuan Long put Dudu down and pointed to the wall, saying, “Dudu, go stand over there at attention!”
Dudu blinked his eyes in confusion, looking bewildered. “Dad?”
Yuan Long still pointed to the wall without any doubt, “Go stand over there!”
It was the first time Dudu had seen his father look so serious, and he instinctively felt that something was wrong. He looked at his mother in confusion.
Shanshan immediately put away her smiling face. She thought Yuan Long must be planning to educate Dudu seriously. As a mother, she had to make a choice between protecting her son from criticism or supporting her husband in disciplining him. Should she stand by her husband or stand up for her son? Shanshan almost didn’t hesitate and chose to stand by her husband. After all, her chubby son was tough and could handle a little scolding. This kid really needed to be taught a lesson.
She immediately put on a stern expression, transforming from a loving mother to a wicked stepmother in an instant. She pointed at the wall just like Yuan Long and said, “Why aren’t you going over there? Don’t you know you did something wrong today? You’re really something. You just came here for a day, and you got into a fight. Now everyone in the neighborhood will know you!”
Dudu, seeing his mom suddenly turning stern, realized that the best way out at the moment was to obediently listen. So, he lowered his head and took small steps, shuffling to the wall and standing there.
Yuan Long walked over, squatted down, and looked Dudu in the eye, asking, “Do you know why Dad is making you stand here?”
Dudu shook his head somewhat aggrieved.
Yuan Long looked into his eyes. “Dudu, do you know you shouldn’t have hit others so hard today?”
Today, the little guy specifically targeted the other children’s faces, beating them black and blue with a lot of force. He even made them bleed a lot, which was intentional. In fact, with his strength, Dudu could easily have stopped those three kids from bullying the girl without resorting to such violence.
Dudu asked in confusion, “But Dad, they were bullying others, and I was helping. Mom said it’s a righteous act to help others. Is it wrong to be righteous?”
Yuan Long shook his head. “It’s not wrong to be righteous. Today, you protected others, and Dad thinks you’re great. Dad is proud of you. However, unless it involves your safety, you only need to stop others from hurting people. You can let the police, teachers, or parents punish them, but you can’t resort to violence on your own, understand?”
Dudu tilted his head, trying hard to understand his dad’s words.
Yuan Long further explained, ‘take today’s situation, for example. You could have stopped those three kids from bullying Tiantian, scared them off, reasoned with them, or sought adults to resolve the issue. But instead, you chose to hit them, and you hit them so hard, even making them bleed. In fact, you could have protected Tiantian without hitting them so hard, right?”
Dudu countered, “But they are bad people. Why can’t bad people be hit?”
In a child’s world, there are only two kinds of people: good and bad. They believe that bad people are wrong and should be punished. Hitting bad people is right to them, but they don’t know where the limit of punishment lies.
Yuan Long put his hand on Dudu’s shoulder and reasoned with him, “Dudu, you’re stronger than them. They couldn’t beat you. If you hit them too hard, and they got hurt, their parents would be very sad, just like if you got hurt, Dad and Mom would be very, very sad, right?”
Dudu thought that if he got hurt, Dad and Mom would indeed be very sad because once he fell down and bled from his head, and Mom cried sadly.
He asked, ‘so, Dad, does that mean I can’t hit others in the future?”
“Not that you can’t hit, but you can’t hit however you want. For example, today those three kids were no match for you, and you could have easily defeated them. At that time, you just needed to stop them, not use all your strength to fight them. If those three kids were very strong today, and you didn’t fight with all your strength, you might get hurt. Then, you can use all your strength to protect yourself and others.”
“In short, you need to learn to control your strength. For those weaker than you, you only need to use a part of your strength to ensure they can’t hurt you or others.”
Actually, Yuan Long didn’t blame Dudu for fighting today. He just wanted to take this opportunity to tell him to learn to control himself. Dudu was an extraordinary child, born with great strength and martial arts talent. Children his age weren’t his match, and he could easily hurt others. Yuan Long was afraid that Dudu wouldn’t know how to control himself, would get used to using violence to suppress others, and would develop a bad temper in the future.
He was still young and couldn’t distinguish situations well, so he needed guidance to avoid getting used to solving problems with violence, which would be too late to fix if he made a big mistake in the future.
After a moment of silence, Dudu lifted his head thoughtfully and said, “Dad, you mean even bad people shouldn’t be hit however we want? We need to control ourselves.”
Yuan Long praised him, ‘that’s right, you understand it very well. Also, in the future, if you encounter bad people, you can seek help from the police uncle. The police uncle specializes in punishing bad people.”
Dudu nodded, “Dad, I understand.”
Yuan Long felt relieved, but when you make a mistake, you have to be punished. So he asked, ‘since you did something wrong today, Dad has to punish you. Do you agree to stand here for half an hour without moving?”
Although not very happy, Dudu still nodded, “Agree.”
Yuan Long then made the little guy stand there for punishment while he went to continue cooking in the kitchen.
Shanshan felt a bit reluctant to play in front of the punished child, so she ran into the kitchen to accompany Yuan Long in cooking.
She remembered Tiantian just now and curiously asked, “Was that General Yan the big leader of your military district? His rank is very high.”
Yuan Long grunted in response.
Shanshan casually asked, ‘then why did he come to pick up his granddaughter just now? Where were her parents? I was really expecting her parents to come pick her up, so I could see what they look like. They must be handsome and beautiful, or else they couldn’t have such a beautiful daughter. I used to think our Dudu looks good enough, but I didn’t expect this little girl to be just as good as our Dudu.”
As Shanshan spoke, she sighed with emotion, ‘such a beautiful little girl, I wonder how she will charm the boys when she grows up. She’s another troublemaker…”
Yuan Long paused for a moment before speaking softly, “I heard accidentally before that General Yan’s daughter-in-law seemed to have passed away due to illness. His son couldn’t bear the blow and went far away. It’s been a long time since he came back, so there are only the grandfather and granddaughter left in the family. The child has been growing up with General Yan since birth.”
“What?” Shanshan felt quite surprised. ‘so, Tiantian’s parents are not around, and only her grandfather takes care of her?”
Yuan Long nodded.
Thinking of the cute, adorable, and smiling little girl just now, Shanshan felt a bit sad. Such a lovely child, yet strangely pitiful. Fortunately, she still had a grandfather to accompany her, and it seemed that General Yan doted on this little granddaughter of his.
Later on, they moved over, and it would be nice to let Dudu and Tiantian play together more.
At this time, all the food was ready. Yuan Long checked the time and found that half an hour had passed, so he went to the living room to release the little one from his punishment and called him over for dinner.
Shanshan originally thought that the little one would lose his appetite because he was punished by his dad, but it turned out she overestimated it. The little one ate heartily as if nothing had happened, finishing two bowls of rice in one go.
Shanshan didn’t know whether to say that their chubby little one was carefree or had good psychological endurance.
After dinner, the aftermath of the little one’s intense fighting became apparent. As soon as he lay down, he felt exhausted and fell asleep without even taking a bath. He slept soundly, even when Shanshan and Yuan Long tried to help him bathe, he didn’t wake up, snoring lightly.
Yuan Long set the little one aside and hugged Shanshan in his arms, leaning down to kiss her lips, his big hands gently caressing her body.
Shanshan’s scalp tingled instantly. She quickly grabbed his big hand and said, “Don’t , I want to sleep now.” She didn’t have the courage she had earlier.
Yuan Long sighed softly, “Don’t worry, I won’t do anything to you, I just want to touch you.” The opportunity today had passed, and it was late now. If he did something to her now, she might not be able to wake up and leave early with their son tomorrow.
It seemed that today was not a suitable day after all.
Yuan Long wiped his face helplessly.
Seeing him looking regretful and depressed, Shanshan covered her face and chuckled, then leaned over and kissed him on the cheek, whispering softly in his ear, “I’ll be waiting for you to come back.”
Yuan Long gritted his teeth and pinched her butt, “You said that yourself. Next time, even if the God of Heaven comes, I won’t let you off again.”
Shanshan’s face turned red, covering her face and turning around, “Oh, I don’t understand what you’re saying. I want to sleep now. Remember to wake me up tomorrow morning.”
Yuan Long sighed and looked up, anticipating the next time he would come home.
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