Chapter 135
The sky was like a color palette, with azure and deep red smudged and overlapping, creating a magnificent color. The black was taking over, pushing back the other colors bit by bit, leaving only an endless black.
In the Shen family’s living room, the lights were bright. Shen Yuanchuan sat in the main seat, Shen Xiuze and Shen Jinfeng sat on his left and right, and the butler uncle stood on the side. The three of them were interrogating Shen Tiantian.
Amidst the serious expressions of the several adults, Tiantian lay on the coffee table, his little bottom in the air, writing his guarantee letter one stroke at a time. When he made a mistake, he would seriously erase it with a small bear eraser, blow on it, and continue to write.
After writing a few lines with a mix of pinyin and characters, Tiantian sniffled and handed over the guarantee letter. He rubbed his slightly red eyes, pouted, and stood obediently in front of his daddy with a wronged expression. “I’m done.”
Shen Yuanchuan looked at the pile of pinyin and circles he had written, his head dizzy. It was even more tiring than reading English. “You read it yourself.”
Tiantian said “oh” and took the guarantee letter. “Tiantian guarantees that in the future, I will definitely not sneak out to play with Gu Xiaoqi. If I’m found out again, I won’t have any small cookies to eat for a week!”
“Guarantor: Shen Tiantian.”
Hearing the tender little milky voice, the corners of Shen Xiuze’s lips couldn’t help but lift slightly. His cold eyes lifted, and looking at the little one’s chubby but craned neck, his palm itched. Shen Yuanchuan could actually have such a fun cub. It seems his biological father is not completely useless.
Shen Jinfeng, on the other hand, slapped his thigh and laughed wildly for a while. He leaned against the sofa without a care for his image and said with a smile: “Let’s see if you dare to sneak out to play again next time.”
In the afternoon, after Shen Tiantian had snuck out, Shen Yuanchuan, who had finished dealing with his messages, returned to the study and was dumbfounded by the empty room. He had looked for Shen Tiantian in the room for a long time but couldn’t find any trace of him.
In that moment, Shen Yuanchuan’s face turned pale. He thought that Shen Tiantian was lost. The whole family was mobilized, and they searched high and low for Shen Tiantian.
In the end, it was Old Master Li from the same residential area, who was walking his dog, who said that he had seen Shen Tiantian and Gu Nanqi go to the park to play. Shen Yuanchuan let out a sigh of relief and at the same time, he wished he could catch this little monkey and give him a good beating to vent his anger.
But fortunately, the child was fine. Shen Yuanchuan was more grateful in his heart. After reasoning with Shen Tiantian, Shen Yuanchuan pointed to the corner.
“You should be punished for doing something wrong, or you won’t learn your lesson next time. Go and stand in the corner for a while. You can come back when it’s time for dinner.”
Tiantian said “oh” and obediently ran to the corner to stand. He pressed his forehead against the wall and would occasionally secretly glance at his daddy in the living room with his eyes.
Shen Yuanchuan didn’t notice his little expression and was still reflecting on his educational methods. These past two days, because of the exams, Shen Yuanchuan had indeed pushed Shen Tiantian a little too hard. But Shen Tiantian’s academic performance was really worrying.
Shen Yuanchuan let out a heavy sigh. “Raising a child is really a headache.” Shen Jinfeng was taking a picture of Shen Tiantian standing in the corner with his phone. Hearing this, he let out a disdainful smile.
The butler uncle was definitely the most doting on Shen Tiantian in the family. Under his operation, dinner was started more than half an hour early.
“Alright, alright, dinner is ready. Tiantian, stop standing in the corner. Come and have something to eat to fill your stomach.”
He had only stood for a total of ten minutes, and Tiantian had quickly finished his punishment. Shen Yuanchuan looked at the butler, Uncle Zhou, who was holding Shen Tiantian’s hand and going to the dining room for a meal with a smile on his face, and sighed sadly.
The whole family is openly and secretly biased towards Shen Tiantian! No wonder this little one is so fearless. He even dares to dance on his biological father’s head!
Tiantian had a big heart. He had thrown the matter of the punishment and the guarantee to the back of his mind in a flash and happily finished his dinner. At the end of the meal, Shen Tiantian received a call from Gu Nanqi. “Hello?”
Tiantian had his cheeks puffed out and was gnawing on a small pork rib. Gu Nanqi was worried. “Tiantian, did your daddy hit you? Why don’t you come to my house to hide?”
Tiantian quickly put down the small pork rib and took the opportunity to pat his little chest to show his loyalty. “Daddy is the best daddy in the world. He’s going to give all his shares to Tiantian in the future. How could he hit me?”
Gu Nanqi: “Huh?”
The whole family held back their laughter, pressed their lips together, and looked at Shen Yuanchuan. Shen Yuanchuan’s scalp was numb. Shen Tiantian was still praising Shen Yuanchuan highly.
“Daddy never hits me. He even buys me small cakes, small snacks, and small cookies. He’s the daddy who loves me the most~” Tiantian secretly glanced at Shen Yuanchuan and smiled softly like a little marshmallow. “Next time I make a mistake, Daddy will definitely not make Tiantian write a guarantee letter.”
Shen Yuanchuan: “…”
Do you hear what you’re saying? You don’t even want to write a guarantee letter after making a mistake? “Wait! There’s a next time? You still want to sneak out to play again?” Shen Yuanchuan narrowed his eyes and gave Shen Tiantian a warning look.
Shen Tiantian’s eyes curved into crescent moons, and he held up three small fingers. “No, no, no!” Next time he sneaks out, he will definitely not be found out!
Only then did Shen Yuanchuan nod in satisfaction and gave him a small pork rib. “Hurry up and eat. Teacher Zhao is coming to give you a lesson tomorrow.”
Shen Yuanchuan felt that he couldn’t watch Shen Tiantian anymore and had to rely on a professional. Tiantian didn’t dare to resist. His little eyes darted around, and he buried his head in his food.
On Sunday, Shen Tiantian had two math lessons in a row. After the lessons, Shen Tiantian’s morale was high, and he was full of confidence.
When he went to the kindergarten for the exam on Monday, the weather was sunny and cloudless. Shen Tiantian faced the bright morning sun, put on his small round hat, and waved at his daddy and his brother.
“I’m going to take the exam. Wait for my good news.” After saying that, he bounced away.
Shen Jinfeng bumped Shen Xiuze’s arm and said in a low voice: “I guess Shen Tiantian’s two subjects combined won’t exceed one hundred and sixty.”
Kindergarten currently only tested math and Chinese, with one hundred points for each. Shen Xiuze frowned. “One hundred and sixty?”
Shen Jinfeng smiled. “What? Is it low?” Shen Xiuze: “Of course it’s high.”
Shen Jinfeng: “…” Eighty for each subject is still high? He remembered that the questions in kindergarten and elementary school didn’t have a big score gap, and many children could get more than ninety points.
Shen Yuanchuan saw the two of them discussing intensely and said speechlessly: “Can you two wish Shen Tiantian well!”
Shen Xiuze’s eyes lifted, and a cold mockery appeared on his lips. “It’s not us who’s going to the parent-teacher conference.”
Shen Yuanchuan: “…” He didn’t know why, but his second son was mean-mouthed and had a bad temper. Now, his eldest son’s attack power was no less. He, this middle-aged old father, was so mocked that he had no temper at all.
But then he thought of his most troublesome and headache-inducing little son… Shen Yuanchuan felt that he had aged ten years in an instant.
On the other side, in the kindergarten classroom, Shen Tiantian was holding his pen and seriously doing his problems. For the children, the seriousness and importance of the exam did not exist at all.
Of the nine children in the class, some were making paper airplanes with their papers, some were secretly eating snacks under their desks, and some were drooling and sleeping… In short, at a glance, they were doing everything.
The proctoring teacher had a feeling of wanting to manage but being powerless. The teacher could only turn a blind eye, turned his head, and stared at the student code of conduct on the blackboard, reading it word by word.
Shen Tiantian was the first to finish his paper in the class. Yan Xiaoke, the origami master in front of him, turned his head and asked: “Tiantian, are you done?”
Tiantian hummed twice, his little expression proud as he took his filled paper and shook it. “I’m done. I’m going out!” With that, Tiantian raised his small hand and handed the finished paper to the teacher.
The teacher glanced at Shen Tiantian’s filled paper and nodded in satisfaction. “Tiantian can go out and play.” Tiantian’s brows and eyes curved, and he responded with a soft and sweet “okay.” He swaggered out, his chin held high, his little appearance extremely smug.
As soon as Tiantian left, the other children in the class couldn’t hold it in anymore and were moved by the wind. The ones who were making origami, sleeping, and drawing all stopped what they were doing at the same time, their eyes sparkling as they looked at the teacher.
“Yay, I’m handing in my paper and going out to play!”
The teacher saw this, and it was a big deal! He couldn’t stop them at all and could only watch as the children threw their papers up and ran out. He looked down again, and the papers that were handed in were all blank!
The teacher almost held his breath and gave himself some oxygen. He took a few deep breaths, quickly chased after them, and shouted: “Everyone, hurry back! You’re not allowed to go out and play until you’ve finished your papers!”
The children were like little beans scattered on the playground floor, rolling into corners and hiding everywhere. The teacher chased one in the east and found one in the west. After a long time of effort, he finally caught all the children.
Tiantian was also caught. He hung his little head, pouted, and walked back unhappily. “But teacher, I’ve already finished.”
The teacher poked his chubby little face, both angry and wanting to laugh. “And you still say that. You were the first to lead the way and run.” Tiantian pressed his lips together in embarrassment and sat back down on the small stool. The teacher handed out the papers again and told the children to do them well.
During the boring exam time that followed, Tiantian and Yan Xiaoke in front of him made origami together. The two of them tried to fold a beautiful little star. But after a long time of effort, they still couldn’t succeed.
Shen Tiantian unfolded the crumpled paper and vaguely saw the three words “math paper” on the wrinkled paper. He held his face in terror and screamed like a groundhog: “Yan Xiaoke! We’re done for. This is your paper!”
The paper was already in pieces and unrecognizable. Only then did Yan Xiaoke remember that this was his math paper! “We’re done for!” he also held his face and shouted.
The exam time was over. The teacher collected eight papers and a ball of waste paper. Holding this ball of paper, the teacher held it in and almost fainted from anger on the spot.
“Yan Xiaoke, Shen Tiantian, you two disrupted the discipline during the exam and destroyed the paper. One small red flower will be deducted.” Shen Tiantian and Yan Xiaoke exchanged glances, lowered their little heads, and didn’t dare to make a sound.
