Chapter 18
Monday.
Bai Qingyu prepared the Jiang family’s breakfast: steamed buns, steamed eggs, porridge, and soy milk.
These didn’t require much skill. The buns were frozen, and there was a soy milk maker.
Of the three hens raised by Mrs. Jiang, one had a day off, and the other two laid eggs. They were fed all-natural grains, the chicken coop was hygienic, and there was enthusiastic interaction from a human cub. The eggs they laid were also excellent, two every day, all for Bai Xiaocha.
Bai Xiaocha would choke easily on whole boiled eggs, so Bai Qingyu cut the eggs open, mashed the egg white and yolk with a spoon, and then mixed them together to feed him.
After eating an egg, Bai Qingyu put a small backpack on Bai Xiaocha, which didn’t contain any books, only Bai Xiaocha’s eating spoon.
“Baby, you’re just going to eat. After two meals, Dad will pick you up.” Bai Qingyu spoke softly and gently pinched Bai Xiaocha’s soft cheeks, describing kindergarten as a canteen.
The kindergarten provided lunch and an afternoon snack. After the snack and a game, he could go home.
Bai Xiaocha remembered, “Two meals.”
Bai Qingyu, “Yes, Dad paid for you to eat there. It’s a loss if you eat one less meal.”
He didn’t directly encourage Bai Xiaocha to make friends and learn, because Old Man Deng called last night, “It takes ten years to grow a tree, and a hundred years to nurture a person, you know? Xiao Cha hasn’t even been a tree for ten years, let alone a person. Being a person is very difficult.”
Bai Qingyu deeply agreed. Cha Bao might react slowly in an unfamiliar human environment, not as comfortable and flexible as he was with his dad. The top priority of kindergarten was to adapt.
At 9:40, Bai Qingyu sent Bai Xiaocha to the kindergarten gate. The young Teacher Zhou was at the gate receiving students. She saw Bai Xiaocha and waved, “Do you remember me? I’m Teacher Zhou.”
Bai Xiaocha said politely, “Hello, Teacher Zhou.”
“Good boy, say goodbye to Dad, the teacher will take you inside.”
Bai Xiaocha’s fingers gripped his father’s clothes tightly, a little reluctant to part with him.
Bai Qingyu put him down and whispered in his ear, “Two meals.”
Bai Xiaocha thought for a moment, “Okay, goodbye, Dad.”
An electric bike drove to the gate. The principal braked with his right foot, looked up, and saw Bai Xiaocha, “Oh, Bai Xiaocha is here for school, hello.”
Bai Xiaocha, “Hello, Principal Uncle.”
The principal smiled and said, “What a smart child. By the way, Teacher Zhou, there’s another child, Zhang Yaozu, transferring today. Pay more attention to their emotions.”
At this time, a black car stopped, and a mother and son got out. The mother was well-dressed, but the boy was reluctant and only agreed to go to school with his backpack after much coaxing.
“Principal, Teacher Zhou, I’m Zhang Yaozu’s mother. I’m entrusting my child to you today, please take good care of him. My child has been spoiled since he was young, he’s picky and active. Can you arrange for him to sit next to a child who eats well during mealtime? He never ate his fill at his previous kindergarten.”
Teacher Zhou glanced at Bai Qingyu and smiled, “That’s a coincidence. This gentleman next to you is Bai Xiaocha’s father. Bai Xiaocha is the fastest and most serious eater in our kindergarten. Bai Xiaocha’s father, would you like Bai Xiaocha to help little Zhang Yaozu?”
Bai Qingyu observed little Zhang Yaozu. He looked about three and a half years old, his face thin and yellow. Even at the kindergarten gate, he was still watching Ultraman videos on his mother’s phone.
Bai Qingyu thought it would be nice to help, but it also depended on Bai Xiaocha’s willingness.
“Baby, are you willing to have lunch with this brother?”
Bai Xiaocha wasn’t picky about his eating environment, “Okay, Dad.”
Zhang Yaozu’s mother immediately thanked Bai Qingyu, “Thank you, your baby is so cute. Do you live nearby?”
Bai Qingyu wasn’t good at small talk, “Yes.”
Zhang Yaozu’s mother didn’t take away her son’s phone, “Stop watching Ultraman, go to school, eat more today.”
She opened her bag and took out a glass, which contained a light brown liquid, “Teacher Zhou, this is a supplement prescribed by the doctor, please warm it up for him at lunch.”
Teacher Zhou took the glass, “Okay.”
Having his phone confiscated, Zhang Yaozu stomped his feet angrily and snorted heavily.
On the other side, a child who was sent to kindergarten by his grandparents refused to go in, hugging his grandmother’s leg and wailing, “You didn’t bring my Barbie doll!”
What was Ultraman, and what was a Barbie doll?
Bai Xiaocha stared blankly at the diversity of human cubs, momentarily forgetting to part with his father. He was a different kind of tea deity baby.
A group of little children followed the teacher into the kindergarten, and the remaining parents watched their backs, some worried, some relaxed.
Bai Qingyu turned around and was about to leave when the old lady who had sent her granddaughter to school stopped him and said earnestly, “I just heard that this is your child’s first day of kindergarten, and you’re just leaving?”
Bai Qingyu was puzzled, “Otherwise?”
The old lady, “Tsk, you should have stayed outside for the first few days. If the child cries uncontrollably inside, it’s so pitiful. It’s better to comfort him. Parents can’t be too heartless. My Nana has been in school for a month, and I’m still waiting outside.”
As she spoke, the old couple had already taken the best vantage point to observe the inside of the kindergarten, standing outside the fence, their eyes fixed, full of worry.
Bai Qingyu was surprised. Ah, was he supposed to wait by the fence like a spider? He might as well hide in the bushes and be a tree.
He had a telepathic connection with Bai Xiaocha and would know if he was in danger or scared. There was no need to wait outside.
Bai Qingyu was very grateful for the parenting experience provided by the old couple. He scratched his cheek and said, “I really want to stay with my baby, but I still have to go back and work as a housekeeper.”
The old lady, “Oh, then there’s nothing you can do, work is important. Anyway, the teacher will call if anything happens.”
Zhang Yaozu’s mother was about to drive away. Hearing this, she sized Bai Qingyu up, then got in the car and sent a voice message to her husband.
[I transferred Yaozu to a new school today and arranged for him to sit next to a child who loves to eat. He looks like a rich kid, but his father is just a housekeeper. Sigh, do you think our Yaozu should eat with a housekeeper’s son? Will he pick up bad habits or something…]
[Let’s see if it helps him eat first. If it doesn’t work, we’ll find another tablemate.]
[That’s true.]
…
Bai Qingyu returned to the Jiang family, first shoveled the chicken manure, then fed the chickens. Because Bai Xiaocha liked to collect eggs in the chicken coop, he increased the frequency of cleaning the chicken coop from twice a day, as specified by his employer, to four times – adding two more times after the two hens laid eggs.
It was almost time to make lunch. Bai Qingyu diligently steamed rice, made tomato and egg soup, stir-fried radish and potatoes, and green pepper shredded pork.
After tasting it, Father Jiang said tactfully, “Qingyu, you have too much to do every day, I’ll stir-fry the dishes, I know my wife’s taste.”
With one meal, Bai Qingyu was relieved of the task of stir-frying lunch and dinner. Of course, he still had to wash the vegetables.
Mother Jiang asked with concern, “Did Cha Bao eat well at school? Did the teacher send you a video?”
At twelve o’clock sharp, Bai Qingyu’s WeChat beeped. Teacher Zhou sent him a video of Bai Xiaocha eating lunch on time.
Bai Xiaocha performed as well as ever, eating the meatballs, vegetables, and carrots on his plate one by one.
He Renyuan’s teaching of Cha Bao had been somewhat effective. Bai Xiaocha ate with the spoon he brought, first scooping a bite of vegetables, then a bite of egg, and a spoonful of rice, filling his mouth half full, and chewing slowly.
While his mouth was chewing, his hands were also busy scooping meatballs. However, the spoon he used today was relatively flat, and the meatball rolled away before it reached his mouth.
Oh? It rolled away again?
Bai Xiaocha tried twice, then simply grabbed the meatball with his hand and put it in his mouth.
He had washed his hands before eating, so it was fine.
And Zhang Yaozu, who was also in the video next to Bai Xiaocha, wasn’t eating actively at all. He pouted, looking at the sky and then at the ground. When Bai Xiaocha was almost finished, he finally seemed to be influenced and frowned, staring at Bai Xiaocha eating.
The video ended there.
Bai Qingyu watched it and showed it to Mother Jiang. After Mother Jiang finished watching, Father Jiang watched it again.
After watching, the old couple looked at the lunch Bai Qingyu made, and their appetites improved slightly.
Even Cha Bao could eat with such relish, could they still be picky?
Bai Xiaocha finished school at three o’clock. At two-thirty, Bai Qingyu and the two elders were already lining up at the school gate.
“Dad!” Bai Xiaocha shouted, “Grandpa, Grandma!”
Bai Qingyu went forward and picked him up, “Good job, baby.”
Teacher Zhou saw Bai Qingyu and came over, “Xiao Cha is very well-behaved at school, he just loves to sleep. He can even fall asleep during exercises on the playground, and he’s the first to fall asleep and the last to wake up during nap time.”
Bai Qingyu, “He’s always been like this. We took him to the hospital for a checkup, and the doctor said it’s not a big problem, just let him sleep enough.”
Teacher Zhou breathed a sigh of relief, “That’s good, then should I wake him up?”
Bai Qingyu, “No need.”
Teacher Zhou pursed her lips. She thought Bai Xiaocha would be difficult to take care of because he was the youngest, but he turned out to be an angel baby who slept after eating and didn’t require any effort. This was the easiest time she had ever had as a kindergarten teacher.
On the way home, Bai Qingyu asked Bai Xiaocha what he did at kindergarten today. Bai Xiaocha had used all his memory to remember the menu and could only recite the names of the dishes.
Bai Qingyu, “…Then, did the child next to you, Zhang Yaozu, eat well?”
Bai Xiaocha, “Yes.”
Related to eating, Bai Xiaocha remembered something, “The teacher asked brother to take medicine, but brother didn’t want to.”
Bai Qingyu, “Oh?”
Bai Xiaocha said proudly, “Dad, I’m a helpful baby.”
Bai Qingyu was worried, “Did you help him drink it?”
Bai Xiaocha, “No.”
At the same time, Zhang Yaozu’s mother received a video of her son taking medicine today.
In the video, her son took a sip and pursed his lips tightly, trying to spit out the straw, very resistant to taking the medicine.
After a while, the little bun next to him finished eating, looked at the full glass, and quickly reached out to support the bottom of the glass.
“Brother, finish it quickly.”
The straw that had just been spit out was pushed back to her son’s mouth. Stared at by the little bun’s intense gaze, Zhang Yaozu inexplicably obeyed and took the medicine.
The little bun was surprisingly patient, holding the bottle with both hands until her son finished drinking before letting go.
[As expected of having a housekeeper father, he has a talent for serving people at such a young age.]
[Very good.]
Zhang Yaozu’s mother opened the previous video of them eating. In the video, when Bai Xiaocha was about to finish eating, Zhang Yaozu suddenly became anxious, as if he thought the food on Bai Xiaocha’s plate was more delicious, and reached out to take a meatball.
Bai Xiaocha just paused slightly and didn’t mind. At this time, the teacher noticed and gave him another meatball.
One was added, Zhang Yaozu ate one, he just loved to snatch food from Bai Xiaocha.
The teacher seemed to have noticed too and gave Bai Xiaocha double portions.
Mother Zhang exited WeChat and touched her son’s head, “You did very well today, the teacher said you ate a lot. Eat well tomorrow too.”
She picked up the glass containing the supplement, saw the oil stains left by the two children after eating fried meatballs, and said, “This bottle is dirty, Mom will change it for you tomorrow.”
…
Bai Qingyu listened to Bai Xiaocha’s slow description of the meal and understood. Some children were like this, they didn’t eat what was in their own bowls, but found other people’s food more appealing.
Bai Xiaocha didn’t define it as “snatching.” In his understanding, it was “sharing,” “feeding,” “being a helpful, good baby.”
Just like hiding from Uncle Boss a while ago, there was only the excitement of hide-and-seek, no fear.
“Dad, whatever I eat, brother also eats.”
Dad said he needed a balanced diet, so Bai Xiaocha, after being a little confused the first time his meatball was snatched away, with a small face and big confusion, understood the second time. This was actually a game of feeding a mouse.
Wherever he pointed, Brother Zhang Yaozu would eat.
There were no picky eaters in the world.
Bai Qingyu rubbed Bai Xiaocha’s belly, “As long as Baby is full.”
He was willing to let Cha Bao provide appropriate food guidance to little Zhang Yaozu, letting him recognize and get used to the deliciousness of food, but it couldn’t last too long.
After a week, he would ask Teacher Zhou to separate them during mealtimes.
The first day of school was quite pleasant. Although Bai Xiaocha loved to sleep, he participated in some teaching activities, so he fell asleep soundly at eight o’clock in the evening.
On Tuesday noon, Teacher Zhou didn’t send a separate video of him eating, but posted a group photo in the class group chat.
Bai Qingyu saw that there was food in front of Bai Xiaocha, so he saved the picture, wrung out a rag, and planned to clean the windows. The windows on the first floor had a lot of dust and got dirty easily. As long as you had an eye for work, there was work everywhere.
He rarely wore an apron when working at the He family, because there were many housekeepers, and everyone kept the villa very clean. Ordinary families only did a deep clean once in a while, especially in old residential areas where the facilities were old and prone to rust stains.
Bai Qingyu wore a light blue apron, the straps tied in a half bow at the back, faintly outlining his waist.
He had just finished cleaning a kitchen window when his phone, which was in the living room, suddenly rang.
He had very few contacts. Bai Qingyu made some eliminations in his mind, thinking it might be Uncle Qi or Old Man Deng.
He picked up the phone, and it was actually from the kindergarten.
Strange, he hadn’t sensed any problems with Cha Bao?
“Hello, this is Bai Xiaocha’s father, what’s wrong with Cha Bao?”
Teacher Zhou soothed him, “Don’t worry, there’s nothing wrong with the child. It’s something else. You need to come to the school. Is it convenient for you now?”
Bai Qingyu, “Okay.”
The elderly Jiang couple were taking a nap. Bai Qingyu sent them a voice message saying he was going to the kindergarten and hurriedly took off his apron and left.
Teacher Zhou was being vague, something must have happened, but Bai Qingyu was very sure that Bai Xiaocha was fine.
At this time, the children were all taking a nap. Bai Qingyu arrived at Teacher Zhou’s office and saw another parent, Zhang Yaozu’s mother.
Based on the TV dramas he had watched, Bai Qingyu realized that he had been called in for a parent-teacher meeting.
The tea deity felt very curious. Bai Xiaocha had only been in kindergarten for two days.
Teacher Zhou said, “Parents, the children are taking a nap, so let’s keep our voices down. We’re all doing this for the children’s good, right?”
Teacher Zhou gestured for Bai Qingyu to look at a bag of glass shards on the desk, “It’s like this, during lunch, Xiao Cha and Yaozu accidentally broke Yaozu’s medicine glass.”
It wouldn’t have been a big deal if the glass shards hadn’t hurt anyone, but when she reported it to Mother Zhang, the other party said that the glass was a limited edition collaboration she bought from a luxury store abroad, it cost thirty thousand yuan, and it was no longer available.
The glass was made of glass, and today was the first time it was used.
The implication was that she needed Bai Xiaocha’s father to compensate for the loss.
Teacher Zhou hurriedly contacted the parents to discuss the matter. She played the surveillance footage on the computer.
Bai Qingyu looked down at the monitor.
The video of the two children eating was basically the same as Bai Xiaocha’s description.
After they finished eating, Teacher Zhou brought the glass, opened the lid, and asked Zhang Yaozu to finish it.
Bai Xiaocha finished a fried meatball with his bare hands and saw that Zhang Yaozu hadn’t finished drinking yet. Dad said that if humans didn’t take their medicine properly when they were sick, the consequences would be very serious. He was a head shorter than Zhang Yaozu and tried his best to help hold the glass.
But today’s glass was too heavy. Bai Xiaocha’s hands were oily, and the glass kept slipping.
“Brother, I can’t hold it anymore,” Bai Xiaocha said.
But brother hadn’t finished drinking yet. If it were Bai Xiaocha, he would have finished it long ago.
“Brother, can you help me hold it?”
Zhang Yaozu had been waited on hand and foot since he was young when taking medicine. He frowned and reached out to hold the glass, but his hand was also oily. At the same time, Bai Xiaocha couldn’t hold it anymore and let go of one hand. The glass fell from between them and shattered on the ground.
Hearing the noise, Teacher Zhou hurriedly came over to check. Finding that the children weren’t injured, she comforted them and let them go play.
Mother Zhang stroked her hair and said pleasantly, “It’s normal for children to bump into things at kindergarten, let alone just breaking a glass. Your Xiao Cha was also kindly trying to help, and I can’t be too calculative. The children are the most important. Our Yaozu will also need Xiao Cha to supervise him in eating and taking medicine in the future, let’s call it even.”
Mother Zhang was smiling, but her eyes were fixed on the oil stains on Bai Qingyu’s white pants. Had he just finished cleaning a range hood?
A single father working as a housekeeper, how much money could he have? After hearing her magnanimous handling of the matter, wouldn’t he be grateful and say, “I’ll let Bai Xiaocha get along well with Zhang Yaozu and help each other in the future”?
Bai Qingyu listened and was silent for a moment. He picked up the plastic bag. The broken glass inside was quite heavy, and it would be even heavier with the medicine inside. It was normal that Cha Bao couldn’t hold it.
Bai Qingyu looked at Mother Zhang and said calmly, “It was a plastic cup yesterday.”
Mother Zhang saw that Bai Qingyu didn’t follow her script and frowned, “What do you mean? Plastic is toxic, can’t I use a glass instead?”
Bai Qingyu, “Doesn’t the kindergarten have a rule against bringing valuables?”
Teacher Zhou, “Yes, in principle, it’s not allowed.”
Mother Zhang, “Not to mention that we just transferred yesterday and didn’t know this rule, what’s a twenty-thousand-yuan cup considered a valuable item? This is just our normal spending level. At our previous kindergarten, all the children wore clothes worth several thousand yuan, are you saying they can’t wear them?”
Bai Qingyu, “If it were a cup that Xiao Cha used as a consumable and it broke, I wouldn’t ask for compensation.”
Mother Zhang, “Can your few-yuan thing be compared to my tens of thousands of yuan thing? Just because you’re poor, you’re right?”
Bai Qingyu, “I didn’t say I wouldn’t compensate, I just meant for myself.”
Mother Zhang was choked. Her plan to sacrifice a useless glass in exchange for Zhang Yaozu having a little helper to take medicine at kindergarten was about to fail. This housekeeper was actually refusing a toast only to be forced to drink a forfeit. She folded her arms and sat down, “Your son took the initiative to meddle, my son didn’t need his help. He held it and then let go early, the responsibility lies with him. At most, it’s a 50/50 split. You pay fifteen thousand, and I’ll consider this matter settled.”
“What, you don’t believe me? If you don’t believe me, call the two children over to confront each other and see who’s more responsible.”
“No, don’t call the children over.” Bai Qingyu couldn’t let Cha Bao think that he would be interrogated just because he couldn’t hold a glass.
Mother Zhang seized on Bai Qingyu’s hesitation and pressed aggressively, “You don’t dare to ask the child, do you? I think Bai Xiaocha let go on purpose! I dare to ask my Yaozu. Teacher Zhou, please call Yaozu over.”
Teacher Zhou was caught in the middle and was in a dilemma. She was also afraid that she would be blamed for poor supervision, so she could only go out and wake up the sleeping Zhang Yaozu.
Zhang Yaozu was woken up, his eyes droopy, his steps dragging.
Mother Zhang quickly walked over, grabbed his arm, and asked, “Tell Mom, who broke the glass?”
Zhang Yaozu saw the atmosphere and blurted out, “Bai Xiaocha broke it.”
“I didn’t say I wanted to take it, and he let go.”
“He offered to hold the glass for me.”
Bai Qingyu remained silent, he didn’t want to question the child.
Fifteen thousand… Bai Qingyu had paid three months of kindergarten fees and a luxurious buffet. Now he only had less than ten thousand yuan left in his pocket, including the money Old Man Deng gave him.
Bai Qingyu scratched his pants with his fingernails, a troubled expression on his face.
Mother Zhang saw his predicament, “There’s another solution. Look, we’re all doing this for the children’s good. I bought such an expensive glass to coax Yaozu into taking his medicine. As long as Xiao Cha helps him take his medicine and gives way to him during meals, the two children can become friends, and there’s nothing to argue about between friends.”
Bai Qingyu clenched his fists. Mother Zhang made him even more suspicious that she had deliberately switched to an expensive glass. After all, it was just an ordinary plastic cup containing medicine yesterday.
He would never agree to this plan.
He worked as a housekeeper to send his son to school, not to let Bai Xiaocha be schemed against and become a little housekeeper at school. Even if the task wasn’t heavy, he would never allow it.
Some humans were too despicable, lacking basic respect for Cha Bao’s personality.
His chest heaved, and he said, “I’ll go back and raise the money. Teacher Zhou, please don’t let them sit together from tomorrow onwards.”
“No way!” Mother Zhang’s expression changed, “Your son has to stay here until you pay.”
Bai Qingyu said indifferently, “Oh.”
Then he just wouldn’t send Bai Xiaocha to school tomorrow.
Mother Zhang was also angered by his attitude, “If you don’t pay, I’ll report you as a defaulter.”
Bai Qingyu, “Oh.”
Bai Qingyu went to the sleeping room and picked up Bai Xiaocha, “School’s out early today, baby.”
…
Bai Qingyu went home and put the little one on the bed to continue sleeping. He closed the door and called his employer, Jiang Libo, hoping to get a month’s salary in advance.
Jiang Libo readily transferred the money and asked, “Are you in trouble?”
Bai Qingyu briefly explained the reason, stating that he wasn’t asking for an advance for no reason.
Jiang Libo was immediately indignant, “Isn’t this extortion? No, extortion at a kindergarten? You can’t just give her the money, wait, I’ll ask a lawyer friend.”
Bai Qingyu, “A lawyer?”
Some legal provisions from criminal and civil law suddenly flashed through his mind.
Strange, he had never studied any law. Did his brain secretly learn while he wasn’t paying attention? No wonder he could speak so logically at the kindergarten!
“Qingyu? Qingyu?” Jiang Libo thought he was stunned by this incident, “Don’t worry, it’s only fifteen thousand at most, money can be earned again.”
Bai Qingyu, “Okay, thank you.”
Bai Qingyu hung up the phone and suddenly thought of He Renyuan.
He Renyuan was also a lawyer, and a very capable one.
However, he didn’t have He Renyuan’s contact information, and he had said he wouldn’t contact him again.
Bai Qingyu propped his chin and thought. He could actually restore the glass to its original state with his divine power, but firstly, it would be exposed if people knew about the broken glass being restored, and secondly, it was better to use money to solve problems that could be solved with money. Divine power could heal injuries, it was too wasteful to heal a glass.
On the other side of the ocean, Jiang Libo found a lawyer in his contacts and carefully considered his words.
There had been a case at his school before. The victim was a female student, and the perpetrator was her law professor. The girl’s family was poor, but in the end, a famous lawyer took on her case and sent the scumbag to prison.
The lawyer only charged one thousand yuan, not for money, nor for fame – this case wasn’t publicized and didn’t rely on public opinion, so there was no boost to his public reputation.
As a less important witness, Jiang Libo added the lawyer’s contact information after the case.
Jiang Libo found “Lawyer He” on WeChat. Lawyer He had empathy for vulnerable groups. He clicked on the chat and suddenly remembered, didn’t Lawyer He change careers?
“I’ll ask, even if he doesn’t want to take the case, maybe he can give some advice? Even if it’s just reducing the 50/50 split to 30/70, it’s still good.”
Jiang Libo typed and sent: [Hello, Lawyer He, my friend’s child broke a classmate’s expensive glass at kindergarten and was asked to pay fifteen thousand yuan, a 50/50 split. I think it’s unreasonable. Can you help with the lawsuit?]
He also sent the key videos of Bai Xiaocha and Zhang Yaozu and briefly explained the doubts Bai Qingyu had found in a voice message.
After sending it, Jiang Libo patted his forehead. He was confused, such a small case, any lawyer could handle it, Lawyer He probably wouldn’t want to.
But he had a gut feeling that finding He Renyuan for this kind of thing was definitely right.
Ding-dong.
Lawyer He replied.
Jiang Libo saw four words: Seek someone else.
“Ah, as expected, this case is too trivial.”
Jiang Libo was about to find someone else when He Renyuan suddenly called.
[Hello?]
[Send me all the surveillance footage.]
He Renyuan hadn’t taken on a case for a long time, so when he received the inexplicable invitation on WeChat, he refused without even listening to the voice message.
The next second, the video sent by the other party finished loading, and Bai Xiaocha’s figure was clearly visible.
Bai Xiaocha? Was Professor Jiang’s friend Bai Qingyu?
He Renyuan clicked on the voice message and was furious before even finishing it.
Bai Qingyu was being bullied again?
He had already decided not to care about Bai Qingyu anymore, even if he was scammed out of all his money, it was his own fault.
But seeing in the video that some kid was acting like a master, asking Bai Xiaocha to hold his medicine glass, and then not even holding onto it tightly himself, so that when Bai Xiaocha let go of one hand, the glass fell and broke, and he still had the nerve to ask Bai Qingyu for compensation?
He Renyuan took two deep breaths. Extortion had come to him, alright, wasn’t it just extortion?
Bai Qingyu was Bai Qingyu, Bai Xiaocha was Bai Xiaocha. Just because Bai Xiaocha called him uncle, he would take care of this matter.
He Renyuan watched the surveillance footage of Bai Xiaocha eating lunch for two days with a dark face. He clicked pause at one point.
In the video, Zhang Yaozu saw that Bai Xiaocha had his own spoon and tried to grab it. But Bai Xiaocha didn’t give in. The eating spoon and dad couldn’t be lent to others. He decisively switched from eating with his right hand to his left hand. Zhang Yaozu couldn’t grab it and angrily threw his own spoon on the table.
He Renyuan was both angry and amused. How could there be such a cute baby?
Someone actually used a luxury cup to scheme against such a small child.
He called the housekeeper, “Uncle Qi, did I buy a pair of jade tea spoons last year?”
Qi Yun thought for a moment, “Yes, you bought them for three million yuan at the Mid-Autumn Festival banquet last year.”
Generally, auction items weren’t something he really wanted. He just bought them to save face and never used them. They were kept in storage.
He Renyuan, “Go pick up Bai Xiaocha from school tomorrow.”
After that, he called Professor Jiang.
Jiang Libo was very excited, “You’re willing to take the case?!”
He Renyuan, “I’m not.”
Jiang Libo: ?
He Renyuan, “Don’t do anything yet.”
Wasn’t Bai Qingyu very capable? Why did he know not to send his child to school when something happened?
What lawsuit? No matter how they fought, it was just a matter of how much to compensate, what was the point?
He wasn’t a good person, he would only repay it a hundredfold.
…
The next day, Housekeeper Qi went to Professor Jiang’s house with a smile, pretending not to know anything, and said that he received a call from the teacher asking why Bai Xiaocha didn’t go to school.
Bai Qingyu didn’t want the little one to go to school today, but Uncle Qi’s arrival caught him off guard. He said awkwardly, “Because of a little incident.”
Uncle Qi, “Even if you encounter a bully, you can’t avoid it. You have to go to school with all your might, not back down because of a small matter.”
Bai Qingyu thought so too. Zhang Yaozu was just an ordinary child, it wasn’t like his mother was at the kindergarten, what was there to be afraid of?
Cha Bao would miss two meals if he missed a day of school, what a loss.
Uncle Qi, “Then I’ll send Xiao Cha to school today. I look fierce, let’s see who dares to bully our Xiao Cha.”
Bai Qingyu laughed, “You don’t look fierce at all.” But it was true that he looked more intimidating than himself.
Ten minutes later, Housekeeper Qi held Bai Xiaocha’s hand, gave him a small cake, which he finished just as they reached the corner of the kindergarten.
Qi Yun took out a box and opened it, “This is a spoon Grandpa gave you, use this to eat today, okay?”
Inside was a pair of green jade tea spoons, the handles carved into the shape of tea leaves, round and translucent.
Bai Xiaocha liked them at first sight and agreed, “Okay.”
The housekeeper patted his head, “This spoon doesn’t cost money, Uncle Boss has many of them, so it doesn’t matter if it breaks.”
“There are two of them, even if one breaks, there’s still another one.”
Bai Xiaocha nodded.
“Good boy, go to school, after two meals, Dad and Grandpa will come to pick you up.”
The housekeeper watched Bai Xiaocha enter the kindergarten. Jade was fragile and priceless.
…
Bai Xiaocha had only been in school for two hours when things took a dramatic turn.
Zhang Yaozu’s mother refused to let the teacher change their seats. As a result, during lunch today, Zhang Yaozu snatched one of Bai Xiaocha’s green spoons, threw it away after using it, and it shattered into pieces.
Bai Xiaocha’s uncle immediately called the police, demanding three million yuan in compensation.
Bai Qingyu was dumbfounded. Uncle? Did Cha Bao have an uncle in the human world?
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Mr. He, what, you’re not saying he’s your son this time?
