Chapter 38
The next day, at 9:30, Bai Qingyu appeared at the kindergarten gate with his cub.
As soon as he appeared, he was surrounded by many children, praising him with simple and sincere words, asking if they could borrow his dark green wig because it was so beautiful.
Bai Qingyu routinely replied, “No.”
The children dramatically fell to the ground.
Bai Qingyu thought with a smile, he had experienced all kinds of confessions in his life, his heart was as thick as a city wall, and he had enough defenses against He Renyuan’s pursuit.
At this moment, a black car honked, slowly driving into the kindergarten from the entrance.
A child exclaimed, “The principal’s electric scooter has turned into an Audi!”
Bai Qingyu looked over and indeed, the principal used to ride an electric scooter to work. It was said that the kindergarten wasn’t making enough money, and the rent was so expensive that he sold his car.
It seemed that the principal had made a fortune again, and the kindergarten’s food had also improved. Many parents were overjoyed, they had been afraid that the kindergarten’s poor performance would affect the food and their children wouldn’t eat well.
Every time Cha Bao reported the food to Bai Qingyu, there was always chicken, shrimp, and many fresh dishes. Three thousand yuan a month was too good to eat.
Bai Qingyu heard parents discussing that their children loved to eat now.
Bai Qingyu saw the principal coming over and had an idea. He greeted him, “Principal, are you selling your electric scooter second-hand?”
If he learned to ride an electric scooter, he could take Cha Bao for rides on short trips.
The principal watched the children enter, “Uh, I sold it.”
“Okay.” Bai Qingyu patted Cha Bao’s shoulder, “Go to school, I’ll pick you up after two meals.”
One meal inside, one meal at noon, then he would pick him up and go clam digging.
Bai Xiaocha knew they were going to the seaside in the afternoon, and his eating speed increased.
The braised lion’s head was soft and tender. He took a bite with a mouthful of rice, then a sip of corn and pork rib soup. After finishing the lion’s head, he picked up the corn cob and gnawed on it, finishing every kernel, including the small, underdeveloped ones at the tip.
Before throwing away the corn cob, he used his mouth to check it again. Grandpa Deng said the corn germ was nutritious and he should eat it.
There were also crabs today.
“Cha Bao, eat slower,” the teacher kindly reminded him, “It’s not good for your digestion if you eat too fast.”
“Okay.” Bai Xiaocha’s reply was perfunctory. He searched in his backpack for two seconds and took out the smallest spoon, perfect for scooping crab roe.
Two bites for a crab, then he pulled off the crab legs and sucked on them. He was quite strong, the eight crab legs were no effort.
Today’s after-meal fruit was plump Kyoho grapes.
Bai Xiaocha held one in his hand, it looked huge. He bit the skin, squeezed, and the sweet grape went into his mouth.
It was too sweet, the grape juice flowed down his throat, and he choked, spitting out the grape and coughing a few times.
“Ah, the grapes are too sweet!”
“It’s not the grape’s fault.”
Bai Xiaocha put the grape back in his mouth, prepared this time, and wasn’t overwhelmed by the sweetness.
Finally, he took a tissue and wiped his mouth, “Teacher, Baby’s full!”
The teacher who was filming the children eating sent the short clip to the parent group chat and then sent the full twenty-minute video of Cha Bao eating to the principal.
“Do you want another lion’s head? You ate too fast today.” The principal looked at the duration and thought Cha Bao could eat more.
Bai Xiaocha sat at the children’s table, his little face serious, and repeated, “Principal Uncle, Baby is full—full.”
The principal accidentally met those round, tea-colored eyes, so clear that they seemed to see through everything. This wasn’t an ordinary child—
He knew that from the time his uncle fought back against the extortion.
Cha Bao looked soft and cute, but the principal had a feeling: no one could force Cha Bao to do anything he didn’t want to do.
Was he too afraid of Cha Bao’s uncle’s methods? He was even in awe of a one-year-old child.
[I won’t post eating videos after today.]
The principal had this thought for the umpteenth time, but when he uploaded the video to his Douyin account “Principal Mom,” the sudden influx of viewers and comments made him hesitate.
[I’m just uploading videos of children eating at my kindergarten, I’m not doing anything wrong. I even used the tips to improve the food for all the children.]
Cha Bao’s uncle wouldn’t find out, he would upload videos of other children tomorrow.
But the videos of other children eating didn’t get as much traffic as Cha Bao’s. Firstly, he ate with gusto, secondly, he ate a lot, and most importantly, he looked exactly like what all the online aunties liked, so there were many comments, and his followers were rapidly increasing.
[Baby is on time for his meal again! This working auntie is also taking her lunch break, watching on time.]
[Auntie is so tired today, seeing Baby say “Baby, let’s eat,” I don’t feel tired anymore.]
[Who understands, he’s so well-behaved, saying “Baby, let’s eat” before eating and “Baby’s full” after eating, I’ll give you my life.]
[The braised lion’s head smells so good, Baby, eat more, the corn cob smells so good, Baby, eat more…]
[I want to resign and be an auntie at your kindergarten, are you hiring?]
[The country owes me a baby! Give me a baby! Give me a baby!]
[Eating my steamed bun while watching Baby every day.]
[Why did he only eat for twenty minutes today? Is Baby full?]
[Although only twenty minutes, he ate a big meatball, a bowl of rice, a bowl of soup, two crabs, and a plate of grapes. He ate fast today, why, Baby?]
[Is it a bit much to give such a small child two crabs for the sake of the video? I already thought it was inappropriate to give him sugar cane last time.]
[Grandpa gave you a tip, @Principal Mom, make the food better tomorrow.]
[Can Grandma make food for Baby?]
[Baby choking on grapes is so cute, how sweet are they?]
@Principal Mom replied to this comment: Kyoho grape offline pickup cards are available in the shopping cart, Baby-approved sweetness!
Within half an hour of uploading the video, two thousand orders of grapes were sold.
The shopping cart linked to the video was full of products: the same eating spoon, the same plate, child safety seats, children’s face cream… every product had amazing sales.
The principal looked at the data. After the kindergarten’s performance declined, he had been thinking about creating a cute baby account, but it never took off until Cha Bao, this godsend, appeared. The first eating video became a hit.
Cha Bao’s dad wasn’t good with phones and didn’t use short video apps. Cha Bao’s uncle was a busy man and probably wouldn’t use them either.
He would wait, wait until he earned enough for another Audi, and then share the profits with Cha Bao’s dad.
Bai Qingyu strolled outside for a while, bought a red plastic bucket and a pair of tongs, and then went to pick up Cha Bao.
“Cha Bao, we have a bucket today.”
Bai Xiaocha hugged the bucket, which was bigger than him. He couldn’t see the road when he held it, so he put it down, “Dad uses the bucket, Baby uses the backpack.”
There would be more seafood today!
Bai Qingyu paused. No, Baby, your backpack really doesn’t carry any knowledge.
Knowledge wasn’t the point, the point was that your Uncle Boss worked hard scrubbing it clean last night.
This backpack he bought for Cha Bao cost fifty yuan, it would wear out after a few more washes, he wouldn’t even be able to use it until the end of kindergarten.
Hmm? What was that shop selling over there?
Bai Qingyu’s eyes lit up, “Baby, let’s buy another backpack.”
At the small shop by the school gate, a jelly backpack was hanging in the most conspicuous spot. It was a transparent backpack made of PVC, filled with a dozen jellies of different flavors.
Buy a backpack and get free jelly, and it only cost thirty yuan!
This soft backpack was light and easy to clean, the most suitable backpack for Cha Bao.
Bai Qingyu bought it, poured the jellies into the original backpack, and put the transparent backpack on Cha Bao, “Let’s go.”
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At two o’clock in the afternoon, He Renyuan left the company. After yesterday’s scare, he couldn’t help but want to pick up Cha Bao and Bai Qingyu on time today.
He arrived early, and the kindergarten hadn’t finished yet. He wanted to go in and see Cha Bao in class, but the security guard told him: Bai Qingyu had already picked up the child.
He Renyuan panicked for a moment, opened the tracking app, and saw two small red dots moving on a beach.
Oh, not running away, but skipping class.
The waves were bigger today, and the sky was overcast. Bai Qingyu arrived at the place where they dug for clams yesterday and changed to a different rocky beach.
It was close to the sea, the waves crashing. The rocks were full of puddles left by the receding tide.
“Dad, a blue crab!” Bai Xiaocha pointed at the crab legs sticking out of a crevice.
Bai Qingyu used the tongs to pull out the crab. Cha Bao opened the transparent backpack, clang, the crab fell in.
Bai Xiaocha touched it through the transparent backpack and said happily, “Dad, I ate two big crabs today.”
Bai Qingyu was surprised, “The kindergarten food is so good? Then who will eat this one?”
Bai Xiaocha, “For Dad to eat.”
“Thank you, Cha Bao, we’ll make hairy crab and winter melon soup tonight and eat it with Uncle Boss.”
“Uncle Boss!”
Only after Bai Xiaocha called out a second time did Bai Qingyu react. He turned around and saw He Renyuan suddenly appearing by the sea.
“Don’t you have to work?”
He Renyuan felt that a certain tea deity was getting spoiled, slacking off with a salary of thirty thousand, and even questioning whether the boss was working.
“I also want to slack off.”
Bai Qingyu smiled, “The bigger the waves, the more fish we catch. We’ll definitely get more than yesterday.”
He Renyuan watched Bai Qingyu standing precariously by the water, his heart pounding. He clutched his chest, “Can you go somewhere safe?”
Bai Qingyu said in surprise, “Are you scared? Or do you have a heart condition?”
He Renyuan: “…”
Bai Qingyu glanced at the rough sea and understood human fragility, “You stand further away, Cha Bao and I are not afraid of falling into the water, we’ll float, and we can swim.”
He Renyuan suddenly remembered the dream of teaching Bai Qingyu to swim, the seaweed entangled around them. Since Bai Qingyu really had long hair like seaweed, the dream must be real.
After the fog, he and Bai Qingyu must have gone somewhere else.
He Renyuan, “Do you tea deities have immortal caves?”
Bai Qingyu looked at him warily, “I won’t take mortals inside.”
“So there is one.” He Renyuan said directly, “You saved me and took me inside. I taught you, a landlubber, how to swim there.”
“I lost my memory, I’ve been piecing it together. You must have lost your memory too.”
[Things that don’t fit your understanding are brainwashing.] Bai Qingyu recalled a sentence and said indifferently, “Are you trying to brainwash me?”
He had seen He Renyuan’s abilities, he was very good at lying, “The extortion story is getting more and more real.”
“…” He Renyuan’s heart and head ached from his anger.
“Dad, Baby wants to try too.” Cha Bao saw his dad standing on the nearly 70-degree steep slope and thought it was cool.
Bai Qingyu glanced at He Renyuan and said proudly, “Dad will teach you.”
He took off Cha Bao’s shoes and held his butt, letting his hands and feet stick to the rock.
“Imagine roots growing from your feet, clinging to the rock like a barnacle.” Bai Qingyu adjusted Cha Bao’s feet, “Use your toes to grip the ground.”
Bai Xiaocha was too young and didn’t know how to use his divine power, he had to be taught slowly.
“Okay, Dad will let go, Baby also let go.”
Bai Xiaocha slowly let go of the hand holding the rock and stood up slowly. He was really attached!
He stood on the steep slope, more than a meter high, like a wind-moving rock, as if a slight breeze could make him roll down. It made the mortal He Renyuan’s heart tremble.
And Bai Qingyu even gave him an indescribable look.
He Renyuan felt that the tea deity was looking at him like he was trash.
The seaside wasn’t a good place to pursue the tea deity.
Bai Qingyu put Bai Xiaocha down and went to dig for snails, the father and son working separately.
Bai Xiaocha was still too young. After a while, he switched to three limbs on the ground, one hand picking snails.
Small snails fell down.
“Uncle Boss, catch them!”
He Renyuan could only keep an eye on Cha Bao while picking up the snails and putting them into the transparent backpack, which also contained starfish, hairy crabs, and colorful shells. Bai Qingyu was carefree. He considered himself a mortal and couldn’t help but watch, also showing off his skills.
“My god! Whose child is this? This is too dangerous!”
“That tall man, hurry up and bring him down!”
Bai Xiaocha’s eyes widened. Hmm, an unfamiliar grandma came. His body felt lighter, and Uncle Boss carried him down.
The concerned grandma pointed at He Renyuan with a trembling finger, “My heart almost jumped out of my chest! Risking his life for a mouthful of food!”
He Renyuan, “Yes.” His heart had also been in his throat.
She looked down and saw the cute child, her anger burning even more fiercely, “You still say yes! What kind of father are you?”
“If you don’t want such a cute child, you can send him to an orphanage, or leave him at the police station, or even throw him in a trash can. Even a sanitation worker would notice and call the police.”
Bai Qingyu hurriedly rushed over and took Cha Bao, “It’s me—”
However, Bai Qingyu and Cha Bao together were just the difference between a big, well-behaved baby and a small, well-behaved baby. Only He Renyuan had an unruly and indifferent aura.
Who was the culprit? Who should be scolded? It went without saying.
In the strong sea breeze, He Renyuan was scolded by the righteous citizen for ten minutes.
Bai Qingyu covered Cha Bao’s ears and trembled.
The world was so wonderful, both the tea deity and the little tea deity wanted to explore it, they didn’t expect it would make people so worried.
He looked at He Renyuan, who didn’t retort, his eyes flickering.
He seemed to have found the difference between He Renyuan and his other followers.
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Mr. He, this scolding was worth it.
Cha Bao’s tragic backstory! Cha Bao will transfer schools.
