Chapter 42
“Knock, knock.”
Someone knocked on his car window. He Renyuan lowered it and saw Zhu Yiqing’s face, “Something up?”
Zhu Yiqing, “Why are you parked at the kindergarten gate?”
He Renyuan, “Dropping off a child for school.”
Zhu Yiqing clearly took it as a joke, “You seem free, want to join me for a dinner? There will be many important people…”
Ding-dong, before he could finish, a message popped up on He Renyuan’s phone.
[Do you want to go dig for wild vegetables? I want to make dumplings for Cha Bao.]
He Renyuan immediately replied, “Okay.”
Zhu Yiqing: ???
He Renyuan, ignoring his friend, sent a message to Bai Qingyu, “You haven’t gone far, have you?”
Bai Qingyu quickly replied, “No, I heard at the subway station that people are picking shepherd’s purse at West Mountain now, it’s especially delicious in dumplings, and the city government is going to spray pesticides this afternoon!”
It seemed urgent, otherwise Bai Qingyu wouldn’t have called him.
He Renyuan, “I’m still at the kindergarten gate.”
Bai Qingyu, “I’m coming over.”
He Renyuan looked up at Zhu Yiqing, “Move, I’m driving.”
Zhu Yiqing: ???
No, you turned down a fancy dinner to dig for wild vegetables? When did your taste become like this? Didn’t you refuse to go to farm stays before, acting all elite?
“Something’s wrong, you’re not right—” Just as Zhu Yiqing was about to ask, a stunning beauty walked towards them.
He Renyuan got out of the car and opened the passenger door. Zhu Yiqing instinctively tried to get in but was blocked, “I’m going to dig for wild vegetables, you want to come too?”
Bai Qingyu smiled, “We can go together, more hands make light work.”
Zhu Yiqing had never seen such a beautiful person, he couldn’t even call him a person, because he had never seen such a beautiful person… so beautiful that he was speechless.
He Renyuan, “Get in quickly, I can’t park here.”
Bai Qingyu “oh”ed and got in.
Zhu Yiqing looked at He Renyuan as if he didn’t recognize him. No, you were parked here for a long time, and as soon as he arrived, it became illegal parking?
He suddenly remembered asking He Renyuan if he had a beautiful wife at home, and He Renyuan said “just so-so.”
This was “just so-so”? Hahaha, just so-so enough to make He Renyuan willingly dig for wild vegetables.
Zhu Yiqing quickly opened the back door, “Sister-in-law, I’ll help you dig.”
Bai Qingyu turned around in confusion and asked, “Are you talking to me? I’m just Young Master He’s housekeeper, my name is Bai Qingyu.”
The smile on He Renyuan’s face disappeared.
Zhu Yiqing, “Hello, Bai Qingyu, I’m Zhu Yiqing, his childhood friend. Were you really just here to send your child to school?”
Bai Qingyu nodded, “Yes, to send my son to school.”
A beautiful housekeeper with a child?
Zhu Yiqing looked at He Renyuan’s back in surprise. Based on his understanding of He Renyuan’s moral bottom line, Bai Qingyu should be a single father.
He was shocked by his friend’s choice of partner, but also felt it was only natural, after all, Bai Qingyu was so beautiful.
Half an hour later, He Renyuan arrived at West Mountain, and the three of them started picking shepherd’s purse. The serrated edges of the leaves made it easy to identify.
Zhu Yiqing couldn’t distinguish grains and was absent-minded, picking a bunch of weeds. He was mainly there to observe He Renyuan and Bai Qingyu.
After observing for a long time, he found that it seemed to be a purely cooperative vegetable-picking relationship.
He pulled He Renyuan, “What’s your progress?”
He Renyuan remained silent.
Zhu Yiqing, “…You even personally sent his son to school and you still haven’t made any progress? Serves you right to be digging wild vegetables!”
He Renyuan, “If you can’t even dig wild vegetables, you deserve to be scammed and starve to death.”
Zhu Yiqing, “…Just keep pretending. I understand what made you lose your composure at the bar last time.”
Hilarious, a middle school student’s complaint could actually get to President He.
It seemed that he couldn’t observe anything. Zhu Yiqing quickly found an excuse and slipped away, leaving the wild vegetables for those who loved them to dig.
…
Bai Xiaocha stayed at the new kindergarten for a longer time, the meal schedule was different, half an hour later. As soon as he entered, the kindergarten served breakfast: milk with small white sesame biscuits.
Each child sat in their seat, a stainless steel cup with warm milk on a plastic plate, with cute little animal handles on both sides, and three small biscuits next to it.
Some children didn’t like milk and only ate the biscuits. Some children soaked the biscuits in milk.
Bai Xiaocha could eat anything. He saw the milk, his eyes lit up, took a big gulp, and was about to shake it when he suddenly remembered his dad’s instructions, he couldn’t shake milk tea at kindergarten.
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Half the meaning of milk was lost. Bai Xiaocha could only swallow the milk. He saw the child next to him soak the biscuits in milk, soften them, and then eat them.
He imitated him, dipping a small biscuit in the milk.
Oh, his finger also dipped into the milk.
Huh? Bai Xiaocha’s tea-colored eyes rolled. While soaking the biscuit, he put his whole milky fist into the cup and stirred.
Shaking milk tea with his hand, it was the same.
He stirred vigorously, took out his hand, and licked his thumb.
Almost there.
Shake again.
Perfect!
Bai Xiaocha held the cup with both hands, took a big gulp, and said, “So delicious!”
The teacher on duty didn’t notice Cha Bao’s little actions and praised, “Cha Bao drinks so fast.”
The watermelon-haired baby next to him, as if seeing through the little foodie’s act, objected, “Milk is not good.”
Bai Xiaocha said seriously, “It’s good!”
Watermelon-haired baby, “I’m your older brother, I think it’s not good.”
Bai Xiaocha, as the youngest baby in the class, seeing his brother’s stubbornness, nodded and gave in softly, “Mine is good.”
The watermelon-haired baby was immediately grumbling. All milk was not good, no matter where it was from. He watched Cha Bao gulp down the milk, walked over, and said, “Can I have a sip of yours?”
Bai Xiaocha was very generous. Dad said he couldn’t spit out the milk tea in his mouth, he didn’t say he couldn’t share hand-shaken milk tea, “Okay.”
The watermelon head dipped his biscuit into Cha Bao’s milk and sucked the milk off it.
Hmm?!
“Brother Cha Bao, yours is delicious.” The watermelon head immediately turned into a milk-loving puppy, looking at him expectantly, could he have another sip?
Another little boy with glasses, hearing this, immediately came over for a sip and concluded, “Brother Cha Bao, yours is delicious.”
Everyone liked his milk tea.
Bai Xiaocha smiled proudly, sharing is caring, and poured a little into each child’s cup, and each child returned a little to him.
The teacher couldn’t help but laugh. Other people’s food was more fragrant, other people’s milk was more delicious, children were so unpredictable.
At 11:30, the kindergarten served a formal lunch: meat buns and soft noodles.
The principal’s kindergarten served lunch at 12:20. This kindergarten’s lunch time was a surprise for Cha Bao.
He ate heartily and even ate half of his new little brother’s meat bun.
Fifty minutes later, Bai Xiaocha’s internal eating alarm clock went off again. He didn’t realize he had already eaten and naturally thought there was another meal.
Although he wasn’t hungry, he could still eat!
He looked expectantly in the direction of the cafeteria, then was led by the teacher to the nap room.
Bai Xiaocha was stunned, “Time for a nap?”
It really was nap time.
Because of the difference in meal times, the baby with a precise biological rhythm didn’t fall asleep immediately, but tossed and turned in bed.
Other children also tossed and turned, the air filled with the energy of not wanting to sleep.
The teacher supervising nap time was puzzled. Why didn’t everyone want to sleep today?
“Which child is still awake?”
It was the first time Bai Xiaocha heard this sentence while awake. He politely replied, “Teacher Xiao Yu, I’m still awake.”
“Teacher, I’m also awake!”
Teacher: “…”
At 5:30 pm, He Renyuan brought Cha Bao back from kindergarten, and Bai Qingyu had already made shepherd’s purse and pork dumplings.
Bai Xiaocha took a bite and tasted the familiar flavor, “It’s the wild vegetables Dad dug.”
Wait…
“Dad, did you dig the wild vegetables with Uncle?”
Why didn’t you take Baby?
Bai Qingyu suddenly felt guilty for some reason, probably because he didn’t let Bai Xiaocha choose between digging vegetables and going to school this time, but directly asked He Renyuan, “No, Dad went alone!”
He Renyuan glanced at Bai Qingyu.
Bai Qingyu, “Because there were so many wild vegetables, everywhere, Dad could do it alone.”
Bai Xiaocha believed him, “Dad worked hard.”
He Renyuan smiled. Good, trying to fool Cha Bao meant he felt guilty, and feeling guilty meant that he had a guilty conscience about going out with him, he wasn’t being honest.
On Monday, because he went to say goodbye to his previous kindergarten, Cha Bao went to school later than the others. On Tuesday, he had to go to school as usual.
The Shu He employee kindergarten allowed early drop-off and late pick-up, so Cha Bao could seamlessly follow his uncle to and from work.
He Renyuan took the pick-up and drop-off service to the extreme, entering Bai Qingyu’s room openly in the morning.
Bai Qingyu, this person, didn’t learn his lesson after being kissed, he didn’t lock the door when sleeping. Wasn’t this inviting him in?
Bai Xiaocha would wake up at any sound when it was time to eat, so he wouldn’t miss any meals. As soon as Uncle Boss opened the door, he crawled out of bed and softly called, “Uncle.”
He Renyuan picked up the little one, “You’re awake, Uncle will carry you.”
Bai Qingyu opened his eyes drowsily, saw the man at the foot of the bed, and scratched his hair, “What are you doing so early?”
He Renyuan, “Washing Cha Bao’s diaper.”
Bai Qingyu stared at him blankly. Why did he say “washing the diaper” as if he were robbing a house, afraid he wouldn’t be able to wash it if he was late?
He Renyuan took Cha Bao to the bathroom to wash up. Bai Qingyu vaguely heard him teaching Cha Bao how to brush his teeth up and down, his voice very soft, his tone very gentle, a rare tone that even Bai Qingyu hadn’t heard much.
Bai Qingyu wrapped himself in the thin quilt, curled up like a white cocoon. Hmm, Bai Xiaocha wouldn’t get cavities either, just a casual brush would do. How come He Renyuan was so patient when teaching anything?
After a while, there was the sound of scrubbing from the bathroom. Then, He Renyuan came out with the diaper, opened the balcony door a crack, and went out to dry the diaper.
He Renyuan came back in, took out a cheese stick from his pocket, and opened it for Cha Bao.
Bai Xiaocha took it and stuffed it into his mouth. The cheese was warm from being in his uncle’s pocket, it tasted good. He savored the cheese stick, letting He Renyuan, who was becoming more and more skilled, change his clothes and shoes, lifting his hands and feet.
He Renyuan picked up the little one and said to Bai Qingyu, who had been quietly watching the whole time, “I’ll take him downstairs for breakfast and then send him to school, you continue sleeping.”
Bai Qingyu’s tea-colored eyes followed him. Hearing this gentle tone, as if he had been waiting for something, he said, “Oh.”
“Dad, I’m going to eat!”
Bai Qingyu, “Bye.”
The door gently closed. Bai Qingyu thought of the days when he had to hide with his son, it felt like a lifetime ago.
Raising a child was so simple, just raise him casually, and he would grow up.
In the dining room, He Renyuan ate with the child. The housekeeper couldn’t help but sigh, the young master was becoming more and more like a father.
Before leaving, Bai Xiaocha dug out a box of biscuits from the snack pile and put it in his backpack.
Eating a few biscuits during nap time would make him fall asleep!
At the kindergarten gate, He Renyuan squatted down and put a children’s watch on Cha Bao’s wrist, “Call Uncle if you need anything, press this button, or just say I want to find Uncle.”
Bai Xiaocha said to the watch, “I want to find Uncle.”
The next second, He Renyuan’s phone rang.
Bai Xiaocha, “I want to find Dad!”
After two seconds, Bai Qingyu answered the phone, “Who is this?”
He Renyuan lowered his voice, pretending to be a kidnapper, “I have your son.”
Bai Qingyu, “Have you sent him to the kindergarten gate?”
He Renyuan: “…” Bai Qingyu was quite good at recognizing his voice? Had he spoken to Bai Qingyu in this tone before?
“Yes, we’re about to go in.”
Bai Xiaocha, “Dad, this is the watch Uncle gave me to call you.”
Bai Qingyu, “Dad will know it’s Baby next time.”
Bai Xiaocha, “Baby will come back after five meals!”
It was originally four meals, but Cha Bao added a meal during nap time.
Bai Qingyu didn’t notice anything wrong, “Okay.”
Two hours later, the kindergarten teacher called, “Cha Bao’s dad, did you give Cha Bao milk tea powder for school? Can you come to the kindergarten? Cha Bao won’t tell us where he got it from.”
And the other children were very loyal, insisting that Brother Cha Bao didn’t add anything, they didn’t see anything.
The watermelon-haired boy strongly defended Bai Xiaocha, “It just tastes like milk, if Brother Cha Bao says there’s nothing, then there’s nothing.”
The teacher had a headache. If there was nothing, why did they all call him Brother Cha Bao! Why did they line up to exchange milk! What was the difference between them and the people lining up at a milk tea shop?!
Bai Qingyu sat up abruptly.
“Wait, let me contact my lawyer.”
Teacher: It’s not that serious, is it?
Bai Qingyu called He Renyuan first, then called Cha Bao’s watch, “Baby, don’t say a word before the lawyer arrives.”
Bai Xiaocha said steadily, “Okay, Dad.”
Three minutes later, He Renyuan rushed from the meeting room to the kindergarten and took the blame readily, “Sorry, I accidentally let him get a pack of milk tea powder.”
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The children: Brother Cha Bao’s milk tea shop is very hygienic, he washed his hands before making milk tea.
