Chapter 43
Half an hour earlier, Teacher Xiao Zhang announced that no exchanging milk was allowed today.
The watermelon-haired boy felt like the sky was falling. What was going on? Milk had become the most unpalatable thing in the world again. He was dejected for a while, then saw Bai Xiaocha “soaking” his Oreo, and said pitifully, “Brother Cha Bao, can we exchange milk?”
Teacher Xiao Zhang looked over. Luckily, neither of the babies had drunk yet, so exchanging was fine.
The milk cups were opaque. Bai Xiaocha dipped the Oreo in the milk and stirred. Only the watermelon-haired boy could see him putting his whole hand in the milk, the teacher couldn’t.
It didn’t matter, it tasted good.
Bai Xiaocha was always generous, handing over his milk tea with a five-point tea flavor, “We can exchange.”
The watermelon-haired boy was overjoyed to have a whole cup of delicious milk today. He held it with both hands and took a big gulp.
Bai Xiaocha started shaking milk tea again. The bespectacled boy came over, “Brother Cha Bao, I want some too.”
Bai Xiaocha, “Wait a moment.”
Behind the bespectacled boy, there was a curly-haired boy waiting in line, and behind the curly-haired boy, there was… Bai Xiaocha’s hand became a small propeller.
Handmade Oreo milk tea, twenty cups ordered instantly, Baby was almost too busy!
He made milk tea with a serious expression, one hand holding the cup, the other hand holding the Oreo and stirring, his lips tightly pursed, no time to talk. After stirring one cup, he handed it out and took the next cup.
The curly-haired boy already loved milk, three points of tea flavor was enough.
He had to shake faster, otherwise, the milk would be cold by the time it was his turn.
At first, Teacher Xiao Zhang thought Cha Bao was helping everyone soak their Oreos. After all, the Oreo commercials showed various ways to eat them. But then the line of children got longer and longer, like a milk tea shop.
Teacher Xiao Zhang walked closer and saw Bai Xiaocha putting his hand into the milk cup. She felt faint. Not a single one of these children loved cleanliness?
Bai Xiaocha felt the teacher’s gaze, looked up, withdrew his hand, and wiped it on his pants.
Baby didn’t do anything.
Teacher Xiao Zhang reached out, wanting to get him a new cup of milk, but the girl with braids, who had finally reached the front of the line, was faster. She grabbed her milk and ran, “Teacher, this is mine!”
This small incident alerted everyone. The children who were slowly savoring their milk quickly gulped it down.
Teacher Xiao Zhang didn’t know who to stop first. In the end, she grabbed an empty cup and sniffed it.
Milk tea?!
How could there be a milk tea smell? The cafeteria served pure milk today! She quickly picked up a cup of milk that hadn’t been touched yet, sniffed it, and confirmed that the milk tea smell only appeared after being processed by Bai Xiaocha.
“Cha Bao, how did this become milk tea?”
Bai Xiaocha, “Baby stirred it, and it became milk tea!”
Teacher Xiao Zhang, “How did you stir it? What did you add to make it so delicious, baby?”
Bai Xiaocha spread out his hands and said honestly, “Nothing.”
The watermelon-haired boy vaguely realized that if the teacher found out, there would be no more milk tea to drink. He immediately stood up for his big brother, “Brother Cha Bao didn’t add anything!”
The bespectacled boy, “Yes! I didn’t see anything!”
The curly-haired boy, “Nope!”
The girl with braids, “Brother Cha Bao didn’t do anything bad!”
The watermelon-haired boy, “I’m just drinking milk, I drink milk every day!”
Bai Xiaocha felt a little guilty for being caught. Being stared at by Teacher Xiao Zhang made him want to explain the milk tea making process.
Dad said he couldn’t.
But it was also impolite not to look at the teacher, and looking at the teacher made him want to tell her.
Bai Xiaocha scratched his cheek in distress. Suddenly, he remembered the staring game he played with Auntie Jiang Mengmeng.
Right, Teacher Xiao Zhang also played the staring game! Bai Xiaocha immediately put on the expression that defeated Auntie Jiang Mengmeng, his lips tightly pursed, staring at Teacher Xiao Zhang.
Teacher Xiao Zhang’s brows twitched, inexplicably seeing the aura of a mafia boss on the cute little face, and it looked familiar.
Teacher Xiao Zhang encountered the most difficult gang and its leader and could only call the parents.
Unexpectedly, the parent wasn’t easy to deal with either and immediately hired a lawyer.
Cha Bao was a VIP baby related to the president of the Shu He Group. Only the principal and Teacher Xiao Yu, who had received him, knew this. To avoid others deliberately having their children curry favor with Cha Bao to curry favor with him, disrupting the children’s normal social interactions, President He had to keep a low profile.
He Renyuan dramatically left the meeting halfway through and discreetly apologized at the kindergarten, wearing a formal suit and an expensive watch.
Bai Xiaocha was told by his dad not to speak before the lawyer arrived. He saw his uncle and his eyes lit up, “Uncle!”
Bai Xiaocha, “Uncle, Baby washed my hands.”
He Renyuan smiled wryly and patted his head.
Teacher Xiao Zhang didn’t recognize the group’s president, but she vaguely felt that he looked familiar, she had seen him somewhere. So handsome, was he a magazine cover model?
“I’m very sorry, Cha Bao likes to drink milk tea. He accidentally brought milk tea tablets this morning. I’ll definitely pay attention in the future. I guarantee there’s no problem with the milk tea. You can inform the other parents. If they want to take their children for a full checkup at the hospital, I’ll cover all the expenses. I’ll also take full responsibility if they feel unwell within three days.”
The lawyer was surprisingly reasonable, he wasn’t here to sue them. There had been children who sneaked in snacks before, they just needed to be educated.
Teacher Xiao Zhang, “We need to find out how he brought it in to prevent it from happening again.”
He Renyuan said, “He probably put it in his pocket,” while pretending to check Cha Bao’s pockets, then pulled out a box of biscuits.
Teacher Xiao Zhang, “It really was in his pocket, Cha Bao’s pockets are so big. The teacher will keep this box of biscuits for you and return it to you after school.”
He Renyuan and Bai Xiaocha looked at each other: “…”
The nap time biscuits were gone.
He Renyuan whispered, “Uncle didn’t do it on purpose.”
Bai Xiaocha nodded, “It’s okay, Uncle, Baby will just eat four meals today.”
Although it was four meals, not one, He Renyuan heard a forced sense of understanding and immediately said, “Uncle will take you to the company cafeteria for another meal.”
He picked up the little one, “I’ll take him home for some education.”
Teacher Xiao Zhang, “Just reason with him, Cha Bao is very smart.”
He Renyuan, “Yes.”
As soon as they left the kindergarten, He Renyuan revealed his true intentions, “Cha Bao, do you want to call Dad to eat with us?”
Bai Xiaocha, “Yes!”
He Renyuan, “Uncle seems to have forgotten his phone.”
“I’ll call Dad!” Bai Xiaocha smoothly fell into his uncle’s trap and shouted at his watch, “I want to find Dad!”
Bai Qingyu answered, “Baby? Is Uncle with you?”
He Renyuan, “Yes, it’s handled, no one suspects anything. I’m taking Cha Bao out for some reflection.”
Bai Qingyu, “Thank you.”
Bai Xiaocha, “I want to eat with Dad.”
Bai Qingyu also felt that the little tea deity class couldn’t be delayed any longer, handmade milk tea was forbidden in kindergarten, “Okay.”
Bai Xiaocha didn’t have time to drink milk at kindergarten, so he made up for it in Uncle Boss’s office, then basked in the sun and slept on the sofa until his dad came for lunch.
He Renyuan packed four dishes and a soup from the company cafeteria, not daring to get too much, afraid of the frugal tea deity’s disapproval.
He opened the insulated aluminum foil containers while listening to Bai Qingyu close the barn door after the horse had bolted.
“It’s not okay to shake milk tea outside with any part of your body.” Bai Qingyu remembered his son once wanting to use his feet to stir-fry tea for He Renyuan, so he set the broadest possible restriction this time.
Bai Xiaocha said obediently, “Understood, Dad.”
He Renyuan, “Finished?”
Bai Qingyu, “You want to say something too?”
Lawyers were best at finding loopholes and making up for them. Bai Qingyu was worried that he hadn’t emphasized it enough.
He Renyuan, “Cha Bao, close your eyes.”
Bai Xiaocha covered his eyes in confusion, “Okay!”
Bai Qingyu was puzzled. What was this trick? The next moment, his lips were touched.
He Renyuan, “Collecting some payment.”
Bai Qingyu’s neck flushed, “Oh.”
He Renyuan lowered his head and kissed him again.
Bai Qingyu’s beautiful eyes were filled with anger, “The lawyer’s fees are so expensive?”
He Renyuan, “This is a personal act, I apologize for my impulsiveness.”
Bai Qingyu, “Oh.”
Wait, could he kiss the tea deity just because he apologized?
He Renyuan picked up a fish ball with his chopsticks, held it up to Cha Bao, and said, “Cha Bao, open your eyes.”
Bai Xiaocha opened his eyes. Wow, Uncle could conjure fish balls!
Under the tea deity’s disapproving gaze, He Renyuan calmly served food to the tea deity and Cha Bao, promoting frugality, “Eat more, try your best to eat, Uncle will take care of the leftovers.”
Bai Qingyu picked up his bowl, he would eat first and then talk.
Bai Qingyu, as an adult tea deity, had about the same appetite as Bai Xiaocha.
If he didn’t know he was an immortal, He Renyuan would be worried sick.
After two bites, Bai Qingyu felt that He Renyuan had given him too much food. Meatballs and pumpkin balls took up too much space in his stomach. He stirred with his chopsticks, breaking the whole meatballs.
This way, they wouldn’t take up so much space.
After a while, Bai Qingyu still couldn’t finish, “I can’t finish it.”
“I’ll eat it.” He Renyuan had been paying attention to Cha Bao eating, trying to cultivate his non-mixing eating habits. He turned to look at Bai Qingyu’s bowl and was silent for a moment.
He paid attention to the small one, but not the big one.
Bai Xiaocha looked up, wanting to see his dad’s bowl.
He Renyuan quickly covered the bowl, not letting Bai Xiaocha see the bad example, and said gently, “Cha Bao, have a sip of soup, yes, scoop it up and drink it directly.”
It wasn’t that he had double standards, indulging Bai Qingyu.
It was because the small one was receptive, and the big one was not.
He Renyuan took Bai Qingyu’s bowl and quickly finished it for him.
Bai Qingyu suddenly felt his face flush, as if he had been kissed again.
It must be He Renyuan being naughty in his mind, and he read his mind.
After finishing the meal, He Renyuan cleared the table, glanced at his watch, and said, “You two take a nap here, I have a client to meet.”
Because meeting a client sounded urgent, Bai Qingyu forgot to retort about going home for a nap. He sat up straight and said, “You go ahead, don’t delay your work.”
Work was important.
He Renyuan stood up and went in to change his shirt, which had been splashed with oil by Cha Bao. Just as he was about to leave, he suddenly turned around and looked at Bai Qingyu.
Bai Qingyu had a bad feeling, “What’s wrong?”
He Renyuan, “I’m meeting an important client.”
Bai Qingyu, “So?”
He Renyuan, “I just ate your leftover hodgepodge, and I just ran out of mouthwash…”
Bai Qingyu, “You—mm.”
This kiss was different from before. His tongue was sucked and teased like chewing gum, the saliva in his mouth completely swallowed.
He knew it, He Renyuan was being very naughty in his mind.
Bai Qingyu was kissed until he lost his strength, taking a step back and collapsing onto the sofa.
He Renyuan let go of him and said politely, “Thank you, I’m presentable now.”
Bai Qingyu’s face was flushed, the tea deity was almost unpresentable. He wasn’t chewing gum.
Meeting room.
The client He Renyuan was meeting was actually an old friend. He wanted to discuss a collaboration during lunch. He was in high spirits, but when he entered the meeting room, he found his friend looking dejected, his eyes filled with pain, “Let’s skip lunch, I have no appetite, let’s talk business directly.”
He immediately suppressed his barely concealed joy and asked with concern, “You don’t look well, stomachache?”
His friend sighed, “You know my Labrador, very smart, he’s been with me for more than ten years.”
He Renyuan, “Yes.”
The friend, “A dog’s lifespan can’t compare to a human’s. I tried everything medically, but it was no use. He was old and sick, and in a lot of pain, so I had him euthanized this morning.”
The air instantly became heavy, as if water could be wrung out of it.
He Renyuan opened his mouth, seemingly wanting to offer some comfort, but his expression became even worse.
Even his friend noticed and asked in return, “What’s wrong with you?”
He Renyuan, “Nothing.” He suddenly felt like a dog.
He had been too focused on pursuing Bai Qingyu recently, forgetting that a mortal’s short life couldn’t compare to a tea deity’s.
Bai Qingyu had already lived for two hundred years, and who knew how many more years he had.
Bai Xiaocha was only one and a half years old, still far from adulthood.
He definitely couldn’t accompany Bai Qingyu for his entire life, he might not even see Cha Bao grow up.
A two-hundred-year-old tea deity, a one-and-a-half-year-old little tea deity. If he followed his plan, he would first establish a father-son relationship with Cha Bao and tie down Bai Qingyu, who could run away at any time. But wouldn’t this be too cruel to Cha Bao?
Did Cha Bao need to experience the pain of separation and death of a mortal? The feelings he built with Cha Bao from a young age would eventually hurt Cha Bao, who wasn’t strong enough yet.
Not to mention Bai Qingyu, he liked crowded places, loved to join in the fun, and enjoyed nature. It was best not to change him. To Bai Qingyu, he could only be a loyal human friend. To Cha Bao, he would be a good uncle. Crossing the line would be too selfish.
In just a few seconds, He Renyuan’s mood changed drastically. He walked out of the meeting room like a zombie, saw the tea deity father and son, tried to hide his feelings, and said, “It’s too noisy in the office, should I send you home to sleep?”
Bai Qingyu: ? Did the business deal fail?
He Renyuan seemed a bit off.
This slight oddity, three days later, became very obvious to Bai Qingyu.
Because the human had stopped harassing the tea deity.
Bai Qingyu was suspicious for three days and finally couldn’t help but pull Cha Bao aside and ask seriously, “Baby, does Uncle Boss still bring you cheese sticks every morning? Are the cheese sticks warmed up in his pocket?”
Bai Xiaocha nodded, “Yes.”
Bai Qingyu, “Then does he still secretly bring you nap time biscuits at kindergarten at noon?”
Bai Xiaocha nodded vigorously, “Yes!”
Bai Qingyu, “Then does he still pick you up from school on time every evening, finish his work, and then bring you back?”
Bai Xiaocha dug into his ice cream without looking up, “Of course.”
Bai Qingyu wondered, then why had the tea deity’s treatment changed?
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He Renyuan: The older one is impervious, a hopeless case.
Zhu Yiqing: You make being whipped sound so elegant!
Actually, he’s a good attacker who wouldn’t ask his wife to change~
