Things have come full circle and are back to square one.
Lin Ming was caught in a dilemma.
On the one hand, he admired the Xie family's family tradition and hoped that his children could grow up in a good educational environment, but on the other hand, he was reluctant to let go of the children he raised by himself.
In the end I could only make excuses.
"Let me think about it again."
Xie Daoyan smiled happily and narrowed his eyes.
"Don't worry, you have to think about this carefully."
Lin Ming left the guest room with a complicated heart and met the chattering children returning from kindergarten.
Although Yaomei was young, she rushed over immediately.
"Daddy!"
Lin Ming hugged his little princess and kissed her cheeks that turned red as she ran.
"Dad is here!"
"Why are you so happy today?"
The little princess raised her lips proudly, with such a proud look, she was afraid that others wouldn't guess that something good had happened to her, but she didn't feel it herself.
"Daddy, can you guess?"
Yaomei looked at Lin Ming, her big watery eyes full of expectation, like a pitiful puppy looking forward to a reward from its owner.
Looking at such pitiful eyes, even Lin Ming's heart of steel turned into a puddle of water.
He cooperated with the little princess and pretended to be distressed and guessed.
"Well, let daddy take a guess? Did the little baby get the little red flower today?"
"No, no, dad, please guess again."
Yaomei held her chubby little fist and shook it anxiously, her eyes filled with urging and nervousness.
Lin Ming frowned with an exaggerated expression and shook his head in distress, looking as if he was stumped.
"So what happened to the little baby today? Oh, why is daddy so stupid that he can't guess it?"
"How about I tell daddy, baby?"
Yaomei giggled, her beautiful big eyes filled with pride.
"Dad is so stupid! Let me tell you, I got a reward from the teacher today. No one else has these two candies. I brought them back, one for dad and one for mom!"
Yaomei smiled brightly and opened her little hands. In her fleshy fists, there were two toffee that she had grasped until they had melted.
The milk candy exudes a sweet and greasy taste, which is obviously something that only children love to eat.
But at this moment, Lin Ming felt that there was no other candy in the world that was sweeter than it.
"Wow! Thank you so much for the little baby, daddy. Do you really want to give it to daddy? Does the baby want to eat it himself?"
Lin Ming kissed Yaomei's cheek again.
"If you don't want to eat it, don't eat it. This is what I gave to my father and mother."
Lin Ming was so moved that he didn't know what to say.
Sure enough, the younger daughter is still considerate.
He picked up a candy, peeled off the wrapper and took a bite under Yaomei's reluctant but urging eyes.
"Wow! It's delicious."
Lin Ming said and stuffed the remaining half of the candy into Yaomei's mouth.
The little princess first opened her eyes in surprise, subconsciously wrapped the candy in her mouth, and then said to her father happily and anxiously.
"Dad, that's for you to eat, I won't eat it."
Lin Ming smiled and pinched her soft cheeks.
"But daddy wants to share it with the baby."
Yaomei slowly bit the candy in her mouth and smiled sweetly at Lin Ming.
"Thank you dad, I love dad the most!"
"I like dad the most. It seems that Yaomei doesn't like mom anymore?"
Bei Xinyao happened to come in with several other children, and couldn't help but joke after hearing Yaomei's words.
Lin Youtian and the others also loved teasing Yaomei, and they suddenly became jealous.
"Then the baby doesn't like grandpa too? Grandpa is so sad!"
"Yes, grandma likes the baby very much. I didn't expect the baby not to like grandma. Grandma was so sad that she almost cried."
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A group of elders teased the little princess in all kinds of ways.
Yaomei looked at this and then that, her big eyes wandering around.
"I……"
"I like my mother, and I also like my grandparents."
"But what Yaomei likes most is dad..."
Bei Xinyao watched the little princess comforting everyone with a smile in her eyes.
"Mom is so sad..."
Seeing that she couldn't be deceived, Yaomei immediately changed the subject.
"Mom, where is the third brother! I haven't seen the third brother today."
My sister-in-law is very smart.
As everyone knows, this topic silenced the originally joyful hall.
Lin Ming looked at his parents, who still had a faint look of guilt in their eyes, picked up Yaomei, and said with a loud smile on purpose.
"Your third brother, he is sleeping in. Do you want to go with dad to wake him up?"
"Let's wake up Third Brother!"
Yaomei laughed excitedly, infecting the solemn atmosphere in the living room.
Lin Ming hugged his little daughter and rushed directly to the room upstairs where Lin Wei was sleeping.
Lin Wei's current state is a process of digesting his own energy. It is different from simply sleeping and will not be easily awakened.
Lin Ming and the others made a lot of noise, but Lin Wei, who was lying on the bed, didn't react at all.
Yaomei was let down by Lin Ming. She approached Lin Wei cautiously and reached out to poke the third brother's hand. When she saw that the third brother had no reaction, she suddenly became bolder.
"Third brother! Get up! Our classes are over! Why don't you get up!"
"Children who sleep in late will be punished by the teacher. I will tell the teacher tomorrow."
Yaomei was talking loudly, and Lin Ming was squatting aside and listening with interest.
Yaomei talked for a long time, but when she saw that Lin Wei didn't say a word, she suddenly pouted angrily.
"Third brother, why don't you speak?"
"Are you secretly pretending to be asleep? I'm going to be angry!"
Lin Ming laughed so hard on the side that he hugged Yaomei for a while.
"Baby, your third brother is a little tired and can't seem to wake up. How about you go and give him a kiss?"
Yaomei was stunned, not very happy, and even looked at Lin Ming like a brat.
"Dad, I think third brother might like Wei Ya."
Lin Ming laughed dumbly.
Yaomei is really a little kid.
However, Yaomei still looked at Lin Ming seriously, feeling that her suggestion was very useful, and looked at Lin Ming expectantly.
Lin Ming could only look at Yaomei helplessly and said.
"Honey, your third brother may be tired, so we'd better not disturb him."
Yaomei looked at Lin Ming, then at Lin Wei sleeping on the bed, and said obediently.
"Okay, dad, let's go out and don't disturb the third brother's rest."
Lin Ming took Yaomei out and happened to run into Xie Daoyan and Xie Jianjia coming out of the guest room.
"Thank you sister!"
Seeing Xie Jianjia, Yaomei struggled to get off Lin Ming's hand.
"Yao Mei, you are back!"
Xie Jianjia smiled and knelt down to greet Yaomei. When Yaomei ran to her side, her big eyes were still looking at Xie Daoyan curiously and she whispered.
"Sister Xie, is this your brother?"
Yaomei thought her voice was so small that everyone present could hear her clearly.
Xie Daoyan looked at Yaomei with a smile, very interested in this cute little girl in Yuxue.
He squatted down and asked kindly.
"Baby, why do you think I am your sister Xie's brother?"
Yaomei looked at him and then at Xie Jianjia, smiling shyly, showing a few teeth as big as grains of rice.