CHAPTER 416: CHAPTER 416: REALLY SHAMELESS

Pfft! Song Chengguang felt like Little Baby had stabbed him with an invisible tiny knife!

Song Chengguang stood in silence, his face filled with dark lines, trying every trick in the book to coax his little sister back. No matter how much cajoling he did, Little Baby simply wasn’t interested in him, happily piecing together a puzzle with Yang Jun.

Song Chengguang clenched his fists, feeling choked up and jealous on the side, but even though he was quite upset, facing Yang Jun who had stolen his sister’s attention, Song Chengguang absolutely couldn’t let out his complaints, and deep down he actually felt quite relieved. After all, Little Baby had been fussing about wanting to be a big sister for more than a day or two. He had initially thought about persuading their parents to fulfill her wish, but now, after witnessing Little Baby’s behavior after getting a little brother, realizing all her attention would be taken away by the brother, Song Chengguang was determined to nip this in the bud before it ever happened. Luckily, it seemed there was still time to stop it.

As for Yang Jun, it was fine, after all, he wasn’t biologically their mother’s, and it seemed unlikely he’d have the chance to steal his sister’s attention. At most, all he had to do was convince his mom to promise not to take care of Yang Jun anymore. With this thought, Song Chengguang paced over to Xu Xiuxiu with a serious expression: "Mom, you absolutely, absolutely cannot agree to Little Baby’s wish for you to have another little brother."

"Weren’t you the one who said you wanted me to have another baby?" After having the boy and girl twins, Xu Xiuxiu really didn’t plan on having more. Even when Little Baby said she wanted to be a big sister, Xu Xiuxiu only listened without taking it seriously. But seeing Song Chengguang’s serious face, she couldn’t resist the urge to tease him.

"I never said that." Song Chengguang denied it instantly.

"..." Alright then!

"What about Little Moon? Does Little Moon want a little brother?" Xu Xiuxiu was helping Little Moon with her homework and, after hearing Song Chengguang’s complaint filled with grievances, she turned to ask Little Moon.

Little Moon slowly looked towards Little Baby who was having a great time playing with Yang Jun, and shook her head firmly: "No." A little brother would definitely be annoying.

This time, both Little Moon and Song Chengguang had experienced Little Baby’s fondness for Yang Jun. When Song Yuanhuan returned home from the military, he too fully experienced his daughter’s cold-heartedness.

When Song Yuanhuan arrived home, it was already past seven or eight in the evening. Since the next day was a weekend, the kids hadn’t gone to bed yet. He hadn’t been home this early in a while, and he was sure the three children would be very happy. Thinking about the enthusiastic welcome from his daughter that awaited him when he opened the door, Song Yuanhuan felt especially content.

"I’m back." Song Yuanhuan opened the door and made a point to announce himself to the children.

"Dad." Little Moon called out indifferently. By nature, she was a calm child, and on top of that, there was some friction between father and son, so Song Yuanhuan was not surprised.

"Dad." Song Chengguang, with the maturity that came with age, responded with a calm and composed voice, naturally not too enthusiastic. Boys, after all, always have a bit of a cool relationship with their fathers.

Expecting to be the happiest at his early return should, by all accounts, be his daughter Little Baby. But now, with all her attention on Junjun, when Little Baby heard Song Yuanhuan’s voice, she cutely looked up, called out "Dad" towards the entrance where Song Yuanhuan was, then turned right back to sit on the toy mat and continued playing with Yang Jun, not forgetting to point out a wrongly placed puzzle piece to Yang Jun: "Junjun, you got this part wrong. It should be like this, it goes here." Little Baby gently reminded Yang Jun, pointing at the incorrect spot with her tiny finger.

Yang Jun puffed his cheeks, looked at where Little Baby mentioned the mistake, and after observing carefully realized she was right: "Thank you, sister." After expressing his thanks, Junjun bent his head down again and focused on fitting the puzzle pieces together.

"You’re welcome." Little Baby replied sweetly, then leaned in and kissed Junjun’s chubby cheek.

Song Yuanhuan, hearing Little Baby’s tender voice calling ’Dad,’ melted inside. He had expected the usual scenario where, as she called out, Little Baby would come running to him, wanting to be held. But, the anticipated hug didn’t come. Instead, he saw Little Baby already engrossed with Yang Jun, and worse yet, she was smilingly kissing the cheek of that unfamiliar little boy.

Right, his precious daughter had ignored him and had kissed another boy right in front of him. Okay! Saying "boy" might be stretching it, but Yang Jun was indeed a male child, wasn’t he?

"Who is that?" Song Yuanhuan asked with an unusually stern tone, even gritting his teeth in annoyance. If not for the rationality that came with adulthood, he might have been as petty as Song Chengguang and asked who this irritating brat stealing his darling daughter’s attention was.

"Oh! Junjun is the son of Sister Hu, our neighbor." Xu Xiuxiu explained, probably telling Song Yuanhuan about what had happened in Hu Meitao’s family.

After understanding, Song Yuanhuan was still in a sour mood, but his daughter hadn’t even thought to spare him a glance.

"Little Baby, Daddy is so tired today! Would you come and massage Daddy’s legs, please?" Song Yuanhuan approached Little Baby, looking pitiful.

Under normal circumstances, as soon as Little Baby heard Song Yuanhuan mention being tired, the little girl would have run to him, with a concerned face, and would have generously massaged his shoulders and legs. But today, even though he played the pity card, his daughter still didn’t pay him much mind, and Song Yuanhuan instantly knew his status had been shaken.

"Daddy, can I finish the puzzle with Junjun first and then come to massage your legs?" Little Baby turned back to discuss with Song Yuanhuan, but it was more like informing him of her decision.

"Hehe!" Little Moon laughed contentedly, challenging Song Yuanhuan with a "now you experience it" look in her eyes.

"But what if Daddy is really tired? My legs are so sore, and my back hurts too!" Song Yuanhuan made a face at Little Moon before turning back to shamelessly act pitiful towards Little Baby.

Little Baby also seemed troubled, "Are you really that tired, Daddy?" There was reluctance and hesitation in her voice.

"Really," Song Yuanhuan nodded.

"Alright then," Little Baby relented with a nod, "Junjun, can you play by yourself for a while? Big sister needs to go massage and knead my daddy’s back first. My daddy has to provide for the family and for Little Baby, he needs to earn a lot of money and work is so tiring, so I have to do this." Little Baby explained to Yang Jun.

"Oh!" Yang Jun hadn’t really understood the whole conversation, but he obediently nodded in agreement.

Only then did Little Baby, with regret, stand up and walk over to Song Yuanhuan. Using her chubby little paws, she began to massage his back and legs.

"Daddy, does it feel good?" Little Baby asked while massaging.

"Feels good," Song Yuanhuan replied, watching contentedly as his daughter’s little hands playfully pounded on him.

So shameless!!!

Everyone else in the living room exchanged a knowing glance, silently giving Song Yuanhuan a look of admiration.