Seeing the living, enlarged version of He Ying on the video call, He Yi’s already excited heart suffered a second blow: “Darling, you’re so adorable too, ahhhhhhhhh!!!”
He Yi excitedly rambled on alone for quite a while before finally calming down and starting to discuss serious matters with his wife: “Darling, what do you think Yingbao sent me this for? Is he trying to kill me with cuteness so he can inherit the family fortune!!”
Xu Wenshan, hearing this speculation and considering her daughter’s thought process that closely resembled hers, felt this possibility wasn’t entirely unlikely.
She was about to nod when she saw He Yi looking at her with his bright, sparkling eyes, just like when he was little, clearly expecting something.
Being an old married couple, whenever He Yi made a certain move, Xu Wenshan knew exactly what scent he was after.
She reluctantly said: “Yingbao just misses you, that’s why she sent such a message without any special meaning.”
He Yi, hearing what he wanted to hear, became even happier and joyfully shared with Xu Wenshan: “She just misses her dad, sigh. The child must be uncomfortable with her first time living away from home. Should I donate a few buildings with our family’s style to the school so our precious feels more at home?”
Xu Wenshan: “……..No donating now. Wait until the child graduates.”
After being rejected, He Yi wilted completely, but only for three seconds before he immediately remembered something else.
“Darling, look at the last sentence our daughter sent me, ‘V her 50.’ Is this 50 referring to 50,000? Why does she only want this little money?”
Regarding this crazed literary piece, what puzzled He Yi most wasn’t the illustrious family background of Ultraman, but this “50.”
When He Ying was home, her monthly allowance was one million. After going to school, this amount didn’t decrease but increased to three million.
Compared to He Ying’s monthly allowance, 50,000 wasn’t even considered money.
This also made He Yi extremely confused. If 50 didn’t mean 50,000, then what did it mean?
Listening to He Yi’s adorable question, Xu Wenshan couldn’t help but let a slight smile break through her cool expression: “Husband, is there a possibility that this 50 isn’t 50,000, but 50 yuan?”
“What!!” He Yi exclaimed upon hearing this, clutching his heart: “Save me, darling, save me quickly!!! Our daughter is too adorable!! I’m dying!”
Xu Wenshan tapped the camera lens through the screen, playing along with He Yi’s exaggerated performance: “I just said, our daughter just misses you and found an excuse. The point isn’t how much money, it’s the sentiment.”
He Yi, thoroughly charmed, couldn’t imagine how sunny and cheerful an old father he would be if He Ying could appear right now and call him “Dad.”
He reread He Ying’s crazed message carefully again and came up with a new idea.
“Reporting to darling!”
“Speak.”
“I want to buy KFC.”
Xu Wenshan’s eyelids twitched, sensing ominous foreboding.
She asked: “How many stores?”
“All of them.”
Xu Wenshan: ……..She knew it.
Xu Wenshan calculated the feasibility in her mind before asking: “Why buy this out of nowhere?”
He Yi began to complain, “Yingbao is so adorable, I really want to post about her on my social media—on every platform! But I don’t want to give free advertising to someone else’s company, so I might as well buy it. If it’s my own business, I’ll feel much more comfortable sharing.”
Surprisingly, Xu Wenshan accepted He Yi’s idea and even helped brainstorm: “After buying it, you could organize a nationwide event and put all the things you want to play with in the stores… I just checked, and there are over thirteen thousand KFC stores now. That should be enough for you to have fun with.”
“Yay! Thank you, honey! Love you!!”
By the time Xu Wenshan agreed, He Yi had already planned out what material to use for printing the screenshot of his chat with He Ying, how big to print it, and where to display it.
He couldn’t wait to run out into the streets and shout: Everyone, look at my daughter—she’s just so adorable!!
Meanwhile, Xu Wenshan, watching He Yi’s excitement, quietly opened a spare phone hidden out of the video’s view and sent a message to He Ying.
【Regarding that Ultraman message you sent your dad, no matter what he asks you, just reply that it’s because you missed him.】
He Ying had no idea that her one crazy message had somehow implicated over ten thousand stores. Seeing her mother’s message, she obediently replied with an “Okay.”
In her memory, her mother had always smiled less than her father and was stricter with her. He Ying also knew that while her father appeared impressive in front of outsiders, her mother was the one who truly held the reins at home.
For example:
When He Ying was six, she was reading the extracurricular book 1587, A Year of No Significance at home. Her father tried to secretly replace it with a picture book that was popular among kids her age at the time, but her mother found out and confiscated the picture book.
He Ying didn’t really mind. In fact, influenced by her mother, she found the world hidden within plain text more appealing than the colorful picture books.
However, her father was heartbroken.
What He Ying remembered most clearly was her father crying and saying that day, “She’s only six, our only child.”
“A Yi, precisely because she’s our only child, I can’t raise her to be as naive as you.”
That day, her father cried really loudly.
She had never imagined a grown man could cry so much.
Probably no one else would ever guess that her seemingly imposing father was like this in private.
As she was thinking, her mother sent another instruction.
【Your dad really liked what you sent him today. Remember to send him a message every Thursday from now on.】
He Ying: ?
【Mom, am I part of your play too?】
The reply came instantly.
【Because of your message, he bought all the KFC stores. Check the news tonight.】
He Ying: ?
Huh?
In that moment, He Ying understood something.
It’s fine to be crazy, but don’t be crazy around people who take every word you say seriously.
Otherwise, they’ll unquestioningly treat your nonsense as truth and do something utterly bewildering.
He Ying put away her phone and continued eating from her bowl. The food today didn’t taste… no, wait, it was still delicious.
She loved the cafeteria food. After graduation, she’d find a way to take the school’s chef with her.
Chi Jingsheng noticed that something seemed to have happened to He Ying just now, but considering the awkwardness between them at the moment, he decided not to ask.
Until they left the restaurant, while escorting He Ying to the lounge, Chi Jingsheng finally brought up another matter, seemingly trying to divert He Ying’s attention: “He Ying, you haven’t participated in club activities for the past few days, you must attend today.”
He Ying nodded: “Yes.”
She really had to go today, otherwise her regular attendance points would be jeopardized.
He Ying thought for a moment and asked Chi Jingsheng: “What club are you attending tonight?”
Chi Jingsheng smiled: “Tonight, I’ll be at the equestrian field.”
He Ying then asked Shangguan Mingyu: “And you?”
Shangguan Mingyu gave a look that said “you’re finally interested in me,” impatiently replying: “I’m doing physical training.”
He Ying acknowledged with an “oh” and planned to study languages in the evening.
The location of the language practice classroom was far from both the equestrian field and the sports field.
However, just as she was about to speak, she heard the mechanical voice of the System ring in her mind: 【Practice equestrian skills with Chi Jingsheng, and during the class, actively request to ride the same horse with Chi Jingsheng】