Chapter 184 Big Hamburger

Chapter 184 The Big Burger

Su Youli had been in kindergarten for a week now.

He adapted much better than anyone had expected.

In this week, the Little One memorized the names of all the children in his class.

He learned to greet in English, learned to knead dough in cooking class, and picked up two new nursery rhymes...

Every day was fulfilling and joyful.

The Little One’s daily habits also underwent some changes.

He no longer needed to wake up for morning exercises or practice climbing stairs every day. He even took the initiative to tell his mom that he had grown up and wanted to sleep alone when she offered to accompany him at night.

Although ten minutes into sleeping alone, he pitifully pulled out his smartwatch, called his mother, clutched the watch, and said the room was too dark, asking her to stay with him.

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At seven in the morning, Shen Lin, with a grumpy expression, carried the drowsy Little One downstairs from the second floor.

"Second Brother, I still wanna sleep."

The little one said in a sweet, childish voice. Shen Lin yawned and gently pulled the Little One’s hand away from rubbing his eyes.

"Buddy, you’re a kindergarten student now. You can’t sleep late anymore, okay?"

The Little One in his arms asked curiously, "But Second Brother sleeps late too?"

Shen Lin was stumped by the three-year-old. He mumbled, "That’s not sleeping late." He pinched the child’s nose and lowered his voice, "Second Brother has a magnet on his bed. Every time I try to get up, it pulls me back..."

The Little One’s eyes widened instantly. "A magnet?"

Shen Lin: "Yeah, a super big one."

"You You wants to see!"

Anything that could keep Second Brother in bed must be amazing.

Shen Lin cleared his throat, put the Little One down, and helped him put on his jacket. "Only grown-ups over eighteen can see this invisible magnet!"

Wow~

So cool.

Tang Dou, with a small backpack slung over his arm, came downstairs from the second floor. He filled up Su Youli’s Stitch water bottle with warm water and walked over.

Hearing Shen Lin’s fibs, he shook his head and smiled to himself.

Shen Lin frantically blinked at him, signaling him not to give it away.

Tang Dou zipped his lips.

After Su Youli got used to school, the parents no longer all came together for drop-offs and pickups.

The Shen family stuck to their usual routine, taking turns on pickup and drop-off duty.

Today was Shen Lin’s turn. Initially, he wasn’t seen as qualified for the task.

After all, he was still a kid himself and hadn’t done much to prove he was reliable.

Letting him pick up the child, they worried he’d lose the kid.

Teenage boys are at that age where they think they can do anything—even tossing a plastic bottle can get them fired up. There was no way he’d accept being left out.

He immediately slammed his hand on the table, stood up, and put his hands on his hips. "My classmate has been picking his sister up from school since he was six. This is discrimination, pure discrimination!"

"I, Shen Lin, am steady, reliable, kind, honest, handsome, an outstanding high school student of the new era, recipient of the Wutong Kindergarten Little Angel of Love medal—actually have to endure such discrimination!"

"Injustice! Heaven, injustice!" Shen Lin spread his arms wide and looked up at the sky mournfully.

Shen Yan, looking completely exasperated, mocked, "Oh, shut up. Little Angel? Teacher Qin gave you that out of pity. Every kid got one."

Shen Lin tsked. "Just answer me: Am I the Little Angel of Love or not?"

Shen Yan: "..."

Rarely seeing his brother speechless, Shen Lin spread his hands, shrugged, and looked triumphantly at his parents.

Shen Minyan and Chu Ying exchanged a glance, then glanced away.

Five meters away, Tang Dou’s figure looked incredibly steady and reliable.

Chu Ying locked eyes with her eldest son and conveyed silently: Anyway, Xiao Tang is there. Let him do it.

Shen Yan still didn’t fully agree: If he comes after school, everyone at the kindergarten will be gone. Are we supposed to let You You wait for him at the gate?

Shen Minyan: Then let him handle drop-offs only. After all, Xiao Tang goes with him every day anyway.

Shen Yan still wasn’t convinced.

No matter how good Tang Dou was, he wasn’t family. A real parent should be the one picking up their precious little one.

Shen Minyan coughed and blinked at him: Let it go. He’s still a kid too, after all.

Shen Yan went quiet, thought for a moment, and nodded. "Fine, we’ll assign you to Friday pickup and drop-off duty."

On Fridays, Shen Lin also got out of school at four.

It was Shen Lin’s first major victory in a family meeting. If he had a tail, it would be sticking straight up.

As they headed out, they ran into Pei Yi and Pei Qiqi coming out.

"Good morning, Uncle Pei! Good morning, Qi Qi gege!" the little one said energetically.

Pei Yi walked over, smiling, and ruffled his hair playfully. "Good morning, You You! You look so handsome today."

The little one stuck out his foot to show off his new shoes—a present from his little dad—very cool.

Pei Qiqi also complimented him.

The two little ones were buckled into their family car and strapped in safely into their car seats.

The little one, whose feet didn’t touch the floor, swung his legs and admired his new kicks.

It had been a very, very long time since his two dads went abroad, and this was the first time they had sent him something.

The shoes were specially bought by Su Siwen and Qin Kun to match the little one’s uniform.

But by the time the package arrived, the little one had already been in school for almost two weeks.

As they got out of the car, Shen Lin secretly slipped lollipops into the pockets of the two kids.

Qi Qi: "Thank you, Brother Shen Lin."

Shen Lin coolly tossed his head, "No need to thank me. Wait for me to pick you up this afternoon—we’ll go eat KFC."

Little one swallowed hard: "Big burger."

Shen Lin tapped the tip of the little glutton's nose: "Yes, a big burger. We’ll eat secretly—don’t tell Big Brother or Mom and Dad. Qi Qi, you have to keep it a secret too, okay?"

Pei Yi saw them still squatting there, so he walked over and urged them a few times.

Shen Lin immediately stood up, took the two kids by the hand, and led them to the back of the line.

After they went inside, Shen Lin lifted his arm and slung it over Tang Dou’s shoulder: "Brother Xiao Tang, I’m taking them to KFC this afternoon—don’t tell my brother, okay?"

Tang Dou narrowed his eyes, stood there waving to the two little ones, and kept smiling: "No."

Shen Lin clasped his hands together: "Brother Xiao Tang, a childhood without fried chicken, fries, and burgers is incomplete. Just agree, please, please."

Tang Dou gave the fidgeting teenager next to him a little push: "You should eat less of that stuff too."

"It’s not like we eat it every day..."

After the two little ones were taken inside by the teacher, the dropping-off parents gradually left.

"Brother Pei, can you pick up Qi Qi tonight?" Tang Dou asked.

Pei Yi glanced at his watch and nodded: "Yes, see you in the afternoon."

With that, he pulled open the car door, got into the driver’s seat, waved to Shen Lin and Tang Dou, and prepared to leave.

Every weekday morning, the entrance of Xingya Kindergarten is always crowded with vehicles.

Pei Yi steered, slowly edging his way out.

After moving about five meters, he suddenly got stuck in traffic.

Car horns blared one after another, and he muttered a curse.

Who has such poor manners—don’t they know honking isn't allowed near the kindergarten entrance?