After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 28 Do you want to go to the amusement park?

The plan to raise Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao continued day by day.

Xu Yuan continued to look for opportunities to cultivate Xia Ke's self-control, which was not an easy task for a child in a sensitive period.

Fortunately, Xu Yuan discovered a few ways to deal with Xia Ke.

One reason is Xia Ke's own great interest in the act of "serving".

Because Xia Ke not only likes to call Xu Yuan "Young Master", but also likes to actually serve Xu Yuan as a young master, or "serve" sounds more elegant.

Although no one can understand the inner world of an eight-year-old child, for Xu Yuan, a useful method is a good method, and I need to cooperate with her.

This is, after all, a bond between me and Ake! It will become a beautiful and slightly embarrassing memory in the future.

Another one is about the ultimate punishment trick of tickling.

Xia Ke is a very ticklish child; she will obediently surrender whenever Xu Yuan tickles her.

Of course, this trick should be used depending on the situation. If Xia Ke is clearly angry and cannot be coaxed, tickling will only add fuel to the fire.

In addition, Xia Ke's intelligence level is indeed a bit worrying.

Xu Yuan only hoped that Xia Ke was just playful and hadn't figured things out yet.

As she grows older and becomes more intelligent, she won't face too much academic pressure in her future school life.

Thinking about it that way, I should recommend she eat more walnuts, or maybe it's not too late to supplement with zinc...

Sigh, why think so much?

Let's protect our Ake first and make sure she lives past 16!

As for Lin Yueyao, Xu Yuan didn't have much to worry about.

As Lin Yueyao's interest in piano lessons grew stronger, in addition to her weekly lessons, she would also practice at Xu Yuan's home using an electronic keyboard.

After only two weeks and three lessons, Lin Yueyao was already able to play "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star" on Xu Yuan's electronic keyboard.

When she played it for her mother, Lin Jing, she said that Xu Yuan had taught her to play it, which made Lin Jing very happy, and Xu Yuan was also very pleased.

This child went from being completely afraid to lie to learning to use white lies entirely thanks to my excellent guidance as his "older brother".

In addition, the relationship between Xu Yuan's family and Lin Yueyao's family has become much closer.

The three children would go home together after school. Although Xia Ke loved Aunt Lin Jing's cooking, she still had both parents and would definitely get scolded if she didn't go home.

So most of the time, Xu Jingguang, Xu Yuan, Lin Yueyao, and Lin Jing would eat together.

However, there are usually only three people at the dinner table.

Lin Jing insisted on not eating at the table, but instead picked up some food from her rice bowl and ate from a small stool on the side.

Xu Jingguang didn't force her, because he knew that there were no Qi-Lu customs in Chubei, and Lin Jing was simply trying to avoid suspicion.

It doesn't matter whether the children sit at the table or not, but if Lin Jing, a nanny, also sits at the table to eat, it will really create a misunderstanding.

Perhaps out of a sense of compensation, Xu Jingguang would act very enthusiastic towards Lin Yueyao.

"Come on, Yueyao, don't just focus on eating the vegetables in front of you. Eat more meat too. You're so thin, you need to eat more to gain weight so you'll be even prettier."

"Okay... thank you, Uncle Xu."

Lin Yueyao was still highly nervous in front of Xu Jingguang.

After all, Xu Jingguang was the head of the family, and he had done something to betray his uncle.

But the more humble she acted, the more Xu Jingguang felt pity for this little girl who had no father.

Girls who lack fatherly love and grow up in such a loveless environment are easily deceived by bad men. There are many such examples among my former classmates.

But whenever Xu Jingguang tried to talk to Lin Yueyao a little more, Lin Yueyao would tremble with fear, which confused Xu Jingguang.

So, one morning when he was taking Xu Yuan to school, Xu Jingguang confided his troubles to his son.

"Son, do you think your father looks scary?"

"What's wrong? Isn't he handsome?"

I look like him.

Actually, Xu Yuan is quite handsome when he grows up, but he is poor and has a trauma. He has never dared to date and thinks about how to make money to pay off his debts every day. People say he is so handsome that he looks like a gay man.

"Then... why do you feel that Yueyao isn't as close to me as she was at the beginning?"

Xu Jingguang said, "I feel like she's quite afraid of me."

"We're still not familiar enough with each other."

Xu Yuan said, "She has never had a father since she was little, so she will definitely respect you as her father in her heart."

"But her mother works here after all, and she is afraid of upsetting you. If her mother loses her job, it will be very difficult for her."

"You've seen so much at such a young age, you've really grown up." "Actually, I'm not that amazing, it was Yueyao who told me secretly."

Xu Yuan said, "That's the gist of it, but I think she likes you quite a bit, she's just not very familiar with you yet."

"If that's the case..."

Xu Jingguang thought for a moment, "Then, how about I take you, Yueyao, and Xia Ke to the amusement park on Saturday?"

"?"

Hearing his father actively helping Xu Yuan's two childhood sweethearts maintain their relationship, Xu Yuan not only wasn't happy, but his expression became tense instead.

"Dad, why did you suddenly say you want to go to the amusement park?"

"I just... hope you can get closer to Yueyao and Xia Ke."

Xu Jingguang said, "You've finally made some good friends, and I don't want them to be too afraid of me. I welcome them to come to my house to play."

"Dad, did you also invite Aunt He to go together?"

"..."

Xu Jingguang immediately showed a somewhat embarrassed expression, "It was indeed she who mentioned it to me first. I just remembered that you haven't been to an amusement park in a long time, so I asked for your opinion first."

How come this kid is so perceptive?
Although it had been almost half a month since He Xiaona last visited, Xu Yuan still admired her thick-skinned and stubborn spirit.

The reason he was so sensitive about amusement parks was because the first time Xu Yuan went to play with He Xiaona in his previous life was at an amusement park.

At that time, he really had a good impression of He Xiaona. After all, he had been lonely all the time, and it was easy for a young boy to fall for a beautiful aunt who cared about him.

But things are different now, women!
Xu Yuan certainly couldn't directly express too much dislike, after all, he had just "made up" with He Xiaona not long ago.

"Dad, didn't I tell you? I have a piano class on Saturday, so I don't have time to go to the amusement park."

"Then, how about Sunday?"

Xu Jingguang added, "Actually, your Aunt He initially wanted to invite Dad over alone, but Dad felt it wasn't appropriate and refused."

That's really not appropriate.

It would be really inappropriate to send the two of you to the amusement park alone!
What kind of amusement park or theme park facilities could Baimei County have in 04?
At most, it's just something like a carousel or bumper cars.

In other words, if the two of them went alone, it would be a real date. In the traditional educational environment of a small county town in 04, it was basically no different from dating, at least in the ambiguous stage.

It turns out that He Xiaona finally realized that my presence was too much of a nuisance, and wanted to find an opportunity to cultivate a relationship with her father alone, trying to win him over to her side before dealing with me.

Well, after all, she's the white moonlight. Even for a father, there might be some things he didn't dare to do when he was young that he wants to relive.

Then, after a few words of lamentation and a few drinks, we'll pour our hearts out to each other, and eventually, I'll be tricked into bed. After that, I won't have a role to play anymore.

Fortunately, her father was a rather traditional and conservative man, which prevented his plan to leave He Xiaona alone from succeeding.

"Then... if I go on Sunday, will Aunt He come too?"

Xu Jingguang was taken aback at first. "Didn't Dad say he rejected her?"

"Huh? I thought you meant—"

Xu Jingguang reiterated his stance, "Dad means that he will only take you and your friends to the amusement park."

Why are you so insistent on going to the amusement park?

Xu Yuan didn't want to spend any sweet parent-child time with his dad; taking them to the amusement park by himself was more meaningful.

After all, it can help cultivate a relationship with your childhood sweetheart and create precious and beautiful memories.

What are you going to do with Dad?
I don't need the warmth of a father's love anymore.

Just as Xu Yuan was making various calculations in his mind, Xu Jingguang's voice rang out:

"Dad just suddenly thought of something recently."

Xu Jingguang looked at the crowds of people coming and going on the sidewalk, and his thoughts seemed to drift away with his gaze.

“Since my mother passed away, my father and I have never been to an amusement park together.”

……

For Xu Yuan, who has been reborn, the memory of his mother's death is very distant.

Because there is no memory of it, there is no real sadness to speak of.

But for the father, Xu Jingguang, it was clearly not that simple.

“Sunday…I should have time.”

Xu Yuan stroked his chin thoughtfully, "I'll ask them after school if they'd like to go together."

　I forgot to set the timer! I just woke up, but I have a draft saved up, so don't worry.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)