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"Goodbye, Mother Fu Xuan!"

The next morning, after the three of them had breakfast, Fu Xuan had to go back to work at the Imperial Divination Bureau.

Lu Ze stood at the door with the little girl in his arms, seeing her off. Lu Yao leaned on Lu Ze's shoulder, waving her little hand at Fu Xuan and calling out sweetly.

"Okay, goodbye, Yaoyao. Remember to come back and visit your mother when you have time."

Fu Xuan said goodbye to Lu Yao, then helped her straighten her collar and gently smoothed out the silver lock on her chest.

"Don't tire yourself out," Lu Ze said with concern from the side.

"understood."

Fu Xuan glanced at him, his tone somewhat perfunctory.

Lu Ze accepted her blatant differential treatment with a mixture of annoyance and amusement.

Lu Ze watched Fu Xuan's figure gradually disappear into the distance until it turned the corner, then he lowered his head and spoke to the little girl in his arms.

"Yaoyao, let's go back to Daddy's house. Aunt Xilin is waiting for you there."

"Aunt Xilin!" The little girl's eyes lit up, and she exclaimed in surprise.

With the examples of her older sister, Daheita, and her mother, Fuxuan, already enjoying the sweetness of receiving gifts, the little girl was already starting to wonder what good things her Aunt Xilin would give her.

Lu Ze saw through the little girl's little thoughts and reached out to gently pinch her nose.

"Don't be rude. Aunt Xilin isn't much older than you, so don't pester her for gifts."

His words carried a hint of helplessness.

Sirin is someone with a history of giving Black Tower Honkai Energy Crystals; the things she gives away are incredibly unconventional.

He was really worried that when his daughter asked him for a gift, she would pull out some amazing thing from her person.

"Oh... okay."

The little girl was clearly downcast, her head drooping, and even her voice became softer.

Lu Ze saw this and sighed inwardly.

This is not a good sign; we must not let our daughter develop such a snobbish habit.

Children shouldn't be allowed to think that they'll receive gifts whenever they see elders; that's a bad habit.

However, you can't directly lecture your daughter. Children's worldviews are not yet fully formed, they don't understand those grand principles, and they don't like to listen to them.

So Lu Ze came up with another idea. He first cleared his throat.

"Yaoyao, shall Daddy tell you a little story?"

"Okay, okay!" The little girl got excited and looked up at him with bright, sparkling eyes.

"Once upon a time, there was a little cat who was very envious of all the other animals who received gifts. So she would ask everyone she met, 'What did you bring me today?'"

The more questions it asked, the more afraid its friends became, and they all started avoiding it.

Then winter came, and the kitten got sick and couldn't go out to find food. All the small animals in the forest came to visit it with food.

The kitten lay on the bed, feeling a warm glow inside.

Only then did it realize that friends are far more precious than any gift, and from then on it never chased after others for things again.

From then on, its friends were more willing to give it gifts, because it learned to cherish the sentiment, not just the material things.

After listening, Lu Yao's little face showed a serious expression, as if she was trying to digest the story.

After a while, she suddenly raised her head and said to Lu Ze with a proud look on her face.

"Daddy, Yaoyao needs to be a good girl, not a bad girl!"

Okay, even though I know this girl didn't really understand my story.

But knowing she had to be a good child, Lu Ze felt a warmth in his heart, and his father showed a satisfied smile.

"Alright, let's go!"

"Let's go!" the little girl shouted in her childish voice, raising her tiny fist.

Lu Ze pressed the watch on his wrist, and the light of the teleportation device lit up, enveloping the figures of the father and daughter.

The next second, the two figures disappeared from the living room, initiating a teleportation back to Earth.