I was approached by a cat-eared girl.

Chen Shuo took a piece of candy out of his pocket and stuffed it into his son's mouth. "Here's some candy for you. You're not allowed to talk now. Mom is asking me something important."

The siblings sat around their parents, with little Chen Qinghan being held in Bai Xiaoqi's arms as the mother and daughter spoke softly.

Chen Shuo leaned in to listen. Chen Qi'an was very obedient; he didn't talk when he had candy, and with candy in his mouth, he turned his head and savored it.

Bai Xiaoqi asked a bunch of questions and was relieved. Chen Shuo was also relieved. There's a saying that goes something like this: children are very innocent, and even their so-called liking is very innocent. When they say they like someone, they just want to play with that person.

Even when they say they want to get married, they are merely imitating adults.

Foolish children don't understand the true meaning of these words at all; they may just be foolish enough to think that getting married means they can play together forever.

Regardless of whether the chubby boy was like that or not, hearing those words about liking someone and wanting to get married still made the two parents very uncomfortable and inevitably angry.

How come you, that bastard, have your eyes on my precious daughter whom I usually cherish?

However, my daughter didn't like that chubby boy at all. She even frowned and said she was annoyed by him. Even though she had said she didn't like playing with him, he would still come over to her all the time.

At this point, Chen Shuo had to lecture his son, "Xiao Bao, what did Dad tell you? I told you to protect your sister. Did you protect her?"

“I did protect him, but Da Bao said he didn’t need my protection.”

"I'm the older sister, it's more like I should be protecting you."

"Nonsense, I'm a boy. My dad said that boys should protect their families."

"Alright, alright, quiet down, listen to what your teacher is saying."

The female teacher reappeared on the stage at some point and asked all the parents to bring their children to the playground outside.

The family members all took their children and went outside. Bai Xiaoqi put the down jacket on her daughter, and then Chen Shuo pulled her out with him.

Once we got outside, I understood. Next, there was some ridiculous three-legged race where parents and children had their legs tied together and had to run forward. The top three would get prizes.

Upon hearing about the prize, Bai Xiaoqi became excited. She compared her legs with her daughter's short legs, then looked at her son's short legs. After thinking for a while, she realized that she had two legs, so she could tie one on each side.

She felt that even if she tied a doll to her left leg and a doll to her right leg, she could still run incredibly fast and definitely win first place.

Chen Shuo scoffed from the side, "Foolish, let's both participate. If we win first or second place, we'll get two prizes."

"That's right."

Bai Xiaoqi had to admit that what this guy said made a lot of sense, but it also raised a new question: "Can you come in second place?"

"Who do you think you are?"

Chen Shuo took the strip of cloth handed to him by the teacher, squatted down and tied his right ankle to Chen Qi'an's left ankle. "Xiao Bao and I are going to get first place."

"Dad, I want to be with Mom."

No, you want to be with Dad.

Bai Xiaoqi, who was standing next to her, also tied her and her daughter's feet with strips of cloth. Hearing Chen Shuo's boastful words, she couldn't help but wrinkle her nose. She felt that this guy knew nothing about strength.

"Da Bao, first place is ours, right?"

"Mmm!" The little girl nodded vigorously.

The other parents were also very confident. In the whole class, only Chen Shuo's family had two children; the others all had only one child.

If Dad comes today, of course Dad will lead the team onto the field. If Dad doesn't come, then Mom will have to go. A whole bunch of parents are there giving pre-competition pep talks.

"First, never get second place; second, always get first place."

"Friendship first, competition second."

"......"

The game started the next moment, and a large group of parents led their children forward with all their might, only to be stunned by what they saw.

Whose general is that, and why is he so brave?

Bai Xiaoqi and her daughter took the lead. Many parents thought this was too simple before the competition. After the cloth strips were tied on, they found that if they couldn't find the tacit understanding and rhythm, even walking was difficult, let alone running.

The mother and daughter were different from everyone else in the entire competition. To be precise, they jumped, and Chen Qinghan felt like she was flying.

She used her arm to support her daughter's body in mid-air, and then used her free leg to hop forward one step at a time. Although it was on one leg, she hopped quickly and steadily, looking effortless.

By the time the group of parents recovered from their daze, she had already hopped to the finish line with her daughter.

"Damn it..."

Chen Shuo squeezed out two words through gritted teeth, and tried to jump forward with his son like she did, but found that this thing was too physically demanding and caused instability, making it easy to fall. So he could only walk forward obediently.

"Mom has already reached the finish line, Dad, why don't you do the same?"

"It's because you're too heavy."

Chapter 318 Who Am I?

After the competition, Bai Xiaoqi and her daughter won first place, while Chen Shuo, relying on his good physical condition and his good teamwork with Chen Qi'an, managed to take second place.

When it came time to hand out the prizes, the female teacher was a little confused. The three-legged race was supposed to be a way to train the tacit understanding between parents and children, as well as the children's ability to coordinate their feet. But did this mean that she had led the children to hop all the way to the finish line, which was a violation of the rules?

She'd been a kindergarten teacher for years, and every time the kindergarten held a parent-child activity, they'd have this three-legged race. She'd seen people run fast, but she'd never seen anyone hop forward on one leg while supporting a child, and hop so fast... It was truly the first time she'd ever seen that.

I've learned so much!

Despite her thoughts, she still handed out the prizes. The first prize was a Santa Claus piggy bank, a cartoon version; the second prize was a small Santa Claus doll, the kind that costs ten yuan; and the third prize was a Christmas sticker.

After all, it's Christmas, so all the gifts are related to Christmas. The prizes given to the kindergarten kids are more symbolic than practical, and they're all cheap stuff.

As soon as the siblings received their prizes, a bunch of little kids surrounded them, chattering away and looking at the prizes in their hands with envy.

"Your mom is amazing!"

"It's so pretty!"

"Hmph, my mom is the most beautiful and most amazing mom in the world!" Chen Qi'an said proudly, his three-year-old face full of pride.

"Wow!"

A bunch of kids were incredibly envious. The most beautiful and most amazing mom in the world—it sounded so incredible.

The prettiest and most amazing mother the little kid had been talking about was standing with her husband. Chen Shuo squatted down and rubbed and touched her legs, finally asking, "Doesn't your leg hurt...?"

"It doesn't hurt."

"And here?" Chen Shuo lifted her trouser leg and touched her ankle through her cotton socks.

"It doesn't hurt, it doesn't hurt at all."

Hearing her say that, Chen Shuo finally stood up with relief. It was good that it didn't hurt. It was not worth hurting his leg for a cheap prize worth a few dozen yuan.

"Tsk tsk..." He clicked his tongue again the next moment. He hadn't realized she had this ability before. She was really hiding her true strength. This wasn't a cat girl, she was clearly a frog girl.

"I already know your true identity."

"?"

Bai Xiaoqi paused for a moment, then whispered, "Didn't you already know that?"

"No, no, no." Chen Shuo shook his head, lowered his voice, and said with a serious expression, "Actually, you weren't a cat, you were a frog, right?"

"Go to hell."

After being punched, Chen Shuo chuckled. The two siblings overheard the second half of Chen Shuo's sentence. The two children exchanged a shocked glance. Their mother was actually a frog in disguise?!

"Dad, was Mom transformed from a frog?"

"That's right. Actually, your mother isn't from Earth. She's a frog-woman from outer space, from the M888 Nebula. But you must never tell anyone. This is our family secret."

"Yes, yes!" The siblings nodded vigorously and readily agreed.

Then Chen Qi'an turned around and betrayed his father, running to the group of children with a proud look on his face and asking loudly, "Do you know why my mother jumps so fast?"

Why?

"Because my mother isn't from Earth; she's a frog-person from the M888 Nebula!"

"Wow!"

A group of kids exclaimed in exaggerated surprise. Although they didn't know what the M888 Nebula was, the frogman was amazing.

Seeing that the unfortunate kid had sold him out so easily, Chen Shuo didn't care. Instead, he laughed. Who would believe such a thing? Only a stupid little brat like him would. As for the adults who heard this, they would just shake their heads and laugh it off.

Bai Xiaoqi reached out and pinched him, "You're still laughing."

Chen Shuo twisted his waist to dodge, "So what if you're a frog? It's better than knowing you're a cat, right?"

"Mom is a cat in disguise?" Chen Qinghan covered her mouth in surprise. She didn't quite believe the frog had turned into a cat, but for some reason, she believed this one.

It's an indescribable feeling, but I just really believe that my mother must have been a cat in disguise.

"Don't listen to your dad's nonsense, Mom isn't a cat in disguise." Bai Xiaoqi quickly denied it. Usually, she was careful not to show her cat ears in front of her two children, for fear of being discovered, but today this guy exposed her in no time.

No, I need to find a reason to beat him up when I get home.

She paused, then added, "But your father was a dog in disguise."

"..." Young Chen Qinghan turned her head and looked up at her father, her expression troubled. She also believed this for some reason.

It turns out that her mother was a cat in disguise, and her father was a dog in disguise.

She was very distressed about this. She used to think she was a human being, but now that she knew her father was a dog and her mother was a cat, she realized she was definitely not a human being anymore.

So what is oneself?

Cat or dog, or dog and cat?

"Don't listen to your mother's nonsense. How could Dad be a dog in disguise?"

“Your father was a dog in disguise, your mother is not lying to you.”

"..."

Chen Qinghan looked at this one, then turned to look at that one, stammering for a long time with her mouth open, before finally lowering her head silently and walking over to sit on the seesaw.

She needs to ponder a philosophical question that has troubled humanity for countless years.

who am I?

Seeing his daughter leave without a word, Chen Shuo shrugged. "Da Bao is still so young, and you keep arguing with her about these things. See, you've burned out her CPU, haven't you?"

As he spoke, he turned to look at his daughter, who was frowning and deep in thought, and couldn't help but sigh. Da Bao, that child, has suffered because she is too smart.

If it were Xiao Bao, he wouldn't be afraid of these brain-teasing questions because he doesn't have a brain.