Chapter 854: 856, why can dad do it, but I can’t? (Second update)

Jade must be carved to shape, just as people must learn to know righteousness.

Bao Bao shivered in fear, his voice still carrying a sob, looking extremely aggrieved as he said, "It was Daddy, it was Daddy who gave me the courage."

Mo Zhixuan’s face was a picture of astonishment, What nonsense is this little brat spouting? What does this have to do with him?

"You little rascal, what are you blabbering about!" Mo Zhixuan gave Bao Bao’s bottom another severe smack.

Bao Bao covered his bottom with both hands, looking particularly wronged as he said, "Daddy, I remember you taught me before that children shouldn’t be too selfish, that they should learn to share. If there’s something good, we must share it with other children, so I shared the cigarette with other children."

In Bao Bao’s eyes, cigarettes were the best things.

Sharing the best things was not wrong at all.

Mo Zhixuan, with a sentiment of resenting that iron could not become steel, said, "I said good things; are cigarettes good things?"

The tears welled up in Bao Bao’s eyes, "Then if cigarettes are not good things, why do you have to smoke them every day?"

Mo Zhixuan: "..." This is truly his son! Successfully dragged into the pit by him.

Even worse, he had no words with which to refute.

Chu Jin gave Mo Zhixuan a glance, her eyes seemingly saying, [Like father, like son.]

A shiver went through Mo Zhixuan’s heart; he almost didn’t dare to look Chu Jin in the eyes.

Mo Zhixuan indeed had a strong addiction to smoking; during the period Chu Jin was pregnant, he had once managed to quit, but after Bao Bao and Bei Bei turned one, he started smoking again.

Chu Jin looked at Bao Bao, "Mo Jingxing, stand up straight, adjust your attitude. Tell me, do you know your mistake?"

Bao Bao immediately stood up straight, looking at Chu Jin with tear-filled eyes.

"I don’t know!" Bao Bao pouted his little mouth, "I’m not wrong! Mommy is biased! Daddy smokes all the time and Mommy doesn’t care, and I’ve only smoked a few times. Yet Mommy helps Daddy to beat me! Mommy is biased! I don’t want to love Mommy anymore!"

Bao Bao felt very aggrieved, Mommy was too biased.

Chu Jin took the punishment ruler from Mo Zhixuan and spoke indifferently, "Hold out your hand."

Bao Bao hesitated, then stretched out his small hand in a soft voice, "Mommy, can you be gentle? I am your own son after all!"

"Do you know your mistake?" Chu Jin’s expression was still very cold.

"I’m not wrong! Mommy hitting her son doesn’t require a reason, it’s natural and right! But I’m not wrong! I won’t admit to something I didn’t do!" Bao Bao was a stubborn child; once he stood his ground, not even ten bulls could pull him back.

Chu Jin swung the ruler and struck Bao Bao’s little hand harshly.

A sound that made one’s scalp tingle echoed through the air.

And with it, Mo Zhixuan’s heart trembled as well.

This was his first time seeing Chu Jin so angry with Bao Bao.

This was also the first time Chu Jin had genuinely punished Bao Bao. Bao Bao and Bei Bei might be mischievous, but they were usually obedient, so this was a rare instance of her being harsh.

Bao Bao shouted loudly, "I’m not wrong! I just didn’t do anything wrong! Why can Daddy smoke and I can’t? Mommy is biased!"

Chu Jin looked at Bao Bao, then slowly said, "Mo Jingxing, are you saying you won’t accept this?"

"Yes! I don’t accept it! I’m not wrong!" Mommy is biased; she never minds when Daddy smokes! Bao Bao felt incredibly wronged. Holding back tears, his pitiful look softened Chu Jin’s heart as well.

However, at times like this, she couldn’t let her maternal instincts take over; she had to make Bao Bao realize his mistake.

"Daddy is an adult, are you? You’re only four years old. You say Mommy is biased, then tell me, which family’s four-year-old child has learned to smoke?" Chu Jin casually picked up a pack of cigarettes from the table, "Tell Mommy, what does it say on this pack of cigarettes?"

Bao Bao calmed down a bit, "Smoking is harmful to health, underage individuals prohibited from smoking."

"Do you know what ’underage’ means?" Chu Jin continued to ask.

"I don’t know." Bao Bao shook his head.

"Do you know what ’prohibited from smoking’ means?" Chu Jin asked again.

Bao Bao nodded, saying in an aggrieved tone, "I know, it means you can’t smoke."

Chu Jin nodded, then went on to explain, "Underage includes little babies like you, all children under eighteen years old. Cigarettes contain nicotine, which is a drug. If a little baby like you takes it in, it can damage your lungs and create a dependence. Daddy and Mommy stop you from smoking for your health. Adults have their world, and children have theirs. Things like cigarettes aren’t for someone of your age to touch."

"Oh." Bao Bao nodded, reflecting deeply, seeming to realize he was indeed wrong...

"Do you know what’s wrong now?" Chu Jin continued.

"I know..." Bao Bao hung his head and then added, "So if cigarettes contain nicotine, which is a drug, why is it that Daddy is okay after smoking them?"

Chu Jin’s eyes softened and in a gentle tone she said, "Because Daddy is an adult, dear. An adult’s organs are fully developed, unlike those of a little baby like you."

"But..." Bao Bao scratched his head, "the pack says smoking is harmful to health." Adults are strange; they treasure things that are harmful to their bodies.

Mo Zhixuan walked over, half-kneeled beside Bao Bao, "Bao Bao, you’re right, smoking is harmful to health. So, starting today, Daddy will no longer smoke, and you’ll monitor Daddy. If Daddy smokes again, you’ll punish Daddy, okay?" Sometimes, parents need to set a good example for their children.

Children have a strong capacity for imitation; they subconsciously mimic everything they see.

Mo Zhixuan is a good father and one who knows to correct his mistakes; he will be a good role model for Bao Bao and Bei Bei.

Bao Bao nodded his head, "Okay, Daddy."

"Good boy." Mo Zhixuan patted Bao Bao’s head.

"Good Daddy." Bao Bao also patted Mo Zhixuan’s head.

Mo Zhixuan: "..." Why did he have the illusion that he was the son?

Chu Jin chuckled lightly at the side; this father and son duo were truly a pair of treasures.

"As you realize your mistake, make sure you don’t do it again, okay?" Chu Jin continued, "The world of children is different from the world of adults. There are certain things you do at certain ages. You’re still young, and there are many things that kids your age shouldn’t be doing."

"Mhm," Bao Bao nodded earnestly, "Mommy, I understand. I won’t do it again."

"That’s good then." Chu Jin nodded, satisfied.

Seeing that Chu Jin was no longer angry, Bei Bei dared to approach, "Brother, does it hurt? Have some candy, it will be sweet and the pain will go away." Bei Bei pushed aside one candy into Bao Bao’s mouth.

"Thank you, Sister." Bao Bao politely thanked her.

The affection between this brother and sister was still very strong.

Chu Jin casually took out a bottle of Clear Heart Pill from her space and handed it to Bao Bao, "Give these to the other children tomorrow." The Clear Heart Pills could eliminate the harm of cigarettes and even break the addiction.

Bao Bao reached out to take the porcelain bottle, "Thank you, Mommy."

"Does it still hurt? Let Mom apply some medicine for you," Chu Jin reached out to pick up Bao Bao, a trace of distress flashing through her eyes, "Be good from now on and don’t worry Dad and Mom."

Clinging to Chu Jin’s neck, Bao Bao cooed, "It hurts, it hurts so much, Mommy. I’m your dear son, could you really bear to do it? Does it hurt me more or Mommy’s heart more when you hit me?" Bao Bao was a little devil; he understood everything.

"Mom doesn’t feel the pain at all," Chu Jin said with a laugh, "If you make mistakes again, Mom will spank your little butt until it blooms."

"Mommy, how could you bear to hit me when I’m so cute?" Bao Bao continued to act spoiled; the squeaky wheel gets the grease.

Bao Bao truly loved to act spoiled; sometimes, compared to Bei Bei, Bao Bao seemed more like a little girl.

Chu Jin couldn’t help but chuckle, "Where are you cute? I didn’t notice that."

Bao Bao pretended to sigh deeply, "Ah, you women, always saying one thing and meaning another. Everyone knows I’m cute from head to toe."

At the side, Bei Bei immediately made a gagging gesture, "Brother, if you keep this up, I’m going to throw up."

Chu Jin patted Bao Bao’s butt, "Don’t move, Mom is going to apply the medicine." The red and swollen area on the little bottom showed that Mo Zhixuan had been quite severe.

To say it didn’t hurt would be a lie.

It’s just that it couldn’t be shown.

Mo Zhixuan took the medicine bottle from Chu Jin’s hand, "Let me do it."

"Daddy, be gentle, remember at all times that I am your precious son." Bao Bao reminded him.

Mo Zhixuan said without changing his expression, "You came with a phone recharge."

Bao Bao laughed, "Liar! Daddy’s lying! How could a phone recharge ever come with a cute baby like me? If anything, a gift should be someone like Sister!"

"Mean brother, am I not cute?" Bei Bei hit Bao Bao lightly.

Watching the brother and sister, a smile flickered across Chu Jin’s brows.

"Mo Zhixuan, let’s take a trip to Poland Mountain before Bao Bao and Bei Bei start school," Chu Jin looked up at Mo Zhixuan.

Ever since Bao Bao and Bei Bei were born, she hadn’t been to Poland Mountain.

According to the traditions of Superpower World, children couldn’t be taken to the mountain before they were three years old. Now that Bao Bao and Bei Bei were four, Chu Jin wanted to take them to see the two elderly people on the mountain.

There was still a month before Bao Bao and Bei Bei started school, so there was enough time.

"Okay," Mo Zhixuan nodded his head, "It’s also time to go up and see the elders."

Four years had passed in the blink of an eye.

"Mommy, where is Poland Mountain? Who are we going to see?" Bei Bei asked curiously.

"Poland Mountain is on the west side of Superpower World; there live two grandparents who are Mommy’s lifesavers," Chu Jin explained.

However, the children were not focused on the two elders, but on the mountain itself, "Mommy, is it fun on the mountain?"

There were no mountains in Superpower World, and the two little ones had only seen mountains in cartoons, so they were quite excited.

"Of course, the mountain is fun," Chu Jin nodded.

"Is it as fun as the forest where Bear Brother and Bear Two live?" Bao Bao continued to ask.

Chu Jin smiled, "It’s much more fun than Bear Brother and Bear Two’s forest. It has wildflowers, wild fruits, wild rabbits..."

"I want to go, I want to go!" Bei Bei seemed very excited, then asked, "Mommy, when do we leave?"

Bao Bao was equally excited, "Mommy, let’s go now."

"Don’t rush, we’ll leave tomorrow," Chu Jin replied, "Let Daddy finish his work first today."

Bao Bao was so excited he forgot the pain in his bottom, "Then I won’t sleep tonight, I want to wait until tomorrow morning."

Bei Bei said with great joy, "I don’t want to sleep either, brother, let’s wait together until tomorrow morning."

The two little ones happily set their goal, but by around 8 p.m., both were asleep in bed like little pigs, the kind that not even thunder could wake up.

Chu Jin picked up her phone and took a photo of Bao Bao and Bei Bei, and uploaded it to Weibo.

"The Return of the Past" V: "Two little pigs. [Image.jpg]"

Ever since she had the children, Chu Jin’s Weibo has been taken over by Bao Bao and Bei Bei, with no trace of Mo Zhixuan to be found.

At this time, Mo Zhixuan was sitting in his office, dealing with work.

Because he was going to Poland Mountain tomorrow, he had to finish delegating some tasks tonight.

Chu Jin was on his mind, and when the Weibo notification came through, Mo Zhixuan subconsciously picked up his phone, a smile tugging at his lips, which froze when he read the actual post. After scrolling down a few pages, the look on Mo Zhixuan’s face grew even worse.

On Chu Jin’s Weibo, there was no longer any sign of him.

Ever since Bao Bao and Bei Bei arrived, it seemed to Mo Zhixuan that Chu Jin didn’t love him anymore; all she ever did was post photos of their two little cubs.

There was no place for him in the home anymore.

After thinking for a while, Mo Zhixuan commented under that Weibo post.

After leaving his comment, he switched off his phone with gloom and carried on working.

Yet, within minutes, his comment was liked enough to trend.

This generation of netizens was exceptionally brilliant, with a wide variety of replies to the post.

Chu Jin also burst into laughter when she saw Mo Zhixuan’s comment.

It read simply—

I’m jealous!

Four candid words that laid bare his bitter feelings.

Some even turned Mo Zhixuan’s image into an emoji.

Cold features paired with those few words: Baby’s got a mood!

And comments like, "Don’t be upset, after all, the two little pigs are your own flesh and blood, it’d be a pity to throw them away now when they are already so big."

"[Emoji/Crying with laughter] I get the feeling like the goddess is raising three kids."

"This dog food is also a blessing for me to eat!"

"I feel for my goddess, actually raising three babies."

"I feel sorry for Boss Mo, but I still want to laugh."

After speeding up the process of finishing his work, Mo Zhixuan returned to the imperial palace.

He thought Chu Jin would be waiting for him bathed and fresh in the bedroom, but to his surprise, the bedroom was empty, not a single person in sight.

There’s nothing more desolate in life than this.

Mo Zhixuan silently took a bath, changed into his pajamas, and went to the children’s room next door.

Sure enough, the bed in the children’s room had more than just the two little pigs asleep—Miss Chu herself was also there.

Mo Zhixuan sighed and silently walked over, picked up Chu Jin horizontally, and headed to the bedroom.

It wasn’t that Chu Jin was raising three children.

It was clear he had gained an extra daughter!

After carrying Chu Jin back to the bedroom, Mo Zhixuan went back to the children’s room to tuck in the two restless little ones properly.

Before covering them with blankets, Mo Zhixuan also took a photo and uploaded it to Weibo.

"First Encounter" V: "Not a single one saves me worry, it’s clear that I’ve gained a daughter."

This Weibo post was a retort to the netizen who mocked Chu Jin for raising three kids.

Once this Weibo was posted.

[Boss Mo is jealous] immediately topped the trending search list.

Weibo is the realm of the mundane world, not connected to the Three Realms.

Mo Zhixuan was also very careful when posting these photos, and since Bao Bao and Bei Bei turned one, he hadn’t shared any more frontal photos of them.

"Such sweet love."

"Boss Mo, you look so cute when you’re jealous."

"The goddess is a goddess indeed, even her sleeping pose is so beautiful."

"What did I do wrong? Why did I have to scroll to this Weibo post?"

**

The next day.

After bidding farewell to the elder Mrs. Mo and Zhao Yan, Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan set off for Poland Mountain with Bao Bao and Bei Bei.

The family, dressed in matching outfits, attracted countless second glances as they walked down the street.

Along the way, Bao Bao and Bei Bei were exceptionally excited, hopping and skipping ahead with Little Grey and Little White flanking them on either side.

Cute pets, cute kids—such a scene was extraordinarily pleasing to the eye.

Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan walked behind the two little ones, hand in hand, their smiles softening the edges around their eyes and lips.

The breeze was gentle, and the sunlight, not too harsh.

Days like this were truly wonderful.

"Daddy, look, there’s an ’airey’ in the sky," Bao Bao excitedly pointed to the airplane above.

"It’s an airplane," Mo Zhixuan corrected with a straight face.

"Airplane, a-i-r, airplane," Mo Zhixuan patiently explained.

"A-i-r, airey." Bao Bao studied earnestly, but his tongue just couldn’t get around that bend.

Chu Jin looked at Bao Bao and spoke softly, "Bao Bao, follow mommy, it’s air."

"Airey." Bao Bao looked at Chu Jin, seriously repeating the word, and then, with a puzzled face, he turned to Chu Jin, "Mommy, it’s ’airey’ right? Airey. Why do you and daddy always say I’m not pronouncing it right?"

To Bao Bao, ’airey’ and airplane sounded exactly the same.

The pronunciation was obviously the same, he thought his mom and dad were nitpicking.

This scene reminded Chu Jin of three years ago when Bao Bao was one, and also couldn’t tell the difference between ’airey’ and airplane.

Who would have thought that now, at four years old, Bao Bao still couldn’t distinguish ’airey’ from airplane.

Chu Jin shook her head helplessly.

Seeing this.

Bei Bei quickly covered Bao Bao’s mouth, "Brother, don’t talk for a while. I’ll tell you, you’re almost making mommy and daddy mad. Let me teach you, a-i-r, airey! Aireyplane!"

Mo Zhixuan: "..."

Chu Jin: "..."

And there was Bei Bei, looking at Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan with a face that said [Hurry up and praise me].

Mo Zhixuan took a glance at Bao Bao and Bei Bei, and with a bit of resignation, said, "Fine, if you say it’s airey, then it’s airey."

In a month, Bao Bao and Bei Bei would officially start first grade. By then, let the teacher take care of it.

To get to Poland Mountain, they had to walk along a mountain path, and then cross a river.

Originally, Mo Zhixuan could have used a flying machine, but in order to give Bao Bao and Bei Bei a more pleasant experience, he decided to take the normal route.

It was a good opportunity to enjoy the scenery along the way.

This was the first time Bao Bao and Bei Bei had been on a bamboo raft, and they yelled excitedly, "Wow, this river is so big, even bigger than the sea, I really like it here."

There were no seas in the Superpower World, but Bao Bao and Bei Bei had seen the sea on TV.

Chu Jin laughed and said, "This river is nothing compared to the sea; the sea is over ten times bigger."

Bei Bei immediately looked at Chu Jin with envy, "Mommy, have you seen the sea?"

Chu Jin nodded, "Of course, I’ve been there."

Bao Bao also ran over to sit on Chu Jin’s lap, "Mommy, why didn’t you take me and sister when you went to see the sea? Did you go with daddy? Mommy, you’re biased!"

Chu Jin stroked Bao Bao’s head, "You weren’t around at that time." She indeed had gone to the seaside with Mo Zhixuan, that was six or seven years ago, when they were in the ordinary world.

"Where were my brother and I then?" Bei Bei looked up at Chu Jin, batting her big eyes.

Mo Zhixuan spoke mildly, explaining, "Back then, you didn’t get kids with phone credit top-ups, so you two weren’t around yet."

Bao Bao and Bei Bei looked at Mo Zhixuan, bewildered: "..."

Chu Jin nodded in agreement, "What your dad said is right, kids weren’t part of the deal with phone credit top-ups at that time, so neither of you were around yet."

Bao Bao looked at Bei Bei, and Bei Bei looked at Bao Bao, the two little ones staring at each other with wide eyes.

Mommy and daddy had said more than once that they were gifts from phone credit top-ups; surely they couldn’t really be, could they?

Looking at the bewildered Bao Bao and Bei Bei.

Chu Jin and Mo Zhixuan chuckled softly to themselves.

The river beneath Poland Mountain was both wide and expansive, with beautiful scenery on its surface, including wild ducks and white swans drifting on the water.

Source: Webnovel.com, updated by Aunomay Read