Ling Mohan paid no attention to Feng Jin’s anger. He walked over to Da Bao and Er Bao, picking up the two children. It was the first time he felt Da Bao, that mischievous rascal, was so endearing.
“Da Bao is right. Your mother’s favorite is indeed your father. Her second favorites are you and your brother.”
Only he could be Feng Jin’s greatest love in this life. She could only place him first; even her sons could only rank second.
Feng Jin pressed her forehead, helpless. Fortunately, Cai Qing and Chu Qing had left early, otherwise, she would have been truly embarrassed.
“Don’t say such things in front of the children. You’ll corrupt them.” Feng Jin’s tone held a hint of anger. She was already worried about the children’s education, and he wasn’t helping at all. Instead, he was making sarcastic remarks, which was infuriating.
If Da Bao and Er Bao truly turned out bad in the future, Ling Mohan would have to take half the responsibility.
Ling Mohan shrugged helplessly. Seeing that Feng Jin seemed genuinely angry this time, he dared not provoke her further, fearing he would become the next target of her wrath, with all her anger directed at him.
“Look at you, coming back and just sitting there, hands spread, not taking care of anything. Do you want to be a hands-off manager? You don’t even help educate the children…”
Feng Jin’s complaints poured out. She glared fiercely at Ling Mohan, feeling that the man in front of her was becoming increasingly unsightly. She pushed him aside.
“Get out of the way, you’re blocking the path.”
She stomped hard on his foot, and only then did Feng Jin feel a little relieved. She walked out.
As the door closed, the father and two sons in the room simultaneously let out a sigh of relief, all feeling fortunate that Feng Jin had finally left.
“You two brats, did you make your mother angry again, forcing me to get scolded with you!”
From Feng Jin’s unusual behavior earlier, he had already guessed that these two rascals must have provoked her again, otherwise Feng Jin would never have been so angry. He was also implicated, and his return this time was truly ill-timed.
Er Bao remained silent, believing there was nothing to explain. Da Bao, however, was very eager, “Mother is angry… wants to hit… afraid… afraid…”
Ling Mohan snorted. He looked at the two little fellows in front of him, “Did you do something wrong that made your mother want to hit you?”
Feng Jin would never get so angry that she would resort to hitting them. Without much thought, it must be that these two children had committed some offense that angered Feng Jin to such an extent that she was truly going to give them a good beating.
“Playing with Great-Grandpa… Mother is angry, wants to hit!”
Da Bao was still too young and could only speak intermittently. But father and son had a tacit understanding, and Ling Mohan understood what his son meant.
He crouched down to meet Da Bao and Er Bao’s gaze, ready to give them a good lesson: “I’m telling you, in this family, Mother is the boss. So, whatever Mother says goes. If Mother gets really angry, you two must quickly admit your mistakes and find ways to make Mother happy immediately. Do you understand?”
“Afraid… afraid of Mother, shy…” Da Bao, startled, immediately pointed at Ling Mohan’s nose and said. After speaking, he hurried out, afraid of being caught and beaten again.
But with Da Bao’s short legs, he was no match for Ling Mohan. The man took two steps that were equivalent to one and caught Da Bao.
“Good, you brat! You dare to mock your own father? I think you’re really asking for a beating. If I don’t teach you a lesson today, I’m afraid you’ll be tearing down tiles from the roof tomorrow.”
Ling Mohan now understood why Feng Jin had been so angry earlier. Da Bao was simply too infuriating, and even he was starting to lose control and wanted to give Da Bao a good beating to vent his frustration.
“Dad… Dad… wrong…” Da Bao regretted it immensely at this moment. Indeed, his father was not as easy to fool as his mother. He had apologized several times, but Ling Mohan acted as if he hadn’t heard anything and completely ignored him.
Er Bao stood quietly nearby, witnessing everything, his face filled with a calmness unbefitting his age. He felt his father and brother were too boisterous.
Finally, unable to bear it any longer, he stood up and sat on a chair, quietly eating the pastries on the table.
“I’m not as easy to fool as your mother. If you say ‘sorry’ a couple of times, I’ll let you go. This time, I absolutely must discipline you thoroughly before you truly behave.”
Ling Mohan was just about to smack Da Bao’s backside when Feng Jin’s voice came from the opening door, and he quickly stopped.
“What are you doing?”
“Mother… help…”
As Da Bao’s cry for help rang out, Ling Mohan also put Da Bao down and looked at Feng Jin with a somewhat guilty expression, appearing flustered.
Feng Jin looked at the three of them with great helplessness and could guess what was happening. Was it inappropriate for her to come in now? It would be better to wait until Ling Mohan finished disciplining the rascal before entering.
But since she was already inside, turning around and leaving again would be inappropriate. She had no choice but to grit her teeth and stay.
“Mother… Father… hit… hit…”
Da Bao, as usual, began to complain, forgetting that the person who wanted to hit him just now was Mother.
Previously, upon seeing Da Bao’s pitiful state, she would have undoubtedly protected him without question. But now, after clearly seeing Da Bao’s mischievousness, she no longer wanted to protect him.
Instead, like Ling Mohan, she wanted to teach the brat a good lesson.
After a moment’s pause, Feng Jin pondered and said in a very calm tone, “Your father’s intention to discipline you naturally has his reasons. Did you do something wrong again just now?”
Feng Jin’s neutral stance stunned Da Bao, his face filled with disbelief. He couldn’t understand what was happening in this world, why everything was so different from what he had imagined…
Ling Mohan smiled faintly. Indeed, in Feng Jin’s heart, he was the most important. See, she was siding with him in everything now.
With this realization, Ling Mohan wore a faint smile all day, so much so that Lu Shi thought he had gone mad.