48 Curiosity Killed the Cat
Li Zekai had stopped drinking milk powder when he was three years old. He didnât even like milk.
âThen why is he going to other peopleâs houses asking for milk? Does he want to ruin my image as his father?â Li Yanchen wondered.
Li Yanchen wondered how much he had neglected his son. He was an owner of a business worth hundreds of millions, and yet he couldnât even buy a can of milk powder for his youngest son. He wondered if he was too indifferent toward his sons. Lin Wan was no different. âWhy is she fooling around now?â
When Lin Wan and Li Zekai returned home, they acted as if they didnât even see Li Yanchen. The two sneaked into the kitchen. Lin Wan took out a storage bag and found a thin piece of bamboo. She scraped the milk powder off the soles of her shoes into the bag. She would be back in two days to send it for testing.
âKid, where did you go?â
âOh, dad! Iâm⦠doing an experiment.â Li Zekai didnât even look at his father. He held his little yellow cup tightly.
[The Cubâs answer is so perfunctory. Canât wait to find water to make milk powder?]
[Qi Zhi, please pay the advertising fee.]
[Hahahaha, how much did Qi Zhi pay? I, Hui Zhi, am willing to pay double.]
[Li Zekaiâs reply is so brisk. Li Yanchen is being ignored.]
[He deserves it. He didnât even care about the three children.]
[Why does the Cub keep following Lin Wan? They didnât have so many conflicts from the beginning, but still, it seems like they are getting along better than before. I donât understand.]
[I realized that Lin Wan canât do any work. If a child asks her for food, she will definitely rush to other peopleâs houses.]
[Xuanxuan, why are you still folding paper? Arenât your hands tired?]
âBrother, stop folding them. Letâs go and see what Li Zekai is up to. Heâs being so mysterious.â Usually, his younger brother ran to him to play with him, but today Li Zekai held something tightly in his hands and rushed to the kitchen.
It was as if Li Zexuan didnât even hear him. He was still fiddling with the paper in his hands. It was almost tearing apart from being folded and unfolded many times.
Li Zexuan didnât want to make any art pieces, he just wanted to kill time.
âBrother, will Ms. Lin secretly make something delicious for Jiejie? I saw something in Jiejieâs hand. Donât you want to drink fruit tea?â Li Zexin whispered.
âFruit tea?â Li Zexuan carried the starry paper and strode into the courtyard. Lin Wan would definitely do something like eating all the cake for herself. When he had just woken up, Li Yanchen had given him a piece of cake and said that Lin Wan had brought it back specifically for him.
Li Yanchen had been sitting in the courtyard. But now, he was so curious he couldnât sit still any longer.
[Theyâre all gone. Iâm so lonely.]
[Director, canât our distinguished VIP request for an additional scene? I want to see them!]
[I donât want to look at the big banyan tree.]
[Administrator: the staff is asking for the opinions of the parties involved. Please wait a moment.]
[Okay! Please do it in five minutes.]
[Iâm also very curious to see what secret Lin Wan and Li Zekai are cooking up.]
[Weâre done for. Weâre done for! Did we get deceived? Didnât we ask Lin Wan to quit crowdfunding? Why does everyone want to see her suddenly?]
[Who wants to see her? iIf Xuanxuan is still in the stream, I wonât even look at Lin Wan.]
[Oh? is that so?]
[I bet Lin Wan went into the kitchen to make some tea with the milk powder. She only knows how to make tea.]
When Li Zexuan and the others walked into the kitchen, Lin Wan was sitting on a small crawling board. She was holding a shoe in her hand and was poking at the sole of the shoe with a bamboo stick.
The roads in the village were muddy. Li Zexuan felt disgusted when he saw the mud that Lin Wan had scraped off.
âWhat are you guys doing? Are you collecting the sh * t on the soles of your shoes?â Li Zexin covered his nose.
If her stepsons had not reacted this way, Lin Wan would not have realized that the soles of her shoes were this disgusting. She let out a swear word.
âItâs no wonder she ran in so hurriedly. She stepped on sh * t. Just throw them away. I will buy you a new pair of shoes.â
Lin Wan threw her shoes into the plastic bag. This was Grandma Xiangâs latest design and her most valuable pair of shoes. But now, these shoes were stinky. Lin Wan felt terrible.
She casually picked up Li Yanchenâs slippers that he used for his bath. Her size 36 feet looked too small in the size 43 slippers. She wanted to wear the slippers to the henhouse and walk around to disgust Li Yanchen. He knew her well. Just as she was about to walk to the henhouse, he pulled her back.
âWow, what a dramatic reaction. Walking around in the shoes is fine, as long as you donât take it off and scrape things off of it in the kitchen!â Li Zexin had no filter.
Li Zekai also felt uncomfortable at his brotherâs words. However, Lin Wan had told him that they had no evidence of sleeping pills in the milk powder, so she couldnât tell anyone.
âThis is all very interesting.â Li Yanchen had been so curious for nothing. Curiosity had indeed killed the cat. âWhy am I even here?â he wondered.
He fanned his nose with a hand and pulled Lin Wan out of the kitchen into the courtyard.
In the live broadcast room, the family reappeared.
Li Zekai, who had previously pretended to want the milk powder, had lost interest in it because of his brothers and their disgusting words.
âYou guys are so annoying.â The little boy stomped his feet. The milk powder under Lin Wanâs shoes was obtained through a battle of wit and courage, yet it was being dismissed in such a way.
[Theyâre out! What are they doing?]
[Maybe they just wanted a cup of tea. Arenât you all paying just too much attention to this?]
In the programâs logistics, the staff who were just about to move the camera saw Li Zekai with the milk powder in his cup. If the milk powder really had a problem, would Xu Xiaoxiao really give it to another child?
At Wheatleyâs house, Nannan talked to Wheatley in front of the camera. âWhat will Wheatley buy for us?â she asked jokingly.
Wheatley raised her chin. âThe adults and the children go shopping separately at night. The director probably wanted us to give the adults a surprise. I donât want to ruin it.â
âYouâre so smart! I canât get anything out of you now, can I?â Nannan touched Wheatleyâs little nose lovingly.
âDaddy wants a lighter. He hasnât smoked for days, and his teeth are yellow.â Michael joined in.
âThat wonât do. Daddy wants to quit smoking. You canât be shameless and demand things from a child! Let her make her own decision.â
[Wheatley is so smart. Are Nannan and Michael hinting at the child to buy something?]
[I think the Festival Group said that each child will only be given 100 yuan. They can choose to give both parents a gift or buy something for just one person, but the parents are not allowed to give extra money.]
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[Nannan and Michael are so confident. How did they know that there would be gifts for each of them? Maybe Wheatley is only planning to give it to one person.]