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Chapter 403: Don’t get mad, Daddy!

Chapter 403: Chapter 403: Don’t get mad, Daddy!

The little boy blinked, looking up at Yan Xu with an confused expression.

"Why? Mommy said that I can decide things on my own!"

The little boy, who had been taught to be independent from a young age, didn’t think what he did was wrong, though he noticed Mommy was upset. So, when he voiced it out, he inevitably felt wronged.

Yan Xu gently ruffled the little boy’s soft hair, considered his words for a short while, and then seriously spoke.

"Baby boy, this matter isn’t just about you. You’re Daddy’s and Mommy’s son, Grandpa’s and Grandma’s grandson. That’s a fact that can never be changed."

Although Yan Xu had improved and deepened his relationship with his son recently, he hardly ever explicitly taught him anything.

Because, in his opinion, their son already seemed more sensible than him sometimes.

So, now that he had to explain this big life concept to his son, he had to think about his choice of words to ensure that his son fully understood, without leading him astray.

The young master quickly understood Yan Xu’s meaning.

"I understand that even if we have adoptive grandparents, my real grandparents are still my real grandparents. I won’t live with them or change my last name from Yan. I’m still Yan Xu!"

Indeed, the baby boy had a knack for getting to the heart of the issue.

Yan Xu secretly praised his son. He thought some more and tried to explain even more deeply.

"What if Daddy or Mommy saw a cute kid in the park and, without consulting you, went ahead and adopted that kid as our son? This adoptive son would call us Daddy and Mommy just like you. Would that make you happy?"

The baby boy pondered for a while. In the end, he scratched his head as if he was starting to get Yan Xu’s point.

"Of course, I would be unhappy!"

That was exactly what Yan Xu wanted to hear!

"So, what if we first brought the kid home, introduced you to him, and after getting your consent, adopted him? Would you still be unhappy?"

The boy thought about it a little more and then shook his head. "If I liked the kid too, I probably wouldn’t be..."

"Uh huh, so, you can surely decide things for yourself, but you also need to respect your elders when it comes to things concerning them. Understood?"

The baby boy fell silent, "Daddy, do you mean Mommy is not upset because of my adoptive grandparents, but because she felt I didn’t respect her?"

Yan Xu increasingly felt that their son had a better sense of social conventions than he did.

"Yeah, that’s one way to put it."

As soon as Yan Xu finished speaking, the little boy kicked off the blanket and ran out barefoot.

Soon, Yan Xu heard the door to the next room being pushed open with a bang. He couldn’t help but chuckle and shake his head - his son was so impatient that he forgot to knock!

"Mommy!"

The crisp call of the little boy came in clear. It seemed that he even forgot to close the door after entering.

Yan Xu calmly got up, put on his shoes, took his son’s shoes, and walked to the room next door.

Zhu Qianying was sitting at her desk, in front of a laptop, with a jewelry design interface displayed on its screen.

Clearly, she wasn’t planning on going to sleep right after taking a shower.

Yan Xu wasn’t sure how to talk to her, thinking that he should later remind her that she was just an employee and not indebted to Ying Jewelry. She shouldn’t be overworking at the expense of her health.

The barefoot little boy had already climbed onto Zhu Qianying’s lap, and they were facing each other.

"Mommy, I’m sorry."

Zhu Qianying’s thoughts were still on the design drawings and was momentarily taken aback by her son’s sudden apology.

"Baby, why are you apologizing?"

Hearing footsteps, the little boy tilted his body to look. Seeing Yan Xu, he broke into a smile. Then, with a stern face, he asked Zhu Qianying.

"Mommy, did you get upset because I recognized adoptive grandparents?"

Zhu Qianying also heard the footsteps and glanced at Yan Xu before turning to question her son.

"Who told you?",

Pointing at Yan Xu who was standing nearby, the boy said, "Daddy did!"

Zhu Qianying was surprised. Was Yan Xu now so aware that he even noticed her well-concealed emotions?

But in actuality, it wasn’t Yan Xu who first noticed her unhappiness - it was the boy himself.

All Yan Xu did was educate the little boy a bit, helping him understand where he had upset his mom.

"Tell me, why is Mommy unhappy?"

Zhu Qianying intended to ignore Yan Xu and pinched her son’s cheek as she asked him.

"As Mommy’s son, I should have asked for your permission first before recognizing adoptive grandparents. I’m sorry, Mommy!"

Inwardly, Yan Xu felt pleased and silently praised their son for having such understanding. Yes, the boy was a fast learner!

Zhu Qianying felt relieved – after recognizing Yan Xu as his father, their son had not become domineering and dictatorial. Instead, he had become more considerate and understanding.

"Uh huh, Mommy was a little bit unhappy at first. But then I thought about how much your adoptive grandparents love you. It’s great that you have two more people to love and cherish you, and all my unhappiness just vanished."

Zhu Qianying was telling the truth. At first, she was a bit bothered - her son had become someone else’s grandson for no reason. It felt like her son had been split in half.

But after Yan Xu pointed it out to her, she realized the other side of the coin. From her perspective, her son had been split in half, but from her son’s perspective, he gained two powerful and influential elders who care for him.

Her son’s life was going to be long, and no one knew what he might encounter. These two elders would also protect and cherish him, just like they, his parents, would.

Looking at it from this perspective, it was an addition, not the subtraction she initially perceived.

Hearing Zhu Qianying say this, the baby boy was overjoyed. But then, he lifted Zhu Qianying’s face, studying it.

"Mommy, are you sure you’re not mad at me?"

Zhu Qianying couldn’t help but laugh, mingled with faint annoyance, "Of course, Mommy is not petty."

For some reason, after hearing Zhu Qianying’s words, the boy gave Yan Xu a glance.

Intuitively, Yan Xu could tell the child had related his mother’s words to him. He was about to divert the conversation when he heard his son speak.

"Mommy, then can you also not be mad at Daddy?"