I Was Scammed By A Snow Leopard cub - Chapter 23

Chapter 23 – A Small Quarrel

After he finished speaking, Xie Yingcheng paused while playing and looked up at him.

His eyebrows were slightly curved with a faint smile, as if the previous sentence was about today’s weather, or something insignificant.

Xie Yingcheng’s eyes darkened and he asked, “Are you sure?”

Luo Yu nodded simply: “I’m sure.” He was not a person who was impulsive and reckless. He made this decision after careful consideration.

Feeling that his eyes were extremely serious and not a joke, Xie Yingcheng suddenly fell silent, lowered his head to avoid his gaze, and used the action of tidying up the chessboard to hide the unknown emotions in his heart.

“Think about it, this will leave a record in your file.”

“Yeah, that’s okay.”

“For an omega, this kind of record cannot be deleted and it is likely to affect your future marriage.”

“I understand that.”

“This means that you need to cooperate with me in public and act like a real couple.”

“…”

The sudden pause made Xie Yingcheng raise his head unconsciously, but he found that Luo Yu was supporting his chin with a hint of mischief in his eyes.

“Admiral Bourne Copeland,” he tapped his fingers twice on the chessboard, “You make me feel like I’m signing a contract to sell myself… Could it be that the youngest commander of the main planet and the famous admiral is actually a bad partner, the kind that people want to avoid?”

Xie Yingcheng was speechless.

Certain concerns hidden in his heart were completely wiped out by his simple question. He stood up and put on his coat again.

“Let’s go, and register at the Information Bureau while Xie Anxing is still asleep.”

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At three o’clock in the afternoon, Wen Qiu came to teach the cub as usual. As soon as he stepped through the door, the cub ran to him.

“Grandpa Wen! Look, look! Luo Luo will be Tuan Tuan’s father from now on!” The little guy stood on tiptoe, raised his hands high, and showed Wen Qiu a copy of the marriage certificate, showing off happily.

Wen Qiu looked at him with surprised eyes. Luo Yu felt inexplicably guilty. He smiled politely and then quietly looked away.

The little kid was kept in the dark, he was naive and ignorant, so it was easy for him to cover it up, but Wen Qiu couldn’t.

Sure enough, during the break, Wen Qiu took advantage of the cub’s absence to ask Luo Yu about the details. Xie Yingcheng had explained Wen Qiu’s relationship in advance, so Luo Yu didn’t need to hide anything and simply explained the matter in a few words.

Wen Qiu disagreed: “A’Cheng is too hasty… No matter what, he shouldn’t have involved you.”

Luo Yu quickly explained: “I volunteered to participate, and Tuan Tuan was reluctant to let me go, so I just decided to stay.”

It must be admitted that Luo Yu agreed, in large part because of the cub. Although it is unknown how long this relationship will last, it will give the cub more time to buffer his emotions until he can calmly accept his departure.

Wen Qiu sighed, and hesitated to speak: “Tuan Tuan is sensitive and sentimental. Maybe this way of handling it…”

Wen Qiu’s worries were reasonable. As the relationship deepened, the cub might collapse even more severely. In this regard, the only way Luo Yu could think of was to distract the cub’s emotions and attention and try to alleviate the damage caused by separation to the cub.

So he asked Wen Qiu: “Mr. Wen, do you know any kindergartens suitable for Tuan Tuan?”

Wen Qiu was stunned: “You want to send Tuan Tuan to kindergarten? Have you discussed it with A’Cheng?”

Luo Yu pursed his lips and shook his head. “Not yet, but I think Tuan Tuan’s form is almost stable now, and maybe I should try to get in touch with people of the same age.”

After having friends, the cub’s life becomes much richer than it is now. With new friends, he won’t be too lonely when Luo Yu leaves.

Wen Qiu thought: “What you said makes sense, but I still need to discuss it with A’Cheng… As for kindergarten, Xingyuan is good. It’s not far from here, and the environment and teachers are good.”

The Xingyuan that Wen Qiu proposed was a kindergarten for the nobility. It had a certain admission threshold and accepted both orcs and human cubs. Luo Yu thanked Wen Qiu and planned to go and take a look in a few days.

Before that, they must confirm the attitudes of the cub and Xie Yingcheng. After today’s class, Luo Yu knocked on the door of the cub’s room.

Tuan Tuan was still packing up his school books. When he saw Luo Yu, he immediately put down his books and ran over: “Luo Luo! Grandpa Wen said that there is a second volume of the book that Grandma Yi gave Tuan Tuan. Can we go buy it?”

Luo Yu pinched the cub’s fair and tender face with amusement: “We’ve just started the first volume, and you’re already thinking about reading the second volume?”

The cub pouted: “Because I watched it with Luoluo. It felt like I finished it in a flash, as fast as a ‘whoosh’!” The cub made an exaggerated circle from left to right, giggled and jumped into Luo Yu’s arms.

Luo Yu stroked his furry head and asked calmly, “Does Tuan Tuan want to read with anyone else besides me?”

The cub tilted his head and thought seriously: “Well… there are also Grandpa Wen, Grandma Yi, Uncle Wen Yan…” Several names popped out of the cub’s mouth in succession, and finally he added in a low voice: “And father!” But as soon as the cub finished speaking, he lowered his head dejectedly.

“Tuan Tuan also wants to read with father…but Tuan Tuan can’t understand father’s book. Luoluo, is Tuan Tuan a fool?”

The kid’s mood suddenly became depressed, and Luo Yu quickly comforted him: “How can Tuan Tuan be stupid? Tuan Tuan is the smartest kid I have ever seen, better than other kids.”

The cub’s eyes lit up quietly: “Really? Tuan Tuan is really better than the other kids?”

Luo Yu said calmly: “Yes. Tuan Tuan has never played with other children, so he can’t feel it.”

The cub blinked and clenched his fingers unconsciously. After a long while, he said hesitantly, “It’s okay. As long as Luo Luo knows it, I’m glad.”

Luo Yu saw the cub’s slight entanglement and hesitation, and felt more confident.

In the evening, Luo Yu found an opportunity to talk to Xie Yingcheng about what happened in the afternoon. When Xie Yingcheng heard that Luo Yu wanted to send Tuan Tuan to kindergarten, his first reaction was to refuse.

“No, he’s safest staying at home.”

Luo Yu patiently laid out his reasons: “Admiral, you can’t protect Tuan Tuan forever, right? Tuan Tuan will grow up, have his own ideas, and should have his own circle of friends instead of being trapped at home all the time.”

Xie Yingcheng frowned: “This matter is not as simple as you think.”

Luo Yu still insisted on his point of view: “I know. But this is not completely impossible, right?”

Xie Yingcheng responded firmly: “There is no point in doing this.”

After being rejected one after another, Luo Yu was a little annoyed and retorted: “Has the Admiral ever asked Tuan Tuan about his own thoughts? Isn’t it too arbitrary to deny it without trying it?”

Xie Yingcheng did not speak, and the atmosphere became stalemate. Finally, he said in a deep voice: “Luo Yu, I have my own considerations.”

Luo Yu met his gaze without flinching: “I also stick to my opinion, Admiral.”

Both sides held their own opinions and failed to reach an agreement in the end, so the matter ended hastily.

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The next morning, the cub was chewing buns, looking at Xie Yingcheng and Luo Yu from time to time. The cub was a little confused: it was only one night, why did he feel that something was not right between Luo Luo and his father?

Although Luo Luo was the same as usual, he didn’t even look at his father. His father was only busy reading the newspaper. Apart from a greeting at the beginning, there was absolutely no communication between them.

Could it be that something happened that they didn’t tell the little one? Tuan Tuan puffed up his cheeks and got quietly angry.

“Did father and Luo Luo have a fight?” A crisp baby voice rang out at the dining table, and the two adults quickly denied it in unison.

“No.”

“No.”

The cub wrinkled his nose and asked, “Then why don’t you talk to each other?”

Luo Yu secretly had a headache. Sometimes it was not good for a kid to be too smart. He and Xie Yingcheng had a quarrel the night before and parted on bad terms. What was there to talk about?

He was just worrying about it when Xie Yingcheng suddenly said, “The Zhuxing Military Academy invited me to be a visiting professor, and I agreed.”

Luo Yu was stunned: “Ah? …Oh.”

He went on: “I have a lecture in the afternoon, which will end at about four o’clock. I will be home at five o’clock.”

Luo Yu felt something was wrong and replied hesitantly: “…Be careful on the road?”

After Xie Yingcheng left, Luo Yu packed up the kitchen utensils and finally figured out why he felt so strange.

This kind of conversation… seems too much like a daily report between lovers, right?

But he and Xie Yingcheng are not like that!! Luo Yu was extremely embarrassed and felt uncomfortable the whole morning. This inexplicable emotion lasted until the afternoon before gradually subsiding.

Luo Yu was reading with Tuan Tuan in the living room, but the cub, who was always serious in the past, was a little absent-minded today. He just turned a few pages and couldn’t help looking out the window. Luo Yu noticed that something was wrong with Tuan Tuan and asked, “What are you thinking about? How about telling me?”

The cub pursed his lips and whispered, “Luo Luo, what is the lecture?”

Luo Yu patiently explained to the cub: “A lecture is when a lot of people sit together and listen to one person talk or tell a story. Do you understand what I mean, Tuan Tuan?”

The cub’s eyes lit up like stars. Father was telling a story! He wanted to listen so much!

The little boy asked Luo Yu anxiously, “Can Tuan Tuan go and listen as well?”

The cub’s voice was full of cautious expectations. How could Luo Yu bear to refuse? He opened the terminal and hesitated whether to contact Xie Yingcheng, but accidentally saw the automatically pushed news.

The first one is the official announcement that Xie Yingcheng formally resigned from the post of commander, and the second one is the information about a public lecture issued by the main star military academy, which is open to the public and welcomes everyone to attend.

Since it is open to the public…it should be okay to bring the little one to listen to it together, right? Luo Yu temporarily put aside the grudge from last night for the sake of the little one and sent a message to Xie Yingcheng.

He received a reply very quickly: [Please take the car I arranged and be careful on the road.]