He didn’t like sweets, but as soon as he said it—
“Ding Dong”
A tone rang out in the background.
Lu Xingwang had a bad feeling and asked, “What did you send me?”
He switched back to the chat interface and saw a 10 yuan red envelope displayed boldly on the home page. Jian Mei, who sent him the red envelope said with an older brother-like tone, “You have some, too. It’s my treat. Don’t be so frugal. Treat yourself better!”
The next day.
Shen Meina and Jian Shencheng who were busy during the National Day holiday finally took a rest.
When they found out that they had missed their child’s parent-teacher meeting, it was impossible for them to say that they didn’t feel guilty. They couldn’t accompany their children on their growth, but their children were very sensible and had never complained. They heard this parent-teacher meeting was quite grand and therefore the couple felt even more guilty.
Therefore, Shen Meina still picked a working day despite having no parent-teacher meeting and went to the school with her husband to find Teacher Li to understand the situation.
As an experienced teacher, Teacher Li clearly said, “Parents’ presence is necessary for a child’s growth. Even though it isn’t required for you to accompany them every day, how could you be absent from an occasional meeting?”
Shen Meina was also very guilty. “Teacher, it’s our fault. We came here today to find out about Jian Mei’s situation in the school.”
Teacher Li sighed and gave up. “His grades are still stable, only his basic skills aren’t solid. This has something to do with his own physical condition, so you don’t have to worry.”
Shen Meina asked again, “Then, is he getting along with his classmates?”
It wasn’t suitable for the teacher to answer this, so she could only say, “You can rest assured that his classmates are friendly and no one has any malicious intentions.”
Jian Shencheng spoke from the side. “Teacher, our child sometimes doesn’t know how to integrate into the group. As his parents, we can’t help much, so please take care of him.”
“Yes.” Since it had come to this point, Teacher Li also had some feelings. “Jian Mei’s personality is quite good, but this child sometimes keeps his feelings to himself. As his parents, you should really care for your child. Put your work and career aside and focus on your child.”
Shen Meina hurriedly agreed.
The two walked back after talking to the teacher, but they happened to meet Cheng Yu who came to drop off his math homework.
Cheng Yu greeted them politely. “Hello, uncle and aunt.”
Shen Meina was a bit surprised. “Child, you look somewhat familiar. Are you and Jian Mei in the same class?”
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Cheng Yu held his books and said with a good manner, “Meimei is also very smart. When I talk to him, he’d always understand the lesson quickly. We all like him very much.”
No parents would dislike their children being complimented.
Shen Meina then said, “It seems that you have a good relationship with him. That’s great. Meimei doesn’t usually cause trouble in school, right? Does he get along with your classmates well? You know, he didn’t have any friends before he went to school due to his health conditions. If he does anything wrong, I hope you’ll be more patient with him.”
Cheng Yu was very considerate. “Auntie, don’t say that. Jian Mei is very good, but he doesn’t have any friends? I often see him chat on his phone. I thought…”
Shen Meina was puzzled. “What?”
“It’s nothing.” Cheng Yu deliberately cut off his words halfway. “Don’t worry. Jian Mei is quite liked.”
Such a statement attracted curiosity even more.
Shen Meina wanted to say something else but was pulled back by Jian Shencheng. The man smiled politely at Cheng Yu. “Okay, thank you, student. Are you here to hand over your homework? Then, we won’t bother you, you can go inside.”
Cheng Yu nodded and left.
As soon as he left, Shen Meina raised her head and asked her husband. “What does that child mean?”
Jian Shencheng slowly walked back with his wife in his arms. “That means Meimei has friends outside of school.”
“What kind of friends can he have?” Shen Meina was always worried about her children, so she quickly grasped the point of Cheng Yu’s words. “He often chats on his phone? Does he have friends online?
As she thought of this, it was actually possible.
When Jian Mei hadn’t changed his phone yet, this child always played with his phone every day. Now, he’d often go back to his room by himself and stay there. They had neglected discipline before and didn’t pay much attention to this aspect at all.
Jian Shencheng said, “Maybe it was an old friend?”
Shen Meina glared at him. “What old friend can he have that we don’t know? It’d be good if that person is really an old friend. I’m just afraid that it’s someone of unknown origin. Your son is so silly, don’t you know? If he got scammed by someone, he might have no idea he’s being scammed”
Jian Shencheng was also somewhat helpless.
Until they returned home, the two of them were still thinking about this. Their children were getting older and gradually distanced themselves from their parents, so it became more difficult to communicate with them.
At night.
When Jian Mei came home, he felt that Shen Meina was looking at him strangely for some reason. He braced himself and asked, “Mom, why are you looking at me?”
Shen Meina said purposefully, “Nothing. Is the homework assigned by your teacher today difficult? Do you need help?”
Jian Mei said, “No, I’ll do it first. If there’s anything I don’t know, then I’ll just ask.”
“Okay, go ahead.”
After watching her child go upstairs, Shen Meina hurriedly grabbed her husband. “Look, don’t you see?. We didn’t enroll him in any tutoring classes. When did he ever do his homework, especially math, and not want people to be around him? There must be something fishy ah.”
Jian Shencheng sighed helplessly.
Jian Mei was doing his homework upstairs when there was a knock at the door, and it was his mother who brought him some fruit. Jian Mei didn’t pay much attention and casually talked to his mother before lowering his head to do his homework and didn’t even notice that Shen Meina left the door open. Outside the door, Shen Meina said to her husband, “I need to watch him from here.”
Jian Shencheng said, “What’s there to see? If you really want to know, just go ask him.”
“What if Jian Mei is bewitched and tricked into not telling the truth?” Shen Meina said to him, “I’m telling you, there are a lot of scammers on the internet now. Even if they aren’t scammers, children have no self-control. Jian Mei had never seen much of the world since he was a little kid in the hospital, so if he got taken astray, I’ll see what you do then.”
The two of them were talking, but Jian Mei, who was doing his homework in his room, was behaving himself.
After a short while, he ran into a difficult problem, then he took out his phone and looked up information for a while, but he didn’t find it and finally opened WeChat. This was the important thing and what Shen Meina wanted to find out, but she was a little surprised. She thought Jian Mei would play with his phone and not do his homework, but he just opened the phone’s camera, took a picture of the problem, and sent it to his WeChat friend.
Afterwards, it was as if he was familiar with this and didn’t wait. Instead, he continued to do his homework.
After about ten minutes, the person on the other side sent him a voice message. It was a very short, ten-second voice message. It was a very unfamiliar man’s voice, but the tone of the speech was slow and steady. His logical thinking was very clear,, and he broke down the difficult problem and explained it in a few sentences that even people with poor foundations like Jian Mei could understand.
Jian Mei said, “Thank you. I get it now.”
However, the little child just took a bite of fruit and continued to work on his homework. The whole process was repeated, not at all like being astray and doing wrong as Shen Meina had imagined.
Jian Shencheng dragged her away.
Shen Meina muttered, “No, this is impossible.”
Jian Shencheng was always more open-minded. “Although Meimei is sometimes carefree, he can distinguish between good and bad, If it’s really someone with ulterior motives, he won’t really develop a deep friendship.”
Having said that, Jian Mei’s parents weren’t assured.
During a family meal, Shen Meina said, intentionally or otherwise,“Have you finished your homework?”
Jian Mei nodded. “En. Mom, if you want to check it, I’ll bring it to you later.”
“Okay. After eating and watching TV, take a shower and then I’ll check your homework.” Shen Meina gave him a piece of meat and added, “You’re so smart. Did you finish it by yourself?”
Jian Mei didn’t expect his mother to ask this. He originally wanted to say that his friend taught him, but he remembered what Dazhuang-ge had told him, so he swallowed the words he was about to say. The child who wasn’t good at lying bowed his head and said, “En.”
Shen Meina’s face changed. She and her husband exchanged glances.
They knew their son best. No kid wouldn’t lie. If it was really an ordinary friend, like a friend he met at school or in the hospital, why wouldn’t he admit it?
Therefore, Jian Mei went to take a shower after eating dinner. Shen Meina glanced at Jian Mei’s homework and was surprised. Jian Mei used to be careless and make many mistakes in his homework. But this homework was done beautifully. It was obvious that he put his heart into it and had a clear idea of how to solve the problems, showing progress in leaps and bounds.
Shen Meina’s thoughts surged. She thought for a while and walked a few steps towards the sofa to pick up Jian Mei’s phone. After finding the WeChat app, she really found an unfamiliar nickname at the top. The avatar and address were blank and there was no information. Was it really an online friend? Her face became solemn, as she’d never allow it if Jian Mei was really talking to an online friend. If the other party didn’t have good intentions and delayed her son’s studies, she’d never allow it!
After thinking about it, she clicked on the chat. Her face that was originally imposing and ready to pick a bone froze.
There was no other reason than she was stunned by Lu Xingwang’s righteousness after going through the chat records. While her son was studying, he spoke very seriously.
“This question appeared last time. I don’t want to see you asking it for the second time.”
“Did you double-check your answers?”
“Don’t tattle while doing your homework. Stay focused.”
At other times, if his son wanted to play and not do his homework, Dazhuang-ge would be very strict.
“Don’t lie down, exercise more.”
“It’s time to sleep, but you’re still playing with your phone.”
“It’s important to make plans. Clinging to Buddha’s feet isn’t always effective.”
In addition, Dazhuang-ge always had an objective and rational analysis for Jian Mei’s troubles at school and things that he occasionally encountered and couldn’t understand. After reading through the chat conversation, Shen Meina felt that Lu Xingwang not only took the role of an online friend, but he was more like helping irresponsible parents like her and Jian Shencheng and acting as an old father who would teach, educate and accompany Jian Mei till he would grow up?
Papa Lu Xingwang! 😂😂
Thanks for the chapter.
He’s an old father more than Meimei’s actual father hahahhaha
Meimei’s parents: actually cannot help feeling ashamed
»At other times, if his son wanted to play…« her son
Teacher Li reassuring the parents that no one in class has malicious intentions towards Meimei…. you sure about that? :’D
When parents go through the phones of their kids, it always leaves mixed feelings. On one hand it’s right to do that bc kids don’t really have the awareness yet and get easily scammed and on the other hand it leaves a bitter taste :’D
Thx for the ch ٩(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )و
My parents never did that. They didn’t even know my password. But my friend once got in trouble after her parents went through her phone. She told us in school the next day and cried several times. Not because she was punished, but because she never expected them to go through her stuff like that.
Ikr, like for me at least it’s like they don’t trust me enough or don’t trust my judgement which i don’t like, but for kids around maimai age it’s a bit necessary but they still shouldn’t check his phone without even asking him first bout his friend
My parents always used to checked my phone that I thought it’s normal. One time my dad hacked my fb acc ( ･ั﹏･ั) idk how he’s good at it. I was so scared when he asked me who’s that guy I was chatting with. I was nervous that it will happen again so I have to change my pass every week. It was 5 yrs ago and it didn’t happen again thank goodness. I can’t even read bl in peace that time
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My mother once went through my phone where I was talking to my friend about how I like girls. Almost got disowned. She suddenly woke up one day and demand that I gave her my phone out of the blue. Found that I was gay and the smut jokes and nearly sent me to live in an orphanage. For the rest of the year my phone was on parental lock
I get his mother means well, but she seriously rubs me the wrong way a lot of the time.
Thank you for another chapter!
lololol did Jian Mei’s parents finally get a glance at their future son-in-law?
So nice! ML is super good!
Mom, you don’t know whom you call ‘old father’. And it’s not cool to browse through your kid’s phone
thanks for the chapter~
Hehehehe. MC parents officially acknowledged ML as dependable husband!
Yay!! ☆･゜ﾟ･(^O^)/･゜ﾟ･☆
Thanks for the update ~♡
Thank you for the chapter！
Thanks for the chapter! 😘
Parents: have no clue what’s going on, get scolded by a teacher to pay more attention, get tattled to by someone who has bullied their son,still have no clue,go spy on their son! It will make them better parents all of a sudden! Don’t ask him for clarification, just assume everything and try to catch him lying!🙄
Exactly!
Protective mama finds out about guardian tutor mentor online friend…lmao! Thanks for the chapter 🤣❤️
Teacher: “Everyone loves him! No malicious intentions!”
Readers: “Are you sure about that?”
Is he a scammer? Is he a friend?
No, its your child’s surrogate parent!
Hahahaha!
It’s not just until he grow up … It’ll be for a lifetime ☺️…
Thanks for the chapter ♥️♥️
Chen’s Yu was really trying to start something with the way he mentioned the online friend to his parent 😤
Thanks for the chapter ❤
Ps. How old are JM and LX ?
Ha ha ha , liking your son in law already huh lol
Daddy~
Lu Xingwang would be a good father in the future and i know it( ꈍᴗꈍ)
🤣🤣😭 You’ve been labeled as an old man by your in laws!! Oh no! XD
Thanks for the chapter! 💕
AI think even if it’s for a good reason meimei’s mother’s invasion of privacy wasn’t cool.
Aqui em casa todo mundo sabeHere at home, everyone knows the password to my cell phone, even my little nephews, but even so, no one messes with it without my permission, my mother it’s the same whenever he needs my cell phone for something he asks me first.
So she just scolds me for reading and not studying. But never actually stops me from reading yaoi. So yeah she is very good. I am usually not that averse to showing her my chats and contacts. I have nothing to hide! 🤭
(Just pray she never finds hundreds of yaoi manga and manhwa. I’ll be doomed!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣)