Madam, Please Behave-Chapter 198: Problem Solved

Liu Changqing was completely dumbfounded.

After the initial shock wore off, he was left with a mix of helplessness and inexplicable disappointment.

He stared at his daughter, whose entire face was smooshed against the car window, nose squished upward from the pressure.

Is my daughter getting dumber?

Meanwhile, An Yuanyao hurriedly straightened her clothes and fixed her hair, adjusting her posture as she sat stiffly in the passenger seat.

Liu Changqing rolled down the window and looked at his daughter, who was tiptoeing and stretching her neck to peek inside.

“What are you doing, sticking your face on the window like that?”

“I’ve been calling you for so long! But no one answered me!”

Liu Xiazhi pouted as she responded, but the moment she saw An Yuanyao sitting in the front seat, her face lit up.

“Auntie An is here too!”

“Mm, I came to pick you up…”

Trying to keep her tone natural, An Yuanyao smiled at her.

Behind Liu Xiazhi stood Feng Shuyan, who was also peering into the car with her usual blank expression.

The two of them had come straight to the car after school but found the doors locked. Thinking Liu Changqing wasn’t inside, Liu Xiazhi had climbed onto the window to check.

Liu Changqing unlocked the back doors, and the two girls eagerly hopped in, sitting close together with their backpacks pressed against each other.

Liu Xiazhi propped herself up on the seat, tilting her head up to look at Liu Changqing as he started the engine and drove away from the school.

From the moment she got in, she had been smiling.

Liu Changqing caught a glimpse of her joyful expression in the rearview mirror and grew curious.

“Xiazhi, what’s making you so happy?”

“Hehe, Daddy, do you want to know?”

She teased, deliberately keeping him in suspense, her little face full of mischief.

Liu Changqing chuckled at her response.

He suddenly remembered something he had heard before—when talking to kids, sometimes you had to use their way of thinking to communicate.

So he decided to play along.

“Come on, tell Daddy! Daddy really wants to know!”

“…”

Silence.

The car instantly became awkward.

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Realizing how ridiculous he sounded, Liu Changqing coughed lightly and rephrased his question.

“So, what’s got you so happy?”

“Haoxiao said his dad will buy me two more tadpoles!”

Feng Shuyan, who had been quiet until now, suddenly spoke up.

Liu Changqing was stunned.

He and his son had gone through so much effort to secretly get rid of those last tadpoles, and now two more were on their way?!

This Haohao kid is a walking disaster…

Hearing Feng Shuyan’s words, An Yuanyao grew curious. She turned to look at Liu Xiazhi in the back seat.

“Haohao… is he that chubby boy from last time?”

“Auntie An remembers him too!”

“Mm, I saw him once after your final exams last semester… Are you two close?”

“Yes! I really like Haohao!”

Crack.

As soon as those words left Liu Xiazhi’s mouth, An Yuanyao heard the distinct sound of teeth grinding from the driver’s seat.

She turned to look and saw Liu Changqing’s expression contorting into something downright terrifying.

She had never seen him like this before.

Surprised, she almost laughed.

So, Liu Changqing is a total daughter-con…

Now that their relationship was official, she had to consider things from his perspective. Liu Xiazhi was only in fifth grade—was it really a good idea for her to be getting so close to boys already?

After some thought, she turned back to Liu Xiazhi.

Softening her tone, she asked,

“Xiazhi, when you say you like Haohao… what exactly do you like about him?”

“Huh?”

Liu Xiazhi’s smile froze.

She blinked a few times, pressing a finger to her chin as she seriously pondered the question.

After a while, she hesitantly replied,

“Um… his belly? It’s as big as Daddy’s?”

“…”

Silence.

An Yuanyao glanced at Liu Changqing’s now flat stomach and suddenly burst into laughter.

“Your dad doesn’t have a belly anymore, though!”

“Oh… right! Daddy and Brother both lost a lot of weight…”

Liu Xiazhi blinked, finally realizing that her father and older brother’s round bellies were long gone.

Her face scrunched up in confusion.

“Then… that means…”

She trailed off, staring blankly ahead.

And suddenly, she had an epiphany.

Haohao’s big belly… wasn’t that appealing anymore.

Wait… do I even still like him?

Sometimes, when people realize that something they once found attractive no longer interests them, they fall into a state of confusion.

Right now, Liu Xiazhi was experiencing exactly that.

She had always liked Haohao because his chubby figure reminded her of her dad and older brother, making her feel close to him.

But now that her family had slimmed down…

Haohao’s belly wasn’t as cute anymore.

“Ugh…”

She groaned, furrowing her brows in frustration.

After some serious internal struggle, she arrived at a terrifying conclusion.

She might… not like Haohao anymore.

Shaking her head, as if trying to deny something, Liu Xiazhi mumbled,

“I don’t know anymore…”

Hearing her response, An Yuanyao smiled and gently said,

“A girl shouldn’t just accept gifts from boys so easily. Otherwise, they might end up disliking you.”

“Really?”

“Yeah. That’s what ‘drama queens’ do! They just keep taking gifts from guys and never give anything back!”

Liu Changqing interjected enthusiastically, inserting himself into their conversation.

His face was full of satisfaction.

An Yuanyao, on the other hand, was baffled.

“…Drama queen? What does that mean?”

“It’s when a girl strings along a bunch of guys, constantly making them buy her things, and even flirts with guys who already have girlfriends. It’s disgusting!”

“Hey!”

She lightly smacked Liu Changqing’s arm, glancing at the two kids in the back seat with slight concern.

Lowering her voice, she whispered near his ear,

“Don’t say things like that in front of the kids…”

“…”

Liu Changqing snapped back to reality and looked at the rearview mirror.

The two children wore matching confused expressions.

Realizing his mistake, he quickly shut up.

He had been so thrilled that An Yuanyao had helped resolve the whole Haohao issue that he had gotten carried away.

Now that he had calmed down, his expression softened.

Focusing back on the road, he drove on in silence.