After wasting a week, Su Rou was once again greeted by the moment when Su Yichen came back home.
"Mom, look at me. Have I grown taller?" Su Yichen grabbed Su Rou's hand and asked her to measure his height. "Just take a look!"
"Sure..." Su Rou looked at the top of Su Yichen's head. After a while, she suddenly remembered something. "But how tall were you when you left?"
"..." Su Yichen pursed his lips and thought for a while. "I don't know either." He hadn't thought about such things when he left. All he knew was that he couldn't let his dad look down on him, so he had rushed off.
Seeing his cute little face lost in thought, Su Rou couldn't help but step forward and stroke his little cheek. "It doesn't matter. Let's start measuring from this week."
Hearing this, Su Yichen became happy again. "Okay, okay!"
Su Rou took out the measuring tape and squatted down to measure Su Yichen's height. "Mom." Su Yichen suddenly called out to her.
"Hmm? What's up?"
"You seem a bit unhappy. Did Dad bully you?" Su Yichen stared at her with big eyes.
Sure enough, he was her son. They were truly on the same wavelength! "Yes, your dad bullied me."
"Tell me. I'll go and beat Dad up." The little guy immediately clenched his small fists indignantly.
"No, don't do that." This kid seemed to have become more and more manly during these half - months away, but also a bit violent...
"Why? Do you feel bad for Dad? He bullied you. Why are you still on his side?" Su Yichen asked very puzzled.
"No, I'm not on Dad's side. What I mean is... you can't beat him." Su Rou said innocently.
Su Yichen opened his eyes wide. "I practice boxing every day."
"Your dad went through the same thing."
"Um..." Su Yichen pouted. It seemed so. The teacher would often tell him about Su Yuze's deeds to motivate him. Dad was truly a real man! "Then, can you tell me how Dad bullied you? Even if I can't beat him, I can scold him for you."
Kids were really cute. She was afraid he wouldn't even be able to scold his dad. Didn't she know her husband's eloquence? "I just want to go out and work, but your dad always stops me."
"Work?" Su Yichen thought for a while before understanding the meaning of this word. "Why does Dad stop Mom? Isn't work a good thing?"
Su Rou rolled her eyes. "Who knows why he stops me!" Su Rou looked at Su Yichen for a while. "Xiaochen, will you help Mom?"
"Okay~ Mom's business is my business." Su Yichen said.
"You're such a good boy!" Su Rou was gratified. It really made sense that raising a son was for old - age support. "You see, you've gone out for some experience, right? Mom was all alone at home and was so bored. She wanted to go out and work, and it would just be in your dad's company. But your dad always has this attitude. So, go and talk to Dad for me!"
So that's what it was about. "No problem! I'll go and talk to him now!" It was just about going to work. Dad was so stingy! What a miser!
...
So Su Yichen found Su Yuze. "Dad, I want to discuss something with you." He raised his little head and said very seriously.
"What is it? Just say it." Su Yuze was in the study, looking at Su Yichen's summary of this period. Hearing his son's words, he turned around to face him. So serious. Was he going to negotiate with him like a man?
"Mom wants to work. Why don't you allow it?" Su Yichen frowned and tried hard to look imposing. He had learned this trick from his teacher. "You must agree to let Mom work."
Su Yuze was silent for a while. "Did your mom send you here to say this?"
"Yes!" Su Yichen said confidently.
"I see..." A hint of a smile flashed across Su Yuze's eyes. Xiaorou even knew how to enlist help. But... "Xiaochen, come here. I'll tell you something."
Su Yichen walked over. "What's up?"
"Do you know why Dad doesn't let Mom go to work?"
Why? Su Yichen pondered the question. Finally, he shook his head honestly.
"Because work is very tiring. Dad sometimes comes home late, and there are so many things to take care of. It's really exhausting."
"Oh..." Su Yichen nodded. He understood. "But Mom still wants to go even though she knows it's tiring. Dad, just let her go. You can just let her do less work." Su Yichen's expression softened. So Dad was thinking about Mom. He shouldn't have been so fierce to Dad.
Su Yuze shook his head silently. He knew Xiaorou well. Besides, would she leave alone before he got off work? "Let me put it this way. Do you think Mom is beautiful, Xiaochen?"
"Beautiful!" Su Yichen nodded repeatedly, with a smile on his face. He thought Mom was the most beautiful mom in the world!
"Mom is so beautiful. There will be a lot of bad men out there with evil intentions towards her. Do you want a step - dad?" Su Yuze raised his eyebrows.
Su Yichen's mouth opened into an 'O'. "Bad men? Step - dad?" He immediately shook his head. "No, no. I want my own dad."
"That's right. Do you still want Mom to go out and work?"
"No. Mom can just stay at home."
"Good boy."
...
So Su Yichen found Su Rou again. "Xiaochen, how did it go?" She looked at her son.
"Mom." Su Yichen looked at her very seriously.
"Hmm?"
"You'd better not go out and work."
Su Rou was stunned. What was he talking about? "You... Have you lost your memory?" Didn't they agree that he would go and talk to Su Yuze for her? Why did he come back like this? Had he been brainwashed by Su Yuze? "Did that guy say something to you?"
"Dad said there are a lot of bad men out there with evil intentions towards Mom..." Su Yichen pouted. "I don't want a step - dad."
Step... dad. Su Rou clenched her fists tightly. Su Yuze was really good at talking. The only one with evil intentions towards her had always been him! "Your dad is the bad man!"
"No!" Su Yichen said. "Dad is a good man. I don't want a step - dad. I just want this dad!" After saying that, he nodded seriously. "Mom, you'd better not go out and work. Dad can still support you, and I'll grow up soon. Then I'll support you with Dad... No, Dad said I'll take over the company. So it should be me supporting both of you." Su Yichen said the last sentence very softly. After saying that, he quite agreed with his own idea. "Yes, I'll support both of you in the future!"
It was true that these words would make a mom happy, but... They were missing the point! She wanted Xiaochen to be on her side, but unexpectedly, he had switched sides! It had only been such a short time! Had Su Yuze's eloquence improved again? Damn it! Now it was two against one!
"Mom, shall we go for a walk after dinner?" Su Yichen jumped into Su Rou's arms and cozied up to her.
"No. You didn't speak up for me." Su Rou turned her head away. "Since you're so close to that bad man, you two can go!"
Su Yichen hugged Su Rou's arm and acted coquettishly. "Mom~ Mom~ We're doing this for your own good. With two men in the family, do we still need you, a woman, to go out and work hard?"
He was really good at sweet - talking! But, was this something a five - year - old kid should say? "Did Dad teach you to say that?"
"Hehe..." Su Yichen gave an embarrassed smile. "But what Dad said makes a lot of sense."
"Humph."
...
That night, when Su Rou returned to the room, Su Yuze had just finished taking a shower. He immediately saw his wife sitting on the edge of the bed with her arms crossed, looking very unhappy. He smiled and walked over, sitting beside her. "What's wrong? Did that kid make you angry?"
"Both of you guys made me angry!"
"I didn't." Su Yuze defended himself. "I didn't say anything today."
"Yes, you didn't say anything, but you made your son say it!" Using his son as a shield! "What do you mean by teaching him to say those things?"
Su Yuze put his arm around her shoulder, but she shrugged it off. "I'm just making him have a sense of prevention."
"Prevention of what? Prevention of me finding him a step - dad?" Su Rou rolled her eyes at him.
"Of course. This does need to be prevented." Su Yuze smiled. "Isn't it good to stay at home?" Why did she have to go out? There were so many women who wanted to stay at home but didn't have the chance!
Su Rou pushed him away. "Humph, I'm going to sleep."
Seeing her back turned to him, the smile on Su Yuze's lips deepened. His son had done a great job!