Ouyang Feng was worried about Taotao’s puppy love very much. But Taotao didn’t care about it at all, because he thought that he didn’t make any mistakes. Of course, among all the people in the room, only Ouyang Feng and the two children took it seriously. While others only thought that the two children were just playing games, and it was not anything serious.
“Grandpa, the two children are playing games, so don’t take it too seriously,” Ling Tianyi said, “They will grow up after a long time! We won’t know the situation in the future.”
“Alas! What a bad thing!” Ouyang Feng was still worried, but he couldn’t hurt the children. So he could only worry about it alone.
A Tie came here as well today. Without being known by Xiaoxiao’s mother, he told Ouyang Feng secretly that he would investigate Xiaoxiao thoroughly in 24 hours.
Hearing this, Ouyang Feng felt relieved, and they happily had dinner with the family. Not knowing what has happened, Taotao and Xiaoxiao still sat together intimately, they cheered and fed each other as well.
After dinner, Ling Tianyi, Xiaoxiao, and her mother left together. Taotao asked Ling Tianyi to send his future wife home safely again and again. Therefore, Ling Tianyi had to satisfy Taotao’s requirement, sending his future daughter-in-law and her mother home.
After sending Xiaoxiao and her mother home safely, Ling Tianyi called Taotao to say that everything was OK. And then, he went to the room of the hotel that Xia Xiaoluo and Taotao lived in, helping them to pack the things up. Today they couldn’t take their things to the villa, so Xia Xiaoluo and Taotao would go to the room of the hotel to take them away tomorrow. Therefore, Ling Tianyi could live there and pack things up in advance.
In the early morning, Ling Tianyi went to pick Xia Xiaoluo and Taotao up with an excuse of taking their luggage from the hotel.
Although Ouyang Feng wanted to protect his granddaughter, he was still reasonable and fair. Therefore, he didn’t limit Xia Xiaoluo’s freedom. He didn’t oppose it, but he asked Xia Xiaoluo to take Taotao back home to have dinner after knowing that Xia Xiaoluo wanted to take Taotao out.
Sitting at the back seat with Xia Xiaoluo, Taotao was chatting with Xiaoxiao over the phone happily. Knowing that Taotao was premature, Xia Xiaoluo was also worried that Taotao would really have a puppy love with Xiaoxiao.
Xia Xiaoluo sighed, so Ling Tianyi asked hurriedly, “What’s up? Why did you sigh in the early morning?”
“Look at Taotao. I really don’t know how to deal with it.” Xia Xiaoluo shook her head.
“I think I should find a school and ask Taotao to study there. By doing so, Taotao will have more friends. Then he won’t think about Xiaoxiao all day long. But I don’t think that Taotao is doing something bad now, so don’t worry. Our son won’t suffer losses,” Ling Tianyi said with a smile, and he was rather optimistic. However, he didn’t expect that many years later, he would be anxious and nervous about his daughter all day long. What was more, he couldn’t feel at ease even though he had protected his daughter all the time.
Ling Tianyi and Xia Xiaoluo were busy in packing the things up, but Taotao just ignored everything. He only focused on chatting with Xiaoxiao over the phone.
After packing the things up, Ling Tianyi asked the staff of the hotel to put their luggage into the trunk of his car. He didn’t want to send Xia Xiaoluo and Taotao back at once. Instead, he tried to take the valuable opportunity to have a good time with them.
Wearing casual family clothes today, the whole family matched each other perfectly, and they were charming.
“Xiaoluo, let’s go to take a family photo!” Ling Tianyi looked at his watch, finding that there was much time left before lunch.
“Look at your son! I’m afraid that he has no time to take photos with us!” Xia Xiaoluo pointed at Taotao, who was talking on the phone hilariously.
“He can’t decide it. I allow him to make friends with Xiaoxiao. But there should be limitations when he makes contact with friends. He can’t give up studying or ignore the feelings of his parents and the elders,” Ling Tianyi said and walked to Taotao.
Seeing that Ling Tianyi walked to him, Taotao wasn’t scared at all. Because since they admitted each other, Ling Tianyi had been spoiling him all the time.
“Don’t disturb me!” Taotao held the mobile phone tightly with one hand and waved the other hand to Ling Tianyi, signaling Ling Tianyi to stay away from him.
“I will give you 3 minutes, just hang up the phone!” Ling Tianyi was staring at Taotao. Father was to blame for his son’s faults, so he must perform his responsibilities as a father, and he must teach Taotao to be polite and reasonable.
Seeing that Ling Tianyi treat him so seriously for the first time, Taotao looked at Ling Tianyi innocently. Taotao was a little frightened in his heart because he was only a 4-year-old child. So Taotao had to say goodbye to Xiaoxiao simply and hung up.
“Tell me. What do you want to do? Why did you disturb me when I was talking on the phone?” Although Taotao hung up obediently, he felt ashamed. He didn’t think that he should do whatever his father asked him to do. Therefore, he wanted to put on airs to show his temper.
“This morning, you kept chatting with Xiaoxiao over the phone from your getting on the car to our finishing packing things up. Daddy won’t oppose you if you want to make friends and keep in contact with them. I even supported you and bought you mobile phones. But you shouldn’t ignore other things that you should do due to making friends,” Ling Tianyi said seriously.
Taotao felt wronged, and he looked at Xia Xiaoluo, hoping that his mommy could help him. He didn’t want to be criticized by his daddy.
“What’s more, mobile phones are radioactive, it’s harmful to children. Therefore, I will set a rule for you. You can call Xiaoxiao every day, but the total time of each day should be within 30 minutes. In addition, the rule is also the same when you answer the phone calls from Xiaoxiao. That’s to say, you have 60 minutes every day to contact with Xiaoxiao,” Ling Tianyi said with a strict attitude.
“If you can do it, you can continue using your mobile phone. But if you can’t do it, I will take the mobile phone back temporarily. You understand?” Ling Tianyi finished, and he must make sure whether Taotao accepted it or not.
Looking at Xia Xiaoluo, Taotao felt so wronged that he almost burst into tears, “Mommy…”
“Don’t call your mommy. It’s just the thing between you and me, so your mommy won’t help you!” Ling Tianyi stopped Xia Xiaoluo, who was about to embrace Taotao directly, because they shouldn’t be soft-hearted at that time.
“But what should I do if I want to talk with sister Xiaoxiao more? 60 minutes is only one hour, and it’s not enough at all!” Taotao choked and asked. But he was still trying to hold his tears back because he didn’t want to cry out.
“No way!” Ling Tianyi refused directly.
“Well, if I study well, can you award me the extra time to make phone calls?” Taotao asked, “In the past, if I studied well, my great grandfather would always buy me gifts as the award. However, I don’t want the toys now, and what I need is the time to make phone calls.”
“If you behave well, daddy will often take you to meet sister Xiaoxiao. But I have set your time for making phone calls, as a rule, so you must obey it,” Ling Tianyi said, because nobody could bargain over what he decided.
“But there is nothing else that I should do now.” Taotao pouted his lips, he seemed dissatisfied.
“There is something you should do! Let’s take a family photo. Daddy and mommy both want to take a family photo with you. So we will go to a photographic studio now,” Ling Tianyi said seriously, but his expression was gentle.
“I don’t like taking photos!” Taotao protested at once. In fact, he just disliked Ling Tianyi. Therefore, Taotao would become dissatisfied no matter what Ling Tianyi asked him to do.
Xia Xiaoluo didn’t hope that Taotao and Ling Tianyi would have a bad relationship, so she embraced Taotao hurriedly. “My son, mommy really wants to take a photo with you. If you love mommy, just agree with me to take a family photo with us. OK?”
Taotao loved his mommy very much, so he nodded and agreed with Xia Xiaoluo reluctantly when Xia Xiaoluo begged him.
On the way to the photographic studio, Taotao kept silent and unhappy. Xia Xiaoluo was helpless, so she started to tell stories. However, Taotao was still unhappy.
“Taotao is unhappy today, I’m afraid that we can’t get a satisfying family photo. How about doing it another day?” Xia Xiaoluo shook her head, her expression seemed helpless.
“No, I have decided it. What’s more, he has agreed at it. If he doesn’t take the photo seriously, he is complying in appearance but opposing in his heart. Therefore, I will continue teaching him a lesson,” Ling Tianyi said.
“I hate you! I will only take photos with my mommy, but I won’t take photos with you!” Taotao roared at Ling Tianyi when he was sitting at the back seat.
In fact, Ling Tianyi really wanted to spoil Taotao, but he couldn’t tolerate it anymore this time.
Ling Tianyi stopped his car and pulled Taotao out of the car. “Stand still!”
“What do you mean?” Taotao asked furiously.
“Just stand there! You can get on the car only when you understand what mistake you have made. Today daddy won’t do anything else, and I will stay here with you. If you can’t make it clear, we two won’t have meals or sleep. We will only stand here,” Ling Tianyi said strictly.
“Don’t do that! Taotao is only a child now!” Xia Xiaoluo became anxious. She knew that Ling Tianyi and Taotao well. If she couldn’t stop them, they two wouldn’t reconcile. It was possible that they would stand there till tomorrow.
“Mommy, let’s abandon him. Let’s go home and abandon him,” Taotao said to Xia Xiaoluo.
“He is your daddy, you are his son, you are the father and son, so you can’t abandon him as you like,” Xia Xiaoluo persuaded Taotao.
Ling Tianyi also realized that he was too strict. What he should do was to persuade Taotao to be reasonable.
Ling Tianyi squatted in front of Taotao. “Son, it was true that you have made so many phone calls these days. Daddy treats you strictly because I want everything good for you.”
“Think about it now. If you keep talking on the phone every day, you may feel ill, take injections and medicines due to the radiation. What’s more, you can’t study, do exercises or communicate with the family members. If it goes on after you are 22 years old when you can get married, you can do nothing then. You can’t study well or earn money. You will have no social status, either. What’s more, due to this, you haven’t paid attention to communicating with your family members, estranging your family as well. Do you think that sister Xiaoxiao will fancy a boy like this?”
“What’s more, sister Xiaoxiao is also a child. If she always talks with you on the phone, she will also feel ill, taking injections and medicine. Won’t you worry about her?” Ling Tianyi asked.
“I don’t want sister Xiaoxiao to be ill, so I won’t call her so frequently.” Taotao was reasonable, he could understand it if others told him clearly.
“What a good son!” Ling Tianyi touched Taotao’s head.
“Daddy, when I miss sister Xiaoxiao, can you take me to meet her?” Taotao asked, he really liked sister Xiaoxiao very much.
“Sure. Xiaoxiao is a nice little girl, so I support you if you want to make a friend with her. However, the precondition is that you must do what you should do well, such as your study,” Ling Tianyi said.
“OK! I see.” Taotao nodded. “Daddy, let’s take photos with mommy! I will be obedient!”
