Friday was the anniversary of the school's founding, so all the students had the day off, and the teachers a three-day, two-night hot spring trip.

On Thursday night, Yang Wei packed up all the things she needed for her trip. Qi Xiao Yan stood watching, face as gloomy as a cloudy night.

"Pay attention to your own safety when you go out to play. And never drink."

Folding a coat, Yang Wei said somewhat helplessly, "I know, you've said so seven times already."

"Call me every day to report your whereabouts."

"Mnn...... "

"No, three times a day just to be safe. Morning, noon, and evening."

"...... "

"Are the hot springs mixed-gender?"

"I think so. "

Qi Xiao Yan said nothing, but the air pressure dropped. Squeezing in through the unlocked door, Qi Rang hugged his mother's thigh. "Mommy, aren't you coming to parent activity day at kindergarten tomorrow?"

Yang Wei put down her clothes, knelt, and ruffled his hair. "Mommy has to go traveling with the school tomorrow and can't go to the activity day. Your Daddy will go to school with you tomorrow. Mommy's always gone with you before, so now it's his turn."

Qi Rang pressed his lips together in injustice, darting a cold look toward Qi Xiao Yan, who was standing next to the closet.

Qi Xiao Yan received the look and said, no expression on his face, "You don't seem to want me to go, and I still have a paper to finish."

Yang Wei turned to him and said in a warning tone, "All the other kids will have parents there. You can't let Curly-baby go alone."

Draping himself over Yang Wei, Qi Rang said pathetically, "Curly-baby wants to go with Mommy."

Those little eyes almost melted her heart. Looking into his large, bright eyes, she thought to herself that she hadn't eaten all those catties of grapes for nothing.

Pinching his cheeks, she appeased, "Be good now, Curly-baby, Mommy will be back in three days, and I'll bring you lots of presents."

Qi Rang lay draped over her, and said nothing. Could he even live for three days just living with his father?

He began worming his way in. "Then I'll sleep with Mommy tonight."

"No." Qi Xiao Yan refused. Qi Rang's face collapsed. He stared pathetically at Yang Wei, but before she could receive his signal, he was thrown out the door by his collar.

The bedroom door closed before him.

Qi Rang: "..."

This world really wasn't friendly at all.

Inside the room, Professor Qi was using practical actions to prove that the world could actually be very loving indeed.

Perhaps due to thinking of her absence for the next three days, Qi Xiao Yan's attentions were particularly lingering that evening. Yang Wei pushed him off and frowned. "I'm going to the hot springs tomorrow, and now my body's full of hickeys. Everyone's going to see."

Qi Xiao Yan raised his head a little and met her eyes. He smiled, "I'll be careful to leave no traces."

Yang Wei: "..."

No matter how lingering Professor Qi was, the sun rose as usual the next morning. A small pink suitcase in hand, Yang Wei waved to Qi Xiao Yan and Curly-baby, then rushed happily off to the school.

Once the door closed, Qi Xiao Yan looked down at Qi Rang, standing at the door in his pajamas and urged, "Go change clothes, then come down for breakfast."

Qi Rang tugged at the little curls on his head and turned to face his father. "Are you really coming with me to parent activity day?"

"Your mother ordered me to take pictures and show them to her." Qi Xiao Yan told him, then walked into the kitchen without looking back.

Pulling on the clothes that Yang Wei had set out for him last night one by one, Qi Rang made his way to the dining room after washing.

Breakfast was already on the table. After eating half, he put down his chopsticks. Qi Xiao Yan glanced over. "Finish your food."

"Mommy's gone, I've got no appetite."

Qi Xiao Yan: "..."

He took out his mobile phone and took a picture of Qi Rang's leftovers.

Warily, Qi Rang asked, "What are you doing?"

"Sending it to your mother."

Qi Rang: "..."

Was this person the world leader in shamelessness? Already a grown up, yet still tattling to my mother! Just the worst!

He finished his breakfast with a particularly aggrieved, oppressed air, then supervised Qi Xiao Yan to make sure the photos were removed before putting on his small shoes.

Since it was parent activity day, he didn't have to take the school bus, but instead went to kindergarten in his father’s car.

Though Qi Xiao Yan did not often pick him up and drop him off, the roads leading from home to kindergarten were still very familiar. The kindergarten was very lively that day, and though they didn't arrive late the parking lot by the school gate was almost full by the time they pulled in.

Teacher Qiao greeted the students at the school gate. Looking at Qi Xiao Yan holding Qi Rang's hand on the opposite side of the road, her maiden's heart suddenly fluttered.

It wasn't the first time she had seen Qi Xiao Yan, but every time she saw him she was taken aback by his looks! And in particular when father and son appeared together, not only was he handsome, but there added to his looks a sexiness inherent in mature men.

"Good morning, Mr. Qi, are you coming to the event today?" Teacher Qiao greeted with a smile. The man was married with a child, but this did not prevent her from appreciating beauty in the name of art.

...... Then again, this particular couple was so beautiful that it made one wish to retaliate against society.

"Yes, my wife has something on today."

Qi Xiao Yan's voice was cool and hard as metal, and to Teacher Qiao's ear, as if playing a wonderful symphony. She nodded to him with a smile, then bent and patted Qi Rang on the head. "Good morning, little classmate Qi Rang."

"Good morning, Teacher Qiao."

"Take your dad to the classroom, okay?"

"Okay." Qi Rang pulled Qi Xiao Yan through the school gate and walked to the classroom.

There were already plenty of children in the classroom, and the noise could be heard from afar. This sort of parental activity day was usually attended by mothers, so as soon as Qi Xiao Yan entered, he was immediately regarded as some alien species.

Used to being noticed from an early age, his face was still deadpan even in the face of this situation.

"So that's Qi Rang's dad? How handsome."

"Yeah, I've met him once before, I hear he's a university professor."

"No wonder their family's Qi Rang is so smart that he got directly recommended to a key primary school."

"It's always someone else's husband, as they say. Our family's husband would rather sleep than come to activity day."

The mothers who stood at the end of the classroom whispered back and forth. Qi Xiao Yan ignored them, checking out the classroom.

On the walls were a great many drawings made by the children. Looking about, Qi Xiao Yan found several masterpieces drawn by his son. He took a few steps toward one, stopping before a painting titled "My Mommy and Dad."

In the painting was a man and a woman standing in a garden full of roses. The woman wore a beautiful blue dress, a shiny hairpin on her hair. The man was dressed in a crudely drawn white shirt, with a blank-looking face.

Qi Xiao Yan stared at the picture for a while, then bent his head and asked, "Did you paint this?"

"Yeah." Qi Rang confessed. "I showed it to Mommy."

"You seem to only have spent a few minutes painting me."

Without an ounce of shame, Qi Rang replied, "Dad, you're so handsome that just a few strokes of the pen shows your charm."

"So you're saying that your mother is so ugly that she needs time and care to be put into her drawing?"

"No, this has nothing to do with Mommy's appearance. It's just because I love Mommy."

Qi Xiao Yan: "..."

The mothers in the classroom watched the handsome father and son pair standing together in close conversation. who stood together and chatted happily. There seemed to be something going on, but due to Qi Xiao Yan's chilly aura, no one dared approach.

In the end, our little friend Liu Bei Bei walked up bravely. “Hello, uncle, my name is Liu Bei Bei. I'll be your daughter-in-law in the future.”

Mother Liu, who had been following her: “...”

She quickly covered Liu Bei Bei’s mouth and pulled her aside. "I'm sorry, Mr. Qi. Bei Bei says some silly things sometimes, don't mind it."

Qi Xiao Yan had not reacted to Liu Bei Bei's heroic declaration, but Zhang Lixin had. "Bei Bei is going to marry me! "

Mother Zhang:" ...... "

Looking down at Qi Rang, Qi Xiao Yan said lightly, "It seems that you have a very colorful kindergarten life."

Qi Rang: "......"

Teacher Qiao entered the classroom right on time before the class bell rang. Parent activity day was to inform the parents about their children's study and life in kindergarten, and also to bring the two closer together, so the day was divided into two parts - listening to the children's classes and participating in games together.

The first lesson was music. The children sat in their own places and the parents stood at the back of the classroom.

There was a piano in the classroom, and as a superwoman well-versed in the martial arts, no, wait, preschool education, Teacher Qiao sat in front of it and plunked out a song. "533, 422, 1234555..."

This was the children's song "Little Bee". Lyrics and score were written on the blackboard, and she first led everyone through the tune before adding the lyrics.

After going through twice, Teacher Qiao saw that all the kids had mastered the tune, and decided pull a child out for singing. Since their parents were watching, the children were all particularly active that day, but Teacher Qiao finally gave the opportunity for this performance to Qi Rang. "Qi Rang, come up and sing it for the class."

Qi Rang did so. "533, 422, 1234555......"

"Awesome!" When he was done, Liu Bei Bei took the initiative to give him a standing ovation. Mother Liu, standing beside Qi Xiao Yan, silently covered her eyes.

Teacher Qiao praised him as well. "Qi Rang, you sang it very well. It sounded nice and your pitch was excellent. Perhaps in the future, you could be a singer."

Qi Rang thanked her and sat back down. Teacher Qiao had originally intended to go on to have the whole class learn the lyrics, but when her eyes fell upon Qi Xiao Yan, she felt a little mischief spark in her heart. Looking at the children, she asked with a smile, "Now do you want to make Qi Rang's Dad sing it?"

"Yeahhhh--" The children's voices echoed in the classroom, and even the mothers standing behind them were somewhat eager.

Qi Xiao Yan cast a calm gaze on Teacher Qiao. "I can tell you what the sum of all these numbers are."

Teacher Qiao: "..."

What for?!

Who knew that Qi Xiao Yan would then say, "Qi Rang, what is the sum?"

Qi Rang squinted at the blackboard for a short while, then replied, "6820103."

"Good. You can have an extra ten minutes of cartoon time tonight."

Teacher Qiao: "..."

So this was how a student overlord was formed.

The rest of the parents were also shocked. They felt like they had been exposed to a different way of education, how entertaining and excellent.

Once the class was over, they began playing games. This was mainly to test practical ability and tacit cooperation, aiming bring parents and children closer through their game.

Teacher Qiao had prepared a lot of small wooden sticks and distributed them to the kids. "Please use these wooden sticks to build anything you like. You are allowed to use string and tape to tie things together. You have an hour, so I hope that everyone will use their imagination freely."

Once she had spoken, everyone began to move. Most students built houses extending to the heavens like skyscrapers. Only the Qi Rang and Qi Xiao Yan group were building on the horizontal plane.

Teacher Qiao wandered over curiously to find a complicated mathematical equation on the table.

Her mood a little complicated, she forced a smile and asked, “What are you guys up to?”

Qi Xiao Yan answered, “Moving any stick makes this equation true.”

Teacher Qiao : "..."

This really is not a math activity class!

She left in despair, deeply sympathetic toward Classmate Qi Rang.

When the games were over, everyone headed to the lawn to play on the playground. It was almost time for lunch, and today the school had also provided an extra meal for each parent, as if to prove to them how excellent the institution was .

The two Qis had just sat down together for lunch when a phone rang. It was Yang Wei.

Qi Xiao Yan quickly picked up the call. "Darling, have you arrived?"

Over the phone, Yang Wei said, "Yes, just about to have lunch. It's pretty nice over here! Next time we should bring Curly-baby with us. I'll send you pictures later!"

"Right."

Beside, Qi Rang clamoured, "Is it Mommy? I wanna talk to Mommy!"

If anyone had been paying attention, they would have noticed that all the mothers' expressions had changed. God! This man calls his wife 'darling'!

They also wanted to be called 'darling' by a handsome man!

Meanwhile, Qi Rang had already robbed his father of the phone. "Mommy, it's Curly-baby, when are you coming back?"

"Mommy just arrived! I'll be back the day after tomorrow. Did my little Curly-baby have a good meal?"

"Mnn."

"Did Dad go with you to the event day?"

"Well, the teacher asked him to sing and he didn't sing. He didn't cooperate with the at all."

Eavesdropping on this sentence, Teacher Qiao was moved to tears.

Yang Wei laughed on the other end. "I've never heard him sing either. Wait for me to come back and we'll have him sing a song for us."

"Okay!"

The phone was once again stolen. "Darling, the weather's cold over there. Dress warmly and don't get sick."

"I know."

"And don't drink."

"...... I won't drink!"

"Then you have fun."

At that moment, the mothers eavesdropping close by were really about to cry. All the handsome and considerate men ... really were other people's husbands!

frostcrystal

Just in case you're looking for a hilarious lawyer romcom, I just began translating I Advise You Like Me As Soon As Possible! I actually picked it up specifically because I felt like Qi Xiao Yan never got his just desserts for being an aloof and grumpy penguin, and wanted to translate something in which aloof and grumpy penguins get taken down a peg. This particular arrogant ML has just been chased by a chicken and I must say it's been very fulfilling.

In other news, I'm now officially addicted to Terraria. I hope all my readers are doing equally well :3