LPLFDA Chapter 51

Li Heng’s words almost made Feng Qi’s expression slip.

Feng Qi had been raising his cub for three years and knew his own little chubby cub better than anyone.

The little chubby cub looked obedient. Most of the time, he really did appear well-behaved.

But every now and then, the little chubby cub could also make adults so angry their teeth itched.

“Ahem.”

Feng Qi wanted to speak the truth, but Li Heng clearly didn’t believe it. He could only clear his throat and brush past the topic.

He told Li Heng that he wanted to treat him to a meal.

After stumbling into a film and television base by accident, Feng Qi had relied solely on that face of his—one that could crush the entire entertainment industry—to see his income shoot up rapidly.

He knew exactly what he was worth, so he never acted in dramas with heavy roles.

He preferred to just show his face in a drama, make a brief appearance, or play a background role.

And even if his roles weren’t many, Feng Qi still earned quite a bit.

Now that he had money, his confidence had also grown a lot.

Something like treating someone to a meal, if it had been back when he was strapped for cash, he wouldn’t have been able to bring it up at all.

Li Heng had investigated Feng Qi’s background.

He said lightly, “No need to eat outside. Eating at home will do.”

The cook at home had excellent skills and could make any kind of dish.

Given Feng Qi’s poor financial situation, there was no need for him to spend this unnecessary expense.

“Alright.”

Feng Qi followed the old man’s suggestion and nodded.

“Oh, right, I’ll be back a bit later tonight. You can go ahead and eat first. No need to wait for me and Li Sheng.”

Since it was Feng Qi’s first time coming to the house, he naturally had to pick out some gifts.

What’s more, there had been a small accident during his filming today, which delayed him a little.

“Mm, got it.”

Li Heng responded with a sound.

With nothing else left to say, Feng Qi smiled, politely bid farewell to Li Heng, and hung up the call.

Just as he ended the call, Li Sheng leaned in from behind.

“You seem to be getting along quite well with the old man.”

“Your dad only looks stern. Once you actually interact with him, chatting isn’t difficult.”

Feng Qi’s impression of the old man, for now, was quite good.

After all, the old man was genuinely earnest when it came to raising the cub.

Anyone who treated Feng Yuan well, Feng Qi would treat with tolerance and goodwill.

“Don’t you have anything else to do?”

Seeing how quickly Li Sheng had returned to his side, Feng Qi raised his eyebrows and asked.

Li Sheng buried his face against the side of Feng Qi’s neck and murmured softly, “I don’t feel at ease leaving you here alone.”

Feng Qi could only speak Chinese.

Following Li Sheng around, he had temporarily picked up a bit of foreign language.

But when it came to conversing fluently with foreigners, it was still a bit difficult.

Li Sheng had prepared a translation device for him and also prepared himself as a walking, talking translator.

“I’m afraid it’ll still take quite a while.”

“That’s fine, no rush.”

Li Sheng’s closeness to Feng Qi was almost excessive, to the point of being abnormal. Feng Qi noticed it but had no way to do anything about it.

He raised his hand and rubbed Li Sheng’s head, just like petting a dog.

“Li Sheng, why are you so clingy?”

Just like Yuan Yuan.

Yuan Yuan had always said he was prone to blowing his cover and to gaining weight, and that it all came from his biological father.

But in Feng Qi’s opinion, the little one’s clingy, affectionate nature was what truly came from his father.

“Do you dislike me?”

Li Sheng asked in a low voice, “Do you not want me to stay with you anymore?”

Feng Qi: “…”

Feng Qi was silent for a few seconds before countering, “If I said yes, would you leave?”

“Never.”

Feng Qi was choked speechless.

Since he wouldn’t leave no matter what, then why bother asking that question in the first place?

The adults were still each busy with their own matters.

Feng Yuan’s lunch had finally made it into his mouth.

He lived in a three-person dormitory. The space wasn’t large, but it was by no means small either.

The dormitory had everything—beds, desks, chairs, wardrobes.

At this moment, Feng Yuan was sitting at the desk, shoveling rice into his mouth.

Meanwhile, Li Si was talking with Li Wang about blowing up trees and ponds.

The siblings hadn’t really talked much before.

It was only after Feng Yuan appeared that the frequency of their conversations had unknowingly increased a lot.

Although most of their conversations consisted of Li Si speaking and Li Wang listening, compared to the past, that was already a huge change.

“Brother, can you manage it?”

“Mm.”

Li Wang agreed to make explosives.

Listening to his older brother and sister discussing making explosives, Feng Yuan, who was busy shoveling rice into his mouth, felt his little heart pounding thump, thump, thump, beating a bit too fast.

He tilted up his small face and asked nervously, “Brother, Sister, can explosives blow a tree apart?”

“They can.”

Li Si had never blown up a tree before, but she was confident: “When the time comes, just increase the amount, it’ll definitely blow it open.”

After lunch was supposed to be activity time and then a nap.

But Li Si and Li Wang didn’t rest at all.

They asked for leave and went out at noon.

Since their training results at the base had always been excellent, it was easy for the two of them to get permission.

By the time the afternoon training session was about to begin.

The two of them came back.

Feng Yuan didn’t have time to talk much with them, as his own class time had arrived.

His cultural studies were fixed and unshakable.

“Teacher.”

When Feng Yuan saw that the teacher was about to talk about folk customs again, he raised his little chubby hand. He wanted to hear about the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

The teacher giving the lecture had a wide range of knowledge and was also well-versed in the Classic of Mountains and Seas.

Since he wanted to hear it, the teacher told it to him.

The happiest storytelling time came to an end. In the afternoon, there were still two more classes. This time, real cultural studies.

Language class.

Math class.

Dictation.

Feng Yuan felt like dying.

His little face wrinkled up like a bitter melon. Every single time during this part of the day, he had the strongest urge to skip class again.

After a long and unbearable afternoon finally passed.

Feng Yuan at last heard the school bell ring. His originally scrunched-up little bitter melon face instantly lit up with radiance at that sound.

The teacher beside him noticed the change on his little face. The corners of his lips twitched.

“Alright, off you go.”

The teacher knocked on his desk, originally intending to assign him some homework.

But Feng Yuan, gathering his courage, raised his little hand and pleaded: “Teacher, can I not do homework today? Yuan Yuan has something very important to do today!”

The teacher looked at him, thought for a few seconds, and surprisingly, actually agreed.

“Just this once—no homework. But don’t let it happen again.”

“Okay! Thank you, Teacher!”

Feng Yuan’s eyes curved into crescents as he happily gave his thanks.

The teacher, seeing how delighted he was, couldn’t help but be influenced by his mood a little, too.

Very quickly, Feng Yuan packed up his little schoolbag and ran out of the classroom.

He didn’t rush straight to the gate but first went to wait for his brother and sister.

Today, Li Si was also going home.

Li Wang wasn’t.

“Sister!”

Before Feng Yuan could run over to greet his sister, Li Si had already walked up to him.

When she came over, she naturally reached out and picked up Feng Yuan’s schoolbag.

“This schoolbag…”

“Not big enough?”

Feng Yuan glanced at his little yellow-chick schoolbag and whispered, “This is Yuan Yuan’s biggest schoolbag.”

“It’ll do.”

Li Si said, hooking the schoolbag with one hand and holding Feng Yuan’s hand with the other.

The tall and the small walked out together.

“Did you tell the family? Ask them not to send a car over.”

“I told them!”

Feng Yuan let his sister hold his hand and obediently walked along the road. “I told Grandpa not to wait for Yuan Yuan to eat.”

“Yuan Yuan wants to go back a bit later with Sister.”

Feng Yuan was going to blow up a tree, so of course, he couldn’t let the adults know.

That’s why, following his sister’s instructions, he had already taken care of things with the family in advance.

Seeing that he had handled it properly, Li Si was quite satisfied.

The siblings went to a secret base.

The only owners of this secret base were Li Si and Li Wang.

Feng Yuan became the third person to come here.

“This is a little laboratory. I asked my grandma to help me set it up,” Li Si said as she opened Feng Yuan’s little schoolbag.

Inside Feng Yuan’s schoolbag, his exercise books and textbooks were already tattered and worn out.

Those things didn’t take up any space.

Li Si stuffed the prepared explosives into his schoolbag.

“All set.”

Li Si filled Feng Yuan’s schoolbag full of explosives.

After finishing, she took Feng Yuan out to eat a meal.

Feng Yuan wanted to eat a hamburger and drink cola.

Li Si felt that kind of food was greasy and unappetizing. But seeing how much Feng Yuan wanted it, she still chose a burger place.

The shop had kids’ meals.

Li Si ordered one kids’ meal, then separately ordered a shrimp burger and freshly squeezed orange juice.

“Little miss, actually, if you order one more Kids’ Meal B, it’ll be more cost-effective,” the staff member smiled as she recommended a better deal to Li Si.

Li Si cast her a faint glance and refused, “No, just order as I said.”

There were things in the meal set that she didn’t like.

So even though the set was cheaper, Li Si still chose to order separately.

Besides, it wasn’t like she was short on money.

“Sister, iced cola is so good!”

Feng Yuan hadn’t eaten much of this kind of fast-food burger before.

Back when he lived with Dad, he couldn’t afford it.

Later, when he lived with Big Dad, Big Dad had money, so he could afford it.

But Big Dad said it was unhealthy and wouldn’t let him eat it.

Maybe because he rarely got to eat it, Feng Yuan especially loved these things.

He even shared some of his half-drunk iced cola with his sister, letting her take a couple of sips.

Li Si swallowed the iced cola in her mouth.

Her brows furrowed slightly as she belatedly asked, “Drinking something this cold, won’t you get sick?”

Feng Yuan: “I won’t get sick!”

After saying that, Feng Yuan even patted his own belly.

The last time he’d gotten sick, it was because he had eaten too much, too messily, and stuffed himself too full.

This time, he hadn’t eaten a lot!

“Alright then. After we finish eating, we’ll head back. Remember, don’t startle the snake by hitting the grass.”

“If Grandpa finds out, then the tree definitely won’t get blown up.”

“Mm! Yuan Yuan won’t get found out!”

The siblings filled their stomachs at the burger shop, then went home hand in hand.

By the time they returned, it was already dark.

That was exactly what Li Si wanted—the cover of night.

Carrying Feng Yuan’s schoolbag and holding his hand, she didn’t take the main entrance.

The Li family’s old residence covered a large area. Naturally, there was more than just one way in.

Li Si had lived in the old house since childhood, so she was more than familiar with the place.

“Sister.”

Sneaking into the residence, Feng Yuan thought about what they were about to do. His heart thumped like a beating drum.

“If we blow up the tree and Grandpa gets mad, will he hit us?”

Feng Yuan had, after all, been truly beaten before.

Just thinking about the feeling of being hit made his little chubby hand unconsciously reach back to rub his butt.

Li Si’s expression didn’t change in the slightest.

She gave a light snort. “You little coward, you’re worrying way too much.”

“Grandpa never lays a hand on us, and neither does Aunt.”

Hearing that, Feng Yuan felt reassured.

In the old residence, only Grandpa and Aunt were around, and neither Grandpa nor Aunt ever hit children.

The two dads did hit children, but the two dads weren’t here!

“Hehe.”

Feeling like there’d be no beating this time, the little cub grinned widely and chuckled twice.

Just as he was feeling happy, the smartwatch on his wrist rang.

The caller was none other than Dad.

Feng Yuan: “!”

The smile on his little face instantly vanished.

He stood in place, staring at the beeping watch. He wanted to answer Dad’s call, but he was also a little scared.

Li Si had also seen the incoming call on his watch.

“Don’t panic, answer it.”

Li Si said calmly, “Anyway, he’s not here.”

Her steady demeanor made Feng Yuan reluctantly calm down as well.

He found a corner to squat in and answered Dad’s video call.

“Dad.”

The moment the call connected, Feng Yuan called out loudly.

His voice was loud, but he didn’t dare look at Dad. “Y-you… why are you calling Yuan Yuan?”

Feng Qi: “…”

Feng Qi narrowed his eyes slightly.

He had originally wanted to say that he was almost at the old residence, but seeing the cub on the screen, he swallowed those words back down.

“Dad just wanted to see Yuan Yuan. Yuan Yuan doesn’t want to video call with Dad?”

“I do!”

Feng Yuan loved video calling with Dad. But not in this situation.

Because he and his sister had already arrived under the big tree.

And now, they were just about to blow it up!

“Daddy, I-I need to do homework now.”

Seeing that his sister was already getting to work, Feng Yuan’s little face flushed red. Nervous to the point of stammering, he still forced out a lie.

Feng Qi: “Alright.”

Feng Qi: “Our Yuan Yuan actually loves doing homework this much now. Dad is truly relieved.”

Feng Yuan didn’t dare face the relieved look in his father’s eyes at all.

He lowered his little head and tapped his chubby finger to hang up the call.

As soon as the video ended.

Feng Qi’s face instantly turned cold. “Li Sheng, hurry back.”

Li Sheng: “What’s wrong?”

Just now, he had only listened to Feng Qi talking with Feng Yuan. He hadn’t seen Feng Yuan’s little face.

Feng Qi’s expression stayed cold.

“Your son is about to do something bad.”

And judging from the expression on Feng Yuan’s little face this time, he was about to pull off something big.

Being able to precisely read nearly every one of his son’s expressions, Feng Qi’s heart was pounding anxiously now.

Li Sheng held his hand, still trying to soothe him: “Are you sure you’re not overthinking it? Didn’t the old man just say earlier today that Yuan Yuan’s performance here has been excellent?”

The corner of Feng Qi’s mouth twitched.

“His performance. Don’t tell me you still don’t know?”

That little chubby cub of theirs could be well-behaved for a while.

But staying well-behaved all the time? That was pure fantasy.

And right at that moment, the very cub Feng Qi was talking about, after hanging up his dad’s video call, had run under the tree to start working with his sister.

They had already placed explosives under the tree and in the pond.

The explosives in the pond were even waterproof.

Such high-tech stuff. Those were made by Brother!

“Sister, how do we set it off?”

The surroundings were completely silent. Feng Yuan tugged at Li Si’s sleeve, nervous yet excited about what was to come.

Li Si was holding a remote control in her hand.

“Press it, and it’ll explode.”

“Then let me press it!”

The two of them, one big and one small, backed up a bit. Li Si roughly gauged the distance.

“We should be far enough now. Go ahead and press it.”

If they went any farther, the remote wouldn’t work properly.

Feng Yuan gripped the remote control, then gave his sister another little push backward.

“Yuan Yuan will stand in front!”

The tiny little cub, claiming he would protect his sister, actually went through the motions of shielding her.

He used his chubby little body to block in front of his sister, then, with firm resolve, pressed the button.

“Boom—boom—boom!”

One deafening explosion after another, as if the world itself was about to be shattered.

The power of these homemade explosives was even greater than Li Si had imagined.

The tree that Feng Yuan had been determined to dig up was blown down.

The ground beneath the tree was completely overturned.

The pond was blasted open as well.

Feng Yuan was stunned by the blast.

His chubby little body was directly knocked over by the shockwave of the explosion.

And the fallen tree came crashing straight toward him and Li Si.

Li Si’s eyelids twitched sharply.

In the next second, she grabbed Feng Yuan and pulled him aside to dodge.

They avoided the trunk, but the tree’s thick branches pinned Feng Yuan down, dense leaves smothering his whole face.

“Sister, Yuan Yuan’s stuck!”

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