This took Father Zhao aback for a moment.
Fu Zai… Hu Zai (Tiger Cub)…
Her wish is to pick up plastic bottles and discarded wires.
Father Zhao blurted out, “Baby, did you listen to the things that other children had said?”
Mother Zhao, next to her, had already read the full story. So she didn't instinctively choose to refute just like Father Zhao, and then Mother Zhao added, “We already returned the money.”
Father Zhao suddenly remembered that previously, Zhao Xixi's best friend had given her some money. His expression changed too quickly, and he finally stayed in shock.
Then Father Zhao thought of something. He turned his head with difficulty and said to his wife, “No, I send her to school every day and then pick her up from school. There were so many children sent all around there. How could it be that our daughter is the one in the story? Besides, there's still some distance between the kindergarten and the monster nursery.”
Mother Zhao looked at her daughter, who had started to hide away quietly, and she also couldn't believe all of this in her heart. Her daughter was not yet four years old, and her words often couldn't express her meaning. But she actually learned to deceive people. Then, facing her husband, Mother Zhao said, “Do you remember that some time ago? When she drew a picture, it was a picture that her friend had given her some money for, and she said that the teacher would find someone to redraw it and then print it into a book.”
Aren't they reading this book now?
Mother Zhao remembered when she went to pick up Zhao Xixi before; at that moment, she was queuing outside, and then Zhao Xixi came over by herself. She had already picked her up at the kindergarten gate, so she didn't need to go into the school by herself. After all, at that moment, it was unimaginable for her to think that her own child did not go to human school.
Then Mother Zhao looked at her husband and said, “Did you see her go in and come out with your own eyes?”
Father Zhao recalled it for a while, and he realized that he really didn't see her out or in, not even once. Every time he sent Zhao Xixi to school, they would halt at the school gate, and then she would watch him go to work from the school gate. And every time he went to pick her up, she had already waited for him outside the school.
Father Zhao looked at his daughter in disbelief and asked with great difficulty, “Little Xixi, you went to the monster school next door??? Then you lie to us every day? Yesterday, you even pretended that you didn't know there was a human child in the monster school next door?!”
Little Xixi straightened her back and said plausibly, “That Uncle Tao lied to me, too. He even lied to me and said that there was a slide in the monster school, which obviously didn't exist. Also, the monsters in the monster school don't eat people. He lied to me, too.”
This level of self-confidence is simply making Father and Mother Zhao want to vomit blood. Say that it's fine to lie, but it seems there's no intention of repentance, as if everyone is a liar, they are also not good kids, and no one can blame anyone!
These words made Mother Zhao feel so annoyed. She took a deep breath and said in a heavy tone, “Then you really go to the monster school every day? What did Mom and Dad tell you? Did you not take it to heart?”
Little Xixi looked at her mother with her big, watery eyes and said, “I know. But I'm not a good kid anymore. No, I'm just not a good kid sometimes, but most of the time, I'm a good kid. Just like Mom and Dad, sometimes you are not good adults, and you often lie to me, but I have never lost my temper with you nor exposed your lies.”
The little girl said this seriously, as if she had done an incredibly great thing.
Father Zhao succeeded in laughing angrily: “When did we lie to you?”
Zhao Xixi: “You say that monsters can eat people, but in fact monsters don't eat people. Crow monsters eat fruit. Tiger monsters, lion monsters, and leopard monsters—all of them eat cut meat. And there is no red hand, green hand, or big white hand in the toilet, and… and… I… I… I can’t remember. I’ll go in and get my books!”
Little Xixi immediately turned her head and ran towards her room.
Father and Mother Zhao looked at each other. The two of them obviously hadn't woken up from this huge blow.
At this moment, their daughter had already come out of her room, holding a book in her hand. It was her drawing book, which she used to paint and draw every day.
Then they saw Zhao Xixi open the drawing book and point to the earthworm-like lines, and she said, “I remembered; this is Mom who promised me to bring me lunch. But Mom lied again and said,” Zhao Xixi put her hands on her hips and said like an adult, “Baby, how could I have said that? I obviously didn't say it! But in fact, Mom had agreed with me at that time, and I had already told Mom that I could only eat an apple at noon, so I was hungry. Mommy already said yes at that time when you were chatting with your friend. And Mommy even said something about the vixen… I remember it clearly!”
Mother Zhao watched this scene in shock.
After Zhao Xixi finished talking about the picture on this page, she turned to another page, which was exactly the same as the previous line drawing style. They don't know how Zhao Xixi extracted the information from these similar pictures, just like a pouring kettle. Hastily, she said, “This is Mommy who said it; Mom said that monsters will eat children who don’t like cleanliness. But Mom had lied. In fact, many monsters don't like cleanliness themselves, and the clouded leopard monster even likes to roll around in the mud.”
What Father and Mother Zhao didn't know was that, in fact, Zhao Xixi felt she would definitely forget things, so she drew pictures and wrote them there. Then she would read it every night before going to bed to think about what had happened before.
Zhao Xixi: “This is also Mommy who said it. Said that monsters will eat children who are talking too much, but Mom still lied anyway…”
The way Zhao Xixi turned over old accounts, especially because she didn't know at all what kind of danger she was in, made the couple so furious that they wanted to spank her buttocks, which let her remember for a long time. But Father Zhao still restrained himself for a little bit, and he was going to start by outperforming her in terms of language first.
So Father Zhao said earnestly, “Baby… Mom and Dad said this for your own good. You are still too young, and you don't understand many things. Mom and Dad can only use this inappropriate way to let you go ahead. I understand the cruelty of this world, but it's wrong for you to lie like this.”
Zhao Xixi raised her head and looked at her father. She, imitating her father's earnest tone, sighed and said decently, “But I'm also doing it for your own good. You were too timid, and you were unable to beat adult monsters. And sometimes you were even unable to beat a little monster cub. If I tell you the truth, you’ll be terrified.”
Father Zhao: “When did we say we couldn't beat monsters?”
Zhao Xixi: “I had asked it. When Dad sent me to the monster school on the first day, I was terrified. I kept crying and crying. When Mom picked me up after school, I wanted to tell you I didn't want to go to school anymore. But when I asked Mom, she said that she couldn't beat either the adult monsters or the little monsters. And Mom also said Daddy, too, couldn’t beat the adult monsters or the little monsters either. Mom and Dad cannot beat the monsters; there's no other way… What should we do if the monster teachers come here if I don't go to school?”
Father Zhao couldn't believe that her daughter was "bearing humiliation" behind her back.
Father Zhao turned around to look at his wife, and Mother Zhao also remembered it. When Zhao Xixi went to school on the first day, she was the one who picked her up after school. At that moment, her daughter had indeed asked that question, and she had indeed answered like that. How could she have thought at that moment that her daughter was facing such a situation?
Father Zhao: “Why do you say that?”
Mother Zhao pressed her temple: “Are you sure you want to hold me accountable now? It was you who sent our daughter to the monster nursery!”
Father Zhao immediately lost his mind.
So the couple was originally angry, but now their mood is more complicated.
However, at this moment, Zhao Xixi patted both of her parents’ knees decently. In fact, she wanted to pat their shoulders, but she couldn't.
Then Father and Mother Zhao heard their daughter childishly say, “So we are fair. You have lied to me, and I have lied to you. Sometimes you are not good parents, and sometimes it’s me who is not a good kid, but we are still a family. Just like Mom and Dad love me, I love Mom and Dad too. I have a good relationship with the monsters now, and the monsters in school didn’t bully me. I have become so powerful that Mom and Dad will no longer need to be afraid of monsters in the future. Because I can fight with the monsters, I can beat them away!”
This was the first time that the couple had listened so carefully when Zhao Xixi had a long talk while she snapped her fingers. Since her personality became cheerful, she didn’t like to cry anymore, and she also never talked so long at home like she used to before.
Father Zhao was inexplicably teary, and when he looked at his wife, he saw she was about to cry.
It's been a long time since they've heard her talk in such a long way.
It turned out that she was more thoughtful than they imagined, and she was no longer a little baby who could only eat. She has her own views on the world and the things in it.
However, they had missed the whole process. Obviously, the child was here by their side, but despite her having such a big change, they already missed the process, just like those stranger adults outside.
Father Zhao said softly, “Baby, did the monsters in your school really not bully you?”
Zhao Xixi shook her head while saying, “Really not! They didn't bully me! Even though they would bully Tiger Cub sometimes, they really never bullied me.”
Mother Zhao: “…”
Father Zhao: “No, I had added your kindergarten teacher's WeChat. Why does she always think that you are in their school?”
Zhao Xixi's little milk voice was crisp when she explained: “Oh, she thought I was in the second class of the small class. And she didn't have a good relationship with the teacher in the second class of the small class, so she didn't know.”
In her opinion, Mom and Dad cannot longer pursue this matter because they are even!
However, Zhao Xixi still asked a bit worriedly, “Mom, can I continue to study in this current kindergarten?”
Mother Zhao is already having a bit of a headache now, and her mind can say it is like being full of oatmeal. There are too many issues to consider. She pressed her temple and said, “You go back to the room first, and I have to discuss it with your dad.”
Zhao Xixi gave her father a pitiful look, then she walked back to her room step by step.
It seemed, without turning her head and looking back, she already knew her mother would not let her go to the monster nursery kindergarten.
Once Zhao Xixi returned to the room, Father and Mother Zhao went to the study room. They had to admit that their verbal offensive just now really failed to defeat a three-year-old daughter.
After they were in the study room, Father Zhao said, “What should we do now?”
Mother Zhao was still angry: “When you sent your child to the monster nursery, why didn't you think about what to do?”
Father Zhao: “Are you sure you want to be held accountable now?”
It was really mistakes at that time that led to the current result.
At that time, he shouldn't have taken the child to school. If Mother Zhao had been a bit patient when she faced Little Xixi at that time and didn't yell at Little Xixi, or if she had taken the child to sign up for kindergarten herself, there would be no such thing as Father Zhao, who was the one rushing to sign up at the wrong kindergarten.
If Mother Zhao had answered "yes", when their daughter asked whether they could win the fight against the monster, then their daughter would have had to let them know she was among a group of monsters, and she would not have come to this point.
If… if… they listen more to what Zhao Xixi has to say, don't ignore her sometimes just because she can't speak clearly. They can definitely get a lot of information from her words. After all, she is just a child, so it's really hard for her to lie to adults. The reason she could hide it from adults mainly lay within them. It's because they put too little energy into their daughter.
They were usually exhausted because, while working, they also joined the Anti-Monster Alliance. The purpose is to have a better environment for future generations to grow up in. But suddenly, a blow hit the two of them, and both of them seemed to be sucked clean, and they were dizzy.
You look at me, and I look at you. They feel exhausted for no reason, and they slump on the study room’s sofa.
Father Zhao sighed and said first, “Forget it. We can no longer think about who is more responsible. We should think about what to do. Now there are only two choices: either continue to study in the monster nursery, or drop out and go back to study in human kindergarten.”
“Continuing to study there is definitely impossible.” Mother Zhao frowned and said, “Still, they are just monster cubs who have not undergone their transformation yet and still have their wild animal nature. No matter what, we can't let our daughter continue to study there. And with the problem of our identity, how could they treat our daughter well?”
Father Zhao's thinking was more complicated. He was a bit anxious and said, “This is not the most critical issue.”
Father Zhao: “Do you remember what the person in charge of the Eastern District had said before?”
Mother Zhao: “What?”
Father Zhao: “Yesterday, when he was sitting here, he said that if he couldn't find the human child who was studying in the monster nursery, he would find a fake one.”
Father Zhao added, “You think if he wants to find a fake one, it will be a good, delicious offer?”
Mother Zhao sat up suddenly; she was shocked, then asked, “What do you mean?”
Father Zhao: "At that moment, he was actually hinting to us that our daughter, Zhao Xixi, should be that fake human child. That is mean; make our daughter Zhao Xixi have to be injured a bit. After that, they will put the blame on the monster cub nursery. In this way, if the monster nursery wants to refute public opinion, they must release information about who the real human child is. Otherwise, public opinion alone will crush us to death, and with a little bit more operation, it may even cause a bigger commotion."
When Mother Zhao heard this, she became angry from the heart and fiercely said, “What the hell? They must be sick!”
“At that moment, I had blocked his hint, but now the problem is that our Zhao Xixi is not a fake. She is the real one! If this information breaks out, the monster nursery will not attack our daughter. But the people over there will attack first, and after they do it, they will directly plant the blame on the monster nursery.” Father Zhao said this with a headache.
He asked this question yesterday because he felt that if they really did this, it would be impossible for us to fall out with the alliance for our daughter.
Mother Zhao couldn't believe it and said, “How could they have such an illusion?!”
Father Zhao looked at Mother Zhao, then sighed and said, “Baby’s classmate’s mother was right. There were some problems with our family's education.”
Mother Zhao remained silent when she heard this.
Father Zhao: “So now we are in a dilemma.”
If someone really has reports about them, this matter would definitely develop in the direction he had mentioned earlier. In fact, the politicians who invested above feel very dissatisfied with the alliance's performance because their progress is too slow.
Mother Zhao is also a smart person. After thinking about it for a while, she had figured it out.
She gritted her teeth and then said, “Then let the baby continue studying in the monster nursery.”
“Don't feel too bad. Looking at the situation, the monster nursery had printed the book, which praised the friendship between the human child and the monster cub. Whether they are sincere or not, at least they have to ensure that our daughter is safe at their school. And until now, our baby has never been injured at all, which means the monster nursery did a good job before. If we drop our baby out of their school, the monsters will also be stubborn, and they will directly remove the protection of Zhao Xixi's information. So we really have no other choice but to let her stay still in the monster nursery kindergarten.”
Even if Mother Zhao was unwilling in every possible way, she could only agree with her husband at this moment.
Seeing her frown, Father Zhao tried to ease her mood and said, “Besides, she had a very happy time in the monster nursery. You can see that she speaks a lot better now than before. She doesn't like to cry anymore, and she is more obedient every day.”
Mother Zhao felt sore when she heard this. She used to think her daughter was always pestering her. Felt that she was too active, and she was always talking and questioning endlessly. But now, after just a bit over two months, her daughter seems to have grown up. She’s becoming more obedient, well-behaved, sensible, and not clingy anymore.
At this moment, she felt very uncomfortable in her heart. They had obviously worked so hard to create a better environment for their children. But in the eyes of others, they didn't care about their child at all and could even use their child as a tool for political struggle.
Sitting in her room now, Zhao Xixi actually breathed a sigh of relief, feeling very relaxed.
Because she has no secrets now, Zhao Xixi thought to herself, It is really hard to keep a secret!
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