Chapter 456: An Incomplete Childhood Without a Beating

"What happened here?"

After work, Zhou Yaling walked into the office, ready to take Candy to dinner, surprised to see Candy facing the wall and contemplating her behavior.

The little one pouted and said angrily, "Sister, you must’ve done this on purpose. Didn’t you see? I got spanked."

Saying this, the little one sighed softly.

"Brother says a childhood without spankings is incomplete."

"Getting hit really hurts."

Zhou Yaling burst into laughter, "Hahaha, got spanked, huh?"

Looking at her brother sitting at the computer with an indifferent expression, Zhou Yaling’s eyes twinkled as she smiled and said:

"Candy, go tell grandpa, let him spank your brother."

Beside them, Xia Xiaomin, who was organizing documents to get the boss’s signature, couldn’t help but smile at the comedic sibling trio.

The little one secretly took a large northeastern date from her pocket and stuffed it into her mouth, glancing at her sister who was full of bad ideas, and mumbled:

"Sister, don’t set me up~"

"Brother said, even if grandpa comes, it won’t help."

"Sigh~ I’ve already been spanked, getting grandpa won’t help now."

Even though she’s small, it doesn’t mean she’s not sharp.

Bringing reinforcements would likely earn her another round of spanking.

Just then, Mo Jingchun’s voice rang out, and the little one instantly straightened her back, not letting her gaze wander.

Mo Jingchun put down the mouse, leaned back in his chair, crossed his legs, and smilingly looked at Zhou Yaling and said:

"Still have time to instigate Candy, huh? Are you finding work too easy?"

"I’ll check your afternoon results, see how well you’ve arranged the intern training."

When her brother gave her that smiling look, Zhou Yaling knew trouble was coming.

The city gate catches fire, and the fish in the moat suffer.

Oh well... can’t help that I’ve never stopped my bad habit of being cheeky in front of my brother.

When there’s nothing to do, I just think about talking back.

Candy stood straight as a soldier, smugly happy inside.

Haha, her brother’s attention has shifted to her sister.

With lightning speed, the little one took another northeastern date and popped it into her mouth, while spitting out the seed from the one in her mouth.

These little actions were completely seen by Mo Jingchun and the others, but he didn’t say anything.

After all, she’s just a little one who just weaned, and it was just to remind her not to play outside in the hot sun, not really meant as punishment.

Watching the little one’s actions, Zhou Yaling couldn’t help but want to laugh, but her brother’s gaze made her hold back.

There’s no helping it. A childhood without being spanked is incomplete, but the brother’s hot temper could lead to complaints to the old man.

The old man doesn’t care whether it’s childhood or not, spanking is the answer.

It echoes the old man’s often-quoted saying, "A child reared beneath the rod becomes filial."

Just spank and be done.

Engrossed in the delicious northeastern date, Candy didn’t notice someone had come up behind her.

A hand gently tapped her shoulder, startling her so much that she almost dropped the date seed she was holding with her left hand.

"Time to eat."

Yay~ no more standing~

The little one stretched out her hands and pounded her legs, looking quite serious about it.

Mo Jingchun glanced at her and rolled his eyes dramatically.

Not even ten minutes have passed, and her legs are sore? Nonsense.

In those ten minutes, she probably spent at least five minutes eating.

When out playing, how come you never pounded your legs then?

"Let’s go."

"Brother, wait for me!"

Leaving her sister behind, Candy quickly chased after.

It’s clear in her mind who has the final say here.

Sister? Her words don’t hold much weight.

At the lobby entrance, the little one looked at the bright sun outside, hesitating to step out.

It wasn’t until her brother opened a large umbrella that Candy obediently hid in its shade.

Under the osmanthus tree, as expected, Little Grey was squatting there.

Upon hearing the sound, Little Grey darted over.

"Hey, Little Grey, where’s Bun?"

Mo Jingchun glanced under the osmanthus tree, not seeing Bun, and calmly said to Candy:

"Bun might have already eaten."

"Don’t worry about Bun, it won’t go hungry."

If there’s a bite to eat for Dagger, would Dagger go without for Bun?

"Brother, haven’t you noticed, Little Grey seems to have grown a lot."

"That’s normal. In another two or three months, it’ll probably be heavier than Bun."

"But... why is Little Grey still so timid?"

At the cafeteria entrance, Mo Jingchun closed the umbrella and placed it in the umbrella stand.

"Being a bit timid is good, or Dagger could knock Little Grey out with one slap."

Mo Jingchun remembered, when Candy first brought Little Grey back, it wasn’t timid at all.

It was fierce even before weaning.

Mo Jingchun guessed that Little Grey probably had a run-in with Dagger, that’s why it got so timid.

"Brother, can I go play with Xiang’Er this afternoon?"

"Xiang’Er isn’t here; her parents took her to Shanghai for the summer vacation."

"Huh? How come Guo’Er didn’t know that."

That afternoon, it wasn’t until Zhou Yaling got off work that she finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Worried for an entire afternoon and well-prepared, but her brother never came to check.

If she had known he was just scaring her, she wouldn’t have worried the whole afternoon.

Thinking about it, her busy brother, where would he find time to bother her?

Strangely, why didn’t Candy come over that afternoon?

In the lab, Candy reluctantly climbed out of the battle armor.

She wanted to play a little longer, but her brother said it was time to go.

Hmmph, Zero actually listens to her brother so much, stopping the battle armor without a second thought.

And when did it hide such a big toy here, without Zero saying a word.

Really no fun.

"Stop looking, time to go home."

"The things in here can’t be talked about outside, or you risk a spanking, got it?"

"Mm-hmm," the little one nodded without hesitation.

The stick that hit her at noon was still sitting in the office.

She wasn’t foolish enough to mess with that.

Sitting in the back of the car, Candy was drinking milk.

"Brother, we’ve waited half an hour, why hasn’t sister come down yet?"

"Woof woof woof~"

Petting a cat, Mo Jingchun looked at his watch and said:

"She should be coming soon, it’s been five minutes since work ended."

"No way, you text her to hurry up."

But Mo Jingchun wasn’t in any rush, they’d just go home to find Zhou Yaling cooking.

The little one, however, was eager to go home and play with her toys.

Anxiously, Candy picked up the phone and called directly.

"I’m coming, I’m coming."

Hearing hurried footsteps on the phone, Mo Jingchun looked out the window to see Zhou Yaling running out of the lobby.

"Sister, work ended ten minutes ago!"

"Not being keen to finish work reflects an attitude problem."

"Ouch!"

The little one rubbed her head, confused, looking at her brother.

Mo Jingchun, frustrated with her carelessness, said, "What are you thinking? The company’s ours."