Chapter 163 Why Fish?

"Why are we fishing?"

Little Fanhe felt like her mouth was an oil can. Looking at her older cousins next to her, each holding a fishing rod in a seemingly professional manner, she pouted with a bit of aggrievedness.

A glance at their respective buckets revealed not a single fish.

They were still pretending, weren't they?

Looking at their great-uncle not far away, fishing just like them, Little Fanhe's eyes darted around.

This child was definitely up to no good.

Without seeing Fanhe's expression, Yan Hui could guess it just from hearing Fanhe's complaints not far away.

For the past week, he had smoothed out the tempers of the other little ones, but only Fanhe was still causing trouble every day.

"Fishing, cultivating the mind and nourishing the nature," Little Hanhan said calmly.

From the beginning, the remarkably mature Little Hanhan didn't have much objection to Yan Hui's arrangements. Moreover, he could sit quietly for a morning, rest in the afternoon, and then use the internet to learn whatever knowledge of this world he needed to.

It didn't delay anything.

But asking Little Fanhe to sit still was simply impossible.

Hanhan glanced at Fanhe, who was about to get up and run away again, and couldn't help but sigh, "You never succeed..."

"My mom said, 'Heaven rewards those who work hard; an iron rod can be ground into a needle.' I'll succeed sooner or later!" Saying that, Little Fanhe waved her chubby little fist, put down her fishing rod, and bent over to run away.

Sure enough, in less than half a minute, Hanhan once again heard the commotion behind him. He turned his head and saw that good friend of their great-uncle lifting Fanhe back like a kitten.

During that time, Fanhe was still punching the air and kicking at nothing, which stunned everyone present.

So cute!

"If you can't catch a fish, you have to keep fishing, or sit quietly for half a day."

Mo Wenshu had really become a claw machine, catching Fanhe several times a day.

Catching her escaping from fishing in the morning;

Catching her in the virtual space during afternoon classes;

Catching her running out with Mei Qiu's Xingxing at night because they couldn't sleep…

When speaking to Fanhe, Mo Wenshu's gaze lowered, meeting Xingxing's secretly glancing eyes. As if caught red-handed, Xingxing immediately turned his head.

That hateful adult!

Even bullying his little sister!

Little Xingxing, thinking about being left here, being "bullied" by his great-uncle, while his parents were enjoying themselves outside, puffed up his cheeks until the dimples on his face disappeared!

He turned his head and saw Mingzhu, who had already closed his eyes and was about to fall asleep, and became even more angry!

Why weren't either of them resisting?

That's right, Little Xingxing didn't like the other cousin either.

These two seemed to have betrayed them, being obedient every day and not helping them!

After a morning of fishing, Little Xingxing and Fanhe, who was squatting in the corner like a growing mushroom, whispered to each other. Mingzhu, on the other hand, sat next to Hanhan, who was drinking tea, and stared at him for a long time.

"Something wrong?"

"Yes."

Taking advantage of the lunch break, Mingzhu finally put forward his idea.

"Since Dad and the others entrusted us to the care of the intelligent AI, it means we can indeed go out and play with the help of AI robots."

"So?"

"So, as long as we take control of the starship, we can leave on our own."

When Mingzhu said this, Yan Hui, who was pretending to rest but actually eavesdropping, almost laughed to death.

"Yeah, if he succeeds, I'll definitely tell Ming Qi and the others about this, embarrassing those grown-up brats who are lazy and don't take care of their kids."

"Pfft, aren't you also calling them brats?" Mo Wenshu couldn't help but smile. It was clear that Yan Hui still saw Ming Qi and the others as children.

"But, do you really want to let them do these things?"

Although these little guys had been noisy lately, it would be terrible if something happened to them on the way if they were really sent away, after all, they were really young.

Moreover, those parents were confident that Yan Hui couldn't bear to part with them.

"Yeah, but if they want to run away, they probably still have a lot of knowledge to learn. People, once they have a goal, do things very quickly." Yan Hui stretched lazily on the bed and sighed, "At that time, Ruan Ruan probably won't be so busy either…"

Unaware of what she would face after her busy research work ended, Ruan Xun suddenly sneezed in the lab.

The smart little ones were already working hard to learn for their escape plan, while the stupid little ones were still thinking about fighting the adults.

After running into walls for nearly a month, Little Fanhe finally realized what was wrong.

"Brother, is it because you're too stupid that our plans keep failing?"

One afternoon, after Xingxing proposed another escape plan, Fanhe finally said what was on her mind.

"Huh?!" Xingxing was also dumbfounded, "I'm not stupid, okay?"

"Then why do your plans always fail?"

Xingxing couldn't answer Fanhe's question.

"Also, you always make me follow your plans, but you don't do anything yourself. You're using me."

"No, I'm not! I didn't!" Xingxing also became anxious and shouted, "It's because you don't want to keep fishing that I'm trying to come up with ideas! You said you wanted to see fireflies at night, and I went out with you, it's just that we got caught every time! And every time we failed, wasn't I trying to come up with ideas for you?

It's clearly because you're stupid and don't want to use your brain…"

Hearing Xingxing say she was stupid, Fanhe retorted confidently, "Why should I use my brain when someone else is using theirs? I'm not stupid, I'm very smart!"

"Who did you hear that from?"

Yan Hui came out from a corner where the two little ones couldn't see him, holding a freshly brewed cup of coffee in his hand.

Who did Fanhe learn this lazy behavior from?

Yan Hui's expression couldn't help but become serious this time. This kind of concept was not something little ones should learn.

"Mom and Auntie Lu Lu said it when they were playing games~" Little Fanhe sold out her mom and Lu Xiaoyao without hesitation.

If Lu Xiaoyao said it, then it was understandable.

After all, for a game streamer who couldn't clear a game, it was indeed important to hug thighs.

But—Yan Hui lowered his head and looked at Fanhe's adorable big eyes again, seeing her looking up at him with a puzzled expression, as if waiting for him to continue.

So, Yan Hui added, "The premise of others using their brains is that they have brains. And you have to have the wisdom to tell whether it's feasible for you to rely on others to use their brains without using your own."

After saying that, Yan Hui squatted down and poked Fanhe's little forehead. Before Fanhe could digest these words, Little Xingxing next to him asked with some resentment, "Great-uncle, are you saying that I'm stupid and not worth my sister relying on?"

Yan Hui: "…"

He suddenly forgot there was another kid here!

…

The parents who were free from the shackles of their children had been living a very comfortable life lately.

In fact, not long after sending Fanhe away, Mingmei took a long vacation from the company and specially invited some of her girlfriends to form a tourist group.

Among them, only Lu Xiaoyao and Mingmei currently had children. During the fun, Mingmei inevitably mentioned Fanhe to Lu Xiaoyao.

"Your great-uncle…" Lu Xiaoyao knew that Yan Hui was the designer who had dominated all her escape games during her school days. Thinking that Mingmei could be so ruthless as to leave her child with him, Lu Xiaoyao had to give her a thumbs up and say, "You're really awesome, or rather, Fanhe is really amazing. Hasn't she sent you messages crying?"

"Her…" Mingmei was reminded by Lu Xiaoyao, and it seemed like her child hadn't contacted her for a month~