CHAPTER 1740: CHAPTER 1742: WHY MUST YOU EXPOSE ME?

"Pretty Dad, do you know that you’re not adorable at all?"

"Adorable is a word for you," Ye Zi’an said, "Dad is an adult. It’s you little tots that are called adorable."

"No, Pretty Dad is not adorable." Yangyang turned his head, put his hands on his hips, and said loudly, "Pretty Dad, there’s a saying that goes ’see through something but don’t say it,’ and ’it’s rare to be muddle-headed.’ I’m just trying to make Mom happy, can’t you pretend not to know anything? Why did you have to expose me?"

"Wow, you’ve been learning a lot of phrases lately, haven’t you? You speak so eloquently." Ye Zi’an laughed as he rubbed Yangyang’s cheek, "Don’t puff up your face, be careful or it’ll swell up."

Yangyang just turned his head with a little huff, "Hmph... Pretty Dad is getting less friendly, always exposing me."

"Dad is just helping you speak the truth, okay?"

"Dad, Mom..." As they arrived at the bamboo courtyard, Lele was at the door greeting them.

Yang Chuxia thought about what Ye Zi’an had said to her in the carriage earlier.

She could accept that he had learned all his letters at such a young age, but he was already writing essays and would be taking the Cultivated Talent exam next year. Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but break into a cold sweat. Thinking about how he even thought of pawning a jade pendant to trade medicinal herbs, Yang Chuxia couldn’t help but take another good look at him.

Perhaps her gaze was too obvious, prompting Lele to touch his forehead awkwardly.

Seeing his confused face, still adorably chubby from baby fat.

Yang Chuxia suddenly hugged and gave him a kiss.

"Mom..." Lele was puzzled. Why was his mom so affectionate today?

"Son, is it really okay to be so split like this?" Such an adorably soft child, yet so scheming; the contrast was just too much.

"Mom, I have a hunch that what you just said isn’t a compliment." Before she could change her mind, Lele spoke up again.

Hearing this, Yang Chuxia quickly shook her head, "Your hunch is wrong. Mom thinks you’re too smart, and she’s extremely proud."

"Really?" Lele clearly didn’t quite believe it, so he looked at Ye Zi’an, only to find Ye Zi’an wasn’t looking at him at all.

With both adults acting so strangely, he couldn’t help but think a little more. When he returned to his room, he asked Ye Er, "Do you think Mom and Dad found out what I’ve been up to? Why are they acting so weird today?"

"They probably haven’t, right? I was careful when I went out, and besides, I’m not the one who sells the medicinal herbs directly."

"That’s odd. Could it be that Mom noticed one of my jade pendants is missing?" he thought it shouldn’t be likely, as the pawned jade pendant was identical to his brother’s. Lately, to avoid arousing suspicion, he even borrowed his brother’s pendant to flaunt in front of Mom.

After pausing for a moment, the little one continued, "Once the money comes in, I’ll redeem the pendant right away, before Mom notices it’s gone."

"It’ll be soon, the money should come back by the end of the month," Ye Er said with a smile.

"That’s good."

While Lele and Ye Er were discussing this, Yang Chuxia and Ye Zi’an were discussing it in their room too.

"Your son is beyond clever."

"What happened? Did you find something out?" Ye Zi’an asked.

"I just called his head maid over to ask about the jade pendant. He hides his things so well that even his maid had to think for a while before realizing a black jade pendant was missing." Yang Chuxia said with a twitch of her lips, "But you know what? Just three days ago, I saw him wearing it."