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Chapter 406 - 401. The Bear Child Who Makes a Comeback (Second Update)_1

Chapter 406: 401. The Bear Child Who Makes a Comeback (Second Update)_1

This task was indeed disgusting, but once Ren He saw the bigger picture he let go of his concerns. As long as the brat didn’t create any trouble this year, he felt that it was fine whether or not he completed the task.

After all, last year he had mercilessly suppressed the brat using both the Haidian winter vacation homework and the Huanggang winter vacation homework. Normally, after such painful lessons, kids would calm down.

Plus, last year the brat had already admitted his mistakes, right? As someone with the mind of an adult, he really shouldn’t always be at odds with the kid. Ren He thought that even if the brat acted up again this year, as long as it wasn’t too outrageous, he wouldn’t care.

Rushing home at the end of the year, Ren He walked in the door and was greeted by the delicious aroma of homecooked food.

For Mrs. Ren, who was busy all year round, cooking a meal during the New Year was a rare leisure activity.

Sometimes, Ren He really wanted to tell Ren and Mrs. Ren about his current undertakings, with the intent of lessening their burdens.

But in reality, Ren He was well aware that even if he laid everything bare, it wouldn’t make their lives any easier because the enterprises of Ren and Mrs. Ren were what they had chosen to do. Although they were tired, they found joy in it.

After changing into slippers, Ren He said with a smile, "I’m back!"

Mrs. Ren came out of the kitchen holding a slotted spoon, her eyes lighting up when she saw Ren He, "Son’s back, quickly wash your hands. Mom made meatballs."

But Ren He suddenly froze; with his Super Vision, he clearly saw that among Mrs. Ren’s hair roots, there were already strands of white hair...

Mrs. Ren was only 41 years old this year, but she already had early white hairs.

"Talking to you, where’s your mind at?" Mrs. Ren asked.

Ren He snapped back to reality and smiled, "Alright, I’m going to wash my hands."

He was no longer a child, or rather, his true psychological age was no longer that of a child’s. Seeing his parents starting to have white hair really made him reflective.

In his past life, Ren He was a bit thoughtless. It wasn’t until his parents’ hair turned grey that he realized they were aging.

We take without restraint, and parents give without complaint, which spoils us into behaving like children even after we’ve grown up.

Only when we see our parents’ first grey hair, their first lost tooth, their eyes growing increasingly cloudy, do we truly understand: we have grown up, and our parents, they have aged.

For many, the greatest fears are but three: the gradual drifting of friends, the deceit and betrayal of a lover, and the greying hair of parents.

Ren He was even thinking that during this visit home, he absolutely had to better understand Mrs. Ren’s company and help out wherever he could, even if it was just sending a well-crafted proposal anonymously.

Maybe sending it once wouldn’t be taken seriously, so he would send it multiple times.

After washing his hands, Ren He felt sentimental when suddenly he heard Mrs. Ren say, "I have a friend whose child is also at No.4 Middle School, and they said the school sends a report card every year. How come I’ve never seen yours? Didn’t the school send one last year?"

Heh... it would be weird if they did. Indeed, there was a report card last year, but since Ren He was out of town, it didn’t arrive until the ninth day of the Lunar New Year.

After pondering for 5 seconds, Ren He quickly replied, "About report cards, some classes have them, others don’t; it all depends on the homeroom teacher’s decision. Mom, you know No.4 Middle School is very liberal, each homeroom teacher has their own teaching method, and we’ve changed homeroom teachers."

Mrs. Ren looked at him skeptically, "Is that so?"

"Yes, it is," Ren He said earnestly. Mrs. Ren changed expressions so quickly that Ren He could barely keep up. Just a moment ago, he was deep in thought, but in the next second, that feeling had burst like a fleeting bubble...

At this moment, Ren also entered from outside, smiling when he saw Ren He, "Stinker’s back? Haven’t seen you for half a year, and you don’t even give me a call, just your mom!"

"I’m just worried about your busy public duties," said Ren He with a chuckle, but before he could finish his sentence, Ren grabbed his left hand to check his fingers.

Ren He was stunned! What was this about?

Ren let go of Ren He’s hand and said, "Hm, you’re not learning bad habits like smoking."

My god, could it really be this magical?! Checking your fingernails for yellow stains as the first thing when you meet to determine if you’ve been smoking?!

Why were his parents so eccentric! Luckily for Ren He, although he also smoked now, he definitely didn’t do it much, sometimes forgetting to smoke altogether with barely any addiction. Otherwise, this year’s New Year might have been far from peaceful...

It was as if Ren suddenly remembered something and said, "Your uncle called me this morning, he said he has to thank you for the two sets of winter vacation homework you gave your cousin last year. Your aunt watched over your cousin and made him finish it all through the entire winter break, now that kid ranks top in his class every exam. He really owes you one. Ah, you’re doing a good job as an elder brother. Did you bring any gifts for your cousin this year?"

Pfft, Ren He could now imagine Little Fatty’s desperation, forced to do winter homework without even an answer to copy. He really did go too far last time.

But surprisingly, those two sets of winter homework actually made his studies soar. That was a good thing!

And in fact, the method he chose to discipline the cheeky kid proved effective. Where there’s a cheeky kid, there are rude parents. Tattling to their parents would have been useless, so Ren He took a different path and singled out a mode of punishment that even the rude parents were happy to see, striking the kid with a severe blow!

Surely the lesson was harsh enough, so he didn’t have to worry about his tasks anymore. Haha, once and for all!

Ren He said with a smile, "I came back in a hurry this year and didn’t manage to buy him a gift."

Better to forgive and forget, right?

However, in the afternoon when the family started to gather at the house and his uncle’s family rang the doorbell, the moment Ren He opened the door, he spotted the cheeky kid and sensitively noticed... flames of battle burning in his eyes...

Hm, this is rather interesting...

Ren He had no idea how the cheeky kid had spent the past year. He had already surrendered, but once he got home and faced those two sets of winter homework, his resentment was as uncontrollable as the surging oceans...

That winter homework was just too much!

His grades weren’t just better because of the two sets of homework. His mother always told him, "Look at how good your cousin’s grades are, he even got recruited by Capital Fourth Middle School!"

If you want to fight, first make sure your grades are unbeatable, at least not a acknowledged weakness!

If Ren He knew about the cheeky kid’s mental journey over the past year, he might see the kid as someone with the makings of a great figure.

But... Ren He didn’t know.

All Ren He knew was that this cheeky kid was showing signs of reverting to old habits!

Still, Ren He planned not to fuss over it too much, after all, he was on a mission.

Ren He himself had no idea that at this critical moment, he would be tripped up by the Divine Punishment System, and this task issued may very well be something the Divine Punishment System had known all along – that the cheeky kid did not come with good intentions this time.

He was still too naive, underestimating the Divine Punishment System once again.

Yet, for the sake of the task, he would tolerate it for now. But if the other party became more aggressive, Ren He would have to make him understand that your brother is always your brother...