My Scheming Little Devil

Ye Yiyi pouted, visibly displeased.

"Everyone else wrote about some ancient beauty who could ’make the moon hide in shame and the flowers blush,’ so unoriginal. That’s why I wrote, ’I am the ultimate beauty who puts the moon and flowers to shame; she can move aside!’ And the teacher actually gave me a big red cross. Did I really write something wrong? You tell me if that’s not frustrating."

Ling Kong laughed so hard he convulsed, his shoulders shaking up and down.

Never seen someone so narcissistic, who praises herself even when making up a sentence, and not even in a roundabout way.

Third Young Master Jun also laughed out loud, picked up the little girl with the puffed-up angry face and sat her on his lap, fondly smoothing her hair that stood on end.

"How could those shallow humans understand the depth of my precious Yiyi? It’s all the teacher’s fault. When we get back, Daddy will get the principal to fire her!"

At once, Ye Yiyi’s head shot up in pride, full of herself and radiating confidence.

She believed herself to be a naturally-born genius girl.

From afar, Ye Lu watched this warm and harmonious scene, feeling her heart melt. This was true happiness—a family of four, him doting on his adorable treasures, and the treasures getting along so well with him. Even though they did not know he was their biological father, they still loved him the same.

She also kept thinking about how to broach the subject, to tell the two children that Third Young Master Jun was their real father, that they were not children without a dad.

It was time to reveal the truth.

He was leaving at noon. The road ahead was fraught with danger, and she hoped he could feel the love the children had for him, that he would become an inseparable part of their family, giving him a warm anchor for his soul amidst the perils.

Ye Lu walked over, and the little girl immediately hopped down, pulled up a stool, and invited her to sit next to Daddy.

She sat down next to Ling Kong, propping up her little chin, happily watching Mommy and Daddy.

When Third Young Master Jun saw her come over, he immediately had someone serve breakfast—a refined and bountiful meal, Eastern and Western cuisine, vegetables and fruits, everything one could wish for.

"Eat up. Don’t starve my precious little ones," Third Young Master Jun said with an adoring gaze, pouring her a glass of milk.

Ye Lu sipped the milk and nibbled on pastry when she suddenly realized everyone was looking at her. Surprised, she lifted her head to meet their gazes.

"Why aren’t you eating?"

"Mommy, we’ve already eaten, and look what time it is," Ye Yuan said with annoyance.

Facing the tableful of breakfast, Ye Lu was at a loss: "You didn’t need to prepare so much just for me!"

"You have to eat for three, so our babies can grow up healthy and cute," Third Young Master Jun said, glancing at her round belly, thinking of the two babies needing loads of nutrition.

Looking at his pig-feeding kind of peculiar expression, Ye Lu suddenly got goosebumps, feeling as if in two or three months, she’d really be sent off to the slaughterhouse for pigs.

However, just as Ye Lu was about to take a bite of a sandwich, a gunshot shattered the peaceful breakfast time. 𝐟𝚛𝕖𝚎𝕨𝗲𝐛𝚗𝐨𝐯𝐞𝕝.𝐜𝗼𝗺

In an instant, Third Young Master Jun reacted with lightning speed, using his body as a shield to protect Ye Lu, his eyes sharp as he kicked up the table. Breakfast and milk scattered in the sunlight, blurring the assailant’s line of sight, and the wrought-iron table quickly blocked the incoming bullet.

Ling Kong swiftly scooped up Ye Yiyi, rolling into the flower bushes nearby. A cold, sharp cross knife flew from his sleeve, tracing a shining arc in the air.

With a swish, it buried itself accurately in the throat of the masked figure on top of the wall, blood spurting out, spraying the air, and the hefty body tumbled down from the wall, twitching a few times before stilling in death.

"Yuanyuan," Ye Lu turned anxiously and saw the child, already alertly running over, pulling her back and quickly ducking behind a large white pillar.

Then, to her surprise, a black object was thrown from his hand, flying straight towards Third Young Master Jun.

It was actually a gun.

Update complete for the 14th, was originally going to post ten Chapters, gritted my teeth and added three more despite writing all night and my shoulders hurting, comrades remember to vote more, leave messages.