Slacker Second Gen C12

Chapter 12: School Tyrant 12

“So, when you are in school, you will leave Xiao Qian at Skyhigh Game Lounge, let the nanny take care of her, and then asked us to keep an eye on the nanny?” Li Xiu’s expression was hard to describe.

He knew that Zai Ye had been bullied by a nanny when he was younger, so he had some psychological scars, but he didn’t expect him to come up with such a plan.

“Xiao Qian is still too young to express herself if she’s being bullied, and I saw in the news that some nannies abduct their employers’ children. I can’t relax about it. That’s why I let the nanny bring her to Skyhigh Game Lounge these days. You don’t need to take care of her, just keep an eye on her and see if there’s any problem with the nanny,” Zai Ye said.

Actually, even with this plan, he still wasn’t fully at ease, but for now, this was the best option.

Li Xiu complained, “I’m not here every day. Sigh, fine, fine, I’ll help you out for a few days!”

Zai Ye relaxed his expression, “Thank you, Xiu Ge.”

Li Xiu said, “But I heard a few days ago that you took Xiao Qian to Aunt Wen’s place to stay. I thought from now on your mom would help you take care of her.”

Zai Ye was silent for a moment. “She has a husband and children. They’re a happy family of three. It doesn’t make sense for her ex-husband’s son and his daughter to move in with her.”

Li Xiu patted his shoulder to comfort him. “It’s probably for the best that she doesn’t stay there. I heard from Wen Cheng that your younger brother, Lu Lang, is a troublesome kid. What if he bullies our little Xiao Qian?”

Zai Ye thought about the scene where Xiao Qian hit Lu Lang with a fly swatter and made him cry and roll on the ground. He nodded in agreement. “Exactly.”

Aunt Wu had been a nanny for many years and was quite experienced, but it was the first time she had encountered such a strange client. A twenty-year-old high school student with a two-year-old daughter, and no parents in the family, just the father and daughter living together.

Her job was to take care of the child and handle some housework, but instead of working at home, she was doing it inside a “game lounge.”

On her first day, Aunt Wu realized she had nothing to do. The child she was supposed to take care of was very well-behaved, not crying or causing a fuss. She sat quietly playing the claw machine, with several young people accompanying her.

The young people were all dressed in designer clothes, looking like rich second-generation heirs, gathered around the child, watching her play the claw machine.

“Recently, there’s been a rumor in the circle that Zai Ye’s father has been bragging about his granddaughter everywhere. Honestly, it’s getting so bad that when I go home, my parents keep pushing me to get married. Ridiculous! Who gets married before they’re forty?” said Dou Yipei, who swore he would play until he was old.

“Can’t believe it, Zai Ye kept quiet and suddenly has a daughter. I’ve been flirting with flowers for ten years and still haven’t had a kid,” said the playboy Zhang Hou, swinging his legs.

“Her name is Zai Qian? She looks exactly like her father, so cute! Does she speak yet? Come on, call me Uncle Liu!” said Liu Shaoning, who had a baby face.

These three were also regulars at Skyhigh Game Lounge, Li Xiu’s friends. After seeing the photo of Xiao Qian playing the claw machine on Li Xiu’s social media, they came over to watch.

“Not only does Xiao Qian look like Zai Ye, her personality is a bit similar too. She doesn’t like to talk and doesn’t easily speak to strangers,” Li Xiu said, though his expression seemed a bit proud. “I’ve taken care of her before. When I talk to her, she’ll respond. Watch.”

He cleared his throat and leaned in close to Xiao Qian, calling her, “Xiao Qian, Xiao Qian, who am I?”

Xiao Qian, sitting there playing the claw machine, ignored the four adults around her. She was focused on the claw, about to catch a toy, when suddenly one of the adults bothered her. Xiao Qian frowned. “No noise!”

Li Xiu: “… So cold-hearted.”

The other three burst into laughter. “Hahahahaha!”

“Let me do it. I’m the most handsome, no woman would refuse to give me face,” Zhang Hou said, smiling as he leaned in. “Xiao Qian, do you want Uncle to help you catch toys?”

The claw missed again, and Xiao Qian, still angry, punched the claw machine. She ignored the big face making awkward expressions next to her, jumped off her little stool, ran to a nearby table, opened a bottle of yogurt, and angrily drank it all.

Her posture looked almost like someone drinking beer with bravado.

Liu Shaoning also leaned in and deliberately said, “Xiao Qian, I want some too. Can you give me a bottle?”

Xiao Qian glanced at him and handed him a bottle. Liu Shaoning proudly showed the others his yogurt. Just then, Xiao Qian said, “Give you one bottle, tomorrow you return me two.”

Liu Shaoning: “Oh my god, this kid really knows how to invest. She’s definitely going to inherit the family business and become a ruthless businessman!”

Zhang Hou didn’t believe he couldn’t get a smile from a little girl. He watched the child play the claw machine for half an hour and suddenly had an idea.

An hour later, a small truck delivered a new claw machine.

Zhang Hou smiled. “The little claw machines are easier to operate. The big ones are too hard to catch toys!”

Sure enough, when Xiao Qian found the smaller machine easier to control, she abandoned the one Li Xiu bought and gave Zhang Hou a perfunctory smile.

That afternoon, when Zai Ye picked up Xiao Qian after school, he saw that Skyhigh Game Lounge had added three more small claw machines, and Xiao Qian was rotating between them.

Zai Ye: “What’s going on?”

Li Xiu, lounging on the couch playing a game, replied, “Oh, Zhang Hou and the others came over today and bought toys for Xiao Qian.”

When Zai Ye took Xiao Qian home, Aunt Wu followed, as she was responsible for preparing dinner for the father and daughter. It was only at this time that Aunt Wu finally had something to do.

Being a top-tier nanny, Aunt Wu’s specialty was making meals for children, from baby food to nutritious meals for teenagers. Seeing the employers eating happily and almost finishing their food, Aunt Wu finally felt somewhat at ease.

“Mr. Zai, how about I take care of the child at your home? At the game lounge, she’s already had lunch, and I’m not needed to play with her. I’m just sitting here doing nothing, which doesn’t justify my high salary. I’m a professional nanny!” Aunt Wu said.

Zai Ye was watching the video Li Xiu sent him. The video showed the child focused on playing games, but the adults kept bothering her, trying to make her speak. Her face showed “leave me alone” written all over it, but the more she acted like this, the more the annoying people wanted to make her talk.

He sighed, raising an eyebrow. Hearing Aunt Wu’s comment, he lifted his head. “Aunt Wu, you’ve got work to do. At the game lounge, be mindful of these shady people and don’t let them be alone with Xiao Qian. Ensure her safety.”

Aunt Wu nodded repeatedly. “Don’t worry, I’ll keep a close eye on Xiao Qian. Tomorrow, I’ll bring food for her and won’t let her eat out!”

Zai Ye nodded in satisfaction. “Good.” This way, both sides were watching, with someone to accompany Xiao Qian and someone to cook, completing a perfect cycle.

Worried about his daughter, Zai Ye hadn’t even thought of this level of detail during his math test.

The next day, when Zai Ye picked up Xiao Qian from Skyhigh Game Lounge, he noticed that beside the claw machines, a new area had been set up with a mat, half-built large Lego blocks, and a mountain of yogurt bottles.

Zai Ye asked, “What’s going on?”

Li Xiu, lying on the mat playing on his phone, answered, “Oh, today my cousin and the others came to see Xiao Qian. They bought her some Legos. The yogurt is because yesterday, Liu Shaoning drank a bottle of yogurt from Xiao Qian, so today he sent over a dozen boxes.”

On the way home, Zai Ye glanced at the video Li Xiu had sent.

The video showed the young men disassembling Legos, trying to get the child to join, but the complex Lego blocks didn’t interest her. She went to the side and started organizing the yogurt boxes seriously, stacking them one by one.

When she finished arranging them, Li Xiu’s cousin, Liang Haoling, came over and messed up her arrangement. The 21-year-old college student smiled maliciously at her. “Are you mad? Are you going to cry?”

The child stared at him silently for a moment, didn’t argue, and calmly re-stacked the yogurt.

Zai Ye: “…” Her temper has gotten so much better. She didn’t even go to punch his knee.

The next part of the video revealed that things weren’t as simple as they seemed.

Liang Haoling went to play with the Lego blocks again, finally building half of it. Xiao Qian quietly walked over. He still hadn’t realized the severity of the situation and kept showing off, “Look, I’m better than you.”

The next moment, the blocks scattered everywhere, and Xiao Qian pulled her hand back, giving him the same smile he had just shown her. She said, “Cry fast,” her childish voice sounding so devilish.

In the background, Liang Haoling was losing his mind while Xiao Qian was happily drinking another bottle of yogurt.

Zai Ye: “…” Hmm, saving this video.

The third day, when Zai Ye picked up Xiao Qian from school, he entered and immediately heard several people laughing. Looking over, the sofas had been pushed together, and Xiao Qian was sitting in the middle, holding a large wine glass (with yogurt inside, of course).

Several familiar young second-generation heirs were sitting next to her, playing checkers. Li Xiu was holding the dice. “It’s your turn, Xiao Qian!”

Xiao Qian took the dice, threw them hard, and they rolled out a six. The young men all exclaimed, “Wow, Xiao Qian is amazing!”

“Six steps, let’s see where she goes… Haha, Li Xiu, you got sent home by Xiao Qian!”

Zai Ye: “…”

This lively scene, if the two-year-old girl in the middle wasn’t surrounded, wasn’t playing checkers, and wasn’t drinking yogurt, would completely feel like a night at a hostess bar.

That night, after watching the video Li Xiu sent, Zai Ye suddenly received a message from his cousin Wen Cheng.

“Zai Ye, I know a lot of parents can’t help but post pictures of their kids on social media once they have children, but could you please lower the frequency? Lately, all I see in my feed are pictures of your Xiao Qian. My whole feed has been taken over by her!”

Zai Ye checked and confirmed that all the posts he made were set to be visible only to him. He immediately sent a voice message to his cousin. “Look carefully, did I post those things?”

After a while, Wen Cheng replied, “I misread it, it was Li Xiu and the others posting… Wait, why are they posting so many photos of your daughter?”

“I don’t know. I’m not like them. I don’t like posting on social media,” Zai Ye replied.