Chapter 435: Teasing Me? Not a Chance

Jiang Baobao swept a glance at the person beside her, deliberately throwing her phone into her bag with an exaggerated motion, pretending she hadn't seen the message.

Who wanted to take advantage of him?

Narcissist!

Jiang Baobao thought, but suddenly felt her behavior was a bit childish, and her mood became even more complicated; thinking of the leisurely and self-satisfied look on someone's face when he was teasing her just now, she couldn't help but feel a surge of frustration.

She was a mother of three children after all, what kind of storms and waves hadn't she seen?

Trying to tease her? Not a chance!

Jiang Baobao thought, and suddenly a flash of inspiration struck; she hurriedly took out her phone, deliberately kept a straight face, typed a few words on the screen, and pressed the send button.

The phone in Li Beijue's hand suddenly lit up.

He didn't expect Jiang Baobao to actually reply, so he instantly raised an eyebrow and opened the message.

But the next second, his expression changed abruptly.

He saw only five short characters on the screen.

【Oh, it was just so-so.】

Li Beijue stared at these four characters and fell into deep thought.

Just so-so?

Was she referring to...

A dark glint flashed in Li Beijue's eyes, and the corners of his lips suddenly curled up slightly.

She really dared to say that.

A man is not someone to be provoked casually in certain aspects.

However, they would have plenty of time in the future to verify it slowly...

Li Beijue put away his phone in a good mood.

Jiang Baobao had been watching his expression, and thinking he was unable to best her in words, she couldn't help but feel a bit smug.

Hmph!

Fighting with her?

It wasn't certain who would have the upper hand!

Half an hour later, the car slowly stopped outside the villa.

Jiang Baobao got out of the car and said straightforwardly, "Thank you for bringing me back, I'm going in now."

She dropped the sentence and turned to leave, but she hadn't taken two steps before she heard footsteps behind her.

"Why are you following me? Your home is over there."

Jiang Baobao turned around abruptly, deliberately reminding Li Beijue behind her.

Li Beijue was composed: "I'm here to see the children. Didn't you promise me before that I could see them at any time?"

Jiang Baobao: "..."

Why had she agreed so easily back then?

Li Beijue didn't just see them at any time; he practically wanted to move directly into her Base!

She was speechless and had no choice but to turn and enter the door.

As soon as she opened the door, she saw the three little ones gathered in the living room chatting about something.

"Mommy! You're back! And Daddy is here too!"

Mobai greeted them first, then grabbed Yanbao beside him and announced loudly: "Yanbao has good news to tell you!"

"What good news?" Jiang Baobao became interested instantly and hurriedly stepped forward to sit between the three little ones.

Then she saw Yanbao hand her an envelope.

"What is this?"

Jiang Baobao was stunned for a moment and hurriedly opened it.

Then she took out a card in the style of an invitation letter from inside.

"On behalf of the tournament organizing committee, we invite little Li Xingyan to participate in this children's group competition..."

"This is a painting competition?" Jiang Baobao read aloud, her expression instantly turning surprised.

"Yes! Brother Yan is going to compete!" Tiantian was also incredibly excited and took the initiative to explain: "And you can't sign up for this competition; they only invite people who are very good at painting!"

After Tiantian finished speaking, she couldn't help but jump up excitedly with Mobai; both of them were even happier than Yanbao, who was the one actually going to compete.

Li Beijue, however, was unfazed. Seeing Jiang Baobao's surprised look, he took the initiative to explain: "This competition invited Yanbao last year, but he wasn't in good health at the time, so I didn't let him participate. This year..."

"Daddy, I want to participate!"

Yanbao requested proactively, looking at Li Beijue with anticipation.

Li Beijue felt gratified, patted the little one's head, and agreed: "Of course you can this year. Daddy believes you will perform very well."

"Yay! Then let's all go as a family!" Mobai immediately suggested.

As he spoke, he grabbed Jiang Baobao and begged: "Mommy, let's go cheer for Yanbao together, okay? When the Team was competing, Yanbao also went to the scene to cheer for you and the brothers!"

Jiang Baobao had originally intended to agree, so she asked back amusingly upon hearing this: "When did Mommy say I wasn't going?"

"Then Mommy agrees?" The three little ones cheered instantly.

A few days later—

The venue for the painting competition was planned out.

But it was at the southernmost end of the entire city; even by car, it would take at least two hours at the fastest.

The competition started at nine in the morning.

Jiang Baobao and Li Beijue felt bad that the little ones had to get up so early, so they booked a hotel near the venue a day in advance, intending to take them there to stay for the night.

As soon as they arrived at the hotel, Mobai immediately headed straight for the computer in the suite.

He turned it on, took one glance, and immediately tossed it aside in disgust.

"What is this... such a big hotel, yet the computer specs are so low, it's not fun at all! I'm going to go see what Yanbao is planning to paint tomorrow instead!"

As Mobai said this, he ran over toward Yanbao.

Yanbao happened to be organizing his paints, intending to lay out everything he would need for tomorrow neatly.

But he didn't expect that just as he turned around—

"Oops!"

Mobai pounced on him unexpectedly, and the two little ones collided head-on.

With a "clatter," the paints in Yanbao's hands spilled all over the floor.

Time seemed to stand still for a moment.

Neither of the little ones had expected such an accident to happen; they were stunned for a moment before scrambling to squat down in a panic.

"Yanbao, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to..."

Mobai's little face was full of guilt, and he hurriedly tried to pick up the paints, but because he was too anxious, he accidentally stepped on a few tubes, and they squeezed out instantly!

"Mobai! Your feet! Don't step on them!"

Yanbao was full of anxiety, shouting a reminder as he quickly squatted down to rescue the poor paints from under Mobai's feet.

But it was already too late.

"What's wrong?"

Tiantian heard the noise and ran over, and seeing the mess on the floor, she was also at a loss.

"Yanbao... I... I'm sorry... can these paints still be used..."

Mobai asked in a low voice, his little face full of guilt, knowing he had accidentally caused a big disaster.

Yanbao nodded, but then shook his head.

"These were crushed, so they can't be saved... even if they can be used, by tomorrow, the feeling of the painting will be different..."

Yanbao said in a low voice, his little face looking troubled.

Mobai and Tiantian didn't understand painting at all, and for a moment, they didn't know what to do.

Jiang Baobao came out of the suite's bedroom and saw the little ones standing in the living room looking at each other.

"Why are you all just standing there?"

Jiang Baobao asked with a smile, walked over, and couldn't help but be slightly stunned when she saw the mess on the floor.

Then, she suddenly heard a certain little devil who never cried in a million years call out with a sobbing tone: "Mommy..."

"What's wrong, Mobai?" Jiang Baobao's heart skipped a beat, and she hurriedly picked Mobai up.

Then she heard the little one say self-reproachfully: "What should I do... I ruined Yanbao's paints..."