Chapter 243: Sharp Eye

"No way!"

Tang Can tilted her head, "Why?"

Tang Tang twitched the corner of her mouth. "You still have the nerve to ask why? With your personality that insists on taking over the whole place whether you win or lose the argument, how could I dare let you go shopping?"

It's truly a case of learning the good without learning the bad; Ren Tiandu's private treasury went bankrupt and even ended up owing a huge sum to his in‑laws for footing your bill!

He's just talking big, but you really bought it!

Letting you out to shop, Mom and Dad would probably need brother and sister‑in‑law to chip in even the New Year's red‑envelope money!

"Your grandparents are shopping with others; it's part of their work, not just plain play!"

Tang Tang found a good excuse, and Tang Can readily accepted it: "Alright, I won't disturb Grandpa and Grandma's work!"

Tang Tang thought Tang Can had given up and let out a sigh of relief.

After lunch, Tang Can and Su Yu walked together in the Tang Family garden.

"Softie, let's go shopping together this afternoon!"

Tang Can tidied up last night and realized that aside from the two cats, there was nothing fun at home!

After getting bored playing with the cats in the morning, the afternoon obviously calls for going out to play!

"Sure!"

Su Yu has never really gone shopping. Whatever she wants, she just tells the steward and most of it can be delivered by the next day.

Tang Can and Su Yu took a nap, and when they woke up they immediately clamored to go shopping.

"Sweetie, didn't you say you weren't going?"

"I didn't. I said I wasn't going to shop with Grandpa and Grandma!"

Tang Tang no longer feels sorry for Mom and Dad's money; she's having a heart attack.

Having heard Tang Tang recount Tang Can's feat, Ji Yan helped Tang Tang out of the jam: "How about we go see Huo Huo? She didn't show up this morning; do you want to check on her?"

Tang Tang quickly nodded, "Something happened at their place, but it should be resolved now; I'll give them a call."

Before Tang Tang could dial, Liang Lijiang's call came first.

"Ah, okay, okay, welcome, welcome! They're waiting for her at home!"

Tang Tang hung up, sighed, "Sweetie, Huo Huo is coming; can you wait for her to arrive?"

"Sure, but Softie and I are so bored!"

Aside from cats, whatever Tang Can has at home, Su Yu also has. Tang Can can't think of anything fun.

"How about you make flower wreaths in the garden? The wreath you brought back last time was beautiful! Our flowers are also different from Xiao Yu's."

Whether they were pretty or not, Tang Tang can't even recall now! But as long as Can Can doesn't clamour to go shopping, she's satisfied.

"Alright!"

Tang Can took Su Yu out to pick flowers while Tang Tang called her dad.

"Dad, I'm having Can Can pick the flowers you grow to make a few wreaths."

Tang Tang held the phone away, and Ji Yan could hear roaring sounds from that side, vaguely catching the words "over a hundred thousand" and "several hundred thousand."

After a while, Tang Tang heard it quiet down and gave her dad two options, "Dad, either you let them pick flowers for wreaths, or I'll send Can Can over to accompany you shopping."

Tang Tang quickly set the phone down, lifted a glass of milk and took a sip. Clearly, her dad would choose the former.

Ji Yan was genuinely curious, "Why don't you guide Can Can a bit? She seems well‑behaved."

When she was at the Su household, Tang Can behaved politely and cutely, spoke without harshness, a very well‑mannered normal child.

Tang Tang forced a smile, "She was like this before four, but not after."

Since they discovered Tang Can was learning from Ren Tiandu, Ren Tiandu got beaten nine times in three days. They hired several psychologists for Tang Can, but none could help her.

Tang Can is now a stubborn type; she will go to any lengths to get what she wants. Going along with her makes her listen to adults, but opposing her makes her cause trouble. For example, if she wants to play with Su Yu and you let her, she'll obey, stay quiet, and not say harsh words. When she's not allowed to go, the house cat gets scolded mercilessly, and Tang Can occasionally stirs up minor incidents; many small issues eventually wear down the adults' patience.

"Playing with your Su Yu is already much better!"

Clearly, kids still need relatively normal peers as playmates!

Ji Yan thought of Su Yu's own issues and didn't press further.

"Should we go with them? Last time Can Can and the others made wreaths at the Su house; they only chose the flowers, and Huo Huo's dad handled the rest."

"Okay!"

When Ji Yan and Tang Tang arrived, the two cats from Tang's house were arguing with the neighbor's dog.

"Meow‑ao!"

Cake and Egg Roll arched their backs, huffed at the neighbor's stupid dog, occasionally "Meow‑ao!", clearly scolding the dog!

"Woof! Woof!"

The neighbor's stupid dog barked angrily at the two flower‑stealing thieves! To steal flowers, you have to get past it!

"What's going on?"

"Auntie, we reached out to pick a flower, and the dog lunged at us, even tried to bite us!"

If Su Yu weren't there, Tang Can would say the dog, whose brain is no bigger than a sunflower seed, is just looking for a scene!

The stupid dog, seeing Tang Tang and Ji Yan approach, barked even louder.

"Why is it howling so pitifully when we haven't hit it?"

Su Yu, who had planned to use a communication card to talk to the dog, gave up. If we actually used it, the dog would probably ignore her, so it's not worth spending money!

Ji Yan, who has never owned a dog, was clueless. Tang Tang saw her own cat looking triumphant, as if having won a battle, and instantly guessed the dog was putting on a show!

"It loves acting; now it's howling so pitifully, probably stuck in some special plot it can't get out of. Yesterday it even pretended to be pregnant!"

But its owners mercilessly exposed the ruse! They even used it as a joke to share with others.

"Was it really fake? How did they find out?"

【It can act, huh? Sounds so smart!】

Su Yu was very curious, and Tang Can naturally said, "It's a boy, how could it be pregnant? It would be better to pretend to have a lame leg like last time!"

At least last time, when it pretended to have a lame leg, the pretty aunt next door got especially worried, took it to the hospital several times, and even bought it a baby stroller. Because of that stroller, her grandfather thought the pretty aunt next door was going to have a baby, and urged her aunt to give birth to a younger brother or sister.

Su Yu looked at the dog still howling there and suddenly felt it was really stupid.

Ji Yan saw her daughter staring at the dog, recalling the day she had just picked her daughter home, when her daughter and the Samoyed were on the same wavelength, and the girl and dog had a great time playing together.

"It's howling so miserably; why doesn't its owner come and take it back?"

Tang Tang waved her hand, saying, "It grew up raised alongside a Husky. If that Husky weren't pregnant, you'd get to see the famous scene of two dogs howling together—we're used to it!"

"Then let's go; it only started howling more miserably when it saw us coming."

"Can Can, pick the flower you like, and let's go!"

"I want to pick that one, but the dog is barking there!"

Tang Can pointed to the deep red flower over there, which looks very conspicuous and can be placed in the middle.

Tang Tang looked at the orchid by the iron railing and sincerely exclaimed, "You have great taste!"

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