Chapter 257: Dance

Why did Su Yu find this so hard to believe?!

This was definitely just the teacher's polite talk — would Uncle really take it seriously?

"That's true, but your strength meets the standard and your memory does too. Your learning speed is very fast."

Su Yu looked at Su Xi suspiciously. 【Is Uncle pulling my leg?】

"I'm learning alone?"

"Of course not. I'll invite a teacher to the house — you, Can Can, and Huo Huo will learn together."

"But Huo Huo and Can Can have school."

"Their school is about to go on winter break."

Su Yu thought about it. "That works!"

Su Xi curled up a smile. "Go find your dad to help you and your little friends get clothes custom-made."

"Okay, bye, Uncle!"

Su Yu went patter out — she could play on her phone now!

Su Yi, who was helping Ji Yan film a video, heard the reason for Su Yu's visit. "Don't you like learning to draw?"

He really didn't want Su Yu to develop this hobby. Once three kids were together, the one watching them would one hundred percent be him.

He could handle Su Yu, but three? He couldn't!

"But they don't conflict!"

Ji Yan was curious. "Baby, what do you want to learn?"

"Sword dancing — with the kind of ancient metal swords!"

【Once I learn the sword, even poking someone with a stick will hurt. It works for both close combat and ranged attacks!】

"..."

Ji Yan hadn't expected that answer. "Why don't you learn martial arts? Martial arts teaches that too!"

"The martial arts teacher didn't teach that! The teacher taught close-quarters grappling!"

【Knowing how to hurt people is genuinely useful, sure, but it's not very interesting. I don't want to end up in a situation where I have to grapple with someone up close. Too bad I didn't get to play last time at the shooting club — otherwise I could've learned archery, carried a slingshot around, and been a sniper hiding in the bushes. That wouldn't be bad either!】

Ji Yan looked at Su Yu's little frame — so chubby and soft. She had a point! Xiao Yu's brain might even be better than an adult's, but her strength was unlikely to match an adult's!

Su Yu insisted on learning and wanted to video call Tang Can and Liang Yan, who were also off school for the day due to the weather.

"Huo Huo, Can Can, my uncle is going to sign me up for a dance class over winter break. Do you want to come learn with me?"

"Yes, yes! Xiao Yu-meimei, when does it start?"

Liang Yan on the other end of the video nodded vigorously — she could do it!

Mom was busy at the company every day, rushing to handle company affairs so she could set aside time during the New Year to get married, rest, and spend time with her and Dad. She'd probably be with Dad the whole winter break, so going to Xiao Yu-meimei's house was the choice that made her happiest! She absolutely did not want to attend some overseas winter camp!

No matter how cute the dogs were, they couldn't talk. The snowfields and igloos were freezing cold — how could that be as fun as playing with her friends?

"I can stay at your house!"

Zhu Xueheng: That's really not necessary! Their home wasn't that far from the Su Family's!

"You can start as soon as break begins. Do you have time? We have a small villa at home — if you want to stay over, I can have the housekeeper uncle get the rooms ready in advance! Remember to have your dad bring your clothes over!"

【The rooms on the second floor are too small — otherwise I could prep two for Huo Huo and Can Can to stay in!】

Su Yi: One of you dares to say it and the other dares to agree — did either of you ask the adults what they think?

"Okay, okay, I'll tell Mom!"

Liang Yan wanted to pack her luggage right now and ship herself over along with it!

"Okay, then I'll have Dad pick out dance clothes for us and send them to your moms and dads!"

Su Yu still remembered Uncle's words — for custom-made clothes, she needed to ask Dad for help.

"Okay!"

Liang Yan was extremely lively, while Tang Can seemed rather wilted.

"Can Can, what's wrong?"

Liang Yan waved her hand. "Don't mind her. She only got second place on this mock exam, and the kid who got first place had the nerve to show off in front of her. She's upset!"

Tang Can had been scolding people less at school, so some kids with not-so-great brains and memories came running their mouths off. Liang Yan was curious how long Tang Can could hold out.

"Can Can, don't be upset. We can custom-order a doll that looks just like that person and poke it with a sword every day!"

【It's totally normal not to win — there are plenty of geniuses in the world. As long as you write the right answers, that's fine. Don't make things hard on yourself for no reason. If you're really mad, since we can't hit a real person, we'll hit a life-size doll version!】

Su Yi: You even know the spiritual victory method?

"Can we?"

Tang Can looked up at Su Yu. That person was just too annoying! Getting second place was getting second place — at first, she hadn't really cared much.

But!

That person would come talk at her the moment class ended! The moment class ended!

Talk, talk, talk — never shutting up!

It made Tang Can want to hit him!

"Mm-hm, have your aunt and them custom-make one for you, and poke it with a sword every day!"

"Okay!"

Tang Can got very happy just imagining that scene!

"I really wish winter break would come soon!"

Su Yu was also looking forward to it. "Yeah! I'll have Dad pick out clothes for us — take a look and choose what color and what style you want!"

"Okay!"

"Okay!"

Tang Can and Liang Yan waited expectantly in front of the phone; Su Yi soon sent several suitable outfits for active wear to Zhu Xueheng and Ren Dudu.

Su Yu continued huddling together with Tang Can and Liang Yan, whispering and muttering.

"Ruanhuhu, the picture here looks like a short sword. You want to learn the long sword?"

"Yeah! I also want to learn the staff. When I run into bad guys, I can whack-whack them a bunch without even getting close!"

Su Yu waved her hand as she spoke.

Zhu Xueheng's brain hadn't caught up. "You should find an ancient martial arts teacher, not a dance teacher."

Liang Yan tilted her head. "Aren't they both dance?"

One sentence from Su Yu stopped Liang Yan and Zhu Xueheng from discussing the matter further: "Don't worry, my dad will handle it, and if he can't, there's my uncle!"

Su Yu patted her little chest with loud slaps! What she needed to consider was what to learn — everything else could be safely left to the adults!

"Xiao Yu's little sister's uncle is really amazing!"

"Ruanhuhu's uncle is really amazing!"

Zhu Xueheng: ……

Su Yi: ……

"We start out practicing with wooden swords, then later we have to use iron swords. Looking at it that way, we still need to train our arm strength — we need to hire a professional fitness teacher!"

Liang Yan and Tang Can didn't quite understand, listening to Su Yu muttering away. After muttering for a bit, Su Yu decided it wasn't necessary. "Never mind, none of that matters. My dad and uncle will think it through! Let's pick out clothes!"

"Okay! Ruanhuhu, let's wear the same color!"

Liang Yan objected, "But wearing the same color has no character!"

"If we wear the same color, the moment we go out, people can tell we're good friends!"

"We can get several sets! When one set gets sweaty, change into the next!"

【As long as you're willing to spend money, none of this is a problem!】

"Then let's make our uniform team outfit red! Bright red and festive!"

Liang Yan liked red!

Tang Can wanted light blue. "Light blue looks nice!"

Su Yu was fine with either. "How about we get two sets of team outfits?"

Liang Yan and Tang Can nodded at the same time, then tossed out the next question: "Which set do we wear first?"

"The red one — New Year is almost here!"

"The blue one — the later we wear the red one, the closer it is to New Year!"

Su Yu: ……

【How about we just don't wear any?】

……

Su Yi saw that they wouldn't come to an agreement anytime soon, so he went upstairs to find Su Xi. "Brother, what are you thinking? Why do you suddenly want Su Yu to learn dance?"

Sending Su Yu to the team for special training would be more normal than learning dance. Dance wasn't much use to an heir. Even if she learned dance, she should learn the more practical ballroom dance.

"She needs to gradually adapt to the rhythm of studying. In two years, she must enter elementary school."

Su Yu didn't like studying alone, but she wasn't resistant to learning together with two other children. Then arrange for her to learn together with the other two children. She was smart anyway, so the content wasn't the issue — the key was that, because of her past experiences, she was very resistant to studying and needed to adapt slowly.

The process of adapting to studying had to be gradual — from learning dance to following Liang Yan and Tang Can's progress in studying other content together. Once she adapted to studying together with the three children, Su Yu should go to school and be a normal student.

Mentioning this, Su Yi wilted.

This was all his fault! If he had told the family about Ji Yan earlier, perhaps his daughter would be the daughter he imagined — soft and sweet, clingy and cute.

She was still clingy now, she just didn't like him!

"Knock knock!"

Su Yu bounced her way back to Su Xi's study, clearly in a good mood.

"Dad, why are you here?"

"I came to see your uncle about something!"

"Oh, Uncle, Uncle, I have good news for you — Mommy promised to practice dancing with me! You focus on your work, no need to worry about me!"

【Hehe, Mommy will be with me all day, so Uncle won't need to mind me!】

Su Yi, who had long since decided to practice dancing with Su Yu, looked utterly bewildered. "What about me?"

Su Yu looked at Su Yi with a strange expression. "Dad, you need to have ambition and go to work. You can't be a rice weevil!"

【If anyone's going to be one, it's me!】

Su Yi: 6

"Your mommy has ambition too — she has to balance her career!"

Online streaming was booming. Ji Yan didn't like going out with a large group of bodyguards, so she put great effort into online streaming.

Even before returning to the Su Family, she had a certain reputation; after returning to the Su Family, she became even more of a topic of public interest.

After their official announcement, Ji Yan began appearing on major platforms, holding lotteries from time to time with Su Clan products as prizes.

Wang Jun De even arranged a small team responsible for editing, audio mixing, and public relations for Ji Yan, dedicated solely to serving her. She only needed to record audio and video and send them to the team; the team would handle editing, rendering, copywriting, and so on, then give the finished product to Ji Yan to decide whether to publish.

Ji Yan was prolific, and her video quality far surpassed that of current internet celebrities and stars. Not only did she have high traffic domestically, she was also beginning to gain some fame abroad.

If Ji Yan weren't reluctant to go out and cause trouble for the family, shooting more music videos with outdoor scenes would be even more attractive.

"That's right — I can help Mommy's career, but Daddy, you only make things worse."

"???"

Su Yi was very unconvinced. "How do I make things worse?"

Lately, he had been the one responsible for recording videos all along — how was he still making things worse?

"When Mommy debuted, she was a rising star, but you had Qin Yuanjun look after her until she became a has-been singer!"

【Ha, if I hadn't brought Mom back to the Su Family, Mom would have died under Qin Yuanjun's neglect and the Agent's scheming, forced by Ji Xiaoling to die! Really, the more I think, the angrier I get! No, if I think more I'll cause trouble again—Mom definitely wouldn't be happy!】

Su Yu went out to look for the butler, Su Yi stayed in Su Xi's study, feeling low.

「Brother, what should I do about the past? 」

Su Yi really felt troubled. At first he wasn't just unfamiliar with Su Yu; he also felt some resentment, as if toward his own biological father.

After being lectured by Su Xi and experiencing a bit of Su Yu's past situation, he felt more guilt toward Su Yu.

Now he's even more annoyed!

Su Yu's tragic experiences and everything Ji Yan has gone through—he cannot make up for them, yet they are etched into Su Yu's heart, becoming a chasm in the father‑daughter relationship that he can never cross, leaving him utterly bewildered!

What should he do?

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