Chapter 194: Leyuan, Who Loves to Lecture

At noon, Ba Ke Er had just divided the beef according to Zhang Fan's instructions when he sensibly left the kitchen, carrying his own food—a small wild boar—and came to the courtyard.

The children still playing in the courtyard all widened their eyes when they saw Ba Ke Er carrying a small wild boar.

"Wow! Father! Today at noon we not only have beef to eat, but also wild boar! This is great! Father's roasted wild boar meat is the most delicious!"

After seeing Ba Ke Er place the wild boar on the grill, the four children were extremely excited; even Leyuan, who usually didn't like to talk, couldn't help speaking up.

Seeing the children so happy, Ba Ke Er's face lit up and he waved at them. When they all came over, he said gently:

"Yuan Yuan, do you like eating roasted pork? Then wait a bit more! Father has just started roasting!"

Leyuan, upon hearing his father call his name and then say to wait, though young, understood quite a bit. Hearing his father say that, he realized his father had already agreed to give him roasted pork to eat.

As for the remaining Le Le, Leyuan, and Leyuan, seeing their brother/sister successfully obtain food from their father, they could not stand still.

They hurried forward, all talking at once to Ba Ke Er, saying they wanted to eat roasted pork.

Seeing the children actually say they wanted roasted pork, Ba Ke Er couldn't help but start chuckling to himself, thinking silently:

"I never expected that my food would still have a place in the children's hearts! Even though Fan Fan is already making beef for them, they still can't help coming to me for food! Hehe!"

Thinking this, Ba Ke Er felt even more pleased. However, even though he was happy, he still had a mischievous idea to test the children.

Thus, Ba Ke Er looked at the children; the smile on his face vanished instantly, and before they could notice, it was replaced by an extremely stern expression.

"Alright!" Ba Ke Er shouted.

After composing himself, Ba Ke Er spoke again: "Alright! Children, don't make a fuss! Those who initially said they didn't want to eat my food were you, and now those who want to eat my food are also you."

"You're so fickle, it's outrageous! Don't you think? How could I, your father, be so easily persuaded by just a few words from you?"

Besides Leyuan, who had already been given permission, the other children's faces instantly changed upon hearing this.

They lifted their heads with uneasy expressions, hesitantly glancing at the stern Ba Ke Er, and several children felt somewhat wronged.

"Father… father! This… this isn't fair! Why can the older brother eat but we can't?" The youngest, Leyuan, couldn't hold back his emotions; as soon as he heard his father's words, he couldn't help but retort.

Leyuan saw his brother speak up and quickly used his tail to secretly pat Leyuan's buttocks, silently warning him not to court death!

However, Leyuan, overwhelmed by anger and resentment, didn't notice his second brother's reminder and still gazed firmly at his father.

"Father! Tell me! Why can't it be fair?"

Ba Ke Er looked at the scene before him, his heart already laughing hysterically! Not only did he begin to feel that his youngest son, though presently a bit silly, somehow made him find him adorable?

He himself was clearly being defied by his son! Why did he then feel that his son Leyuan's defiance was super adorable? Before Ba Ke Er could even think of an answer, the following scene shocked him.

Seeing this, Leyuan, who had originally been standing aside, unknowingly walked over to Leyuan's side, raised his paw, and heavily patted his little brother's head, then began to lecture him with a serious expression.

"Little Yuan, how can you speak to Father like that? Even if Father doesn't give you what you want, the older brother will give it to you—how can you be so well‑behaved yet insist on defying Father?"

After Leyuan said that, Leyuan still felt a bit wronged and was about to argue, but Leyuan's following words shut his mouth.

"Don't feel wronged! Father has his own considerations; how can we children oppose an adult? Moreover, this adult is still our loving father!"

"Just now your second brother used his tail to pat your buttocks to remind you, yet you acted as if you hadn't noticed—how can you be like this? Don't you remember the rules Father usually teaches us?"

As soon as Leyuan's words finished, Leyuan couldn't help but wail "Waa!" and burst into tears.

Upon seeing Leyuan cry, Leyuan also stopped putting on a stern face to lecture. Instead, he instantly softened his expression, used his paw to rub the spot on Leyuan's head where he had hit him, and then spoke softly to Leyuan:

"Alright, Little Yuan won't cry anymore! Big Brother will rub it for you—you need to know to obey, right? Big Brother originally didn't want to hit you, but Little Yuan you are really disobedient! So Big Brother couldn't help hitting you; remember this lesson and don't do it again~!"

Hearing Leyuan's comforting words, Leyuan gradually stopped crying, sniffling as he lifted his head and said to Leyuan: "Big Brother, will you really give me the roasted pork to eat?"

Ba Ke Er couldn't hold back any longer upon hearing this; he let out a "pfft!" laugh that grew louder and louder, so much so that Zhang Fan, busy in the kitchen making hand‑pounded meatballs, heard it.

Not to mention the four children—when they saw their father, who had been so stern, suddenly laugh, they couldn't help but imitate Zhang Fan by rolling their eyes.

Even Le Le couldn't help but frown, looking at his father with a look of disdain, and said: "Father, really, sometimes we truly don't want to say anything to you!"

Hearing Le Le's words, which he didn't know where he had learned, full of meaning, Ba Ke Er instantly couldn't laugh anymore. What kind of feeling is it to be embarrassed by one's own children? Ba Ke Er racked his brains but couldn't figure it out.

Meanwhile, Leyuan smiled, nodded at his two younger brothers, and said: "Of course! Everyone gets a share! Older Brother also gets some! When there's something good, of course we should all share it!"

Saying this, Leyuan continued to use his paw to rub each brother's head. He didn't let go until the hair on the heads of Leyuan and Leyuan was tousled.

Le Le saw his brothers again playing the head‑rubbing game and hurried over to join.

"Come! Come! Come! Brothers want to play, and you have to bring Older Brother me too! Hahaha…… Little Yuan Yuan and Little Yuan Yuan's heads are so soft! Of course, Little Yuan Yuan's head is also soft! It's really comfortable!"

Rubbing and rubbing, Le Le was already laughing so hard he could see his teeth but not his eyes!

Ba Ke Er saw the children playing so happily, didn't go over to disturb them, and continued roasting the wild boar meat.

Time passed bit by bit, and before they knew it, lunchtime had arrived; the family of four finally gathered around the table.

Looking at the table full of dishes, Le Le didn't know where to put his chopsticks—now looking at the meatballs, now at the steak before him, and finally at the beef soup and roasted pork.

In the end he chose the steak closest to him; the situation was much the same for the triplets.

They all looked around in the same way, but being small and unable to take human form, they could only have what to eat picked for them by their parents.

Zhang Fan and Ba Ke Er sat together, watching the four children wolf down their food, and smiled helplessly.

"Alright, children! Eat when you eat! What's with your manners and habits? It's like you haven't eaten in eight hundred years—what's going on? Le Le! Finish the meat in your bowl before reaching for anything else!"

Upon hearing his father call his name, Le Le quickly composed himself, gave Zhang Fan a silly laugh twice, then continued eating.

Zhang Fan saw that Le Le had begun to compose himself, then turned his gaze to the triplets. Seeing Leyuan's action at that moment, he couldn't help but darken his face and say sternly:

"Leyuan! What are you doing?"

Leyuan, upon hearing his father call his name, gave an embarrassed smile and slowly withdrew his hand that had been pinching vegetables.

"Dad, I'm not doing anything! I just wanted to give the brothers some extra vegetables—look, the brothers are so fat they still want meat! They don't even think about eating vegetables! Hehe, dad, see how much I'm thinking for the brothers!"

Seeing Leyuan's pleading expression for praise, Zhang Fan couldn't help but show a black line across his face. Before he could speak, he heard Leyuan speak up.

"Second Brother! I don't agree with what you're saying! Tell me, among us four brothers, who hates vegetables the most? Humph! Don't think I don't know—you always sneak the vegetables you dislike onto my plate! Humph!"

Zhang Fan couldn't help but start chuckling inwardly upon hearing Leyuan's words, but he kept his expression perfectly neutral; even Ba Ke Er sitting beside him couldn't see what he was thinking.

"Alright, alright!" Zhang Fan put down his chopsticks, clapped his hands, and said, "Stop arguing! Le Le and Little Yuan, you two tell us how to punish Leyuan for not liking vegetables."

"Dad, I think we should make Second Brother eat vegetables for a month! Who let him keep bullying me! Humph!" Leyuan, upon hearing that his father hadn't asked him for his opinion, couldn't help but speak up.

"Dad, I think we should just let Leyuan eat what he likes! Forcing him too much isn't good either!" Le Le, seeing Leyuan looking pleadingly at him, couldn't help but intercede.

Zhang Fan listened to Le Le's words without saying anything; he simply fixed his gaze on Leyuan, nodded at him, and signaled that he could speak.

Leyuan immediately understood his father's glance, nodded at Zhang Fan, and voiced his opinion.

"Dad, I think not liking vegetables seems like a small matter, but it's actually not. Ordinary Beastmen who don't eat vegetables are fine, but we three brothers can't go without eating them!"

After all, Dad, you've told us before that we are mixed-blood of humans and Beastmen; besides the Beastman genes from our father, we also have human genes from you.

If a human body goes long without eating vegetables and fruits, it's highly likely to develop problems.

Saying this, Leyuan, with a confident look, said to Leyuan: "Second brother, I'm sure you also know what will happen! After all, every time you go to the bathroom, you take longer than everyone else!"

Hearing Leyuan's blunt remark, Leyuan's fuzzy face instantly became somewhat embarrassed. Looking at Leyuan's face, Zhang Fan even thought, if there were no hair on his face, it would surely be a round, red little face!

After Leyuan's lecture, from then on Leyuan never secretly discarded vegetables again. However, every time he ate, looking at the vegetables on his plate, he still couldn't help but put on a bitter face.

But even so, he still obediently ate all the vegetables. However, when eating vegetables, his complexion looked somewhat unpleasant.