Reborn as a Weak Beauty Pampered by All

Chapter 1614: Chapter 1285_4

"All right, I get it, you did that on purpose."

Jiang Boya was utterly helpless. Looking dejected, he shifted his gaze to Kang Li: "Lili, can you please stop laughing at your dad?"

"I’m not, I’m not laughing."

She cut off her laughter at once, but in no time at all, Kang Li was practically bursting trying to hold it in.

Seeing the laughter spilling from her eyes and the corners of her lips curling up, Jiang Boya sighed: "Go ahead and laugh, don’t hold it in. If you make yourself sick from holding it, the one who’ll feel heartache is still your dad, me."

At that, Kang Li "pfft"ed and burst out laughing. She said, "Dad, I’m not laughing at you, okay? I just think you and Grandpa have such a loving father‑son relationship, you two are really close. I’m happy for you!"

Cai Xiufen gave her darling daughter a mock‑glare: "Yanqing’s busy with work, you need to be more understanding. If I find out you’re bullying that honest man again, just wait and see how your dad and I teach you a lesson."

"Mom... your bias has gone off the charts!"

Kang Li deliberately pulled a bitter‑melon face and started singing the "Little Cabbage" she’d casually rewritten.

"You little rascal!"

Cai Xiufen only listened to two lines before she was laughing herself silly.

Captain Kang didn’t laugh, but he did shake his head in helpless resignation.

"Mom, what song are you singing? It sounds pretty nice!" Tangyuan suddenly toddled into the living room on his short legs. He looked at Kang Li, his eyes sparkling, then opened his mouth and started singing along to her rewritten "Little Cabbage."

"Stop, stop! I was just messing around, don’t you dare learn that!"

Kang Li scrambled up and clapped a hand over Tangyuan’s mouth.

"Mmm mmm..." Tangyuan pried her hand off, tilted his head up and asked, "Mom, why can’t I learn it? It’s obviously really nice!"

Without thinking, Kang Li just started making things up: "That’s something Mom just randomly cobbled together. The lyrics sound super tragic and miserable, but you’re a happy kid, you’ve got Mom and Dad and Grandma and Grandpa, and tons of people who love you. Do you think it’s appropriate for you to sing that kind of song?"

"But Mom also has lots and lots of people who love her, so why can Mom sing it?"

Tangyuan tilted his head, his big dark eyes full of confusion.

Kang Li: "I’m singing to help your Grandma and Grandpa kill time."

"Mom, you’ve worked hard, go sit back down. Now I’ll sing to help you and Grandma and Grandpa kill time." With that, Tangyuan drew a big breath and belted out, "Little cabbage, turning yellow in the field; Dad doesn’t dote on me, Mom doesn’t love me; went out to flee famine, the dog came chasing me..."

"Luo Mingchen!"

Under the complicated looks from her parents, Kang Li’s cheeks flamed scarlet. Seeing Tangyuan getting more and more into it, she raised her voice and called him by his full name.

It worked perfectly; Tangyuan’s singing cut off in an instant.

"Mom, are you very hot?" Blinking his eyes, Tangyuan looked at Kang Li’s flushed face and said in a milky voice, "But it isn’t even spring yet, and summer’s even farther away. Mom, you must have a fever, right?"

He took off running for the master bedroom.

"Mom, sit down and rest, I’ll go get you some fever medicine."

He knew exactly where Mom kept the medicine box.

Kang Li froze for a second, then sat back down on the sofa. She glanced at Captain Kang, then at Cai Xiufen, and pressed a hand to her forehead: "Dad, Mom, I was wrong, I won’t be a little brat anymore!"

See? She’d almost led the kid astray.

Cai Xiufen laughed out loud: "It’s fine, you can keep fooling around and keep being a brat. Your dad and I are enjoying the show."

Tangyuan lifted his little head, his shiny black eyes full of confusion.

Kang Li: "It wasn’t something nice."

"Mom, actually I also think it wasn’t something nice," Tangyuan said in his milky voice. Then he shifted his gaze to Ming Han, put on a serious little face, and said earnestly, "Second Brother, you’re a mighty man, you can’t keep acting all shy and squirmy like that. Otherwise, when you go out everyone will say you’re so girly!"

Ming Han’s face burned: "Oh... your Second Brother gets it."

"Second Brother, I’m being very serious here. We’re boys, we’re not the same as sisters. We have to be like Dad and Big Brother and be real men who hold up the sky, we absolutely can’t turn into weak, delicate girls!"

Guoguo was led into the living room by Bun. The little girl heard Tangyuan’s words and instantly widened her eyes: "Fifth Brother, who says girls are all weak and delicate? I’m super tough! If you don’t buy it, we can fight right now!"

She slipped her little hand out of Bun’s, "da‑da‑da"ed forward and stopped two or three steps away from Tangyuan. Hands on her hips, she demanded, "We fighting or not? If not, then take back what you just said!"

"A real man doesn’t hit girls."

Tangyuan snorted, then said stiffly, "Compared to boys, girls really are more delicate by nature. It’s just that you and Sis both know martial arts, so you’re tougher than other girls. Besides, I wasn’t bad‑mouthing you just now, did you really need to pick a fight with me?"

"You sure you weren’t bad‑mouthing me?"

Guoguo didn’t buy it.

"Whoever bad‑mouths you is a little dog."

Tangyuan’s gaze was perfectly frank.

"Since that’s the case, then I wronged you. Fifth Brother, I’ll apologize to you right now, I’m sorry!" Guoguo admitted her mistake sincerely, not the least bit embarrassed.

Tangyuan waved his little hand: "It’s just a small thing, I won’t hold it against you." Then he looked at Kang Li: "Mom, you once told us what ’dork’ means, I remember, but I’m not a dork. You can’t use that word to describe your cute, handsome little son. Mom, did you hear me?"

"Yes, yes, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have set a bad example for you guys."

It was all her big mouth. Just to make her parents laugh, she couldn’t resist making things up and singing nonsense, which led to little Tangyuan learning it, then triggered Second Brother to clown around. In short, it all came down to this mom being way too casual.

Tangyuan nodded like a little grown‑up: "Knowing your mistakes and correcting them makes you a good kid. Mom, don’t ever sing that Little Cabbage again. Grandma and Grandpa love you very much, if you sing like that you’ll make them sad!"

"Okay, okay, Mom promises you—never again with that rewritten Little Cabbage."

"Big Brother, Second Brother, is Mom shy?"

Tangyuan glanced toward the master bedroom door and asked Min Rui and Ming Han in his milky voice.

"If you want to know, you can ask Mom later."

Ming Han offered a suggestion.

"Can’t ask." Tangyuan shook his head and said cutely, "Girls all care about their image. If I ask, Mom will feel awkward."

Captain Kang and Cai Xiufen sat on the sofa, the younger ones—Kang Li and Ming Han—had them both laughing nonstop. You could say the smiles never left their faces.

...

A week flew by.

Over that week, aside from teaching her students and looking after Bun and the other two, Kang Li went out on big shopping trips to the mall, because you have to bring things home when you go back to the hometown.

Plus, Grandpa Kang and Grandma Kang were both still alive, and there were Big Uncle Kang’s family and Young Uncle Kang’s family—those all counted as relatives on Captain Kang’s side.

And Kang Li was Captain Kang’s doting darling daughter, so naturally Captain Kang’s relatives were also Kang Li’s relatives.

As a daughter, Kang Li had to help her parents handle everything that needed handling, so no one could find fault.

Like showing respect to the elders, and being friendly with your brothers—those kinds of relationships can’t just be maintained with a few words.