"Okay, now that we have calmed down. We can talk about the matter from the start again," Wen Gui said to Shao Hui whose head was now swollen with two bumps. He was kneeling on the floor with his fists resting on his knees as he tried to hold his tears back.
'You are the only one who needed to calm down father-in-law,' Shao Hui thought with tears brimming in his eyes.
This was the first time he was beaten up like a child. To think his father-in-law caught his head between his fists and drilled them on either side of his head as if he was trying to make two separate dents. It was a good thing that his head was a bit hard or else his father-in-law would have surely deformed his head with his strength.
"Are you trying to test my patience?" Wen Gui questioned with his fists raised as he looked down at Shao Hui who was kneeling on the ground.
Shao Hui : (O O!) Wait! Father-in-law. At least give me time to collect my thoughts!
Shao Hui whined in his heart when he thought about how his father-in-law had beaten him up and now was threatening him with his fists. He pursed his lips while bullying his mind into making a comprehensible speech that would make his father-in-law permit him to take Mo Qiang with him to the survival show.
"The thing is that I just signed a contract with a reality show father," Shao Hui began slowly as he peeped at his father-in-law who waited for him to finish his sentence. With his thumbs twiddling, Shao Hui continued, "So I was thinking if I can——"
"No," before he could even finish the request that he was about to put forth in front of Wen Gui, the latter refused him at once.
"But why? I haven't even finished my sentence!" Shao Hui questioned his father-in-law with a pout. Was he so unliked by his father-in-law that he didn't even hear his request and refused him?
"Because the last time you used the words 'I can,' you exploded my kitchen, caused Mo Qiang to be chased by a bunch of thugs, sent Yin Fu to the hospital and even caused my favourite seven tails and one-eyed kitten to be turned into two and a half kitten," Wen Gui counted all kinds of sins that Shao Hui had committed in the past few years. "I am not a biased person but your 'I can,' really scares me."
When Shao Hui heard Wen Gui recount his crimes, he stiffened before looking away. He softened his stance and then said, "But this time I …I promise to be good, please father in law."
"You mean to say that you will be able to reign in that explosive temper of yours, with the patience of an ant?" Wen Gui countered causing Shao Hui's cheeks to turn red with his eyes turning even redder.
"But I want to go with Qi Qi," he spoke with puffy cheeks as he waved his hands like a child who was not getting his way.
Wen Gui only stared at him without saying anything. He knew Shao Hui very well, the more stubborn he was about something the more childish he would become. Being the youngest his temper was unstable and he acted like a child sometimes. However, this wouldn't work for him.
Of course, if it was his dear daughter, he would be willing to pluck the stars for her.
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