Me at two years old, a queen!

"Oh, you! I went through all that trouble to write your invitations, and you and that brat Yanzhou schemed against me! Don't run away! I'll tickle you!"

Before Qin Shuo could rebuke her, An An quickly slid off Lu Junxing, crossed the hall, and headed straight for Lu Jing, who was sitting in the dining area chatting with Jun Min.

"Waaaaah~, help me~"

Junmin: "What are you doing? Why are you teasing her like this?"

Hearing Jun Min's words, Qin Shuo didn't know how to explain that he was arguing with a child over such a small amount of money. He simply sat down next to her, took the soup from her bowl, and drank a sip.

"I'm just missing a daughter, how about we have another one?"

Jun Min glanced at Ms. Song Yuan and the others who were still standing to the side, and her face immediately turned red. She patted Qin Shuo embarrassedly and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?"

"..."

Seeing the little bundle of joy climbing all over him, Lu Jing happily forgot all about the commotion of the afternoon. Holding the child, he asked, "Do you want something delicious to eat? Grandpa will ask Aunt Liu to make it for you?"

Lu Junxing walked over with An'an's tablet and picked her up: "What are you eating? Look at her belly, it's all round!"

"Bad daddy~, I'm not a ball! Humph~"

"If everyone else is a ball, then you're a big black ball~, hehe~"

Seeing that his son was about to take the child away, Lu Jing reluctantly held his granddaughter's little hand and said, "That's right, our little darling will be President Lu's person in the future. Your father doesn't know how to talk, so we won't pay attention to him!"

While calling out to Aunt Liu, she packed some grapes that Junmin had brought back that evening for the children: "Let's eat more, okay? We're growing, so we need to eat more to grow faster!"

Lu Junxing glanced at the troublesome little devil in his arms, nodding obediently, and didn't bother him. Lu Jing always pulled this stunt when they left. At first, they would argue for a bit, but later they realized it was useless.

Besides, he only comes back once every week or two, and he usually takes care of his daughter's diet himself, so it doesn't affect her much. He's too lazy to waste his breath arguing with Lu Jing.

After Ms. Song Yuan helped the little girl put on her water bottle and backpack, Jun Min looked at the little girl's new dress and then remembered something. She pushed Qin Shuo, who was sitting next to her, away and said:

"Oh, right, I heard An'an and the others are having an event at the kindergarten. It just so happens that the divorced woman with a child that we met in our small town during the Spring Festival now runs a clothing store in the mall. She's the one my aunt and I met before,"

"Her name is Bian Xijing. Later, when I opened my own studio and felt pressured, I talked to her a few times. She said she could sponsor clothing for An'an and her team's events."

Upon hearing this, Lu Jing knew that Lu Junxing had always wanted to keep the child's innocent affairs from getting entangled with interests, so he unusually refrained from responding, only offering a reminder:

"You'll have to ask your brother about this! Although it was just a kid's sudden idea and a joke, it was your older brother who supported and planned it!"

Even Qin Shuo, who has recently been trying to please Jun Min and has always supported her decisions, felt that it was unnecessary: ​​"If you ask me, it's just kids playing house, there's no need to take it too seriously!"

What was originally a simple matter has now been complicated by sponsors. How are the other parents at the kindergarten supposed to cope? This kindergarten event has turned into a commercial banquet.

Ms. Song Yuan seemed to have thought about something, but reminded her, "Our event isn't fully planned yet, there are too many changes, it's better not to delay Ms. Bian's business!"

Lu Junxing's actions, relying on the fact that the school was his own and that he was organizing activities for children at the kindergarten, made it difficult to quell the fact that other parents might use this precedent as a pretext to try and do the same thing.

If sponsorships and advertising are introduced into schools, these businessmen will be even more able to exploit this loophole, using the relationships between children to make money in the business world.

Can this kindergarten still be innocent? Can children still make innocent friends there?

———Word Count Supplement——

Before Lu Junxing could even say yes or no, Junmin had already figured out the intricacies of the situation. She inwardly wanted to slap herself for not seeing through such a small detail.

Qin Shuo patted her and comforted her, "Even if Ms. Bian Xijing is bold and capable enough to open a clothing store in the mall, you can't simply say that she has no selfish motives. Take your time with business matters!"

Ms. Song Yuan: "Yes! Everyone has to work their way up step by step. Ms. Bian is indeed quite talented in business, but it's not appropriate for the kindergarten to sponsor the clothing!"

Seeing that the others had figured things out, Lu Junxing didn't linger. Holding the child, he left with the words, "I'm leaving now!"

"Goodbye Grandpa and Grandma~ Goodbye Auntie~ Goodbye Four-Eyes too~"

"Goodbye to my brother too~ I'll bring you back big peaches~"

An'an excitedly jumped around on Lu Junxing's bed that night until Lu Junxing was too sleepy to stand it anymore. He tied her up with her little blanket and said, "Go to sleep quickly, or if you can't get up tomorrow morning, I won't wait for you!"

As Lu Junxing had predicted, the troublesome girl didn't wake up the next day. Seeing her like this, Lu Junxing even wondered if there was any point in going. But then he thought about how she would definitely cry and make a fuss if he didn't go.

Finally, they drove to Wangjia County, which is located below Haicheng, to meet up with Wang Jinbao and the others. They had just exited the highway when they received a call from Wang Jinbao.

"Old Lu, let's rest for a while at the highway exit. The roads ahead are all country lanes and not easy to drive on. I'll lead the way, and you just follow me!"

Seeing the troublesome girl sleeping soundly behind him, Lu Junxing casually turned on the stereo and played "Wash Wash Wash," a song she usually used to wake herself up when she wanted to stay in bed.

An'an rubbed her eyes, pulled down the brim of her hat, and looked groggily at the receding shadows of trees outside the car window: "Daddy~, where are we going?"

"I'm going to sell you!"

"Dad? Why are you selling the child? Don't you have any money?"

Lu Junxing, recalling how the troublemaker had asked for money to "do the work" yesterday, seemed to have developed a concept of money, and replied, "Yeah, I'm almost out of money!"

"But...but it's so small, it's worthless!"

An'an then gestured to Lu Junxing about a very tall and very fat classmate at their school when she and her grandmother used to pick up her brother:

"Only babies that big are worth money~, I'm so small I won't fetch much, Dad~, go sell babies like that!"

"But you're the only child I can raise! What am I going to do?"

"Then you have to feed me lots and lots of good food, so I can grow tall and fat, and then they can sell me for lots of money."

An'an excitedly explained to Lu Junxing how to raise her so she could grow faster: "Just feed her candy every day, mango flavored. Now she likes mango-flavored candy and cakes!"

"She's all grown up now, not that little darling who loved strawberries anymore~"

"If you feed your little one fries and potato chips every day, they'll grow faster, you know that, Dad?"

"I know! But I'm afraid I'll lose money if I raise them like this!"

Seeing her earnest expression, worried that he wouldn't earn enough money and offering him advice, Lu Junxing couldn't help but smile. He then explained things to the child:

"It's illegal to sell children. Article 240 of the Criminal Law stipulates that anyone who traffics in women or children shall be sentenced to imprisonment for not less than five years but not more than ten years, and shall also be fined..."

(The legal provisions are not intended for reference; please consult the Criminal Law for details.)

Lu Junxing also told her a few examples of kidnappings in their circle: "If you encounter something like that, don't be afraid. Protect yourself, and Dad will come to save you!"

"I don't want to be sold! Those people are so mean!"

"Yes! Don't be greedy and try to eat everything. If you go with strangers, you won't get tricked and sold!"

After exiting the highway, they parked the car at a small restaurant near the highway exit, as Wang Jinbao had mentioned. The back door was then opened by Wang Jinbao and his son Zhuangzhuang.

"Wow~, An'an looks so beautiful today~"

An'an was lifted down from her car seat by Wang Jinbao. Upon hearing this, she immediately spun around twice: "I'm wearing new clothes today!"

Zhuangzhuang tugged at his baseball cap: "I'm wearing new shoes today too, and I brought lots and lots of snacks in the car. We can share them later!"

"Really? My dad's broke. He's going to sell me off when I grow up."