From Villain to Cherished: Counter My Role by Pampering Kids-Chapter 22: The Painted Mermaid

Little Su Luo: "Of course I didn’t let him take pictures of us."

He thought he was a bad uncle, but now it seems the uncle isn’t bad after all.

System: [Hmph, I told you he wasn’t bad.]

Su Xingwan felt relieved.

She patted the heads of the two little ones: "Not letting him take pictures was the right decision."

"Mm-hmm!" The little ones nodded.

The tufts of hair on their heads wobbled, making them so cute that Su Xingwan couldn’t help but pat them a few more times.

Walking on the road home.

Little Su Luo suddenly spoke: "Auntie, if that uncle wants to take pictures of me and my sister next time, should I let him?"

After all, he helped my sister today.

Little Su Hua also looked up at her aunt.

Su Xingwan was silent.

If it were someone else, she’d definitely tell the little ones that if strangers want to take pictures of them, they should never allow it, as they might be scammers who could kidnap them.

But...

Does she need to lie to the little ones this time?

The little ones watched their aunt silently, their big eyes tilted as they looked at her.

Su Xingwan: "Let him take pictures."

After all, the little ones would eventually have to meet their uncle, and she can’t keep stopping them forever.

The most important thing now is to minimize the damage caused by the original owner to the three little ones.

Also, to ensure that the aloof uncle would go easy on her.

Su Xingwan added after speaking: "But other strangers shouldn’t be allowed to take pictures."

Little Su Luo: "Why is that?"

Little Su Hua: "Brother, you’re so silly. Of course, it’s because they might be bad people."

Su Xingwan smiled: "That’s right, strangers taking pictures could be scammers. What if they kidnap you and I can’t find you?"

The little ones were scared after hearing this and quickly hugged her.

"We don’t want to be kidnapped, don’t want auntie to not find us!"

Su Xingwan, still smiling, ruffled their hair: "So... from now on, stay far away from strangers, okay?"

"Got it, Auntie!" The little ones spoke in unison, their eyes shining brightly.

While talking with the little ones, they’d already arrived home.

As soon as Su Xingwan entered, she turned on the warm air conditioning.

The little ones lay on the carpet, playing with their homemade toys. freewebnøvel.coɱ

Su Xingwan went into the bathroom, got some warm water, and came out to call the little ones.

"Alright little ones, time to wash your jiojio!"

"Auntie, here we come!"

The little ones quickly put down their toys and dashed to their aunt’s side.

They shared one big wash basin.

Once seated, they proactively took off their shoes and socks.

Two pairs of jiojio went into the warm water, and the little ones sighed comfortably.

Little Su Luo suddenly asked: "Auntie, why were those uncles and aunties scared of Uncle Ye today?"

Little Su Hua: "Yeah, he wasn’t fierce at all, Uncle Ye wasn’t as fierce as that mean auntie."

Su Xingwan paused before speaking.

"It’s because Uncle Ye is very influential."

Little Su Hua looked puzzled: "What does influential mean?"

Su Xingwan rephrased: "It means that uncle is very wealthy."

The little ones realized: "So Uncle Ye is actually very rich!"

Seeing the little ones’ eyes shine suddenly, Su Xingwan felt a bit confused.

"What are you two thinking?"

"Nothing, Auntie." Little Su Hua hid her guilty thoughts.

She couldn’t tell Auntie about her plans to make money. It was a secret between her and her brother.

"...Really?" Su Xingwan asked, puzzled.

The little ones obediently finished washing their jiojio and dried themselves with towels.

It was still early, so Su Xingwan let the little ones play on their own.

Su Xingwan sat on the sofa, opened her phone, and saw that Senior Yang Meng had accepted her friend request.

Senior Yang Meng was online, so they started planning tomorrow’s shoot over WeChat.

Through WeChat, she learned that Senior Yang Meng’s studio was still in the initial stage of entrepreneurship.

In the current job market, starting a business is quite tough, even though he once worked at a big company, his experience was nearly zero after venturing out on his own.

He wanted her to model for a magazine cover, to showcase as a portfolio for the studio.

Though they couldn’t afford any celebrities with a bit of name recognition, at least Su Xingwan was pretty and somewhat famous as an internet influencer.

After understanding the situation, Su Xingwan still took on the part-time job.

After all, she could barely afford food right now, and she also had to support the little ones, which was also very difficult.

In the living room, Little Su Hua was doodling on white paper with a pencil, while Little Su Luo had found some dance videos on her aunt’s tablet, trying to follow along with the uncles and aunties in them.

Little Su Hua finished a drawing of a mermaid and got up from the carpet, running to Su Xingwan to show off.

"Auntie, look at what I drew, is it good?"

"Sure, let auntie see."

Just having ended the chat with Senior Yang Meng, Su Xingwan took the drawing paper from Little Su Hua. It was scribbled with wobbly pencil lines, and she couldn’t quite make out what it was, only vaguely seeing a fish tail.

She boldly guessed: "Is it... a fish?"

Little Su Hua nodded, her eyes sparkling: "Auntie, you guessed right. Now guess what kind of fish it is?"

Su Xingwan was stumped: Do I need to guess the type of fish too?

She pretended to prop her chin up but was actually frowning.

"Carp?"

Little Su Hua shook her head.

"Goldfish?"

Little Su Hua shook her head.

"Big-tailed fish?"

Little Su Hua shook her head, happily saying, "Auntie, all wrong!"

Su Xingwan feigned surrender: "Auntie can’t guess. Why don’t you tell me?"

"Auntie, it’s you, hehe!" Little Su Hua blinked her sparkling eyes.

"Me?" Su Xingwan was a bit confused.

Wasn’t it supposed to be a fish?

She scrutinized the picture closely.

Nothing resembled her on it.

Little Su Hua cocked her head: "Yeah, it’s a mermaid, and auntie is the mermaid!"

Su Xingwan laughed at that.

The imagination of children really is vast.

"Why do you think auntie is a mermaid?"

"Because you’re as pretty as a mermaid, a beautiful little princess."

Su Xingwan heard that and chuckled.

"If auntie is the little princess, what are you?"

Little Su Hua was momentarily stumped, blinking big eyes, pondering her aunt’s question.

Suddenly, she declared, "I’m auntie’s little princess!"

Su Xingwan heard that and couldn’t resist patting Little Su Hua’s fluffy head.

"Oh dear, you really are such a clever little one."

Little Su Hua giggled gleefully upon hearing her aunt’s praise.

At this moment, Little Su Luo jumped to Su Xingwan’s side, moving with peculiar steps.

"Auntie! Look at me! Does my dancing look nice?"

Su Xingwan just watched as Little Su Luo twisted like a little worm, following the video on the tablet.

She looked like she wanted to speak, but didn’t.

She really wanted to say.

Kiddo, dance isn’t your thing, maybe try learning something else.

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