Gourmet: Twins' Father and Chef of the Kindergarten-Chapter 186 - 177: A Child’s Heart Warms the Soul the Most!

Chapter 186: Chapter 177: A Child’s Heart Warms the Soul the Most!

"Look at this, look at this, this little bunny’s head is so cute, its eyes are like... like two twinkling stars... always staring at me..."

Yuanyuan excitedly pointed at the little dragon fruit bunny head in her hand, mischievously smiling as she continued, "Keep looking at me, keep looking at me, or I’ll eat you up..."

As soon as she finished speaking!

She opened her mouth wide and with an "ah-woo," bit the bunny’s head into her mouth.

"Haha, this is so fun, you can even eat the little puppy’s body too!" Liu Ruihan excitedly raised his dragon fruit puppy body, took a big bite, and closed his eyes in satisfaction.

Once the kids received their pieces of dragon fruit carved into animal parts, they were all thrilled beyond belief.

They first curiously played with them for a while, then couldn’t wait to taste this special treat.

Although the dragon fruit tasted just like the familiar dragon fruit, in the children’s mouths, today’s fruit seemed particularly sweet.

Yang Yuxi, standing off to the side, couldn’t help but smile with contentment as she watched the children’s joyful expressions.

She turned to Xie Jianing beside her and said, "Hmm, I really didn’t expect Chef Huang’s carving skills to be this good, these animals look so realistic! The kids can’t get enough of them!"

Xie Jianing wore a look of disbelief, as if thinking "are these the same children who don’t usually like fruit?" Watching them, she nodded in agreement and said, "Right! Why didn’t we think of this way to get the kids to eat fruit before? Look at them now, they’re even enjoying the fruits they used to dislike so much!"

"Haha, speaking of which, even if our kindergarten had thought of this method back then, it probably wouldn’t have been possible. After all, Chef Wei’s carving skills aren’t as good as Chef Huang’s, there’s no way he could have made them look so realistic!" Wang Wenxia candidly revealed the reason.

Just then, Yang Yuxi’s eyes accidentally caught sight of Xu Sijun, and she immediately whispered to Xie Jianing, "Stop talking, Qianqian’s mom is here."

Finishing her sentence with a warm smile, she walked up to Xu Sijun and greeted her, "Qianqian’s mom, you’re here,"

Xu Sijun responded with a smile, "Miss Yang, Miss Xie, hello..."

At the moment, the children were still immersed in the fun of the dragon fruit animal carvings, unaware of the visitor in the classroom.

Seeing this, Yang Yuxi gently clapped her hands to attract the children’s attention and then said softly, "Children, look who’s here? Let’s welcome Qianqian’s mom!"

As Miss Yang finished her sentence, all the children turned their heads in unison, curiously eyeing the new visitor.

"Mama!"

Qianqian suddenly exclaimed, and then couldn’t wait to dart towards Xu Sijun with joy.

"Oh! My darling!"

Xu Sijun crouched down and enveloped Qianqian in her arms.

Qianqian was incredibly happy, blinking her bright eyes and curiously asking, "Mama, mama, why are you here?"

Even though she had heard Miss Yang’s introduction, she could hardly believe her ears; but when she truly saw her mom’s face, her inner joy was beyond words.

Xu Sijun smiled and gently tapped Qianqian’s cute nose, lovingly saying, "Darling, did you forget? When we had dinner last night, didn’t mama tell you that today I would come to participate in your kindergarten’s ’Cafeteria Open Day’?"

"Did you?"

Qianqian blinked her big eyes, looking slightly confused at her mom.

Then a scene from last night at the dinner table flashed in her mind, and she remembered her mom mentioning it.

But at that time, her attention was completely caught by the television, and she didn’t pay attention to her mom’s words at all.

Recalling it now, she embarrassingly scratched her head and giggled.

Watching Qianqian’s adorable demeanor, Xu Sijun couldn’t help but chuckle lightly, "You, it seems you really forgot it to the farthest corner of your mind."

Qianqian stuck out her tongue and gave a cheeky grin, then hugged her mom tightly, hoping she wouldn’t be upset about it.

Yang Yuxi stood beside them, her face full of smiles.

"Everyone, welcome her!"

She began clapping her hands, and the children quickly followed suit and clapped enthusiastically.

Xu Sijun released Qianqian, stood up, and laughed, "Hello, children, I’m Qianqian’s mom, my name is Xu Sijun. You can call me Aunt Xu or Qianqian’s mom."

"Hello, Aunt Xu!"

"Hello, Qianqian’s mom!"

Qingqing and Weiwei, who were very polite, shouted loudly, prompting the other children to follow suit.

Xu Sijun gently responded to each of them.

Watching this scene, Yang Yuxi smiled and said to Xu Sijun, "Qianqian’s mom, would you like to sit next to Qianqian for a while and try our kindergarten’s breakfast?" 𝚏𝗿𝗲𝐞𝐰𝚎𝕓𝐧𝚘𝘃𝗲𝐥.𝐜𝚘𝕞

Xu Sijun checked her watch, thinking she still had about ten minutes before meeting the other class’s parent committee at the cafeteria, so she agreed and sat down next to Qianqian.

This action immediately attracted the gaze of the surrounding children, who looked at Qianqian with eyes full of envy.

Indeed.

Deep down, they also strongly wished they could see their own parents at the kindergarten, so they could proudly introduce them to their friends.

Qingqing and Weiwei showed no trace of envy.

Because their dad works at the kindergarten, they can see him anytime.

And, all the kids envy them for having a dad who can cook delicious food and carve various small animal sculptures out of fruit!

Qianqian carefully picked up a juicy and enticing strawberry from her plate, beaming with a smile as she handed it to Xu Sijun and sweetly said, "Mama, this is a strawberry Miss Yang gave me. It’s especially sweet, and Qianqian wants mom to try it."

Looking at the strawberry her daughter handed to her, Xu Sijun felt a warm wave surging through her heart. She turned sideways and tightly hugged Qianqian, continuously saying, "Qianqian dear, you eat it yourself! Mommy’s not hungry, mommy really isn’t hungry..."

Even so, Xu Sijun found herself unable to continue speaking.

The child’s innocence and sincerity always touched the softest part of her heart easily, it was an "ultimate weapon" she couldn’t resist.

"Mommy, you eat it, you eat it, Qianqian still has more here..." Qianqian held up the strawberry, determined not to give up until her purpose was fulfilled.

"Alright, alright, mommy will eat it now!"

Xu Sijun agreed with a smile.

She gently took a bite of the strawberry, and the sweet taste instantly filled her mouth, as if a warm stream flowed into her heart.

At this moment...

She suddenly felt that her daughter had truly grown and matured.

She understood appreciation and sharing, knowing how to savor the good things with mom.

It must be said, Qianqian really changed after starting school!

She became more sensible, more caring, and more considerate of others.

All of this is thanks to the teacher’s attentive guidance!

Just then, Yuanyuan curiously asked, "Qianqian, why aren’t you giving your mom the dragon fruit animal carving?"

Qianqian: "..."

Uh...

The dragon fruit animal carving was not only beautiful but also delicious, even she couldn’t get enough...

So, she couldn’t quite bring herself to share such tasty dragon fruit animal carving with her mom, and instead gave her mom the strawberries she didn’t particularly like.

However, Yuanyuan’s question filled her heart with trepidation and worry, afraid her mom would discover her little secret and become unhappy because of it.

She blinked her eyes, and with the guiltiest mood, spoke the sweetest words, "Because strawberries are especially sweet... I want to leave the best taste for mom, so I specifically picked strawberries for mom to eat. Not giving mom the dragon fruit is because it’s still a bit sour and doesn’t taste good, so I can’t let mom eat it..."

After hearing her daughter’s innocent words, Xu Sijun was overwhelmed with an indescribable emotion, almost bringing tears to her eyes.

She embraced her daughter tightly, and her tears couldn’t stop flowing!

A child’s heart is indeed the warmest!

However, if she knew Qianqian’s real thoughts, she would surely feel all her emotions and tears were in vain...

Luckily she remained unaware, otherwise those tears might instantly turn into flames of anger.

Yuanyuan, after hearing Qianqian’s explanation, couldn’t help but have a big question mark in her little head.

Dragon fruit is a bit sour?

Is that really the case?

But the thing is...

The dragon fruit animal carving slices she just tasted were clearly very sweet, nowhere near sour!

Filled with a bit of curiosity and doubt, Yuanyuan reached out and took the last slice of the dragon fruit animal carving, placing it in her mouth for a careful taste.

Hmm, it’s so sweet, I don’t understand why Qianqian said it was sour?

Could it be that Qianqian’s taste is vastly different from mine? Or did Qianqian have a bad-tasting dragon fruit animal carving?

She couldn’t figure it out.

Forget it, I won’t think about it...

With this time, I might as well ask the teacher for more dragon fruit animal carvings!

So...

Yuanyuan raised her hand high and cheerfully called out, "Teacher, I want more dragon fruit animal carvings!"

Seeing this, the other children also raised their hands, expressing their desire for more.

Yang Yuxi noticed that they hadn’t finished the strawberries on their plates yet, so she smiled and guided them, "Children, finish the strawberries on your plates first, and then you can have more dragon fruit animal carvings, okay? This way we can better savor the taste of each kind of fruit!"

Yuanyuan and the other children were already accustomed to Yang Yuxi’s teaching style, so they quickly understood the deeper meaning in her words.

Ah!

If we don’t finish the strawberries, we won’t get more dragon fruit animal carvings!

Although the appeal of strawberries wasn’t as great as the dragon fruit-carved animals, they had no choice but to finish the strawberries first in order to receive more dragon fruit animal carvings.

Xu Sijun watched from the side as these children reluctantly ate the strawberries, and suddenly had an epiphany.

She belatedly thought, could it be that her precious daughter Qianqian also didn’t really like strawberries, which is why she gave them to her to eat?

She originally wanted to fish for some words from her daughter.

But just then, Yang Yuxi came over to inform her that the other parent committee chairs were waiting for her at the door...

She had no choice but to temporarily put aside her doubts, leave the classroom, and join the other committee members heading for the kitchen.