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Being a parent changed you.
For one, he could no longer swear as if his life depended on it. Another thing is that suddenly he was much more...aware of things around him, that ledge there? Someone could fall and hurt themselves! That staircase? It needs a gate, what if someone tried climbing it?! This cereal has more than the daily suggested intake of sugar? You can have some oatmeal instead, a-yuan!
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Point is, life changes. Usually he'd say it's for the better, but right now? All shen jiu wanted was to go back in time to before his beloved, horrid, angelic brat of a son thought to question him. Deserving as he was of such questions.
“I said NO a-yuan,” they'd been at it for the last 15 minutes and the conversation didnt have an end in sight. Tragically, for his son, only shen jiu was home at the moment; meaning there was no hope of his father, shen jius husband, coming to his rescue. Hah.
“But father! Its only liu qingge! You know him, he's been my best- only friend for years!” if shen yuan didn't stop reminding him of how many years he'd had to put up with the presence of that brat then this conversation was going to be over in no time. “Be that as it may, it doesn't make him any more trustworthy! I heard that the last time you went over he took you to a public shopping centre! Where there are people!!! Potentially BAD people, a-yuan!”
The horror he felt when his acquaintance qi qingqi informed him over their regular tea meetings of her meeting a-yuan in a mall of all places...never again! Who knows what could happen to his beloved son out there!
Best to take preventative measures and stop him from having the chance to get into trouble!
“But father, liu qingge kept me safe the whole time! He even scared off that weirdo who tried to talk to me!”
“HE HAD TO WHAT? WHO WAS IT? DID YOU RECOGNIZE THE MAN?!” HE KNEW IT! He shouldn't have taken any chances!! Something could have happened!
With a pained look his son murmured about how he didn't mean to mention that...this brat! Keeping secrets! Didn't he know he could tell his father anything?!
“Regardless of that brats willingness to keep an eye on you, I don't trust him to keep you properly safe! Clearly he isn't capable! It's better if you invite him to come play here.” with a nod to himself in assurance that yes, he's being the logical one, he turns and goes to walk from his son whos currently giving him a look of betrayal.
Oh well! It doesn't exist if he can't see it! No one can repress memories quite as well as shen jiu, and this is just another questionable decision to his collection!
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Looking back, it was probably a mistake to think his precious a-yuan would stay sweet and obedient forever.
He had snuck out.
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THIS BRAT!