Chapter 99 - A Real Man Eats His Vegetables (1)
After winning the goldfish for Qiao Yuhan, Su Xiaofei suggested that they should check the Mirror House next. The little boy, who was too ecstatic with his new pets, agreed easily to her suggestion and held her hand, much to Lu Qingfeng's irritation.
The young man was trying to find a chance to hold Su Xiaofei's hand, but the little boy was trying to dominate her attention. This kid was starting to get on his nerves. He briefly wondered if he had made a mistake in allowing this boy to tag along with them today.
Before they entered the Mirror House, Qiao Yuhan passed his goldfish to his bodyguard, giving him an explicit warning that nothing bad should happen to his pets while they were gone.
Xi Qian laughed at the little boy's eagerness as Qiao Yuhan hurriedly ran back to them before entering the Mirror House together.
'Someone's really impatient.' Xi Qian thought, before her eyes spotted Lu Qingfeng standing too close to Su Xiaofei. 'And someone's extra grumpy today.' She chuckled.
Anyway, Lu Qingfeng could only blame himself for his predicament. He should have known this would happen when he invited the young boy who now fancied their Feifei like an older sister.
Qiao Yuhan played with the mirrors in awe. He watched as his figure distorted and elongated in the mirror.
"So this is what I would like when I grow up?" He asked while laughing at his tall reflection.
"Most likely." Su Xiaofei nodded. "But you won't be this thin, I think. You'll need to gain some more weight when you grow up."
"But Brother Lu is already tall, but he isn't technically an adult yet, right?" The boy asked.
Lu Qingfeng huffed at that. Whether it was in the past or in this lifetime, he was really annoyed when someone commented how young he was compared to Su Xiaofei and Mo Yuchen. Now, he would have to endure a few more years before he could proactively chase and court Su Xiaofei in public.
"Ah, that's because he grew up really tall when he reached puberty. It's in their genes." Su Xiaofei tried to explain.
"Genes? What's that?" Qiao Yuhan cocked his head to one side, wondering what Su Xiaofei meant.
"Genes are what you get from your parents. For example, the color of your hair, your eyes and skin could be inherited from your Daddy or Mommy. The main factor that influences a person's height is their genetic makeup. However, many other factors can influence height during development, including nutrition, hormones, activity levels, and medical conditions." Lu Qingfeng took up the task of explaining it to the young boy.
Qiao Yuhan blinked at him, not saying anything in return.
"What Xiao Feng means is your height can be predicted based on how tall your parents are. If they are tall or short, then your own height is said to end up somewhere similar based on the average height between your two parents. Genes aren't the sole predictor of a person's height, though. If you don't eat nutritious meals and refuse to eat your vegetables and play all day in front of your computer, then there's a chance that it will affect your height when you grow up."
Su Xiaofei patted her chin, remembering how Qiao Yuhan used to complain to her about the tonics he also had to consume with his ailing father in her past life. Qiao Yuhan had a sweet tooth and disliked eating vegetables.
He used to ask her how she could eat a lot of vegetables and rarely ate any meat, but she couldn't tell him that she had to eat like a cow in an attempt to keep her figure in the past. Something she now regretted.
The young boy's face paled at that. He really disliked eating his vegetables, refusing to eat it by pushing them aside if they ever ended up on his plate.
"I-I need to eat my vegetables? But it's not tasty at all."
"That's not true, Xiao Han." Xi Qian interjected and joined their conversation. "There are many yummy recipes for vegetables, our Aunty Liu could make vegetable dishes that Feifei and I love to eat. Just look at how beautiful and smooth Feifei's skin is. If you eat enough nutritious foods, you can also grow as tall as Lu Qingfeng here."
"A real man eats his vegetables, no matter how bitter it is." Lu Qingfeng muttered as he looked down at the young boy.
Qiao Yuhan looked at him and pouted his chubby cheeks.
"Then I can't lose to you, Brother Lu. I'll definitely eat all my vegetables and grow taller than you!"
"Heh, then keep trying, shorty." Lu Qingfeng huffed, before a spark of competition between them ignited.
"Stop arguing, we still have to try other rides after this." Xi Qian hooked her arm with Su Xiaofei's. "If you don't want to, then I'll take Feifei away now." She then stuck out her tongue at them childishly.
"No, wait! I'm coming with the two of you!" Qiao Yuhan refused to be separated from his beautiful Da Jie so soon.
Meanwhile, Lu Qingfeng only deepened his frown as he knew that Xi Qian was purposely trying to annoy him using Su Xiaofei.
Their small group continued checking out the game stalls before moving on to the rides. Su Xiaofei always found herself being sandwiched between Lu Qingfeng and Qiao Yuhan as the two seemed to compete over who should take the seat next to her.
She laughed awkwardly at the situation she was in. She had never thought that she would be a decent sister to Qiao Yuhan at all.
When the sky had turned dark, Qiao Yuhan was too tired to continue anymore and was piggybacking on Lu Qingfeng. The young man was itching to drop the sleeping boy on the ground as he felt a wet patch on his shoulder.. He should have never removed his coat had he known this would happen.
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