"Auntie, you're so pretty."
To escape his aunt's playful clutches, Chen Hao immediately showered her with compliments.
"That's great, Auntie will reward you with a piece of chocolate."
Pleased with her nephew's praise, Chen Yu took a piece of chocolate from her pocket.
It was given to her by her deskmate, who heard it was brought back from abroad.
Chen Yu tried a piece. This foreign delicacy was, indeed, bitter yet sweet. She had never tasted anything like it before.
"Auntie, you are super pretty." Su Dan Xiao Shuo Wang
Seeing Chen Hao get chocolate, the little baby immediately chimed in with praise.
Both these little ones were little foodies.
The rich aroma of chocolate instantly made the baby incredibly greedy.
"Such a good girl."
But after she spoke, Chen Yu pinched her chubby cheeks.
And then, nothing happened.
Little Miss Chen Mengyan looked expectantly at her aunt, feeling that her aunt would understand the longing in her eyes.
"Auntie, you are truly, truly beautiful."
Seeing that Chen Yu had no reaction, the baby quickly added another compliment and continued to gaze at her expectantly.
"I know, thank you my niece, you're so good."
Chen Yu nodded. This niece had good taste and was very sensible.
The baby was on the verge of tears.
"Auntie, I, I want candy too."
The baby stopped pretending and laid her cards on the table; she wanted chocolate.
"You mean chocolate? It's all gone."
Chen Yu looked at the baby, seeing her tearful little face, and a mischievous smile spread across her lips.
This wicked aunt was just teasing the child.
Hearing Chen Yu's words and watching her brother chewing happily, the baby pouted, and tears immediately welled up in her eyes.
"You little brat, why are you teasing the child? Is there any more? If so, give our good granddaughter a piece quickly. If you make her cry, I'll spank you."
"Oh, Grandma's darling, don't cry, don't cry. Look at that little pout, you could hang a teapot on it."
"Poor thing, to have such an unreliable aunt."
Qin Lifen looked at the baby, who was about to cry, and her heart ached. She quickly scooped her up.
"Boring."
"Finally, I'm not the youngest anymore, and they won't let me have fun."
"Life is like snow, so lonely."
Chen Yu, perhaps inspired by some youthful literature, sighed and shook her head.
"Quickly, if you have chocolate, give it to Yan Yan. I'll give you an extra chicken leg at dinner tonight. If you're still lonely here, I'll spank you."
Qin Lifen grabbed the feather duster beside her. Chen Yu, who had been lamenting her lonely life like snow, quickly took out a piece of chocolate from her pocket.
The taste of this thing was just okay. It was foreign, certainly, but it couldn't compare to a chicken leg.
Teasing her niece was fun, but continuing to have fun would mean getting spanked, which would be unhappy. Well, it was best to know when to stop.
"Oh, Grandma's darling, don't cry, don't cry. Here, Grandma will peel the chocolate for you."
Qin Lifen quickly peeled the chocolate and put it into the baby's mouth. The little one took a bite.
The rich chocolate aroma immediately made the little one's eyes light up. It was a taste she had never had before.
"Thank you, Grandma."
"Thank you, Auntie."
The baby ate with such gusto that her mouth was bulging, like a little hamster.
"Slow down, no one's snatching it from you."
Seeing the baby smile again, Qin Lifen immediately became happy.
These two little ones were now her darlings. It truly proved the old saying: affection for grandchildren is deeper than for one's own children.
If anyone dared to make their grandchildren cry, even their parents would likely be spanked, let alone Chen Yu, the aunt.
"Sigh."
"Brother, sister-in-law, I've lost favor."
"My already precarious position in this family is now hanging by a thread."
"My life is so bitter, I~"
Chen Yang found his younger sister to be a real comedian. If this were a later era, she would be a definite drama queen.
However, with this drama queen around, his parents probably hadn't had a dull moment over the years. This girl was clearly one who stirred up trouble, and the family likely had to deal with her chaos frequently.
"That's enough now. If you keep whining, your mother will spank you, and I won't stop her."
Chen Liming, who had been as steady as a rock, glanced at his younger daughter. Chen Yu immediately deflated.
When provoked, Qin Lifen would truly spank her.
Usually, their father would intervene. If he didn't, Chen Yu glanced at the feather duster on the table and decisively shut up.
She couldn't afford to offend, so she could at least retreat.
A wise person doesn't fight when the odds are against them. She knew when to quit.
"You little girl, don't always upset Mom."
"Mom and Dad are getting old, you need to be obedient."
Chen Yang patted his little sister's head. His parents had worked tirelessly in the factory in their early years. Back then, the entire nation was driven by a single purpose: to launch their own satellite.
Although the Jinling Aviation Manufacturing Plant was not a primary research unit, it was responsible for producing some high-precision parts.
As a result, they didn't have children until they were nearly thirty, with their eldest daughter, Chen Juan, being born then. Their father was now fifty-three, and their mother was fifty; they were no longer young.
"Brother, I'm in the top three at Jinling Girls' First High School. I don't even care about your brother-in-law's crummy Jinling University."
"I skipped class because we agreed to go hiking on Zijin Mountain. Without hiking, where would the inspiration come from? Words written without inspiration are just nonsense, devoid of emotion."
Chen Yu held her head high, very proud.
"You're amazing, I know."
"I just want you to stop upsetting Mom in the future. Talk to her properly about things. She's never really hit you, and it hurts her more than anyone when she does."
Chen Yang gently tapped his little sister's forehead. He knew his younger sister was capable.
He had struggled for a long time to get into East China University of Finance and Economics, while his younger sister, in the same year, effortlessly got into Renmin University of China!
Renmin University of China in those days was not what it is now. Tsinghua and Peking University had to take a backseat to it.
It wasn't until the reform and opening-up environment of the 1980s, when China's industrial level was increasingly highlighted as lagging behind globally, that measures were taken to guide students and promote the study of mathematics, physics, and chemistry, supporting the development of heavy industry and chemical industry.
The famous saying "Learn mathematics, physics, and chemistry, and you will fear nothing in the world" was then put forward. Coupled with the earlier independence of the Beijing Foreign Studies University, Tsinghua and Peking University gradually surpassed Renmin University of China.
At this time, being admitted to Renmin University of China was absolute proof of being among the most outstanding individuals.
In his previous life, Chen Yang's smooth return to China and entrepreneurship was partly due to his younger sister and brother-in-law's connections. At that time, both of them were professors at Renmin University of China, and their network of contacts was invaluable.
"Got it, I'm not stupid."
"It's precisely because they refer to themselves as old people every day that I want them to exercise their minds more, so their thoughts don't degenerate."
Chen Yu made a funny face at Chen Yang. Chen Yang was helpless with his clever and quirky younger sister.
However, thinking about it, she wasn't entirely wrong. People age, but their minds can stay young through exposure to new things and learning.
In recent years, while he was away, his elder sister and younger sister had been accompanying their parents. They had their own ways of interacting with their parents, and in this regard, he was truly inferior.