Lin Xiao rolled his eyes, this little girl.
"What's wrong? What do you mean try not to say it?"
Luo Qinghan found it strange, wasn't she supposed to take Xun'er to do homework? Now, homework can't be mentioned?
"Mama, look!"
Xun'er took out the thing she had put together.
"Oh my, this gourd is made quite well, and these few gourd leaves also look quite lifelike," Luo Qinghan said, holding the gourd and examining it.
"Mama! This isn't a gourd!"
Xun'er raised her voice and explained loudly, "This is something Daddy and I made, a penguin!"
"Penguin?"
Luo Qinghan stared at the little girl, then at the object. She couldn't understand.
Let alone her, Luo Buyu and his wife couldn't understand either.
"Yes, a penguin."
Xun'er then pointed at the gourd and said, "Look, these are the eyes, this is the nose, this is..."
"Lin Xiao, is this how you help Xun'er with her homework?"
Luo Qinghan's attention was now entirely on Lin Xiao. This guy had claimed to be very capable, but what was the result? He made a gourd and called it a penguin? Don't think you can call a deer a horse just because you're the Dragon King!
"It's just that... a small accident happened?" Lin Xiao chuckled sheepishly. He didn't mean for it to happen, but it was a wonderful accident. He really didn't know his talent in pottery had reached such a pathetic level.
He would never do anything artistic again in his life.
"What accident? One that could make you accidentally turn a penguin into a gourd?" Luo Qinghan asked him, uncomprehending.
"Ahem... I'm just surprised I have no talent for pottery."
Lin Xiao chuckled sheepishly and continued, "It's not too bad, at least, as a gourd, this thing is quite useful."
"Lin Xiao, from now on, clarify things. You don't need to participate in this kind of after-school homework."
Facing Lin Xiao's smile, Luo Qinghan took a deep breath and looked at him emphatically. Compared to Lin Xiao's sheepish grin, Luo Qinghan was clearly not in a good mood.
"Ah? No..."
"Leave the child's homework to me. From now on, you just find a place to watch from the side and see how I teach him!"
Luo Qinghan interrupted Lin Xiao's futile resistance. This matter was basically settled.
"Okay."
Lin Xiao felt a strong sense of defeat. It was the first time in his life, since he became capable, that he had encountered something he was completely helpless with.
"Daddy, don't make a sad face, you'll turn into a little kitty."
Xun'er spoke like an adult, even adopting a precocious tone. She walked to Lin Xiao and patted his shoulder.
"Mhm... Daddy won't cry, don't worry."
Hearing the little girl's words, Lin Xiao felt even more amused and exasperated.
"Now tell me, if they have to hand in their homework tomorrow, will there still be time?"
Luo Qinghan said with dissatisfaction.
"Then, shall we say it's a gourd?"
Lin Xiao compromised.
"No, it's a penguin that looks like a gourd."
"But it clearly looks more like a gourd."
After some discussion, Lin Xiao finally made a decision.
They would tell the teacher that they hadn't seen a penguin before, so they couldn't make one, and instead made a gourd.