Hearing Yolandale speak up for her lousy dad, Kiana planted her hands on her hips, her high ponytail swaying gently. With an expression that said "there can only be one truth" on her little face, she declared confidently—
"If I'm not mistaken, he must spend a lot of time fooling around with Uncle Yang!
Like drinking, squatting in the gaming room to play games, or using warehouse parts to assemble Araraha or something..."
"Uh..."
Caught off guard by Kiana's rapid-fire accusations, even though Yolandale wanted to say something nice about her own dad, she had to admit that, on reflection, it really did sound like something he would do.
After all, with Mom keeping an eye on him at home, Dad could not drink to his heart's content, could not spend an entire day holed up in the gaming room, and could not do those childish things either. Going to find Walter Yang seemed... pretty reasonable?
"Alright, Kiana. Badmouthing someone behind their back is not something a good child should do, especially when that person is your father."
Cecilia did not look displeased by Kiana's suggestion at all. She still spoke with a warm smile.
"Ugh... I'm sorry, Mom."
Realizing she had seemingly projected her own laziness onto him, Kiana quickly apologized and lowered her head to admit her mistake.
"Be more careful next time."
Cecilia said with a smile.
"Besides, if we're talking about it, I seem to recall that your sister once dragged you back from an arcade, didn't she?"
"Wah!"
Kiana's Academic Troubles
With her mother suddenly bringing up that embarrassing incident where she had been caught slacking off, even Kiana's ponytail jumped. Embarrassment returned to her little face, and she stammered, not knowing what to say.
"Well, um..."
"Heh...
See? You also make time for entertainment