Perhaps he had overthought it.
The moment Ling Yun turned to head upstairs, the corners of his lips curved into a smile. He only hoped this Xiao Zhang would still get to see tomorrow's sun.
Xiao Zhang said, "Children, today I will teach you some basic knowledge, so listen well."
Since he was impersonating someone, he had temporarily bought some pictures on the street, including some animals and ingredients.
"Mm-hmm."
The three of them nodded in unison, offering casual agreement without a shred of interest.
Xiao Zhang took those pictures out of his briefcase and hung them up one by one.
He was still in no hurry; to him, the three children before him were lambs waiting for the slaughter.
"Today I shall impart to you the art of literacy and recognition. Listen closely."
Xiao Zhang pointed at a picture as he spoke, which featured a big rat.
"What is this?"
"I know."
"Beibei knows too."
"It's not hard at all, Bust Bao knows too."
"It's a rat."
The three children spoke in unison, their cute, babyish voices echoing throughout the entire villa.
Xiao Zhang was slightly startled. This was how children of a normal age should react, and knowing it was a rat should be correct.
"Wrong, you are all so silly." Xiao Zhang immediately knitted his brows slightly.
"Huh?"
The three little ones tilted their heads, unable to understand this statement.
"This is a grey rat."
The three little ones: "..."
"What is this?"
Xiao Zhang pointed to a Chinese cabbage and said.
"Chinese cabbage!"
"Incorrect, it's a green Chinese cabbage."
Little one: "..."
However, they felt it made sense, because the top of the Chinese cabbage was indeed green, with nothing wrong about that.
For many of the items that followed, they answered incorrectly, having wrong knowledge