Yukinoshita's Correction Method

"That might be true." Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for a moment. "Auntie... can I hug Xixi?"

"Well~" Dong Yunjin stepped aside, "No."

Yukino Yukinoshita was stunned for a moment.

Dong Yunjin smiled and reminded her, "Call me Mom, or Sister Jin, but definitely not Auntie."

So that's why... Yukino Yukinoshita blushed. "Mom... Sister Jin, I want to hug Xixi."

"Here you go." Dong Yunjin readily handed the baby to Yukino Yukinoshita.

Yukino Yukinoshita carefully hugged Dong Yunxi, her gaze softening as she looked at her.

tide Bao blinked, turned her head towards her mother, and reached out. "Ah..."

Just as she was about to burst into tears, her little hand touched Yukino Yukinoshita's soft, long hair.

The drawn-out sound stopped abruptly. tide Baobao grabbed a strand of hair with her little hand, pinched it twice, paused for a moment, pinched it twice more, and paused again.

Clutching her hair in her hand, Shio tilted her little face up, meeting Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze with a big smile.

Yukino Yukinoshita's gaze softened even more. "I'm your older sister, sis~ sis~"

Dong Yunxi: "Hey!"

Yukino Yukinoshita: "..."

Okay, I guess I've remembered it.

"Why do you like pulling hair so much?" Dong Yunshan poked her little sister's hand.

"Who knows?" Dong Yunjin glared at her son. "He probably wants to suffocate."

Dong Yunshan: "...?"

"Ah-ka-na-ya-ya-ya..." Dong Yunxi mumbled a long string of words.

Dong Yunshan: "What are you saying?"

"I don't know," Dong Yunjin admitted frankly. "A whole bunch of them just pop up all the time."

"Children at this age are like this..." Yukino Yukinoshita and gently kissed Dong Yunxi's cheek.

"Giggle, giggle~" The baby laughed even harder.

Yukino Yukinoshita kissed him again.

"Isn't it fun?" Dong Yunjin chuckled. "When are you going to have one too?"

"Huh?" Yukino Yukinoshita blushed. "I-we... it's still early... let's... we'll talk about it later."

She wanted to say it was still early.

But then I remembered my recent... orthodontic treatment with Dong Yunshan.

It feels like something could happen at any moment.

"That's true." Dong Yunjin nodded. "You're still young, so there's no need to rush."

Dong Yunyan's voice rang out from the living room. "Dinner's ready."

"Coming!" Dong Yunjin replied, taking Xi Baobao from her. "Go wash your hands and try Brother Yan's cooking."

"Hmm." Yukino Yukinoshita reluctantly withdrew her gaze from Dong Yunxi.

After washing our hands together with Dong Yunshan, we all sat down in the dining room.

A sumptuous meal was laid out on the table, and a small dining chair with a tabletop was placed next to Dong Yunxi.

"I'm starting to eat~" Yukino Yukinoshita took a bite of the grilled fish and cast a questioning look at Dong Yunshan.

"Don't stare at me like that," Dong Yunshan admitted. "I only learned a little bit before moving out to live on my own."

"What's wrong?" Dong Yunyan asked, "Is it not to your liking?"

"No," Dong Yunshan explained, "It's because it's so delicious that Yukino curious why I haven't learned your cooking skills."

"I see... I'm glad you like it, thank you." Dong Yunyan nodded, then looked at his wife.

The young couple communicated without saying a word.

Dong Yunjin met her husband's gaze, her eyes crinkling with a smile.

This shows that the young couple has a very good relationship; everything is understood without words.

"Yunshan has never been picky about food, Brother Yan never feels a sense of accomplishment when cooking for him," Dong Yunjin said happily. "Eat more if you like it."

Chapter 664 Past Events

"Was he like this when he was a child?" Yukino Yukinoshita somewhat surprised. "I thought he started controlling his diet after he started working out."

"It's always been like this. At first, Brother Yan thought his cooking skills were being recognized," Dong Yunjin smiled. "But then he found out that he also enjoyed my cooking very much, and that disillusioned him."

"He eats simply to survive," Dong Yunyan said expressionlessly. "If the feed could meet his nutritional needs, he would eat with relish."

Dong Yunjin's smile was both gentle and dangerous, "Are you saying that the food I make is almost like animal feed?"

"...No." Dong Yunyan paused, "The feed isn't that bad."

Dong Yunjin pinched her husband, then turned to Dong Yunshan to complain, "Brother Shan ~ Look at him!"

Dong Yunshan said righteously, "That's not right."

Dong Yunjin snorted, "Exactly, exactly~"

"I haven't even tried the feed yet, so I have no evidence," Dong Yunshan added. "At least wait until I've compared it before drawing any conclusions."

Dong Yunjin: "... Yukino, I can't reach it, can you pinch it for me?"

"Hmm... okay." Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for a moment, but still reached out and gently pinched Dong Yunshan's waist.

Dong Yunjin nodded in satisfaction. "Yunshan, now that you're engaged, you should take some time to learn a thing or two from Brother Yan."

Dong Yunshan smiled with a hint of pride, "My cooking skills are pretty high now!"

"Hmm?" Dong Yunyan cast a suspicious glance at him.

"Oh?" Dong Yunjin looked directly at Yukino Yukinoshita.

"He studied with me for a while during spring break," Yukino Yukinoshita explained. "He practiced for a while afterward, and now he's quite proficient."

"You can even cook..." Dong Yunjin's eyes narrowed slightly. "You wouldn't happen to like Yukino, so you're just using this as an excuse to spend time with her, would you?"

"This..." Yukino Yukinoshita tried to explain.

But the situation was indeed a bit complicated at the time, involving Haruno Yukinoshita's sudden appearance, the Yukinoshita Family's usual way of getting along, the mutual correction between Dong Yunshan and Yukino Yukinoshita, and the apartment... It's really hard to explain in just a few words.

"It's like this." Dong Yunshan caught the pumpkin piece her sister threw and put it back on her small table. "Because she came to help me take care of Xixi, and you took Xixi away, if I wanted to maintain our previous relationship, I had no choice but to go with her."

Yukino Yukinoshita turned to look at Dong Yunshan, her eyes filled with doubt.

Dong Yunshan blinked.

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded gently.

Okay, let's talk about it when we get home.

"You were so aloof when you were little," Dong Yunjin said with a smile, looking at her son. "But you've grown up to be like this~"

"When we were little..." Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't contain her curiosity. "What was Yunshan like when he was little? He never told me."

"Him~" Dong Yunjin's eyes showed nostalgia, "He was so aloof when he was little, you know, the kind of... well, an ice-cold little boy?"

"Mom," Dong Yunshan tried to evoke maternal instincts, "Does anyone talk to their son like that?"

Dong Yunjin raised one eyebrow. "That grumpy little brat?"

"I'm a cute little boy," Dong Yunshan resignedly admitted, "The really aloof kind."

"And they have an extremely heavy idol image to maintain," Dong Yunyan added.

"Yes, yes, yes!" Dong Yunjin clapped her hands. "I have to get up really early every day for school, and it takes me half an hour just to wash up and comb my hair."

Yukino Yukinoshita silently turned to look at Dong Yunshan.

Dong Yunshan silently lowered her head and ate her food.

At that time, his memories had not fully recovered, but some had already manifested.

His elementary school years were the time when his junior high school memories were relatively clear.

While listening to Dong Yunjin talk about Dong Yunshan's childhood, I ate a lot without realizing it.

Yukino Yukinoshita and, seeing that Dong Yunxi had also finished eating, picked up a napkin to wipe her mouth.

"The rest is up to you." Dong Yunjin stood up, picked up her daughter, and said, "Come on, Yukino, let me tell you two more fun things..."

After watching them leave, Dong Yunyan and Dong Yunshan quickened their eating pace.

Dong Yunyan looked up. "Aren't you going to stop them?"

"Sister Jin is really into it," Dong Yunshan retorted, "Aren't you going to stop her?"

"I'm quite interested too." Dong Yunyan twitched the corners of his mouth, revealing a somewhat frightening smile.

Dong Yunshan muttered, "I can see that now, they're making such a big show of it."

"It's a pity you're not old enough to drink yet, otherwise we could have arranged it even better." Dong Yunyan emptied a plate. "Found a reason to live?"

Dong Yunshan paused with his chopsticks. "Hmm?"

"What are you wondering about?" Dong Yunyan emptied the second plate on his own. "I've lived longer than you, even though I might die tomorrow."

"The bald guy wanted to collaborate with me, partly because of you," Dong Yunshan continued eating. "Just because I saved him once doesn't mean I'm a good business partner—so he's treating me as his successor?"

"If you don't take the initiative to contact them, they won't contact you either. If Suga wants you to be his successor, he won't cooperate with you." Dong Yunyan shook his head. "Times have changed, and the space left for the yakuza is getting smaller and smaller. If you don't follow the right path, you can only become more and more extreme."

"Oh~" Dong Yunshan remembered something else, "Those smuggling transport companies from before..."

Dong Yunyan: "Reporting illegal and criminal activities is everyone's responsibility."

Dong Yunshan: "... Indeed."

So, what's the answer?

"The reason for living... I should say the feeling of being alive." Dong Yunshan smiled. "Before, I was like someone staring at a movie progress bar on a computer, thinking that the computer might break down in the next second and I wouldn't be able to watch the movie anymore. Then she appeared on the screen, and I suddenly realized that the movie of life is very good, and... there is no progress bar."

"Not a bystander, but a participant." Dong Yunyan stood up to clear the table. "Instead of staring at abstract Void, it's better to take a good look at concrete happiness."

Dong Yunshan helped tidy up, asking, "Are you and Sister Jin like this too?"

"No, I'm her childhood sweetheart. I've known since I was old enough to understand that I would marry her when I grew up." Dong Yunyan took the plate into the kitchen. "Everything is set in stone. She can't choose how she gives birth, and I can't choose how I live, but... we can choose our lives."

"I feel like there's a lot of history behind this," Dong Yunshan said, following up. "Would you like to tell us more?"

"She wanted to leave home, and I had to find her," Dong Yunyan said succinctly. "She ran, I chased, and then you came into being."

Chapter 665 Save Save Save Save

"Want some building blocks?" Dong Yunjin picked up a block. "Here, have one!"

"Ee..." Dong Yunxi reached out and took it, looking at her mother. "Ah..."

"Want more? Here, take two." Dong Yunjin handed over two more, "Now you have three."

"Hmm..." Dong Yunxi stacked three different colored blocks together, then knocked them over.

Seeing her daughter having fun, Dong Yunjin turned to Yukino Yukinoshita, "By the way, Yukino, I want to ask you something."

Here it comes... Yukino Yukinoshita knew there would be a segment like this.

Just like how her mother asked Dong Yunshan all sorts of questions back then, Dong Yunshan's mother also had many questions she wanted to ask her.

With Dong Yunshan not around, Yukino Yukinoshita couldn't help but feel a little nervous.

Yukino Yukinoshita straightened her back slightly. "I will answer truthfully."

"There's no need to be so nervous." Dong Yunjin took Yukino Yukinoshita's hand. "When was this engagement ring...?"

"This..." Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip lightly, "It was a gift from Yunshan to me for his birthday."

"Does your family know?"

"As for home," Yukino Yukinoshita hesitated for a moment, "Only my older sister knows."

"That brat..." Dong Yunjin sighed softly, "Just because he doesn't need to discuss it with his family doesn't mean others don't. I'm sorry, but we parents will arrange a time to meet and have a good talk."

"No, no need to apologize!" Yukino Yukinoshita hurriedly explained, "This ring... he didn't suddenly propose to me on his birthday. I bought the ring for him as a birthday present, and then he gave it to me..."