Yukinoshita's Correction Method

The man shook off the woman's hand. His voice was still stern, but the volume had clearly dropped. "Now you know how to follow the rules? If you hadn't taken him through red lights, would he be unable to tell traffic lights apart?"

"I didn't..." The woman looked at the little boy. "Taro, did Mommy run a red light?"

The little boy, Taro, looked utterly confused. He clearly had no real concept of what running a red light meant.

"Tell Daddy," the man said, suppressing his anger and forcing out an ugly smile. "When the light was red, did Mommy stop, or did she keep going? Tell the truth."

Taro answered quietly, "...She kept going."

The woman stared at her own child in disbelief. "Taro...?"

"What else do you have to say?" the man flew into a rage. "There are so many intersections on the way to school. Are you trying to take on cars with that crappy bicycle?"

The woman opened her mouth, tears instantly sliding down her face. She glanced at the little boy, then turned her head away.

Dong Yunshan, who had already sat down, stood up again.

"Dong Yun..." Yui Yuigahama tried to advise Dong Yunshan not to be too impulsive.

"Leave him be." Yukino Yukinoshita used a spinning-top toy to draw Dong Yunxi's attention and keep her from being frightened. Without raising her head, she said, "The strawberry one is mine."

"Okay." Dong Yunshan looked at Yui Yuigahama and Komachi Hikigaya. "What about you?"

"I want oolong tea!" Komachi Hikigaya raised her little hand.

So he was going to get drinks... Yui Yuigahama relaxed and stood up with Dong Yunshan. "It'll be hard for you to carry them by yourself, so I'll go with you."

After they got the drinks from the self-service bar, Yui Yuigahama returned and handed the oolong tea to Komachi Hikigaya. When she turned her head, she saw Dong Yunshan walking toward the neighboring table with two drinks in his hands.

"These two drinks." Dong Yunshan held the two glasses in front of the little boy. "Which one is red?"

P.S. Thanks to [Me, Your Uncle] and [God of Tutoring] for the tips!

Does anyone have any good ways to relieve nerve pain...

Other than keeping a regular schedule, huh.

Finals and Spring Break: Perspective-Taking

"Oh, right," Yui Yuigahama realized at once. "If he's red-green color-blind, then of course he wouldn't be able to tell traffic lights apart."

The man had been staring warily at Dong Yunshan, but he froze when he heard the question. Then he looked at the little boy, his tone softening slightly. "You can't tell red and green apart?"

"I... I can." The little boy hurriedly answered, "This one is red, and this one is green."

Correct xsq.

The man's gloomy gaze turned to the sorrowful woman beside him.

Since he could tell them apart, then the problem lay in...

"Once we rule out the possibility that he can't distinguish colors due to color blindness, the answer becomes obvious." Dong Yunshan handed the strawberry drink to Yukino Yukinoshita and took a sip of his own melon-flavored one. "Kiddo, when you cross an intersection, do you look at the light on the left, or the one on the right?"

"Sometimes I look at the left..." the little boy answered timidly. "Sometimes the right."

The man frowned. "You're supposed to look in front!"

"He can't see it." Dong Yunshan sighed. "Imagine you're a five- or six-year-old child sitting on the back seat of a bicycle. Your mother's back is in front of you. When you go through an intersection, what you can see... are only the red lights on both sides."

When the signal light ahead was green and allowed passage, the lights on both sides that the little boy could see were red.

"This..." The man looked in shock at his wronged child and his sorrowful wife, guilt appearing on his face. "You... I... I'm sorry. I was too..."

"It's your first time being parents, so it's only natural you lack experience. But don't forget, you were once children yourselves." Dong Yunshan shook his cup lightly. "Trying to think from a child's perspective sometimes works better than questioning them from on high."

"Thank you... I was in the wrong just now." The man stood and bowed. "I... I'll pay more attention."

Dong Yunshan waved it off and returned to his seat.

At the neighboring table, the man comforted the woman gently and made a promise with the child that they would go study the signal lights at the intersection together later.

"So that's what it was..." Yui Yuigahama suddenly understood, then grew a little curious. "How did you two think of that so quickly?"

"Earlier, when Xixi wasn't very happy in the stroller, I crouched down to soothe her and realized that the bustling streets adults see are, from a child's perspective, nothing but towering walls of people." Yukino Yukinoshita recounted what had happened before. "So I had Dong Yun pick Xixi up, and sure enough, Xixi became happy in his arms."

"So when I heard the argument next door just now, I associated it with the difference between adults' and children's perspectives." Dong Yunshan added an explanation. "After ruling out color blindness, this was the most likely situation."

"It feels like we suddenly went back to the Service Club." Komachi Hikigaya propped up her chin, her eyes sparkling.

At the mention of the Service Club, Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes flickered slightly. "I didn't expect you to say something like that too."

Back in the Service Club, Dong Yunshan had always considered himself a mature adult and treated Yukino Yukinoshita like a child.

"Lately, I've been trying to think from your perspective." Dong Yunshan raised one eyebrow. "I've already picked up a bit of the technique."

Hmm... This skilled flirting really made Komachi Hikigaya's sense of déjà vu even stronger.

"Let's go to an amusement park together later!" Yui Yuigahama thought of a good idea. "We can take Xixi along to play~"

"It's still too early for her right now." Yukino Yukinoshita shot Dong Yunshan a sideways glance, then looked at Dong Yunxi, who was already nodding off. "We'll need to take her home later and let her rest properly."

"Then we..." Yui Yuigahama had only spoken halfway when Komachi Hikigaya lightly poked her under the table.

"Then we'll head off first later," Komachi Hikigaya said with a wink. "Let's make plans again when we have time."

Yui Yuigahama belatedly realized what she meant and cast Komachi Hikigaya an admiring look.

She had almost invited Yukino Yukinoshita to go shopping with her just now.

If she really said it, she would be breaking up Yukino Yukinoshita and Dong Yunshan.

After lunch, Komachi Hikigaya and Yui Yuigahama left first.

Yukino Yukinoshita and Dong Yunshan tidied up a little, but they did not leave right away. Instead, they stood in front of the claw machine again.

Dong Yunshan did as they had agreed earlier and repeated the same trick, catching another one.

Yukino Yukinoshita learned the knack of it, and after practicing over and over, she caught one too.

"Here." Yukino Yukinoshita handed the plush toy she had caught to Dong Yunshan.

At first, she had wanted to give back the one Dong Yunshan had caught.

But she had said before, [I won't give it back to you, okay].

So she could only give Dong Yunshan the one she had caught herself.

"You caught this one yourself." Dong Yunshan did not take it. "There's no need to give it to me."

"One is enough for me." Yukino Yukinoshita held the one in her arms with one hand and pushed the other forward. "Take it."

"Then I'll keep this one safe for you." Dong Yunshan reached out and took it, then placed the second one he had caught into the stroller. "This one's for Xixi. Maybe when she grows up, she'll like this panda too."

"Possibly." A nostalgic look appeared on Yukino Yukinoshita's face, her gaze softening. "I received this as a birthday present when I was little, and that was why I came to like it so much after I grew up..."

"When you were little?" Dong Yunshan was a little surprised. "So it's that classic of a character?"

"No, what I received was the original." Yukino Yukinoshita spoke as if reciting treasured facts from memory. "The original book title of Panda Johnny is Hello, Mr. Panda. Before it was renamed, it was called Panda's Garden. It's said that the origin of this book was a story written by the biologist Mr. Rand McIntosh for his son, who could not adapt to the new environment after the whole family moved so he could study pandas. This plush toy was redesigned based on the original, with a more distinct personality and greater fame, but the original's setting is also excellent. It not only contains metaphors about Eastern and Western cultures, but also blends them into a fully structured story. The technique is truly masterful. Most importantly, throughout the story, you can see a father's love for his child and the message he wanted to convey to him. You can understand that after reading it just once. The translated version is quite good, but I still recommend the original more..."

It was rare to hear Yukino Yukinoshita say so much in one breath, and Dong Yunshan could not help admiring her. "You even went out of your way to read the original. Looks like you really do like it."

"No, the one I received back then was the original version. Because I really wanted to understand it, I read it while looking things up in a dictionary. It felt like playing a jigsaw puzzle, and it was very interesting." Yukino Yukinoshita lifted the plush toy a little higher, as if trying to block Dong Yunshan's gaze. "So..."

"S-so..." Yukino Yukinoshita buried her face in the plush toy, hiding her expression, though her ice-blue eyes still looked at Dong Yunshan. "Getting this plush toy... is very interesting too."

Dong Yunshan converted that in his head.

What Yukino Yukinoshita probably wanted to say was... getting the plush toy made her happy?

"All right." Yukino Yukinoshita avoided Dong Yunshan's gaze. "Let's go home."

By home she meant... Ah!

Dong Yunshan remembered.

Yukino Yukinoshita had brought her bag to his place, but when they came out, she had not taken it with her. Now she had to go back and get it.

"Mm." Dong Yunshan looked at Dong Yunxi, who had already fallen asleep. "Let's go home."

After returning home, Yukino Yukinoshita changed into slippers and headed straight for Dong Yunshan's bedroom.

Sure enough, the nightdress was under Dong Yunxi's crib.

If one did not search carefully, it really would have been hard to find.

Only now did Yukino Yukinoshita have the chance to take a careful look at the white silk nightdress.

The silk fabric had a soft sheen, felt comfortable to the touch, and draped beautifully.

The color was plain, but the design was delicate.

The hem was adorned with translucent lace, and the cuffs tightened into ruffles paired with lace, like petals unfurling.

The neckline also had a gathered design, relying on thin white ties to draw the parted collar together, forming subtle folds that fell downward. With the slightest sway, the sheen shifted.

"This was why I called you earlier." Yukino Yukinoshita showed Dong Yunshan the nightdress in her hands. "I forgot to put it in the box."

Dong Yunshan understood. "I thought you were sleepy..."

"...At least not to that extent." Yukino Yukinoshita opened the bag she had brought, folded the nightdress, and placed it inside together with the plush toy.

"Huh?" Dong Yunshan saw that there seemed to be something else in the bag. "Is that..."

"Nothing." Yukino Yukinoshita picked up the bag and glanced at the sleeping Dong Yunxi. "I'm going back."

"Then tomorrow... See you another day."

"Mm."

Yukino Yukinoshita took her bag and returned home.

She took out the plush toy and placed it in the TV cabinet.

She took out the nightdress and put it into the washing machine to wash.

She took out the spare clothes and hung them in the wardrobe.

It was just... in case she needed them.

Yukino Yukinoshita closed the wardrobe door.

In the early morning, after breakfast, Yukino Yukinoshita skillfully brewed a pot of black tea. Surrounded by its fragrance, she sat on the balcony reading, enjoying the rare leisure of these past few days.

Slowly exhaling, Yukino Yukinoshita picked up her phone, intending to play some music, only to see an email notification pop up.

FROM: ☆★Yui★

[Little Yukino ╰(°▽°)╯ do you have time today?!]

She did not have anything to do at the moment... Yukino Yukinoshita looked at the email and thought back over the plans she had already made.

She would read until noon, eat lunch, continue tidying the room she had not finished before, search online for videos of giant pandas after dinner, then finally wash up and go to sleep.

If nothing happened with Dong Yunxi, then this would be an ordinary day off for Yukino Yukinoshita.

And if something did happen with Dong Yunxi... Yukino Yukinoshita did not need to rush over either.

She had already left Dong Yunshan with a detailed plan of guidance, and she had seen his ability to carry things out for herself.

For most problems, the contents of the plan were more than enough to handle them. Yukino Yukinoshita did not need to go over.

As for the other problems that might happen, there would be no use in Yukino Yukinoshita going either. They would need to be handed over to professionals.

She had already done very well before. There was no need to run to Dong Yunshan's home every day to visit Dong Yunxi.

And there was even less need to refuse Yui Yuigahama's invitation just so she could be ready at any time to go to Dong Yunshan's home and visit Dong Yunxi.

So Yukino Yukinoshita replied to the email: [I have time.]

☆★Yui★☆: [Then let's go to Dong Yun's place together and play with Xixi!]

Yukino Yukinoshita: "...?"

FROM: Yukino

[Okay.]

At the agreed time, she arrived at the agreed place.

From far away, Yukino Yukinoshita saw Yui Yuigahama waving her arm.

"Little Yukino~" Yui Yuigahama stood on tiptoe. "Over here, over here!"

Beside her was Komachi Hikigaya, carrying a shopping bag.

When Yukino Yukinoshita came closer, Komachi Hikigaya opened the shopping bag and showed off what they had just bought. "We bought Xixi lots of yummy food~"