Yukinoshita's Correction Method

Yui Yuigahama let out a short gasp, finally realizing what Dong Yunshan was talking about.

"If it comes to the workplace..." A complex emotion appeared in Dong Yunshan's eyes. "She will turn into that kind of overworked pushover who does all the work for little pay, and she might end up working herself to death from overwork one of these days."

"True." Yui Yuigahama nodded with concern. "Little Yukino is very capable, so she can solve all kinds of problems at school. But out in society, facing more complicated situations and harder problems, she'll wear herself out."

"That's why during the process of taking care of Xixi, I listen to whatever she says." Dong Yunshan further supplemented his previous answer. "I want to make her plan get executed perfectly, and then let her accept the imperfect ending."

Raising a child wasn't like taking a test at school; there were no specific grading standards.

The more you wanted to do well, the more you felt you weren't doing well enough.

Even if Yukino Yukinoshita truly did her absolute best, how much impact could this one week of care really have on a six-month-old baby in the future?

This couldn't be called a success, nor could it be counted as a failure.

It was simply a fact that had to be accepted.

A fact that helped alleviate Yukino Yukinoshita's problem of excessively pursuing perfection.

Yet if things were reversed and Dong Yunshan didn't listen to her.

Then it would turn into Dong Yunshan deliberately making trouble.

Not only would it fail to help correct Yukino Yukinoshita, but it would also further heighten her distrust of others, making her even more stubborn about trying to do everything by herself.

Yui Yuigahama understood Dong Yunshan's intent, but she still felt a bit worried. "Is it really effective?"

"False."

"Eh?"

"Her problem wasn't formed in a day, so of course it's impossible to complete the correction in a week." Dong Yunshan finished washing up. "Step by step, take it slow."

"It sounds really tough..." Yui Yuigahama hesitated, but decided to ask directly anyway. "Why are you so obsessed with correcting Little Yukino?"

"I met someone who needed help, but the me back then didn't have the ability to offer it." Dong Yunshan rose to pour water, his movements freezing for a fraction of a second before he poured the water out with a splash. "Now I have the ability to help, so I can't just leave her alone."

"If you leave it alone, the problem will just keep getting worse." Yukino Yukinoshita poured out the cream stew from the pot. "Only by offering help when you are able to can you avoid being unable to offer help when help is needed."

"Things that can be done now must be done now, so that more things can be done in the future." Komachi Hikigaya recalled what Yukino Yukinoshita had said. "Things that can be done now, if not done now, will lead to even more things that can't be done in the future—including the things that can be done right now."

Yukino Yukinoshita nodded lightly. "Time to eat."

Volume 3: End-of-Term Spring Break: Chapter 97: The Huge Gap

So Little Yukino thought like that... On the way home, after hearing Komachi Hikigaya's retold account, Yui Yuigahama looked a bit dejected. It's completely different from what I imagined. I thought...

After eating lunch, under the guidance of Yukino Yukinoshita, everyone played games together with Dong Yunshan's baby Xixi.

At first, Yui Yuigahama was still admiring Baby Xixi's cute appearance, but she quickly witnessed just how hard raising a child was.

A little kid's mood was truly impossible to figure out.

Older kids were the same, though.

After sharing the information they each got with Komachi Hikigaya, Yui Yuigahama suddenly felt somewhat lost.

She had thought that Dong Yunshan and Yukino Yukinoshita were two bundles of novel group 3 qi firewood burning fiercely pi 1 qi 29 li pa 11 jiu la.

The result turned out to be two ice cubes grinding against each other, crunch crunch.

It wasn't an interaction between lovers, but rather mutual corrections performed on each other with self-satisfaction as the goal.

More than feelings, it was a responsibility they had assigned to themselves.

This was hardly the honeymoon phase; it looked much more like an old married couple with no passion left.

Caring for each other's illnesses, helping each other with their careers.

How should she put it...

Just muddle through the days, neither of them thinking about a divorce.

The gap was honestly a bit too huge.

"Their thoughts have a pretty high similarity." Komachi Hikigaya seemed somewhat surprised. "I thought you'd be happy—didn't you say it didn't matter earlier, as long as you got to watch it and enjoy it?"

"But there's almost no progress in their romance." Yui Yuigahama kicked a small stone on the road. "I thought they'd eventually walk down the aisle. Who would've thought they'd get discharged from the hospital instead?"

"So you were agonizing over this..." Komachi Hikigaya tilted her head to look at her. "Because they're both concentrating on correction, you feel like there are no sparks of love?"

"Yeah!" Yui Yuigahama nodded hard.

"Speaking of which, how do you think Yukino's cooking is?"

"Super awesome!" Yui Yuigahama praised. "I never expected Little Yukino's cooking to be so good!"

"Why did you eat it?"

"Eh?" Yui Yuigahama was instantly stumped by the question. "Because... I was hungry?"

Wasn't she supposed to eat it?

"That's it right there~" Komachi Hikigaya waved two fingers in the air, then pointed them fiercely at Yui Yuigahama. "Because you were hungry, you had to eat! Being hungry means you need to eat, and eating something delicious makes you happy—these two things don't conflict."

"You mean..." Yui Yuigahama's eyes lit up in realization. "There are problems that need correction, and in the process of correction, sparks fly and you feel happy—these two things don't conflict either!"

"Komachi gets a high score for that line~" Komachi Hikigaya blinked, her cute smile revealing a cute little canine tooth. "Even though they haven't noticed it yet, once they fill their stomachs... um, probably when they're about half full, they'll start savoring the happiness!"

"Right." Yui Yuigahama muttered, the corners of her mouth curling up happily. "Step by step~"

Today was her rest day, and she was definitely not going to Dong Yunshan's house again.

Inside her room, Yukino Yukinoshita was hugging a Panda Johnny plushie, clicking on search results one by one and enjoying giant panda videos.

Yesterday was supposed to be a rest day too, and she had only gone to Dong Yunshan's house because of Yui Yuigahama.

Since no one invited her today, of course there was no need to go over.

And she hadn't left anything at Dong Yunshan's house either.

Had she... probably not, right?

Yukino Yukinoshita glanced at her phone off to the side.

No new emails.

It was almost noon.

She might as well have lunch first.

Today, she only needed to make a portion for herself.

After lunch and a short rest, she played the piano for a while to soothe her mood.

She glanced out the window; it was a bit chilly today.

She needed to remind Dong Yunshan.

Dong Yunshan had too good of a constitution and might not mind the drop in temperature.

But Dong Yunxi wouldn't be fine—going out in this kind of weather would very likely catch a cold.

Yukino Yukinoshita picked up her phone and dialed Dong Yunshan's number.

"This is Dong Yunshan—awu~" Barely managing to say a single sentence, Dong Yunshan let out a yawn.

"Didn't sleep well last night?"

"Oh, it's you." Dong Yunshan's voice carried obvious fatigue. "Yeah, Xixi slept really restlessly last night, woke up several times, and kept..."

"Waaaaah!"

Before Dong Yunshan could finish speaking, Baby Xixi's crying rang out.

Compared to her usual crying, it clearly held a much more fretful emotion.

Yukino Yukinoshita's brows furrowed. "Is she feeling unwell?"

"Teething phase, it's written in your plan." Dong Yunshan turned on speakerphone and picked up Dong Yunxi to comfort her. "Be a good girl~ bite on this~"

"Waaaaah waaah!"

Followed by the sound of something being thrown to the ground.

Yukino Yukinoshita took a deep breath. "I remember I also wrote down the treatment methods."

"I saw them, already used several just now, but it only stays quiet for a bit..." Dong Yunshan's voice was almost drowned out by Baby Xixi's crying. "I'll talk to you later, let me try again..."

"Waaaaah ma..."

At the final moment before the call hung up, Yukino Yukinoshita heard a blurred sound.

She couldn't even be sure if she had misheard.

And so...

"Yukinoshita?" Dong Yunshan looked at Yukino Yukinoshita standing at the doorway holding a bag, as if he had already gotten somewhat used to this scene.

"I'm here to confirm something." Yukino Yukinoshita tossed her bag to Dong Yunshan. "Whether you're actually properly executing my plan."

"I promise..." Dong Yunshan caught Yukino Yukinoshita's bag, feeling the outline of the laptop inside, and seemed to feel other things as well.

Yukino Yukinoshita clearly had no intention of listening to him ramble on. She walked straight inside, spotted the sleeping Dong Yunxi, and turned her head back to interrogate him. "Naptime should be over already."

"She didn't sleep enough." Dong Yunshan put down Yukino Yukinoshita's bag. "She didn't sleep well last night, started crying the moment she woke up, quieted down for a little while after feeding, and slept restlessly all morning, tossing and turning..."

"You pulled an all-nighter?" Yukino Yukinoshita noticed Dong Yunshan's haggard appearance.

"Minor issue." Dong Yunshan rubbed his face. "Back in the day when I pulled all-nighters finishing thes—"

"Go to sleep first." Yukino Yukinoshita interrupted him. "I'll take care of her."

"I'm really fine." Dong Yunshan made a muscle-flexing motion. "I'll just take a quick shower and—"

"It seems you're already sleepy enough to not understand simple vocabulary." Yukino Yukinoshita narrowed her eyes. With Baby Xixi asleep, she completely abandoned facial expression management, her face as cold as frost. "Do you need me to explain the specific meaning of sleeping to you in detail?"

"I'm going to go doze off for a bit." Dong Yunshan wisely chose not to persist. "Call me if anything comes up."

Volume 3: End-of-Term Spring Break: Chapter 98: Blazing Fast Progress

Dong Yunshan was woken up by the ringing of his phone.

"This is Dong Yunshan." He answered the phone while getting up and out of bed, yawning as he pushed open the bedroom door and walked into the living room.

"Did I interrupt your sleep?" A woman's voice came through the phone. "Should you sleep a bit longer?"

"I can't sleep anymore..." Dong Yunshan shook his head, asking Yukino Yukinoshita in the living room, "How long did I sleep? It's already dark outside."

Yukino Yukinoshita was currently playing with Dong Yunxi. Hearing Dong Yunshan's voice, she glanced at the time, turned around, and answered in a clear, crisp voice. "About ninety minutes, exactly one sleep cycle. It's not dark outside, it's raining."

"So it is..." Only then did Dong Yunshan notice the pattering sound of rain, his sluggish brain clearing up just a bit.

Wait, who was he on the phone with?

This voice...

Dong Yunshan glanced at his phone screen.

This number...

Dong Yunshan finally recognized who was on the other end of the line: "Mom?"

The person calling was none other than Dong Yunxi's mother—Dong Yunjin.

Baby Xixi: "Eh."

"There's even a baby's voice!" Dong Yunjin's voice grew noticeably excited. "The progress is way too fast!"

"This is your baby..." Dong Yunshan rubbed his brow in resignation, turned on speakerphone, and brought the phone close to Dong Yunxi. "Come on, Xixi, say a few words to Sister Jin."

Dong Yunxi looked at him blankly.

"Xixi~" Dong Yunjin's voice was gentle. "Did you miss Mommy?"

Dong Yunxi tilted her head without making a sound.

Dong Yunshan thought of a good way to get her to make a sound: "Mom."

Baby Xixi: "Eh."

Mama Jin laughed. "I didn't expect to have a grandchild when I'm still so young."

"I told you it's Xixi." Dong Yunshan was mentally exhausted. "You're getting way too impatient."

"I wasn't talking about Xixi, either." Mama Jin chuckled twice. "Since you call Xixi 'Mommy,' you should be calling me 'Grandma'."

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