Yukinoshita's Correction Method

"What I've prepared is the car keys." Shizuka Hiratsuka took out a small hat. "I might be able to travel freely in the future, but for now, it's kind of a job."

"Well..." Yui Yuigahama rummaged through her bag, her eyes taking a liking to the accessories on it. "Would it be okay if these cartoon characters were used? For future anime or manga?"

"Of course." Yukino Yukinoshita nodded gently. "This is not among our current inventory."

"I'll put this one." Saki Kawasaki quickly came up with an idea, placing down the Cloud Snow Tea- shaped ornament, "Symbolizing the development of beverages in the future."

"They're all so creative..." Iroha Isshiki, somewhat troubled. "Hmm... what's newer? Oh, how about this one?"

Iroha Isshiki USB drive containing her research reports. "A symbol of a treasure trove of knowledge, I'll become a scientist someday!"

"I was worried you might have included what I thought of," Komachi Hikigaya a cute smile, taking out another phone and putting it down. "I'll use it as a camera; I might even work in photography."

With everything prepared, Dong Yunling was placed in the center of the red cloth, her round little face filled with curiosity.

She looked to the left, then to the right, and felt that these toys were quite different from the ones she usually played with.

"Lingling ~" Yukino Yukinoshita gently guided, "Just choose one that interests you."

As Xue Mu watched this scene, she gently pursed her lips.

Dong Yunling blinked her big eyes and reached for the phone that Komachi Hikigaya had put down.

"Wow~" Komachi Hikigaya couldn't help but cheer in a low voice.

Lingling tried to grab the phone but failed, so she crawled and pushed it towards Dong Yunshan.

"Uh..." Dong Yunshan pointed to herself, "Should I First-Birthday Selection?"

"It means you should pick up your phone and take pictures of her," Yukino Yukinoshita reminded her, "Because you're always taking pictures of her with your phone."

"Oh, I see." Dong Yunshan obediently picked up her phone. "Lingling, I'll start taking pictures now. You can choose whichever you like."

"Daddy!" Lingling called out.

"Hmm~" Dong Yunshan waved her phone. "Dad's filming it."

Dong Yunling then looked at Yukino Yukinoshita and called out in a childish voice, "Mama~"

"Mmm~" Yukino Yukinoshita responded.

"I think I understand now," Yui Yuigahama said suddenly, "Lingling loves her mom and dad~"

Under everyone's moved gaze, Dong Yunling suddenly reached out and grabbed the seal on the side.

Xue Mu's eyes lit up, and she excitedly gripped the folding fan in her hand.

Then I saw Lingling's other little hand grab the stethoscope next to her.

Chapter 947 Feedback on Preferences

A seal symbolizes becoming an official or a person in power, while a stethoscope symbolizes medical workers such as doctors and nurses.

Dong Yunling grasped the seal, and Xue Mu was naturally delighted.

But seeing her grab the stethoscope again, Xue's mother felt a bit conflicted.

Stealing a glance at Dong Yunjin beside her, Xue Mu was somewhat surprised to find that Dong Yunjin's expression was also quite complicated.

Seeing Dong Yunling throw away the seal and play with the stethoscope, Dong Yunjin's face showed even more distress.

"What...?" Snow Mother lowered her voice, "Don't you want Lingling to study medicine?"

"Of course I don't want to," Dong Yunjin sighed. "Studying medicine is tough enough, and the work is even harder. If it's orthopedics like mine, it's like doing manual labor in a sterile environment..."

Snow Mother: "..."

"Well~" Dong Yunjin shrugged, "Anyway, it's just for fun. Who knows what the future holds?"

The words of comfort that Xue's mother was about to say were swallowed back by Dong Yunjin's self-consolation.

That's true. It's just a first birthday First-Birthday Selection; how can it determine the future many years from now?

Dong Yunshan smiled and picked up her daughter, "Lingling, do you want to be a doctor when you grow up?"

"Ah ah..." Lingling mumbled a couple of answers and threw the small stethoscope away.

Dong Yunshan: "Huh?"

Yukino Yukinoshita patted her daughter's head. "It seems she just likes things she can swing around and play with."

"Speaking of which, how accurate is the traditional 'First-Birthday Selection '?" Haruno Yukinoshita looked at her mother. "What did I pick up before?"

"You?" Xue Mu lightly tapped her forehead with her folding fan. "You didn't do the traditional First-Birthday Selection outwards. If it felt too slow, you even kicked it with your feet."

Haruno Yukinoshita: "There's such a thing?"

"Then..." Yui Yuigahama asked curiously, "Where's Little Yukino?"

Yukino's mother remembered clearly. "Yukino chose the book."

"That seems pretty accurate?" Komachi Hikigaya, "Even though Yukino isn't a teacher or a writer, she still really enjoys reading."

"It wasn't entirely a choice," Xue's mother said with a hint of helplessness in her eyes. "She got tired of sitting and just lay down on the book to sleep."

Yukino Yukinoshita blushed slightly. "I don't remember anything at all..."

"It's his first birthday after all," Dong Yunshan chuckled. "I don't remember either."

Dong Yunjin spoke up, "You chose the ruler?"

"Could I become a craftsman?" Dong Yunshan murmured, "An architect, a designer, something like that?"

"That's what we thought too," Dong Yunjin said, shrugging, "Until we saw you randomly slashing at the air with a ruler."

Dong Yunshan: "Uh... you guys were quite worried I'd go astray back then, weren't you?"

"I was indeed worried for a while," Dong Yunjin nodded, "But then, when you grew up..."

Dong Yunshan: "Are you relieved now?"

Dong Yunjin: "I feel that our concerns at the time were very necessary."

Dong Yunshan: "..."

After the First-Birthday Selection celebration, there was a lively feast. The adults enjoyed a sumptuous meal, while Dong Yunling sat in a high chair, eating a baby-made cake made by Yukino Yukinoshita.

Mash ripe bananas into a puree, mix with egg yolks, flour, and milk, and fry in a non-stick pan without oil to make small pancakes. Stack them up and sandwich yam puree, unsweetened yogurt, and fruit slices in the middle.

Lingling used both hands, eating half and throwing the other half away, having more fun playing than eating.

"The baby is so flexible..." Looking at Lingling's little feet resting on the armrest of the baby high chair, Yui Yuigahama couldn't help but worry, "Is that alright?"

"I tried to stop her..." Dong Yunshan said helplessly, "But she just likes it this way."

"It's the same as an adult crossing their legs; it's an instinctive adjustment when you feel uncomfortable sitting." Yukino Yukinoshita checked again, "There are straps to hold her in place, so there's no need to worry about her slipping."

"And it's quite useful," Dong Yunshan said, pointing to her daughter's little feet.

Komachi Hikigaya looked up and saw Lingling eating a small piece of strawberry, her little mouth moving, her face expressionless, and her cute toes already spread out like tender white flower petals.

"This is because I like the taste." Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes were gentle. "If I didn't like it, I would curl up."

"This is so much fun!" Haruno Yukinoshita's eyes lit up. "Will she cry if her strawberry is taken away?"

"Eat your food." Snow Mother glared at her eldest daughter. "If you want to play, have your own. If you make it cry, comfort it yourself."

"Here we go again~" Haruno Yukinoshita puffed out her cheeks slightly, "I can't have children myself. If you want one, you might as well encourage them to have another one."

Snow Mother pressed her temples as if she had a headache. "Don't you want to have a baby of your own?"

"I feel you're better than I thought..." Yukino Yukinoshita's eyes flickered, "Should Mom try again?"

Snow Mother narrowed her eyes slightly. "Haruno Yukinoshita?"

"This food tastes amazing~" Haruno Yukinoshita avoided her mother's gaze, "Mmm~ I'd like to eat some more."

Yukino Yukinoshita finished eating first, then handed the rest to Dong Yunshan, picked up Lingling, and helped wipe her dirty little hands and chubby little face.

Seeing that everyone was eating less and less and gradually stopped, Dong Yunshan stopped restraining herself and sped up her eating.

After finishing their meal, everyone worked together skillfully and quickly cleaned up.

Dong Yunshan sat next to Yukino Yukinoshita and chatted with Shizuka Hiratsuka and Haruno Yukinoshita about the situation of Little Snowflake and Cloud Snow Tea, while Iroha Isshiki listened attentively.

As Xue's mother showed photos on her phone, she shared her experience of taking care of Lingling with Dong Yunjin, her face showing a hint of pride despite her efforts to maintain a calm demeanor.

Komachi Hikigaya was busy with two phones, one in each hand, recording videos and the other taking photos.

Yui Yuigahama listened attentively to the lesson and, under the guidance of Saki Kawasaki, played a game of stacking cups with Lingling.

After Lingling had played enough, she pushed the cup aside, crawled to the other side of the toys, grabbed the spinning toy, and then crawled back.

But with the toy carousel in my hand, it was inconvenient to get up, so... I stood up.

Without holding onto anything, Lingling stood up and took her first unsteady step.

The air fell silent instantly, all eyes fixed on the baby as she clutched the spinning toy and walked step by step back to Yui Yuigahama and Saki Kawasaki, squatting down to sit beside them.

Yui Yuigahama pointed at Lingling, then looked at Yukino Yukinoshita and whispered, "Little Yukino, Lingling can walk!"

"Hmm~" Yukino Yukinoshita smiled and nodded with a complicated look in her eyes. "This is the first time you've walked by yourself."

Noticing her mood, Dong Yunshan asked softly, "What's wrong?"

"Lingling can walk by herself now." Yukino Yukinoshita bit her lower lip lightly. "She'll be able to walk even further on her own in the future..."

Dong Yunshan gently kissed her forehead. "You can return to us even faster."

As soon as she finished speaking, Lingling stood up, wobbled over, and threw herself into Yukino Yukinoshita's arms. "Mommy~"

"Huh?" Dong Yunshan was taken aback. "So fast?"

Yukino Yukinoshita chuckled softly, "So you've come to invite us to play together~"

Chapter 948 Twenty Months

"Mommy~" Dong Yunshan called out from her playmat, "Look, look!"

"Hmm?" Yukino Yukinoshita, who was organizing documents, turned her head to look at her.

Dong Yunling sat next to Dong Yunshan's head, holding a small bowl in her hands, which contained various fruits that Dong Yunshan had cut into small pieces for her.

Dong Yunshan opened her mouth. "Ah~"

Dong Yunling picked up a piece of fruit with her small hands and put it in his mouth.

"Mmm~" Dong Yunshan happily closed her mouth, chewed, and ate. "Everyone says the two years are terrible, but look how wonderful my daughter is."

"He's only twenty months old, not even two yet," Yukino Yukinoshita corrected. "From one and a half to three years old is the period when a child's self-awareness begins to emerge. They will have their own ideas, but their language ability cannot keep up with their thinking. If they can't express themselves well, they can only cry and fuss, which makes them seem difficult to take care of."

Dong Yunshan opened her mouth wide as her daughter fed her several more pieces of fruit, which she ate with satisfaction. "It seems that even after Lingling's self-awareness began to develop, she is still quite considerate."

"Hmm..." Yukino Yukinoshita narrowed her eyes slightly, "You'd better be careful. Generally speaking, babies at this age have a strong sense of ownership and don't like to share."

Dong Yunshan asked, puzzled, "Lingling seems to really like it—huh?"

He had only spoken halfway when his daughter's little hand grabbed his mouth and pulled it open.

Lingling stared at his mouth for a long time—smack!

A slap landed on his face.

"Huh?" Dong Yunshan, who reacted quickly, didn't realize that she had been hit by her daughter until she was hit a second time. Her face was full of confusion. "Wasn't everything fine just now?"

"No!" Lingling slapped angrily, "Ouch! Da da ka!"

"Stop her first," Yukino Yukinoshita sighed. "We can't let her develop a bad habit of hitting people."

Dong Yunshan grabbed Lingling's little hand. "No, Lingling, you can't hit people."

"Ugh~ Ughhhhh!" Lingling squirmed in frustration, "Bad daddy!"

Dong Yunshan: "..."

Yukino Yukinoshita and walked over. "Lingling?"

"Mommy..." Dong Yunling quieted down and stopped struggling, "Ooh-da-ee-woo-ka..."

Yukino Yukinoshita pressed her temples as if she had a headache. "Shall we do it again?"

Dong Yunling nodded. "Once~"

"Alright, you can let go now." Yukino Yukinoshita instructed Dong Yunshan, "Open your mouth."