After being scolded, the three children were exceptionally quiet and well-behaved during dinner.
They even put their bowls and chopsticks in the washbasin afterward without being asked. Normally, they would toss them aside and disappear who knew where.
Now, they were still reluctant to leave, dawdling back and forth inside the house. Even a blind person could tell what they wanted.
The couple pretended not to notice, and the Old Lady kept quiet too. She never interfered when they disciplined their children, only gathering the children into her arms afterward to comfort and coax them. Unless the one being disciplined was Ye Yaodong-that was a different matter.
Watching the three cousins keep glancing toward the cupboard, she said with a cheerful smile, "Go next door and see whether A Hai and the others have been made to stand there without any dinner."
Curiosity finally sent all three running outside.
With his short little legs, Ye Chengyang had not even made it out of the yard before the others had already run there and back. He could only turn around and head inside again.
"They're standing against the wall in the corner."
Ye Yaodong glanced at them. "Then shouldn't you be satisfied that you still got to eat?"
"Uh..."
Lin Guangyuan tugged at the other two. "Come on, let's go out and play."
The couple still loved the children. When bedtime came that night and they returned to their room after bathing, Ye Yaodong sent Ye Chengyang to the room next door as well, refusing to let him sleep with them anymore. Then he told A Qing to make them some malt milk.
They had bought it for the children to drink in the first place. There was no need to hide it.
The three had just lain down to sleep