Zuo Xiaoduo protested, feeling wronged, "When did I ever do that? I'm so well-behaved..."
Zuo Xiaonian's face was frosty. "You did!"
Zuo Xiaoduo said, "I didn't!"
Zuo Xiaonian said, "You did!"
Wu Yuting and Zuo Changlu watched their children duel without taking the slightest offense, their faces filled only with happiness and warmth.
"I really didn't!" said Zuo Xiaoduo.
"Say you didn't one more time!" said Zuo Xiaonian.
"I was wrong!" Faced with this impasse, Zuo Xiaoduo promptly backed down on his own.
"Hmph!"
"I was wrong... I was wrong..." Zuo Xiaoduo apologized over and over.
With a clear conscience, saying those three words, "I was wrong," put absolutely no psychological pressure on him. Sure, I said I was wrong, but they're just three words.
"Hmph, how are you going to make it up to me?" Zuo Xiaonian demanded huffily.
"You name it. I'll do it!" Zuo Xiaoduo immediately stood at attention to take his punishment.
"You..."
Puffing out her cheeks, Zuo Xiaonian thought for a while before saying, "Sing and dance for me and Mom and Dad!"
"That's all? Easy!"
Zuo Xiaoduo immediately felt completely relieved.
So he struck a pose in the living room and began singing and dancing.
"I'm obedient little Duo Duo.
I'm a sweet, well-behaved little child...
I'm Daddy's little darling;
I'm Mommy's good little sonny...
I'm Teacher's good student...
I'm Sister Nian Nian's little Doggo...
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, woof.
Sister Nian Nian, don't be mad.
Listen to me sing for you...
Woof, woof, woof, woof, woof, la, la, la, la...
Woof! Woof! Woof! Awooo..."
As he sang, a certain someone clowned around, waggling his eyebrows, making faces, sticking out his tongue, and wagging his tail. He brought the fawning look on his face to life in all its glory, clearly playing himself