Upon hearing this, Lin Feng's brow furrowed slightly. He asked in a deep voice, "How did you get my number?"

"That's not important. What's important is that I want to see you."

"I'm busy, and I don't want to see you."

Wang Yao's tone suddenly grew agitated.

"If you don't come, I'll kill myself!"

Lin Feng said with absolute certainty, "You won't. You love yourself too much. Would you really be willing to die?"

But Wang Yao said, "Things change. I'm not the same person I used to be."

"Lin Feng, please, let's just meet once."

Lin Feng refused flatly, "No. I'm not seeing you."

"How can you be so heartless?"

Lin Feng couldn't be bothered with her and hung up. After wiping his hands, he blacklisted her number.

Just then, Erbao popped her head in, asking with a grin, "Daddy, who was that?"

That little girl!

Lin Feng said nonchalantly, "Oh, an acquaintance. An auntie I don't know very well."

Erbao said, "Oh, I see. In that case, I'm going to tell Mommy."

Lin Feng didn't mind. "Go right ahead!"

Then, Erbao returned to the living room, and Lin Feng went back to making dinner, which was almost done.

"Erbao, Da Bao, San Bao! Go wake up Si Bao and Mommy. It's time to get up!"

TAP, TAP, TAP...

Today, Lin Feng was making sushi. He had bought a sushi-making kit and was trying it out for the first time.

TAP, TAP, TAP. Zhang Yuxi appeared, leaning against the kitchen doorway with a wry smile. "Who called just now?"

Lin Feng couldn't help but laugh. "Did our little Erbao snitch on me?"

Zhang Yuxi nodded. "She said an auntie called you, crying, and said she wanted to meet you!"

Well, that's a bit of an exaggeration.

Lin Feng said casually, "It was Wang Yao. She wanted to see me, but I refused."

Zhang Yuxi's brow furrowed. "What would she want to see you for? Don't tell me she's still hung up on you?"

She glanced at the man before her—a wonderful husband, extremely wealthy, utterly devoted to his family, and devastatingly handsome.

Wang Yao must have gotten his number from somewhere. Is she planning to pester him relentlessly, hoping to rekindle an old flame?

Zhang Yuxi picked up Lin Feng's phone. Looking at the blacklist, she saw more than ten calls from the same number.

Zhang Yuxi exited the blacklist and walked off with Lin Feng's phone, using it to call Wang Yao back.

"Lin Feng, you finally picked up! Does this mean you still have feelings for me?"

Her words made Zhang Yuxi laugh out loud. "You're overthinking things," she said, chuckling. "He blacklisted you ages ago."

"It's you?"

"Who else did you think it was?"

"I don't want to talk to you. I want to talk to Lin Feng."

Zhang Yuxi's tone turned glacial, her expression murderous.

"Looking for Lin Feng? Do you have a death wish?"

Wang Yao was taken aback but retorted, "You're getting so worked up. Are you afraid your position is threatened?"

Zhang Yuxi was provoked.

"I've got the looks, the body, the money, the education, and the family background. Do you think I'm like you? Someone with nothing to her name, riddled with insecurity and constantly worried about someone stealing her man?

"You're so painfully average. Where do you get the audacity to think Lin Feng still has feelings for you?

"You were the one who dumped him, and now you're shamelessly trying to crawl back. How pathetic can you get?"

Wang Yao said angrily, "That's between me and Lin Feng! It has nothing to do with you!"

Zhang Yuxi's tone remained frosty, laced with a heavy warning. "I'm calling you back today with a warning: have some self-respect. Don't go around thinking you can destroy other people's families.

"Don't think that I, Zhang Yuxi, am someone to be trifled with. If I find out you've contacted Lin Feng again...

"I will make sure you understand the consequences.

"I, Zhang Yuxi, am a woman of my word.

"Am I clear?"

Silence met her from the other end of the line, but Zhang Yuxi knew Wang Yao was listening.

"Good!"

After hanging up, Zhang Yuxi was still fuming. In her younger days following An Lan, she had done her fair share of reckless things. Besides, her happiness was on the line here! If Wang Yao insisted on pestering them, she certainly wasn't going to sit back and take it.

The mere thought of backing down made her even angrier!

Lin Feng came upstairs to call Zhang Yuxi for dinner. "What's wrong? Did you call Wang Yao?"

Zhang Yuxi replied flatly, "Mm."

Lin Feng could guess that she was seething.

He coaxed her, "Sweetie, there's no need to get worked up over someone like her. It breaks my heart when you're upset."

Zhang Yuxi pouted at Lin Feng. "If she contacts you again, I'll deal with her myself!"

Lin Feng readily agreed. "Okay. You deal with her however you see fit. I've got your back."

Zhang Yuxi finally felt better. She wrapped her arms around his neck and teased, "Really? In that case, I won't show any mercy."

Lin Feng gave her a peck on the lips. "You're the only one I cherish."

Zhang Yuxi beamed. "You!"

In front of Lin Feng, she was a sweet, adoring wife and a slightly scatterbrained mother. A far cry from the fierce, decisive woman who had been on the phone with Wang Yao just moments before.

After dinner, the family went out for a walk. About twenty minutes into their walk, they came across a group of aunties doing their plaza dance in the square.

Si Bao and Erbao jumped into the group and started wiggling around, their imitations surprisingly accurate.

Lin Feng asked, "Honey, what do you think? Should we sign Erbao and San Bao up for dance classes?"

"Dance classes..." The couple couldn't help but recall the first time they'd taken the kids to a dance studio. The teacher had been instructing the children on how to do backbends. Zhang Yuxi, who had learned dance herself and received personal instruction from Zhao Lizhen, was unfazed. Lin Feng, however, had been horrified. Erbao and San Bao were scared off as well and refused to learn, so the matter was dropped.

As parents, they naturally wanted their children to develop a variety of interests and talents. At the same time, they couldn't bear to force them into doing things they didn't enjoy. Kids these days were different. They were more mature, more clever, and more rebellious.

Education had become a top priority, but Lin Feng didn't want to put too much pressure on his children, neither now nor in the future.

Zhang Yuxi thought for a moment. "We should ask the kids what they want."

"Okay."

On the way home, Lin Feng asked the kids if they wanted to learn how to dance.

Si Bao piped up, "I want to learn how to dance..."

Uh— That was unexpected. But Lin Feng wasn't conservative; he thought it was perfectly fine for a boy to learn dance.

Lin Feng asked, "Oh? And what kind of dance do you want to learn?"

Si Bao pointed at the aunties in the square. "I want to learn that one!"

Lin Feng was speechless. "..."

So was Zhang Yuxi. "..."

Erbao chimed in too. "Me too! I want to learn..."

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