Film and television started from Yan Jiecheng in the Siheyuan

In the school playground, during the last break in the afternoon, when Mark was preparing the sports equipment for the next class, Mary came over:

"Dad, can you get out of school on time today?"

After a while at the beginning of the school year, Mary’s gatherings with her classmates became less frequent, and she returned to going home with Mark after school.

"I can't. The basketball team has extra practice today, so I won't be back until later."

Extra practice is the work that Mark adds to himself. As a basketball team coach, that's when he is most motivated and he doesn't feel like a worker who is forced to work overtime.

"Then do you want me to wait for you and we can go back together?"

"We two want to go together again. You haven't had much time to practice. Let's play tennis while they are doing physical training."

Mary stayed, and Mark immediately thought of what he wanted Mary to do.

As a physical education teacher, what I am best at is arranging these things.

"Okay, I'll meet you in the playground after school."

Among the female students, Mali can be considered as a sports enthusiast.

"Dad, let's get started."

After school, Mary changed into her sportswear and went to the playground to find Mark.

"Lily, I can't play today. Your mother sent me a message, and no one answered Manou today."

Mark saw the message when he picked up his phone next to the basketball hoop after class.

Mark's only real job is to teach students.

Normally, there is nothing to do. When exercising, the mobile phone is a burden, so I don’t often keep it with me.

This is the result of Mark and Wang Xiaomi's frequent contact, otherwise Mark would have thrown his phone in the office.

Generally, it won’t delay anything. You won’t be able to receive calls, but you will see missed calls and messages.

"Can you get away this way?"

"I can't really get away. I'm depending on you for Manju."

If you give students extra practice, you should make it more interesting and play more training games.

For these students, practicing basic skills is a very boring thing.

It’s okay to practice for a while, but it will be too boring for a long time and will make these students lose enthusiasm.

The reason why we participate in competitions is just for the love of it. If we don’t like it anymore, why would we still participate in competitions?

"No problem, I'll go pick up Manou." Ma Li responded readily.

"Take Manao out to play for a while, then go to the supermarket and buy some snacks and vegetables as well."

Just buy whatever the two of you want to eat.

This saves Mark from having to call two people when he goes shopping for groceries.

"OK, is there anything else you want to tell me?"

"Go home early after buying groceries. I'll probably be back an hour later than you guys."

Mary went to pick up Manou. Mark had no other worries except that he was worried that Manou would play too much and not want to go home early.

"Yes, we don't have time today, so the child's sister went to pick him up."

In order to prevent the situation where Mark went to pick up his child but the teacher did not allow him to do so, Mark also called Teacher Manou.

"Alright, you two should stop for a while. It's such a bad weather and you're still sweating."

When Mark got home, Mary was singing and dancing with Manou again, and the two of them were having a great time.

Mali was in good condition, but Manao was jumping around so much that he was sweating all over his forehead.

"It's not that I don't want to stop, it's your son who doesn't want to stop, so I can only play with him." Ma Li said.

In fact, when Mali was playing with Manou, she was also very childish.

Mary can maintain a different mentality depending on the age of the people she plays with.

This is the important reason why Mali can keep up with the pace from the age of ninety-nine to just learning to walk.

"If I had known that I had picked someone up, I shouldn't have let you go home. I should have asked you to bring Manou back to school to find me. If I don't let him use up all his energy, he won't be content."

Mark still gave Mary face and did not expose her.

As long as Manou is happy, he doesn't care whether there is a pot or not.

"Yes, if you hadn't asked me to come back early, we should have played outside for a while longer."

"I don't know what's going on, but Manou is much more lively than before."

Then Mark wondered how Tian Ye brought the agate.

It is obviously unrealistic to ask Tian Ye to take Manou out to play every day.

But if he doesn't go out to play, Manou will keep making trouble and Tianye won't be able to tolerate it.

A reasonable guess is that Manou was not in the same state when he was in front of Tian Ye and Mark.

He made a fuss as soon as he got home, probably because he felt that Mark had always been a kind father, had never been angry, and was easy to talk to, so he let Manou indulge himself.

"dad."

Manou is indeed very childish. Whenever he meets someone, he always hugs them first.

"Okay, stop hugging me. Manou, let me talk to you about this. Can we just high-five instead of hugging each other when we greet each other in the future? You've grown up, and you're already a student in the middle class of kindergarten."

According to his birthday, Manou is already six years old.

It won't work if you keep being so childish. You should at least grow a little compared to the first six months.

Growing in body without growing in mind is not considered complete growth.

In kindergarten, education can indeed be joyful, but one cannot always be foolishly happy.

"I'm not a big kid yet!" Manou looked up at Mali and said.

Ma Li has always been a reference for Manou.

"How can you not be? You are already older than many of the kids in your kindergarten. You can't always think of yourself as a younger brother. You need to act like a grown-up."

Mark tried to convince Manou.

With Mary as a ready-made example, Mark had always thought that Tian Ye’s ability to educate children was fine.

But I just realized that there is no problem in letting Tian Ye take care of the child. Tian Ye is very good at taking care of people.

But it seems that one person cannot accomplish the task of educating the field.

Mark also contributed a lot to Mary's growth.

Without Mark, I always feel that Manou is not as good as Mary.

"Who will call me brother? Will I have brothers and sisters?"

Manou laughed. The child had an active mind and the communication was going well, but suddenly it went off track.

"You don't have to have brothers or sisters, but children younger than you can be considered your brothers or sisters. When you meet someone younger than you, don't you have to show some of your manliness?"

This possibility exists, but it is not great. At least Mark has not considered it at the moment.

"I'm a man, let's high-five."

With the previous foundation, Manou is relatively obedient and there is still time to educate him slowly.

"Dad, you have to educate Manou. Please do it later. He has sweated so much. It's time for him to take a bath." Mary said to Mark.

"Okay, I'll wash it for him."

As the child grows older, bathing the child is no longer suitable for Mary.

The bathroom had always been used by one person before, and Mark didn't feel there was anything wrong with it.

After coming in with an agate, Mark felt that the space was a bit small.

It was a bit insufficient, so Mark just had to move when washing.

When it comes to the new house, we still need to speed up the process and ventilate it frequently to get rid of the odor.

"Dad, how many days will Manou stay at home this time?" After washing, the three of them started cooking together in the kitchen.

Mark is the chef, Mary is the assistant, and Manou is there to join in the fun.

"That depends on when your mother comes back."

Tian Ye just said that he had left the city and wouldn't be back for a while.

But Mark didn't call to ask specifically what the situation was.

All Zuoyou Tianye is busy with is running a beauty salon.

"Where is my mother doing?" Ma Li cared more about Tian Ye than before.

But the way to care is mainly indirect.

I still don’t seem to be very good at making video calls.

“It seems like I really went to study this time.”

The study session organized by the company when I moved out was fake, but this time it was genuine.

"Since she is so busy and can't take care of her, why don't we keep Manou at home?"

Mali sometimes changes very quickly, and since she has just been affected by Agate, it is even more likely that she will change suddenly.

"This is not something that can be done just by the two of us agreeing. It also depends on whether your mother is willing or not."

If Mary insists, Mark may try to bring Manou back.

The time that the two siblings spend together regularly is no longer too long.

Once Mary goes to college, it will be impossible for her to go home every day.

"Dad, tell me, if we take the agate back, will my mom agree?"

"Don't forget, don't tell her that we are going back to Manou. Before, she wanted you to go over there and live with her on weekends."

It would definitely be difficult for Tian Ye to take the initiative to return the agate to Mark at the moment.

If Mary and Mark were not on the same page, Tian Ye would have wanted to take both children away.

"That was before. Isn't she busy now?"

"She's starting a business. Of course she was a bit busy during the preparation stage, but after the store was opened and on track, as the boss, she had more free time than the two of us."

Mark explained to Mary.

Don’t believe that the boss is very busy. As long as the boss is willing, his job will be much easier than that of an employee.

"Everything depends on human effort. I am getting more and more nervous about studying. But after the city basketball game, you will have nothing to do. You will have plenty of time to take good care of Manou."

Mary knows Mark's work very well.

Just like Mark knew the subject schedule of Mary's class very well.

"Let's talk about this again when we meet your mother," Mark evaded.

Mary thought Mark would be free later, but in fact Mark was still quite busy with dates and his schedule was already full.

This matter can only be considered after the relationship between Mark and Wang Xiaomi has progressed to a certain level.

"Uncle, why haven't I seen Lily these days?"

After Manou temporarily moved back home, Mark and Wang Xiaomi would go on dates during lunch time.

It is definitely not a good idea to take Wang Xiaomi to eat in the school cafeteria. It has nothing to do with the quality of the food in the school cafeteria.

The main restaurant is full of students, so it is not appropriate for Mark to take Wang Xiaomi on a date.

So Mark asked Wang Xiaomi to have dinner at a restaurant outside.

"Manou stayed at home these two days. Ma Li had to take care of Manou, so she didn't go out much."

"Did you get the agate back?"

Wang Xiaomi asked with some surprise.

"No, his mother is not in Beijing, so the child is temporarily back to stay for a few days."

"Just stay for a few days." Wang Xiaomi said disappointedly.

The few times Wang Xiaomi accompanied Mark to take care of Manou, she only experienced the child's cuteness, but had never seen the child's annoying side.

So I have always felt that raising children is a wonderful thing.

"It's been busy enough for a few days."

"Because the kids are at home, you haven't had time for the past two days?"

"It's not entirely because of Manou. There's also a lot going on with the school basketball team."

"I'll go cheer you on when you compete."

"I'll let you know when the time comes. Not all competitions will be held in our own school."

Mark was thinking that Wang Xiaomi wanted to watch the game, so he had to consider carefully whether to choose the home or away game.

"Uncle, if you are busy, I can also help take care of Mali and Manou." Wang Xiaomi said with anticipation.

"Why don't you give it a try and experience what it's like to take care of two children?"

This is also an experience that Wang Xiaomi will have sooner or later.

"Let's do it today. I'll pick up Lily and Manou after school."

Wang Xiaomi said decisively, fearing that Mark would change his mind.

"Old Ma, you already knew that Dai Anfen is Wang Xiaomi and Wang Xiaomi is Dai Anfen, right?"

Wang Xiaomi took Mary and Manou out, and then Mary brought Manou back angrily, and questioned Mark when she got home.

"Lily, let me explain this to you."

Before Mary came back, Wang Xiaomi had already informed Mark of the news, so Mark was mentally prepared.

But this kind of deception is not easy to explain unless you are mentally prepared.

"What's there to explain? Explain how you two treated me like a fool?" Mary said angrily.

This was one of the angriest Mark had ever seen Mary.

When Ma Li knew that her parents were getting divorced, her mood was a little better than it is now. At that time, Ma Li was at least mentally prepared to a certain extent.

"Lily, whether you want to listen or not, I'm going to tell you from the beginning..."

Although Mark has been telling Wang Xiaomi to explain the identity issue to Wang Xiaomi as soon as possible.

Wang Xiaomi has been preparing to explain, but something unexpected happened. Ma Li knew the truth, and it was not Wang Xiaomi who took the initiative to clarify.

Wang Xiaomi took Ma Li and Manou out to play, and the name of Manou, who was the most overlooked, was exposed.

Mark and Wang Xiaomi took Manou out to play a few times. Of course, they couldn't let Manou call Wang Xiaomi "pretty sister" all the time, as that was the way strangers called her.

It was not appropriate to ask her to call her Dai Anfen and deceive a child of five or six years old, so Mark and Wang Xiaomi asked Manou to call her Sister Xiaomi.

These three people had never been together before, so nothing had happened.

I didn't expect that once Wang Xiaomi took the two of them out, things would get out of control.

"I was so kind to bring you together. One of you is my father and the other is my sister, and you teamed up to deceive me."

Ma Li brought the two people together in order to stimulate Tian Ye. Whether it was out of kindness or not, there is no need to find out clearly.

The most important thing is that Mali felt that she was deceived by the person she trusted the most, and she was heartbroken.

When talking about divorce, Mark had just made a promise to Mary, but he didn't expect it to happen again so soon.

"Lily, when I found out about this, you had already misunderstood their identities. I don't know how to explain it to you."

Mark didn't experience the beginning of this incident, which was actually a bit unfair, but Mark was thinking about Wang Xiaomi.

I didn't want the relationship between Ma Li and Wang Xiaomi to break down so quickly without any chance of recovery, so it's only natural that she would be implicated.

"Manou, let's go back to the house. They are all liars. We shouldn't trust anyone." (End of this chapter)