How to raise a father who is overly controlling of his daughter

It turns out that this bookstore is very small, and it's not a full-fledged bookstore, but rather a book rental shop.

Later, the renovation changed its appearance. They bought the floor above, which used to be a hot pot restaurant, and renovated it into a two-story bookstore.

Back then, you could rent books, but with the development of the internet, renting books became less popular, so we partnered with the school.

This place offers discounts on school-required reading materials and provides school-specific winter and summer vacation homework—all with answers torn out.

It gradually turned into what it is today, and even the decoration is very different.

Yixue noticed Yiyue's unusual behavior and asked with concern, "Dad, what's wrong?"

"N-nothing," Yi Yue forced a smile, patting Yi Xue's head. "Haha, do you remember? When we were little, I helped you two get library cards. It's a pity we can't borrow books now."

Yi Xue lowered her head obediently as Yi Yue stroked her head, and smiled, "Yes, I remember..." A dreamy expression appeared on her face, "Back then, Dad always accompanied me to borrow books." As she spoke, she quietly took Yi Yue's hand and whispered, "Unfortunately, I've grown up now."

Yi Yue was slightly taken aback. Following Yi Xue's lead and holding her hand, he gently stroked Yi Xue's head and said, "In my eyes, you will always be Daddy's child."

The scene evoked memories of childhood, as if I were back in a bookstore buying winter break homework. Yi Yue gently patted a little girl's head and said, "It's okay, just do your best."

The little girl was crying, thinking, "Trying my best is worthless. I don't want to disappoint my dad, and I don't want him to get scolded by the teacher. I...I...I will try my best."

"The child?" Yi Xue came back to her senses, her face slightly flushed, and she breathed heavily. She took Yi Yue's hand and, seizing the opportunity, slowly hugged her, gently rubbing her head against her.

"Whatever the child does, Dad should forgive, right?" Yi Xue clung tightly to Yi Yue, her heart pounding, her face flushed, and she breathed heavily on Yi Yue, saying earnestly, "Dad, one day I'll let you know that I'm not a child!"

Yi Xue clung tightly to him, and Yi Yue assumed that Yi Xue was also moved by the scene and felt a little sad.

Hearing Yi Xue's serious words, Yi Yue laughed: "Yes, I'm waiting for Yi Xue to prove it to me!"

"Haha, Daddy's so silly." Yixue curled up the corners of her mouth.

"Huh?" Yi Yue blinked in confusion.

Suddenly, Yixue kissed Yiyue on the cheek, then immediately pulled away, took a few steps back, tilted her head, and smiled at Yiyue.

"Sigh..." Yi Yue smiled helplessly, touching her cheek where she had been kissed, taking it as her daughter's prank and a sign of their close relationship.

Rena, who was being ignored, tugged at Itsuki's sleeve unhappily: "Are you going to go in or not?"

"Oh, then let's hurry up and go up," Yi Yue said with a smile.

Rena snorted and went upstairs, unhappy.

As Yixue watched Lingna go upstairs, a slow smile crept onto her lips.

The first floor has items related to learning, such as stationery, homework for each subject and grade, and essays.

The second floor is much larger, with comics, classics, romance novels, fantasy novels... most of the books are on the second floor.

Not far ahead, there is a designated area for people to sit and read.

However, if you sit there, you have to pay for a drink.

"Go ahead and pick what you want," Izuki said to Rena and Izuki, telling them to choose drinks from the refrigerator in front of their seats.

There are two refrigerators, filled with a wide variety of drinks, from one-dollar mineral water, winter melon tea, and chrysanthemum tea to Coca-Cola, Pulse, and lemon tea.

You can sit inside by buying a bottle of mineral water for one dollar, but very few people will buy it.

Most of the customers are children. How could children possibly drink bottled water? They would definitely ask their parents to buy them delicious beverages.

Yi Yue and Yi Xue picked out two bottles of Gatorade.

Rena picked up a cup of lemon tea, raised an eyebrow, and grinned foolishly, "Happy Lemon Tea, better than marijuana, Vitamins fill my heart, forget heroin. Hehe, I didn't expect to find this here."

"Shh!" Reina, who was about to speak, fell silent and pointed to the character "静" (quiet) pasted on the wall.

There were many children quietly reading books nearby.

"Don't disturb them, speak softly," Yi Yue said.

Rena covered her mouth and nodded.

Several people went to get their books separately.

Rena picked up a few comic books and said somewhat unhappily, "Why are they all these children's comics? Ugh, they're so childish!"

Those good comics all come in transparent packaging.

There was no other way but to pick up a few books and read them to pass the time.

Yi Yue stood in front of the bookshelf, flipping through recipes.

"Dad, are you looking at a recipe?" Yixue asked with a smile, holding several classic extracurricular books in her hands.

"Ah, yes." Yi Yue nodded, closed the recipe book, put it back on the bookshelf, and smiled, "I'll look at it occasionally."

When Yi Yue closed the recipe book, Yi Xue noticed that the recipe Yi Yue was looking at was for health and wellness, specifically for calming the nerves and nourishing the brain.

"Is it because of the exam? Dad specially wanted to cook some brain-boosting dishes for me?" Yixue immediately guessed Yiyue's intention and was very touched, but she didn't say anything.

"Let's go," Yi Yue said with a smile, holding a few books with thread bindings in her hand.

Yixue saw that the first book was labeled "Laozi," and the next two were probably Buddhist scriptures or something else.

I really don't know why Dad is interested in these things.

Chapter Fifty-Two Barbecue

More than an hour later, Rena yawned, closed the comic book, and nudged Izuki's arm, who was engrossed in reading.

"Daddy, can we walk now? I'm so bored," Rena whispered, feeling bored. She had thought there would be comics to read, but they were all wrapped in transparent bags. The comics that weren't wrapped were extremely boring, making her want to sleep. After reading for a while, she simply couldn't stand it anymore.

"Oh, are you leaving so early?" Yi Yue glanced at the time; it was only 8:10, and she hadn't been reading for very long.

"Daddy, let's go, let's go!" Rena urged, grabbing Izuki's arm.

"Alright, alright!" Yi Yue said helplessly, "You were the one who asked to come to the bookstore, how come you want to leave after only a short while?" She gently asked Yi Xue, who was engrossed in reading, "Yi Xue, have you finished reading? If not, why don't you buy it and continue reading at home?"

"No need, I've read most of it already," Yixue said with a smile, closing the book.

Before leaving, Rena bought a lot of comics.

Walking down the street, Izuki was carrying a small bag full of comics that Reina had bought.

"What books? You bought so many. You're not planning to read them all in one night, are you?" Yi Yue said irritably, reaching out to flip through the comic books inside.

Besides a few Japanese comics, Yi Yue also saw Chinese comics that she used to watch often when she was a child.

"Are they still around?" Yi Yue was a little surprised. These comics were quite old, yet they were still being serialized.

"Of course I'm going to watch it all! What's the difference between someone who doesn't stay up all night during vacation and a salted fish?!" Rena said confidently.

He had barely finished speaking when Yi Yue tapped his head with her index finger.

"Ugh!" Rena covered her head unhappily and whispered, "He hits my head every day. What if Dad beats me so badly that I become stupid?"

Izuki patted Rena's head, both amused and exasperated: "Staying up late is bad for your health, so don't develop this bad habit. Watch it for a while when you get home, then get some rest and watch it again tomorrow."

Rena stuck out her tongue: "Okay." She thought to herself, "Hehe, then I'll wait until you're asleep before I watch it."

Izuki smiled and patted Rena's little head.

Rena smiled smugly to herself.

……

Passing by the food street, it was bustling with activity since it's holiday time.

One street leads down to a roadside stall.

Most of the food is barbecue, while a small portion sells pancakes, hand-pulled pancakes, grilled cold noodles, and grilled oysters.

Behind the stall were tables and chairs.

Many of those sitting there were recent high school students, drinking beer and eating skewers.

Rena was feeling a bit hungry and her gaze lingered on a nearby barbecue stall. She gently tugged at Izuki's sleeve.

"What's wrong?" Yi Yue stopped in her tracks.

Rena whispered, "Daddy, I'm so hungry." Her eyes darted toward the barbecue stall, a blatant hint.

Izuki patted Rena's head and whispered in her ear, "Let's go eat at that American-style fried chicken place up ahead. Food from roadside stalls isn't hygienic."

Because there were barbecue stalls nearby, it wouldn't be good if someone overheard, so he whispered in Rena's ear.

"Huh, Sino-American Fried Chicken?" Rena blinked. "Do you have barbecue?"

"Yes, there is." Yi Yue nodded and smiled. "That's an old shop."

Rena hesitated. Although she left with Izuki, she still glanced longingly at the barbecue stalls on the roadside.

Zhongmei Fried Chicken is an old shop that has been open for seven or eight years.

The interior is beautifully decorated, clean and tidy, spotless, much cleaner than those barbecue stalls outside.

I walked to the front desk and looked at the menu.

Yi Yue smiled at Ling Nai Yi Xue and said, "Order whatever you want to eat."

"I want meatballs, sausages, gluten, grilled squid, chicken wings..." Rena's eyes sparkled; she felt that everything looked delicious and she wanted to order them all.

"Yixue, what about you?" Yiyue looked at Yixue.

Yi Xue smiled and said, "Two skewers of sausage, one skewer of gluten, one skewer of grilled squid, and one skewer of bacon, please."

"Won't you order anything else?" Yi Yue asked. Compared to Ling Nai, who ordered a lot, Yi Xue ordered very little.

Yixue shook her head and asked with a smile, "What about you, Dad?"

"Hmm, I'll have a bowl of hot and sour noodles," Yi Yue thought for a moment, as he didn't really like barbecue.

Zhongmei Fried Chicken doesn't just make barbecue, they also make burgers and hot and sour noodles.

Yi Yue looked at the glass cabinet, which was filled with barbecue. She spotted chicken legs and pursed her lips. "Give me two chicken legs."

Yi Xue glanced at Yi Yue with some surprise. She knew that Yi Yue didn't like barbecue, so why did she order two skewers of chicken legs?

Yi Xue didn't know about chicken legs, but Yi Yue had a story to tell about them.

When Yi Yue was a child in his hometown, he was young and had a sweet tooth. Seeing other children eating big skewers of chicken legs, he couldn't help but call his mother, who was playing in the city, and ask her to bring back some chicken legs for him.

Mom agreed readily.