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

"You're so eager to go home after eating?" Yi Yue said with amusement.

"Hey, can't we leave yet?"

“Yixue hasn’t finished eating yet,” Yiyue said.

Yixue was still eating meat skewers on the side.

"Honestly." Rena glared at Yixue with annoyance. She was eating so slowly. Couldn't she eat faster?

"Reina." Itsuki suddenly called.

"Hmm, what's wrong, Dad?" Rena blinked.

"I'm sorry about what happened this morning," Yi Yue said, bowing her head, somewhat embarrassed.

"Oh, what happened this morning?" Rena asked curiously. Rena has an optimistic personality and forgets unhappy things quickly.

"It's about lunchtime, the time I didn't take you out to eat," Yi Yue said, pursing her lips.

"Oh, you mean that matter? What's there to apologize for? Dad didn't do anything wrong." Rena said softly, feeling that Izuki was making a mountain out of a molehill. She had already apologized at home, so it should be over. Why bring it up again?

Yixue quietly looked at Yiyue.

Yi Yue lowered her head and said, "You and Yi Xue are both my daughters. Sometimes I feel quite conflicted, afraid that you will think I am biased and don't like one of you. They are both my flesh and blood, and I will not favor either of them. I treat them equally... Dad loves you both."

Yixue didn't speak and lowered her head.

Reina walked over to Izuki and gently pinched Izuki's nose: "Daddy, I know."

"Hmm." Upon hearing Rena's words, Itsuki pursed her lips, quickly looked at the window beside her, and blinked frantically, her eyes a little blurry.

Yi Yue forced a smile, patted Rena's little head, and took out a cell phone from her pocket.

"Huh? What's this?" Rena took the phone with some surprise and looked at it in her hand.

The phone cases are all finished. The back of the gray phone case features a fallen angel black cat holding a mask.

"Eh? Eh? Eh?" Rena was extremely surprised, and looked at Izuki with great affection, saying, "Daddy."

"Mmm." Itsuki smiled and patted Rena's head.

When Yi Yue went out at noon, she came back carrying a bag containing her cell phone.

He wanted to give Rena a surprise.

"The password is 0714, your birthday. Don't forget it," Yi Yue said.

Rena nodded heavily: "Yes!" She unlocked the password and slid across the desktop.

Izuki knew exactly what Reina liked, so she replaced her desktop background and icons with anime images.

Chapter Sixty-Three Teasing

"Thank you, Dad!" Reina looked at Izuki with emotion.

"Don't be too happy yet." Itsuki gently pinched Reina's nose and laughed, "You have to leave your phone with me every night before you go to bed. You also have to hand it over to me for safekeeping when you go to school. If your grades drop, I'll confiscate your phone and not give it back to you."

"Eh?" Rena blinked in surprise, lowered her head and muttered softly, "Isn't that the same as not having anything?"

"Then I'll return the phone," Yi Yue said deliberately, pretending to take the phone back.

"Hey, no!" Rena exclaimed excitedly. Seeing that Itsuki was secretly laughing and had no intention of taking the phone back, she pouted and huffed unhappily, "Daddy's so mean!"

"Sometimes they say I'm good, sometimes they say I'm bad. So am I good or bad?" Itsuki smiled and patted Rena's head, jokingly.

"Hmm..." Rena hesitated and pursed her lips.

Yi Yue sighed and immediately put on a sad expression.

Rena panicked and quickly said, "Daddy is the best!"

Izuki immediately smiled and patted Rena's little head.

"Since I'm praising Dad so much, can Dad please not take his phone away at night when he's on vacation?" Rena blinked and smiled mischievously.

"No way!" Yi Yue immediately said with a stern face. Seeing Ling Nai's murmur, she sadly lowered her head, but couldn't bear it and said, "It depends on how you do on your final exams. If you do well and are self-disciplined, you can have the phone."

"Really?" Rena happily showed her little tiger teeth again.

"Of course, but just a heads up, you need to be mindful of how much time you spend on your phone so it doesn't interfere with your studies, or I'll take it away immediately, understand?"

"Got it!" Rena nodded with a smile and started fiddling with her phone.

Izuki smiled and patted Rena's head.

Yixue smiled as she looked at Yiyue and Lingna without saying a word.

Yi Yue noticed Yi Xue's gaze, realized something, and removed her hand.

Should I also give Yixue something?

"She works so hard, I really feel bad if I don't give her something in return."

"But what should I send as a gift?"

"How about we get Yixue a laptop? She's going to be in high school soon, she can't be without a computer."

"After Yixue finishes her exams, I'll buy her a laptop as a gift."

Having made up her mind, Yi Yue smiled.

……

After returning home, Rena went to her room and connected to the Wi-Fi to play with her newly bought phone.

Yixue was reading in her room.

Yi Yue took a warm bath, put on her white pajamas, made herself a cup of warm milk, and sat comfortably at her computer desk.

He hasn't done a live stream in a long time, but he plans to do one tonight.

In his livestream group, many members are posting pictures of pigeons being killed. If he doesn't broadcast it soon, it'll probably incite public outrage.

I opened the live stream, changed the title, and played some soft music.

Izumi doesn't plan to broadcast ASMR tonight. On weekends, she usually deals with her fans' problems.

Most of his fans are students who often encounter many problems that they cannot solve on their own. So they secretly and anonymously send emails to Yi Yue, asking Yi Yue and the people in the live stream to help them solve the problems.

Yi Yue turned on her webcam and pointed it at her keyboard and mouse. Yi Yue didn't like showing her face.

After notifying several live streaming groups to start the live stream, the popularity of the live stream room gradually increased, and fans entered the live stream room one after another.

"As is customary, let me check the emails from my fans. Before that, I wish all the students who are about to take the high school entrance exam the best of luck, that all their wishes come true, and that they get into their dream schools," Yi Yue said with a smile.

"Thank you, sir."

"Yes, I'll do my best!"

"I've already enrolled in a vocational school."

"..."

Fans flooded the screen with comments.

"Don't underestimate yourself. You might just pass the exam. If you don't pass, it's okay. Studying isn't the only way out. As long as you're willing to work hard, you can still succeed."

Yi Yue encouraged them, "You're still young, you have a long life ahead of you. Okay, let's check the emails from our fans and see what troubles they're facing."

As Yi Yue spoke, she opened an email and read its contents aloud: "Uncle Yue, I am a first-year junior high school student."

I had bad grades and was not good-looking either. I was thin and weak, and I was often bullied and ridiculed by others.

I wanted to fit in with them, so I often caused trouble in class to get their attention.

When I see others laughing heartily, I laugh too, but for some reason, the laughter feels painful and sad.

Later, I disrupted class, and the teacher complained to my parents. When I saw the disappointment in my parents' eyes and they said, "How could such a well-behaved child turn out like this?" my heart was really broken. I was very sad and made up my mind to work hard and show others what I could do.

But I'm really bad at studying. I have no foundation, and it's very tiring to learn. Moreover, some students found out that I wanted to study, and they laughed at me, saying that I'm ugly, stupid, and how could I possibly do well in school?

I know they said it on purpose, but I just can't help thinking that way.

Maybe it's because I have low self-esteem. When I look in the mirror, I feel like I'm really not good-looking, and sometimes I even blame my parents.

I'm also very clumsy. Sometimes when my parents ask me to get something, I can't find it, and they scold me, saying that I'm such a stupid kid and not clever at all. Will I ever have anything to eat in the future?

Uncle Yue, do you think it's possible for someone as stupid, clumsy, ugly, and unpopular as me to improve my studies?

Yi Yue is a teacher, and she reads fluently and at a steady pace, making sure everyone can hear her clearly.

The comments section exploded like a pot boiling over.

"If you study hard, you can definitely do it!"

"The more others think you can't do it, the more you should do it and prove them wrong!"

"Keep going, you can do it!"

"Then don't learn it, it's useless anyway."

Is studying important?

The comments were varied and diverse. Some people with negative thoughts were immediately looked down upon by others, and the two sides started arguing.

Yi Yue immediately told everyone to be quiet, silenced a few people who were stirring up trouble, and after thinking for a moment, said, "If I were to directly lecture you on some grand principles, you definitely wouldn't listen and would think it's just empty platitudes. How about I tell you a story instead?"

Chapter Sixty-Four: Enlightenment and Realization

"The story is about the Fifth and Sixth Patriarchs of Zen Buddhism. I read it in a Buddhist scripture. I hope you can learn something from it," Yi Yue said, beginning the story.

"The Sixth Patriarch of Zen Buddhism lived in Lingnan from a young age. When he first met the Fifth Patriarch, the Fifth Patriarch saw that he looked like a woodcutter from the mountains and asked, 'Where do you come from?' 'From Lingnan.' 'What do you want to do here?' 'I seek nothing but to become a Buddha.' 'You barbarian, and a Lingnan native, how can you become a Buddha?' At this moment, Huineng uttered a sentence that has resonated throughout the ages: 'Although people are divided into North and South, Buddha-nature has no such distinction. I, this barbarian, may look different from a monk, but what difference is there in my Buddha-nature?'"

After Yi Yue finished telling the story, the entire live stream room fell silent, as if everyone was pondering the meaning behind it.

"His appearance was ugly, and he was despised by others, but his determination to become a Buddha remained unwavering. The Fifth Patriarch thought the Sixth Patriarch was extremely ugly, but didn't the Sixth Patriarch eventually become a Buddha?"

Yi Yue smiled and said, "This story teaches us about mindset. Overcoming a cowardly mindset and moving forward steadfastly will lead to success."

The live chat exploded with comments.