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

Rena hesitated before poking a sweet potato ball with her chopsticks, staring at it with some disdain for a while.

"It looks so soft, it doesn't taste good at all!" Rena hates soft food. She is a picky eater, and soft food always reminds her of greasy, trembling fatty meat. Just thinking about that texture makes her shudder and lose her appetite instantly.

"Ugh..." Rena didn't want to eat anymore.

"Why aren't you eating, Rena-neechan? My mom makes really delicious sweet potato balls. They're filled with meat and seaweed, and the skin is so thin—they're especially tasty!" Lili said.

"Is it seaweed and lean meat inside?" Rena stared at the sweet potato ball poking at her chopsticks.

"Yes, it's really delicious!" Lili said, taking a bite of the sweet potato ball and showing the filling to Reina.

"It looks pretty good, I'll try it." Rena took a bite and immediately widened her eyes: "It's so delicious!" She swallowed the big sweet potato ball in a few bites.

Chapter Seventy-Three: Silent Love

"Eat slowly, don't choke," Yi Yue said. "No one's going to take it from you, there's plenty left in the pot."

"Okay," Rena mumbled as she ate the sweet potato balls. She ate them quickly and hurriedly, swallowing them whole without chewing them much.

After being told off by Yi Yue, he slightly restrained himself and slowly started eating.

"Don't just eat sweet potato balls, eat some noodles too," Yi Yue said. "You should also eat clams and cabbage, don't be picky."

Rena didn't like noodles and cabbage very much, and only ate a few bites before stopping. On the contrary, she really liked clams. After eating them, she threw the shells into the trash can and drank a few sips of soup.

In no time, only noodles and cabbage remained in Rena's bowl; she had eaten all the sweet potato balls and clams.

"Bring the bowl here," Izuki said to Rena, gesturing for Rena to bring the bowl closer. Izuki then used a ladle to scoop the sweet potato balls and clams from my own bowl into Rena's bowl, and then put the noodles and cabbage that Rena didn't want into my own bowl.

Rena ate without a care in the world. Lili, who was watching, blinked and said, "Why can Rena-neechan do this? I'm a picky eater, and my parents always scold me and force me to eat."

Yi Yue said, "Did you hear that? You won't eat this, you won't eat that. When are you going to let yourself go hungry for a while?"

Rena stuck her tongue out at Izuki and said with a grin, "With Daddy here, how could I possibly go hungry?"

Izuki gave Reina a disgruntled look.

"Hehe." Rena laughed even more happily.

Yi Yue said to Li Li, "Don't be like your older sister Ling Nai. Being picky about food is wrong. Don't be like her."

"Mmm." Lili nodded earnestly and said obediently, "I'm never a picky eater, so am I a good girl?"

"Yes, very well-behaved," Yi Yue said with a smile.

Lili snuggled close to Yiyue: "Brother, can you pat my head?"

"Why?" Yi Yue asked, puzzled.

"Because I see Reina-neechan getting her head patted by her brother all the time," Lili said playfully. "I want to be patted too. Can I be this obedient?" She blinked her big, watery eyes and looked at Izuki with longing.

Yi Yue was a little embarrassed.

"Is it okay? Is it okay?" Lili moved closer and closer.

Having no other choice, Yi Yue placed her hand on Lili's head and patted it.

"Hehe." Lili giggled happily. "Thank you, brother." She picked up the bowl and said, "I've eaten all the sweet potato balls. Can you help me scoop some more?"

“Of course.” Itsuki took it and looked at Reina Oriyuki next to her.

"Phew, I'm so full..." Rena let out a burp, then leaned back on the sofa with her eyes half-closed in contentment.

Yixue was eating noodles, and she had already finished the sweet potato balls.

Yi Yue said to Yi Xue, "Yi Xue, do you want to eat more? I'll scoop you a bowl too."

"Mm." Yixue handed the bowl to Yiyue. "Thank you, Dad."

Yi Yue scooped up two more bowls of sweet potato balls and quietly watched Yi Xue and Li Li eat them.

He has already finished eating.

After Lili finished eating, she collapsed onto the sofa with a thud. Yiyue took out a tissue and wiped the noodles off Lili's mouth.

Lili paused for a moment, then immediately smiled and said, "Thank you, brother." She thought with a hint of envy, "I wish my dad was Brother Yiyue."

After Yixue finished eating, Yiyue put the bowls back together, wiped the coffee table clean with a rag, and took the bowls to the sink to wash them.

Lili said to Rena, "Your dad is so nice. I wish my dad was like your dad."

"Isn't your father good to you?" Rena asked.

"No, not exactly," Lili said hesitantly. "My dad is a bit fierce. He speaks loudly, and he's even hit me with a bamboo stick when I misbehave."

"Then why do you say no? That sounds really mean." Rena's eyes widened. "My dad has never hit me."

“It’s my fault for making Daddy angry, otherwise Daddy wouldn’t have hit me.” Lili lowered her head and told Rena about her father: “Actually, my dad is a very good person. I remember once I was angry with him and hid in my room and refused to eat.”

"It was very late, and I was so hungry that I quietly went to the kitchen and found that there was still food left on the table."

"I thought my mom left it there, but later she told me that my dad actually left it there on purpose."

"The next day at breakfast, Dad didn't say a word, and I didn't dare to speak either, but I knew that Dad loved me very much, he just didn't say it."

Yixue said, "Your father just doesn't show it. What parent doesn't love their children? Don't envy other people's parents. Look at the people around you. They have given so much." She said this, but in her heart she thought, "Anyway, in my heart, my father is the best."

Reina, unusually, didn't contradict Yixue and chimed in, "Yeah, how do you know if other people's parents are genuinely good or just pretending? What if they're just putting on an act? Of course, my dad is genuinely good!" She added proudly, "You can't be envious of my dad."

“You’re right.” Lili nodded thoughtfully. “But my dad is still so fierce. I wish he had a better temper.”

“You can talk to your dad! If you don’t talk to him, how will he change?” Rena said.

Lili pursed her lips, deep in thought.

"What are you talking about?" Yi Yue came over after washing the dishes and saw them chatting enthusiastically. She wondered what they were talking about, but they all stopped talking when they saw him.

Rena chuckled and said, "I'm not telling you."

Lili looked up and smiled mischievously: "It's a secret."

"What? So mysterious," Yi Yue said with a smile, looking at Yi Xue.

Yixue smiled and said, "Praise Dad, you are a very kind and gentle person."

"No way," Yi Yue scratched her cheek. "I'm a little embarrassed."

"Haha." Rena and the others laughed.

……

Yi Yue took a nap, then got up and drove Yi Xue to school. On the way back, she stopped at the supermarket to buy groceries, planning to cook them a nice meal that evening.

Carrying bags of things home, I saw Rena Riri watching TV intently as soon as I entered the door.

Rena was sitting slouching, with her feet on the sofa and half-lying down, holding a bag of potato chips in her hand.

Lili seemed to have caught Rena's style, and she followed suit, half-lying down with her feet up and holding a bag of potato chips in her hand.

The two were engrossed in watching TV, completely ignoring Yi Yue who had just entered the room.

Seeing the two of them so lazy, Yi Yue was furious.

"Rena, can't you guys play some other games? You've been watching TV for so long, shouldn't you take a break?" Izuki said.

“There aren’t any games to play, what can two people do?” Rena raised her head: “Dad, you’re blocking my way.”

"Really." Yi Yue was both helpless and angry, not knowing what to say. She sighed and went to the kitchen to put the things in the refrigerator.

"That's it!" As Yi Yue passed by the dining table, she saw the oranges in the red bag and suddenly had a brilliant idea.

Wash the bag of oranges, shake off the water, put them in a basket, and take them to the living room.

Chapter Seventy-Four: Face Painting

"How about we play a game?" Yi Yue placed the fruit basket containing oranges on the coffee table.

"What game?" Rena asked curiously.

"Okay, okay, what game?" Lili asked.

Yi Yue took out three markers from the room, one for each of them, "Let's draw a face on Ju Zi."

"Tch, what's the point of this?" Rena said. "It's better to watch TV."

Lili asked with great interest, "Then how do you draw it?"

"Watch this." Yi Yue smiled, picked up an orange, and wiped the water off with a tissue. "First, give it two dots for eyes, then a little nose, then some blush... Done!"

Izuki placed the orange she had drawn on the table; it was a (? ???ω??? ?) shape, and it looked very cute.

"Oh, so cute!" Lili held it in her hands, her eyes shining. "Brother, can you give it to me as a gift and take it home?"

“Of course you can,” Yi Yue said with a smile.

Lili held the orange with obvious delight, saying, "It's so cute, I can't bear to eat it."

Rena whispered, "What's the point? It's childish."

"Why don't you try it too?" Yi Yue handed Lili an orange.

Lili took the orange, picked up the pen but put it down again, and looked hesitantly at Yiyue: "Brother, what should we draw?"

"Anything is fine, you can draw whatever you like," Yi Yue said.

Lili said, "But I just don't know what to draw."

"Well, why don't you try drawing a smiley face first?" Yi Yue suggested.

"Then I'll give it a try." Lili picked up the pen and first drew two curved eyebrows like crescent moons. Then she added two dots. She originally planned to draw a smiling face, but after thinking about it, she drew the mouth as an inverted crescent moon, turning it into a crying face.

"How is my drawing? Is it ugly?" Lili asked, feeling that her drawing was terrible and she really didn't want to praise it.

Before Izuki could speak, Reina laughed, "It's so ugly!"

"Where is it ugly!" Lili said unhappily.

Yi Yue comforted him, "It's not bad. Draw it a few more times and it will look better."

“Look, even my brother says that!” Lili said.