Cub's Dad Chapter 36

 Chapter 36

Bo Zai looked at the light brain in Gu Yanzhi's hand, his chubby face wrinkling.

At first, he could understand it, but the further it went, the less he could comprehend.

There were many words he didn't recognize.

"Dad." The little chubby boy leaned on Gu Yanzhi's back, rubbing his chubby cheeks against Gu Yanzhi's shoulder, trying to achieve his goal by being cute, "Can Bo Zai go out to find Mom first?"

Gu Yanzhi thought for a moment and nodded, "Okay. If Mom asks, just say Dad is reading a book about car repairs and is almost finished."

"Okay!" Bo Zai cheered, jumped down from the bay window, put on his little slippers, and ran towards the door with a patter. As he neared the door, he deliberately slowed his steps, pushed the door open, and poked his chubby face out to ask the person outside, "Little Dad, are you done yet?"

"Almost." Xie Yishu had almost finished his work. He wiped his hands with a towel and, seeing the little chubby boy tiptoeing and peeking from behind the door, smiled and waved at him, "Bo Zai, come here."

Seeing Xie Yishu waving at him, Bo Zai immediately ran over excitedly, "Little Dad!"

He hugged Xie Yishu's leg, lifted his chubby face, and, barely containing his excitement, asked, "Little Dad, when are we going to take a bath?"

He couldn't wait any longer!

"We can do it now." Xie Yishu smiled, "Does Bo Zai can't wait to take a bath?"

It was just a casual question from Xie Yishu, but Bo Zai's chubby little body suddenly stiffened.

Worried that he might reveal the fact that he had been watching his mom's livestream in the small room, he nervously averted his gaze and stammered, "Uh, Bo Zai... Bo Zai wants to go to bed early today!"

Xie Yishu didn't suspect anything, bent down to pick up the little chubby boy, took a bubble bath ball from the many on the table, and grabbed a few broken fragments as well, then headed to the bathroom with Bo Zai: "Let's go, Little Dad will take you for a bath."

"It's still early, so we can soak for a while."

As soon as they entered the bathroom, Bo Zai eagerly started taking off his little pants.

Xie Yishu was already used to the little chubby boy's habit of hurriedly taking off his pants when he got excited. Calmly, he helped him pull up his little underwear and had him stand on a small stool to brush his teeth and wash his face. Then he turned around and turned on the faucet, filling the bathtub with water.

By the time Bo Zai finished washing his face, the bathtub was almost full.

Xie Yishu tested the water temperature, turned off the faucet, and handed the bubble bath ball to the little chubby boy: "Bo Zai, throw this into the water."

Bo Zai took the bath ball, his chubby face flushed with excitement. Holding his breath, he tiptoed and gently placed the bubble bath ball into the water.

As soon as the bubble bath ball touched the water, it started to react. The little chubby boy watched the bath ball rolling around in the water, unable to contain his excitement. He quickly stripped himself completely naked, not even leaving his little underwear on!

"Little Dad! Little Dad!" The little chubby boy spread his arms, asking for a hug.

Xie Yishu was amused by the little chubby boy's reaction. Holding back his laughter, he gently said, "Wait a little longer."

He scooped up the bath ball and set it aside, then took out the small broken pieces of additional bubble bath balls he had brought into the bathroom earlier. He broke them into even smaller pieces and sprinkled them evenly over the colorful, dreamy water surface. Picking up the showerhead, he adjusted the water temperature and sprayed the broken pieces, explaining to the little chubby boy as he did so, "This way, the bubbles will be richer."

As if to confirm Xie Yishu's words, the bubbles in the bathtub gradually increased.

Xie Yishu asked Bo Zai, "Bo Zai, do you want more bubbles or fewer bubbles?"

"More!" The little chubby boy raised his chubby arms and made a big circle, excitedly saying, "Bo Zai wants lots and lots of bubbles!"

So Xie Yishu picked up the bath ball he had scooped out earlier and used the showerhead to spray it.

Putting the bath ball in the water provides a better visual effect; directly spraying it with water creates richer and finer bubbles.

Once a thick layer of bubbles had formed on the surface of the bathtub, Xie Yishu put away the bath ball and picked up the little chubby boy, who had been tiptoeing and trying to climb into the bathtub on his own. He gently placed him into the bathtub.

As soon as the little chubby boy got into the bath, he started playing with the bubbles, sometimes piling them high, sometimes scooping them up and blowing them, having a great time.

Xie Yishu saw the little chubby boy's face covered in bubbles, reached out to wipe them off, and asked with a smile, "How does it feel?"

"Bo Zai loves it! With this, Bo Zai can take a bath every day!" The little chubby boy poked his own little belly with his finger, happily saying, "Little Dad, with these bubbles, you and Dad can't see Bo Zai's chubby fat."

He couldn't see it himself either; when he looked down, all he could see were bubbles.

The little chubby boy was quite concerned about his appearance. When Dad or Mom helped him bathe, he couldn't help but suck in his stomach, which was very tiring!

Bo Zai's innocent words reminded Xie Yishu of something Teacher Ge had once said to him.

— "Teacher Xie, you see, he's shorter and chubbier than other kids. It's probably because his family can't afford children's nutritional supplements and can only let him eat more food."

At that time, he didn't know that Bo Zai's father was Gu Yanzhi.

Now that he knew Bo Zai's father was Gu Yanzhi, and knowing that Gu Yanzhi "would never let his child suffer," and would never skimp on the child's food, clothing, and other needs... The more Xie Yishu thought about it, the more something felt off. So he said to Bo Zai, "Bo Zai, you soak for a little longer. Little Dad needs to go to the kitchen for a moment."

The little chubby boy nodded obediently.

Xie Yishu walked out of the bathroom and went straight to the kitchen. He rummaged through the cabinets and finally found two boxes of children's nutritional supplements in the corner of a cabinet.

They were a common brand found in supermarkets, known for their high cost-performance ratio. After the financial situation of the Mutong Orphanage improved, the headmistresses often bought this brand of children's nutritional supplements to mix with water for the children to drink.

But if Bo Zai regularly drank nutritional supplements, why was he still short and chubby? Could it be because he drank too little?

Xie Yishu opened one of the boxes to see how many were left inside. Seeing the fifteen neatly arranged nutritional supplements, Xie Yishu suddenly sensed that something was off.

The nutritional supplements inside seemed different from the ones the headmistresses at the orphanage bought.

Xie Yishu pulled out a vial and held it up to the light. Although it was the same mixed vegetable flavor, the color of the supplements Gu Yanzhi bought seemed darker, and the labels... they looked like they were hand-applied?!

Xie Yishu's eyes widened, and he pulled out another vial.

It was the same darker color, and the label showed signs of being peeled off and reapplied.

Nutritional supplements sold in supermarkets were produced on factory assembly lines; they wouldn't have labels that were peeled off and reapplied. Xie Yishu opened the other box to check and found the same situation.

Feeling a mix of emotions, Xie Yishu put the two boxes of nutritional supplements back in the cabinet.

He now understood why Bo Zai, despite drinking nutritional supplements, was still short and chubby.

He must have been drinking fake supplements.

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