Dawang had no choice but to continue. However, Sanwang was in a hurry.
Han Qingsong ran in place, looked at Sanwang who was on the side of the road and waved at him.
Seeing that he was found out, Sanwang had no choice but to reveal himself.
Han Qingsong, “Why are you sneaking around?”
I was trying to hide from you.
“I was…watching you run.”
Han Qingsong, “You want to run as well?”
Just as Sanwang was about to say no, Han Qingsong said, “Take off your padded coat and follow along!”
Han Qingsong wasn’t joking with him. Since the child was up and eager to try, he naturally wouldn’t refuse Sanwang’s participation. Seeing that the kid was still in a slight dilemma, he commanded, “Execute the order!”
Sanwang was so frightened that he quickly took off his padded jacket.
Good God, the wind. The morning wind was more than capable of biting him and inflicting him with an uncomfortable chill.
Han Qingsong took his jacket and yelled at him to run. The father corrected Sanwang’s running posture, frequency and breathing while the child kept running.
Sanwang was so cold to the point where he was shivering. Listening to his Dark Lord father bark out commands on one hand, he was also thinking about the truth that his mother coaxed out of him. To be fair, Sanwang was both physically and mentally exhausted.
When he was overtaken another round by Dawang, he immediately puffed up and said in a suppressed yet distorted voice, “It’s exposed~”
Dawang turned his head and glanced at him, wanting to slow down and ask for elaboration.
Han Qingsong, “Uniform speed!”
Although Dawang didn’t want to be obedient, his body obeyed his Dark Lord’s orders more easily than his soul, so he subconsciously ran ahead at a constant speed.
Sanwang yelled in grief and indignation, “It’s been exposed!!!”
Dawang didn’t know why he shivered for a while before he suddenly became apprehensive.
He had finished running as this was the last lap. When he turned south, he ran back to his home only to find Lin Lan standing at the intersection. She held a stalk of vitex(1) in her hand, hitting it gently on her palm as she gave him a boy, you are a goner look.
(T/N: Think of it as a slightly lighter version than a rattan cane)
Dawang…This Dark Lord duo is like the great male and female thieves, reappearing in the world(2).
(T/N: Refers to a man and a woman being partners in crime either literally, where they engage in unlawful activities, or figuratively, like Lin Lan and Qingsong is doing now)
After running home and entering the yard, he still had to stay in place and recite the family rules.
Only after that could he be free to leave? or start some warm-down exercises.
Then, he went to take a towel and dipped it in hot water to wipe his body down before getting dressed to prepare to go to school.
Lin Lan saw Sanwang running into the house, hissing from the cold. She raised her eyebrows, “Hey, little Third Brother, why are you so motivated today?”
Sanwang felt like he was truly close to his own death— his father must have done all that on purpose! But the biggest betrayal to him was that his mother was the one controlling the strings all along!
“Boohoo, mother~ I’m your biological son…” Sanwang jumped a few times and wanted to get dressed.
Han Qingsong, “Stand still and recite the family rules!”