"I’m indeed fortunate," Luo Luxi said with his eyes narrowed, revealing a content smile, "now I can still enjoy delicious treats like Xiao Hua rolls, bacon bread, eight-treasure porridge..."
Su Li eyed the cunning little brat with a half-smile and said, "Hmm, then you should be very grateful to me. Otherwise, you’d still be an unwelcome burden to everyone."
Despite being by Su Li’s side for a full five years, such probing exchanges were a constant occurrence between them.
Being too clever and too sly as a kid just isn’t endearing.
Su Li hummed and continued to eat the breakfast the little brat had made.
Don’t let his current refined young master demeanor fool you. Normally, when he follows Su Li around, he’s just a jack of all trades—and an all-rounder at that.
Su Li felt not an iota of guilt for using child labor; on the contrary, she reveled in it, utterly unable to extricate herself.
Just look—if it weren’t for her ’torture,’ no, a slip of the tongue, her ’training’... how would he be so clever now?
Su Li considered herself a supremely good person, repaying evil with kindness even...
The original owner had schemed against her so much, yet she still managed to educate his grandson so well—couldn’t be more fantastic.
Really, she was so moved.
After a moment of speechlessness, Luo Luxi quickly regained his gentle smile.
One couldn’t see the usual capriciousness or impatience of a child in him.
"Nanny, the outside world is in such poor shape, I’m a bit worried about my eldest uncle and second uncle at home... so, I’ve specifically asked someone to go back and inquire a few days ago. It seems that they aren’t doing too well, should we..."
That little rascal, always probing without end, huh? Su Li, disinterested, put down her chopsticks and wiped the corner of her mouth before saying indifferently, "Do as you see fit. Just don’t disturb my peace."
Once Su Li left the table, Luo Luxi, who had been smiling, saw his lips instantly fall, his pale, jade-like face turning tight.
He looked somewhat frustrated, poking aggressively at the flower roll in his bowl until the chopstick pierced through it, standing erect in the bowl.
After a sullen silence, Luo Luxi lifted his smile again and said softly, "If she doesn’t want to get involved with you... then you’re really in luck..."
At that moment, Luo Luxi’s gaze was like that of a venomous snake stalking its prey, chilling to the bone.
However, he soon reverted to his previous courteous demeanor, smiling gently as he methodically cleaned up the dishes from the table.
Luo Luxi considered himself very cautious. He only allowed himself to reveal a hint of his true nature after triple-checking that Su Li had indeed left.
In reality, even without being in the same space, Su Li had still managed to catch every change in the little guy’s expression.
If it had been someone else witnessing this, they’d probably be covered in goosebumps, chilled to the bone.
But Su Li could only feel slowly building frustration and speechlessness.
She had raised the little guy for five years, shielded him from all his previous tragic experiences, and yet, she still hadn’t managed to steer him into the ranks of an optimistic, upstanding, model young man.
Could it be that this was his nature?
Although Su Li had no prejudices against Luo Luxi’s character, a kid full of darkness inside was hardly easy to deceive.
Not cute, not cute, not cute.
Important things must be said three times.
Su Li also knew that the child harbored all sorts of speculations about her, which was actually a result of her own laissez-faire attitude.
Luo Luxi always followed her around, and Su Li had no intention of hiding anything; the anomalies, of course, were all witnessed by him.
For example, even though families in the city with slightly better conditions had begun to eat foods they previously would not have glanced at, their home still enjoyed lavish meals three times a day.
That person was very lazy. After the shop was opened, he took care of everything, not even willing to step out the door, yet he was able to produce so much food, sometimes even crops that were uncommon for the season appeared in the kitchen.
Furthermore, the vast funds from the shop, once transferred into her hands, disappeared without a trace.
Sometimes she would disappear for half a month or even a full month, and upon her return, she became even lazier...
Anyway, Luo Luxi never saw through her, the only conclusion from his continuous probing being that she bore no malice toward him.
To put it more extremely, she actually indulged him all the time.
Luo Luxi held the dishcloth, rubbing the bubbles, his mind agitated with various thoughts darting about.
By the time he finished the dishes and cleaned up the kitchen, Su Li had changed into a neatly tailored dress and was sitting in a chair, a cup of green tea in hand, waiting for Luo Luxi.
Luo Luxi was surprised and blurted out, "You’re going out today?"
Su Li replied, "Go get dressed... it’s not just me today, it’s us who are going out."
"You’re already ten years old, which meets the lowest admission requirements for the Sports Academy."
Luo Luxi’s heart trembled with excitement, the sentiment swirling swiftly within him.
He remembered the woman who had given birth to him was a little noble who graduated from the Sports Academy.
Back then, the woman lived in a luxurious mansion with him, but the people inside were not kind to them.
Some even brazenly pinched him hard in front of the woman.
At that time, he was just a baby, only a few months old, scared into loud crying by the bright malice.
The more he cried, the harsher they pinched him, and then he stopped crying.
The woman dared not do anything but kept saying to him, "I’m sorry, baby, I’m so sorry..."
But later on, among those who always bullied him, the woman became one of them.
Thinking of this, Luo Luxi felt choked with resentment, wishing he could destroy them all.
He remembered, they all had the surname Lu...
And in the Xingyao Empire, although the Lu Family no longer had its former glory, it was still an old-nobility family that could not be offended.
Luo Luxi put on a very formal little suit, but he did not ask Su Li how, with his commoner status, he could enter the Sports Academy.
Typically, those who entered the Sports Academy at ten were from noble families within the Xingyao Empire.
Other commoners who wanted to join had to wait until they were at least fifteen to participate in a unified entrance examination.
Of course, there had been historical precedents where commoner children were recruited into the Sports Academy at the age of ten, but they were very few and extremely rare.
When Su Li and Luo Luxi arrived at the front gate of the Sports Academy, the entrance was already lined with various luxury vehicles.
Many well-dressed boys and girls, excitement shining on their faces, still stood reservedly beside their elders.
Even when engaging in conversation, they spoke quietly and elegantly, always mindful of their behavior and speech.
For ten-year-old children to achieve this demeanor clearly showed that their families had put in a lot of effort.