Gourmet: Twins' Father and Chef of the Kindergarten

Chapter 337 - 313: Dreams Are Full, Reality Is Bony

"It smells so good, Qingqing’s dad’s iron pot noodles are so delicious. Every bite is full of aroma, truly satisfying!"

"Who could disagree! Enjoying this meal, even if it’s embarrassing, is totally worth it!"

Lin Weilin and Wei Yulong savored the iron pot noodles while enjoying the smoothness of the egg drop soup, completely immersed in the joy of eating...

Even though they almost got taken away by the police uncle, having this lunch makes it all worthwhile.

However, Huang Jun and Xie Jianing learned from Yang Yuxi that in order to taste his cooked meals, three parents recklessly climbed over the kindergarten gates, unlucky enough to be misunderstood by patrolling police as criminals and were caught on the spot...

This caused Xie Jianing and Wang Wenxia’s jaws to almost drop to the floor.

Huang Jun was equally stunned upon hearing this, but then a wave of emotion rose in his heart.

He genuinely hadn’t thought that parents would risk stepping on a sewing machine just to climb over the kindergarten gate to eat his cooking.

Such diners left him deeply moved.

He wished he could make another lunch to surprise these three parents!

But upon reflection, if he really did, wouldn’t it be encouraging their irrational behavior?

After all, their behavior is not commendable!

He had no choice but to abandon this impulsive idea.

...

As lunch came to an end, nap time for the children was approaching.

The teachers naturally didn’t want to see a group of parents crowding in the bedroom, watching the children enter dreamland.

After all, with so many parents around, it would be hard for the kids to sleep peacefully!

So...

Yang Yuxi smiled and announced to the parents present, "Dear parents, today’s ’Parent Experience Day’ event has successfully concluded. Please leave the classroom in an orderly fashion so that the children can smoothly transition into their nap time."

"Alright, thanks to all the teachers and Qingqing’s dad for today."

The parents nodded in understanding, laughingly expressing their gratitude, while also sharing their expectations, "These parent-child activities are so meaningful, we hope the kindergarten can host more of them."

Oh wow!

The event just ended!

And they’re already looking forward to the next one!

Huang Jun listened to the parents and couldn’t help but show a faint wry smile.

Though he appeared relaxed, able to stay with Qingqing and Weiwei.

But in reality, he was swamped in the kitchen and had to maximize efficiency to free up time.

If they really frequently held such large dining events, he felt he might collapse.

Clearly.

Yang Yuxi and other teachers also didn’t want to do this, they gently informed the parents, "Dear parents, we truly understand your enthusiasm and anticipation for parent-child activities, but with our kindergarten’s limited staff, frequently hosting such events is not very realistic, we hope parents can understand our difficulties."

If they really recklessly organized these activities frequently, the most concerned would probably be Officer Yue.

He had already jokingly asked Liang Yinqiu to reduce these events’ frequency, even half-jokingly suggesting Huang Jun make the food less tasty to decrease parents’ interest in such activities.

Seeing the teachers had said so, the other parents knew that the idea of frequently hosting parent-child events by the kindergarten...

That dream was shattered!

Oh well!

Truly, the ideal is full, but reality is so bony!

Just as the parents were preparing to leave...

Yuanyuan hurriedly grabbed Liu Qiangtao’s hand, raising her little face, "Daddy, I want to go home with you."

Liu Qiangtao gently comforted, "Yuanyuan, be good, you still have classes this afternoon, Dad will pick you up after school."

Yuanyuan has always been uninterested in naps, always being the last one to slowly drift into sleep under the patient coaxing of the teacher during nap time, sometimes even missing out on getting a little red flower because she couldn’t fall asleep.

Therefore.

She shook her head like a rattle, "I don’t want to nap, I miss Mom and Grandma, I want to go home and see them."

At this.

It was like stirring a hornet’s nest.

One shouting to go home could lead ten to want to go home, ten shouting to go home could lead a hundred to want to go home.

Suddenly, the teaching building was filled with children

"Mama, I want to go home too..."

"Daddy, I don’t want to nap, I miss Mama too, I want to go home and see Mama..."

"Mm-hmm, I really want to go home and see Mama too..."

"..."

Seeing this.

The teachers of each class somewhat regretted not having the parents leave halfway through lunch, perhaps avoiding the children crying because they miss their family and wanting to go home.

Then, surely the kids would still be immersed in the delicious lunch, reluctant to put down their bowls, naturally not thinking about going home with their parents.

Yet this is only a thought for the teachers.

Earlier the parents ate more eagerly than the children, even sneakily trying the kids’ food, they didn’t have the nerve to ask them to leave during lunch!

Faced with this situation, the teachers could only play their "trump card": "Children, if you really want to go home now, you certainly can. But you should know, once you leave kindergarten with your dad/mom, you won’t get to enjoy the afternoon snack!"

Upon hearing this, the children hesitated.

Giving up the delicious afternoon snack was definitely not something they could do...

So... the only option is to abandon thoughts of going home and peacefully stay in the kindergarten.

They reluctantly watched the parents leave.

Yang Yuxi saw that the children were comforted through the afternoon snack and the parents left smoothly, they finally breathed a sigh of relief.

After the children’s commotion, Yang Yuxi and her team decided to cancel the plan to take them for a walk today, and instead, let each child hold a book and read quietly in the dormitory.

Qingqing and Weiwei weren’t worried about going home, after all, their dad was at the kindergarten.

But!

In their hearts, a small wish emerged—they hoped their dad could accompany them to sleep like he did yesterday.

Weiwei raised her little head and shared her thoughts with Huang Jun: "Daddy, do you want to accompany me for a nap at noon?"

Seeing her sister speak up, Qingqing looked at Huang Jun with expectant eyes, hoping he would stay.

Huang Jun saw the two little ones looking at him with such anticipation and thought that the afternoon snack, a simple white fungus and red date soup, could still be prepared after the kids went to sleep, so he agreed without hesitation: "Of course!"

Speaking, he held the little ones’ hands and walked into the dormitory.

At this time.

Yang Yuxi and the other three teachers were already in the dormitory, busy distributing books to the other children!

Seeing Yuanyuan quickly take off her shoes and attempt to jump onto the bed upon entering the dormitory, she promptly reminded, "Yuanyuan, it’s not nap time yet, we need to come down for now and sleep a little later."

Sigh!

During usual nap time, when asked to quickly get into bed, you never listen well, but now you’re eager!

Yang Yuxi shook her head speechlessly.

Then, she arranged for Yuanyuan to sit on the edge of her bed to read and organized the other children to also sit by the bedside and enjoy reading time together.

Meanwhile, Teacher Wang Wenxia returned to the classroom to start cleaning up.

Shortly after.

Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing walked to Huang Jun’s side and softly said: "Qingqing’s dad, could you please watch the children for a bit while we handle some personal matters?"

"Of course, go ahead without any worry, I’ll keep an eye on the kids." Huang Jun replied with a smile.

"Thank you!"

The two expressed their gratitude and walked out of the dormitory.

Seeing the children engrossed in flipping through their books, Huang Jun couldn’t help but reveal a smile.

However, as the younger children mostly couldn’t read yet, they were more attracted to the beautiful illustrations in the picture books, and soon finished browsing their books.

Then...

Some kids just couldn’t sit still, as if there were pins in their little bottoms!

Seeing this, Huang Jun became a bit uneasy.

Thinking if this continued, the dormitory would soon become noisy, so to settle the children, he offered, "Kids, how about Uncle tells you a story?"

"Yes, yes~!"

The children were very enthusiastic about listening to stories, and upon hearing that he would tell them a story, they unanimously agreed with their tender voices.

Huang Jun laughed and said, "Alright, then Uncle will tell you a story called ’Scared of the Dark’."

This story is a chain of events triggered by an opossum, a timid opossum very scared of the dark, always imagining there’s an invisible "dark monster" following it, causing all the nocturnal animals to wander all around in the night, leading to bizarre situations. It seems something is chasing them in the darkness, but the animals don’t realize that it’s all just imagined fears...

When Huang Jun held the picture book and showed the children the exciting scenes of the story, their little faces showed expressions of tension and curiosity.

Taking this chance, Huang Jun asked, "Kids, are you afraid of the dark?"

Little kids around three years old naturally have some fear of the dark, but their self-esteem made them unwilling to appear weak.

They all shook their heads and loudly said, "Not scared! What’s there to be afraid of in the dark!"

Huang Jun naturally understood their thoughts but didn’t expose them. Instead, he went along with them and praised: "Wow, seems like our kids are little brave warriors! You’re amazing!"

This acting...

Tsk tsk tsk~

It would be a shame not to become an actor...

When Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing returned to the dormitory, they saw Huang Jun vividly telling stories to the children, who sat neatly around and listened attentively.

The atmosphere was exceptionally warm and harmonious!

Seeing that Huang Jun was doing a great job, they were relieved and took the opportunity to quickly return to the classroom to drink some water.

"Qingqing’s daddy is really suited to be a teacher, you see, the kids in our class all especially like him, and he has such patience with them." Xie Jianing exclaimed.

Yang Yuxi also nodded in agreement: "Yes, but with Qingqing’s dad’s culinary skills, being a teacher is somewhat a waste. You see, the parents ate so deliciously and satisfactorily, all thanks to him!"

"Yes!" Xie Jianing laughed, "Qingqing’s daddy is better off as a chef, if he becomes a teacher, we wouldn’t get to eat such delicious meals!"

After drinking water, the two returned to the dormitory, and Yang Yuxi expressed gratitude to Huang Jun: "Qingqing’s dad, thank you very much! Next, let us and Miss Xie tell stories to the kids."

Subsequently, Yang Yuxi took over the storytelling task, while Huang Jun exclusively told stories to his two little daughters.

Seeing that it was about time, Yang Yuxi and Xie Jianing then led the children out of the dormitory to the classroom to return the books, then took them to the bathroom to prepare for napping.

"Daddy, we are going to sleep~"

Usually, during nap time, Qingqing and Weiwei were very quiet, without requiring the teachers’ attention, but today with Huang Jun there, the two little ones were somewhat excited, lying in bed and smiling at him with twinkling eyes.

"Okay, sleep well, Daddy is right here beside you." Huang Jun looked at them lovingly and gently patted them.

Gradually, Qingqing and Weiwei’s eyelids began to droop, and their breathing became even.

As the other children also slipped into sweet dreams...

The entire kindergarten was enveloped in a peaceful silence, only interrupted occasionally by the sound of the breeze rustling the leaves, as if guarding this serene dreamscape.