Chapter 208: Chapter 208: New Year Activities in the Unit

With Liu Xiaocao around for the New Year, the Li Family’s home became much livelier, and the family quarters were buzzing more than usual. Liu Xiaocao was truly a social butterfly, connecting with everyone in the unit in just one day.

On the second day of the New Year, the unit hosted some activities and small competitions, offering prizes to bring everyone some joy.

As soon as Liu Xiaocao arrived, she pulled Li Si along and signed him up for all the events. Li Si ran around the entire place, exhausted like an ox, yet without winning any prizes.

Fu Xiaoxiao watched Li Si panting like a dog and secretly gave Liu Xiaocao a thumbs-up.

"Wow! Dad! You’re amazing!" Lu Chen was simply Lu Feng’s little fanboy. Every time Lu Feng entered any competition or scored points, Lu Chen would clap in encouragement, offering full emotional support.

Fu Xiaoxiao looked at Lu Feng on the basketball court, still managing to break through and score despite being surrounded, and she almost turned into a fangirl herself.

A man who focuses seriously is undeniably, devastatingly handsome.

Lu Lin watched for a while, seeing Lu Feng being surrounded by four or five people, and couldn’t help but frown and shout, "Oh no, Dad! They’re surrounding you!"

Hearing Lu Lin’s warning, Lu Feng dribbled past them, winked at Lu Lin, then feigned a move to the left. As they lunged for the ball in his left hand, he passed the ball behind his back to his right hand, pivoted, squeezed through a gap on the right side, and scored another impressive three-pointer.

"Dad, you’re the best!" Lu Chen shouted without hesitation.

The soldiers watching this scene were almost envious to the point of their teeth aching.

Look at Lu Feng; everyone’s someone’s husband. How does he make it so enviable!

Two sons cheering enthusiastically, a beautiful and virtuous wife gently handing over water at the side, it’s... truly enviable.

Some of them were fathers too, but when they went home, their kids weren’t close to them, sometimes even afraid, unlike Lu Chen and Lu Lin, who looked at Lu Feng with adoration.

Which father doesn’t want that admiring gaze from his son?

They’re not even biologically related father and sons, yet their bond is better than that of biological relationships.

After a basketball game with a score of 32 to 10, a few soldiers gathered around Lu Feng to seek advice.

"Mr. Lu, how do you have such a good relationship with your two sons? Can you teach us?"

"Yeah! My son just hides behind his mom, never getting close to me."

"Same here. When he sees me, it’s like a mouse seeing a cat, runs faster than a mouse."

"Teach us, please?"

They looked at Mr. Lu, imploring him to teach them.

Lu Feng was taken aback by their questioning; his past relationship with the kids was probably like that. When did they start getting close to him?

Initially, although Lu Lin and Lu Chen addressed him as Mr. Lu, they never shared much with him, and there was no communication.

It was after Fu Xiaoxiao appeared that they became a real family. Under Fu Xiaoxiao’s suggestion, Lu Feng played with Lu Chen and trained with Lu Lin, taking them to the hills to fool around whenever he had time...

Gradually, Lu Chen dared to be naughty in front of him, and Lu Lin started asking him questions, and their interactions were no longer awkward.

"It’s probably... the benefit of marrying a wise wife!"

Lu Feng’s gaze fell on Fu Xiaoxiao, with a touch of tenderness in his eyes.

"..." Everyone looked speechlessly at Lu Feng.

Lu Feng’s answer was like no answer at all; not only did they learn nothing, but they received a mouthful of dog food instead.

"You guys should ask the wife instead of Mr. Lu!" someone passing by quipped.

"That’s true!" A few soldiers ran over to Fu Xiaoxiao.

"Sis, how do you do it? Your kids are so close to Mr. Lu, unlike mine, who isn’t close to me at all and only hides when he sees me," a soldier asked straight away.

Fu Xiaoxiao was stunned for a moment, but then she couldn’t help but laugh after hearing their questions.

"You ask why they’re afraid of you, but let me ask, do you spend time playing with your kids when you’re home?" Fu Xiaoxiao’s counter-question left the male soldiers dumbfounded.

"Play with them? When we rarely go home, we’re in a rush to pull our wives into the bedroom, never bothering with the kids."

"What else should you do! Relationships aren’t they about caring for each other? If you don’t play with or care about them, and just expect them to call you dad, how can they be close to you?" Fu Xiaoxiao smiled.

"Effort is mutual, and kids aren’t stupid. Won’t they sense it if you’re not being good to them?" Fu Xiaoxiao’s words enlightened them.

"So, ignoring that little brat is why he’s not close to me? Sis, teach us more, what games can we play to get closer to them?" someone smacked their own head, but they really didn’t know how to interact with their kids.

"That’s simple! Some kids love height, so toss them up and catch them. Some kids love running, so chase them around. Some kids love adventures, so play a mock battle with them..." Fu Xiaoxiao said with a smile.

"Alright, go home and try it out!" Lu Feng, seeing Fu Xiaoxiao had answered, moved protectively in front of her, ending the parenting Q&A.

"Mr. Lu is so jealous..." Everyone shook their heads with a smile.

Seeing this side of Lu Feng was rare. Lu Feng used to be stern and unsmiling, and everyone in the unit feared him! Infamous for being cold-hearted as ’Lu Yama’, now this side of him, who would get jealous, was evidently more approachable.

Before, they didn’t dare get close to him, but now they were eager to interact with Lu Feng.

"Come on, Mr. Lu, let’s have a race, I’ve always wanted to experience your speed."

"Yeah, yeah, we want to race too!"

"Alright." Lu Feng looked at them and realized the change in their attitude toward him. He turned back to Fu Xiaoxiao with a light smile, "Wife, I’m heading to the training ground with them."

"Dad, we want to go too!" As soon as Lu Chen and Lu Lin heard, they clung to Lu Feng’s legs without a word, insisting on going along.

"Then go ahead! I’ll be here." Fu Xiaoxiao waved with a smile. The training ground was a bit of a distance away.

"Xiao Xiao!" Lin Xue and Lin Qiu also joined the fun, excitedly running over to Fu Xiaoxiao.

Seeing Lin Xue and Lin Qiu arrive, Lu Feng felt at ease and glanced at Fu Cheng behind Lin Qiu. "Fu Cheng, come join us for a race."

Fu Cheng raised an eyebrow, seeing Lin Qiu and Fu Xiaoxiao together. Lu Feng, leading a group to the training ground, took a step to follow.

Fu Xiaoxiao, seeing everyone present, took a cloth out of her bag and spread it on the wild grass beside them, treating it like a picnic.

"Always so prepared," Lin Xue’s eyes lit up as she smiled and helped Fu Xiaoxiao lay it out.

"We brought food too," Lin Qiu smiled, lifting the basket in her hand. Cooking wasn’t convenient today, so she prepped some pastries in advance.

"What a coincidence, me too." Fu Xiaoxiao chuckled, bringing out candy and snacks from her bag.

The spot had a slight incline, just enough to watch the soldiers doing activities.

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