novelxo Chapter 197
Rose dropped her head. The children were clearly the ones who had done something wrong, yet why was she the one getting admonished instead?
"I was wrong, Sir Ares," she replied feebly in a perfunctory manner.
A trace of an inexplicable smile emerged in Jay's long and narrow eyes. He recalled the look on young Angeline's face when she was being admonished. Just like how Rose was acting now, she would hang her head and look as though it was the end of the world. She would listen in fear and trepidation as he reprimanded her.
Jay shifted his gaze to the munchkins and reprimanded sternly. "We'll go home right now."
Baby Robbie and Jens followed behind Daddy like two walking zombies, sighing dejectedly.
Rose held the hand of the tearful Baby Zetty and followed behind him restlessly.
When they got home, Jay sat loftily on the couch. He crossed his long slender legs as he stared at the three munchkins standing in front of him with a dark countenance.
Rose stood next to them, looking like the strongest wireless signal.
The mother and three children were in sync, dropping their heads and staring at their toes. They were too afraid to look into his eyes.
"Look up," Jay ordered coldly.
Four of them raised their heads in unison. Their pitiable gazes fell into Jay's eyes, and he found it both funny and annoying at the same time.
"Do you go to school to fight and quarrel?" Jay used the reversal method to guide his children.
Jenson and Baby Robbie shook their heads.
"We send you to school because we want you to learn the ability to deal with setbacks. When a classmate provokes you, you pick a fight. When a classmate insults you, you talk back. After all that's said and done, you're just a bunch of wolves who have no definite views of your own and live under other people's control. Do you want to live a life like that?"
Jens and Baby Robbie shook their heads vigorously.
"Tell me then, what will you do if you encounter similar problems in the future?"
"I'll ignore it," Baby Robbie said.
"I'll become an outstanding person and make myself stronger so flies won't come up to me," Jenson said.
Jay nodded in satisfaction. "Very good."
The theory Sir Ares used to educate the children sent Rose prostrating herself at his feet in admiration. He had solved the crux of all problems without dealing with the problems head-on.
"Go and play." Jay patted his two sons on their heads. Then, Baby Robbie and Jenson ran away immediately.
Rose held Baby Zetty's hand and was about to make her escape when Jay called out to her, "Rose!"
Rose halted in her steps helplessly and turned around, staring timidly at Jay.
"Don't teach the children if you don't know how to teach them," he said in a very serious manner.
Rose was unwilling to submit. "Sir Ares, there's an old saying that goes 'a gentleman uses his tongue but not his fists'. Was I wrong to ban Robbie from fighting?"
Jay was stupefied. "Baby Robbie is just a little boy right now and will one day become a fine young man. Do you want him to grow up into an effeminate man who only knows how to ramble on with his mouth?" Rose was rendered speechless. She had never thought so far into the future.
"I understand now!" Rose compromised.
Jay looked at the teary-eyed Baby Zetty. The child was already adorable to start with, and the tearful look on her face could melt even the hardest of hearts.
"What's wrong, Zetty?" He finally showed Baby Zetty concern for once.
Baby Zetty lifted Mommy's arm and covered her face.
She did not want to see Daddy as he did not pick up her call yesterday, and because of that, her fragile heart was hurt.
Daddy did not love her.
Jay lost the last bit of patience when he saw Baby Zetty's resistance toward him. He stood up and went upstairs to work in the study.
Rose was an attentive person. Knowing that her daughter must have been wronged today, she hugged Baby Zetty and asked gently, "Tell Mommy, were you bullied by other kids at school?"