Chapter 200 - Chen Xiaos Birthday (1/2)

The sun shone brightly into a spacious living room, where two kids could be seen scribbling on their notebooks. On the far right of the room, Susu was humming and slicing up fruits for Anna and her little brother, Chen Xiao. While she was fully concentrated on placing fruits on an empty platter, her kids were sneaking glances at each other, secretly.

Chen Xiao slipped a note across the table when Susu had her back towards them. Reading the note, Anna nodded with an instantly curved smile. Both of them turned their heads towards the kitchen and slowly, swapped the notebooks in their hands.

Anna was in fifth grade and her brother was in third grade. Although they were at a young age, they've won recognition in their grades for their intelligence in specific subjects. Anna had won a golden metal for her scientific creation on the last science fair project. She represented the school and entered a national contest, obtaining second place.

The prize she received was a huge contribution towards the science resources the school could now use, for laboratories and further studies. As for Chen Xiao, he was widely popular in school for his talented art.

Currently, the sibling pair were facing an extremely difficult problem; their homework! Though Anna was a genius when it comes to science, her art skills were worse than a kindergartener's family portrait. Meanwhile, Chen Xiao was the complete opposite of her. He was excellent in art, but terrible at science.

Just now, Chen Xiao asked her if she wanted to trade homework. This was not the first time they've assisted each other in homework assignments. They knew each other's skills and handwriting, making it easier to trick the teacher's eyes.

Smiling, they scribbled on each other's notebooks as if they comprehended the instructions before reading it. Within fifteen minutes, they completed their assignments through team effort. When Susu brought fruits and snacks to them, she saw how quick they worked.

She took a look at their homework with a frozen smile on her face. Sighing, she placed the notebooks down and tapped her fingers on the paper surface.”You two did it again, didn't you?”

Blinking innocently, the sibling pair looked at her with no guilt. She crossed her arms and stared at them. ”You know, we've had this talk before. You two shouldn't trade homework once you come across a difficult one. Assignments are meant to improve your skills in particular areas. If you don't practice, you'll never get better at it.”

Anna smiled. ”Mom, we do improve when we trade our works. We've gotten better in teamwork. Who told us to inherit only one parent's genes? Chen Xiao got your artistic skills. I have dad's scientific skill. We're helping each other out. I'm decent at drawing things related to science and not other things.”

”Well, then you can master other things by drawing it more. I mean, how hard is it to draw a chair?” Susu moved the notebook closer to Anna, hoping she would attempt to draw a chair.

Staring at the empty page in front of her, Anna picked up the pencil and scribbled. Seconds later, three pencil strokes formed a stick chair. Raising her left brow at the stick chair on the page, Susu laughed. ”Anna, all you have to do is add some details to it. Here, like this..”

She took the pencil out of Anna's hand and scribbled on top of the sketch she drew. Another minute passed and the stick sketch from earlier was gone - replaced by a detailed chair. Looking at the chair that was vividly recognizable, Anna smiled. ”Thanks, mom. I'm done with the last part of my assignment!”

Suddenly, Susu felt outsmarted by her daughter. Rubbing her forehead, she reviewed Chen Xiao's answers and closed the book. ”Let's wait for your father to come home and check it. Science is out of my knowledge.”

Under the table, the siblings gave each other a fist bump and low-key high-five for their successful plan. Later that night, Chen Mu came home with bags of groceries in his arms. After settling everything on the kitchen counter, he walked over to give his kids a peck on the forehead.