Reborn as an Alpha and Still Wanting to Engage in Lesbian Relationships - Chapter 26.1

Cub Diaries had quietly progressed from late autumn last year to the beginning of summer, and Jiang Man, who had transitioned from a guest to a permanent member, was almost two months into the show.

Viewers watched the babbling infants learn to speak and walk one by one, saw them being affectionate, angry, throwing tantrums, and making up. They even witnessed Fang Jin and Mu Qian hold a belated first-year birthday party for their child under the watchful eyes of internet aunties everywhere.

In mid-May, Cub Diaries quietly released a set of before-and-after photos of the cubs on the official starnet platform.

[Boqiao Falls Cow: ?! What does this mean? Please don’t let it be what I think it is, I’m begging you!]

[Manman My Cub: Don’t end, don’t end! I want to watch Manman and the others for a lifetime, wuwu!]

[Boqiao Isn’t Mint Toothpaste: No way, seriously. I haven’t seen Manman and Qingzai grab their birthday items yet! Don’t end it, ah!]

[Qingmei Candy is the Sweetest: Our Cub-Watching F4 must stay together forever!]

The set of comparison photos of the four cubs had the entire starnet in tears, but in reality, the four little ones were standing on a lush green lawn, gathered around the chef sister, watching the skewers in her hands sizzle over the fire, drooling uncontrollably.

The skewers of meat, threaded onto iron sticks, sizzled and glistened with oil over the charcoal fire. The chef expertly controlled the heat, flipping and brushing them with seasoning, their aroma wafting far and wide.

To celebrate the cubs’ first time making Manman cry and then reconciling, at Xu Nuo’s suggestion, the four families of Cub Diaries gathered on a night just before the sweltering summer arrived, when the cicadas in the trees had only just begun to chirp sporadically, for a highly anticipated summer evening BBQ on the lawn!

After months of eating baby food, Jiang Man’s taste buds had become as bland as plain water!

Watching the fragrant, glistening barbecue skewers, the cub’s amber honey-colored eyes turned green with envy, following the chef sister’s every move intently.

Finally, under the cubs’ watchful eyes, the first batch of skewers was ready!

The eager cub watched as the delicious skewers were lifted from the grill by the sister, instinctively rising on her tiptoes and reaching out her hands to receive them.

The chef holding the skewers looked down and saw Manman’s sparkling eyes, filled with longing. She struggled to resist but ultimately hardened her heart and closed her eyes.

Yet, despite the cub’s earnest gesture to receive the skewers, the chef sister cruelly ignored her.

The cub couldn’t help but widen her eyes in shock as she watched the skewers being taken and distributed among the mothers and aunties.

What?

Jiang Man stared at the empty plate, her whole body frozen in place, her wide eyes filled with shock and reproach fixed intently on her happily eating mother.

Such fragrant skewers really, really not one for Manman? QAQ

Jiang Man’s eyes welled up as she stared at Jiang Feng, hoping to soften her mother’s heart, just like when she secretly let her taste the Boqiao ice cream.

But Jiang Feng was too busy enjoying her food to pay any attention to the cub’s plea.

When her pleading gaze failed, the kind chef sister brought four small plates of blanched, peeled shrimp and handed them to the four cubs to satisfy their cravings.

Jiang Man held her plate, breathing in the tantalizing aroma of the barbecue, and angrily stuffed the shrimp into her mouth, convincing herself that she was eating the same delicious, sizzling barbecue as her mother!

Turning her head, Jiang Man felt a bit more balanced seeing her three little companions just like her, using the aroma of barbecue to make their shrimp more appetizing.

With the little ones’ efforts, the small plate of shrimp was finally finished just before the second batch of barbecue skewers were ready.

Popping the last shrimp into her mouth and chewing vigorously, Jiang Man glanced at the skewers, swallowed the shrimp with satisfaction, but her stomach was still not full. So, she picked up her plate and went to the chef sister to ask for more meat.

“!”

As soon as Jiang Man approached the chef sister, she saw the very same sister who had just sternly refused her, gently blowing on two glistening, oil-drenched skewers before placing them on the plates of Fang Jin and Mu Qian!

But Jiang Man narrowed her eyes and noticed something different about these two skewers compared to the previous batch.

The seasoning sprinkled on them was much, much lighter. Aside from being glossy with oil, they leaned more toward the original flavor.

Little Boss Man Man happily squinted her eyes, shaking her head and swaying: Hmph, so the little ones get special barbecue skewers!

Immediately, Man Man held up her empty plate, raising it toward the chef sister.

“Skewers!” Jiang Man stood on tiptoe, straining to lift the plate. “Sister, skewers!”

The chef sister, who had just been considerately distributing skewers to Fang Jin and the others, straightened up the moment she saw Man Man, her eyes fixed intently on the skewers she was flipping.

The little one grew tired from standing on tiptoe and obediently lowered the plate, her chubby face filled with confusion. “Sister?”

Under the little one’s round, unwavering gaze, the chef’s flipping movements grew somewhat stiff.

But remembering the boss’s instructions, the chef could only stiffen her neck and try hard not to look at the child.

Yet, resisting those watery, pleading eyes was a challenge for anyone!

Jiang Man thought the chef sister was too focused to hear her.

After a moment’s thought, the little one took a step forward with her plate, freeing one hand to tug at the chef sister’s clothes, raising the plate high. “Sister, I wanna eat skewers too!”

Looking down, the chef met the adorable little one’s gaze.

Unable to escape, the chef closed her eyes in despair.

Her hands unconsciously stopped moving. Facing the child’s hopeful eyes and recalling the boss’s warning, the chef felt her heart ache, her mind racing frantically.

After struggling to find the right words, the chef averted her gaze from the child’s teary eyes and forced out the difficult reply: “Um, Manzai is still a baby, so you can’t eat these yet.”

“!”

The sternly rejected little one widened her eyes in disbelief.

Jiang Man turned to look at Fang Jin and Mu Qian, who were eating with greasy faces, as if she had found solid evidence. Pointing at them, she exclaimed, “Why! Why can they eat? They’re babies too!”

“Man Man is a big person!”

Eyes wide and round, the determined little one pulled her two skewer-munching companions over, standing between them and straining on tiptoe to prove to the refusing chef sister: “Man Man is a big person too, not a baby!”

In her quest for barbecue skewers, the little one wobbled unsteadily on her tiptoes, her round body swaying like a little plump goose from a distance.

Despite Jiang Man’s best efforts, the chef sister remained resolute, rejecting the skewer-craving child.

After circling the chef sister for a long time, Jiang Man finally confirmed: the chef sister was a heartless woman.

“Wah!”

The little one’s round eyes drooped into pitiful puppy-dog eyes, making the young chef’s heart ache with guilt and torment.

Seeing that the chef sister was resolute and wouldn’t share any skewers with her, the little one turned around with her plate and dashed toward the group of adults.

“Skewers! Skewers!”

Holding her empty plate, the little one circled around the adults, begging for meat.

But the aunties who usually indulged her every whim now pretended not to see or hear her, “coldly” filtering her out.

Even Aunt Wen Yu, who usually cooked delicious treats for the little one, didn’t even glance down at her this time!

Weaving through the tantalizing aroma of grilled meat but unable to get a single bite, Jiang Man grew so anxious she kept spinning around.

Finally, Liu Ying couldn’t hold back any longer and broke into laughter, picking up the pitiful little one.

Having a servant bring over a light meal suitable for a child, Liu Ying blew on it to cool it down and brought the spoon to the little one’s lips: “Man Man is still a little kid and can’t eat such greasy food. Wait until you’re older to eat it, okay?”

Channeling her frustration into appetite, the little one fiercely gobbled down the spoonful of steamed egg, mumbling indistinctly: “But, Xixi and them are babies too! Why can they eat meat?”

Turning her head to look at Fang Jin, who was happily eating, Jiang Man felt extremely, extremely jealous!

Swallowing the steamed egg angrily, the puffed-up little one fiercely took another spoonful of egg custard her mother offered.

The little one, puffed up like a pufferfish, was utterly adorable, making people unable to resist reaching out to ruffle her.

A hand pinched the little one’s cheeks, and the puffed-up pufferfish deflated with a soft “pfft.”

“Ahem.” Noticing his wife’s reproachful gaze, the culprit, Chairman Jiang, nonchalantly withdrew his mischievous hand. “Because they’re one-year-old big babies now, so they can eat it. When Man Man turns one, you can eat it too!”

Hearing this, the little one quickly forgot about her mischievous mother’s earlier action, her eyes sparkling as she looked at her mother: “Weally?!”

“Weally, weally!” Chairman Jiang, whose mental age didn’t exceed three in front of her daughter, nodded very seriously.

After hearing her mother’s words, the little one looked up at her mom for confirmation.

Liu Ying looked at her little foodie and smiled, nodding.

Wow, once I turn one, I can eat grilled meat.

With her mothers’ promise, the little one couldn’t help but cup her face, her eyes sparkling and smiling as she began to imagine herself eating skewers heartily.

The more she thought about it, the more her mouth itched.

Turning her head, she saw the faces of two “traitor” friends who had secretly turned one, all greasy from eating.

Temporarily unable to eat due to her age, Jiang Man turned her head away indignantly.

Darn it, when will I turn one? Can time please speed up and go faster?

Ugh! So impatient!

So impatient to grow up and eat grilled skewers!

With the anxious wish to grow up quickly, the little one ate her child-friendly meal until she was full, then reluctantly fell asleep amid the aroma of skewers.

Perhaps because she thought about it all day, she dreamed about it at night, the skewers she couldn’t eat in real life, Jiang Man ate to her heart’s content in her dream!

In Dreamland, the overly full little one patted her round belly contentedly and leaned back in her chair to rest.

After a while, the little one suddenly felt an itch on her head and couldn’t resist scratching it.

What met her touch wasn’t hair but something soft, warm, and her hand felt a bit uncomfortable too.

Jiang Man opened her eyes in confusion and looked at her hand, only to see that it had turned into a little pig’s trotter!

“!”

The little one jolted awake from a nightmare, springing up from the bed like a tiny coil, her heart pounding loudly in her chest.

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