Tech Dominator Starts with Raising Kids

Chapter 608: The "Unlucky Kid" Candy

Candy, who had snapped back to reality, was dumbfounded.

Despite all her precautions, she hadn’t expected her brother to come upstairs at this time.

Every night at this time, isn’t her brother usually watching the news?

Candy looked down at the thick wad of money in her hand, too thick for her small, delicate hand to hold. Of course, that wasn’t the main point.

The main point was that her brother appeared too suddenly, silently, and now her little stash had been discovered. The pressing problem now was that there was nowhere to hide.

For a moment, Candy felt aggrieved.

She merely wanted to see her little money stash to feel more cheerful.

Unexpectedly, when she tried to take the Little Golden Pig from under the bed, she didn’t hold onto it well, and it fell to the ground and broke.

No time to feel pained over Little Golden Pig. She wasn’t even halfway through counting before her brother arrived.

Looking at his little sister with her teary, pitiful eyes, Mo Jingchun laughed heartily, carefree and joyful.

"Whoa, you’ve got quite the vault! I don’t have this much cash myself," Mo Jingchun said truthfully. He really didn’t have this much cash, though he did have many gold bars.

"Want to continue counting?"

The little one stayed rooted to the spot, her tears rolling within her eyes, on the verge of falling. Mo Jingchun feigned surprise and said:

"What’s with you? Count away! I’m not taking any of yours."

Upon hearing this, Candy stopped crying, looking at her brother with some suspicion.

Already delighted inwardly, Mo Jingchun spoke again: "Why don’t you see if this is right? There must be a little over ten thousand here, right? Shall I go get the banknote counter from the study room?"

Hehe, the amusement in teasing his sister was just that. The more his sister felt stung, the happier he felt as her brother.

Evidently, Candy couldn’t leave the hefty sum and went downstairs to fetch the banknote counter.

Defiantly, Candy raised her neck, puffing her cheeks, and said, "Counting money is easy-peasy for me."

"Oh?" Mo Jingchun’s eyes shone brightly as he immediately took out his phone, opened the online shopping app, and searched for a piggy bank.

"Come, come, choose one you like. Once you get the count right, your brother will gift you a piggy bank; and hey, there are Little Golden Pig models too."

Suspiciously, Candy glanced at her brother. Honestly, she was tempted because she didn’t want to dip into the little vault’s money.

But her brother’s full-faced grin sure made him look like a big old swindler, didn’t it?

"Don’t want it? Well, okay then."

As he spoke, Mo Jingchun acted like he was about to retract the phone. This was known as enticing restraint! It was all about psychological warfare. But ultimately, Mo Jingchun was just seeking some fun; he indeed wouldn’t touch Candy’s little vault.

Mess with the little vault, and Mo Jingchun could guarantee that from then on, the little one would be wary of him for everything, and unwilling to share secrets with him as her brother. That’s definitely not something he wanted to see.

This is also increasingly evident among more 90s-born parents—different from the older generation. After all, how could one let their kids go through what they themselves experienced in childhood?

"I want it!" Candy hurriedly tried to grab the phone, but her hands were holding a bundle of money, leaving her stuck with a dilemma.

Seeing the enticing restraint taking effect, Mo Jingchun cheerfully said: "No rush, no rush, you count first, then I’ll go get the banknote counter, and once you get the count right, there’ll be a reward."

Candy thought about it—it made sense—so she nodded and said: "Alright, it’s a deal."

At this moment, Candy already regarded the new piggy bank as something in her bag. Humph, her brother surely didn’t know she had mastered addition and subtraction clear and well.

Full of confidence, Candy wasn’t shy about counting right in front of her brother.

"One hundred, two hundred, three hundred..." Candy was counting, and Mo Jingchun also chimed in along.

Lacking any experience with such tricks, Candy paid no mind to this, thinking her brother was just cautious.

"Six hundred, eight hundred, nine hundred, one thousand..." Mo Jingchun’s mouth was already slightly curling upwards.

"One thousand one?" Suddenly, Candy furrowed her brows and stopped.

Sensitive to numbers, Candy’s little brain felt something wasn’t quite right.

Under Mo Jingchun’s startled gaze, Candy started counting from the beginning again, her little eyes full of vigilance.

What Mo Jingchun found difficult to accept was, this little girl had gotten clever—she wouldn’t count out loud, doing it all silently.

Unwilling to give up, Mo Jingchun even attempted to count out loud in an effort to disrupt the little one’s focus.

The moment Mo Jingchun deliberately made an error in counting, Candy looked up with a disdainful glare, sporting a proud smile.

That look seemed to say, "Haha, stupid brother, I knew you were a big swindler."

The plan failed, and Mo Jingchun looked regretful, while the disdainful glance from Candy was directly ignored by him.

The same trick wouldn’t work on Candy, and unable to think of any good ideas, Mo Jingchun could only give up.

"Zero, have White bring the banknote counter from my study upstairs."

"Okay, boss."

White didn’t make Mo Jingchun wait long, merely five minutes or so, as White waddled over, big, adorable eyes blinking continuously, watching Candy count the money.

After a long while, Candy finished counting the big notes and started tallying the loose change.

Compared to counting the big notes, the difficulty in counting the loose change instantly increased by two hearts.

One was simple number counting; the other required constant addition calculations.

Nevertheless, this still couldn’t stump Candy.

Just one piggy bank full of money—Mo Jingchun couldn’t care less. His intent was simply to test Candy’s grasp of math using this method.

Presently, Candy’s CPU was running at full throttle, and Mo Jingchun could bet that if he interrupted now, Candy might very well have to start over.

After all, CPU resources are limited and can’t multitask issues.

Sitting cross-legged on the rug, Mo Jingchun rested his chin on his hand, smiling while watching Candy, never foolishly interrupting her. Interrupting at this moment wasn’t funny at all—in fact, it would be disrespectful to her achievements.

Before they knew it, Candy finished counting the last coin.

"Twelve thousand one plus seven hundred fifty-two and a dime, totaling... twelve thousand, eight hundred fifty-two dollars and a dime!"

"Brother, I’m done counting," Candy exclaimed, deeply exhaling.

"Hmm~ Then let’s verify it using the banknote counter."

Compared to Candy counting money, the banknote counter was naturally much faster.

The banknotes rustled within the machine, while Candy clenched her fists, nervously fixing her eyes on the digital readout.

After ten seconds or so, Candy excitedly shouted, "Yay! The count of the hundreds is correct."

Next would be the fifties, twenties, and tens, etc.

Full of self-confidence, Candy’s smile froze when the banknote counter let out a beeping sound.

Regularly visiting the finance department, Candy was quite familiar with this sound—it was for detecting counterfeit money.

It was a fake fifty-dollar bill.

Honestly, Mo Jingchun was a bit taken aback too.