Shen Yuan: "..."
Shen Yuan's scalp prickled under his mom's beaming gaze. He quickly tried to cover up his unease. "Huh? What's there to report? I was just doing homework."
He pushed Zhang Yuyan toward the dining room as he spoke, trying to force a change of subject. "Come on, Mom! Let's eat, let's eat! I'm starving."
At the dinner table, Old Shen held his bowl and just smiled, but Zhang Yuyan wasn't about to let her son off the hook. "Don't give me that! I just saw you grinning like an idiot at your phone. You were smiling from ear to ear."
"Hey! It was nothing, really! You're not supposed to talk while you eat!"
Shen Yuan declared this righteously, but the tips of his ears were burning red.
He wolfed down his food, dropped his bowl, and bolted for the study. "Mom! I'm going to do my homework! I still have a few more worksheets to finish!"
Back at his desk, Shen Yuan didn't start on the problems right away.
