Chapter 148: Chapter 141: Wanting to See What She Looks Like When She Cries 2
Yin Shixiu deepened the kiss, and when he saw out of the corner of his eye that the seconds on the red light had run out, he nipped her nose and whispered, "Sleep, we’ll be home soon."
Su Xiaomeng let go of him, still leaning back in her seat, eyes closed, with a slight smile on her lips, immersed in her own little sweetness.
They got home just before three o’clock.
The two nannies briefly explained the children’s situation and then went off duty.
As soon as Shuangshuang saw Yin Shixiu, she reached out her little hands to be held.
Yin Shixiu, doting on his daughter, washed his hands, and without delay, picked up his little daughter.
Su Xiaomeng, with a gloomy face, lay beside Huang Huang’s crib, seeing that Huang Huang was still sleeping...
"Hasn’t Prince Huang been sleeping a bit too much these past few days?"
Su Xiaomeng, being a new mother, couldn’t help but be a little sensitive.
Yin Shixiu, holding Shuangshuang, came to her side, glanced at the soundly sleeping Huang Huang, and checked the little one’s forehead, which felt perfectly normal.
"It’s okay, it’s normal for babies to be sleepy."
Su Xiaomeng propped her chin with her hand, still looking somewhat worried, "But it was usually Shuangshuang who was the sleepy one before..."
Huang Huang also slept, but as soon as she and Yin Shixiu made a sound, Prince Huang would wake up shortly thereafter.
"So now, with Shuangshuang being more spirited, do you have to worry about that too?"
Su Xiaomeng gave Yin Shixiu a sidelong glance, "Why worry when the baby is energetic, it’s when they’re not that you worry..."
"If you’re really unsure, grab a thermometer and take a reading."
Yin Shixiu suggested.
Even though recently he and Su Xiaomeng had been cramming on infant knowledge, buying quite a few books and flipping through them.
But theory and reality always have some discrepancies.
The two new parents couldn’t help but feel a bit insecure and doubtful.
Without much thought, Su Xiaomeng took a thermometer and checked Huang Huang’s temperature; seeing it was normal, she finally relaxed and went to prepare dinner.
Meanwhile, Prince Huang indeed slept soundly until it was time to eat.
When he woke up, it was with an earth-shattering cry.
"Ah... wa..."
Suddenly, he began to wail loudly!
The spatula in Su Xiaomeng’s hand clattered to the floor as she flung open the kitchen door and rushed to the bedroom, only to find that Yin Shixiu, who had been "working overtime" in the study, ran even faster than she did!
He bolted out of the study, flung open the bedroom door, and dashed in within a few strides.
Immediately he picked up Huang Huang from the crib.
Checking the diaper, indeed, it was wet.
So Yin Shixiu immediately changed the diaper and cleaned the little buttocks.
But he didn’t expect that, despite usually being well-behaved, after changing his diaper, the ever-peaceful Prince Huang...
Was particularly fussy today.
Still wailing loudly!
A small face covered in tears, little fists clenched tightly, two little legs curled up, crying without restraint.
The crying tore at Yin Shixiu’s heart.
Hurriedly, he held Prince Huang in his arms, kissing his forehead while soothing, "Huang Huang, don’t cry, don’t cry... Daddy’s here... Don’t cry, don’t cry..."
Su Xiaomeng came in too, her heart aching from her son’s cries.
As soon as the son cried, the daughter was unsettled, pouting and starting to whimper too...
Su Xiaomeng’s head was about to explode, quickly picking up her daughter and comforting her.
Once Shuangshuang nestled into Su Xiaomeng’s arms, her crying subsided, little hands clutching at Su Xiaomeng’s clothes, sniffling but no longer fussing.
But Prince Huang... just wouldn’t stop.
Yin Shixiu gave Su Xiaomeng a look, signaling her to take Shuangshuang to another bedroom.
Su Xiaomeng left the bedroom, but even through the door, she could hear Prince Huang’s gut-wrenching cries.
After placing Shuangshuang on the big bed in the next bedroom, she returned and took Prince Huang from Yin Shixiu’s arms to nurse him on the bed.
Seeing that after feeding, Prince Huang stopped crying.
Yin Shixiu finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Thankfully, he was just hungry.
"Oh, the pot, there’s still something cooking!" Su Xiaomeng exclaimed.
Yin Shixiu quickly ran into the kitchen, turned off the stove, and found the braised pork inside burnt...
Suddenly, he laughed, looking at the charred braised pork in the pot, softly laughing to himself for quite some time.
When Su Xiaomeng walked over holding Prince Huang and saw him laughing, she immediately poked him in the lower back, "Uncle... gone silly?"
Yin Shixiu turned, met her somewhat annoyed and puzzled face, and pulled her and their son close with an arm around her waist.
He lowered his head, looking at Huang Huang drinking milk in Xiao Meng’s arms.
Su Xiaomeng followed his gaze, suddenly her face flushed, showing a bit of embarrassment.
She gingerly moved her heel back a tiny step...
Softly murmured, "Don’t stare... it’s weird."
Yin Shixiu slightly tilted his head, kissed her at the corner of her mouth while she was bowing her head.
He remembered when the baby was born, how clumsy she was the first time she fed the baby, her anxiousness when the milk wouldn’t come, the way she frowned from the pain when the baby latched on too hard, and the joyous satisfying smile she gave him when the milk trickled down the baby’s mouth.
Su Xiaomeng didn’t expect him to suddenly kiss her, her body shrank a little, closing one eye, her charming demeanor in Yin Shixiu’s eyes was indeed the most beautiful painting in this world.
No, the most beautiful painting in the world couldn’t compare to her in the slightest.
"The red braised pork is burnt, we don’t have any meat for dinner, let’s eat out."
Yin Shixiu said.
Su Xiaomeng glanced at the burnt red braised pork, feeling a bit distressed, "Well... let’s forget eating out, it’s inconvenient with the kids, let’s just cook some noodles."
"...Aren’t you a meat lover?"
"Huang Baby is not feeling well today, I don’t have an appetite."
Yin Shixiu opened the fridge, glanced inside, and said, "How about adding two poached eggs to the noodles?"
"Okay."
"Add some ham too, is that alright?"
"Mmm."
Su Xiaomeng nodded, leaving the dinner entirely to Yin Shixiu.
After Prince Huang finished his milk, he was in a better mood. Yin Shixiu came out with two bowls of noodles, hearing him babbling "ah, ah ah..." in Xiao Meng’s arms.
Upon hearing some movement from behind, his head turned but his neck strained painfully, unable to see Yin Shixiu as he wished, leading him to anxiously screech "ah ah!" twice.
Su Xiaomeng found it amusing, seeing Yin Shixiu approaching, she said, "Huang Baby definitely wants you to hold him! He’s nearly twisted his neck off!"
"Really? Come, Dad will hold you."
Yin Shixiu slid his hands under Prince Huang’s armpits and lifted the little guy up.
"Ah ah!"
Huang Huang was thrilled, his little legs kicked twice in excitement, like he was cheering, drooling happily and giggling.
Yin Shixiu lifted him up and down twice before pulling him back into his arms, bending down to nuzzle his nose gently with the little guy’s, which made Prince Huang squeal with excitement.
After straightening his neck...
Huang Huang’s little paws clutched Yin Shixiu’s shirt, pulling it to his mouth, as if he knew he had drooled, wanting to wipe it clean.
Su Xiaomeng stood aside, feeling a tingling on behalf of Yin Shixiu.
Since the house welcomed two little treasures, Yin Shixiu’s obsessive cleanliness has been continuously challenged.
Yin Shixiu intended to change his shirt before eating, but Prince Huang wouldn’t let go, staring at him with big eyes. If he tried to pull away, the little mouth would pout...
Pull a bit, and the mouth would pout a bit, with the nose twitching as if saying, "If you pull the baby’s hand away, the baby will cry immediately."
Helplessly, Yin Shixiu endured the discomfort of drool on his shirt and had dinner.
What annoyed him was that Su Xiaomeng across the table was stifling her laughter the whole time.
For Su Xiaomeng, juggling studies and childcare made life incredibly fulfilling.
And fulfilling days always seemed to pass quickly.
The world had already passed the beginning of autumn, but Beijing’s real autumn only slowly arrived at the start of October.
The temperature dropped twice consecutively, settling at a mildly cool yet still comfortable level.
With the autumn wind blowing, it turned the plane trees along the asphalt road in A University’s campus yellow.
Leaves covered the ground.
It was noon, Su Xiaomeng and her new friend, a classmate named Dandan, just finished lunch and were getting ready to return to class.
"Rustle..."
Leaves fell like swirling snowflakes from above Su Xiaomeng’s head, carrying airborne dust.
Su Xiaomeng paused, closed her eyes, waiting for someone to finish scattering the leaves before reopening her eyes.
Taking a deep breath, she ignored it and took large strides forward, holding her classmate’s hand.
"Xiao Meng... did you somehow offend senior Bai Shunyuan? This is like the sixth or seventh time already..."
Dandan whispered, quickening her pace alongside Su Xiaomeng.
Behind them, Bai Shunyuan’s footsteps followed them ghost-like, silent yet somehow louder, sending chills down their spines.
"Little short legs, you run pretty fast, don’t hide as soon as you see me! Are you that scared of me?"
Bai Shunyuan raised his eyebrows and snorted at Su Xiaomeng.
Dandan stole a glance at Su Xiaomeng and quietly advised, "Xiao Meng, maybe you should talk to senior properly?"
Su Xiaomeng’s steps halted.
Bai Shunyuan curled his lips, slowly circled in front of them with a handful of leaves, and threw them at Su Xiaomeng’s face.
"Puff puff puff!"
Su Xiaomeng blew off the dust and said to Dandan, "You go back to class first."
Dandan nodded, sneaking another look at Bai Shunyuan, feeling both scared and a bit excited as she walked past him.
Su Xiaomeng looked up at Bai Shunyuan, "How long are you planning to mess with me?"
"Until I get bored."
"How do you get bored?"
"Well... there’s no fixed answer to that."
"Bai Shunyuan, I’ve never met anyone as childish as you! If you’re not making my life difficult, you’re throwing leaves on my head every day!"
"I would like to throw stones, actually."
Su Xiaomeng took a deep breath; don’t argue with the lunatic, argue with the lunatic, and you truly lose!
"Fine, if you think this isn’t childish and boring, then go ahead, okay!"
With that said, she angrily circumvented him.
What kind of weirdo is Bai Shunyuan, really? Damn it...
If he really did something excessive, she could confidently ask Yin Shixiu to support her.
But instead, he just teased her daily, making her eat dust and get dirt all over her head and face before just walking away.