"Where have I seen your mother before? You little brat, you're scaring me again."

"Believe it or not."

"Look, you're unhappy again, aren't you? Don't be like this, kid. I've told you many times that you age quickly."

"When do you go to bed?"

"Sleep, sleep, sleep, sleep right now. But, do you want a glass of milk before bed? Strawberry-flavored milk, Dad bought it for you with his own money."

When these words were spoken, Caius was stunned at first and said he was talking nonsense.

Li Yao: “…”

He slowly turned his head, the expression on his face was hard to describe, "Private...rent money?" What the hell is this?

"Oh, it just sounds fun. Actually, it's some extra money I make. It's not much, but I use it as pocket money." Caius looked away from him without saying a word, not even giving him a chance to ask more questions. He picked him up and walked away. "I'll take you to your room and get you some milk."

After much fussing, Caius finally slept with the child in his arms.

In this regard, Li Yao and Li Qiao slept together only a few times. Because they were of the same gender, sleeping with Caius didn't feel that unnatural to him, but...

The man in front of me, when he sleeps... he is not honest, he squeezes people, and he even grabs the quilt.

It's so annoying.

Caius slept for a long time, but Li Yao still had his eyes open, staring at the ceiling, not feeling sleepy.

At this moment, he deeply regretted why he had to stay here to sleep. He could have his own bed and his own space, and no one would squeeze him.

"You didn't do this on purpose?" Deliberately squeeze him? Why didn't you do this before?

No one answered.

The room returned to silence. After a while, there was a sound again. It was very soft, but in the quiet room, it was surprisingly clear.

"You're a good dad."

"Thank you."

After saying that, he slowly closed his eyes.

Children's bodies fall asleep very quickly. They close their eyes one second and fall asleep the next. So he has no idea that after he falls asleep, the person next to him who has been squeezing him is looking at him with clear eyes and a smile.

If I hadn't pretended to be asleep, I would have missed it.

It turns out that in this kid's heart, he is a good father.

Well, that’s true. He himself thinks he is a good father, but the feeling is different. He is recognized, a little surprised, a little satisfied, anyway, very happy.

"You are also a good boy..."

There was only a small night light on in the dim room. The man tucked in the corner of the quilt for the child beside him and couldn't help but smile, "I should thank you too."

…

“Chichichichi…”

“Chirp, chirp…”

"Eh? What is this? Do you feed snakes?"

When the children were in school, sometimes Li Qiao was off duty and Caius didn't go out either, so most of the time, it was just the two of them at home.

Caius is different now than he was at the beginning. You know, at the beginning, as soon as he walked in, Li Qiao would look at him with a look that he couldn't understand, and he didn't hide it at all.

Anyway, he knew that the look was not a good one.

Now...

He can come in at any time, no one will give him any attention. Well, not at any time, but he can come in under normal circumstances.

After all, he is the chef of the family, an important member and an indispensable part.

Ahem, I've strayed off topic. Let's get back to the point. "This thing looks pretty good, and it's furry."

He squatted in front of a cage and poked the small creature inside with his fingers.

It was a chick, probably brought back by Li Qiao. Its soft yellow hair had not yet turned into hard feathers. It was scared and ran away when he poked it.

Li Qiao came out of the kitchen and slapped him in annoyance, "Don't move, they are very timid. If they scare them to death, will you compensate me?"

Caius scratched his head, stood up, and slowly moved to Li Qiao's side, gently bumping her shoulder with his shoulder. "Hey, I say, you want to keep them?" Why keep chickens when you already have snakes at home? Isn't it weird?

In fact, he always thought that Li Qiao only liked hairless animals, otherwise why there were no cats and dogs at home, only hissing snakes.

Of course, there is nothing wrong with snakes. There are only two of them in the house, and one of them was a gift from him.

"I won't keep one. It will bark when it grows up. It's not suitable for us to keep one here. I don't want to receive complaints from the neighbors every day."

"So..." What did you bring this back for? To eat?

As if remembering something, Li Qiao couldn't help laughing. "You may not believe this, but I set a trap. The boss was also very interesting. He put a cage of chicks in it."

"Did you go out to play?" Caius asked cautiously, looking at her with a resentful look in his eyes.

"Yeah, we went out to play. What's wrong? What does that expression mean? Are you upset that I didn't take you with me?"

"Not really..." Caius shook his head quickly, but the next second, he suddenly looked up and stared at her, "Then... why don't you take me with you?" Is there anyone he can't see?

"Two girls are going out together, why are you, a grown man, following them?" Li Qiao glanced at him, walked around him, sat on the sofa, and poured himself a glass of water.

"girl?"

Caius leaned forward again, feeling oddly better, "Did you go with Xu Ling?"

"No, it's the new secretary in my company. She's young, cheerful and outgoing. She's said several times that she wants to invite me to go out and play with her." Where did she think they were going? Those noble, elegant and fancy places? To be honest, she didn't like going there.

Unexpectedly, the girl actually took her to the amusement park, where she had a lot of fun.

Speaking of this, Li Qiao glanced sideways, his eyes teasing, "You don't know anything, because you haven't been to work for a long time."

Caius chuckled twice, patted his chest and promised, "When you need me, I will definitely do my best to help you."

"You think you have no choice but to do it? Come on, if I hadn't seen that you were really useful at times, I would have fired you long ago." Li Qiao shook his head helplessly. He knew what kind of person he was and there was nothing much to say.

You know what, Caius is really capable. Before the New Year, when things were busy, he went to work, actually to help her and helped her get several big deals.

If it weren't for this, Li Qiao wouldn't be so tolerant of him. "Let me tell you, few bosses can tolerate employees who work three days a week and rest two days a week like this."

Caius wasn't annoyed at all. He was just that kind of person, he couldn't stand living within a set of rules for too long. He smiled and said, "Yeah, I know everything. This isn't a backdoor deal."

"Your mouth is really..."

"What is it?"

He even put his face close to hers, showing no shyness at all. He was very thick-skinned. However, as soon as Li Qiao raised her hand, he immediately became obedient, sitting upright and smiling ingratiatingly.

If you have something to say, just say it nicely. Don't hit him. If you can hit him, just don't hit him in the face.

"Come here, I have something to tell you."