Xu Wan added the man's number to Xiao Xiao's list of contact numbers, and then gave Xiao Xiao's number to Jiang Tingzhou.

After finishing all these things, Xu Wan instructed, "Xiaoxiao will go to sleep around nine o'clock. I'll send you a message when I'm putting her to sleep, and you can call me back."

"Okay," the man replied.

Xiaoxiao is young, and according to experts, she should sleep no less than 10 hours a day.

But children have a lot of energy and want to play until midnight every night. Even when it's midnight, they often don't feel sleepy at all.

Tonight will be the same.

After dinner, Xu Wan took Xiang Xiaoxiao for a walk along the riverside pedestrian street. Around 8:40 pm, as the sun set, the pedestrian street gradually became more crowded.

This street is one of the more lively places in the north of the city, and many live streamers come here to broadcast live in the evening.

It was only April, and the sun was setting and the temperature was still quite low, yet many male and female live streamers, wearing short skirts or showing off their abs, would set up their phones and start dancing by the river.

As soon as they arrived, the parents took their children and left on their own.

Although live streaming has now completely permeated every aspect of life, parents still don't want their children to know about it too early.

Xu Wan also took Xiao Xiao home.

After entering the house, Xu Wan carried Xiao Xiao to take a bath.

The two had agreed to go to bed after taking a shower, but after they finished showering, Xiaoxiao started to act spoiled while still in her pajamas.

"Mommy...can I watch another episode of cartoons?" Xiaoxiao tilted her head back, raised both hands, and stretched her eyes wide with her fingers, saying earnestly, "Look, I'm not sleepy at all. Can I watch for just half an hour?"

Xu Wan knew the kids would pull this stunt.

She picked up the smartwatch the child had taken off, then picked the child up again and whispered, "Be a good girl and come to sleep with me. I have a little bedtime gift for you."

When Xiaoxiao saw the children's watch Xu Wan was holding, her eyes suddenly lit up, and she wrapped her two chubby little arms around Xu Wan's neck. "Mommy, can I call Daddy now?"

Do you go to bed on time or not?

"Sleep!"

The child nodded like a chick pecking at rice, his voice full of joy, and his eyes brimming with barely concealed laughter.

Xu Wan carried Xiao Xiao to the sink and supervised her brushing her teeth.

During this time, she sent a message to Jiang Tingzhou, asking him to call Xiaoxiao in five minutes.

After brushing her teeth, Xiaoxiao obediently lay down on the bed.

This was the first time she had ever cooperated so well while sleeping.

After lying down in bed, the child began to examine his watch and discovered a new phone number for "Dad" in his contacts, which made him beam with joy.

Her fingers rubbed the watch face, her eyes sparkling as she asked Xu Wan, "Mommy, when will Daddy call me?"

As soon as she finished speaking, the icon for "Dad is calling" appeared on the screen of her watch.

Before the phone even rang, Xiaoxiao had already answered it and called out in her sweet, childlike voice, "Daddy!"

Jiang Tingzhou didn't expect Xiaoxiao to answer the phone so quickly. He cleared his throat before asking, "Xiaoxiao, is it time to go to sleep?"

The sound from the children's smartwatch is played through the speaker.

You can hear a man talking even late at night.

Xiao Xiao looked at Xu Wan with excited eyes and said excitedly on the phone, "Yes, I was very good today. I've already brushed my teeth and am lying in bed ready to sleep."

"Hmm, very good." the man praised.

When Xiaoxiao was praised, her little nose almost popped up in the air with pride. "I've always been very well-behaved. Not only does my mom praise me, but even my teacher praises me."

"Yes, yes, yes, except for sleeping, she is very well-behaved in everything else."

Xu Wan showed no mercy in exposing her daughter's true colors.

Xiao Xiao stuck her tongue out at her, "Because I'm not sleepy!"

"Not sleepy? Who is it that can't be woken up even after calling three times in the morning?" Xu Wan pinched her daughter's chubby cheeks and teased her with a smile, "Little lazy cat."

This was the first time Jiang Tingzhou had spoken with Xiaoxiao and Xu Wan before going to sleep.

Listening to the conversation between the mother and daughter, I felt a real sense of belonging to this family for the first time.

He also actively participated, saying, "How about this, from Monday to Thursday, I will call you every night at nine o'clock whenever I have time, on the condition that you go to bed obediently before nine-thirty every day and don't make Mom worry about this, okay?"