“Of course they’re warm, they were just born,” Li Qingming said to the children, who were quite amusing in their own way.

Xia Xiaoli frowned slightly, feeling both amused and exasperated. The children said it was fine, and Li Qingming said the same thing, as if the children were freshly cooked food.

Shen Qiaoyue approached and looked at the child. She noticed that the child was chubby, unlike other babies who were wrinkled, pale, and thin when they were first born. Looking at Zaozao, who was only two days old, she was already so radiant. It was truly rare.

"Xiaoli, you're so pretty and delicate from such a young age. You'll definitely be just as beautiful and lovely as me when you grow up."

After hearing Shen Qiaoyue's praise, Jiang Jinyao leaned closer to take a look and said, "She's really beautiful. This child is so pretty, just like Xiaoli."

The daughter was praised, and the mother was also praised. She happily said, "All the children are good-looking, like Da Nian and Xiao Nian, and Xiang Xiang. All the children in the family compound are very good-looking."

"Xiaoli, you're getting better and better at talking!" Shen Qiaoyue looked at Xia Xiaoli, her words becoming increasingly smooth.

Xia Xiaoli smiled.

"The point is, just like my sister-in-law, you gave birth to your baby in less than an hour after entering the delivery room. I really envy you."

Shen Qiaoyue said to Xia Xiaoli with envy.

This child is practically here to repay a debt of gratitude. "The important thing is, your child is so big, yet it was born in less than an hour. When I was in the delivery room, I was in excruciating pain."

The more she talked, the more resentful Shen Qiaoyue felt.

Jiang Jinyao said she was also envious, recalling how painful it was for them when they gave birth, and how they wished they could give birth as soon as possible.

“Xiaoli walks around all day to work, like she’s exercising, and she’s often covered in sweat. She says it helps with childbirth.” Li Qingming doesn’t think this is something to envy.

He saw how hard his wife was working, even while heavily pregnant. He tried to persuade her to wait until after giving birth before returning to work, but Xia Xiaoli refused no matter what.

Even though it hadn't been an hour since Xia Xiaoli entered the delivery room, Li Qingming was in agony, trembling with nervousness.

Listening to Li Qingming's words, Xia Xiaoli realized that all the suffering she had endured was worthwhile.

Their eyes met, and Xia Xiaoli and Li Qingming's eyes overflowed with love.

When Shen Qiaoyue and Jiang Jinyao saw this scene, they smiled at each other, a couple who never stopped showing their affection.

They chatted for a few minutes, then left with the children.

Xia Xiaoli must be exhausted after giving birth. With so many people visiting them during the day, she definitely needs to rest well.

"Brother Qingming, I want to see the child?" Xia Xiaoli reached out to hug her daughter.

Li Qingming pulled the child closer and said to Xia Xiaoli, "No rush, there will be plenty of time to hold him later. You need to rest now and don't move."

"I just want to see our daughter." Xia Xiaoli said, looking at her daughter with eyes full of love.

Looking at his sleeping daughter, Li Qingming said, "Our daughter is so quiet. She must be worried about you. You were just as quiet in the womb. Now that you've suffered so much to give birth to her early, she's still so quiet."

"Don't talk nonsense. Zaozao is just sleepy, not quiet." Xia Xiaoli didn't like hearing these words.

"Yes, you're right." Li Qingming put the baby in the crib to the side, sat down next to Xia Xiaoli, hugged her and said, "Xiaoli, thank you so much."

Xia Xiaoli leaned on Li Qingming's shoulder.

"Brother Qingming, I should be thanking you. You made me realize that even after I got married, I can still be loved and protected so well." Since Xia Xiaoli married Li Qingming, he has always kept his promise to take care of her and love her.

In fact, among the older generation of parents, marriage is possible even without love.

Xia Xiaoli married Li Qingming without love; they came together by chance.

After marriage, the affection gradually transformed from familial love into romantic love.

Marriage means becoming a family; kinship develops first, and then love blossoms over time.

"Xiaoli, because you are wonderful, you deserve to be loved." In Li Qingming's heart, Xia Xiaoli was a wonderful girl, and he cherished her with all his heart because he liked her.

“At first, I married you out of a sense of responsibility, but things changed later. I became possessive of you and wanted you by my side all the time. But that made you unhappy and miserable. I kept telling myself that I had to learn to understand you.”

“When I see you at work, you have a happy smile and look very confident. When you talk to Lu He on the phone or write letters, you can talk about anything, about work, and you might complain, but more than anything, you learn from each other and share experiences.”

"You have no idea, I've started to envy Lu He. She's someone you think about all the time."

Li Qingming understood what Xia Xiaoli wanted, and chose to support and protect her.

In addition, my mother said that for a family to be happy, it must cherish its daughter-in-law.

Having witnessed his mother's miserable life from a young age, being treated like a slave by his father and taking care of his father's children from his previous marriage, Li Qingming did not want Xia Xiaoli to experience the same hardships as his mother. So he began to strive to become a better person, learning to be tolerant and to love and protect.

“You want me to write to you too? Then I’ll write to you when I’m discharged from the hospital,” Xia Xiaoli said happily, looking up at Li Qingming.

When Li Qingming looked down and met Xia Xiaoli's eyes.

"Xiaoli, I don't want you to write a letter. I want to hear you say something, that's what I want most." Li Qingming's eyes were very sincere.

Xia Xiaoli was stunned for a moment, then understood what Li Qingming meant.

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