Chapter 26

When Chu Yue returned from buying food, she saw Ji Mingfei sitting on the rocking bed, munching on a steamed bun given to her by the pregnant woman next door. She quickly went over, set up the table on the bed, and took out a steaming bowl of soup noodles.

Ji Mingfei swallowed the dry bun, choking and hiccuping, and said regretfully, "I forgot to tell you, if you don't have egg noodles, any other noodles will do. I just want a bowl of hot soup... Did you run home and make it right away?"

Chu Yue handed her the chopsticks and explained, "I just passed by the baby observation room and got so engrossed in looking around that I forgot the time. I'm so sorry!"

Ji Mingfei's eyes lit up, and she hurriedly asked, "You saw her? I want to go too!"

"I'll push you over there after you finish eating." Chu Yue had just seen several mothers in wheelchairs taking care of their children.

Upon hearing that he could visit the child, Ji Mingfei happily finished his noodles and gulped down the soup. He then wiped his mouth and sat on the bed waiting for Chu Yue to push the wheelchair.

The baby observation room is a huge glass room, and you can see the white light from a distance.

Chu Yue pushed Ji Mingfei to the window, bent down and asked her, "Which one is it?"

Ji Mingfei looked at each child one by one, and hesitantly pointed to one of them and said, "...It should be that one."

"Should? Didn't you already see it?"

"I only glanced at them before taking them away. They all look almost the same, and I can't find them anymore..." Ji Mingfei's voice trailed off.

This was the first time Chu Yue had ever heard of a mother not recognizing her child. She craned her neck to look again, poked at the glass, and said to Ji Mingfei, "I think that one looks like your child."

The head nurse, standing behind the two clueless mothers, finally couldn't take it anymore and said, "Do you need to see the baby? Come with me."

Ji Mingfei looked up and exchanged a glance with Chu Yue. They hadn't expected to be able to go inside. One excitedly patted the wheelchair, while the other quickly pushed it to catch up.

The head nurse had them change into disposable isolation gowns, checked the baby's number, and led them to the crib.

Most of the babies were asleep, except for the little one in the crib the head nurse pointed out to them, who was staring with big, dark eyes and blowing bubbles with his pink little tongue.

Chu Yue's expression changed slightly, and she exclaimed in surprise while gripping the crib, "So it was you, Bubble Fish!"

"Shh!" the head nurse reminded them to keep their voices down, saying in a low voice, "Visits are only allowed for five minutes, so don't disturb the other children."

Ji Mingfei looked up and asked Chu Yue, "What bubble fish?"

"She was staring at me the whole time, which is why I was delayed from buying food." The blame was easily shifted to the only one who couldn't speak.

The little one frowned and whimpered, her eyelids opening and closing as if she were rolling her eyes at Chu Yue.

Chu Yue asked, both surprised and nervous, "Could she understand what we're saying?"

"How could that be? You must have disturbed her sleep." Ji Mingfei gently patted the child's blanket, then looked at the two cribs on either side. They were both fast asleep, except for her little one who was wide awake.

Standing behind Ji Mingfei, Chu Yue secretly winked at the child and asked, "Have you named the child yet?"

"Ah, I forgot!" Ji Mingfei suddenly became anxious. "Let me think!"

My knowledge of Chinese language and literature, which I had acquired over twenty years ago, has inexplicably vanished, and I can't even utter a single pleasant-sounding word for half a day.

Ji Mingfei suddenly had a flash of inspiration, "She...was born in June, so let's call her June!"

"...This is way too casual!"

"It's her fault for showing up without saying hello... She's born casually, so of course I can call her casually too! It's settled then, she'll be called Ji Liuyue." Ji Mingfei made the decision decisively.

Chu Yue felt sorry for the child for a second and chimed in, "The love a mother gives is universally appreciated."

Five minutes passed quickly, and the head nurse came over to urge them, saying, "Visiting time is over! After the doctor who will be doing the physical exam tomorrow comes and finishes the examination, you can take her home to see her every day."

Ji Mingfei reluctantly left the observation room, lingering outside the window for a long time before finally departing.

The next morning, Chu Yue went with the baby for the check-up. Holding the examination report, she stood curiously by the bed, watching the young female doctor knead the baby's little arms and legs like dough.

When June grabbed the doctor's finger and was lifted completely off the bed, Chu Yue's heart jumped into her throat, and the examination report in her hand was crumpled.

…You can play it like this?!

Seeing June, who was neither crying nor making a fuss, Chu Yue was filled with anxiety while trying to convince herself that the doctor was a professional.

"The baby is very healthy and doesn't need to stay in the observation room anymore." The doctor wrote a bunch of unreadable words on the examination form and then let Chu Yue take the baby away.

The mother and daughter stayed in the ward together for two days, and Ji Mingfei's health was fine, so she was finally able to be discharged and go home.

Chu Yue and Ji Mingfei discussed where they would spend the next month in postpartum care. Considering the baby was too young, they decided to wait until the baby was at least a month old before returning to Tianyuan.

As for the comfortable postpartum care center, because there have been many births recently, the room they cancelled has already been given to someone else. The postpartum care center is fully booked and there are no vacancies, so they have to go home to recover.

All preparations have fallen through, and we've returned to square one.

Ji Mingfei's bedroom was too small to fit a crib. Chu Yue suggested going to her house, which would be more convenient for taking care of her and the baby.

Ji Mingfei was now powerless to change his fate and could only follow orders. Chu Yue went to move the crib with great joy, but encountered a technical problem.

The assembled crib was two inches wider than the doorway, and it was stuck and couldn't be pulled out. She called the baby store, and they suggested she disassemble the crib before moving it.

For the rest of the day, Chu Yue did nothing but disassemble, move, and reassemble the bed. After finally finishing, when she finally put it in use, she discovered the crib wouldn't rock.

Chu Yue carefully lifted June onto the crib as if she were holding a bomb, leaned against the railing and tried to reason with her, saying, "This crib was supposed to move, but it's malfunctioning now. I've been checking for two hours but haven't found the problem, but it doesn't affect its use. We'll get a rocking crib, just hang in there for now, and I'll buy you a better one when we get back to Tianyuan, okay!"

No sooner had she finished speaking than June spat out a mouthful of fresh milk foam.

"..."

Chu Yue quickly grabbed a tissue to wipe her mouth, muttering, "I know you don't like it, but don't spit up the milk! You've been struggling to eat for so long!"

When Ji Mingfei came back from the toilet, she saw that the baby had vomited again. She said, "I didn't pat her back after feeding. I was in a hurry to go to the toilet, so I put her on the bed first."

Chu Yue sat on the edge of the bed, looking dejected, and said, "She doesn't like her new bed, she was so angry she threw up!"

“It was fine that she slept in the bed with me last night. It was easy to check if there was any noise in the middle of the night. If you put her so far away, I have to get up to check on her. You should move the bed. It's taking up space here.”

"..."

Chu Yue moved the bed to the living room and leaned against the sofa with a sense of despair. So what was she busy with all day for?

After the mother and daughter took over the bedroom, Chu Yue began a nomadic life, running around the house like a guerrilla.

The crib was a bit of a waste to have in the bedroom, but Chu Yue found it very convenient to use during the day to let June sunbathe. She could lie on the sofa and play on her phone, then hook her feet around the crib and rock it manually, which was very effective.

A low-decibel humming sound first came from the crib, then suddenly soared from the low register to a high-pitched and resonant soprano.

Alarms sounded!

Waaaaaahh ...

Chu Yue threw down her phone and sped off at top speed to the crib to check the "malfunction".

"Let me see if it's leaking or if it pooped?" Chu Yue lifted the blanket, and a strong smell of milk wafted out.

Despite having experienced it many times before, the impact of this thing remains undiminished. If you collected all the stench from June, packaged it up, and delivered it to the office of the person in charge of the project who owed you money, they probably wouldn't last ten minutes before they had to sell everything they owned to cover the debt.

This is truly a groundbreaking and innovative debt collection method!

Chu Yue picked up a new diaper and put it in her mouth, humming a little tune as she changed the old one, skillfully putting it on her.

Speaking of which, June's crying is quite something! High-pitched, small in stature, and incredibly penetrating. Taking her along to collect debts would be a noise attack, at least more civilized than Chou Chou's.

Another brilliant innovation in debt collection!

"Since I started taking care of the kids, my rigid thinking has broadened!"

Chu Yue made a clicking "da da da" sound to tease June, and she immediately quieted down after her bottom felt comfortable.

Ji Mingfei emerged from the bedroom, disheveled and unkempt, and lazily asked, "What do you want to eat this afternoon?"

Ji Mingfei now eats five meals a day, including breakfast, lunch, and dinner, as well as snacks in the afternoon and before bed. Meals with soup start with huge bowls, and dry meals are served in large, elaborate bowls. He's visibly gained weight.

"How about pie and pork rib noodles?"

"Oh, okay." Ji Mingfei nodded and went back to lie down.

Before this, Chu Yue had never known that meat pies and steamed buns could be paired with noodles. Everything was ready-made; she could just heat it up and eat. Pregnant women don't get hungry easily and couldn't wait even a minute longer to eat.

As Chu Yue gradually got the hang of things, she was able to handle things in an orderly manner. For example, this pot of pork ribs was stewed last night.

Chu Yue had gotten used to watching Ji Mingfei eat rice from the pot. She said that serving it bowl by bowl was too troublesome, so she might as well just eat it directly from the pot, which would save her from washing a bowl.

Chu Yue, who doesn't mind putting an extra bowl in the dishwasher, said she accepts it unconditionally.

On the day of Xiao Liuyue's one-month celebration, Chu Yue bought her a big cake and took many photos.

Finally able to take a shower, Ji Mingfei was so excited he wanted to wash his skin off. He came out of the bathroom feeling refreshed and looked at himself in the mirror for more than ten minutes.

Chu Yue was walking around the living room with her child in her arms when she said, "We can go back after we finish our check-up at the hospital today. We can't sell your house since we're still living there. Why don't you stay at my place for now?"

Having gradually gotten used to being told what to do, Ji Mingfei agreed without hesitation, "Okay!"

"I'll buy afternoon tickets and call Deng Jie later to ask him to pick us up at the airport. Is there anything else you need to prepare?"

"I have too much stuff in June, I'll send it by courier before I leave."

Chu Yue looked at all the things in the room. Although she could buy more when she got back, many of them were things that June had gotten used to, and buying them one by one would be too much trouble.

"Then pack up what you urgently need, and buy the rest when you get back."

After clearly defining their tasks, the two packed up and took the afternoon flight back to Tianyuan City on time.

The assistant who was there to pick them up saw the family of three looking quite stylish as they came out of the exit from afar.

Alpha is dressed in an expensive summer limited edition outfit, wearing large sunglasses, pushing a pink suitcase covered in children's stickers with one hand, and holding an adorable baby in the other.

The omega was dressed in a pale yellow dress and carried a small bag, traveling light. Only the baby bottle in her hand barely connected her to the alpha and the child in front of her.