The little one sobbed twice, and its curled-up posture lessened.

"Uh-huh?"

Really? Was it given to Chi's father by Shen's father?

Feeling uncomfortable with tears and sadness on his face, the little one moved to the side and curled up again.

"Still unhappy?"

"What should we do, sweetheart? How can we make you happy?"

Chi Yuan closed the lid of the Gu jar and focused intently on coaxing the little one.

"Um."

The little guy shook his head and lay in Chi Yuan's palm, turning into a water worm.

Ugly, little one, so ugly.

I won't be happy anymore, my little one will never be happy.

Seeing that his son was completely unresponsive, Chi Yuan didn't know what to do.

"Shall we go find Daddy Shen? Let him comfort you."

"Daddy knows what our little one is thinking, and he'll definitely make our precious baby happy."

Chi Yuan turned around and left the house with the cub, searching for Shen Yulou's whereabouts.

Fortunately, Shen Yulou hadn't gone far; after wandering around the forest path for a few moments, they found him.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Yulou was digging weeds with a small hoe when he got tired and looked up to see Chi Yuan's figure.

"Weren't you supposed to be researching innovation? How did you end up here?"

"The baby is crying. I don't know why he suddenly started crying, and I can't soothe him."

When the baby was placed in Shen Yulou's hands, the little guy turned into a rosy-cheeked tomato baby.

Tears welled up in my eyes, and my nose was stuffy.

"Come tell Daddy, why are you crying?"

Chi Yuan stretched out his sleeve to wipe the little one's tears and snot, and the little guy snuggled into Shen Yulou's arms.

"Ah! Oh dear!"

The baby is ugly, the baby is ugly.

The little boy slapped his face with his chubby little hands in frustration.

"No way, how is the baby ugly? The baby is so cute."

"Who said the baby is ugly? Daddy will go and beat him up."

Shen Yulou gently lifted the little guy in his arms and coaxed him, hugging his chubby little body tightly and kissing him several times.

He shifted his weight backward and landed hard on the muddy grass behind him.

"Okay, stop crying, stop crying. You little crybaby are going to turn into a little kitten."

The little one pouted and continued speaking with a wronged expression.

"Tap tap! Smack!"

"Awoo awoo!"

The black jar, there are bugs in Chi's father's black jar, the bugs are ugly, lots of ugly bugs.

The worm has many teeth, and when those teeth are scared, they can "roar" and eat the baby, and then eat everyone.

"And then? The little one is scared, right?"

"Don't worry, the worms won't eat the babies, they wouldn't dare."

Listening to Shen Yulou's words of comforting the child, Chi Yuan also held the baby's two little hands and shook them.

"Yes, how could fathers let their babies get eaten by bugs? No, no, they wouldn't."

Chi Yuan shook his head as he spoke.

"Da da ya..."

But Chi's father said that the baby is just like them.

The little guy still covered his mouth with a wronged look, as if a small dark cloud was pouring rain over the cute baby's head.

"Whoosh..."

The adorable baby took two deep breaths and then tugged at Shen Yulou's clothes.

So, so the baby is ugly too... ugly waaaaaah...

The little guy opened his mouth and started crying again as he was thinking, but before he could finish speaking, his face scrunched up.

"You told the baby that he's as ugly as your venomous insects?"

Shen Yulou grabbed Chi Yuan's ear and glared at him angrily.

Chi Yuan immediately panicked and raised both hands to show his innocence.

"No, no, absolutely not. How could I say that about my baby? My darling isn't ugly at all."

“I was just telling my son that he is just a worm, just like those Gu worms.”

Shen Yulou's fierce gaze then softened into a gentle one.

"Did you hear that, sweetie? Daddy Chi didn't say you're ugly. Daddy Chi was just telling you that you're just like those bugs, you're just a bug too."

He stroked the baby's hair, kissed the baby's soft, fragrant face, and then took the baby out of his arms.

I thought I had already calmed the little guy down, but it turns out he has an unexpected sensitivity to things he cares about a lot.

"Abu! Abu!"

But all those bugs are equally ugly. Are there any pretty bugs? Why can't I see any, little one?

Shen Yulou touched his nose.

This worm is a bit ugly, huh?

But he quickly came up with a solution.

"No, the little one only looked at the black jar."

"Dad Chi's other black jars have pretty bugs, right?"

He blinked wildly at Chi Yuan, then patted his thigh.

"Yes, yes, there are beautiful insects."

Chi Yuan nodded hurriedly.

"There must be some pretty ones among so many insects."

"And does Zai Zai know? Daddy Shen originally intended to give Zai Zai to Daddy Chi to eat."

“Dad Chi never eats ugly bugs.”

"So how could our good baby be ugly? Daddy Chi likes to eat pretty insects, so our baby will be very pretty and cute."

The little one blinked his watery eyes and sobbed, realizing that what his father said made sense.

The sadness no longer lingers in my round belly.

Seeing that the little one had been calmed down, the couple finally breathed a sigh of relief.

Parents need to be skilled in all sorts of tricks, and also in some sophisticated flattery.

"Da da!"

Where are those beautiful insects?

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