"Whoosh...whoosh...whoosh..."

I hate the sound of cannons.

The baby tearfully accused Shen Yulou, grabbing his clothes to wipe his tears.

Shen Yulou held the baby and curled up in the corner of the cloud bed, trying to minimize the distance and space to increase the child's sense of security.

“Dad hates this sound too. Let’s go find the culprit who set off the firecrackers.”

"How about dads and kids team up and beat up these bad guys?"

He spoke softly to the little boy, patting him on the back to calm him down.

The sound of laser cannons outside had not stopped, and was now mixed with the shouts of soldiers and the roar of mechs.

Such a chaotic scene makes people feel even more confused and frightened.

The baby gradually calmed down in his father's warm embrace, leaving only soft sobs and his chest rising and falling with each breath.

"Our An'an is the bravest, isn't she?"

Hearing his father's gentle voice, the little boy sobbed twice and then nodded.

After listening to the sudden explosions for a while, the nerves in my brain gradually get used to them.

The chubby baby wiped away his tears with his hands, then wiped his nose with his father's clothes, making his whole face look like a little kitten, and several snot bubbles popped.

"Beep beep, beep beep..."

The little boy called out "Daddy" in a soft voice, which softened Shen Yulou's heart.

"Dad's here? What's wrong?"

The little boy stared at his father with his big, teary eyes, rambling on about the scenes of setting off firecrackers during the Chinese New Year.

"Yay! No, waaaaah! Awooo!"

During the Lunar New Year, Mr. Shen and Mr. Chi would also set off firecrackers.

They said that every year bad dogs would come to steal the baby, so they would scare the bad dogs away with firecrackers.

Nian Beast: Me? Bad dog?

"Bang, bang."

But the fathers would cover their babies' ears before setting off the firecrackers. The fathers' hands were warm, so the babies weren't scared.

The children covered their ears with their hands, imitating how their fathers covered their ears, and showed this to Shen Yulou.

"Yes, cover the ears. Daddy is covering the baby's ears now too."

I was holding this baby with both hands and couldn't free my hands to cover it, so I'm changing my position to free my hands.

Shen Yulou knelt down and let the baby nestle in his arms, covering the baby's little hands with both hands to cover his ears.

"Are you feeling better, sweetie?"

He gently tilted his head and pressed his face against the baby's hot, crying face, trying to cool him down.

It looks like steam is coming out of this kid's head.

No! No.

Dad was scared too, he covered his ears, he covered his own ears.

The little boy shook his head. Seeing that Shen Yulou didn't seem to understand him, the big hand continued to press against his little hand and covered his little ears without moving at all.

The baby simply took his little hands off his ears and lunged forward, frantically trying to cover his father's ears.

The baby helped his dad cover up, so the dad wasn't afraid.

It's okay, it's okay, it's alright.

The baby's hands were not even as big as Shen Yulou's ears, and he could only try his best to spread out his five chubby fingers to cover his father's entire ear.

When setting off firecrackers during the Lunar New Year, Chi's father would cover Shen's father's ears, and Shen's father would cover the little one's ears.

The little guy blinked his thick eyelashes, stared at his father's mouth as if wanting a kiss, and spun around twice on his toes.

The little one also wanted to reach out and cover Chi's father's ears, but his arms were too short to reach them. Would Chi's father be scared?

The little one is afraid that Daddy Chi will be afraid too.

Chi's father said he wasn't afraid of the sound of the cannon, but the little one still wanted to cover his father's ears.

Dad said that when the baby grows up and his hands get longer, he'll be able to touch him.

But the little one doesn't want to grow up.

Can a baby's hands only grow and not grow any bigger?

"That's weird, silly boy."

"How can it only have hands?"

Shen Yulou leaned over and pressed his forehead against the baby's forehead. The baby obediently closed his eyes, feeling his father's warmth.

The two cuddled together for an unknown amount of time before the chaotic sounds outside gradually subsided and the explosions slowly disappeared.