An elderly woman, pale-faced, lay on the hospital bed. When she saw Li Chu approaching, she said thank you to him in a hoarse voice.

"Alright, ma'am, the old man already said it outside, so you don't need to say it again. Here, stretch out your hand, let me see it."

After taking the pulse of the elderly woman, Li Chu turned to Yi Zhonghai and said, "Uncle, it's alright. The woman is fine. It's normal for her to be a little weak after giving birth. She can take care of herself when we get back."

Then he said to the people in the ward, "Dear aunties and sisters-in-law, this auntie needs to rest now. You can wait until they go back before you see her."

When the old lady heard Li Chu say this, she stood up with her cane and said, "Yes, Chu is right. Let his aunt rest well. You can visit them at home after they are discharged from the hospital." After saying that, the old lady slowly walked out with her cane.

Everyone in the room greeted the older woman and started to leave. As Ding Qiunan left, she kept turning back to look at the baby on the bed.

The group exchanged a few more words at the door of the ward, and then left in twos and threes.

He Yushui and the old man stayed here tonight. Li Chu gave the old man the brown sugar he brought so that he could make water for the old woman, and then he left with his wife.

Yi Zhonghai watched Li Chu's departing figure without saying a word. He had already said thank you as much as he needed to. Li Chu had done a great favor for the Yi family, and it couldn't be thanked enough with just a few words of thanks. This kindness had to be remembered.

On the way back, Ding Qiunan chattered on about the baby she had just seen. Li Chu looked at her with a smile: "Envious?"

Ding Qiunan nodded: "That baby looks so cute."

"Don't envy others, we will have our own babies too."

After hearing Li Chu's words, Ding Qiunan skipped and hopped ahead like a little girl.

Back home, Li Chu let Xiao Hei out of the house, which had been locked up all day, and the two of them sat on the sofa to rest.

Suddenly, Miss Ding asked, "Li Chu, didn't Xu Damao say he was getting married in the twelfth lunar month? It's already the New Year, why hasn't anything happened yet?"

"I don't know, I heard that something came up and it was postponed again."

"And what about He Yuzhu?" the girl asked again.

"Ha, after that incident, his reputation is ruined. Who would dare to introduce him to someone now?"

The girl laughed and said, "I've heard a lot of people call him Silly Pillar, and it really is a fitting nickname."

After resting for a while, Li Chu got up and went to the kitchen to knead some dough. They would have noodles for dinner.

After finishing their meal, the two went for a walk to digest their food. When they returned, Li Chu went to the bathroom to boil water; he needed a shower after a long day.

To Li Chu's surprise, Ding Qiunan took the initiative to pull him to wash together today.

Afterwards, Li Chu leaned against the end of the kang (a heated brick bed), holding the girl who had completely collapsed in his arms, his eyes fixed on the side where the two of them usually slept.

Li Chu was truly surprised. He looked down at the girl in his arms. His wife was slowly evolving. He wondered what skills she might evolve into in the future.

She was now blushing deeply, burying her face in Li Chu's arms, too ashamed to look at her man.

With no other option, Li Chu had to carry his wife out of bed and prepare to tidy up the bed, otherwise they wouldn't be able to sleep that night.

Knowing that Li Chu couldn't easily make the bed with one hand, after he stood up, Xiao Ding wrapped her arms around his neck and buried her head in Li Chu's shoulder, clinging to him like a koala, refusing to look at him.

Li Chu chuckled and patted his wife again, freeing his hands. He rolled up the mattress and sheets from the bed and took them to another bedroom. He then brought over the mattress and sheets from that bedroom's bed; they were a bit small, but they would do for now.

After making the bed, Li Chu wanted to put his wife down so she could lie down first, and then he went downstairs to clean the bathroom. However, the girl still wouldn't get down; she just shook her head and didn't say anything. Sensing that Li Chu was about to put her down, she hugged him even tighter.

With no other option, Li Chu carried his wife downstairs again, poured a basin of hot water, and managed to clean them up. Fortunately, both stoves in the house were burning, so it wasn't cold; otherwise, Ding Qiunan would have caught a cold.

With the girl hanging there, he busied himself downstairs for a while before finally returning to the bedroom.

To get into bed, Li Chu picked the girl up horizontally and carried her to the bed, then covered her with a blanket, burying her head in the blanket.

After a while, a muffled voice came from under the covers: "Li Chu, do you think I'm sick?"

"She's not sick," Li Chu continued to reassure his wife.

"But...but I didn't do that with you before." The girl still didn't believe it.

Li Chu had no choice but to patiently explain to her for a long time, which gradually dispelled the girl's doubts, and she finally peeked out.

The girl pouted and looked at Li Chu, saying, "You're not allowed to laugh at me."

"I wasn't laughing at you, why would I laugh at you?"

The girl then asked, "Will I do this again in the future?"

Li Chu thought for a moment and said, "It's nothing."

Ding Qiunan clenched her small fist and punched his chest angrily, saying, "It's all your fault, it's all your fault, it's all your fault."

"Okay, okay, it's all my fault. It's all my fault. I'm the one who ruined my wife's life." Li Chu didn't stop her; he just kept coaxing his wife.

Finally, Ding Qiunan was calmed down. The girl climbed on top of him, rested her head on his chest, and said, "Li Chu, you are so good to me."

This made Li Chu laugh, and he tightened his grip on her arm: "Silly wife, isn't it normal for me to be so good to you?"

The girl looked up at him, rested her chin on his chest, and said earnestly, "I will treat you even better in the future, and I will have many babies for you."

"Okay, have several babies for me in the future."

"What if you get a baby and then you stop being nice to me?" Ding Qiunan asked again.

“How could that be? Haven’t you heard people say that true love lies between husband and wife, and children are just an accident?” Li Chu blurted out.

This made Ding Qiunan laugh out loud: "What nonsense are you talking about?" The girl patted Li Chu with her hand.