Chapter 144 Nian Nian's Summer Trip

If there is one habit Jiang Duan developed when sleeping with Nian Nian, it is to take a nap after breakfast.

Just then, the two of them who had taken a nap until ten o'clock were half-carried and half-jumped out of bed by Shi Guilin.

"Wake up, wake up." Shi Guilin shouted and suddenly sighed, "It will be so difficult to correct my biological clock after this summer vacation."

The more he thought about it, the sadder he felt. His mind even dug up the time when Nian Nian fell asleep in her food bowl in kindergarten because she was too sleepy. "What should I do now?"

After sighing, Jiang Duan rubbed his sleepy eyes and struggled to half sit up, while Nian Nian didn't even move his eyelids.

But because he was sleeping with his arms around Jiang Duan, as soon as Jiang Duan moved, he would sway back and forth beside Jiang Duan like a sloth clinging to a swaying branch.

"Are you that sleepy?" Shi Guilin couldn't bear to look at his sleeping posture. He slapped his butt and commented, "You've really become a little piglet."

"Hmph." Nian Nian kicked her legs feeling a tingling sensation on her butt, pulled back her hand that was tightly holding Jiang Duan's arm, and grabbed the fabric at the corner of the pillow.

By then, Jiang Duan, standing by, had regained consciousness, his eyes clear. He reached out to cover Nian Nian's buttocks, acting like he was protecting his brother's bottom, and said solemnly, "Uncle Shi, don't hit Nian Nian."

Shi Guilin felt powerless. "Then why don't you wake Nian Nian up? After that, you two can go to the bathroom and get a small towel to wipe your faces. I'll bring you a cup of warm water to moisten your throat."

"Um."

Jiang Duan has always been obedient, so Shi Guilin didn't suspect anything and immediately became a hands-off boss, turning around to pour them some water.

At the head of the bed, Nian Nian fell into sleep unconsciously, her face rosy and pale, like the delicious red apple in Snow White's hand.

"Niannian? Niannian? It's getting late, get up quickly, Niannian?" Jiang Duan gently put his hands on his shoulders, trying to wake him up with such a small force.

"Um... I'm about to wake up..." Nian Nian frowned pitifully and spoke unclearly.

Jiang Duan looked at his sleeping face, thought for a few seconds, then lifted his legs and got out of bed. He put on his slippers, went to the bathroom, wet a small towel, and wiped his face. After wiping his face, he rubbed the towel under running water and hung it back up.

After doing all this, he did not leave the bathroom, but scanned the shelf again, took down the small light yellow bee towel that Nian Nian usually used to wash, repeated the previous steps to wet it, wrung it out until no water dripped, and then returned to the bed with the half-wet towel.

"Nian Nian, show your face."

"Huh?" The lazy baby on the bed was still confused.

"Turn your face toward me." Jiang Duan was very patient.

"Hmm...wait a minute, Nian Nian." A ball in the quilt struggled to raise half of its body, facing Jiang Duan.

The towel soaked in water was placed on Nian Nian's face without any notice and wiped again and again.

Jiang Duan felt the little body under his palm shudder.

He paused in wiping his face: "Is it cold?"

His face was wet, and his skin felt cool. He woke up naturally without shouting. Having just emerged from sleep, his mind was still sluggish, and his reaction was slow and dull: "It's not cold."

"Okay." Jiang Duan felt relieved and wiped his face carefully. "Get out of bed and put on your slippers. Wait for me to put the towels away, and then we'll go downstairs."

"Yeah. Nian Nian will wait for you obediently."

When Jiang Duan returned to the children's room, Nian Nian was holding the warm water that Shi Guilin brought over and sipping it intermittently.

Seeing Jiang Duan, whom he had been waiting for, come back, his eyes lit up, and he took two trots, holding up the glass of water with both hands, "Brother Duan, drink."

Jiang Duan always had strong execution ability when it came to Nian Nian's requests. He didn't hesitate for a moment and took a sip directly from the cup.

Shi Guilin looked at him and wondered if he was thirsty at all. But whether he was thirsty or not probably didn't matter. Regardless, if Nian Nian handed it to him, Jiang Duan would probably drink it without hesitation.

"If you don't want to drink it, give it to me." He walked over to the two of them, took the cup from Jiang Duan's hand, and motioned for them to follow him downstairs. At the end, he added a few more words, "You spoil Nian Nian even more than I do. If you keep going like this, he'll be spoiled to death."

Nian Nian was confused: "Papa, Nian Nian can't go to heaven, Nian Nian must stay on the ground."

Jiang Duan, always indifferent, replied calmly, "I'm not used to it."

"Okay, okay." Shi Guilin didn't want to argue with them about this somewhat complicated topic for children. "You two are arguing with each other and blocking my way out. This way of getting along is a matter of one willing to fight and the other willing to be beaten. I can't do anything about it."

Nian Nian was even more confused: "Papa, Nian Nian didn't hit Brother Duan."

"I didn't say you hit anyone, my stupid baby." Shi Guilin was impressed by Nian Nian's train of thought and curiosity.

However, in Nian Nian's eyes, Shi Guilin was saying inexplicable things that people couldn't understand. Not only had he been telling riddles, but now he was being called stupid. He pouted and sulked, not saying a word.

Jiang Duan noticed his expression was off, so he took his hand and quietly shook it back. Feeling comforted by her brother Duan, Nian Nian's mood brightened again.

Walking all the way to the living room on the first floor, Shi Guilin asked them to sit on the sofa. He sat down on the small sofa opposite them, sitting upright and speaking in a serious tone: "Niannian, Dad has something to inform you."

Nian Nian was infected by this and became more serious. She put on a stern expression on her face and acted like a little adult: "Papa said."

"I received a call last night. The time to join the team has been set. Dad has to leave home to work in three days." Shi Guilin was frank. Even though Nian Nian was young, he did not ignore Nian Nian's wishes and did not hide anything.

Nian Nian was speechless for a moment when she heard this, with an expression of uncontrollable disappointment on her face. After a while, he asked sullenly, "So, how long will it take for Nian Nian to see Papa again after this job?"

Shi Guilin suddenly lost his voice and was at a loss for words. The reason for his speechlessness wasn't the ridiculously long filming schedule, but rather a sudden realization: perhaps he had neglected Nian Nian too much over the past few years due to work.

At an age when his children needed his company the most, he was constantly busy with work. Was he completely incompetent? He asked himself this in his heart.

"This time... this time the production period isn't long," Shi Guilin stammered, "only half a month, and it's a guest role."

"Oh, okay, Nian Nian understands." He said dejectedly.

Shi Guilin felt that he was extraordinary today. At this moment, in this situation, he couldn't bear to see Nian Nian feel even a little bit lost.

So, impulsively, he blurted out, "Nian Nian, are you willing to go out to work with Dad?"