Chapter 72

Xu Yirou was awakened by the aroma of food; her stomach was the first to wake up, rumbling loudly.

The little girl's eyelids fluttered, her long, curled eyelashes trembled, and her expression carried the bewilderment of a newborn child.

Qiao Wen, who was by the bedside, leaned down and smiled slightly: "Rou Rou, the food has just been delivered. Are you still dizzy?"

Xu Yirou rolled her eyes and turned her head to the side: "Mom."

The baby's tender, lotus-root-like arms stretched out from under the blanket, its fair face glowing with a healthy pink hue, its expression full of affection: "Sweetie wants a hug."

Qiao Wen caught her with a smile, and Xu Yi's soft, white face pressed against her chest: "Mom, I'm not dizzy anymore, but I'm so hungry. I feel like I could eat ten hamburgers and a whole cow."

"Mom will take you to get a hamburger after you're discharged from the hospital." A reassuring vibration came from Qiao Wen's chest. "Let's eat first, okay?"

"When can I be discharged from the hospital?" Xu Yirou asked anxiously. "I don't feel uncomfortable anymore."

"Soon, if the fever doesn't break today, you can be discharged first thing tomorrow morning."

Xu Yirou was a little disappointed to hear that she wouldn't be discharged today, but tomorrow wasn't far away.

She gently patted her head and said to herself, "Be a good girl and wait to be discharged from the hospital, no rush."

How could there be such an obedient child? Qiao Wen felt an indescribable tenderness welling up in her heart, as if the world had become brighter.

After lying in bed all morning, Xu Yirou's buttocks ached, but she insisted on getting out of bed and walking around. Qiao Wen saw that her fever had indeed subsided, so she didn't stop her.

The mother and daughter walked out of the room hand in hand, and as soon as the door opened, the dark camera immediately turned its lens.

Xu Yirou was not frightened at all, her eyes crinkling as she said, "Uncle Chen, I'm here."

The little girl's hair was a bit messy from sleeping, but her face was delicate and cute enough to give her a natural, unadorned charm.

【Ahhh, my chubby little baby, mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah mwah!】

Fans were overjoyed, thinking they wouldn't see Rou Rou today. While expressing their excitement in the live chat, they also expressed their concern for her health.

The photographer understood what the audience cared about, so he asked, "Meatball, are you feeling better?"

"Much better now." Xu Yirou repeated exactly what she had just said to Qiao Wen.

I took my medicine in the morning and went to bed. The doctor came to check my temperature every two hours. The fever has completely subsided and shouldn't rebound, so I should be fine.

Having just recovered from a serious illness, Xu Yirou had an unprecedentedly good appetite. She finished a bowl of black rice porridge with a small spoon, drank all the chicken soup, and even ate a few pieces of green vegetables.

Looking at the little girl's fragrant rice, everyone felt extremely satisfied.

He Nianzhu arrived late, having finally gotten a good night's sleep, and the faint deathly aura around her was gone.

The next day, Xu Yirou was discharged from the hospital as usual. To celebrate her discharge, He Nianzhu went home and brought Meimei and Yangyang to wait for her at the hospital entrance.

The two little ones wore lace hats on their heads and new dresses made by Xu Niancheng. Their distinctive oval faces were adorned with two patches of peach-pink blush. To prevent their paws from burning their feet on the ground, He Nianzhu went to great lengths, risking flying kicks, to put little shoes on them.

The whole process was chaotic, with everyone jumping around, and it was all captured by the camera. The shady production team added the music of Pigsy carrying his wife, making the scene quite cheerful and comical.

The filter of his former image as a top idol has shattered, and he has embarked on a one-way journey as a comedic man, gaining fans at a speed that is like a harvesting machine.

Many haters even switched sides and became fans, and the number of nitpicking comments in the live stream decreased significantly.

The comedy director has already taken the script to the agent, Wen Tao.

Wen Tao, holding a stack of comedy scripts: ...He's definitely not a comedian!

Mei Meiyang wore a pair of black sunglasses on her high, straight nose, looking cool and cute, with a sweet and spicy cool girl vibe.

Her own mother, Hsu Yi-jou, was completely captivated and covered her mouth in surprise and screamed!

They ran over excitedly, shouting, "Ahhh, what brings you all here?"

"Mommy, give me a hug~"

The baby alpaca, barely tall enough to stand, tiptoed and gave them a big bear hug: "Did you miss Mommy?"

Meimei Yangyang: "Waaaaah~"

Xu Yirou: "Mommy misses you all too."

[Haha, baby, you're still a baby yourself and you're already a mom!]

[I saw that Xia Chuan from next door has returned to Beijing. Maybe we can run into him. Qin Yu and Li Ranran have already collaborated, so how about a four-person guest collaboration this time!]

It's only been a day since I went home, but it feels like I've been gone for ages. The living room has been carefully decorated, with festive colorful balloons and ribbons hanging on the walls and ceiling, giving it the feel of a newlywed's home.

A six-tiered fruitcake sat on the crystal table, adorned with flowers and candles.

The moment Xu Yirou entered the room, her chubby little body trembled, and she blurted out, "Wow, it's Chinese New Year!"

Bubble followed the others around, then clapped like a seal: "Wow, so beautiful! You adults are really something!"

“Grandma, your discharge from the hospital is a much bigger event than the Lunar New Year, so we must make sure to give it the fullest sense of ceremony.”

He Nianzhu, holding Xu Yirou's hand, exuded an aura of 'Look, this is the empire I have conquered for you,' and asked with a smile, 'How is it? Do you like it?'

"I love it! I absolutely love it!"

No cub doesn't love surprises. Seeing that the little girl's happiness seemed genuine, He Nianzhu instantly felt that all the cleaning and decorating she had done that morning was well worth it.

Xu Yirou climbed onto the chair, her mouth watering at the sweet aroma of the cake on the table.

Her little nose twitched, her face filled with delight, and she danced with joy, pointing to the little dolls decorating the cake and saying:

"This is a cake made by Xiaobao, and the little girl drawn on it is me."

This time, Xu Niancheng specially sought out her sister-in-law Jiang Yan to learn how to make a cake that was very different from before. Unexpectedly, Xu Yirou still recognized it at a glance.

Xu Niancheng, who was watching the live stream from her hotel room, was deeply moved. Her mother was indeed on the same wavelength as her.

The family was happily eating cake when Xu Yirou's Little Genius smartwatch on her wrist started beeping.

A cute animated avatar pops up on the small screen.

"Rourou, it's me, Lanlan. My uncle just said you're sick and in the hospital. Where are you? I'll bring you a gift."

"I'm fine now, Lanlan." Xu Yirou smiled broadly, her voice full of energy. "I just got out of the hospital and I'm eating cake at home now. There's so much cake that I can't finish it all. Why don't you and your uncle come to my house and eat cake with me?"

Little gentleman Lanlan smiled shyly and said, "No need, thank you Rou Rou. I don't eat cake. I'll leave after I give you the gift. Wait a minute, my uncle and I are coming now."

"My little one made a really delicious cake, you guys should come over."

Lanlan: "Okay, Rourou, I'll hang up now."

Xu Yirou, with a creamy mustache around her mouth, said, "Okay, hang up."

"Rou Rou, you hang up." Lan Lan said seriously, "Boys shouldn't hang up on girls, that's not gentlemanly at all."

Xu Yirou's fingers were stained with cream. Worried about getting her phone watch dirty, she stuck out her chin, trying to hang up the phone with the tip of her chin.

Bubble waved her little hand: "Hmph, what little gentleman, I'll hang it up, little grandma."

That Lanlan, she's disliked him for a long time. He stole her little grandma, humph.

Beep beep beep.

In Qin Yu's live stream, Lanlan looked blank and scratched her head, wondering what was that sound.

Lanlan's phone call seemed to have opened a floodgate, and calls of well wishes from children came in one after another.

The second phone call was from Little Moon. Hearing Little Moon's voice, Bubble felt both happy and sad.

Little Moon has a fierce-looking aunt who doesn't like her at all.

Xu Yirou also invited Xiaoyueliang to her home for cake. Xiaoyueliang was too shy and introverted and was a little at a loss for words when invited by a child.

Fortunately, Li Ranran patiently encouraged her, and she finally bravely nodded in agreement.

Yesterday, Li Ranran received a message from her agent informing her that Xu Yirou had been hospitalized with a fever and that today was the day she would be discharged.

Two days ago, Li Erniu caused a huge scene at the Xu family's house, so I'm taking this opportunity to visit her today and apologize.

Two groups of guests for "Kissing Baby" are already on their way, while the remaining group, Xia Chuan and his brother, have yet to make a move.

Director Chang Yi pondered with his hands behind his back, feeling that this was a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for the guests to gather together, so he personally called Xia Chuan to ask if he wanted to meet up with the other guests.

Before Chang Yi could finish speaking, Xia Chuan directly refused.

"Director, this isn't a group variety show. Besides, I'm not familiar with the other guests at all. Let's forget about reuniting. I'm not interested."

Chang Yi was a little annoyed. He thought to himself, even He Nianzhu, the second young master of Senming Group, wasn't that arrogant. How could a mere model like you put on airs?

In addition, Xia Chuan's popularity on the show was at the bottom, and he didn't generate much buzz. Even though he was a young master from a wealthy family, Chang Yi didn't bother to give him a friendly look.

They're hopeless; they can't be of any use even when given a chance.

After hanging up the phone, Chang Yi continued to follow the live stream. Suddenly, he sat up straight, his heart pounding in astonishment.

In the short time it took him to look away, a person suddenly appeared in the live broadcast room – Xu Yue, the heir of Dingsheng Group, had unexpectedly appeared!

"This...this..."

"Director, we made the right choice in inviting He Nianzhu!" The assistant director laughed heartily, hands on his hips. "Even the long-running children's travel variety show next door doesn't have this kind of grand scale."

Chang Yi glanced sideways and pretentiously scolded, "Alright, keep a low profile. Don't expect me to save you when Lao Liang beats you up."

The assistant director chuckled.

Xu Yue only learned about the news by watching the live stream, and rushed over to visit him early in the morning with his uncle Xu Cheye.

Including Xu Yirou, there were five children in the family at this time, and she received three gifts from the children.

Lanlan: "Meatball, this is a music box building block. It's very pretty. We can build it together."

Little Moon: "Meatball, this is an Elsa Princess gift box. There are many necklace beads inside. I hope you like it."

The two children, like two mimosa plants, shrank back after giving the gifts.

Xu Yirou accepted the gifts with both hands, holding one in each arm, her sweet little voice saying, "Thank you, Lanlan, thank you, Little Moon, I love your gifts so much!"

When it was Xu Cheye's turn, his tone was flat and emotionless: "This is a barbell, used for exercising and improving physical fitness."

Finally, as if afraid that Xu Yirou wouldn't understand, he added, "You're too weak."

Kids: "..." Barbell?

Xu Yirou: 0.0

The little girl's clear almond-shaped eyes widened, and the corners of her upturned mouth slowly turned down. She felt wronged and resentful; she was not weak at all.

Xu Yue sighed inwardly, feeling exasperated and rubbing his forehead. He regretted bringing him along; it was no wonder this kid had no friends.

"Meatball, my uncle can't speak. That gift was carefully selected by him. He gave you the barbell because he hopes you will grow up strong and healthy."

Xu Yue jumped in with a smile to smooth things over, and as he spoke, he pushed Xu Cheye forward: "Uncle, am I right in my explanation?"

That's bullshit.

Xu Cheye frowned in displeasure. His silly nephew had misunderstood him again. That little guy had thin arms and legs and looked very weak. He wasn't wrong.

But when he met his silly nephew's warning look, which was half-smiling and half-warning, Xu Cheye remembered his father's instructions and nodded with a heavy heart.

“Yes.” The cool guy said expressionlessly, his voice filled with humiliation, “That’s what I mean.”

Xu Yirou's porcelain-white, round face showed a hint of disbelief. She pouted and slowly said, "Then... then thank you, Cheche."

She raised her chubby little hand to catch it.

“It’s heavy, let me do it.” Xu Cheye said, turning slightly to the side while holding the barbell gift box.

"...I'll do it!"

"You can't do it."

"I can do it! I'm capable!"

Even the softest cub has a temper. Feeling looked down upon, Xu Yirou stomped her foot angrily and reached out to grab it.

"Don't underestimate me, my spankings really hurt."

She's not just making steamed buns; she's got real strength, she's not weak at all.

Xu Yirou insisted on taking it, so Xu Cheye had no choice but to carefully let her carry it away. One barbell weighed 2.5 kilograms, and two weighed 5 kilograms.

Ten pounds is a bit strenuous for a four-year-old child. As soon as the weight was in Xu Yirou's hands, she immediately felt the pressure.

It's not heavy at all, it's very light.

Xu Yirou used all her strength, her two soft little hands tightly holding on, her dark eyes unusually bright, showing no fear whatsoever.

Bubble anxiously reached out her hand: "Grandma, let me help you."

When it was someone else, Xu Yirou didn't try to be assertive and obediently nodded: "Okay, Bubble."

Coming to their senses, Lanlan and Xiaoyue said in unison, "We'll help you too."

The four cubs inhaled and lifted their hips, working together to gently place the barbell on the ground.

"yeah."

The four cubs high-fived in celebration: "We're so awesome! We can lift weights now!"

Xu Yirou stood with her hands on her hips and laughed heartily, her infectious laughter even making the most reserved Lanlan and Xiaoyueliang laugh along.

Xu Cheye: Black guy with a question mark face (jpg).

Four kids, two barbells, what's so impressive about that?

I don't understand.

What makes these little ones happy?

The babies chattered excitedly, having a great time, while the adults remained as quiet as chickens.

Xu Yue pulled Xu Qingyan to the study to talk business. As soon as the door closed, Xu Qingyan's cell phone in his pocket vibrated anxiously.

It was Professor Yunlan's phone call.

News came from the lab that the test results were in, and the unexpected results caused a stir throughout the entire lab.

"*We found that small extracellular vesicles in Rou Rou's blood have the ability to significantly prolong life, restore overall physiological function, and reverse age-related degenerative changes. After injecting her small extracellular vesicles into the bodies of laboratory mice, the aging of the older mice was significantly reduced, and the deteriorating physiological functions were restored by 60%."

"In addition, there is an anti-cancer substance in the meat's blood that we have never discovered before. When we extracted it and injected it into the bodies of leukemia mice, their leukemia disappeared immediately. It's incredible!"

Professor Yunlan was extremely excited on the phone. She said to Xu Qingyan with a solemn yet cautious tone, "We need to give Rou Rou another detailed examination. Can you arrange it as soon as possible?"

The result far exceeded Xu Qingyan's expectations. His mother's blood not only slowed down aging but also had anti-cancer effects. Wasn't it an excellent medicinal ingredient, a walking medicine essence?

The study was so quiet it was as if the air had frozen.

Xu Yue stared in disbelief, gasped, and his dry lips trembled: "Ayan, are you crazy?"

He left half a sentence unsaid; was he planning to have Aunt Rou sliced ​​up?