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In the blink of an eye, Nannan is three years old.

Chen Jie gets off work on time every day and goes home to take care of his daughter.

Du Yaoyao was admitted to the Imperial College for Girls as a teacher. She was dedicated to her duties every day, leaving home early and returning late, completely forgetting about her virtuous husband and young daughter at home.

"Daddy, daddy, why hasn't mommy come back yet?" The girl was tired from playing in the yard and lay in her father's arms, acting coquettishly.

Chen Jie lifted Nannan's hair. The little girl had fair skin, black eyes, a chubby face, a small nose and a small mouth. She looked like a smaller version of Du Yaoyao.

He kissed his daughter lovingly, "Daddy will take you to find mommy, okay?"

"Okay, let's go find mom." Nannan clapped her hands excitedly. She only knew that her mother worked in a place with many people and a large house.

Chen Jie prepared dinner and took his daughter to the Imperial College in a carriage.

"Baby, isn't it boring playing alone every day?" Shen Jie asked on the way.

Nannan blinked her eyes in confusion and said, "There are things to eat and things to play with..." A three-year-old child doesn't know what boredom is.

Shen Jie continued to induce, "Baby, do you want your mother to give birth to a brother or sister to play with you?"

Nannan suddenly realized and said in a baby voice, "I want a brother or a sister. Lin Lili has two sisters, but Nannan doesn't have one..."

Lin Lili is the daughter of Lin Shuyan and A Ling. She came back to Beijing last year and is Nannan's cousin in terms of age.

Chen Jie rubbed Nannan's pink cheeks and coaxed her, "If the baby wants a brother or sister, you have to tell mother. Daddy can't do it alone."

"Hmm..." Nannan nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

After entering the gate of the Imperial College, only the attic of the assistant teacher's side was lit, and Chen Jie carried Nannan upstairs.

"Why did you bring Nannan here?" Du Yaoyao heard the noise, stood up, hugged Nannan and kissed her twice.

Nana kissed her mother on the face in return, "Mom, Daddy brought you food."

"I've eaten." There was a small cafeteria in the Imperial College, so she ate something to fill her stomach.

Shen Jie brought out the dishes from the food box and laid them out one by one, glancing at her slender waist, "Use more, you've lost weight recently."

Nannan agreed: "Yes, mother, Nannan is asleep every day when you come back."

Du Yaoyao feels ashamed to say that there are not enough teachers in the girls' class recently. One of them has taken marriage leave and the other has taken maternity leave. Many matters fall on her shoulders and she has much less time to spend with her daughter.

"Wait until mom is done with her busy schedule." She sat down and fed her daughter a piece of braised chicken.

"When will I have a little brother or sister?" Nannan said unhappily, like an adult, "Lin Lili always brags that she has a mother and sister to accompany her every day, but I only have a wet nurse..."

Du Yaoyao once thought about bringing Cui Niang over when she became pregnant to help take care of the baby, but she gave up the idea in the end.

On the one hand, there is an ideological gap between the ancient and modern generations, and she is afraid that Cui Niang will force her to give birth to a son so as to consolidate her position. On the other hand, Du Wenwu has married and his future children will need to be taken care of by their grandmother.

Nannan usually stays in the mansion with her wet nurse, or Chen Jie takes her to the palace for work. Fortunately, she has a good relationship with the emperor, and the little prince also likes to play with Nannan.

How could a three-year-old child know how to urge her mother to have a baby? Du Yaoyao glanced at Chen Jie and was sure that he was instigating his daughter.

Chen Jie touched his nose unnaturally and said frankly: "Having a second child or not is not that important. The key is that you are busy every day, and we haven't had sex for a long time." His tone was a little aggrieved, raising a child like a widow.

Du Yaoyao's pretty face turned red, and she said angrily, "What nonsense are you talking about? Nannan is still here."

Nannan is very smart, and she thought to herself, "Daddy is saying that he hasn't slept with mommy for a long time."

Du Yaoyao tapped Nannan on the forehead and said, "What nonsense."

Chen Jie spread his hands innocently, "We are together less and apart more, even my daughter has guessed my feelings."

"Hmm..." Du Yaoyao sipped her chicken soup and pointed at a pile of test papers on the desk. "Help me correct those papers. I'll go back early tonight."

Chen Jie flipped through the papers and saw that there were about dozens of them. He rolled up his sleeves in distress and said, "I have to take care of the kids during the day and help my wife mark the papers at night. It's miserable. Who is more miserable than me?"

"Master Shen..." Du Yaoyao smiled with sparkling eyes, which was particularly meaningful. "One paper at a time. I will take my daughter home after dinner. I will wait for you in the room in the wind and rain."

"Wife..." Do you really owe me dozens of times?

Du Yaoyao held her daughter in her arms and walked out the door briskly. The girl poked her head out and waved her fists, "Come on, Daddy!"

Shen Jie: “…”

I'm not cheering for you to have brothers and sisters, I'm cheering for your mother and father who work hard for you. Shen Nannan, you're really something.

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The ancient version of the extra story ends here.

There are also two modern extras that are not related to the main text, which will be updated later if the time permits.

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