The guesthouse toilets didn't have shower facilities, so Zhang Jizhou had to buy hot water, mix it with cold water, and then rinse with the water in a bucket.
Although she was not used to it, the conditions were so harsh that Fang Yan could only try her best to adapt.
However, before she had even finished washing half of it, she heard her child's heart-wrenching cries from outside, "Mommy! I want my mommy..."
"Stop crying! Stand properly!" Immediately afterwards, Zhang Jizhou's stern reprimand rang out again.
Fang Yan didn't know what was going on outside, but the sound of her child crying broke her heart.
He hurriedly rinsed himself off with water to wash away the day's sweat, dried himself with a towel, and put on the new clothes Zhang Jizhou had bought for him.
Although the clothes were new, the color was a dull gray, and the style was so outdated that even her grandmother probably wouldn't have given them a second glance when she was alive.
When I put it on, it was indeed incredibly loose, especially my stomach, which was so thin it was sunken in.
Luckily, these pants had an elastic waistband; if they were the kind with zippers or buttons like those in later suits, she probably wouldn't have been able to wear them.
Fang Yan practically marched, quickly putting on her clothes and rushing out the door.
The scene that came into view almost made her speechless to the point of wanting to kick Zhang Jizhou out on the spot—it was late at night, and this guy was actually making the child stand as punishment!
Seeing Fang Yan come out, the baby immediately opened her arms, trying to run towards her with her little legs, calling out, "Mommy..."
"Stand still!" Zhang Jizhou shouted with a stern face, just like a stern-faced drill instructor scolding students during military training.
His aloof demeanor naturally makes him look fierce even when he's not speaking.
Now that he's put on a stern face, and given his dark skin, probably from years of training, he looks just like Bao Zheng reincarnated, which only makes the child more frightened. The child bursts into tears, crying, "Mommy, I'm scared!"
Fang Yan walked over, hugged the child, gently patted his back, and softly coaxed him, "It's okay, it's okay, Mommy will hug you, don't cry."
The baby's tiny arms clung tightly to Fang Yan's shoulders, his little face buried in her neck. "Mommy, let's go home, let's go home, we don't want Daddy."
"No, look, it's still dark outside. There might be a big tiger out there. Let's wait until it's light tomorrow morning before we go home, okay?"
Fang Yan carried him to the window, pointed to the dark sky, and tried to comfort him.
The baby looked up at the sky and said, "Hmm, once the big tiger is gone, we'll go home, okay?"
"Yes, we'll go home once the big tiger is gone."
I don't know, maybe kids this age are just easier to coax?
The baby is still an easy child to coax.
It didn't take long for Fang Yan to calm the child down.
However...
"You can't spoil a child. If you do, they'll become unruly." They're already thinking about changing dads now; what will they be like later?
Zhang Jizhou said in a deep voice, his face dark.
The baby, who had just been soothed, immediately pouted again upon hearing his words, ready to burst into tears at any moment.
When Zhang Jizhou saw this, his brows furrowed even deeper. How could a boy cry so easily?
He wanted to scold the child again, but Fang Yan glared at him angrily, "Say one more word and you'll be sleeping on the streets tonight!"
Zhang Jizhou: ...
After spending most of the day together, he realized that Fang Yan and Fang Yanyan were two completely different people. There was nothing that Fang Yanyan wouldn't dare to do, Fang Yanyan would absolutely not dare to do.
He eventually shut his mouth, embarrassed, and stopped scolding the brat.
Fang Yan played with the baby on the bed for a while. Seeing that it was getting late, she realized that there was a big show waiting for her tomorrow, so she had to get some rest tonight to recharge.
I gave the baby some spring water and then started to coax him to sleep.
The baby loves drinking spring water. He drank half a bottle in just a few gulps.
"Let's go to sleep now." After collecting the spring water, Fang Yan pulled him down to lie down and told him the story of the crow and the pitcher.
After listening, the baby still didn't want to sleep, saying, "Mommy, tell me more."
Fang Yan: ...
Suddenly she became a painless mother. Her mind couldn't recall any more stories, so she simply chatted with her child, asking questions like, "What does the baby like to eat?"
The mother and son chatted casually, and before they knew it, the topic had turned to Zhang Jizhou.
"Mommy, can't we really change Daddy? This Daddy is too fierce." The child was still upset.
"Dad is so strict because he wants to raise the baby to be a strong and upright man."
Fang Yan is determined to return the male lead to the second female lead, so divorce is something she is bound to do.
In other words, perhaps in the near future, she might find her baby a handsome and gentle father.
However, there is still uncertainty about this matter, so she doesn't want to bring it up in front of her child and simply avoids the topic altogether.
The baby is unhappy. "Baby is all grown up now and will protect Mommy. Anyway, Daddy doesn't come home for a long, long time. Mommy, let's not have Daddy, okay?"
“That won’t do…” Fang Yan tried her best to make her words simple and easy to understand, so that the child would understand that he could not abandon his father.
After taking a shower and coming out of the bathroom, Zhang Jizhou listened silently to the mother and son's conversation. He irritably ran his fingers through his hair, thinking with frustration that he had messed things up.
He originally intended to take advantage of Fang Yan's trip to take a shower, help take care of the child, and make a good impression so that Fang Yan would give up the idea of divorce.
It's not that he fell in love with Fang Yan at first sight.
However, the child is only three years old.
If Fang Yan insists on divorce, and he himself has no intention of remarrying, and if the people in his family are really as Fang Yan says, then what will happen to the children?
Do we really have to give the child to Fang Yan?
The thought that his son might call another man "Dad" in the future is something that Zhang Jizhou, a straight man, finds impossible to accept.
So wasn't he secretly thinking that if he took care of the child and behaved better, maybe Fang Yan would change her mind?
Unfortunately, this little brat wouldn't cooperate, and in my haste, I messed things up.
Looking at Fang Yan's sleeping back, Zhang Jizhou irritably ran his fingers through his hair again, wondering what method he could use to change this woman's mind.
Perhaps yesterday was too thrilling, I'm almost completely exhausted.
Fang Yan couldn't remember what time she fell asleep last night, and she didn't even know if Zhang Jizhou had slept in the room last night.
Because when she woke up in the morning, the floor of the room was exactly the same as yesterday, with nothing on it.
Zhang Jizhou was not in the room, and no one knew where he had gone.
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