Side Story: Father and Daughter Turn Against Each Other (A Family of Three)
Lu Xinsen's first conflict with his father occurred in the second year after he returned to China.
As night deepened, Lu Zhenyu put her daughter to sleep, then snuggled up next to her daughter's small princess bed and fell asleep herself.
She vaguely felt herself being lifted into the air. She opened her eyes and was greeted by a handsome face.
After finishing his work, Shen Jingsi washed himself until he was slick and shiny, put on a black and gold bathrobe, and grinned mischievously at Lu Zhenyu in his arms, "So having a daughter means you don't need a husband anymore, huh?"
Finally, he didn't have to work overtime today, so he went home early, finished the rest of his work, quickly washed himself, and lay in bed waiting for his wife's favor.
But to everyone's surprise, their bodies grew cold from lying there, and no one came back.
Lu Zhenyu pursed her pink lips, her fingertips gently caressing his open chest. "Isn't this just waiting for my husband to pick me up?"
With just one sentence, Shen Jingsi, who was still a little upset, was instantly appeased, and his gaze became deep and intense.
When the family was first reunited, Lu Zhenyu was caught in a dilemma, torn between the father and daughter who were vying for her affections.
Now, they handle things with ease and make them a breeze.
One is still at the age where he believes everything his mother says, while the other is at the age where he's always easily swayed by a few sweet words from his wife.
In Lu Zhenyu's words, "It's just like taking care of two children, easy."
Feng Manman suggested that she take the early childhood teacher certification exam while she was at it.
Just kidding, with this skill, it would be a waste not to open a kindergarten and become its principal.
Upon hearing this, Shen Jingsi, who was sitting next to her, immediately turned around and mocked her, "With someone like you who loves to steal children every day, even if you open a few kindergartens, they will eventually be shut down due to complaints from parents."
Feng Manman didn't deny that she loved stealing Lu Xinsen's things. In her words, "There's nothing I can do. Every day when I go back to that house full of men, I feel like I have a headache."
Having a husband and two mischievous twins, Feng Manman, who learned from a master that she was destined to have no daughters in this life, decided not to have any more children and simply stole her sisters' and older brother's babies to play with.
Who wouldn't like the quirky and clever Lu Xinsen? Once someone is accepted by her, her little mouth can easily charm several uncles and aunts into becoming like embryos.
Especially the officers who don't have children yet.
They come to steal children every few days.
So be it, in Feng Manman's words, "He didn't even bother to say hello before stealing it."
When my daughter was first robbed, Shen Jingsi was at home taking care of the child.
I took a break to go upstairs for a multinational conference, and when I came downstairs, my daughter was gone.
Thinking that Feng Manman had stolen it, the old father was terrified when he went to look for it and found that it really wasn't Feng Manman.
If Lu Xinsen hadn't been a bit more reliable than her Uncle Si, and hadn't known to come home early after going out to freeload, her parents would have been worried so much that her father might have turned the world upside down.
When Si Wei carried her back to Qingshan Manor, the two of them were stunned when they arrived at the gate and saw the endless stream of police cars outside the manor.
The result was self-evident: Siwei was thoroughly beaten by Shen Jingsi.
If Shi Yiqiao hadn't come to redeem him at the last minute, Siwei would probably have been severely punished by being locked up in the basement of the capital for three days without food.
Lu Zhenyu believes her daughter inherited her sweet talk from her father, because Shen Jingsi used to coax and deceive her into becoming increasingly inseparable from him.
It still is.
He squeezed her into the sofa, teasing her while asking, "Honey, who do you love more, me or the baby?"
His voice, slightly hoarse from the rush of blood to his ears, sent shivers down Lu Zhenyu's spine.
Lu Zhenyu cupped that face that longed for an answer.
It's strange, he's already thirty-seven, how come he still looks so handsome.
Add to that dressing in bright colors, letting your hair down, and squinting your eyes affectionately at the dog, and you look like a pretty boy.
She smiled, her foxy eyes crinkling with intoxication, and said sweetly, "Of course, I love my husband the most."
The image that echoed in my ears was my daughter's question at dusk: "Mommy, who do you love more, me or Daddy?"
"Of course, it's my absolute favorite baby."
Shen Jingsi was overjoyed to hear the sweet words he had been waiting for. He buried his head in Lu Zhenyu's slightly sweaty neck, inhaling her soft and alluring scent, and became intoxicated by it, kissing her tender neck again and again.
As they were kissing, shouts came from outside the bedroom.
"Mommy?"
Lu Zhenyu opened her eyes.
My daughter has woken up.
She quickly went to push Shen Jingsi, "Pearl is awake, I'll go check on her."
Shen Jingsi, who hadn't even gotten his hands on the person yet, didn't let go. "It's alright, Xin Yi will come over as soon as he hears the noise."
"..."
Lu Zhenyu was both amused and speechless. "You keep bringing up Shinichi all the time. Are you her father or Shinichi?"
Shen Jingsi thought to himself, "I don't care. All I know right now is that you are my wife."
Lu Xinsen called out from outside for a while, but the tightly closed door in front of him remained unopened, and his handsome face darkened.
A moment later, Shen Xinyi, wearing striped pajamas, came from the bedroom at the end of the room. "Pearl, go back to sleep."
Lu Xinsen puffed out her cheeks angrily at the closed door, "I'm not leaving."
Shen Xin bent down and leaned closer to her. "What's wrong?"
Enraged, Pearl, like an angry little pufferfish, angrily crossed her arms. "Daddy must have stolen Mommy away while I was sleeping! That big bad guy!"
Looking at that wrinkled face full of anger, Shen Xin smiled and rubbed Lu Xinsen's head, "Good boy, Dad and Mom are husband and wife, of course we have to sleep together every day."
"No, that's not true!"
"Not what?"
Lu Xinsen turned her little face away and said, "Daddy doesn't just sleep. He bullies Mommy every night while we're asleep."
Shen Xin frowned, "Bullying Mommy?"
“Yes!” Lu Xinsen said seriously, “I’ve heard it several times. He always takes Mommy back to the bedroom and beats her while we’re asleep. Mommy screams in pain, and the bed creaks and shakes from the beating.”
"Shinichi, don't be fooled by the way Dad acts in front of us during the day. I've only just realized that he's a big devil."
Shen Xinyi knew, of course, that his four-year-old sister wouldn't lie, but to make him believe that his father, whom he had always admired and respected, would hit his mother was no different from telling him that the earth was rectangular.
"I still don't believe it." He shook his head firmly. "Is there some misunderstanding in between?"
Lu Xinsen got anxious and pulled him by the hand toward her bedroom. "I have evidence. I'll show you if you don't believe me."
The person is gone.
After a series of clattering footsteps, the bedroom fell silent.
Lu Zhenyu, nestled in Shen Jingsi's arms, chuckled.
Shen Jingsi was both amused and annoyed. He really wanted to grab his daughter and give her a good spanking.
The truth is, he simply couldn't bear to do anything to his precious little darling.
He had suffered for three years since birth, but now that the child was getting better and better, he couldn't spoil her enough.
But as much as he dotes on his wife, he shows no mercy when it comes to vying for her attention.
Seeing Lu Zhenyu in his arms laughing through her tears, he smiled helplessly and wiped away the tears from the corners of her eyes with his fingers.
"Is my wife satisfied now?"
"What does this have to do with me? Isn't it your fault?"
Shen Jingsi didn't think so. He pinched Lu Zhenyu's nose and said matter-of-factly, "If you don't call her, will our daughter misunderstand and think I'm bullying you?"
Lu Zhenyu: "..."
So this is what they mean by "turning the tables on someone else".
Lu Zhenyu pinched his waist. "If you hadn't deliberately used so much force every time to make me scream, would I have done it?"
"I don't care." Shen Jingsi started acting like a scoundrel. "It's because of you that my reputation with my daughter has plummeted, and our father-daughter relationship is on the verge of collapse. You have to make it up to me."
Love is waiting for her here.
Lu Zhenyu showed him no respect whatsoever, grabbed the bathrobe beside her, got up, and said, "I'm going to sleep with Pearl."
Before she could finish speaking, Shen Jingsi pulled her back and bit her neck, which was covered in hickeys, as a form of punishment.
"You still want to run away? I've lost all my image as a father. If I can't even get a wife, wouldn't I be losing out terribly?"
Despite the playful nature of the incident, the couple became increasingly serious about sex education for their six children afterward.
Shen Jingsi hired an international child psychologist at a high salary to guide the children in learning about sex every day.
As for when Lu Xinsen reconciled with her father, it was Lu Zhenyu who chose a time to explain to her daughter how a baby is born from its mother's womb.
Although the little one didn't understand what mating was, he understood that Daddy wasn't hitting Mommy, but rather planting a younger brother or sister in Mommy's belly.
Good news! The father and daughter's relationship has been restored to its original state and is getting better and better.
The bad news is that little Lu Xinsen's eyes are glued to her mom's belly 24/7, and she keeps pushing her mom into her dad's study. She's just hoping her dad will hurry up and plant a few little people in her mom's belly.
That way, when her younger siblings are born, she won't be the youngest in the family anymore.
But what Lu Xinsen didn't know was that there would be no more younger brothers or sisters.
Because her father had a vasectomy.
"..."
Lu Zhenyu had asked Shen Jingsi about his secret tubal ligation.
His reply to his wife was: "One pearl is enough."
Lu Xinsen's survival through all these hardships is a testament to the child's good fortune and divine protection.
Having witnessed his daughter endure so much hardship to achieve what she has today, Shen Jingsi only wants to give all the love that belongs to a father to this one daughter.
Lu Zhenyu once said that he was born to love people, but he disagrees.
Not only did he disagree, Shen Jingsi always believed that he lacked love.
So scarce that from childhood to adulthood, there was only enough to give to Lu Zhenyu.
So much so that others, including his parents, could not get close to him.
And after his wife gave birth to a little angel, some of his already limited love was diverted to his daughter.
The portions were almost all gone, with not a single bit left for the other children.
So he said to Lu Zhenyu, "Wife, in this life, all I need to do is love you and our daughter well."
In recent years, as his business has grown, the name "Chen Jingsi" has become a landmark in Beijing.
Countless media reporters strive to obtain his exclusives every year and every month.
One of the questions in every interview is, "Why do you love your wife so much?"
Shen Jingsi always gave only one standard answer: "Because I feel at ease when I'm near her."
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