Chapter 211 Chapter 211 Buddhist Dad 4
After the shower, Gu Yan wrapped Zhuo Zhuo in a towel and put him on the bed. With a tone that sounded like he was about to go crazy or collapse, he said, "Hey Zhuo Zhuo, I don't have any clothes for you here. I'll go wash your clothes. Stay in the room and don't go out. Go to bed when you're tired. Sleep, okay? Children sleep a lot, and you only slept for a short while today. Be careful not to grow taller."
"Zhuozhuo has grown so tall, so tall!" Zhuozhuo was rolling around struggling with the bath towel, but when he heard this, he raised his little head and emphasized loudly.
Gu Yan paused for a moment, then said without blinking, "If you sleep now, you'll grow taller. Look at me, I'm so tall because I loved to sleep when I was a kid."
Zhuozhuo lifted her head higher to look at Gu Yan's head, but her limbs were bound by the towel, leaving her neck with limited room to move. Tired, she slammed her head against the bed and asked 9972, "Tongtong, is Gu Yan tall?"
[Gu Yan is 197.4cm tall, which puts him in the top 5% of male humans in this world. Very tall.]
"He's so tall." Zhuozhuo exclaimed.
Seeing the real example right before his eyes, Zhuozhuo took Gu Yan's words as his guiding principle and immediately closed his eyes, humming softly, "Zhuozhuo is asleep. Good night, Uncle Gu Yan. Bye."
Gu Yan seemed to hear the sound of nature, and a sincere smile appeared on his face. "Good night, Zhuozhuo. I wish you a sweet dream and a good sleep."
He unwrapped the bath towel and wrapped Zhuozhuo in the quilt, wrapping her limbs tightly so that no matter how she rolled, the quilt would not come loose. Then he turned around and walked briskly towards the door.
"uncle."
Zhuozhuo's call came from behind him. Gu Yan didn't even stop, but even walked faster, just like a race walk, muttering to himself in a neither loud nor soft voice, "Look at me, I haven't even left the room yet, but I'm already thinking about Zhuozhuo and hallucinating."
"Uncle Gu Yan..."
With a click, the lights went out and the room fell into darkness. Only the light from the corridor slanted in from the doorway, but with the "bang" of the door closing, even this small piece of light disappeared.
Zhuozhuo was silent for a second, took a deep breath, and shouted, "Gu Yan——! Gu Yan——!"
The girl's voice was shrill and penetrating, completely unstoppable by the door and walls. Gu Yan, scurrying down the corridor, ignored her. He quickly reached the stairwell and paused. He sighed to the heavens and slowly walked back. Listening to Zhuo Zhuo's increasingly shrill cries, he imagined connecting a tube to her mouth and ears. The constant screaming would surely knock her unconscious.
Zhuozhuo pricked up her ears, her eyes fixed on the door. She paused for a second or two between calls to discern the movements outside. Perhaps because of her intense focus, she could soon clearly hear footsteps in the corridor, and the expression on Gu Yan's face with each step seemed to appear before her eyes. As Gu Yan grew farther and farther away, Zhuozhuo's calls remained steady and unhurried. When he pushed open the door, she smiled at him, "Uncle Gu Yan."
Gu Yan seemed to see a ferocious beast calmly waiting for its prey to fall into its trap.
When I turned on the light and took a closer look, I saw that the thing lying on the bed was clearly a cute little animal.
Gu Yan rubbed his face and said with a smile, "What's wrong, Zhuozhuo? Can't sleep or are you afraid of the dark? Uncle will find you a storytelling machine! Babies love listening to bedtime stories the most. They fall asleep in seconds!"
At this time, Zhuozhuo stopped talking and just looked at Gu Yan with a smile, letting him list several possible reasons for not being able to sleep and offer solutions. When his smile was almost gone and he was about to hold his head and scream like a groundhog, she slowly said, "Uncle Gu Yan, Zhuozhuo can't move. It's so uncomfortable."
Gu Yan's eyes fell on the quilt. After a moment's hesitation, he struggled and said, "If the quilt is untied, will you roll off the bed?"
"Yes."
Gu Yan choked, unable to utter his prepared response. In that moment, he heard Zhuo Zhuo say softly, "Uncle Gu Yan, do you want to sleep with Zhuo Zhuo? If we sleep together, we won't fall off the bed."
"...No." Gu Yan said weakly, "I'll raise the cushion a little higher so I don't have to worry about falling off the bed. It won't hurt."
Worried that Zhuozhuo might say something else, Gu Yan turned and ran out of the room, "I'll go get the quilt!"
Zhuozhuo looked at Gu Yan's fleeing back and rolled around on the bed laughing.
"Did you see everything? Uncle Gu Yan dislikes Zhuo Zhuo, but he doesn't say it out loud because he's afraid that Zhuo Zhuo will cry and be sad. Now he's going to cry."
[…Baby, you know Gu Yan doesn’t like you, are you really not sad?]
"No, Gu Yan and Zhuo Zhuo have nothing to do with each other. It doesn't matter whether Gu Yan likes Zhuo Zhuo or not. Zhuo Zhuo doesn't care about Gu Yan." After saying this casually, Zhuo Zhuo laughed again, "Zhuo Zhuo doesn't like Gu Yan either."
[……]I see.
9972 didn't say anything else. Zhuozhuo would be leaving here tomorrow anyway, and he probably wouldn't have any contact with Guyan again in the future.
Soon, footsteps sounded. Zhuozhuo blinked and looked at the door. The first thing he saw was a huge pile of quilts trying to squeeze in. After squeezing for a long time, it finally rushed in with a "puff", almost hitting Zhuozhuo in the face, and then suddenly stopped in mid-air.
The mountain of quilts swayed to the left and right in a very anthropomorphic manner, as if a person was observing it, and then it split into two parts, falling to the floor on both sides of the bed, and then automatically spread out, stacking up one by one until the quilt was as high as the bed.
Zhuozhuo was so surprised, her little head swayed from side to side like a rattle, her eyes unable to keep up, and she giggled non-stop as she watched. When the quilt was spread out, she took the initiative to roll onto it, her little body seemingly sinking into the cotton, leaving a large dent. At first, Zhuozhuo found it hilarious and laughed even louder, but after several failed attempts to roll over, she stopped laughing.
The little fellow opened his eyes wide, and said with some curiosity and a little anxiety: "Guanzhuo, there is a bad guy in the quilt, catch him!"
[Don't be afraid, baby! There aren't any bad guys. It's just that the quilt is too soft, so you can't turn over. Hurry up and call Gu Yan over. Be careful not to bury your face in the quilt, or you'll be suffocating and having trouble breathing.]
Zhuozhuo raised his little head and said pitifully, "Uncle Guyan——"
Gu Yan was watching from outside the door, thinking Zhuo Zhuo was having a great time. Just as he was about to untie the blanket wrapped around him and close the door to leave, he heard Zhuo Zhuo's cry, filled with fear and grievance. His first reaction was that the little guy had some trick up his sleeve, but after a moment's hesitation, he went in. "What's wrong?"
Zhuozhuo said pitifully, "I can't move."
Like a kitten that is tied up tightly and unable to move.
Gu Yan let out a sly laugh, quickly clenching his fist to his lips and, as if to remedy the situation, he stepped forward to dig Zhuo Zhuo out of the quilt hole. It was only then that Gu Yan suddenly understood Zhuo Zhuo's predicament. The overly soft quilt had pressed deeply into the hole, and Zhuo Zhuo, trapped with her limbs, had no strength to roll out. Furthermore, Zhuo Zhuo was lying facedown in the hole. If she had accidentally fallen asleep facedown, she could have suffocated unconsciously in her sleep.
Gu Yan was so frightened that he broke into a sweat. He quickly untied the quilt from Zhuo Zhuo and covered it with it, then with a wave of his hand, he spread the quilts on both sides of the bed. He observed Zhuo Zhuo's face, confirming that his life was not in danger. He pondered for a moment and then asked solemnly, "How did you sleep before?"
Zhuozhuo was a little confused as to why Gu Yan had become so serious after just a short while. She was not used to it, so she stopped teasing him and said honestly, "I sleep with Daddy and Mommy."
"...How many days have you been at the Gu family?"
"Zhuozhuo is sleeping alone, with a beautiful sister looking after him."
That was the nanny sent by the Gu family to take care of Zhuozhuo. Her main job was to keep her from running around and causing trouble. The nanny knew very well the power of children and was worried that Zhuozhuo would sneak out for a walk at night, so she slept on the floor next to her bed and watched over her.
Upon hearing this, Gu Yan sighed as if resigned to his fate, and with a bit of compensatory psychology, he overcame his obsession with cleanliness, laid a mat on the floor, and prepared to spend the night in the room filled with a burning smell.
Zhuozhuo lay on the edge of the bed, looking at Gu Yan, his eyes flickering, and his soft and sweet voice was a little vague, "Uncle, do you want to go to bed?"
"Well, I'll be here with you tonight. You don't have to be afraid of the dark or falling out of bed. Just sleep peacefully." Thinking Zhuozhuo was worried about him, Gu Yan's voice softened a lot and he smiled, "I've laid two layers of mattresses. They're very soft and won't hurt."
"Oh." After hesitating for a moment, Zhuozhuo whispered, "Uncle Guyan, aren't you going to wash clothes? Zhuozhuo has nothing else to wear."
Gu Yan: “…”
Gu Yan smiled and said, "Uncle bought some clothes for Zhuo Zhuo. You'll have clothes to wear tomorrow. Now all you need to do is close your eyes and go to sleep."
"All right."
Feeling Gu Yan's desire to beat her but trying not to do so again, Zhuo Zhuo breathed a sigh of relief, curled up in the quilt, and fell asleep with her little head facing Gu Yan.
A few seconds later, listening to the rhythmic breathing, Gu Yan was pleasantly surprised. He'd thought it would take some time before Zhuo Zhuo fell asleep, but it hadn't happened so easily! He felt a bit foolish for having prepared enough mentally and prepared a plan. He gathered all his strength and punched the cotton.
Cotton is good, he likes cotton.
It was only 8:10 pm. Gu Yan usually went to bed after midnight, but now his eyes were clear and he was not sleepy at all. He casually took out his phone. The bright light from the screen shone on his face, and Gu Yan felt a strange feeling, as if he hadn't used his phone for six months. He was about to go through his frequently used apps when he heard Zhuo Zhuo humming. He rubbed his eyes and nose with his little hands and turned over, as if disturbed by the bright light.
Gu Yan quickly slammed the screen down on the mat and listened attentively to the sounds on the bed. After a few seconds, he breathed a sigh of relief when he realized Zhuo Zhuo hadn't moved. But then, looking at the phone, a bright rectangular frame jutting out from the edge, Gu Yan felt a tormented reaction. He finally turned off the screen and tucked the phone under the mat.
When raising children today, it is advisable to avoid using mobile phones.
Gu Yan closed his eyes, forcing himself to sleep. When that failed, he simply began practicing his technique. The beastly heart within him pulsed with the rhythm of his inner energy and breathing, and an aura imperceptible to ordinary people emanated from Gu Yan's body. The small figure on the bed seemed to sense something, unconsciously surging.
Zhuozhuo was surrounded by a cacophony of noise, and she found herself back in the day, when the Gu family was testing the aptitude of the children of school age. She didn't want to test again and wanted to look around, but she couldn't control her movements. She simply stood still and called the system in her mind, but after calling several times, she didn't hear the familiar mechanical sound.
Zhuozhuo panicked, tears welling in her eyes. Before she could burst into tears, she heard a faint, annoyed, "Don't cry!" in her ears. The next second, she felt the restraints lift. Zhuozhuo observed cautiously for a moment, finding nothing. However, her uneasiness and doubts persisted, and she decided to repeat the same routine from the day.
Many adults and children were laughingly congratulating a little girl standing next to a large round jade ball, saying she had tested positive for top-tier talent. Zhuozhuo was about to join in the fun and offer congratulations, just as he had done earlier, when a young man dragged him back to the ball again, and again, his congratulations were unsuccessful. "Put your hand on it," he said.
Zhuozhuo stood there stiffly, unsure if she had spoken her mind that day. But her hesitation, prompted by the man's urging, forced her to obey her heart, raising her hand and waving it at the jade ball, saying, "Hello, glowing pancake."
Yuqiu trembled a little, "At least I am a Baiji steamed bun, right?"
The young man shouted, "What a mess! A spirit-appraising stone! What's her aptitude? If I can't measure it, I'll smash you to pieces!"
Yuqiu cursed, "Test, test, test, test your father! If you like to test, go test yourself!"
Zhuozhuo then saw the young man instantly climb onto the wooden stand where the jade ball was placed and curl himself up into a ball. The jade ball, at some point, appeared in her arms and rubbed against her like a puppy. "Zhuozhuo, I love you. I want to follow you. Take me with you!"
"Okay." Zhuozhuo wanted to throw the jade ball away, but he said something affirmative, hugged the jade ball tightly, turned around and ran out.
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