Chapter 214 Chapter 214 Buddhist Dad 7
Gu Yan wanted to ask Zhuo Zhuo if he'd noticed this detail, but he was afraid the little guy would say something terrifying, so he could only worry about it alone. He felt like he was split into three parts. One part was holding his head and crying, another part was calmly considering that his shoes and feet were no longer useful, and another part was peacefully closing its eyes.
Zhuozhuo keenly sensed Gu Yan's faint feeling of death and kindly said, "Uncle Gu Yan, you didn't step on anything. That's great."
However, these words could no longer comfort Gu Yan's wounded heart. He nodded helplessly, "Zhuozhuo, go to sleep. I'll go take a shower."
After being told so many times, Zhuozhuo finally felt Gu Yan's earnest wish for her to sleep. Coincidentally, 9972 was also telling her in her mind that it was time to go to bed and that dawn would soon arrive. She stretched her arms and legs and lay down on the bed, pulled the quilt over herself, and closed her eyes tightly. "Zhuozhuo, sleep!"
A shadow fell, and Gu Yan's finger gently tapped my burning eyelids. I heard him say, "Don't close your eyes so tightly."
Zhuozhuo opened his eyes in a flash, his gaze clear and not sleepy at all, and caught the flash of surprise and regret in Gu Yan's eyes.
"...Sleep however you want." Gu Yan withdrew his hand, quickly tucked the quilt around Zhuozhuo, turned off the lights and left the bedroom.
Zhuozhuo felt as if Gu Yan had vanished from her sight like teleportation. Before she could call for help, the room darkened and the door closed. She froze for a moment and was about to get up and chase him out when she heard a low, fawning voice coming from outside the door, "Zhuozhuo, whether you're sleepy or not, close your eyes. Lie down, close your eyes, and go to sleep. Please."
9972:[……]
This mission target is too difficult to achieve.
Perhaps because he felt sorry for Gu Yan, or perhaps because he thought it was fun, Zhuo Zhuo cooperated by lying still. He covered his eyes with the back of his hand and said softly, "Lie down and close your eyes."
"Okay, from now on, don't talk. Can Zhuozhuo do that?"
"able!"
Zhuozhuo quickly freed one hand to cover her mouth, and used the other arm bone to cover the exposed eye. She pricked up her ears to listen to Guyan's next words, but heard the rustling of leaves, the gurgling of water, the distant chirping of insects... These sounds intertwined one after another, calming Zhuozhuo's active cerebral cortex. Drowsiness followed, and her mind became chaotic, gradually returning to nothingness.
The little devil fell asleep.
A red sun broke through the clouds in the sky, shining brightly. Gu Yan turned off the sleep-inducing white noise on his phone, put his ear against the door and listened carefully for a moment. He didn't hear any sound that was not related to "falling asleep". He tiptoed out of the corridor and rushed into the bathroom to wash frantically.
When Zhuozhuo woke up, she found she had wet the bed again. She pursed her lips and tried not to cry. Instead, she climbed out of bed and looked through the curtains at the sky. The sky outside the window was a brilliant red, covered with clouds, and the warm sun shone on the treetops. She muttered to herself, "Thank goodness my new parents haven't come yet, so they won't see Zhuozhuo wet the bed."
[Baby, you're looking at the right side. The right side is west. It's sunset, not sunrise. It's six in the afternoon, not six in the morning. But the new parents didn't see the baby wet the bed, because they didn't come. Gu Yan told them not to come.]
Zhuozhuo squatted in front of the French window, holding his little face with both hands, his eyes darting left and right. He first figured out the things and the time, then his little brain began to analyze the information in the last sentence. He stood up and said, "Why, aren't you coming?"
9972 also wanted to know why. Was it because Gu Yan was too tired of Zhuo Zhuo to find her new parents? Was he going to abandon her to wander alone and suffer the hardships of life?
How could someone be so cruel! Zhuozhuo is still a child, couldn't Gu Yan be more generous and let her off the hook?!
Zhuozhuo didn't think too much about it. He twisted around and came out from under the curtains, ran to the corridor and shouted, "Uncle Gu Yan——"
As she shouted, she said in her mind, "It's so clean. The floor, the walls, the table, everything, it's all so clean. There was a flood last night. Do you want to wash Guyan's house?"
[It's not Ha Baobao, it's Gu Yan. He was busy all day, cleaning the house with the robot vacuum cleaner, and he just got into bed.]
After he finished speaking, Gu Yan came out of the study with squinting eyes, his hair messy and his clothes wrinkled, and asked Zhuozhuo what was wrong.
Zhuozhuo stared at the person carefully, and it took her a long time to recognize that this was a discounted version of the ancient inkstone. She took a half step back and asked 9972 cautiously, "Tongtong, has Zhuozhuo become uglier?"
9972 was confused, but said firmly: "Baby, you are the cutest. Everyone loves you and flowers bloom wherever you go. No matter when or where, you don't need to doubt your appearance!"
Zhuozhuo was relieved and expressed his request to Gu Yan in simple words, "Uncle Gu Yan, Zhuozhuo wants a new father and a new mother."
Gu Yan pressed his palm against his forehead, regaining some consciousness, and said, "For the time being, there are no new parents. You have the aura of the Spiritual Stone on you, which will only dissipate after a year. To prevent the Gu family from finding your new home, you must stay with me for this year."
"Gu family, why are you looking for Zhuozhuo's new home?"
"Because Jian Lingshi came looking for you last night. Although I told Gu Chengzong that Jian Lingshi had never seen such poor qualifications and wanted to retest, making him feel guilty and not to bother, he is suspicious and would rather kill than let go, so he will definitely cause trouble for you."
Gu Yan drooped his eyelashes and pinched his brows. Fatigue emerged from the depths of his soul like waves. Taking care of the baby for a day was more tiring than practicing for a day. Alas.
Zhuozhuo thought back to the various things he had done yesterday when he had deliberately messed with the ancient inkstone, and he felt bad. His little face drooped, and he discussed with 9972 dejectedly the feasibility of wandering around and picking up trash.
This frost-bitten cabbage made Gu Yan's eyebrows jump, and he blurted out: "If you really want a dad, you can call me dad."
He felt a bit annoyed after saying this; he didn't want to raise a child. But then he thought, raising Zhuozhuo wouldn't be a bad idea; at least he could punish her as a father. Haha.
"Uncle, what are you laughing at?"
Zhuozhuo was suspicious and felt that Gu Yan was up to something bad.
"You're so cute." Gu Yan came back to his senses and finally found that there was a large wet spot on Zhuozhuo's pants. He twitched his mouth and raised his hand to draw a circle in the air, "You wet the bed again, go back to the bedroom and change your clothes."
Zhuozhuo turned around and trudged towards the bedroom, asking in his mind, "Tongtong, what is Gu Yan doing?"
[Baby, he's on his phone... Oh no, he's searching for 'at what age does a child stop wetting the bed', 'how to reduce nighttime wetting in children', 'is my child's brain development impaired if they wet the bed right after sleep', and more...]
"Gu Yan! Uncle!" Zhuo Zhuo shouted loudly, turned around and glared at Gu Yan in shame and anger. She ran towards Gu Yan quickly and bumped her head into his leg like a calf.
Gu Yan bent down and reached out to catch the little thing that had been ejected. He turned off the screen of his phone and put it in his pocket. He asked with a strange sense of guilt, "What's wrong?"
Finally, he realized that Zhuozhuo was illiterate, so his guilty conscience vanished. Gu Yan raised an eyebrow and said, "Suddenly awakened a skill, Bison Charge?"
The tone was so provocative that Zhuo Zhuo was so angry that she hit Gu Yan on the head. She covered her forehead with her hands, tears welling up in her eyes as she complained, "You wet the bed when you were a kid, too. You can't laugh at Zhuo Zhuo. You're so mean and disgusting!"
Gu Yan felt a slight pain on his forehead and his conscience. He felt that he had gone too far. Zhuozhuo was obviously still at the age where he couldn't control his pee and poop. How could he be so disgusted and dissatisfied with him because of this? He was hurting the child's self-esteem!
"Um... I'm sorry, Zhuozhuo. I'm bad. I shouldn't have laughed at you because you didn't wet the bed on purpose. I apologize to you and let's write off our previous unpleasantness. Okay?"
Zhuozhuo pouted. She didn't even remember any unpleasantness between her and Gu Yan. She nodded readily, "Okay."
"Then I'll take you to take a shower and change clothes now?"
"Okay."
Practice makes perfect. This time, Gu Yan had experience and was mentally prepared. When he was helping Zhuo Zhuo take a bath, he did not show any behavior as if he wanted to jump eight hundred miles away and treat Zhuo Zhuo as a virus. He also did not rinse her once, twice, three times, or N times. He just gave her a normal bath.
During Zhuozhuo's sleep, Gu Yan bought her a bunch of new clothes and accessories, all washed and disinfected. He immediately dressed her in a princess dress and small leather shoes, carefully placing the matching pearl bag across her body. Furthermore, Gu Yan possessed a deft hand, something his previous assignment subjects hadn't possessed. Following a video tutorial, he styled her hair in a princess style and added a decorative hat, transforming Zhuozhuo into a little princess.
9972 was touched. [Baby, when it was just you and the mission target, you finally stopped having messy hair.]
Zhuozhuo tilted his head, "Huh?"
[Oh, baby, if you don't remember these, just treat it as nonsense. What I mean is, you look really good in this outfit.]
Zhuozhuo lowered her head and tugged at the lace on her sleeves and the jewel buttons on her collar. Gu Yong jumped out of bed and ran to the dressing mirror. Looking at herself dressed beautifully, she jumped for joy and said, "Uncle Guyan, Zhuozhuo likes new clothes."
"I like it and I'll wear a new one tomorrow."
Gu Yan felt very accomplished. Several styles of matching clothes flashed through his mind, and he prepared to let Zhuo Zhuo wear them all.
Zhuozhuo turned around in front of the mirror, admiring himself from front to back. He took Gu Yan's hand and said in a baby voice, "Uncle, Zhuozhuo is hungry. When are we going to eat?"
Gu Yan then remembered that Zhuozhuo seemed to have only drunk one cup of tea since arriving here yesterday. A row of exclamation marks flashed through his mind. Could the little guy be starving to death?
"Zhuozhuo, why didn't you tell me earlier?" Gu Yan wailed, picked up Zhuozhuo, and rushed to the kitchen. He frantically pulled out a bunch of milk, drinks, and fruit, then placed them on the dining table with Zhuozhuo. He was about to open a carton of milk for Zhuozhuo to drink, but then he remembered that children easily get diarrhea when drinking cold food on an empty stomach. He quickly carried Zhuozhuo to the sofa and quickly searched for some room temperature pastries and snacks.
After feeding Zhuozhuo, Gu Yan's pounding heart returned to his stomach. He began to wonder how the little guy could be alive and well after not eating for dozens of hours.
Zhuozhuo took a mouthful of rice cake and a sip of milk, eating with a loud noise.
9972 noticed Gu Yan had taken out his phone again and monitored the content. He was searching for healthy meals for children, must-reads for new dads, and 300 questions about parenting. He was immediately relieved. This Gu Yan seemed to have plenty of time for children and was eager to learn. He should be able to take good care of Zhuo Zhuo.
Life in the courtyard is visibly peaceful. There won't be any major conflicts or accidents for a long time. The mission objectives are powerful, and Zhuozhuo will be able to have a stable and peaceful childhood this time!
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