The dim, warm orange light shone on the soft quilt.
The two small feet under the blanket were fidgeting restlessly, and the man gently patted them.
His voice was low and deep, like a gentle breeze after the rain: "Once, the little princess had a sudden idea and wanted the king to find her a duck that could fly in the sky. The king doted on the princess very much, so he sent servants everywhere to look for one."
Li Ziming asked, "Has the king been found?"
Li Xian turned the page and continued, "The guards traveled thousands of miles and finally found a duck that could fly into the sky."
Li Mianmian clapped her little hands loudly and said in her childish voice, "Great, great, we found it!"
Li Ziming agreed, "The little princess will be very happy."
"But the little princess didn't even glance at it before turning and leaving, because she had heard that there was a magic wand in the world that could make people more beautiful. Now she didn't want the duck, she just wanted that magic wand."
"ah?"
Li Ziming's face fell, and he and Li Mianmian exchanged a glance, both saying, "This princess is not cute at all. The princess who picks roses is the cute one."
Seeing the two children's serious expressions, Li Xian smiled slightly and patted Mianmian's head: "Which princess does Mianmian like?"
Mianmian raised her little face and smiled, "I like that princess who loves to laugh, just like Mommy."
Li Xian's eyes were full of gentle warmth as he nodded, "Yes, Mom is a princess."
Mianmian asked curiously, "Then what is Daddy?"
Without hesitation, Li Ziming declared confidently, "Dad is definitely a prince. Only a prince can marry a princess."
After not hearing a reply for a long time, Li Mianmian looked up at her father.
The man seemed to be reminiscing about the past, his voice gentle and somewhat ethereal.
“Back then, Dad was a wild beast.”
Xu Nuo heard this as she walked to the door of the room.
Li Mianmian remembered the story her father had told her: the beast lived in a dark underground castle, was ugly, and had terrifying horns. She covered her mouth in surprise.
"ah?"
"A beast? How did Daddy transform? Did you really have horns before?"
Li Ziming was so excited that he was practically rolling around on the bed. His habit of moving around a lot in his sleep was very similar to Xu Nuo's. Li Xian, with his experience, gently patted his back and whispered, "Mommy kissed Daddy, and Daddy transformed."
Li Ziming was so shocked that he didn't dare to move. He stared at Li Xian's sexy thin lips and imagined that his father was a monster with bull horns. Then his princess mother descended from the sky, kissed him, and he turned into his current appearance with a "bang".
Li Ziming cupped his face in his hands and said, "Mommy is so amazing! If Mommy kisses me, will I turn into Ultraman?"
Xu Nuo pushed open the door: "You will turn into Peppa Pig."
"Mother!"
Li Ziming's face fell: "Waaah, I don't want to become Peppa Pig, I don't want to become Mommy's hairdryer."
Listening to a story before bed is a bedtime perk for Li Ziming and Li Mianmian.
Because Li Xian is busy with work for long hours, when he is not on a business trip, he will rush home before dinner to have dinner with Xu Nuo and their two children.
After dinner, I'll take the two kids out for a walk.
Li Xian likes to tell stories from books. Occasionally when he goes on business trips, Xu Nuo becomes the storyteller, and she tells stories about Peppa Pig and Ultraman.
Li Ziming disliked the little pig that looked like a hairdryer. He had just learned that his father could transform, and now Xu Nuo said that he might also transform, and into that pink pig. He was immediately terrified.
Xu Nuo found it amusing and gently kissed the two little ones' foreheads. Seeing Li Ziming's horrified expression, she couldn't help but tap his forehead: "Silly boy, you won't turn into Peppa Pig."
Li Ziming was relieved to hear that he wouldn't turn into a pink hairdryer, and said strangely, "Silly girl, you're clearly Mom."
Just as Li Xian was about to give her a stern look, he heard Li Mianmian's soft, sweet voice say in a serious tone, "Yes, that's how Daddy calls Mommy."
Xu Nuo and Li Xian exchanged a glance, somewhat embarrassed: Oh no, from now on they'll have to close the door when they whisper to each other.
In order to restore Xu Nuo's powerful and domineering status in the children's eyes, Li Xian warned, "You can't call Mom that."
My silly little boy, only he can do that.
Xu Nuo, hands on her hips, said, "Did you hear me?"
Li Ziming and Li Mianmian, under the pressure of Li Xian's tyranny, obediently nodded.
Half an hour later, Li Xian's story not only lulled Xiao Shitou and Xiao Nuomi to sleep, but even Xu Nuo was starting to feel drowsy.
Li Xian gently carried Xiao Nuomi to her princess bed and covered her with a blanket.
She straightened Li Ziming's body again and covered him with the blanket.
He then bent down and picked Xu Nuo up in his arms.
Xu Nuo reached out and hooked her arms around his neck, resting comfortably against it, and hummed, "You called me a little fool, which made Mianmian and the others laugh at me."
Li Xian, with his cold and handsome demeanor, couldn't help but kiss her, whispering, "They won't dare laugh at you, I'll deal with them."
Xu Nuo chuckled: "That won't do. I finally managed to make Mianmian and Zimo think that Daddy is very approachable. You can't be mean to them anymore."
Li Xian placed Xu Nuo on the bed: "I didn't yell at them."
Xu Nuo pinched his cheek: "You should smile at the children more often."
Li Xian smiled and obediently nodded, "Mm."
Xu Nuo stopped, satisfied, and directed him to get her some face cream.
Xu Nuo often gets lazy and asks Li Xian to get this or that for her, or to do this or that for her. Li Xian never complains and brings back the moisturizing oil.
His fingertips, slightly cool, applied the moisturizing oil to her smooth, fair face.
Xu Nuo closed her eyes, enjoying Li Xian's increasingly exquisite face-washing technique.
After applying the face cream, Li Xian also massaged Xu Nuo's temples. He lowered his head, pressed his lips to her forehead, and whispered, "The two little ones are the most mischievous right now. Thank you for your hard work."
Xu Nuo shook her head.
She doesn't find it hard at all.
There were people to do the housework and cook the meals. When she needed to handle official business, she would ask Xue Ping and Xu Jin'an to look after her. When she was free, she would take the two little ones out to play.
Unless he's on a business trip, Li Xian tries his best to come back before dinner, take the two children for a walk after dinner, and tell them stories before bed.
It's less about Xu Nuo taking care of the children and more about two children playing with her.
"I'm not tired at all. It's you who's been so busy lately. You should lie down and I'll give you a massage."
Li Xian obediently lay down.
Xu Nuo's soft fingers gently massaged his temples: "How is it? Doesn't it feel good?"
Li Xian didn't close his eyes, keeping his eyes fixed on her. Hearing this, he nodded and said, "Nuonuo is the best. It feels very comfortable."
Overjoyed at the praise, Xu Nuo rubbed her hands a few times. Li Xian, worried that she might get tired, took her small hand, pulled her into his arms, and gently patted her back.
Xu Nuo asked, "Why do you say you're a wild beast?"
Li Xian's voice was very calm and soft: "Because I wasn't good enough for you back then."
He wasn't wrong; his life was changed by just one kiss from her.
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