Chapter 105
The sky was very clear after the rain. The sun, which had been embraced by dark clouds for a whole morning, finally broke free and generously shed its unique light.
On the earth, the rain-watered grass and trees covered by the golden sunlight, the wet asphalt roads, and the rain-dripping eaves all reflected the sun's gift ostentatiously.
Jiaojiao, lying obediently in her father's arms, looked at the lights and suddenly pointed in one direction with her little hand: "Dad, it looks good."
Li Yubai looked in the direction of his little finger and found that it was just an ordinary tree. The only difference was that the rain on the leaves, after being exposed to the sunlight, formed many tiny sparkling lights mixed with colors.
This is a very common scene, so common that it appears after every rain.
"Dad, it's so beautiful." Jiaojiao looked up at her father and shared in a childish voice.
Li Yubai glanced at him, then turned his head again to look at the tree bathed in golden sunlight. He didn't feel anything when he hurriedly passed by it, but now he stopped and looked carefully, he found that these raindrops that looked like dewdrops were shining in the sunlight, although small, but indeed beautiful enough.
These raindrops reflecting sunlight hang among the grass and trees, like colorful gems inlaid in them.
So it’s really pretty!
Li Yubai lowered his head to meet Jiaojiao's expectant eyes. Seeing that his hat and mask obscured only his round eyes, he reached out and pulled the mask up to cover his lower eyelids. A faint smile lingered in his usually cold voice: "Yeah, it looks good."
Jiaojiao was very happy to be recognized by her father. She lay in her father's arms and looked around with her big eyes. Whenever she saw something new and beautiful, she couldn't wait to share it with her father. Sometimes she spoke in such a hurry that she couldn't even speak clearly.
Listening to his joyful sharing, Li Yubai patiently looked at them one by one and then gave a pertinent evaluation.
The sun, mixed with a hint of sunset, fell in front of them. The two, one big and one small, walked through one intersection after another in the sunlight without any hurry.
The shadows from the tall buildings and roadside trees passed over them, and the sound of cars honking on the roadside and the sound of GG videos from the buildings did not break the silence.
Gradually, Li Yubai began to appreciate the tiny pleasures from these tiny things that he usually wouldn't notice.
Li Yubai suddenly remembered something and took out his mobile phone to check which brands of clothes, toys, baby creams and shower gels were harmless and suitable for children.
Jiaojiao, who was in her father's arms, saw him looking down at his phone. She curiously looked over and saw pictures of children's clothes and toys on the phone. She blinked and asked, "Dad, are you buying clothes and toys for me?"
Li Yubai glanced at him, the corners of his mouth raised slightly: "Yeah, I'm buying clothes and toys for Jiaojiao."
Jiaojiao looked up at his father and said seriously, "No need to buy anything. Jiaojiao already has clothes to wear." As he spoke, he tugged at the clothes on his body.
Li Yubai was surprised: "Isn't it good to have some clothes to change into?"
"No." Jiaojiao wrinkled her nose and shook her head: "Buying clothes costs money and will be thrown away. Jiaojiao is easy to raise, doesn't cost money, and won't be thrown away."
Li Yubai's eyes froze. He didn't know where this idea came from, but it made him very unhappy. He reached out and pinched Jiaojiao's skinny face and said, "I just like expensive things. The more expensive a child is, the more I like them."
Hearing this, Jiaojiao quickly stretched out her little hands and hugged her father's face, saying hurriedly: "Jiaojiao costs money, Jiaojiao costs money, Dad likes Jiaojiao and doesn't like other children." As she spoke, she rubbed her masked face against her father's face.
Li Yubai, whose mask was rubbed askew, turned his head to look at him, and reached out to pinch Jiaojiao's little nose through the mask: "Are you still going to buy the clothes?"
"Buy it!" Jiaojiao said crisply.
Li Yubai sneered inwardly, holding him and strode forward.
Ruixin Shopping Mall is the largest shopping mall in Nanhua District, Beijing, covering a wide variety of stores including food, entertainment, clothing, beauty, skin care, jewelry, light luxury and high luxury.
The third floor of the mall is dedicated to selling children's products. As soon as you go up to the third floor, you can see children coming and going, and many pregnant women.
Most of the people who come here are women with children. The rare men come with their wives or mothers. There are very few people like Li Yubai who come alone with their children.
Facing the gazes from all around, Li Yubai chose to ignore them and walked directly into the shop nearby with Jiaojiao in his arms.
In the pink-colored store, the tall Li Yubai stood in front of the cute baby clothes that looked completely out of place with him. He lowered his eyebrows and carefully selected the clothes. From time to time, he would squat down and put the clothes he liked on Jiaojiao to test them.
Jiaojiao, who was standing on the ground, cooperated very well by tilting her little head back and opening her arms for her father to compete with.
When dad stopped picking out other clothes, Jiaojiao pulled on his trouser legs and followed him closely.
The women who were also choosing clothes in the store saw this scene and their lips curled up in cuteness. They didn't see what the two people looked like, but they just felt it was so cute for some reason.
After choosing for more than half an hour, Li Yubai picked out a total of ten sets of clothes for Jiaojiao, including pajamas, home clothes, and clothes for going out.
After coming out of the clothing store, Li Yubai followed the records on his mobile phone and bought a bunch of harmless, fragrance-free hand cream, baby cream, shower gel, shampoo, toothpaste, baby chair, baby spoon and other miscellaneous items.
After buying these, he planned to buy toys. He couldn't help Jiaojiao choose toys subjectively, because he had to choose the ones that Jiaojiao liked.
Li Yubai, who was carrying seven or eight bags, thought of this and put Jiaojiao down from his arms as soon as he entered the toy store, letting him choose toys.
Jiaojiao came down from his father's arms and walked among the dazzling array of toys, but he was not attracted to all of them. Although his eyes were full of curiosity, he would look back at his father every two steps. His little look seemed as if he was afraid that his father would suddenly disappear.
Li Yubai frowned slightly at the sight of him like this, suspecting that Jiaojiao's insecure look was the aftereffect of the first time he left the police station while he was sleeping.
With a slight pain in his heart, he strode forward, bent down and picked up Jiaojiao: "Look, take whatever you like."
The reason why he dared to say this was because the client of the part-time job he had taken previously had transferred the money in advance, and the Time and Space Zaizai program crew had also transferred the money for two days of recording.
The money Jiaojiao earned from recording the show should have been deposited into the account of the director of the welfare home. After all, Jiaojiao is still young, so it is impossible for the money to be transferred to him.
Li Yubai, who has money in his hands, of course has no scruples when buying things.
Jiaojiao felt very safe when being held by his father. Not afraid that his father would suddenly disappear, he looked around with his little head, looking at the many toys on the shelves that he had never seen before.
Suddenly, Jiaojiao saw a furry little puppy that could bark and move in a child's hand. She widened her eyes slightly and stared at it, obviously liking it very much.
Seeing this, Li Yubai took a similar puppy from the shelf nearby and asked, "Do you like it?"
Jiaojiao nodded with bright eyes: "Yeah."
"Then take it." Li Yubai stuffed the puppy into his arms.
Jiaojiao, holding the puppy, looked up at her father with a smile on her face. Her voice, muffled by the mask, sounded soft and tender: "Hello, Dad."
Li Yubai chuckled: "What else do you want?"
Jiaojiao shook her head: "No!"
"One is enough?"
"Uh-huh."
Really easy to feed!
Li Yubai thought about it and glanced at the child in front of him who was crying non-stop because he wanted to buy a toy. A little regret emerged in his heart, and he turned around and left with Jiaojiao in his arms.
Because Li Yubai bought a lot of things, he was stopped by the staff when he was leaving the mall and taken to the turntable on the side. They said that the mall was holding an event recently. If you spend more than four figures at one time, you can enter a lottery with your shopping receipt.
Li Yubai had no interest in the lottery, but Jiaojiao in his arms opened her big dark eyes and looked up at him in confusion: "Dad, what is a lottery?"
Li Yubai looked down at him, suddenly became interested, and decided to use practical actions to let him understand what a lottery is.
He handed the receipt to the staff, then carried Jiaojiao to the turntable and said, "There are a lot of things written on it. Press this button and the turntable will start turning. Whatever the green pointer points to is yours."
Jiaojiao nodded when she understood, raised her little paw and slapped the button.
The turntable spun rapidly, and when it finally stopped, the pointer swung back and forth between "Thank you for your patronage" and "First Prize" before stopping at "First Prize".
Li Yubai raised his eyebrows in surprise, not expecting that he could actually win the prize.
This mall is quite authentic, there's nothing tampered with?!
The mall staff who made some adjustments: “…”
It's a ghost!
The first prize is to return all the money spent in the mall.
Li Yubai spent a total of 6,780 yuan this time. After the staff consulted their superiors, they returned the 6,780 yuan to Li Yubai.
After receiving the money, Li Yubai raised his hand and rubbed Jiaojiao's head, who was confused throughout the whole process.
What a lucky little guy!
A week has passed in the blink of an eye. I don’t know what method Li Yubai used to persuade the director of the welfare home during this week. Anyway, Jiaojiao stayed with him for this week and did not return to the welfare home.
During this week, Li Yubai did a lot of things. No one knew how he got the news that the one who was going to adopt Jiaojiao was Actor Mu Nuomu.
After a slightly roundabout way of contacting Mu Nuo, I don't know what they talked about, but in the end, Emperor Mu gave up the idea of adopting Jiaojiao. Not only did he withdraw all the applications he had submitted, he also persuaded the director of the welfare home to agree to let Li Yubai adopt Jiaojiao.
Li Yubai submitted his application to adopt Jiaojiao to the relevant department two days ago, and all that remains is to wait for approval.
In the morning, Jiaojiao, sitting in the baby chair, drank the white porridge, and looked up from time to time to take a bite of the egg custard and meat fed by her father.
Jiaojiao has never used the baby spoon that I bought earlier. The reason is not because someone is addicted to feeding her, and I selfishly don’t want Jiaojiao to learn to eat alone for the time being.
While eating, the phone beside him rang. Li Yubai picked up the phone and after listening to the string of words from the other end, he said grudgingly, "Got it."
After hanging up the phone, Li Yubai poked Jiaojiao's face, which was looking up at him, and found that Jiaojiao's face was much plumper than at the beginning. He said with satisfaction, "Pack up and get ready to go to the gathering."
Jiaojiao was puzzled: "Gather?"
"Well, let's gather to take pictures of the baby in time and space." Li Yubai said as he took him out of the baby chair.
Since the last time, the issue of whether to continue filming Time and Space Cubs has not been discussed or concluded because Director Zhu Feng has been nagging about it.
The Shi family and Director Cao's family are absolutely unwilling to film again. Given their financial strength, they don't take the penalty for breach of contract seriously, not to mention that the main reason this time is the fault of the program crew.
The Lou and Mu families were also unwilling to shoot again. They also did not take the penalty for breach of contract seriously. They were just concerned about their reputation and had to be more tactful in their words.
However, these tough-minded parents were ultimately defeated by their own children.
I don’t know why, but since returning home, Cao Yuhao, Shi Huairou, Lou Yaoyao, and Mu Yichen have been clamoring to record their kids’ time and space. The parents, unable to bear the clamor, finally compromised.
The director of Time and Space Zaizai has been replaced by a more responsible director named Wu who has also filmed Zaizai programs. Director Cao, who was worried, also took the lead and followed the program crew with the title of assistant director.
In order to prevent various accidents and ensure safety, the Shi family also stuffed a lot of veterans who worked in bodyguard companies after retiring from the army into the staff.
Li Yubai, who didn't want to take pictures, thought it was okay after hearing this. It was a good opportunity for him to work and play with Jiaojiao at the same time. Besides, the presence of Lou Yaoyao and the others also allowed Jiaojiao to have some playmates.
Thinking of this, Li Yubai began to pack Jiaojiao's things. Jiaojiao was not idle either. She followed her father happily to help pack things. She either helped to stretch the pockets or helped to zip up. She was busy as if she was never idle.
Half an hour later, it was time to pack up everything. Unlike last time when he came with almost nothing, this time Li Yubai packed a backpack, a handbag and a 20-inch suitcase.
He carried his backpack, hung his handbag on the handle of the suitcase, and walked downstairs holding Jiaojiao, who was carrying a large milk bottle, in one hand.
In order to help her father lose weight, Jiaojiao, who was held in her father's arms, gritted her teeth and held the straps of the backpack on his shoulders.
Seeing this, Li Yubai chuckled and did not try to stop him.
As I walked out of the corridor, I was greeted by a cool breeze that blew away the heat on my body.
Li Yubai adjusted Jiaojiao's sun hat, walked out of the community, and hailed a car to the airport.
The shooting location this time is in a small county town with beautiful scenery in Yunnan Province. We need to gather at the airport first and then take a plane to Yunnan Province.
In the taxi, Jiaojiao, sitting in her father's arms, raised her little paws to pat her father's shoulders, her wrinkled little face full of heartache.
Li Yubai found it funny and reached out to hold Jiaojiao's little paw: "Don't worry, it's not heavy. I'm your father and I'm very strong. Just sit still."
Hearing this, Jiaojiao, relieved, sat back in her father's arms obediently, stretched out her hand to grab her father's fingers and play with them, while playing she hummed the tune her father taught her.
When the soft and sweet little voice hums the tune, people feel inexplicably healed.
In the driving seat, the driver, who was feeling hot in the summer, frowned, but his frown slowly relaxed as Jiaojiao hummed the tune.
Although he still felt hot, his mood had inexplicably improved. He couldn't help but look back at Jiaojiao and said in Mandarin with a thick accent from somewhere unknown, "The song your child hums is really beautiful."
After understanding what the driver said, Jiaojiao puffed out her chest and said proudly, "Jiaojiao's father taught me. Dad is awesome."
"Dad also teaches Jiaojiao how to play the piano and the thumping drums."
The driver was very flattering when he heard this and said, "Then your father is quite amazing."
Jiaojiao curled her eyes happily, even happier than when she was praised herself: "Daddy will teach Jiaojiao to read, and will tell Jiaojiao many stories that Jiaojiao has never heard of, and will also..."
The car was driving on the road, with the shade of the trees and the sunlight falling through the car window alternately. Li Yubai, who had lowered his eyes, moved his gaze and fell on Jiaojiao's extremely happy face. Listening to his childish voice showing off his good qualities to others, a trace of surprise flashed across his eyes, and then a smile suddenly appeared.
He closed his palms and completely held the two little claws of Jiaojiao that were holding his fingers. When Jiaojiao looked up, she curved her eyes at him.
Seeing her father's eyes curved with laughter for the first time, Jiaojiao was startled for a moment. Then she turned around and threw herself into his arms, looking up and saying, "Daddy, when he smiles, his eyes curve. It's so beautiful."
Li Yubai chuckled and tightened his arms, holding the little ball tightly in his arms, and rubbed his chin lightly on his furry head.
He was very lucky. On that rainy day, he met a child holding a bucket of intricate and gorgeous paints. The child stumbled into his world obediently and splashed the paints into his world. From then on, his world, which had been dull for more than 20 years, was splashed with completely different, profound and gorgeous colors!
After driving for half an hour, the taxi arrived at the Capital International Airport, and Li Yubai got out of the car holding Jiaojiao.
"Latest news, latest news. The Nancheng Police Station successfully apprehended an attempted murderer a week ago. Investigation has confirmed that he is the serial killer who has been roaming between Jiangcheng and Jingshi in recent years, causing the deaths of multiple women. The killer's name is..."
Li Yubai, who had just gotten out of the car, heard this news from the radio station that the driver was listening to. He paused while closing the car door, then went around to the trunk to take out the luggage and walked towards the airport.
Not long after walking, I met Lu Yian and others outside the airport.
Meeting his gaze, Lu Yian laughed: "There's nothing we can do. Mumu and the others are just waiting for Jiaojiao to come along."
"Who says our little Jiaojiao is so popular?" Shi Yue said with a smile.
Chen Yingke on the side nodded in agreement.
"Jiaojiao!" Lou Yaoyao and others who had been waiting for a long time rushed forward happily, chattering around Jiaojiao who was sitting on the suitcase.
Jiaojiao was very happy to see her friends. She lowered her head and took out candies from her pocket in front of her belly and shared them with them.
Xiao Tiancheng, who was standing by, curled his lips and muttered quietly, "What a big shot! And he's the last one to arrive. Could he have run into some human traffickers again?"
Hearing his mumbling, Li Yubai glanced at him and then looked away.
A group of people walked towards the airport and successfully boarded the plane after passing security check.
Jiaojiao, who was flying on a plane for the first time, looked around curiously at first, but soon fell asleep with her head tilted.
At Experimental High School, Guan Shanyue rushed from the playground to Jun Zhengyu, who was catching up on his sleep on the desk, and slammed the desk.
Jun Zhengyu was startled and looked up suddenly. The sharpness that flashed in his eyes scared Guan Shanyue.
After seeing that it was Guan Shanyue in front of him, Jun Zhengyu frowned: "Are you crazy? Why are you banging my desk for no reason?"
Guan Shanyue, having regained his composure, was filled with excitement. "Fuck, brother, how could you still sleep? Did you know that the murderer you bravely apprehended was the very perpetrator of the Blackwater Serial Murders? You're so awesome! Who wouldn't be impressed? From now on, you're the golden signboard of our experiment!"
Jun Zhengyu, who looked confused, blinked and turned to look at his smiling deskmate beside him.
Xiao Jingxing smiled and nodded, giving a thumbs-up: "Brother Jun, this time Niu Dafa!"
Jun Zhengyu slapped his hand away. With an annoyed look on his face, he could already foresee the scene next Monday when he would be arranged to stand on the flag-raising platform and be commended again in front of all the teachers and students of the school.
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