"Men work hard enough outside, so they should rest and relax when they get home."
"If a grown man were to do laundry and someone saw him, they would laugh at him. You know, a gentleman keeps away from the kitchen. What kind of man does that?"
Huai Chuan had heard these words before, but his long-term solitary life and field missions had long since honed his skills.
He can do everything on his own, including washing clothes and cooking.
They can even dig a smokeless stove in the wild and cook without any smoke at all.
He knew how to do everything, both what he was supposed to and what he wasn't supposed to do. In fact, because of the military's internal regulations, he did things more neatly and better than the average person.
He happened to have more free time these past two days, and he couldn't just stand by and watch Li Qingqing do all the housework while he did nothing...
After all, it's common knowledge that soldiers keep their quarters tidy; it wouldn't make sense for them to do nothing.
Duan Huaichuan didn't say anything, but said that it would be natural for him to share the housework with Li Qingqing.
Li Qingqing neither stopped him nor expressed any opinion, as if this was how things were supposed to be. Duan Huaichuan did the laundry, and she went to cook.
Duan Huaichuan rushed over to cook, while she took the child to the yard to play with him.
In short, he wanted to show off, so she gave him the opportunity.
Washing clothes and doing housework isn't usually a difficult task, but Duan Huaichuan couldn't help but think about his child while washing the baby's diapers.
They are clearly father and son, but Tuantuan seems not to know him very well.
He tried to reach out and hug the child, but Tuantuan instinctively resisted, shaking her head like a rattle drum and clinging tightly to Li Qingqing's neck.
When Li Qingqing was playing with the child, he wanted to go over and join her.
The little dumpling, who was grinning happily just a second ago, almost instantly stopped smiling when she saw him, and shrugged her little face as she burrowed into Li Qingqing's arms.
Even when the mother and son are playing with a ball, if the ball rolls to his feet, Xiao Tuantuan will instantly lose interest and turn to find his mother to play other games.
Those who know them are father and son, but those who don't might think they are sworn enemies from a past life.
Duan Huaichuan exhaled a breath of stale air, his feelings extremely complicated.
Originally, he wanted to relax and spend more time with his children after returning from the holiday, to strengthen their parent-child relationship.
However, after spending time with him, the child seemed to dislike him even more, turning his head away as soon as he saw him, not even letting his gaze linger on his face for a second longer.
It seemed as if this home belonged only to the mother and son, and not to him.
He was just an annoying intruder in this house.
After his initial frustration, Duan Huaichuan was left with only helplessness.
It seems that cultivating a bond between children is a long and arduous task.
Well, the child is still young and doesn't understand anything. These things need to be taken slowly.
Duan Huaichuan quickly washed the diapers and clothes clean and was about to hang them up when he turned around and saw Li Qingqing, who had just finished feeding the baby and was coming downstairs, tidying up her clothes.
Li Qingqing seemed to notice his gaze as well. She tugged at the coat draped over her shoulders, slowly raised her head, and the faint smile on her lips vanished the moment she saw him.
She stared at him with no expression and no emotional fluctuation.
Even without any expression, that face is hard to look away from.
Under the warm light, Li Qingqing's fair and radiant skin resembled a piece of fine mutton fat jade. Her long hair was casually draped over her shoulders, giving her a relaxed and carefree air, exuding a natural sense of comfort.
Many people around me say that my wife is in poor condition after giving birth. Her skin is not as delicate and fair as before, and she looks like a completely different person.
The woman always complains that they don't care enough, aren't attentive enough, and don't have enough time to help take care of the children, which is why things turned out that way.
But Li Qingqing's skin seemed even more radiant than before, and her overall demeanor didn't seem to have changed much; on the contrary, her aura was more harmonious and comfortable.
Of course, this has nothing to do with him...
Duan Huaichuan knew that Shu Ying had been making face creams for Li Qingqing, and that the things Shu Ying made seemed to be quite effective.
Just look at the results Li Qingqing is showing now.
Besides giving her face wipes, Shu Ying would also come over from time to time to help Li Qingqing take care of her children, or bring her two children to play with Tuantuan.
The neighbors all say that when Tuantuan plays with Yangyang and Yueyue, she is more cheerful and lively than before.
From this perspective, Shu Ying seems to be even more dutiful than he is as a husband...
Thinking about it this way, Duan Huaichuan suddenly seemed to understand why those neighbor aunties joked with Li Qingqing when he got home yesterday, saying that she didn't actually need a man in her current life and that she was fine living with Shu Ying...
Duan Huaichuan suddenly felt a sense of crisis.
But upon closer reflection, I realized that my sense of crisis was unnecessary.
Shu Ying couldn't really take his wife away...
Duan Huaichuan pondered this in a contradictory manner for a long time.
Seeing him standing there dumbfounded with the basin in his arms, Li Qingqing assumed he had encountered some problem while washing clothes and was too embarrassed to ask. She walked over, put on her clothes, and looked down into the basin.
Duan Huaichuan felt a blur before his eyes, and the next second, when he looked down, he saw Li Qingqing's slender, fair neck exposed to his view.
The angle and posture of her bowed head were relaxed and natural, like an elegant white swan lowering its neck.
Duan Huaichuan had never discovered that a person's neck could possess such beauty.
She really is... so much prettier than before, from head to toe, she's always captivating.
And there was that faint, pleasant fragrance emanating from her...
Duan Huaichuan couldn't help but want to smell it a few more times; the scent swirled in his nostrils, making him feel completely refreshed.
Duan Huaichuan was startled, then realized something, and his heart began to beat faster.
Just then, Li Qingqing raised her head, and Duan Huaichuan's heart pounded even harder at the thought of making eye contact with her.
In his panic, he didn't know what his brain was thinking. Instinctively, he held the basin and turned around abruptly before Li Qingqing could fully look up at him.
"I...I feel like I'm still not quite clean enough, I'll wash it again."
So he carried the basin back to the tap and, huffing and puffing, washed the baby's diapers all over again.
Li Qingqing frowned in surprise.
Was it not washed clean?
She just looked through it all, and it was clearly washed quite clean... Could it be that she developed a germaphobia from spending so much time in the military?
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