Chapter 16: Goodbye
"Hmm?" Nian Nian tilted her head in confusion, pressing her palm on Shi Guilin's abdomen to support her upper body. "Papa?"
His bright eyes were extremely clear, not at all like those of a hooligan who would strip people's clothes and drink their milk.
Shi Guilin and Nian Nian looked at each other for a while, and then he realized that he seemed to have misunderstood something.
However, after realizing it was a misunderstanding, Shi Guilin was so ashamed and angry that his face turned even redder.
It took him a long time to cool down the temperature on his face and restore his complexion to its jade-white color.
Seeing that her father had become as normal as usual, Nian Nian started to hum and groan again, and gesture to express her demands.
"Papa," Nian Nian sat cross-legged on Shi Guilin's waist, her hands bent as if holding a bottle, her mouth pouting like a little goldfish, "Oh oh."
Gui Lin surprisingly understood this milk-drinking performance, "Nian Nian, are you hungry? Do you want some milk powder?"
"Hmm!" Nian Nian nodded vigorously, as if she was starving. She patted Shi Guilin's arm urgingly and parroted, "Nian Nian, hungry."
Seeing how hungry he was, Shi Guilin felt guilty, "Nian Nian, wait for daddy. Daddy will take you downstairs to eat."
As soon as he finished speaking, the man swiftly rushed into the bathroom.
Nian Nian didn't have to wait too long. He crawled on the bed for a few minutes wearing the cream-colored pajamas that her aunt had bought for her yesterday. Then Shi Guilin came out after washing up with water droplets on his face.
He was afraid that Nian Nian was starving, so he grabbed the crawling Nian Nian in his arms and ran downstairs to the restaurant to sit down.
"Oh, what a rare guest," Wang Xiulin teased, pushing a plate of what was clearly a baby meal over. "I was just thinking Nian Nian must be hungry, so I was going to go into your room and take her out to eat separately."
"Well... Uncle, don't sleep in..." Shi Linzhuo's mouth was full, perhaps because class was about to start and he was in a hurry to eat. "You can not eat, but remember to send Nian Nian to the cafeteria, we will feed him."
Hearing that everyone seemed to be discussing her, Nian Nian cooperated by touching her belly and making a "wu" sound.
Shi Guilin, a new dad, was a little embarrassed because he almost skipped his son's meal because of sleeping in. He said defensively, "I just don't have much experience with children. Humph, starting tomorrow, I won't sleep in at all."
"Nian Nian, don't listen to what others say. Dad will feed you egg custard."
Shi Guilin hurriedly scooped up a spoonful of egg custard that was as soft as jelly, blew on it, and handed it to Nian Nian's mouth.
"Ah." Nian Nian ate it in one bite and shook her legs hanging under the chair in satisfaction.
Shi Linzhuo quickly finished his breakfast, and when he stood up, he threw his schoolbag on his back. At the same time, he reached out and took a bottle of fresh milk on the table. His movements were smooth and fluid, and it was obvious that he was an old hand at school.
Nian Nian opened her eyes wide and forgot to chew her food for a moment.
"Baby, brother is going to school, bye." Shi Linzhuo pinched his face, turned around and hurried out to get in the car.
The boy was wearing a school uniform and exuded a lively energy. He ran like a nimble leopard and disappeared in an instant.
So much so that when Nian Nian, who was a little slow to raise her head, Shi Linzhuo was nowhere to be seen. She could only mumble goodbye while holding a mouthful of egg custard.
When the other people at the table heard this, they all smiled in unison.
then--
When leaving for work, Li Han shook Nian Nian's hand and said, "Bye Nian Nian."
Nian Nian said in a muffled voice, "Hmm," and said, "Bye."
Before leaving, Chen Yi poked Nian Nian's cheek and said, "Goodbye, little glutinous rice cake Nian Nian."
"Yeah!" Nian Nian nodded seriously, "Bye."
After receiving the little one's earnest farewell, everyone went to work and school contentedly.
After feeding Nian Nian, Shi Guilin had some breakfast casually, then went back to the room to change clothes for Nian Nian and himself.
I'm going out today.
The driver was waiting outside the door early. Nian Nian said goodbye to her grandparents obediently before Shi Guilin placed her in the baby chair in the car.
Shi Guilin was afraid that he would be bored, so he took out Nian Nian's favorite dumplings from his pocket for him to play with.
Nian Nian kneaded it for a while, then looked up and said to Shi Guilin, "Auntie."
"What?" The two words were spoken too lightly and too quickly for Shi Guilin to hear clearly.
Nian Nian repeated: "Auntie, bye."
"You mean you didn't see your aunt and didn't say goodbye to her, right?" Shi Guilin tried to understand.
"Yeah." Nian Nian nodded.
"Ah—" Shi Guilin dragged out the words, his face full of understanding as he comforted her, "Nian Nian, don't be upset. The reason she didn't see her aunt was because she's a lazy college student and couldn't get out of bed, not because she wasn't home."
Nian Nian was confused by what he heard, but he could vaguely feel that his aunt's failure to say goodbye to him was understandable and she did not miss breakfast on purpose.
The car was parked in the parking lot of a private hospital.
Shi Guilin donned a baseball cap and mask, while Nian Nian, still wearing a bucket hat, covered her head. After a quick check to ensure her face was properly covered, Shi Guilin carried the baby out of the car.
I walked quickly all the way to the department.
"Knock knock." Shi Guilin knocked twice casually as a gesture, then pushed the door open and walked in.
"Finally here." The man wearing glasses was typing something on the computer. When he saw the person coming, he just glanced up and his attitude was casual to the point of being contemptuous.
There's nothing we can do about it, since the two of them are so familiar with each other.
Shi Guilin was even more perfunctory to the extreme. He didn't even bother to act. He just sat down and faced Gao Yiyan.
He took off the bucket hat on Nian Nian's head and the mask on his face: "Give my son a physical examination."
The eyes, which had been in a dim environment just now, suddenly came into contact with the bright light, producing a strong sour feeling, causing Nian Nian to unconsciously close her eyes tightly to relieve the discomfort.
Gao Yiyan wasn't blind; he had seen the little guy's back since Shi Guilin came in. He wasn't surprised because Shi Guilin had contacted him on WeChat yesterday, saying he wanted to adopt a baby and wanted to come for a physical examination.
Although he was not surprised, he was curious about what kind of baby could make the 23-year-old Shi Guilin make such a decision.
"I really don't understand what you are thinking. Why do you suddenly want to raise a child when you are so young..." Gao Yiyan was stunned halfway through his words.
Nian Nian opened his eyes with dark pupils.
A few tears overflowed from her eyes, which were sore due to the change of light and dark, and stained pitifully on the edges of Nian Nian's slightly red eye sockets, not to mention that these eyes were very round and the black and white were clear.
Such eyes embedded in the white and tender pink dough are too cute. Like a puppy that has just turned one month old.
When Gao Yiyan looked at Nian Nian, he felt his heart soften.
"What did you say? What's your bad habit of leaving words half-sentenced?" Shi Guilin complained, lowering his head and rubbing the tears from the corners of Nian Nian's eyes with his fingertips.
"Nothing." Gao Yiyan decided to take back his words and changed the subject, "This child is so cute. No wonder you're willing to be a father at the age of 23. If I met him, I would be happy to be a father at the age of 18."
“…”
Shi Guilin was speechless. "Nian Nian is very cute. But you are mentally ill. At the age of eighteen, you are still distressed because your father froze your bank card. You cried and begged me to lend you pocket money. What a stupid child."
Nian Nian searched for the keyword again: "papa, sick?"
"No, baby, no one is sick. Daddy was just joking." Shi Guilin said gently.
Gao Yiyan: "..." He endured it.
I can't stand it anymore.
Gao Yiyan gritted his teeth and said, "I'm sick, so I'm your childhood friend."
"Well, my sick childhood friend, can you give my Nian Nian a physical examination now?" Shi Guilin smiled.
Gao Yiyan was furious. Why did he shoot himself in the foot?
Within the department.
Gao Yiyan took Nian Nian and put the baby in the crib, holding a tape measure in his hand, "Nian Nian, don't move."
He held the baby's head steady, trying not to look at the baby's adorable face, and quickly measured his height and measurements.
Then came the vision, hearing, and oral exams. The final and most challenging part was a blood test.
Shi Guilin didn't want to leave the impression of a bad father to Nian Nian, so he put Nian Nian into Gao Yiyan's arms.
Gao Yiyan, suddenly carrying a baby in her arms, was stunned: "Blood will be drawn soon, why don't you stay with the child and just give him to me?"
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