102. Parents
"you……"
Before Ke Qi could finish speaking, he had already picked her up and placed her on the washbasin.
The bright incandescent light illuminated their shadows at that moment.
Ke Qi turned her head and glanced at the ambiguous shadow, her face immediately turning red with embarrassment.
Each succubus mother has a different constitution.
Some women breastfeed more after giving birth, and Keqi is one of them.
So often, even after feeding the baby, there will still be a lot of food left over.
So she often felt pain.
Fortunately, this problem has been greatly alleviated now.
They've been married for almost two years, but they still live like newlyweds every day.
Such happiness often made Keqi feel unreal.
But that's just how it is.
Having lost her mother at a young age, followed by the arrival of her stepmother and the change of heart of her biological father, Ke Qi spent her entire childhood and most of her adolescence in a state of lack of love and loss.
The happiness she enjoys now is something she never even dared to dream of before.
"husband."
Keqi cupped his cheeks and asked, "How about we have another daughter?"
Gu Zhao: "Why do you suddenly want a daughter?"
"because."
Ke Qi looked at him and smiled: "You said you like daughters, and I don't want to disappoint you."
I don't want to disappoint him~
Gu Zhao kept repeating this sentence in his heart.
Finally, he licked the residue from the corner of his mouth, then, as if remembering something, tenderly kissed her forehead.
"Forget it, I'm not having any more children, it hurts so much."
He used to think about having her have his baby every day, but ever since she had a near-death experience on the day she actually gave birth, Gu Zhao has been traumatized and even regrets getting her pregnant.
"Qiqi, there's no such thing as feeling sorry for you. It's you who will break my heart if something really happens to you."
He buried his face in her shoulder and said in a muffled voice, "Your well-being is more important than anything else."
Seeing his guilty expression, Ke Qi stopped bringing it up and cupped his chin in her hands, saying, "I understand."
In the past, Xiao Guqi was always very clingy to her mother, and would always monopolize Keqi's bed when going to sleep.
As a result, Gu Zhao, the husband, had been starving for several days.
Even if he sometimes starts eating while Gu Qi is asleep, the little guy often wakes up halfway through.
But today the little one is unusually tired from playing, so...
He picked up his beautiful wife and could no longer hold back.
Gradually, the night outside the window deepened.
By the time everything was over, Keqi should have been exhausted, given her physical condition.
But she still tried to stay awake and told Gu Zhao with concern, "Honey, go and bring the baby over, otherwise we'll be very sad if she wakes up tomorrow and can't see her."
Gu Zhao kissed her sweaty little face, "It's just one night. There's a childcare robot watching over you. It's implanted with Shengyao Technology's most advanced childcare system. Everything will be fine. Go to sleep."
“No way.” Ke Qi shook her head, insisting, “Even the most advanced robot can’t replace Mom and Dad. Qi Qi is very clingy.”
Specifically, they are very attached to their parents.
"Okay." Gu Zhao tucked the blanket around her. "Then I'll go get her now."
Ke Qi was finally satisfied: "Hmm."
A short while later, Gu Zhao returned carrying the tiny succubus cub.
The little one slept exceptionally well tonight; even when his dad picked him up from the crib, he wasn't woken up.
It wasn't until he was placed in his mother's arms that he twitched his nose like a puppy, then snuggled closer to Keqi and rubbed his cute little horns against her chin.
Ke Qi kissed the little guy's head, then looked at Gu Zhao and winked.
Gu Zhao immediately understood and lay down next to the mother and son.
Then, sensing the strong presence of her father's hormones, Gu Qi's small body moved slightly. The next second, her short tail honestly reached out towards Gu Zhao and finally wrapped around his little finger.
Then, even breathing sounds began.
The happy baby, with his/her mom and dad by his/her side, slept very peacefully.
"I knew it," Ke Qi whispered to Gu Zhao, "Baby is very attached to Mommy and Daddy."
"Yes, I can see that."
Gu Zhao turned to the side and gently touched his son's round little bottom with his other hand, which wasn't tangled in his son's tail.
“Like you,” he chuckled, “both are clingy.”
“Mingming is just like you,” Keqi retorted. “You’re super clingy too, okay?”
Back when Keqi and he were dating for the first time, she was always worried about what would happen if they went on a long trip together, and whether they would have enough energy to eat or go hungry.
But she later realized that she had been worrying for nothing.
They've been dating for almost two years now, and no matter what kind of work requires them to travel far from home, they're never apart for more than a week.
Because sometimes he would take leave to be with Ke Qi, or Ke Qi would take the initiative to accompany him on business trips and to school to attend group meetings.
In the end, it was hard to say who was more clingy.
"It is said that couples eventually start to look more and more alike."
Gu Zhao said lazily, "I call this 'the wife sings and the husband follows.'"
"Fine, fine," Ke Qi said, both amused and exasperated. "I just can't argue with you."
The two chatted back and forth, and suddenly their drowsiness vanished.
But the baby in the middle slept soundly the whole time, as if the parents' chatter had become white noise to lull him to sleep.
This scene reminded Ke Qi of some things from her childhood.
"Actually, when I was very, very young, I was probably around three years old."
Looking at the sleeping baby, Keqi seemed to see herself as a child.
“My mother was still alive then, and she and my father were just as loving. She would stay by my side every night.”
She chuckled softly, "Back then, I really felt like the happiest child in the whole world."
"Really?" Gu Zhao asked in surprise, "You still remember memories from so long ago?"
"I only remember a few fragments."
Ke Qi said, "It's very blurry."
It was also the only happy memory she had of her family of three.
But even this insignificant happiness eventually became unrecognizable over time.
"A child who lacks the love of either parent will have an incomplete childhood."
Ke Qi looked down at Gu Qi and couldn't help but gently squeeze his little hand. "Gu Zhao, I know that feeling very well."
"So when you asked me if I would have your baby after you died, I was serious when I said no."
"Some regrets from our youth may take a lifetime to make up for, or they may never be made up for."
“I already have regrets, and I don’t want our baby to repeat my fate.”
She looked up at Gu Zhao, extended her little finger to him, and made a pinky promise.
"So Gu Zhao, for the sake of our baby, we both need to take good care of ourselves, okay?"
Here, "well" naturally refers to taking good care of one's body.
But who can predict tomorrow or any unexpected event?
No one could guarantee anything, but Gu Zhao didn't hesitate to extend his little finger and interlock it tightly with her fingertips.
"good!"
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