Tall and strong, they are like walking tanks, and many people are frightened when they see them. Girls like Xia Lan who are not afraid of them are extremely rare.
Qin Yu sometimes feels helpless because he doesn't know how many children cry when they see him, but there's nothing he can do but try to avoid eye contact with the children.
"Is that so? Dad is afraid of scaring me, not that he hates me?" Meng Qiqi's eyes sparkled with hope as she listened to Qin Yu's explanation.
“I agree with what your Uncle Qin said. Your father loves your mother so much, how could he not love you? You are the precious baby your mother gave birth to after all that hardship!”
Xia Lan also felt that it was very likely that the men in the army did not know how to express themselves, which led Meng Qiqi to misunderstand and think that her father did not like her.
"Is giving birth very hard?" Meng Qiqi asked Xia Lan.
“Auntie, I haven’t given birth yet, so I can’t tell you, but I think it must be tough,” Xia Lan said earnestly.
"Think about it, it must have been so difficult for you to grow this big inside your mother's belly."
I think so too.
Meng Qiqi nodded like a little adult, trying to understand with her own little brain.
That night, Meng Qiqi, like a child with a strong thirst for knowledge, kept pestering Xia Lan and Qin Yu with questions until she got the answers to everything they wanted to know, and only then did she let them go.
Xia Lan and Qin Yu breathed a sigh of relief after Meng Qiqi finally fell asleep.
"Wife." Qin Yu hugged Xia Lan with one arm and looked at Meng Qiqi sleeping with her.
"Hmm?" Xia Lan responded softly.
"How about we have children later?" Qin Yu suggested.
Xia Lan, who was already feeling a bit nervous due to Meng Qiqi's antics, immediately nodded. "Okay."
Someone as clever and mischievous as Meng Qiqi is not someone that ordinary people can handle.
"But the way he sleeps is kind of cute." Xia Lan looked at Meng Qiqi, who looked like a little angel when he was asleep. Looking at his fair and tender little face, he was really quite adorable.
"It's all an illusion." Qin Yu hugged Xia Lan tightly, urging her to go to sleep.
"Mom... Waaah... Xiuxiu..." After Meng Qiqi fell into a deep sleep, her subconscious fears surfaced.
As if she had just had a nightmare, she curled up in fear, her little face covered in terrified tears.
"So all that liveliness just now was an act." Xia Lan looked at Meng Qiqi, who was crying, and thought, "This is how a child should behave."
His calm and nonchalant demeanor during the day was hardly that of a three-year-old child who had almost been sold by human traffickers.
Xia Lan almost thought that the child had come back!
"He's very wary." Qin Yu looked at Meng Qiqi and ruffled his hair.
Surprisingly, when Qin Yu placed his hand on Meng Qiqi's head, Meng Qiqi stopped crying.
Even when Xia Lan, who was usually close to him, touched him, he didn't react.
On the contrary, Qin Yu simply placed his hand on his head, and he calmed down, as if he had found a safe haven.
“I think his father loves him even more than he thinks…” Xia Lan affirmed, her body’s reaction more honest than her brain.
Although Meng Qiqi always says that his father doesn't like him, his father seems to be more important to him than his mother.
"Why don't you lie down inside?" Xia Lan smiled and pointed to the inside of the bed.
"...You're going to give your man away for a doll?" Qin Yu said, displeased.
“Just consider it as borrowing him for one night! He’s only three years old…” Xia Lan kissed Qin Yu’s cheek.
Qin Yu glanced at Xia Lan, then reluctantly lay down on the other side of Meng Qiqi.
After Qin Yu lay down, Meng Qiqi's little hand gripped Qin Yu's clothes dependently, and a sweet smile appeared on her lips.
"...So cute." Xia Lan felt her heart melt when she looked at that smile.
This isn't even her own child. If it were her own child, she might be so excited she couldn't sleep all night.
However, it's also possible that the opposite is true. Xia Lan recalled seeing her best friend's haggard and withered face after giving birth in her previous life...
The morning sunlight streamed through the window and fell on Meng Qiqi and Qin Yu, who immediately sat up.
"..."
"..."
They stared at each other, bewildered.
"Uncle, why are you sleeping here?" Meng Qiqi asked, puzzled as to why Qin Yu was sleeping on her side.
"Because you cried for your dad last night." Qin Yu rubbed Meng Qiqi's head, amused and exasperated at the same time.
Not only did she prevent him from hugging his wife all night, but she also dared to ask him why he slept next to her.
He thought he wanted to!
snort.
“I didn’t cry.” Meng Qiqi said sternly and firmly. “A little man doesn’t cry.”
"If I make breakfast, will I wash my face and brush my teeth by myself?" Qin Yu carefully turned over the sleeping Xia Lan and asked Meng Qiqi.
"..." Meng Qiqi wanted to proudly say that he could do it, but he really couldn't.
At home, Grandma Xu always brushes his teeth.
Seeing Qin Yu, Meng Qiqi wanted to lie but didn't dare, so she could only lower her head sullenly. "No."
"I'll teach you." Qin Yu picked Meng Qiqi up and led him out of the room.
Qin Yu demonstrated how to brush his teeth to Meng Qiqi and carefully taught him once. Meng Qiqi's eyes lit up, and after he learned it carefully, Qin Yu had him brush his teeth by himself again.
Although she didn't brush with the same force as an adult, Meng Qiqi had already tried her best.
Qin Yu nodded in satisfaction. "Good, you've learned it. You can brush your teeth by yourself from now on."
Overjoyed by Qin Yu's affirmation, Meng Qiqi grinned happily at him.
"Um."
Qin Yu helped Meng Qiqi wring out the towel and taught him how to wipe his face.
"First wipe the eyes, then rub the nose..."
Xia Lan didn't see the two of them after she got up. As soon as she came out, she saw this loving scene, watching Qin Yu carefully teaching Meng Qiqi how to brush her teeth and wash her face.
Xia Lan felt that if Qin Yu really became a father, he would definitely be a very good father.
After Qin Yu taught Meng Qiqi, he went to the kitchen to make breakfast. Meng Qiqi played with the water in the basin with bright eyes.
Xia Lan stepped forward and gently pinched Meng Qiqi's cheek. Meng Qiqi saw Xia Lan and grinned. "Auntie, I can brush my teeth and wash my face now."
Meng Qiqi couldn't wait to share the brushing and face-washing techniques she had learned with everyone.
"Great job! Qiqi, you're so smart. You learned how to brush your teeth and wash your face in such a short time," Xia Lan said with a smile.
Xia Lan finished washing her face, and Qin Yu had already prepared breakfast. The thick white porridge emitted an enticing aroma of rice.
When Meng Qiqi saw the plain porridge, her face immediately fell. "Uncle, plain porridge doesn't taste good."
"Then don't eat it." Qin Yu nodded respectfully, neither scolding nor persuading, but simply poured Meng Qiqi's bowl into his own.
Meng Qiqi was stunned for a moment and immediately looked at Xia Lan. Xia Lan picked up the white porridge, blew on it to cool it down, and then eagerly took a sip, swallowing it with a look of enjoyment and happiness.
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