Xia Liang took her daughter, wanting to comfort her husband, and said, "This little one is quite practical. Give her a piece of fruit, and I guarantee she'll call you." Gu Yanxiao cooperated and went to the kitchen to cut an apple strip, handing it to his daughter, saying, "Baby, come eat an apple." The little one already had teeth. Before her teeth came in, Xia Liang fed her fruit puree, but after her teeth came in, she slowly started giving her small pieces of fruit. She could chew on her own, and seeing that the person in front of her was holding her favorite fruit strip, she reached out and took it, stuffing it into her mouth. Xia Liang looked at Xiao Yunxi with loving eyes and said, "Baby, this is apple strips that Daddy peeled and cut for you. We should thank Daddy and say 'Daddy' to Mommy." With apple in her mouth, the little one mumbled, "Ba ba." Xia Liang smiled and said, "Yes, baby, say 'Daddy' again." The little one obediently said, "Ba ba." Gu Yanxiao was overjoyed, taking his daughter and burying his face in her neck. Instantly, the atmosphere was no longer as somber as before, and the family was happy and harmonious again.
Gu Yanxiao was heartbroken that his daughter wasn't familiar with him. He wanted to take advantage of his time at home to connect with her. Every day when Xia Liang went to work, Gu Yanxiao would take her out to play, carrying her wherever they went, letting her ride on his back, feeding her food and fruit. The little one was a little foodie, and she was overjoyed whenever she saw food, let alone being able to ride on his back. Within two days, the little one couldn't be separated from her father. The first thing she did when she woke up in the morning was to call for her father. Her father would then rush to make her formula. After finishing her formula, the little one would point to her father's back, meaning she wanted to ride on his back. Gu Yanxiao would quickly lift his daughter onto his back and lie on the ground to be the horse.
That day, it was Xiao Yunxi's fruit time. Gu Yanxiao put her on the beanbag chair, took the trash can from the kitchen, and stood by the door watching her while peeling an apple. To his surprise, the little one stood up on her own and walked shakily toward Gu Yanxiao, calling out "Ba, Guo, Guo" as she went. Gu Yanxiao was startled, but he didn't dare to make a sound, afraid of scaring his daughter and making her stop walking around. Although the little one walked unsteadily, she didn't fall and actually walked up to Gu Yanxiao. She reached out to take the fruit from her father's hand, making little noises like, "Ba ba, ci." The little one couldn't quite pronounce it, always calling eating "ci." Gu Yanxiao happily cut a small piece of apple and handed it to his daughter. Xiao Yunxi took the apple and ate it in two bites; her father had cut it too small. She turned to look at her father again, saying, "Baba, ci." This time, Gu Yanxiao didn't give it to her immediately. Instead, he walked to another spot in the living room and called out, "Baby, come to Daddy, Daddy will give you an apple." Seeing her father by the TV, Xiao Yunxi slowly got up and walked over to him. Gu Yanxiao hadn't lied to her; he still... He gave her a small piece of apple, the same size as before. And so, the little one was tricked into walking three or four times by her unscrupulous father with apple pieces the size of a fingernail, until she finally stopped. Probably tired, she lay down on the beanbag chair and wouldn't move. After that, no matter how her father tried to trick her, she wouldn't walk. Gu Yanxiao guessed that his daughter was tired, so he went over and massaged her legs, apologizing, "Daddy forgot, you're only one year old, you can't walk for too long. Daddy's massaging your legs." Unexpectedly, the little one found it funny or something, and she imitated her father, massaging his legs a couple of times with her tiny hands. Gu Yanxiao picked up his daughter, kissed her a few times, and said, "My dear daughter, you've worked hard. Stop massaging, Daddy's not tired."
When everyone in the family came home from get off work that evening, Gu Yanxiao was practically strutting around, bragging to his parents, "My daughter massaged my legs! She thought I was working so hard, so she massaged my calves." Han Yulan glanced at her son, seething with jealousy. He didn't even consider his own muscular calves and his granddaughter's short, chubby little hands—how did he manage to massage them? And this silly son was still showing off, making her incredibly envious. Gu Yanxiao continued, "My daughter can walk already! She's so smart! I've never seen a baby who's only a year and a few days old walk. My daughter is amazing!" Seriously, how many babies have you actually seen? Gu Weiguo and Han Yulan kept praising their granddaughter, from head to toe, even finding her tuft of hair on her head uniquely beautiful. After praising her appearance, they went on to praise her inner qualities, saying she was filial and even knew to massage her father's legs. They even wanted Xiao Yunxi to massage them, but the little one wouldn't cooperate. Whether it was from too much activity or something else, she fell asleep early. Han Yulan glared at her son fiercely and said, "Did you get tired from having your darling massage your legs? Otherwise, she would have given me a back massage today." Gu Weiguo chimed in, "Exactly! You're such a grown man, how can you still order my granddaughter around?" Now he'd become a stepfather, ordering her around. Gu Yanxiao "..." Xia Liang "..."
Gradually, little Yunxi started walking around the house for short periods of time, but perhaps because she was still too young, she would only walk four or five times a day before stopping. Gu Yanxiao, the stay-at-home dad who was always taking care of her, was overjoyed. His daughter only walked when her grandparents and mother weren't home; they knew she could walk, but they had never actually seen her. When they came home from get off work, little Yunxi would stop walking, making him incredibly proud. On Sunday, the whole family was off work, all eager to see little Yunxi walk. Sure enough, the little one stood up from the beanbag chair and walked towards her dad. Reaching him, she took one of his fingers and said, "Ba ba, guo, guo, ci." Gu Yanxiao picked up his daughter and smiled, "Okay, Daddy will peel an apple for our sweetie right away." The little one giggled, clearly very happy. Han Yulan, not to be outdone, stepped forward and squeezed into the kitchen, saying, "I'll peel fruit for my little one, you go out." Gu Yanxiao was forcefully pushed out by his mother, and had no choice but to sit on the sofa with his eldest daughter in his arms and wait. The little one looked at her father with a puzzled expression and said, "Baba, fruit, fruit." Gu Yanxiao felt sorry for her, "Don't worry, baby, Grandma will peel it for you right away." Afraid that his daughter wouldn't believe him, he got up and went to the kitchen so that his daughter could watch her grandma peel the apple. The little one was happy now.
And so, an apple was cut into pieces the size of a fingernail and shared among the family. Each person stood in a corner, holding a piece of fruit in their hand. Whenever they called for their little darling to eat fruit, Yunxi would walk over shakily. Her chubby little face would tremble as she refused, which was incredibly endearing to everyone.
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