Chapter 378: What an overbearing little brat!

The facts proved that Du Shanü's feeling was not wrong at all.

This eldest son, obtained at the risk of their lives, is indeed extremely pampered.

In just a few days, she discovered many traits of this child——

First, it was the excellent point first raised by Afang.

This child, though he still cannot understand human speech nor know his own name, greatly enjoys being coaxed.

If one directly calls him 'Ruier' or 'A Rui', or plainly addresses him as 'baby' or 'dear heart', this child will not even lift an eyelid.

Only with drawn-out coos like 'Baobei~', 'Xin gan~', 'Ai yo~ wo di guai guai~'—that sticky, throaty tone—will he laugh out loud, waving his little hands in response.

Furthermore, the more sticky-sweet and the longer the endearment, the more he likes it and enjoys it.

In just five days, Du Shanü watched wide-eyed as her own Afang held the child, expanding from the initial 'the world's number one obedient treasure, little dear heart' to 'the treasure I hold in my palm, aching to my bones, the world's one and only number one obedient treasure, little dear heart'......

After Afang's outburst, not only did Du Shanü, still observing the postpartum month, feel a chill all over, but even Chinu several times stared dumbfounded, wanting to speak but holding back.

Yet Chen Weifang seemed unaffected, spending all day holding the child and pacing before Du Shanü's bedside; when the child laughed a little, his smile deepened a fraction and his words softened likewise.

His expression and demeanor were of the utmost gentleness, mildness, and readiness to comply with any request.

Even if immortals came, they would surely be somewhat moved.

And if one were to ask why Chen Weifang walks around holding the child every day......

This brings us to the second pampered trait of this child——

The child dislikes being put down, liking to be constantly held and carried, and will not relent until he sees a person.

His 'unwilling to relent' is not the ordinary crying and fussing of a typical child.

Rather, he can be put down without crying or fussing, but if no familiar person is nearby, he will put on a little kitten-like face—no, a little stinky face, frowning with barely visible pale brows, refusing milk and refusing sleep.

At first no one knew this habit; the servants thought something was lacking in their care, making the child uncomfortable, and came to report in a panic.

Finally, the government doctor Chen Weifang summoned examined Du Shanü and the child daily, and only after diagnosing the child with a ridiculous pulse pattern of stagnant chest qi did Chen Weifang gradually grasp the meaning.

The child hardly cries, but his temper is truly huge.

Usually he clings most to Du Shanü, and only in the presence of his birth mother does he smile the most.

But Du Shanü, having damaged her vital energy in childbirth and also used the bewitching drug left by Xuan Feixing, needs proper recuperation; her limbs are severely numb, so she cannot hold him for long.

Since the child cannot cling to his mother, he clings to his father instead.

But Chinu, who always holds the belief that the Wife Master comes first, seeing Du Shanü still in her postpartum period, suffering various discomforts, personally attending to her medicines and following the doctor's orders for various massages and adjustments......

Where would she find the energy to divert attention to the child?

Thus, the task of holding and coaxing the child fell to Chen Weifang.

And Chen Weifang truly lives up to being a skilled hand at coaxing children, being gentle and patient.

Although at first the child did not really recognize him, through those ever-lengthening soft words, he gradually became a 'familiar person' in the child's eyes.

Now this child acknowledges only three people in the world: besides his birth parents, there is also Chen Weifang.

Even though the wet nurse feeds him milk daily, she is not close to him and does not recognize him.

Chen Weifang thus each day takes the child to find the wet nurse, then brings him back, pacing before Du Shanü's bedside, so that they can both glance at the child whenever they wish.

Such pampering, yet it does not stop there.

The third pampered trait: whenever his clothing fabric is slightly coarse, the child furrows his brow, changes his swaddle with a slightly heavier motion, and immediately pouts his little mouth......

The fourth, fifth......

Truly, it can be said to be 'so numerous that bamboo slips would not suffice to record them'.

Du Shanü, too, after several days, when her body and limbs had somewhat recovered and her mind gradually cleared, began to ponder the meaning, and could not help muttering:

"I come from a rural background; although Chinu says she has seen vast wealth, she is also not someone who cannot endure hardship—how could we two together produce such a pampered child......"

"If it weren't for the child's eyebrows and eyes resembling Chinu's exactly, and his being extremely clingy to her after birth, always wanting to smile at her each day......"

"She would suspect that the child had been swapped by someone!"

"She usually eats bran and vegetables without complaint!"

"How could she give birth to a child who refuses to wear anything but silk and satin, who would rather hold in his temper than see an unfamiliar face, even to the point of causing stagnant chest qi?"

"Du Shanü is truly vexed; otherwise she couldn't utter such words."

"But just then, as Chen Weifang was going about coaxing the child, hearing this, she was the first to become displeased:"

"What pampering! Our Ruier is called clever!"

"Wise Lord, why not ask the people of the world: who, at birth, would willingly go naked and unfed?"

"We have endured so much hardship before, isn't it just to secure a good life later? Since we have good things, why not give them to the child?"

"Having said that, Chen Weifang slightly lifted the swaddle to turn the child toward Du Shanü, then she scolded:"

"Our Ruier is certainly not pampered, right?"

"Even if Ruier has desires, he neither cries nor fusses; he is clearly a most worry‑free child!"

"The child, of course, still cannot understand words now, but as previously said, he seems unusually precocious, able to discern the tone when others call him."

"Chen Weifang's tone is light and soft, full of affection; hearing it, he breaks into a smile, and when he then sees his birth mother not far away, his smile grows wider, overflowing with untold joy."

"Wuu—hee—"

"That sound softened the heart of Du Shanü, who had originally resolved to discipline the child and make him more heroic."

"She had intended to rise, but due to this hesitation she slowed her movement."

"Chinu brought a soft cushion, placed it behind the Wife Master's back to make her sit more comfortably, and advised:"

"Wife Master, please pity me, your servant; I have never known good days, but now that I have a child, I only hope he may live better—so even if I perish, I may die with eyes closed in peace......"

"Hearing those words, I felt pity and was on the verge of tears."

"Du Shanü knows the other is deliberately putting on an act, yet she cannot help but soften:"

"...... All right, all right; anyway the child is born, so let's just pamper him well."

Du Shanü's temperament is not only extremely harsh toward others, but she is also truly extremely harsh toward herself.

When she was pregnant, she often suffered from morning sickness, and when giving birth, she even dreamed straight of the Yellow Springs.

Yet even so, she does not like to say how much she suffers, or where on her body it hurts......

She always feels that saying these words would deliberately show a bit of weakness.

But this is her demand of herself, not a hope that everyone else should be the same as her.

Moreover, after all, it is her own child.

Speaking fairly, what Chen Weifang said is indeed not wrong——

If she truly could start from nothing and seize a vast fortune, would she not, after a hundred years, still have to give it to her own child?

Could she possibly deliberately mistreat her child, letting her own Ruier suffer hardship?

She fears nothing more than holding it in her palm, afraid it will drop, or keeping it in her mouth, afraid it will melt!

?? came, came!!! Recently the condition really is somewhat not good......