Chapter 286

"Who are these three children?"

Once he had an excuse to stay, Gu Tingchen naturally found a stool and sat down.

He set down his briefcase, his sharp gaze landing on the three little ones in their various poses on the straw mat.

He had to admit, they were all quite delightful.

However, calculating by the timeline, his former child-bride, Shen Man—counting the time since her military marriage—one of these three little ones should be hers, right?

"Two are boy-girl twins, my granddaughter and her husband's cubs. The one trying to chew its toes is my grandson's cub. How about it? They're all very cute, aren't they?"

Old Master Lu knew how to chat; his style was to answer when asked, showing off in a low-key way.

"Mm, they are all cute."

Gu Tingchen felt a tightness in his chest. Boy-girl twins?

Such good fortune?

His former fiancée's current husband has both a son and a daughter all at once!

He couldn't help but think of himself: the child in his ex-wife's womb was kicked away by his sister, and the child in his current wife's womb has already been checked—it's a girl.

He still has to work hard; the future of the Gu family requires a son to inherit and be groomed...

"It's getting late, I'm going to the kitchen to make knife-cut noodles. Tingchen, you help keep an eye on the children."

"Alright, I'll follow Grandpa Lu's instructions."

Gu Tingchen had never looked after children, thinking that watching them shouldn't be too difficult.

Old Master Pei received a look from Old Lu and wisely didn't mention any precautions.

When the young man in front of him unconsciously picked up Xiao Mantou, he thought with a malicious heart that boy's urine is a pretty good holy item for warding off evil.

In their Traditional Chinese Medicine, boy's urine is even a type of medicine.

Gu Tingchen had no psychological preparation for any of this.

And to be fair, this little milk baby with a cold face was actually quite endearing.

Although the facial features were immature, the skin was fair, the eyebrows were clear, the nose was straight and pretty, and the forehead was full; he would surely grow up to be a healthy, fine young man!

Such a healthy boy with noble bone structure was his fantasy of a son.

If he had married Shen Man back then, perhaps these twins would have been his own flesh and blood!

What a pity, fate plays tricks on people.

"Pfft."

"Pfft."

"Pfft."

Suddenly, a series of farts accompanied by a stinky smell hit him, and Gu Tingchen felt his arms and pants becoming wet and stinking...

"Oh my, Xiao Mantou has messed his pants. Quick, quick, change his diaper."

Old Master Pei pretended to be surprised and busied himself directing the man who had already frozen up, giving him nothing but bad advice.

It was Gu Tingchen's first time encountering such a situation; his brain had stopped thinking, and he instinctively followed the advice to pull open the diaper.

Immediately, a foul stench hit him, and sticky poop landed directly on the fabric around his waist and below...

"Iya-yi."

Xiao Mantou instinctively tilted his little teapot and continued to pee.

A clear arc hit him at close range; well, Gu Tingchen's shirt didn't survive either...

In the kitchen, Old Master Lu, hearing the commotion, hurriedly covered his mouth and thought of many sad things to suppress the urge to laugh.

He is indeed his great-grandson, well done!

Gu Tingchen resisted the urge to drop the little brat dangling in mid-air; he took back what he said just now!

Other people's cubs are not cute at all!

"Creak."

"Hmm? Did we have a guest?"

Shen Man pushed open the gate and then pushed her bicycle into the courtyard.

The bike was loaded with quite a few things—some she and Sister Qinghong had bought at the Supply and Marketing Cooperative, and some eggs she had traded for in the alley.

There were also fish, shrimp, vegetables, and melons she had raised in her sub-space.

It was packed full, hanging all over the bicycle.

She had put in quite a lot of effort to get all these things back.

"Iya-ya."

Hearing their mother's voice, Xiao Mantou and Xiao Nuomi both let out different cries.

Especially Xiao Mantou; his little teapot had just finished its business, and he was kicking his feet, eager to "claim credit" with his mother.

He was so good; he had given the bad uncle a bit of a shock!

After parking the bicycle, Shen Man was panting from exhaustion. While catching her breath, she looked up toward the house.

It didn't matter if she didn't look, but one look and everything went black. Not to mention who the man holding her son in the house was?

Just the fact that, son, you are peeing on an outsider and getting poop all over them—is, is this okay?

"Meow-woo."

Master, you're finally back!

Look quickly, this person is Gu Tingchen, the child-bride target Lu Manman tried so hard to snatch!

His head is covered in green qi; his intentions are impure, he's not a good person!

Uh, before she could recover from the shock, Tangyuan told her such a bombshell of a message, and she was instantly thunderstruck!

"Manman, you're back. Come over and help, your Xiao Mantou peed on the guest. How embarrassing."

Old Master Pei saw his apprentice return, then looked at Gu Tingchen, whose eyes flashed with amazement and shock, and the rhythm of a twisted fate immediately rang in his head.

For the sake of his apprentice's husband's happiness, he had to defend his apprentice's marriage!

He could still tell the difference between his own people and outsiders!

"Ah, I understand, Master."

Shen Man didn't dare delay; she didn't even have the heart to organize the things on the bicycle, hurriedly walking into the house and taking her cub back from the man's hands.

Then she apologized: "I'm so sorry. Would you like to go to the washroom in the front to clean up?

There is water inside. If you don't have clothes, I can get you some of my husband's clothes to make do."

"Alright."

Gu Tingchen's heart was pounding. The amazement and shock that flashed in his eyes were known only to him.

The girl he had fallen for at first sight at the pier was actually Shen Man!

The child-bride target he had almost married—he had actually missed out on her...

For a moment, he felt a mix of emotions, his heart rising and falling.

He lowered his head to tidy his clothes, hiding his loss of composure.

Shen Man didn't think too much; she didn't have mind-reading powers, so how could she see through his inner thoughts?

She assumed he had been driven to despair by her son's boy-urine and poop.

She quickly took the diaper her master handed her and wiped her son's bottom. Tsk, even a mother couldn't stand the smell; it was really stinky!

It was incredibly stinky. You little brat, still giggling, really...

Then she returned to the room, took out a set of her husband's spare clothes from the wardrobe, and handed them to him apologetically—

"I'm very sorry. I'll help you wash the clothes you took off. The sun on the Sea Island is strong; they'll be dry by the afternoon."

"Thank you, no need, I'll wash them myself."

Gu Tingchen took the clothes numbly, his gaze passing over her, not daring to linger.

In an instant, he thought of so many things.

Even if he was unwilling, the big mistake had already been made. Now that both of them were married and had new lives and children, he shouldn't fantasize about anything anymore...

But his heart couldn't help but be moved, and his eyes greedily wanted to look more—what was going on!

"Meow-woo."

Master, that guy surnamed Gu has peeked at you twenty-three times.

Hmm?

Could you be mistaken? Why would he peek at me?

"Meow-woo."

Master, according to the storybooks the Old Ancestor read, this situation is called "loving but unable to have."

Ah?

Are you kidding? We've only met for the first time, okay?

Shen Man didn't take Tangyuan's words to heart. She tapped her son's nose, placed the little guy on the straw mat, and let Tangyuan watch him while she went to unload the bicycle...