Chapter 74: Don't Cry

"Dad?"

"The one holding you is your dad!"

Su Xi thoughtfully held Su Yu close, letting her touch the doll in Shi Xu's arms.

Su Yu grabbed the baby's little hand, "smack", and hit Shi Xu's clothes, telling her, "This is how you hit dad!"

"Hit dad?"

"Yes, this is how you hit dad!"

Shi Xu closed his eyes, feeling aggrieved; his precious daughter's hits didn't hurt, but it was embarrassing!

Why does his precious daughter react to "hit dad"?

Su Xi looked at Shi Xu with a smile, "You're more useful, you just soothed her!"

The baby kept saying "hit dad", and Su Yu followed along, helping her wave her little hand.

After the one-minute communication card ended, the baby shook off Su Yu's hand and hit Shi Xu with her tiny fists, babbling.

Su Yu watched this scene and burst out laughing, "hahaha!"

Su Yu laughed happily; just as Shi Xu was about to scold her, he saw his precious daughter also laughing.

"Hehe~"

Su Yu leaned over, shook her head, and said, "hehe!"

"Hahaha!"

Shi Xu's daughter let out a happy laugh.

Su Yu covered herself with her clothes, and Shi Xu's daughter let out an "oh"; Su Yu lifted the clothes, and the daughter let out a "nah".

Su Yu covered herself again, and Shi Xu's daughter exclaimed "ah!"; Su Yu lifted the clothes, and the daughter laughed "hahaha" while clapping.

After two rounds, Su Yu got bored, 【Wrong, I'm not here to entertain the kid, I'm here to watch the comedy!】

Su Yu stopped playing, and the baby got a little anxious, "uh?"

She patted Shi Xu, pointed at Su Yu, and uttered "mua ah ee ya", not knowing what she was saying.

Shi Xu held her sideways to soothe her, "Big sister isn't playing anymore~"

"Mm-eh~"

"Baby wants to sleep~"

Shi Xu softened his voice and gently rocked her; the sway was tiny, the baby's eyes fluttered, and the time she kept her eyes closed began to lengthen. Shi Xu felt victory was in sight—once he got the baby to sleep, things would be easier!

"What gives!"

A sharp female voice reached here; Shi Xu watched helplessly as the baby he had just soothed to sleep was awakened, letting out a "wa!" and started crying again.

"Ah!"

Shi Xu was near breaking point; he too wanted to cry.

"No, Su Xi, help me hold her for a moment—I can't hold on much longer!"

Shi Xu really felt his arms sore from holding her!

He's a frail scholar, and after holding her this long, he's at his limit!

He was still thinking of getting her to sleep, so he took advantage of her unconsciousness—she wouldn't recognize the bed—and brought her to the nearest room to sleep!

Su Xi saw the child with snot and tears all over her face and really didn't want to take her.

"How about you take her into the room and put her on the bed to soothe?"

"No, this little ancestor recognizes the bed!"

He came back last night, exhausted from the journey, washed up, climbed into bed wanting to close his eyes and sleep, but this little ancestor started crying right then!

Only after listening to his wife's explanation did he realize his precious daughter, though small, has a big temper!

No one is allowed to touch her things, or she'll cry. To her, that bed is hers. By climbing onto it, he was moving her belongings, so she cried without hesitation.

"Then she doesn't get shy around strangers?"

"Yes, she does—that's why I got up in your face to let her see your face! I'm trying to soothe her!"

"Shi Zong, I've already been polite enough; speaking directly would harm harmony!"

He didn't want to hold Shi Xu's family's child!

Su Xi held Su Yu tightly, and Su Yu also hesitated, 【Should we use the communication card again to soothe her? But what if nearby people or noises scare her later? The Shi household is lively; changing locations might still have noise. She's probably calling for mom again.】

"Is the baby's mother not coming back yet?"

"Only if you hold the baby can I ask her!"

Su Xi was torn; he set Su Yu down, took a handkerchief from her clothing, and said, "Later you wipe her face clean, and then the matter of you deliberately not eating vegetables at lunch can be put behind us."

"【Don't wipe, it's so dirty!】"

"【Wiping her face and the vegetables—fine, you win!】"

Su Yu firmly held the handkerchief, Su Xi squatted, and let Shi Xu slowly place the baby onto it.

Su Yu leaned in and gently wiped the baby's face.

"【What a sin! If I'd known, I wouldn't have come out to watch the fun; now I and my uncle are stuck in this mess—how awful!】"

Su Xi also regretted it; he should have taken Su Yu home earlier. His hand had stiffened too. A three-month-old baby is not the same as a three-year-old!

She's too soft; he feared that even a little force would bruise her.

"Hurry up and have someone bring your family's little princess's stroller! Bringing a child without a stroller—how are you even a dad?"

Shi Xu could understand Su Xi; the first time he held her, he was also at a loss, wanting to put her down somewhere.

"The stroller collapsed! After finding the child, I had someone bring the stroller over, but I just pressed on it a little and it broke!"

He really is so unlucky!

Because the stroller broke, he even got slapped by his wife! It was clearly a quality issue, yet it ended up broken in his hands.

He's being wronged!

After experiencing last night and these few hours of daytime, he felt work was more suitable for him!

"Xiao Yu, what are you doing?"

Su Yu's hand trembled, the handkerchief almost fell. She patted her little chest, "Huo Huo, how did you suddenly come?"

Su Xi was also startled, but his mental fortitude was okay; he was still squatting, and the baby was still fine in his arms.

"Waa waa" crying weakened a little; Liang Yan glanced at the baby crying ugly as sin, feeling a bit disgusted.

"She's still pretty when she doesn't cry!"

"That's right."

Her snot and tears were a lot; her handkerchief was half wet.

Su Xi moved his hand, felt a bit of dampness: "Her clothes are wet, quickly change her, what if she catches a cold? She's only over three months old, how can she take medicine?"

Shi Xu hurriedly made a call. As long as his dad, mom, or wife answered, it would be fine!

Liang Yan leaned in to take a look, then turned to Su Yu and praised, "Xiao Yu, you're so well-behaved, much better than that other sister!"

Su Yu didn't understand why she was being praised.

"Huo Huo, aren't you supposed to be accompanying your mom?"

"Mom is busy, they're arguing. Mom said that scene isn't suitable for me to watch, so she had Dad take me out."

"And what about your dad?"

Su Yu looked around, but didn't see Zhu Xueheng!

"Dad was afraid Mom would be bullied, so he ran back to help. This new dad is fairly qualified, being protective of me and Mom—he's quite conscientious about that."

Su Yu nodded. "Of course! That's your real dad!"

Su Yu was about to turn her head to continue wiping, when Su Xi whispered, "Keep chatting with Huo Huo, Xiao Yu!"

Su Yu twitched her ears, hearing the crying weaken.

Thus she continued to look for a topic.

"Who just shouted? It was especially loud, it scared the baby into crying!"

"It's that person who wanted to hold the baby; she's dissatisfied with the Liang Family's solution."

Today's update~

Dear ones, no need to wait for extra chapters; if I can write it, I'll add it tonight; if not, tomorrow~

My personal owed chapters are seven thousand characters~

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