Qu family’s apartment.
Living room.
Dong Xuebing smells the breast milk in his hand and tastes it with his tongue. “It’s not sweet.”
“Why are you licking it?!”
“I want to know what it tastes like.”
“You pervert! I think you are itching for a beating!”
Qu Yunxuan might be thirty-one years old, but she is shy and cannot accept Dong Xuebing’s actions.
Dong Xuebing wiped his hands and slid his hand into Qu Yunxuan’s blouse. “Take it out and let me taste it. I want a mouthful.”
“Stop fooling around. Mum and Dad are still around.”
“They can’t see us. Hurry up.”
“I said no! Stop your nonsense, or I will hit you for real!”
Dong Xuebing pleaded and begged Qu Yunxuan for a while, but she refused to give in.
Qu Yunxuan scolded. “Those are for my daughter.”
Dong Xuebing let out a hmph. “You have so much milk, and how can Qianqian finish it? I only want a sip. Don’t be so stingy. After we had a baby, I had no more status in the family. Her status is so much higher than me.”
Qu Yunxuan laughed. “I am closer to her compared to you. What’s wrong with that?”
Dong Xuebing suddenly slapped his forehead. “I almost forgot why I am here for. Where’s my daughter?”
Qu Yunxuan laughed. “You finally remember about your daughter now.”
“I was distracted by you.” Dong Xuebing got up. “Where is my daughter? Is she in the room?”
Dong Xuebing had forgotten he was here to look at his daughter.
“Slow down.” Qu Yunxuan ran after Dong Xuebing. “Qianqian might be sleeping. Don’t wake her up.
Dong Xuebing ignored her and ran into the bedroom. He finally saw a cute baby lying in a cot, looking at the ceiling. Her eyes are bright, and he tears up when their eyes meet. She looks like Aunt Xuan.
The baby noticed Dong Xuebing and started to make some baby noises.
Qu Yunxuan grumbled. “Look what you have done. You had woken her.”
“She was awake when I came in.” Dong Xuebing said and got closer excitedly but didn’t know what to do.
Little Qianqian let out some ‘ah-ah…. Ooh-ooh…’ sounds and waved her arms.
Qu Yunxuan laughed. “She wants you to carry her.”
Dong Xuebing took a deep breath and carried her up carefully.
Little Qianqian grabs Dong Xuebing’s clothes and looks at him with her big eyes.
Dong Xuebing is excited beyond words.
Qu Yunxuan walked over and hugged Dong Xuebing from his back. She looked at Little Qianqian and said. “Look… Who is this? This is your father….”
Little Qianqian waved and hit Dong Xuebing’s chest with her chubby fists.
Dong Xuebing can’t describe this feeling. He felt blessed as he touched and kissed Little Qianqian’s face. “I am Dad. I am your Dad. Hurry and call me.”
“Ooh-ooh….”
“My precious girl, hurry and call me Dad.”
“Aah-aah….”
Qu Yunxuan hits Dong Xuebing’s back lightly. “She is less than one month old. It is too early for her to call you.”
Dong Xuebing laughed. “She is so cute. Did you see that? She looks so much like you.”
Qu Yunxuan laughed. “My parents took out my baby photos, and we look the same. I will show you later.”
Dong Xuebing gave her daughter another kiss. “Good girl. You are so pretty.”
“Stop carrying her like this.” Qu Yunxuan is worried. “You might drop her.”
“Go away. I want to carry her a while more.” Dong Xuebing refused. “She is my daughter, and I will never drop her.”
Qu Yunxuan pulls Dong Xuebing’s ears. “Your carrying position is wrong. This hand should not be around her legs. It should be supporting her butt.”
“Like this?”
“Yes. Move your hand slightly higher.”
Dong Xuebing spent some time learning the correct way to carry a baby. Suddenly, Little Qianqian cries. Tears started flowing from her eyes, and she was bawling.
Dong Xuebing panics. “Ah… What’s wrong? Don’t cry…. Please stop crying.”
“Let me see.” Qu Yunxuan quickly took Little Qianqian from Dong Xuebing. “She wet herself. I need to change her diapers now.”
Dong Xuebing is relieved. “I thought I had hurt her when I carried her. Aunt Xuan, go and rest. Let me do it.”
Qu Yunxuan looks at Dong Xuebing with a smile. “Are you sure?”
“It’s just a diaper. How difficult can it be?”
“Then I will leave her with you.”
“Yes. Let me do it.”
It took Dong Xuebing ten minutes to change the diapers. When he was done, he was covered in sweat, but he didn’t feel tired. He was still very excited and carried his baby around the house.
Qu Yunxuan smiles as she looks at the father and daughter. “You look so happy.”
Dong Xuebing can’t stop smiling. “Look at our daughter. I have never seen such a beautiful baby. Look at her eyes…. I can tell she will be brilliant like me when she grows up.”
Qu Yunxuan laughed. “She will be stupid if she grows up to be like you.”
“Fine…. She got everything from you. Happy?” Dong Xuebing carried his daughter to the living room. “I am bringing her out for a walk.”
Qu Yunxuan’s mother walked out of the kitchen. “Wash your hands. Lunch is almost ready.”
Qu Yunxuan nodded and went into the bathroom.
But Dong Xuebing did not go. He carried his daughter and sang to her.
Qu Yunxuan’s mother laughed. “Xiao Bing, you can carry her after taking your lunch. She is not going anywhere.”
Qu Yunxuan, who had finished washing her hands, laughed. “Mum, just let him be. Look at him. He will not eat if we don’t let him carry her a while more.”
Dong Xuebing said to his daughter. “Let’s have lunch with Dad.”
Qu Yunxuan’s mother is speechless. “The both of you are spoiling her.”
