Knowing that his sons and daughter wouldn’t be able to sleep later if they were excited about playing now, Zhai Sheng ended this game after throwing each child up five times.
The three children weren’t satisfied with these five throws. Thankfully, they knew that their dad had just reached home, was probably tired, and needed to rest. After being coaxed by their mom to go back to their room for storytime, Da Bao yawned first. Sleepiness then came in waves.
“Let’s go.” Zhai Sheng was strong and carried a son each in his arms. Qiao Nan carried San Bao. The couple quickly sent the three children to their nursery to coax them to sleep. The three sleepy children had already developed good habits. Upon hearing Qiao Nan’s gentle voice, they fell asleep soundly like little pigs when she barely reached one-third of the story.
Qiao Nan went out with Zhai Sheng after touching the children’s faces and placing their hands inside the blankets. “Why are you back today?” Upon thinking that the three children were already more than a year old and they could choose a better early learning center, Qiao Nan took out the homework she had done before. “I’ve discussed it with Dad and Mom. We feel that these three centers aren’t too bad. You can see which one we should send our children to.”
They would be tired if they had to take care of the three children at home daily. However, if they were to send them to school, even Miao Jing and Zhai Yaohui would feel uncomfortable, let alone Qiao Nan. If they didn’t make a decision about the school, the two elders would feel uncomfortable and couldn’t eat well. Until today, a decision had not been made yet.
In front of her parents-in-law, Qiao Nan wasn’t so determined. Since Zhai Sheng was back today, Qiao Nan hurriedly handed over this difficult task to the children’s father, Zhai Sheng, to make a call.
Qiao Nan felt that she couldn’t change this habit of hers. If something were to happen at home, she had to rely on Zhai Sheng, the head of the family, to make decisions.
After kissing Qiao Nan, Zhai Sheng calmly took the information of the three schools over and started to read them. His status as the head of the family suddenly emerged. When Zhai Sheng was reading, not only did Qiao Nan remain quiet, but she also helped him pour water and massage his shoulders.
To be honest, because Zhai Sheng was in military wear, the fabric was both sturdy and hard. Qiao Nan’s small arms and legs couldn’t soften Zhai Sheng’s clothes, let alone massage his shoulders for him to relax. It was just that Zhai Sheng liked the feeling of Qiao Nan surrounding him and putting the children behind him.
“This.” After reading the information of the three schools, Zhai Sheng quickly made a decision, unlike Qiao Nan and her parents-in-law, who couldn’t make a decision after discussing for two days. They felt that all schools were good and couldn’t come up with a ranking.
Qiao Nan was easy to talk to. If her parents-in-law made a decision, she would agree with it. These three schools were good. There wouldn’t be problems in choosing one blindly. However, Miao Jing and Zhai Yaohui had different opinions. It wasn’t good for Qiao Nan to side with any one of them. As such, she waited for Zhai Sheng to be back to make the decision.
“Alright, this one then.” They had finally selected a center. Qiao Nan reacted only after glancing at the school’s name. “We’ve finally settled on where to enroll the children. You don’t know how your parents disagreed every time we discussed this topic. I was really worried that they would argue because of selecting a school for the children. I…”
She knew that it hadn’t been long since Zhai Yaohui and Miao Jing untied the knot in their hearts. They finally led a loving life with mutual affection. How was Qiao Nan willing to disturb that because of the three children?
After holding Qiao Nan in his arms, Zhai Sheng touched the meat on her body. “It’s pretty good to send the three children to school and let the teachers bring them up. Have you lost weight again?”
“I don’t know. I didn’t weigh myself.” Qiao Nan never cared about her weight regardless of if it was before or after marriage. She just knew that she didn’t gain weight.
“Don’t be so honest. Dad, Mom… Nan Nan, do you think Zhai Hua and I are easy to bully?”
“Of course not.” Sister Zhai Hua was ruthless when she became bad-tempered. Although Sister Zhai Hua didn’t do it directly, the outcome of the matter was largely related to her. Wei De’s beloved son sold the family house in their hometown and left with Wei Xiaomei. Wei De transformed from a military officer to an ordinary citizen. He didn’t even have the ability to live in Ping Cheng anymore, let alone do business. Father Wei and Mother Wei stayed in a shabby house that nobody wanted.
In the current society where every inch of land could bear gold, Qiao Nan couldn’t help but think how far the Wei family’s hometown was and how shabby that house was that nobody wanted to be its owner.
They didn’t like their granddaughter and their grandson even ran away. At this age, Father Wei and Mother Wei were poor and left with nothing. Oh, no. They were left with something. They were left with a decadent and ambitious son who gradually immersed himself in alcohol.
How glorious was the Wei family before? Everyone in the village envied them. The most promising person in the village was always Wei De. However, how pitiful were they now? Those who envied them before now looked at the Wei family with sympathy and pity. Such a situation was too miserable. This misery was not necessarily material. More of it was spiritual.
As for Zhai Sheng, Qiao Nan never felt that he was ever good to bully. Qiu Chenxi might be bad, but after marrying Zhai Sheng for three years, she had cheated on him as a virgin. Different people had different opinions whether it was bad that Zhai Sheng was made a cuckold out of or embarrassing that Qiu Chenxi was in such a situation. As a female, Qiao Nan felt that Qiu Chenxi must have felt a devastating sense of shock.
Qiu Chenxi later had more messy romantic relationships outside. It was estimated that only Qiu Chenxi herself knew if she was being self-indulgent or feeling self-abandoned.
How dare Qiao Nan look down on such a formidable pair of siblings? As a newbie, Qiao Nan simply shivered when she saw the gods of the Zhai family. To think that one of them became her husband who protected her and the other became her sister-in-law. She only let go of the pressure when they were family.
“That’s why.” Zhai Sheng let down the hair that Qiao Nan had plaited into braids and pressed the acupuncture points on Qiao Nan’s head with his strong fingers. He let Qiao Nan lean in his arms comfortably, closing her eyes to enjoy. The person who was massaging and the person being massaged seemed to have changed roles. “Don’t always feel that my parents are old. They still have a lot of thoughts.”
How would the couple who had given birth to him and Zhai Hua require Nan Nan’s sympathy and care?
