“Isn’t that so? The children from our family are all good. Nothing will go wrong in the future.”

  Soon after Fang Fang received that dress, she came to look for Qiao Nan. It was only until this moment that Fang Fang personally saw that Qiao Nan was not only married but also became a mother of three. “Qiao Nan, you’re so ungrateful. You didn’t tell us that you got married. Believe it or not, our four other dormitory mates will definitely beat you up after they find out about this.”

  Fang Fang looked at the triplets in a curious and envious manner. These three children were fair and chubby, had round faces, big eyes, and little red mouths. They were so beautiful. She had not seen such beautiful children before. “You gave birth to all three of them?” Why couldn’t she bring herself to believe it?

  “Mom.” San Bao seemed to have understood Fang Fang’s words. She called Qiao Nan, feeling a little unhappy. She reached out her arms and insisted that Qiao Nan carry her.

  When Qiao Nan carried her daughter, San Bao buried her face into Qiao Nan’s shoulders and refused to come out. She was not willing to let Fang Fang look at her. She was so pampered.

  Qiao Nan patted San Bao’s buttocks as a form of punishment. “Of course I gave birth to all three of them. All in one birth. There are very few kids nowadays. Although I gave birth to three all at once, my in-laws dote on them very much. As such, the three of them have huge tempers. Initially, I wanted to bring them back to meet up with all of you when they are older. All of you will be graduating from college then. Besides calling mom now, they can’t speak coherently. Someone has to be by their side all the time.”

  Qiao Nan carried San Bao with one hand and touched Da Bao’s and Er Bao’s heads with the other.

  The chubby girl in her arms seemed to have put on a few more kilograms of weight. She could barely carry one child now. Her children were too adept at gaining weight.

  Da Bao and Er Bao hugged their mother’s left and right leg respectively. They leaned on their mother’s side and stared continuously at Fang Fang.

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  “Children nowadays are treasures. They are being referred to as little emperors. It is normal for them to be pampered. In addition, there is only one little princess amongst the three of them. It is understandable that she is doted on more.” Fang Fang also loved children. In particular, Qiao Nan’s children were good-looking and did not cry or kick up a great fuss when they flared up. That made them even more likable.

  However, her earlier words seemed to have angered the little girl. Hence, Fang Fang squatted down and looked at Da Bao and Er Bao. “I am good friends with your mom. You can call me Auntie Fang. Can you let auntie carry you?”

  Fang Fang only inched closer to the children, and very quickly, she smelled the fragrance of milk. Fang Fang took a deep breath. “Do all babies smell so nice? How old are they? They are still drinking milk?” Fang Fang seemed to be inferring something when she landed her eyes on Qiao Nan’s busts, which had apparently increased by one cup size.

  “Which children will drink breast milk at such an age? Don’t behave like an ace student in the school and an idiot after you step out into society. However, they are still taking formula milk. As to whether all babies smell so nice, you can give birth to one and take care of it yourself after you and Gao Yan are married. Won’t you find out then?”

  They had not seen each other for three years. Qiao Nan discovered that Fang Fang was more cheerful than before. “You have changed. When we were staying in the old dormitory in the past, you always did a lot but seldom talked. You kept to yourself most of the time. We’ve not met for only three years and you’ve changed so much? It seems that you have been doing very well in college.”

  Fang Fang was staring at Da Bao and Er Bao with a tempted look. “Qiao Nan, can you share one of your three children with me so that I can carry one?”

  Perhaps the look in Fang Fang’s eyes was too frightening. Da Bao and Er Bao felt panic and fear.

  Da Bao kept having the feeling that the way this strange auntie looked at him and Er Bao was the exact same as the way he stared at meat whenever he was feeling hungry.

  After thinking, Da Bao swirled his eyes and held hands with Er Bao. They walked to Fang Fang together, opened their hands, and threw themselves into Fang Fang’s arms.

  They were triplets and biological brothers after all. Although Da Bao did not say anything, Er Bao could understand what he meant. He collaborated with Da Bao and pounced into Fang Fang’s arms.

  Qiao Nan had some arm strength and could carry her chubby girl as she had been trained since she carried the triplets from young.

  Fang Fang did not have such experience and training. The two chubby balls landed in her arms. They were nice-smelling, soft, and warm. The feelings were great.

  However, when Fang Fang closed her arms and wanted to carry them close to her like how San Bao held onto Qiao Nan with her little hands, Fang Fang then realized that she had overestimated her own ability.

  The two children looked short, stout, and small-sized. They were only slightly taller than her calf.

  However, who would have known that these two balls were not light at all. Fang Fang straightened her waist but did not manage to carry them. Believing that it was a slip-up, she straightened her waist again but to no avail. At this moment, she had no choice but to admit that it was impossible for her to carry both Da Bao and Er Bao at the same time given her small arms and legs.

  Fang Fang was indignant as she smiled at Da Bao and Er Bao. “Auntie has very little strength. Can I carry you one by one?”

  She should be able to carry if it was just one child?

  True enough, it felt great to carry a baby in her arms.

  Da Bao and Er Bao chuckled and shook their heads to express that auntie had to carry them at the same time if she really wished to do so. Otherwise, she could not blame them for not letting her carry them.

  “You really won’t let me carry you?” Fang Fang’s eyes lit up further. She found it rare that such young children could understand and even respond to her words. Indeed, they were given birth to by Qiao Nan. They were as smart as her.

  Da Bao and Er Bao continued to chuckle and shake their heads. They insisted that Fang Fang carry the two of them simultaneously.

  At this moment, even the top student Fang Fang had no other means. Furthermore, Fang Fang, this top student, had nothing to show when compared to the biological mother of the triplets. “Qiao Nan, why do I have the feeling that your family’s children are very cunning? Do you think these two little brats did it on purpose?”

  Otherwise, why did they insist that she had to carry them together?

  Didn’t they say that children were very sensitive and liked to fight for the love and attention of adults? Wouldn’t she be fulfilling their wishes when she carried them one by one?

  If they were to insist that she carry them together, she could only ‘wish’ for it. After all, she was not ‘King Kong Barbie’.

  One’s mother knows him best. However, Qiao Nan would never admit it openly. “What nonsense. Why would there be so many deliberate behaviors? When their father was at home in the past, he would carry both of them at the same time.”


  1293 There Is a Need to Cool Down

  “Their father doesn’t have any problem carrying them on one hand each. Now, the three of them are older. If my husband is around, he will carry one with his left hand, one with his right hand, and one on his back. San Bao didn’t join her brothers and insisted that you carry all three of them altogether. They are already very sensible.”

  After talking about the children, Qiao Nan expressed concern about Fang Fang’s situation. “How is it?”

  “What do you mean?” There were two little ones in her arms but she could not carry them as they were too heavy. Fang Fang was full of regrets. At that moment, she did not get what Qiao Nan was driving at.

  “What can it be? Gao Yan and you.” After carrying San Bao for a while, Qiao Nan’s arms were aching badly. She could only move San Bao to her side. San Bao knitted her brows, held on to Qiao Nan, and sat down. Next, like a little monkey, she climbed up Qiao Nan’s knees and sat obediently on her mother’s lap.

  Qiao Nan breathed a sigh of relief. It was better for the legs to ache than the arms. “Okay, sit down too.”

  After Fang Fang sat down, she was hoping that Da Bao and Er Bao would sit beside her. Who would have known that the two chubby boys were so physically agile? As soon as Fang Fang stood up, Da Bao and Er Bao turned and ran toward their mother. They respectively stood by the left and right side of their mother, as if they were guardian angels protecting their mother and sister. Their little bodies leaned on their mother’s side longingly.

  At the sight of this, Fang Fang felt so envious. “They are so clingy to you.”

  “Besides the mother, who else will a child cling to?” Qiao Nan smiled, feeling amused. “Also, don’t avoid the topic. You should be graduating soon in a year’s time. It’s not considered too early to find a boyfriend now. What do you think of Gao Yan?”

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  Fang Fang blushed. She held and slurped the cup of water that the auntie had given her. “What about him? It’s like that. Since a young age, he annoys me very much. Actually, I don’t really like him. Besides, I already have a boyfriend.” It was just that he was not Gao Yan.

  Qiao Nan had a great shock. “You already have a boyfriend. So, you became more cheerful under your boyfriend’s influence?” This news had stunned her badly that she nearly pooped n her pants. “Is Gao Yan aware?”

  Fang Fang shook her head honestly. “I don’t know. My parents are not even aware of it. I…… I didn’t announce our relationship. Even my classmates don’t know. I am thinking…… When our relationship is more stable, I will bring him to my parents after graduation.”

  When the blushing Fang Fang mentioned this boyfriend, her tone was seemingly less cold. On the contrary, there was a feeling of flowing streams in spring.

  Obviously, Fang Fang liked this boyfriend very much.

  Qiao Nan was having a headache. “I heard that Gao Yan visited your house for a meal. Was it just purely a meal?” She did not believe it. Otherwise, why must Gao Yan bring along the dress that she had made that day?

  Most importantly, Qiao Nan heard from Tian Dong that Gao Yan seemed to be quite moody these few days.

  After thinking it over, Qiao Nan felt that Gao Yan was unlikely to be facing problems in his business since he had already confirmed Tian Dong as his working partner. Gao Yan had the technology and Tian Dong the capital and interpersonal network. They would have access to distribution channels for the products overseas. In addition, there was another advantage in working with Tian Dong. With the collaboration, Gao Yan did not need to feel worried that his small company would be merged or acquired by a bigger company.

  Since Gao Yan’s career was flourishing, the only matter that could trouble a winner in life like him was Fang Fang, this childhood sweetheart. Otherwise, Qiao Nan would not need to ask Fang Fang about this today.

  “He brought uncle and auntie to my house for a meal. After the meal, he proposed to me. I rejected him.” In front of Qiao Nan, Fang Fang dared to spill the beans. “You don’t know. I was so embarrassed that day. I don’t have those feelings toward him. In the past, I attended Ping Cheng High School instead of The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China because I wanted to avoid him, although my grades could easily admit me into The High School Affiliated to Renmin University of China. Would I agree to his proposal and marry him? I am someone who has a boyfriend!”

  If Gao Yan had preempted her, she would definitely persuade him to give up.

  No matter how she thought about it, she felt that it was completely impossible between her and Gao Yan.

  The moment Gao Yan proposed to her, Fang Fang did not feel touched. She only felt shocked and lost. A word continuously appeared in her mind: ridiculous!

  “Although uncle and auntie liked to joke about making me part of their family when I was a child, and my parents did not decline either, jokes are jokes. How can they take it for real? What era is it now? It’s all about the freedom of love. Gao Yan is still doing his business, and I heard that he has clinched a big deal recently. Otherwise, I almost suspected that he had suffered a huge blow recently to play such a meaningless prank on me. Since high school days, he never lacked girlfriends. He was surrounded by school belle, class belle, seniors, and juniors. He is so popular with ladies. Will he fancy me, a bespectacled girl? He shuns me badly and often chides me for being ugly.”

  At the beginning, there was still confusion in Fang Fang’s eyes when she said this.

  However, at the end of her berating, there was anger in Fang Fang’s eyes. Her tone was more hurried. Besides placing her clenched fists on the knees, she was also gritting her teeth. It was as if she was not talking about her childhood sweetheart but her greatest enemy of a few lifetimes.

  “I admit that I am not very pretty and my spectacles are a little black and ugly. However, everyone has pride. I am a lady. I also want to be better. I really don’t understand why those ladies like Gao Yan, who has such a malicious tongue. Are they all blind? When we were young, he often berated me. After we grew up, he even played such an overboard prank on me. What if I foolishly accept his proposal? At any point in time, he may tell me that he is just joking. He will never fancy me. Didn’t he think that I would take the proposal for real?”

  Qiao Nan was stunned as she listened to Fang Fang. She quickly took another cup of water for Fang Fang.

  However, after thinking, she changed her mind. Qiao Nan shouted for the auntie. “Auntie, it’s almost winter. It is quite hot recently. Can you prepare a pot of kuding tea[Kuding tea is a particularly bitter Chinese infusion tea.] and bring it over?” To cool one’s body down.

  During high school, Qiao Nan had only met Gao Yan once. At that time, Gao Yan specially came to Ping Cheng High School to thank her for making Fang Fang change her mind and select the humanities instead of science course.

  At that time, Qiao Nan could sense that Gao Yan had some feelings for Fang Fang. On the contrary, Fang Fang’s tone was not friendly when she spoke of Gao Yan. However, Qiao Nan did not think that much. She took it that they were a quarrelsome and loving couple.

  However, Qiao Nan no longer had such thoughts when she saw the Fang Fang before her eyes. Fang Fang was fuming so badly with anger that smoke was almost rising from the top of her heard. A lady would definitely not speak of a man that she fancied in this manner.