Da Bao grabbed the hemline of Zhai Sheng’s military uniform. “I am hungry as well. Papa, Mama, let’s go home. Grandma is waiting for us at home.”

  “Okay, let’s go home.” Zhai Sheng held his daughter with one arm and held the hands of his eldest son. Qiao Nan held Er Bao’s hands and the blessed family of five left the school under everyone’s admiring gaze.

  All the baseless rumors surrounding Qiao Nan in the past four years turned out to be a pack of lies.

  “Auntie, hug, hug.” As soon as they reached home, they could smell the aroma of the piping hot dishes. The triplets kept moaning that they were hungry. Qiao Nan had just entered the house and changed her shoes when a tiny, soft and cute boy hugged her calf. The person spoke in his baby voice and he even smelled like the milk candy.

  The boy who addressed Qiao Nan as his auntie was none other than Zhai Hua’s and Tian Dong’s son, Tian Yu.

  Tian Dong’s parents were overjoyed after Zhai Hua gave birth to Tian Yu. They had waited all these years, and they finally had a grandson. They no longer had any complaints at the moment they saw Tian Yu. It was worth the wait.

  Tian Yu looked very much like his father, Dongzi. He was tiny and soft. He had a fair complexion, like a glutinous rice ball. After the child was born, he had to go to the hospital for vaccinations. Whenever the elders brought Tian Yu to the hospital, the first question that came to other people’s minds when they saw him was that the child looked beautiful and that she must be a girl.

  Perhaps while Tian Yu was in Zhai Hua’s tummy, through her prenatal education or her influence, Tian Yu was particularly fond of Qiao Nan, his auntie. When he was able to mutter words, as long as Qiao Nan was in his sight, he would want her to hug her, or else, he would bawl his eyes out!

  Tian Dong might be fair-looking, but he was still a man. The reason why Zhai Hua liked Tian Dong and was willing to start a family with him was that he was as well-built as a soldier. Zhai Hua might be a female, but as a soldier, she was all muscles but no fat.

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  In that case, Tian Yu’s parents were both hard and stiff. This was a torture to Tian Yu, who was still a baby.

  He preferred to be held by his auntie who smelled nice and soft. He felt extremely comfortable in her embrace.

  Perhaps because Zhai Hua was all muscles and she was not all soft like the usual women that Tian Yu did something hilarious when he learned to talk. He addressed Tian Dong as his father and when he turned to see Zhai Hua, he addressed her as his father as well. They believed that Tian Yu was still young, and he was learning to talk. He only knew how to say the word ‘father’, so he would address everyone as ‘father’.

  However, Tian Yu never addressed his grandpa or grandma as ‘father’.

  By the time he learned how to say ‘mother’, he would address Qiao Nan as his mother. Therefore, Tian Yu ended up having two fathers and one mother.

  The triplets were not petty about it, but Zhai Sheng was very unhappy about it. “Zhai Hua is from the Zhai family and has high intelligence. Tian Yu could not tell who his dad is. He must have inherited the bad genes from the Tian family. The Zhai family has good genes, but we are implicated by the Tian family!”

  If his nephew addressed his wife as his mother and Tian Dong as his father, what would that make him be?!

  In short, if the children were clever, they must have inherited the good genes from the Zhai family. On the other hand, if they behaved foolishly, it must be due to the Tian family.

  Zhai Hua was Tian Yu’s mother. She smiled at Tian Yu for a long while before she boasted shamelessly. “Zhai Sheng is very right!”

  If her son was clever, he must have inherited her good genes. As for the areas where he was being muddled, it must be due to the Tian family. Even so, Zhai Hua did not mind that her son addressed her as his father. If it was other women, she must have burst out in tears. But when it happened to Zhai Hua, she seemed to be nonchalant about it.

  To her, in terms of appearance, she would be a better and more suitable father than Tian Dong.

  No matter what, Tian Yu felt that his parents’ embrace was not as comfortable as his auntie’s. As long as he had the chance, he would follow his mother to his maternal grandma’s house. Once he reached her house, Tian Yu would look for no one but Qiao Nan.

  San Bao sighed at Tian Yu’s behavior. “He is such a small baby. He is very attached to the adults.” San Bao seemed to be very proud of herself. It was as if she did not pester Qiao Nan to hug her in school today.

  “Xiao Bao, be good. I will have to wash my hands before I carry you.” Although the child who hugged her calf was very adorable, Qiao Nan did not compromise. If Qiao Nan just came back home, she would always wash her hands before she carried the children.

  Although the triplets were three years old while Tian Yu was more than one year old, and they should have a stronger immune system than before, she would still keep her habit of washing her hands.

  Tian Yu’s face was fair and tender. He nodded abidingly. “Okay, hurry.” Tian Yu released his tiny, chubby hands and trailed after Qiao Nan obediently, like her tail. Once he saw that Qiao Nan had washed her hands, he did not wait for her but ran up to her and spread his hands, asking her to carry him.

  Qiao Nan carried Tian Yu in her arms in one go. “Xiao Bao, have you been good and had your meals recently? Your brothers and sister weighed a few kilograms heavier than you when they were your age.”

  Qiao Nan was ‘brooding’ over the fact that her triplets were very chubby when they were younger.

  Children would look good if they were chubby. But the problem was they kept pestering her to carry them. She seemed to be training her arms every day. Although she looked slim and had no physical strength, she had muscles on her arms. That was because she carried her babies every day.

  Compared to her triplets, Tian Yu might seem to be fat and chubby, but he was lighter than her triplets when they were at the same age. This was the time where the children would put on weight. Her children would put on weight even when they drank water. Therefore, the only explanation why Tian Yu did not gain weight must be that he did not eat well.

  Tian Yu shook his head. “Xiao Bao, obedient. Rice, smells good.” He listened to his auntie and would have proper meals every day.

  Zhai Hua stepped in to testify for her son. “Nan Nan, Xiao Bao did not lie to you. As Zhai Sheng has said, Xiao Bao takes after his dad. He has a good appetite. He will have three proper meals and three light meals daily. Despite eating so much, he did not put on weight. I remembered that his dad was like him when he was at his age.” No matter how much Dongzi ate, he would not put on weight. That was why other people thought that he was a young lady and bullied him.

  Otherwise, since Dongzi had a huge appetite, he should put on weight, and if he was chubby and had a big frame, no one would mistake him for a girl.

  Tian Yu nodded smilingly. His mama was right. It was his father’s fault that he did not put on weight.