Sluggishly, Xu Mey opened the door of the house and stepped inside. Keeping her eyes open was a battle in itself. She dragged her exhausted self to the living room and thinking that she had reached the couch, she let go of her body.

  But in her weary state, she didn’t see that she had just reached the entrance of the hall, the couch was feet away from her. Fortunately, before her body could land on the marble floor, Ye Jie ran up to catch her. She would have landed face front on the hard floor if not for Ye Jie approaching her at lightning speed.

  The familiar lavender scent made her rub her eyes to see and her exhausted body immediately got recharged as she wrapped her arms around his neck excitedly, "Ah-Jie, you’re back! Why did you just come now? Your baby’s been missing you so much."

  Ye Jie held her face and frowned seeing the condition of her face. "What have you been doing in the past two days while I was gone?"

  Xu Mey placed her head against his chest feeling the warmth of his body and mumbled softly, "I was at the hospital."

  "Why? Is your dad okay?" Ye Jie thought her father was again hospitalized.

  "Dad is fine, thankfully! But it was Wang Ge……" She related the whole events of the last two days while dragging her words a bit unnecessarily.

  "You must be exhausted," Ye Jie remarked and Xu Mey snuggled up closer to him as she nodded like an innocent bunny. Our Ah-Jie who was already smitten by his baby felt a tug at his heart seeing her in such a state.

  He bent a bit and picked Xu Mey in his arms. "Have you eaten anything?" Ye Jie asked close to her ear and she shook her head in her half sleeping state. He could only roll his eyes since she had a habit of acting perfunctorily.

  He took her straight towards the bathroom and helped her in removing all the dirty clothes off of her body as he filled the bathtub with hot water for her. He placed her body in the hot water and said, "Baby, I’ll be right back. Don’t sleep in the tub." Xu Mey rubbed her eyes like a kitten and nodded her head vigorously.

  Ye Jie came out to call the maid to make some light dinner for Xu Mey and when he went back to the bathroom he was stunned. Xu Mey did exactly what he told her not to do, she slept in the bathtub and was now coughing loudly to get the water out of her lungs.

  Ye Jie came to her side and she smiled cheekily at him. "Baby, I told you not to sleep." He was trying to control his anger as he supported her body and helped her in taking the bath.

  "I didn’t realize it," Xu Mey spoke softly melting Ye Jie’s heart as always.

  After the bath, he clad her in a silk nightgown and took her to the bed. The maid brought the dinner for Xu Mey and Ye Jie asked her to eat but she shook her head wanting to sleep. Taking the wonton soup in his mouth, Ye Jie had to hold her face and push the soup down her throat.

  Feeling his warm lips against her own, her eyes flew open instinctively. She wrapped her arms around his neck trying to pull him closer. She couldn’t decide who tasted better; the soup or her Ah-Jie. But she knew that her Ah-Jie was the best. Therefore, she lost herself in his taste instead of the soup’. While she tried to push her tongue in his mouth, Ye Jie bit down on her lip making her hiss. "Shhh…… Ah-Jie, that hurt." Xu Mey whined as she looked at Ye Jie with a saddened look.

  "Stop playing around and drink the soup like a good baby." Ye Jie tried to coax her a bit.

  "But I’m Ah-Jie’s best baby. Aren’t I?" Xu Mey asked docilely. That meek look made Ye Jie’s lip curl upward involuntarily.

  He tousled her hair and said, "Yes…… My baby is the best and that’s why she’s going to finish this soup before sleeping."

  Xu Mey made a face and as if thinking of something, she smiled brightly saying, "If Ah-Jie will feed me, I’ll drink happily."

  Ye Jie narrowed his eyes at her and took the bowl from the side table. He extended the spoon towards her mouth but Xu Mey turned her face away saying, "Nope. Ah-Jie has to feed me as he did earlier."

  Ye Jie pushed the spoon in her mouth and wiped her lip with his thumb as he spoke in a low voice, "Baby, do you want to sleep tonight?" Xu Mey frowned a bit but nodded since she couldn’t fight with her exhaustion anymore. His thumb lingered on her bottom lip as he added, "Then just drink this soup with the spoon. If I went back to the earlier method, I’m afraid you’ll break because of exhaustion."

  Realizing the meaning of his words, Xu Mey pursed her lips and avoided looking at him but obediently drank the soup with the spoon.

  After feeding the whole bowl of soup, Ye Jie planted a kiss against her lips and said, "Now, go to sleep." He was about to leave when she held his wrist and pulled him to the bed.

  Fixing her head on his chest, she snuggled up as a satisfied smile bloomed on her tired face. Ye Jie shook his head lightly and pulled her closer as he wrapped his arms around her small waist. He kissed the top of her head and whispered, "I love you very much, my baby."