Seeing Ye Zhen spoiling their son, Lu Beichuan remained silent. He thought about Ye Zhen’s previously strict and moral words about not spoiling their son rotten. He couldn’t resist shaking his head and laughing.

  Based on how Ye Zhen was behaving now, he would have to be the strict parent.

  Just as he was about to return to his desk to continue his work, he heard Ye Zhen exclaim, “He peed?”


  In a great commotion, Ye Zhen placed Zhouzhou down on the bed. She was flustered as she undid his diaper and saw that his diaper was wet.

  Lu Beichuan took out a diaper from the cabinet and handed it to Ye Zhen. He stood to the side and watched as Ye Zhen went about changing the diaper.

  This was the first time that Ye Zhen was changing Zhouzhou’s diaper. Although she didn’t have any experience, she knew how to do it from watching other people many times. First, she took off the dirty diaper, then she wiped Zhouzhou’s butt clean.

  “Oh, you little brat. So you were just fussing because you peed.” Ye Zhen patted his little butt and smiled as she teased him. Then, she put a clean diaper on him.

  Seeing that Ye Zhen didn’t have any problems, Lu Beichuan went back to his desk to finish off his paperwork. By the time he was done with the backlog of documents, Ye Zhen and the baby were already asleep.

  Ye Zhen was lying on her side next to Zhouzhou, and her hand was partially resting on Zhouzhou. Zhouzhou’s legs and arms were splayed out like a starfish as he slept. Seeing the sight, Lu Beichuan felt as if the day’s fatigue had instantly vanished. He leaned over and kissed Ye Zhen’s forehead. Instead of picking Zhouzhou up and bringing him to the nursery next door, he left the room by himself and told the nanny that the baby would be sleeping with them tonight. After that, he came back to the room to sleep.

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  In the middle of the night, Ye Zhen was woken up by the baby’s cries. It was around 2 to 3 AM, and she had been in the deepest part of her sleep cycle. Being woken up at this time meant she inevitably felt alarmed for a moment.

  Ye Zhen furrowed her brow. Half-awake and half-asleep, she opened her eyes. Under the dim lighting, she could only see Lu Beichuan and Zhouzhou by the bed. Lu Beichuan was holding Zhouzhou in one arm and feeding Zhouzhou milk with his other hand.

  Ye Zhen sat up. Her voice was hazy with sleep as she asked, “What happened? Is Zhouzhou hungry?”


  Lu Beichuan looked at her and quietly said, “Go back to sleep. Zhouzhou will fall asleep immediately after he finishes drinking milk.”
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  Ye Zhen yawned. Rubbing her eyes, she forced herself to get up. Looking at the baby that was drinking infant formula, she said, “Let’s have him sleep in the nursery tomorrow night.”


  Who could endure waking up every night to feed this little ancestor?

  “It’s okay. He’s almost done drinking.”


  Ye Zhen didn’t insist. She went back to bed, lied down, and watched Lu Beichuan’s focused look as he held the baby and fed him. She smiled. Her sleepiness had faded a lot.

  After finishing feeding the baby milk and coaxing him back to sleep, Lu Beichuan finally came back to bed and put the baby between him and Ye Zhen. His gaze was gentle as he looked at Ye Zhen. “Sleep.”


  The scent of milk wafted into her nose, and Lu Beichuan was close by. Her mind felt at ease, and she suddenly felt warmth flowing through her heart.

  Actually, days like these were pretty good.