"What do you want to see? Change your clothes before you go." Mr. Chen shook the baby bottle in his hand. "How many milliliters did you make for Simao? Simao drank it all, I don't know if he's full?"
Su Yunzhi was too lazy to talk to him, so she walked to his side and looked at Simao in his arms.
The little guy also stared at her with his big, dark eyes, his adorable gaze endearing her.
As Su Yunzhi watched, she couldn't help but reach out and hug the child to her chest. She checked the child's diaper with her hand and teased, "My dear grandson, are you full yet? Do you want Grandma to carry you out of bed?"
“Eeya…” Simao waved his chubby little hand at her with great enthusiasm.
Su Yunzhi was overjoyed and kissed her little hands repeatedly, "Time to get up, sir?"
Watching from the side, Mr. Chen felt a strong urge to help. "Weren't you going out to do something? Let me carry you?"
Su Yunzhi dodged his hand, "Go and get Simao a basin of water, I'll wipe her bottom."
Reluctantly, Mr. Shen got out of bed to fetch water.
Su Yunzhi quickly changed Simao's diaper, dressed him, played with the child for a while, and then handed him over to Chen's father before preparing to change her own clothes.
Mr. Shen carried his child toward the door, coaxing his grandson as they went, "Si Mao, do you miss your mom? Let's go find your mom."
Upon hearing this, Su Yunzhi stopped her, saying, "If you're too lazy to carry him, then give him to me. Don't carry Simao upstairs."
Mr. Shen thought she was being unreasonable. "Why are you so agitated? I was just saying it casually. Besides, it's already this late, the young couple must be awake by now."
Su Yunzhi pinched him. How could she have married such an unromantic man?
If it weren't for that incident, why would people assign all their children to them to take care of? Are they afraid that the children will be neglected?
It's not like he's been fasting for two months; at his age, he's too hungry to withstand the drought.
Mr. Shen was completely confused: "Why did you pinch me?"
Su Yunzhi said irritably, "I told you not to take the child upstairs, so don't. Why are you talking so much nonsense?"
Mr. Shen was still confused, but he was too lazy to argue with her. "Alright, alright, I won't take her, okay?"
Su Yunzhi then let him take Simao out, while she stayed in the room to put away her clothes.
In the main hall, Zhao Jiujiu was yawning as she fed Er Mao, who was whimpering.
Er Mao, who was used to breast milk, did not want to drink goat milk, but his little tummy was uncooperative and he was very hungry. After crying and fussing for a long time without getting any breast milk, he had no choice but to reluctantly drink a couple of sips of goat milk to fill his stomach.
Mr. Shen glanced at Zhao Jiujiu, who looked exhausted, and asked, "Sister-in-law, did you not sleep well last night?"
Having barely slept a wink all night, Zhao Jiujiu was in a bad mood. She glanced down at the baby who had sucked on the pacifier a couple of times before spitting it out and starting to whine, and said with a headache, "I don't know how Qiuqiu got through the night. Er Mao, that girl, she really knows how to torment people."
Mr. Shen tossed Si Mao in his hand. “Si Mao is such a good boy. He slept soundly until dawn without making a sound.”
Zhao Jiujiu glanced at him and said, "Who doesn't know that of these four girls, the fourth one is the easiest to manage?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Er Mao in her arms started to cry, holding back his sobs.
Zhao Jiujiu quickly picked her up and stood up, gently patting and coaxing her, "Don't cry, don't cry, Er Mao, don't cry, Er Mao is the best..."
Seeing his beloved grandson's tearful eyes, Mr. Shen felt heartbroken. "Why are you crying so sadly?"
"She was hungry." Zhao Jiujiu said, both tired and helpless. "This girl has such a stubborn temper."
"Feed her when she's hungry."
"I won't drink this goat milk."
"Er Mao and Damao have always been fed by Qiuqiu, and they're not used to goat milk, so they definitely won't drink it. Let's take them over and let Qiuqiu feed them."
"Qiuqiu hasn't gotten up yet." Zhao Jiujiu tore off a baby tissue and used it to wipe Er Mao's tears.
Mr. Shen frowned. "It's not good for the child to go hungry. Take him to Qiuqiu and let her feed the child first."
Zhao Jiujiu said irritably, "It's rare for someone to sleep in late. I think this girl is just spoiled."
Mr. Shen didn't want to get angry at her, so he didn't say anything. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Gu Lingyu coming downstairs and asked her, "Is Qiuqiu up yet?"
Feeling that she had perfectly fulfilled her duties as a partner, Gu Lingyu was in high spirits. "That's all."
"Why isn't he awake yet? The child is hungry."
Gu Lingyu: "I was exhausted last night."
Did you get tired last night because you didn't take care of the kids?
The words were on the tip of his tongue when Mr. Shen realized something and suddenly felt uneasy. He picked up Simao and angrily went back to his room.
Gu Lingyu asked Zhao Jiujiu, "What did I say wrong?"
Zhao Jiujiu shrugged and handed the crying Er Mao to her, saying, "Let's see if she listens to her mother."
Gu Lingyu took Er Mao from her, looked at the tear stains on her little face, and said with a look of disgust, "Don't cry. You're already ugly, and crying will only make you uglier."
Zhao Jiujiu: "..."
Er Mao's crying stopped abruptly, then became even more desperate and strained.
Gu Lingyu's patience ran out, and she slapped Er Mao's bottom, saying, "Don't wake your mother up."
Zhao Jiujiu couldn't stand it anymore. Anyone who didn't know the situation would think this wasn't her biological child. "Alright, alright, just give it to me."
Gu Lingyu said considerately, "No need, Auntie, you should rest. Look at her, she just deserves a beating; a good beating will make her behave."
Zhao Jiujiu glanced at Er Mao, who was hiccuping from crying. His pitiful little face was so endearing. "How can someone so young be hit?"
Gu Lingyu: "After I turned one month old, my father and mother started to beat me in a doubles. If I hadn't been so gifted, I probably would have been bitten to death by them long ago."
That's the truth.
As a dignified mountain god, he cannot be too weak.
When Gu Junshan and Daiying were training her, they certainly didn't treat her like their own daughter. At that time, she was the only kitten in the entire clan, and her parents were worried that her brothers would go easy on her during training, so after she turned one month old, it was always the two adult cats bullying her, the kitten.
Given the cruelty of her parents, it was indeed thanks to her extraordinary talent and great strength that she was able to succeed.
Of course, if she were even slightly weaker, her parents wouldn't have been so ruthless.
Therefore, her words were not self-praise. The reason she could not beat her parents was not because she was actually inferior, but simply because she inherited their bloodline and had a deep-seated reverence for them. Combined with her training since childhood, this prevented her from unleashing her true strength.
This is also why Daiying told Shen Wuqiu not to be afraid. The spirit cat clan has a deep reverence for their parents flowing in their blood. No matter how strong the cubs are, even when they turn against their parents, they will restrain themselves.
Zhao Jiujiu couldn't understand it and found it unbelievable. "Then it's truly a miracle that you were able to grow up safely."
Gu Lingyu shrugged: "It's not a miracle, it's strength."
Fine, you're strong, so you're right.
Zhao Jiujiu glanced at Er Mao, who had become much more docile in her arms, and pointed to the baby bottle on the table. "Then you feed her, I'll go upstairs and tidy up."
Gu Lingyu nodded, picked up the baby bottle, and fed Er Mao's baby by holding it to his face.
Er Mao maintained her last bit of stubbornness and refused to open her mouth.
Gu Lingyu didn't force her. She took the bottle and sucked on it a couple of times, savoring the taste. She muttered, "It tastes much better than your mother's milk."
After saying that, he took two more forceful sucks.
"..." The next second, Er Mao cried very loudly.
As soon as she opened her mouth, Gu Lingyu quickly fed her the pacifier, whispering a threat: "I've already drunk all of your mother's milk. If you don't drink it, this milk will be gone too."
A wise person knows when to yield.
Er Mao, with the pacifier in his mouth, looked at her with his big, watery eyes. After hesitating for a moment, he reluctantly began to suckle.
Knowing that crying and fussing with his mother was useless, Er Mao stopped acting up and, after drinking most of the bottle of milk, obediently fell asleep with the pacifier in his mouth.
She cried and fussed for half the night, making herself miserable. Now that she's full, she's finally sleeping peacefully.
As soon as the child fell asleep, Gu Lingyu threw the baby into the rocking car.
Su Yunzhi whispered to her, "There are a lot of people today, so you have to make sure the kids don't transform randomly."
Gu Lingyu squeezed the little red string on Er Mao's wrist. "Be careful with this red string. As long as you don't let go, you'll be fine."
After Zhou Xingxing arrived, Shen Wuqiu was constantly worried that her little ones' transformations would scare people. To put her mind at ease, Gu Lingyu used magic and spiritual power to weave a red rope for each of the little ones, which they wore on their wrists to suppress them and prevent them from transforming at will.
However, this is not a long-term solution. The little ones are not yet able to suppress their power, and if they are dissatisfied with her suppression, she is easily attacked by the backlash of their power.
Su Yunzhi was still a little worried, and after thinking for a moment, she said, "Why don't we take the children upstairs? If any relatives or friends really want to see them, we can bring them down to see them..."
Gu Lingyu originally had no objection to this arrangement, but thinking that her partner was still asleep, she took the opportunity to say, "Don't worry, nothing will happen."
Seeing how certain she was, Su Yunzhi didn't say anything more.
Gu Lingyu tucked Er Mao in before looking up at her, her eyes lighting up. "You look so beautiful in this dress."
Su Yunzhi was a little embarrassed: "What do you mean by good or bad? I'm not as delicate as you guys anymore. It's just a piece of clothing."
Seeing the suppressed smile in her eyes, Gu Lingyu praised her a few more times.
Su Yunzhi scolded her, "You're all sweet talk this morning? You should say these nice things to Wuqiu instead."
Gu Lingyu didn't feel embarrassed at all. "Of course."
Su Yunzhi couldn't help but chuckle. Then, remembering something, she leaned closer to her and whispered a scolding, "Honestly, you know there are a lot of guests at home today, can't you be a little more restrained? How late did you finish last night? It's this late, and you're still not up?"
Gu Lingyu pursed her lips, a little embarrassed, "It's not very late...it's not even two o'clock yet."
Before eight o'clock, the person went upstairs and stayed there for a full six hours, from eight to two o'clock...
Young people are really bold.
Su Yunzhi sighed inwardly, but when she saw Wu Qiu's radiant face and energetic appearance, she couldn't help but wonder, "Wu Qiu is so tired that she hasn't gotten up yet, but you look perfectly fine? So, you don't have to put in any effort for your business?"
Gu Hanhan blinked. She hadn't expected her adoptive mother-in-law to be so gossipy. After hesitating for a long time, she finally said, "It's because Qiuqiu's health is too poor..."
Su Yunzhi thought about it and realized that it made sense. This thing in front of her wasn't a normal person, so it was understandable that it was a bit energetic.
However, she still kindly reminded him, "Wuqiu is just an ordinary person. You have to take it easy in the future and don't wear her out. Besides, everything in excess is bad. If you keep putting her through this cycle of overeating and starving, her body won't be able to take it."
Gu Hanhan seemed to understand but didn't quite, but still nodded obediently, afraid that people would keep talking about random things. She quickly made an excuse and slipped upstairs. First, she tiptoed back to her room and wandered around. Seeing that Shen Wuqiu was still sleeping soundly, she kissed her face and then slipped into her parents' room to see the other two children.
As soon as she left, Shen Wuqiu, who was in the room, frowned in her sleep, then let out a soft gasp, her eyelids twitched, and she slowly opened her eyes.
Although the pain brought her back to consciousness, her body, which hadn't slept so peacefully in a long time, was still in a detached state. It took her several seconds after opening her eyes to realize where the pain was coming from.
The pajamas under the blanket were already wet in the bulge area.
Chen Wuqiu irritably raised her hand to cover her eyes, and after a moment, she picked up her phone to check the time.
It's already 8:15.