"Ah!" A strange scream, then a bloodcurdling scream, and then... Grandma Li next door laughed and closed the window. What new and interesting game were the father and daughter playing next door?
As soon as Xiao Qiqi entered, she saw the living room a chaotic mess of stuffed animals, puzzles, building blocks, various small animals, Barbie doll clothes and accessories, even clothes, slippers, and cushions on the sofa—so messy that there was barely room to step. She sighed, and before she could even frown, a tall figure rushed over, threw himself into her arms, and tightly embraced her still slender waist, panting heavily, "Xiao Qiqi, if you hadn't come back, I would have thrown your daughter into Africa!"
Xiao Qiqi looked down at the person in her arms who was hunched over and had his head pressed against her chest, and burst out laughing. She stretched out two fingers, touched it, and then pinched it. His hair really looked like it had been permed at a hair salon, with all sorts of hairpins on it, and it was covered with some kind of hard, sticky stuff. She teased him on purpose, "Honey, do you perm your hair at home?"
Chen Yuanxing looked up angrily, baring his teeth and jumping up: "Ah, you're still mocking me, how can you still laugh! Look at what your daughter has done? While I was sleeping, she messed up my hair like this? Instead of teaching her a lesson, you're mocking me? How unlucky am I to have two women like you!"
Xiao Qiqi quietly stuck out her tongue, looked up and saw the smug face on the pretty face peeking out from behind the glass door of the study. She coughed and put on a stern face, "Chen Xi, come here!"
Seeing her mother was angry, Chen Xi pouted and cautiously shuffled over, ignoring her father who was glaring at her with his hands on his hips. She softly snuggled onto Xiao Qiqi's lap and gave him a sweet smile, "Mommy, boohoo, I missed you so much!"
Xiao Qiqi couldn't resist the little devil's soft and sweet clinginess, and immediately lost her temper, picking up Chen Xi and kissing her on the cheek, "Tell Mommy, what made Daddy angry again?"
Chen Xi nestled in Xiao Qiqi's arms and made faces at her father, wrinkling her nose in a pitiful manner, "Daddy's bad, he always sleeps at home and doesn't play with me."
Xiao Qiqi stepped over a pile of odds and ends, brushed aside the toys scattered on the sofa, and pinched his daughter's little nose. "So you're being naughty, doing Daddy's hair like that?"
“I saw the auntie at the hair salon doing people’s hair like this the day before yesterday, it was so pretty. Xixi wants to make Daddy more handsome, so she’s doing Daddy’s hair.” Chen Xi said seriously, holding up her soft little hands and snuggling sweetly in Xiao Qiqi’s arms. “Mommy, boohoo, Daddy bullies me. He doesn’t praise me, he scolds me.”
Xiao Qiqi couldn't help but roll her eyes at Chen Yuanxing, and pinched Chen Xi's cheek while suppressing a laugh, "Nonsense, that auntie has professional skills and uses special hairspray to make beautiful hair, but look what you put on Dad's hair, what a mess it looks like?"
Chen Xi chuckled, twisting her hips, and covered her face, "Hehe...it's glue."
Chen Yuanxing, his face already dark with rage, stared at the mother and daughter who seemed oblivious to their surroundings. Upon hearing that it was glue, he became even more enraged and rushed over, yelling, "What?! You wretched little cricket, you put glue on my head and you're laughing! And you dare to accuse me first?! Ugh, I'll throw you into Africa to be a savage's daughter!"
"Oh, Mommy, Mommy!" Chen Xi jumped in Xiao Qiqi's arms, dodging her father's clutches. "Daddy, Daddy, Xixi won't do it again, please forgive me. Waaah." She hugged Xiao Qiqi's neck, blinked her big eyes, and looked at Chen Yuanxing with a pitiful expression. Chen Yuanxing's anger melted into helplessness. He buried his head in Xiao Qiqi's arms, whimpering like a wounded puppy, "Qiqi, look at this! What kind of daughter have you raised? I'll die at her hands sooner or later. Waaah..."
Xiao Qiqi chuckled and hugged the father and daughter, patting Chen Yuanxing's head. "Alright, go wash your hair. After you're done, tidy up the house."
Chen Yuanxing looked up, his eyes wide, and started yelling again, "Why am I the one cleaning the house again?"
Xiao Qiqi hugged her daughter and lay down on the sofa. "Because you turned the house into a doghouse, didn't you, little cricket?" Chen Xi, being a clever little devil, understood perfectly and quickly chimed in with her childish voice, "Yes, it was Daddy who threw things around."
Chen Yuanxing slumped to the ground like a deflated balloon, then rubbed his backside as he stood up, only to find he was sitting on a building block. He resignedly tugged at Xiao Qiqi's sleeve, calling out mournfully, "Wife, wife..."
Xiao Qiqi sat up with a smile and patted his hand, "Go quickly, I'm starving, I don't have the energy to argue with you."
Chen Yuanxing's eyes flashed with grievance, and his head drooped. "Wife..." Xiao Qiqi looked at him pretending to cry and couldn't help but smile. She leaned down and kissed him on the cheek. "Alright, stop pretending. I'll wash your hair for you."
"Wow!" Chen Yuanxing jumped up and whistled excitedly, "I knew my wife loved me the most." Then he happily ran into the bathroom to relieve himself. Xiao Qiqi heard the cheerful singing coming from the bathroom and smiled even more sweetly. She kissed her daughter's face and said, "Xixi, be good and play by yourself for a while. Mommy will help Daddy wash his hair."
Chen Xi turned her head away disdainfully, "Hmph, Mom fell for Dad's trick again."
"Ah..." Another loud scream rang out, and Xiao Qiqi tapped Chen Yuanxing on the head. "Stop yelling, people will think I'm murdering my husband." Chen Yuanxing grumbled, "Try having the little cricket put glue all over your head."
“I’m not like you, staying home all day fooling around with her.” Xiao Qiqi laughed. “You’re too indulgent with her.”
“That wasn’t because of you two women, one big and one small,” Chen Yuanxing continued to grumble. “Tomorrow I’m going to throw away all the clips and glue in the house.”
"Then let's just shave her head, so she won't have any other ideas." Xiao Qiqi slapped away Chen Yuanxing's unruly hand. "We're washing our hair, don't move around."
"Hehe, wife, I miss you so much." Chen Yuanxing's hand still snaked its way into Xiao Qiqi's clothes, touching that soft spot. "Mmm, wife, lock the door." Xiao Qiqi pinched Chen Yuanxing's ear. "You never learn, what naughty thing are you trying to do again? Xixi is outside."
Chen Yuanxing, however, persisted, even touching her thigh. "You annoying little cricket, with her around, we have no time for just the two of us. I'm going to throw her to Africa!" Xiao Qiqi had no choice but to let him pester her. His soft fingers gently massaged her scalp, and Chen Yuanxing groaned in pleasure. Soon, his breathing became heavy, and he turned around, hugging Xiao Qiqi and kissing her. "Sister, let's not wash our hair, let's take a bath together, okay?" Xiao Qiqi was mindful of Chen Xi, who was almost four years old, and naturally wanted to avoid any impropriety, so she tried to push Chen Yuanxing away. But she was no match for his strength, and he held her tightly, locked the bathroom door, and pressed her against the sink. Xiao Qiqi was afraid her daughter would hear the noise, so she didn't dare to struggle too much. She let Chen Yuanxing nibble on her eyelids, lips, earlobes, neck, and collarbone, sometimes lightly, sometimes heavily. Gradually, she also felt aroused. When Chen Yuanxing finally took her already firm and soft nipples into his mouth, she couldn't help but hug Chen Yuanxing's head tightly and lower her breath, saying, "After all these years together, why are you still in such a hurry?"
"Hmm, uh..." Chen Yuanxing's Adam's apple bobbed rapidly as he began to knead her soft breasts from the front down, even extending his fingers into her already wet and secluded passage. His voice was slightly hoarse and low as he said, "It's all that little rascal, Little Cricket, who pesters you every night, making me, his husband, have to sneak around like this." Unable to hold back any longer, he unzipped his pants and thrust his already throbbing erection into her tender nest, pumping rapidly.
Xiao Qiqi, unable to suppress her desires and overwhelming joy, could only kiss Chen Yuanxing tightly, and the two of them were immersed in a sea of happiness.
A knock on the door made Xiao Qiqi push Chen Yuanxing away, signaling him to stop immediately. But Chen Yuanxing seemed not to hear her at all, continuing his thrusting, though the rhythm had slowed considerably, the gentle, shallow and deep strokes almost making Xiao Qiqi cry out. Xiao Qiqi quickly covered her mouth, adjusting her voice, "Xixi? What's wrong?"
"Mom, I'm hungry." Chen Xi's soft voice, tinged with grievance, came from outside the door.
Another powerful thrust sent a shiver down Xiao Qiqi's spine. Her nails dug into Chen Yuanxing's back, her eyes, blurred with desire, glaring at the mischievous man, who, however, was enjoying the sensation with his eyes half-closed. Xiao Qiqi pinched Chen Yuanxing, trying to keep her voice normal, "Sweetie, baby, there are cookies in your drawer. Take some and eat them yourself. Daddy... Daddy's not done yet. Mommy'll be out soon... Mmm..." Another intense thrust followed, and Xiao Qiqi bit her lip again. Chen Yuanxing leaned close to Xiao Qiqi's ear and whispered, "Sister, this is your punishment, so that you'll only remember your daughter and not your husband from now on."
Xiao Qiqi pinched the two protruding points on his chest and said in a suppressed voice, "Being jealous of your daughter, how shameless." She listened carefully and realized that her daughter's light footsteps seemed to be fading away. Only then did she breathe a sigh of relief and knead the two red, protruding points even harder. Chen Yuanxing couldn't resist and pulled Xiao Qiqi's hand away. "Baby, don't touch there. Poor thing, your husband hasn't had any meat for days. You should at least let him have a taste of something new."
The room was filled with the scent of spring, the only sounds being suppressed breathing and the sounds of lewd thrusting, leaving behind a lingering, alluring atmosphere. Finally, with a thrust, Chen Yuanxing let out a soft moan, buried his head in Xiao Qiqi's shoulder, and called out, "Qiqi, I love you." Xiao Qiqi embraced the even more mature and handsome man before her, and couldn't help but kiss his earlobe, "I love you too, Xing."
That evening, after tidying up the house, Xiao Qiqi watched as Xixi fell asleep sweetly, clutching her Barbie doll. She kissed her daughter's soft, delicate cheek before getting up to go back to her room. Chen Yuanxing, of course, wasn't asleep. Seeing her come in, he quickly came to greet her, wrapping his arms around her soft waist. Xiao Qiqi closed her eyes happily. With her husband and daughter, she had no regrets in this life; she was overflowing with happiness. Since finally deciding to spend her life with this man five years ago, not a single day had passed without her being happy. "Xing, I feel so happy," Chen Yuanxing said, lifting her up and placing her on the bed, pressing her tightly against his chest and kissing her face. "I'm happy too, my wife."
“Then let’s go to America tomorrow. There are still a pair of our sperm and eggs there. How about we raise another baby?” Xiao Qiqi nudged Chen Yuanxing’s head. Today she saw a little boy who was very well-behaved, carrying his mother’s handbag. His small body had a very manly demeanor, which made her momentarily lost in thought and envious.
"Huh?" Chen Yuanxing jumped up, looking at Xiao Qiqi in horror, shaking his head repeatedly. "Xiao Qiqi, if you dare bring another one back, I'll never forgive you." In the blink of an eye, he pounced on her again, clinging to her. "Qiqi, baby, wife, sister, we already have one troublesome little cricket, why do we need another one? Don't you love me anymore? Are you going to abandon me? If you want another child, where will your eyes be on me?"
Xiao Qiqi chuckled and kissed Chen Yuanxing's lips, "You say you don't want it, so you don't. Besides, where did I not want you? Why are you being jealous of your daughter?"
"I'm so jealous!" Chen Yuanxing rolled around on the bed. "That wretched little cricket, I'm going to send her to Africa!" He gritted his teeth, but his eyes were full of tenderness. Suddenly, he sat up. "Oh dear, I forgot to check if the little cricket kicked off the covers. Honey, you go to sleep first, I'll be back in a bit." Xiao Qiqi leaned back against the pillows, watching Chen Yuanxing hurriedly open the door and leave, a happy smile on her face.
33. Postscript (II)
Xiao Qiqi opened the door, her footsteps light. It was so eerie; the house was so quiet you could hear a pin drop! Carefully searching, she found two people sitting side-by-side on the sofa, one big and one small. The older one had a bald head with a blazing bald head, a menacing expression, and fierce eyes. The younger one had a rosy face, big, dark eyes, and a pouty little red mouth, secretly glancing at his father, then at his mother as she entered, his big eyes shining with joy. He had just moved his little leg slightly.
The bald dad snorted through his nostrils: "Don't move!"
Chen Xi blinked her big, aggrieved eyes at her mother and obediently stayed still.
Xiao Qiqi chuckled inwardly, walked over and carefully examined Chen Yuanxing's head, then his face, "What's wrong now? What's that on your head?"
"Neon lights!" Chen Yuanxing gritted his teeth!
Xiao Qiqi finally couldn't help but pick up her daughter and sit down next to Chen Yuanxing, pinching Chen Xi's soft little arm, "Why did you put all the stamps on Daddy's head?"
Chen Xi rushed into her mother's arms, then stole a glance at her angry father before timidly saying, "It's because Dad won't let me have a baby."
"A doll? Where is the doll from?"
"that is……"
"Chen Xi!" Chen Yuanxing shouted, "Shut up right now! Do you think I really wouldn't dare to hit you if you dare to misbehave again?"
Tears welled up in Chen Xi's big eyes, and she said aggrievedly, "Mom, Dad said he's going to hit me."
"It's nothing, he was just joking, he wouldn't dare." Xiao Qiqi hugged her daughter and moved away from Chen Yuanxing. "Yuanxing, what's wrong? It's just a few stamps, why are you so angry?" After the hair perming incident, Chen Yuanxing had indeed shaved his head. Chen Xi was so excited when she saw her father's bald head, she wanted to touch it hundreds of times a day. This made Chen Yuanxing extremely distressed, wishing that all his hair would grow back by tomorrow.
Chen Yuanxing yanked open his loose T-shirt with a "whoosh," and shouted, "What's on your head? Look at this! What a mess your daughter has made!"
Xiao Qiqi stared in disbelief, astonished: "My God, Xixi, you're such a genius! You're painting on Daddy's body?" Chen Yuanxing's entire body was covered in colorful crayon lines, and you could even clearly make out figures, mountains, trees, grass, birds, and the sun, etc. It was practically a work of body painting art! "Haha..." Xiao Qiqi laughed, breathless, pinching Chen Xi's rosy cheeks, "Xixi, you're so talented!"
Chen Yuanxing's brows furrowed. "You're still laughing! Still laughing! Starting tomorrow, you'll be leaving get off work early to pick her up and play with her. I'm not going to care anymore!" Chen Yuanxing put down his clothes, his anger still burning fiercely!
Xiao Qiqi couldn't take it anymore, so she hugged Chen Xi and hid in the study. When Chen Xi saw her mother laughing, she giggled nonstop. Finally, the mother and daughter stopped laughing, and Xiao Qiqi said sternly, "Xi Xi, you're not allowed to tease your father like that again!"
"Oh." She answered obediently, her face as lovely as an angel's. Xiao Qiqi sighed inwardly. This father and daughter were a pair of lovable troublemakers, their personalities identical—playful and mischievous, like two children all day long. Sometimes they were so happy they'd tear the house apart, other times they'd quarrel and ignore each other, and still other times they were a loving and harmonious couple. Chen Yuanxing doted on Chen Xi even more than she did, but he refused to admit it. This wasn't the first time Chen Xi had drawn on his body, was it?
"Why are you drawing on Daddy again?"
"Dad plays on the computer and ignores me, so I draw. He doesn't stop me," Chen Xi said in a childish voice. The little girl, who is not even four years old, is so cute that it breaks your heart.
"Dad was just focused on his own thing, not that he didn't want to stop you. But don't do that again, okay?"
"Okay, I understand." Chen Xi nodded. "But Mom, Dad was mean today. Xi Xi doesn't like Dad."
"Daddy, what made our little cricket princess unhappy?"
"Today, a grandma came to visit me at kindergarten and bought me lots of pretty dolls. But then my dad came and gave all the dolls back to the grandma. He also wouldn't let me talk to her. So, I hate my dad now."
Xiao Qiqi's heart stirred, and she kissed her daughter's face. "Mom knows. Dad is afraid that Xixi will be bullied by bad people, so he doesn't let you talk to strangers."
"But Grandma is so good to me. She even buys me chocolate and speaks to me gently."
"Mommy knows, it was Daddy's fault. That's Grandma. From now on, when Xixi sees Grandma, she should talk to her and play with her, okay?"
"Okay! Mom is the best, Dad is bad!" Looking up at Chen Yuanxing leaning against the study door, she made a face. "Dad is a petty and bad dad."
Chen Yuanxing smiled wryly, walked over and took Chen Xi from him, "It's getting late, Little Cricket should go to sleep, right?"
Chen Xi twisted her body, "I want to sleep with Mommy, I don't want Daddy to hold me."
Chen Yuanxing tapped Chen Xi's forehead with his own, "Don't be naughty anymore, or Daddy will hit you."
"Waaah... Daddy hit me, I don't want to be friends with Daddy anymore."
Xiao Qiqi smiled and walked over. Chen Yuanxing reached out and hugged her, and the three of them snuggled together. "Xixi, be good. Let Daddy tell you a story to go to sleep."
Little Chen Xi wouldn't hold a grudge. She was already very happy to see her father hug her, and she hugged him and shouted, "Daddy, I want to listen to Snow White again today."
Chen Yuanxing was speechless. "Aren't you tired of hearing the same story every day? She might not be tired, but the person telling the story must be!"
Xiao Qiqi sat in bed waiting for Chen Yuanxing. When she saw him come out of the bathroom naked after taking a shower, she couldn't help but blush. "Put on your pajamas! What a mess!"
Chen Yuanxing grinned and said, "Wife, the door is locked! The little cricket can't get in! Besides, you should feel sorry for me a little. Look at my skin, it's all red from rubbing it so hard to wash off those awful crayon marks."
Xiao Qiqi glared at him, "Serves you right!"
Chen Yuanxing crawled into bed and snuggled up to Xiao Qiqi, but Xiao Qiqi pushed him away, saying, "Yuanxing, don't rush, let's talk."
"What did you say?" Chen Yuanxing had already snuggled his face into Xiao Qiqi's arms.
Xiao Qiqi chuckled softly, holding his bald head, and after a moment's thought, said, "Today, Xixi was talking about grandma..."
Chen Yuanxing indeed stopped moving. He looked up at Xiao Qiqi with a sullen expression, turned over and leaned against the cushion, pulling Xiao Qiqi into his arms and lying down. "Qiqi, you're right, it's my mom."
Xiao Qiqi placed her hands around his waist and abdomen, saying, "Yuanxing, stop being childish. Let's take Xixi back to see your parents in a few days. After all, they are your parents. It's already a concession for them to come and see Xixi, so don't be stubborn."
"No, why should I give in? Back then, she... I begged her to save you, but she refused." Chen Yuanxing said sullenly, his hand twirling through Xiao Qiqi's long black hair.
"I'm fine, aren't I? Your mother is sticking to her principles; you're her professional ethics. Don't get so hung up on this, okay?"
"Qiqi, why are you speaking up for them like this?" Chen Yuanxing asked, puzzled. "After all, they treated you like that. Besides, if it weren't for Xixi, would they have come looking for us? They might not even recognize you now."
"There are no bad parents in the world! Think about it, if Xixi grows up and finds a son-in-law who doesn't satisfy us or make things easy for us, can you really bear to disown Xixi and not see her for years?"
"That won't do! Anyone who dares to flirt with my daughter, I'll chop them up!" Chen Yuanxing immediately objected, "...Qiqi, that's not fair, the analogy is wrong!"
“What’s wrong with that? Don’t all parents want the same thing? Your parents didn’t let us be together back then, it was for your own good.”
"What do you mean by 'for my own good'? Aren't they all just thinking of themselves? Now that they have a granddaughter, they're all rushing to acknowledge us. If we really didn't have any children, do you think they would even give us a second glance?"
"Alright, stop being so temperamental." Xiao Qiqi pinched Chen Yuanxing's nose. "You're just saying one thing and meaning another. You're so angry today because you're upset. Since you're upset, just do what you feel like doing."
"Anyway, I'm not going home on my own initiative," Chen Yuanxing grumbled childishly.
"Hehe, then I'll call Mom and make up, okay?"
"Mom?" Chen Yuanxing's phoenix eyes flickered a few times, and a touch of emotion welled up inside him. "Wife, you're so good to me."
"Alas, what a miserable life! Who told me to be so careless back then and provoke you, you big bad wolf, into this mess!"
"Hehe, the wolf is here." Chen Yuanxing rolled over and pinned Xiao Qiqi down, whispering something in her earlobe. Xiao Qiqi blushed and weakly pushed him away.
"Qiqi, after all these years, you still blush?"
"Pah! You think everyone is as shameless as you?"