Translator: Henyee Translations Editor: Henyee Translations
Pei Jingzhou chuckled. âMy ears arenât good?â
Yaoyao was very reasonable. âI clearly said thank you twice, but you still canât hear me clearly.â
âItâs not that I canât hear you clearly. I just hope you can say it again and express it boldly,â Pei Jingzhou explained.
Yaoyao stubbornly thought that it was what he thought. âItâs clearly your ears that are bad.â
Pei Jingzhou: â
The father and son looked at each other quietly for a moment. Pei Jingzhou
said, âIâm guessing that you donât really want to eat the cake. Then go and fill the bathtub yourself.â With that, he was about to get up when Yaoyao reached out and grabbed a small part of Pei Jingzhouâs sleeve. Pei Jingzhou looked down at the small hand stubbornly tugging at his sleeve. âWerenât you quite unreasonable just now?
Yaoyao put on a serious expression. âIâve thought about it carefully. Cake is still more important.â
Pei Jingzhou raised his chin and suppressed a smile. âTo bow just for a cake?â
Yaoyao didnât know that many words. âWhatâs a bow?â
Pei Jingzhou explained, âIt means to admit defeat.â
Yaoyao said in a muffled voice, âThen I admit defeat. Help me shower.â
Pei Jingzhou said, âI was willing to help you shower just now, but Iâm not willing now.â Yaoyaoâs eyes widened in disbelief. This expression was extremely vivid. Pei Jingzhou was very satisfied. The more vivid the expression, the better. He continued, âOf course, I am not completely unwilling to help. Letâs make a deal. If you do it, Iâll help you shower.â
Yaoyao looked disappointed, but even so, he still answered Pei Jingzhouâs questions. âGo ahead.â
Pei Jingzhou took the opportunity to suggest, âCall me Daddy and Iâll help you.â
Yaoyaoâs eyes widened again, his small expression filled with disbelief. Probably no one he had ever met had made such a request of him.
Pei Jingzhou smiled and asked, âAre you unwilling?
Yaoyao asked Pei Jingzhou seriously, âWhy do I have to call you Daddy? Arenât you Youyouâs father?â
Pei Jingzhou pursed his lips and did not answer immediately. Itâs Youyouâs father, and itâs also your father. But he knew that Yaoyao wouldnât believe him if he said it directly, and the shackles in Yaoyaoâs heart needed to be unlocked bit by bit.
âJust take it that Iâm joking with you,â Pei Jingzhou said calmly.
Yaoyao said, âItâs not funny.â Pei Jingzhouâs smile faded. Yaoyao said, âItâs not funny, is it, Daddy?â
Pei Jingzhouâs heart skipped a beat, and the faint smile on his lips curled up again. He reached out and pulled Yaoyao in front of him, wanting to carry him.
âLetâs go take a shower.â
Yaoyao shook his head in resistance. âNo.â
Yaoyao lowered his head in embarrassment. âMy pants are wet.â âIt doesnât matter.â Pei Jingzhou picked up Yaoyao and walked into the bathroom in the guest bedroom.
Yaoyao lay in Pei Jingzhouâs arms and hugged his neck with both hands, rubbing against him. Pei Jingzhou naturally sensed that he was in a good mood.
There was plenty of room in the bathroom. After Pei Jingzhou put Yaoyao down, he went to the bathtub to fill the water. Yaoyao took off his clothes. His movements were not very agile, even a little clumsy and slow, but they were methodical.
When the sweater and flannel pants on his body were removed, the ribs above Yaoyaoâs lower abdomen were obvious, and the shoulder blades above his back were even more obvious.
When Pei Jingzhou noticed this, his expression changed slightly. When the water temperature was suitable, Pei Jingzhou carried Yaoyao over and let him test the water temperature again. After confirming that the water temperature was suitable, he placed him in the bathtub.
The first time he bathed a child, Pei Jingzhou was quite attentive. Although Youyou had been brought home, she was already more than four years old. Even though Pei Jingzhou was a father, it was still a little inappropriate.
The shower gel and shampoo in the bathroom in the guest bedroom were not unwrapped. Pei Jingzhou took the shower gel and opened it. He squeezed it out, lathered it, and applied it to Yaoyao. He was not very skilled, but Pei Jingzhou had tried his best to be gentle. Yaoyao said, âI can wash it myself.â
Pei Jingzhou retracted his hand. âGo ahead.â
The father and son did not say anything. Yaoyao took a shower seriously. Pei Jingzhou stood guard at the side, afraid that Yaoyao would fall into the bathtub and drown. The atmosphere was appropriately warm.
Pei Jingzhou suddenly asked, âAre you unhappy in Country T?â Yaoyao looked up at Pei Jingzhou and blinked his beautiful eyes. Pei Jingzhou asked again, âAnswer me. Are you unhappy in Country T?â
Yaoyao rubbed the bubbles in his palms. âIâm happy.â
Pei Jingzhou stopped asking about this topic and changed the topic. âThere are two of us here. About you wetting the bedâ¦â When Yaoyao heard about wetting the bed, his eyes widened again, and he looked very anxious. Pei Jingzhou raised his hand to his forehead and laughed. âThe first sentence of that sentence was that there are two of us here, so no one else will know.â
Yaoyaoâs voice was muffled. âStop talking.â
Pei Jingzhou asked a fatal question. âWhat about the wet bed sheets?â
Yaoyao looked like he was about to cry. âThink of something.â
Pei Jingzhou nodded. âI can think of a way for you, but you have to answer my next question.â
Yaoyao nodded. âOkay.â
It was a rare opportunity to coax Yaoyao and say a few more words. Pei Jingzhou naturally had to seize it. He asked, âYouâre embarrassed about wetting the bed, arenât you?
Yaoyao said, âMm.â
Pei Jingzhou asked, âHave you wet your bed before?
Yaoyao shook his head. âNo.â
Pei Jingzhou smiled and asked, âDid you look for the bathroom in your dream?
Hearing this, Yaoyao suddenly looked at Pei Jingzhou in surprise. This expression was indeed too shocked. Although he did not ask, his expression silently expressed: How did you know?
Pei Jingzhou raised his eyebrows. âRemember, donât trust any bathroom you find in your dreams in the future.â
Yaoyao didnât quite understand. âWhy?â
How could he explain it? Pei Jingzhou did not know how to explain so Yaoyao immediately understood. After some thought) he said, âJust remember this.â
Yaoyao nodded obediently. âIâll remember.â
Pei Jingzhou continued to ask, âDo you hate the doctor today?â
âI hated it at first, but I stopped hating it later.â Yaoyao spoke his true thoughts.
Pei Jingzhou said, âHeâll come again tomorrow.â
Yaoyao didnât react. It was obvious that he did not reject him. If he did, the subtle expression on his face would not escape Pei Jingzhouâs eyes.
Pei Jingzhou asked again, âThen do you like the capital?â
Yaoyao continued to rub the bubble in his hand. He did not think about this question for long and quickly answered Pei Jingzhou, âI like it.â
Pei Jingzhouâs expression softened. âYou really like it?â
Yaoyao nodded. âYes.â
After receiving Yaoyaoâs affirmative answer, Pei Jingzhou felt a little more at ease. âThen youâll always live in the capital.â Yaoyao asked, âAlways?