Luo Ge and Gu Jinchen were experts at "tricking" their children, yet everyone still thought it was a good idea.
The two little rascals, seemingly understanding that this concerned their "life's big moment," began pushing and shoving each other until they managed to sit up.
"Ah-ya~" Big brother Chen patted the small bed with his tiny hand, pushed himself up, and looked around at the adults with his bright eyes before attempting to crawl.
Though a bit wobbly and unsteady, he truly did crawl.
Then he plopped back down on his bottom, grinning widely as he looked at his younger brother and sister.
"Mm-mm~"
Little brother Ran, seeing this scene, grunted a couple of times and also tried to put his hands on the small bed, assuming a crawling position.
His eyes fixed on his big brother as he shakily crawled forward a couple of times, then stopped and giggled happily.
He paid no attention to the stunned expressions of his father, mother, grandmother, and grandfather.
"Chen and Ran can sit up and crawl now?"
After coming to her senses, Luo Ge turned to look at Gu Jinchen, her voice full of joy and surprise.
Sitting up and crawling are the first steps in a child's development.
For them, as first-time parents, this feeling was something they had never experienced before.
It was surprising, delightful, and filled with an inexplicable sense of achievement and happiness.
"Yes," Gu Jinchen nodded with a smile, seeing Luo Ge's delighted expression.
These little rascals weren't doing too badly.
Lady Qian and the others present also broke into smiles upon seeing this.
"They're only five months old, and these two children are truly clever."
Children who develop well tend to sit up and crawl a bit earlier.
These two kids were bound to be intelligent in the future.
But this was to be expected, after all, they were their beloved grandchildren.
Luo Juan wore a proud expression.
"As expected of my Luo Shiyan's excellent nephews, well done!" Luo Shiyan said, beaming with pride.
Seeing the grandfather and grandson's expressions, everyone else present shook their heads and laughed in unison.
"Ah-ya."
After all, the children were still young with soft bodies, and after crawling, the two little rascals didn't sit for long before lying back down.
They turned their heads simultaneously towards their sister in the corner, waving their little hands and calling out to her, as if waiting for something.
Seeing this, Gu Jinchen bent down and clapped his hands towards his little daughter, who was still lying obediently on the small bed.
"Come on, sweetheart, let's give it a try too."
Hearing this, Luo Ge also looked expectantly at her daughter.
Luo Juan and the others held their breath in anticipation.
"Grandpa's precious granddaughter, come on, crawl a bit for grandpa to see."
Seeing that little Ziqin showed no reaction for a while, Luo Juan couldn't help but open his arms and clap.
"Sister, come to big brother," Little Zhen Heng also learned to open his arms and called out to his beautiful sister.
However, Ziqin only blinked her big eyes a couple of times in response, tilted her head, and still made no move.
This made Chen and Ran anxious.
They called out to Ziqin with their baby talk.
Big brother Chen even crawled up again to demonstrate, followed by another round of 'yi-ya' baby language.
It seemed that there really was something to this baby communication.
Seeing that Ziqin still had no reaction to all this, everyone was stunned for a moment, looking at each other in bewilderment.
"Is sister tired?" Little Zhen Heng turned his head in confusion, not getting a response.
Hearing Zhen Heng's words, Lady Qian smiled, "It's time for the children to rest after lunch. The children are still young, there's no rush."
Everyone nodded upon hearing this.
"That's true, usually children don't crawl until they're six or seven months old."
These two little rascals were considered precocious.
Girls should be treated more delicately, there's no need to hurry.
Luo Ge agreed, "Then I'll take them back to rest first."
As she said this, she reached out to pick up Ziqin, intending to take her back to rest.
But unexpectedly, the little one who hadn't reacted to Gu Jinchen, Luo Juan, or Little Zhen Heng, broke into a smile when she saw Luo Ge's hand approaching.
"Ah-ya." She turned over and sat up, also opening her arms like Luo Ge.
Seeing Luo Ge's surprise, she glanced at her brothers, thought for a moment, and then lay down to crawl as well.
"Ah-ya-ya." Giggling and babbling, she wobbled towards Luo Ge.
Coming to her senses, Luo Ge quickly reached out to catch her, laughing as she tapped her nose.
"So this child is picky about people, huh?" Luo Juan chuckled, realizing what was happening.
No wonder she was unmoved by all of them, she just favored her mother.
Hearing this, Gu Jinchen looked down at his wife and daughter, his face full of smiles.
It's good to be choosy, to love her mother.
"Our Ziqin is indeed a warm little treasure," he said.
Lady Qian, seeing this, also fondly pinched Ziqin's cheeks, making her giggle.
The two little ones left in the small bed also started laughing along.
For a moment, the air around everyone was filled with the pure laughter of the children.
...After all, they were young and couldn't stay up for long. Usually at this time, they needed to take an afternoon nap.
They didn't play for too long before being taken back to rest.