At night, after Luo Mengmeng finished her bath, she scurried onto Gu Zhihan's bed.
"Hubby, I'm here!" she rolled around on his large bed as if she had already forgotten the shadow the human traffickers cast over her day.
It had always been this way since she was little; Mengmeng would find her way to his bed almost every night.
Every time, Gu Zhihan would have a stern look on his face.
But today, a guilt-ridden Gu Zhihan surprisingly didn't wear a scowl.
All he did was gaze with a slightly helpless look in his dark eyes at the little one rolling non-stop on his bed, "Hey, put on your diaper before you sleep, or you'll wet my bed again."
Yes, three-year-old Mengmeng still wet the bed!
And the smell was extremely potent!!!
"Here, put it on quickly!"
After finishing his words, Gu Zhihan bent over to open the bedside drawer, took out the diaper specially prepared for her, tossed one to her with a process so practiced it seemed like he had done it countless times, the spitting image of a father.
"Umm... but I'm sleepy, I want hubby to help me put it on." Mengmeng stopped rolling around. She truly seemed exhausted, not even glancing at the diaper before her little head tilted onto the pillow, motionless.
"You put it on before you sleep!"
Thinking she was pretending to be asleep, Gu Zhihan frowned slightly with displeasure and walked over to give her chubby shoulder a nudge.
Unexpectedly, not only did the little girl not budge, but she also let out sweet snoring sounds, with little bubbles forming at her nose, clearly in a deep and blissful slumber.
"Idiot, your speed of falling asleep, isn't it a bit too fast?"
Gu Zhihan couldn't help but poke her fair and plump forehead, pursing his thin lips in resignation as he picked up the diaper he had thrown onto the bed earlier, lifted her little legs, and put the diaper on for her.
If it wasn't to prevent his bed from getting dirty, he wouldn't care about her at all!
Right, that's it, he definitely wasn't worried that her wetting the bed would make her cold!
After putting the diaper on the little girl, Gu Zhihan did his washing up and lay down on the bed as well.
During the night, the sound of frogs filled the air, fireflies mingled with the starlight, and the room's old electric fan was working hard with a "whirring" sound, blowing cool air to the two little ones who were already asleep on the bed.
Mengmeng and Gu Zhihan were covered with the same small blanket over their little bellies.
Usually, Mengmeng slept heavily, like a piglet in a pigpen, the kind that couldn't be woken up even by an earthquake, but tonight she was unusually restless, tossing and turning all night, mumbling a lot in her sleep.
"Don't catch me, don't catch me!"
She appeared to be having some terrifying nightmare, her baby teeth firmly biting her lower lip, desperately shaking her head, her limbs convulsing, as if struggling.
The sound was too heart-wrenching...
Awakened by the sound, Gu Zhihan who lay beside her thought of the incident earlier in the day when Mengmeng almost got kidnapped by the traffickers, guessing she must be having a nightmare.
So he quickly embraced her soft, small body.
"I'm here, and I won't let anyone take you away," Gu Zhihan softly patted her fluffy back, speaking deliberately and slowly.
Luo Mengmeng, probably feeling secured, quieted down immediately, her chubby arms tightly hugging the boy's neck, smacking her lips before continuing to sleep.
After watching her for a few moments, Gu Zhihan seemed to think of something else, his glance then swept quickly over to a few papers on the desk.
They were "IQ Test Forms" and "Grade-Skipping Application Forms."