With a snap of the camera, Su Lu had just finished taking the picture.
Bo Jingshen’s eyes slowly opened, and his voice was a bit hoarse, but he had a bemused smile on his face, "I feel like someone is taking sneaky photos of me."
Caught in the act, Su Lu felt a bit embarrassed.
She let out a small cough, "I’m openly taking pictures of my son, how could that be sneaky?"
"So I just happened to appear in your shot, is that it?" Bo Jingshen propped one arm behind his head while still holding his son with the other.
Su Lu nodded, "That’s right."
"Why are you up so early?" Bo Jingshen asked lazily.
"I heard that many people in the camp are already awake. They’re probably getting ready to watch the sunrise, right?" Su Lu said.
Bo Jingshen hummed in acknowledgment, "You want to watch it too?"
Su Lu nodded, "But Little Stinky Treasure is still asleep. Maybe I’ll just go by myself, and you and the child can sleep a bit longer."
"No way," Bo Jingshen flatly refused, "It’s not safe, and I don’t feel at ease."
Su Lu was about to say there’s nothing unsafe about it, many people in the camp are going to watch it.
But Bo Jingshen continued, "Don’t forget, Zhuang Cai Nan nearly had an accident yesterday."
Su Lu was rendered speechless.
"Then..." Su Lu pursed her lips.
Bo Jingshen glanced at their son, still sleeping soundly, "Even though you said before bed last night that he sleeps deeply and rarely wakes up, he woke up twice in the middle of the night, fussing and crying. So I want to confirm again, does he really sleep that deeply?"
"Uh..." Su Lu nodded, "Under normal circumstances, he doesn’t wake up. Look, I’m talking now without deliberately lowering my voice."
Bo Jingshen said, "Alright then."
He then propped himself up from the side using his waist strength, his hand still allowing the child to lay on it, but he had already sat up and then picked up the child.
Zhao Xiaole was held by him, laying on his shoulder still deep in sleep.
Bo Jingshen carried the child in this position, and because the tent was quite low, he really just... walked on his knees, crawling out of the tent.
The morning camp was still cool, and the blanket was wrapped tightly around the child.
Bo Jingshen looked back at Su Lu and said, "Come on, let’s go watch the sunrise together."
Su Lu was startled for a moment before she hurriedly changed her shoes.
Then she followed the other sunrise watchers out of the campsite.
Watching the sunrise, of course, required heading to a higher place, so they needed to climb a small hill. It wasn’t very high, and in the early morning, it could be considered a morning exercise.
But Bo Jingshen was injured.
When Su Lu got to the base of the hill, she already felt it wasn’t going to work.
"Let’s forget it, let’s not watch it, let’s go back." Su Lu looked ahead, "Your foot won’t be able to take it."
"I can take it. Let’s go up," Bo Jingshen said.
Su Lu’s brow furrowed tightly, "No."
She was stubborn, and when she said no, she meant it, staying put without moving.
Passersby camping nearby recognized her and Bo Jingshen, realizing Bo Jingshen seemed like ’the disabled person?’
They kindly said, "It’s not particularly strenuous, but if your legs really aren’t convenient, then don’t go up. There’s a Sunrise Observation Platform nearby, you don’t have to climb too high, and you can still see the sunrise, but the view isn’t as good as from above."
This is indeed a nice choice.
Bo Jingshen looked at Su Lu and asked, "So... is this place okay? No need to climb high."
Su Lu considered it for a moment, then seriously asked someone else, "Is it far?"
"Not far, less than two kilometers I guess, just go this way, walk straight along this road, near the reservoir. But a car can’t get through, it’s a small path. If you came here on bicycles, both bicycles and motorbikes can get through, but cars can’t."
"Thank you." Su Lu expressed her gratitude.
Bo Jingshen saw her reaction and thought she must have agreed.
To his surprise, Su Lu turned her head and woke up Zhao Xiaole right away!?!
"Little Stinky Treasure, Zhao Xiaole, good treasure, wake up quickly, wakey wakey! Your butt’s on fire!"
As Su Lu spoke, she actually started patting the child’s little bottom gently.
The child, not having had enough sleep, rubbed his eyes discontentedly, "Mommy, I want to sleep more."
"Don’t you want to watch the sunrise?"
"No, I don’t." Zhao Xiaole said and tried to lie down on Bo Jingshen’s shoulder again.
Su Lu persuaded him gently and patiently, "But this is the first sunrise you’re watching with mommy and daddy, are you sure you don’t want to watch? Weren’t you always envious of Zhou Xiaolong, who went on a seaside trip and watched the sunrise with his parents? When I took you to see the sunrise at the seaside, you weren’t very happy, wasn’t it because you felt someone was missing? Now you don’t want to watch it?"
Su Lu spoke at a steady pace, persuading gently and patiently.
The more she spoke, the more Zhao Xiaole’s eyes, which had been about to close, opened wider, and his gaze brightened.
At that moment, Su Lu asked, "Really not going to watch? If you don’t, I’ll go up by myself, and let Ah Shen take you back to the camp to sleep."
"I want to watch!" Zhao Xiaole’s eyes sparkled as he nodded vigorously, "I want to watch the sunrise with mommy and daddy!"
"If you want to watch, then you have to walk by yourself, Ah Shen’s foot injury isn’t healed, and he can’t carry you such a long way, and neither can I. You’re already a big baby now, you need to walk on your own." Su Lu said.
Zhao Xiaole immediately began to struggle in Bo Jingshen’s arms, "Then put me down! Ah Shen, let me down, I can walk by myself!"
Bo Jingshen put him down on the ground, still a bit dazed, and couldn’t help but look at Su Lu.
He saw Su Lu wink at him.
Once the child woke up, he was as spirited as if he had been injected with chicken blood, knowing he was going to watch the sunrise with his parents. The excitement was unmistakable.
He rushed ahead along the path, then doubled back, chattering non-stop.
He had practically forgotten about the scare last night that woke him crying.
Instead, he was filled with boundless excitement and enthusiasm for watching the sunrise.
"... you have to take pictures of me, I want to take photos with mommy and daddy, to show Zhou Xiaolong when school starts again, so he’ll stop bragging to me every day about having a dad. What’s so great about that? I have one too, and my dad is better-looking."
Listening to him, Su Lu couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth.
Bo Jingshen also couldn’t suppress his amusement.
The child kept rambling to himself, "But it’s so dark, will the photos come out clear? And... will there be anybody at the Sunrise Observation Platform to help us take pictures? What do we do if there’s no one to help us take a photo? It seems like we haven’t seen anyone else all this way..."
The child started to worry again.
Bo Jingshen rummaged in his pocket, "I didn’t bring much with me, but Little Lebao, take a look, is this thing useful?"
Zhao Xiaole fixed his eyes on the extendable selfie stick Bo Jingshen pulled out from his pocket and immediately bubbled with joy.
He was so happy he could have jumped three feet high!
"My daddy is the best! The best!"