When the family returned to the secondary courtyard, Elder Rong and Rong Daniang were still waiting for them. Hearing the sound of the car, they quickly came out of the house with a few small blankets in their hands.
They were afraid the little ones might have fallen asleep, so they could wrap them up and carry them back without catching a cold.
But as it turned out, when they peeked into the car, the little ones were still smiling at them.
After entering the courtyard and closing the gate, Luo Qiao told the old couple, "Elder Rong, Rong Daniang, you should head back to your room to rest, Yichen will take care of their baths."
Back in the rear court, Lu Yichen bathed the three kids with a quick combat bath, dried their hair, and changed them into pajamas. They had been sitting on the plane all day, and although they took a nap at noon, they were tired after playing with their cousins for so long.
Lu Yichen made some milk for them, and before they could finish drinking, the three little ones fell asleep.
When Luo Qiao came out with the two girls after their baths, Lu Yichen was just coming out of his sons’ room.
After settling the two girls, Lu Yichen entered the room to see Luo Qiao patting water on her face, who, despite drinking Spatial Well Water regularly, still maintained her daily skin care routine.
Luo Qiao, now, truly did not look like someone who had given birth. Saying she was eighteen or nineteen would be believable to some, her skin was that good and tender.
Just as he finished tidying up himself, Lu Yichen hugged her from behind: "Qiaoqiao, I’ve missed you."
Luo Qiao leaned into his embrace and asked softly, "What did you miss?"
Lu Yichen gently bit Luo Qiao’s nose tip: "What do you think?"
Luo Qiao laughed, and Lu Yichen directly carried her back to bed: "I’ll let you know where I’ve missed you right away."
The two of them exchanged sweet nothings and gradually...
The next day, Luo Qiao didn’t open her eyes until the sun was high in the sky. But as soon as she did, she was startled by six pairs of eyes, large and small, staring at her.
When she regained her senses, "What are you all staring at me for?"
Yanyan said: "Mom, it’s already nine o’clock, we’ve been waiting here for you to wake up and go back to Great-grandfather’s place."
Luo Qiao immediately pulled the quilt over her face and kicked Lu Yichen sitting by the bed: "Hurry and take them to the front court."
Lu Yichen raised his hand and tapped Yanyan’s head: "See, you’re making me the scapegoat, aren’t you?"
The little ones all laughed.
Lu Yichen said: "Let’s go get ready first, let your mom be lazy in bed for a bit longer, she’ll come to the front court to find us soon."
The children were sent to the front court, and Yanyan and Yueyue had previously signed up for piano classes. Lu Yichen knowing they would come back for the New Year, directly bought a piano for them. They were practicing the pieces they learned before.
The three little ones were playing on a small slide, which was dug out by Elder Rong from the storage room of the children’s playground where Yanyan and Yueyue used to play when they were young.
Seeing the kids each busy with their own thing, Lu Yichen turned around and went back to the rear court to find his wife.
Approaching the bed, he saw Luo Qiao looking at him, he smiled and said, "Wife, I was afraid you’d sleep till noon and get angry when you wake up, don’t worry, Elder Rong and Rong Daniang have gone out, no one will laugh at you."
Luo Qiao rolled her eyes: "You have the nerve to say, who’s the reason I couldn’t get up? When the kids came in, why didn’t you stop them?"
"I just saw Elder Rong and Rong Daniang off to the street corner to hail a cab, and when I came back to the living room, no one was there. I followed them here, and by that time, they had already entered the room, I couldn’t very well admit it without admitting guilt."
"Stop your sophistry here."
"Alright, alright, alright, it’s my fault, I shouldn’t have let them slip in. Don’t worry, when I got up in the morning, I checked, the marks on you had faded a lot, by now they’re probably gone."
Luo Qiao pinched him: "Hurry to the front court and watch the kids, with Elder Rong and Rong Daniang gone, don’t let the kids run out."
"Don’t worry, after I sent them off, I came back and locked the door, besides, the three little ones are having too much fun with the slide."
"Brother Chen, I forgive you, go ahead to the front and watch over them, I really can’t relax. I’ll get up now and come to the front court to find you soon."
Lu Yichen kissed Luo Qiao’s face, "Yes, ma’am."
Elder Rong and Rong Daniang had already made safety precautions around the slide, so Lu Yichen was very relieved, knowing the three little ones wouldn’t run off when together.
Indeed, when he reached the front court, the three little ones were lined up, happily playing.
Watching his sons play joyously, and then looking at his daughters practicing the piano, happiness brimmed in his eyes.
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He Family of Capital City: "Daddy, will Aunt and Little Uncle also come over on the third day of the New Year?"
He Qiu Ping knew his daughter disliked these two families, but one can’t hide a big event like a second marriage from them.
Xueling marrying into the family needed to meet and get to know their relatives.