In the large bathtub, the child’s small body, with droplets clinging to his petit face, made his skin look as translucent and precious as jade, terribly adorable indeed.
Fetching a water toy from the shelf beside him to play with, Huangfu Jue carefully scooped up water with his large hand to help the little one wash his face.
The child was small and tender all over, and he was afraid of hurting the little one, so his every movement was cautious and gentle.
After all, it was his first time bathing the child, and naturally, he couldn’t be proficient. Accidentally, foam from his head fell onto the little one’s face.
He instinctively reached out to wipe it off, forgetting the foam on his own hands, and immediately, a "white beard" adorned the little one’s face.
Huangfu Jue muttered annoyed, silently berating his own clumsiness; how could he make such a mess of something as simple as bathing a child?
Gan Tang lifted his face to stick out his tongue and pulled a face, then took some foam from his hand and smeared it onto his face and then burst into giggles.
"Daddy looks like Santa Claus!"
Huangfu Jue froze for a moment, then turned to look in the mirror beside him. Reflected in it was his face with a white line of foam under his nose, resembling a white beard.
Seeing him not laugh, Gan Tang also stopped smiling and quietly asked.
"Daddy, are you angry?"
Previously, when Mommy helped him bathe, she often deliberately covered him in foam, and they always had a great time together. Seeing Huangfu Jue’s reaction, he couldn’t help feeling a bit nervous.
"Of course!" Huangfu Jue shifted his gaze then reached out with his large hand to rub his little head, shaping the foam on his hair into an ice cream cone, and it wasn’t until then that he finally relaxed and laughed, "Xiaotang brand ice cream!"
Gan Tang turned to look at himself in the mirror, pouted at him, and grabbed the foam from his body to spread on Huangfu Jue’s face. He dodged to the side, then counterattacked with both hands.
The little guy stood up to fight back, but his feet slipped and he fell to one side. Huangfu Jue rushed over to steady him, and the little one instinctively hugged him, smearing a big lump of foam on top of Huangfu Jue’s head.
At first glance, it looked as though Huangfu Jue had grown a horn on his head, and the little one immediately laughed out loud.
"Ha... Daddy looks like a unicorn!"
"Humph, humph!" Huangfu Jue pretended to be ferocious, nudging his "sharp horn" against his small chest, "Watch me eat up this little ice cream!"
They laughed and played together, and by the time Gan Tang had finally finished bathing, Huangfu Jue’s clothes were completely soaked through.
Leng Xiaoye came to visit the little one, knocked without answer, gently pushed the door open and walked in. Seeing Huangfu Jue all wet, carefully wiping the little one’s body in the bathroom, she curved her lips upward, turned, and quietly left the room, gently closing the door behind them.
She did not want to disturb their joyful father-son time.
After dressing the little one in pajamas and drying his hair, Huangfu Jue then carried him out to his own big bed and carefully tucked him in.
"Lie down for a while, Daddy will take a quick shower and then come back to tell you a story."
The little one responded with a smile.
Huangfu Jue took out his pajamas and went to take a shower, while the little one turned to sniff the blanket and pillow, stretching out his small arm to pull out a pillow.