Shen Yi watched as Ye Wanwan, exhausted, fell asleep as soon as she laid down. Concerned that his pacing around the bedroom might disturb her, he carefully carried Zhouzhou and left the room.
At night, two postpartum caregivers took turns watching the baby. At the moment, only one was waiting outside the bedroom. Seeing Shen Yi come out, she immediately stepped forward, "Sir, let me take over."
At that time, Zhouzhou had just finished feeding and hadn’t fallen asleep yet, his eyes wandering around.
Just as the nanny was about to take Zhouzhou from him, the corners of the baby’s mouth turned downwards, looking as if he was about to cry at any moment.
"Never mind, I’ll do it," Shen Yi said somewhat helplessly, shaking his head as he carried Zhouzhou toward the nursery.
"Okay," said the nanny, quickly stepping aside.
Watching her employer skillfully handling the baby, the nanny couldn’t help but feel moved; she had been a postpartum caregiver for many years and had met all kinds of employers.
It was probably the first time she had seen a father so considerate of his wife and so capable of caring for his baby.
Clearly, her employer was not only a good father but also a good husband. Watching them enter the nursery, the nanny followed them in.
In the nursery, Taozhi was awake as well, squatting on the bay window and looking over.
Zhouzhou was probably awake and wanting to play for a while, and Shen Yi held and soothed him for more than ten minutes without any sign of sleepiness.
Shen Yi took off his shoes and sat down on the nursery crawling mat holding Zhouzhou. As soon as he sat down, Taozhi jumped down from the bay window and approached them directly.
The nanny saw this and instinctively wanted to stop it but then remembered that this family wasn’t worried about the cat hurting the baby at all. They had mentioned before that she shouldn’t concern herself with the cat.
Moreover, having been there for a week, she noticed that the cat was indeed well-behaved, never once having lashed out at anyone with its claws, very gentle indeed.
After sitting for about half an hour, Zhouzhou finally yawned a little and slowly fell asleep in Shen Yi’s arms.
Once he had put Zhouzhou down, Shen Yi left the nursery. It was almost seven o’clock, and the servants in the villa had already started their busy morning routines.
Shen Yi sighed softly, unable to help but twist his neck, looking somewhat weary.
Indeed, he was a bit tired. Although most company matters had already been handed over to Shen Yun’an, there were still some things he had to deal with himself, not to mention Zhouzhou.
But compared to what Ye Wanwan did, it seemed as if what he had done was nothing at all.
The baby had just been born and was being breastfed. Daytime feedings were one thing, but getting up two or three times at night was another; so after Zhouzhou finished feeding, he tried as much as possible to care for him himself so that Wanwan could rest a bit more.
Shen Yi returned to the bedroom, planning to freshen up first, but just as he got to the bedside, Ye Wanwan, who had been sound asleep, suddenly raised her head and said in a drowsy voice, "Why were you gone for so long?"
"Did I wake you?" Shen Yi asked softly. He had already been careful to walk lightly and hadn’t expected to wake her up.
Ye Wanwan shook her head, "No, I was waiting for you."
As she spoke, she lay back down on the bed, yawning and stretching out her hand to Shen Yi, signaling she wanted him to hold her.
She had thought that Shen Yi would hold Zhouzhou for a while and then hand him over to the nanny before coming back to rest.
But after lying down for a while, dozing off as if she had already slept, Shen Yi had still not returned, and she had remained in a half-asleep, half-awake state.