When Zhouzhou approached Shen Yi, Shen Yi finally picked him up, first taking him to wash his hands before holding him and bringing him to the dining room.
Shen Yi placed Zhouzhou in the children’s seat, and Ye Wanwan got Zhouzhou’s dinner ready, then handed it to Shen Yi so he could feed Zhouzhou.
Zhouzhou was well-behaved during his meal, eating each bite that Shen Yi fed him, and finished in no time.
After he finished, Shen Yi put a small portion of fruit specially prepared for Zhouzhou on his booster seat for him to eat by himself, and only then did Shen Yi have a chance to eat.
Throughout the process, Zhouzhou didn’t fuss at all, quietly eating his fruit as if he were not there at all.
Once Shen Yi and Ye Wanwan had finished eating, Zhouzhou had also finished his fruit; in fact, he had been done for a while, but he hadn’t made a sound.
He was that kind of baby who, often times, if you didn’t pay attention to him, he could sit quietly by himself.
"What is Zhouzhou doing?" After finishing her meal, Ye Wanwan put down her cutlery, ready to play with Zhouzhou for a while.
Zhouzhou looked up at her, then pointed his finger at the ground.
Ye Wanwan understood that Zhouzhou wanted to get down, but pretended not to, and continued to ask, "What does Zhouzhou want to do?"
"Hmm!" Zhouzhou made a monosyllabic sound from his throat and pointed at the ground again, signaling to Ye Wanwan that he wanted to get down.
"What does ’hmm’ mean? Can you tell Mommy what you want to do?" Ye Wanwan tilted her head and continued to ask patiently.
But Zhouzhou lost his patience, and seeing that Ye Wanwan wasn’t moving, he paid no further attention to her.
Ye Wanwan, with no other option, stood up and lifted Zhouzhou out of the children’s seat, then put him down on the ground.
If Zhouzhou could stay silent, could she really expect him to sit in the chair indefinitely?
Ye Wanwan watched as Zhouzhou got down and took steps toward the living room, went to his play mat, and then plopped down on it.
Zhouzhou started stacking blocks, and Taozhi, appearing out of nowhere, also went over to the play mat, lying down next to Zhouzhou, who patted Taozhi while continuing to play with his blocks.
After a while, Ye Wanwan and Shen Yi also sat down on the play mat, joining Zhouzhou in his play.
The New Year had just passed, and in a little over a month, Zhouzhou would be two years old, yet he could still only speak one word at a time, and more often than not, he chose silence, expressing his intentions through gestures instead.
Therefore, they always tried to find ways to get Zhouzhou to talk, but no matter what Ye Wanwan and Shen Yi tried, Zhouzhou remained unmoved.
Eventually, Zhouzhou grew sleepy and began to rub his eyes. Shen Yi checked the time and said to Ye Wanwan beside him, "It’s getting late, I’ll take Zhouzhou to bathe."
"Okay, go ahead, I’ll prepare the formula for Zhouzhou," said Ye Wanwan.
Shen Yi patted her head and then reached out to Zhouzhou, "Zhouzhou, let’s go bathe and sleep."
Zhouzhou stretched out his arms toward Shen Yi, who picked him up and headed upstairs.
Ye Wanwan sat on the play mat, watching as Shen Yi carried Zhouzhou up the stairs, before she got up to make the formula.
By the time Ye Wanwan went upstairs to the children’s room, Shen Yi was still bathing Zhouzhou.
The nanny, Auntie Yang, who initially took care of Zhouzhou, was tidying the room, since Taozhi had always slept in the same room as Zhouzhou since his birth, and cat hair was inevitably present.