Zhouzhou hesitated for a moment, unsure whether he was happy or not, but after a brief pause, he nodded anyway.
"As long as Zhouzhou is happy, next time Daddy and Mommy will go out and play with you again."
As soon as Shen Yi finished speaking, Zhouzhou looked up at Ye Wanwan, his expression clearly signaling that he wanted Daddy, he wanted Daddy to come over!
Ye Wanwan understood but pretended not to, asking with feigned confusion, "What does Zhouzhou want to do?"
Zhouzhou raised his hand and pointed to what he was holding, gesturing for Ye Wanwan to look.
"What?" Ye Wanwan continued to play dumb.
Zhouzhou seemed a bit anxious, reaching out to grab the phone, then looked back at Ye Wanwan.
"What’s wrong with the phone?" Ye Wanwan asked him.
Zhouzhou moved his lips, and Ye Wanwan felt a surge of joy thinking he was about to speak, but after watching him for a while, Zhouzhou remained silent.
Zhouzhou didn’t speak nor did he ask Ye Wanwan to look again; he seemed puzzled as to why his mother didn’t understand him.
Seeing that her attempt to coax him had failed, Ye Wanwan was slightly disappointed, but she quickly returned to normal.
Ye Wanwan excitedly said to Shen Yi, "Today, Zhouzhou spoke! We saw a flock of sheep on our way, and then Zhouzhou said ’Xiaocao’!"
"Yes, I heard it." Shen Yi looked at the excited smile on Ye Wanwan’s face. He had felt the same excitement when he had heard it during the livestream today.
"You heard it in the livestream, didn’t you?" Ye Wanwan asked.
Ye Wanwan continued, "Today, not only did Zhouzhou speak, but he also played with other children. Although he still played quietly on his own, at least he doesn’t reject other children."
"Yes, I saw that too." He had been streaming for most of the day, watching while processing documents, but he had managed to catch most of it.
He had called Ye Wanwan on video earlier after seeing in the chat that she was about to call him, so he made the call first.
After chatting for a while, Shen Yi said, "It’s getting late; we’ve been busy all day, let’s rest."
Ye Wanwan wasn’t tired; in fact, she was even a bit excited after sharing her joy with Shen Yi, but Zhouzhou was sleepy, and she needed to put Zhouzhou to bed first.
"Okay, you should rest later as well," Ye Wanwan said.
"Zhouzhou, good night," Shen Yi said, looking at Zhouzhou again.
Zhouzhou waved his hand in the air, interpreting ’good night’ as a way of saying goodbye.
After the video call ended, Ye Wanwan got Zhouzhou to lie down and began telling him a story.
It had only been two minutes into the story when Zhouzhou fell asleep in Ye Wanwan’s arms.
Ye Wanwan continued with the story as she turned off the light, leaving the bathroom light on before lying down as well.
Eventually, Ye Wanwan calmed down and soon fell asleep while holding Zhouzhou.
Over at Shen Yi’s side, it was only after Ye Wanwan and Zhouzhou had fallen asleep and the staff had ended the livestream that he exited automatically.
Ye Wanwan was woken by the alarm clock, and when she awoke, Zhouzhou was already up and sitting at the small coffee table, drawing in his sketchbook.
"Good morning, Zhouzhou," Ye Wanwan quickly got out of bed and took Zhouzhou to wash up.
While they were washing up, they heard the sound of a child crying. The cry could be described as heart-wrenching, and after becoming a mother, it seemed she couldn’t bear to listen to such cries.
Zhouzhou, too, was sensitive to the crying and looked a bit scared upon hearing it.