Chapter 123: First Attempt at Crawling, Failure

“Are you full?”

I lay flat on the bed, maintaining a fixed posture with Su Liumeng, staring expressionlessly at the young girl below.

Listening to my wife’s somewhat broken, nearly emotionless, wordless muttering, Su Liumeng forced herself to rein in the satisfied look on her face a few times. Just as she was about to change the topic, a loud burp echoed through the room.

A strange milky scent drifted in the air nearby.

I had been trying to hypnotize myself into thinking I was just raising another daughter, but after that burp, I couldn’t hold back my emotions any longer.

All the shyness of a young girl, all the maiden’s indignation, burst forth from the depths of my heart like bamboo shoots after the rain.

Under Su Liumeng’s gaze, the girl’s porcelain-pale face seemed to be withstanding some shock, and in an instant, turned beet red.

Unexplainable emotions surged up my spine straight to my crown.

Almost instinctively, I raised my fist and thumped Su Liumeng on the head with a “bang”.

“Who told you to eat so much!!”

It wasn’t a mistake, but I still made an unreasonable fuss.

There was no logic at all in those words, even Su Liumeng was stunned, looking a bit wronged.

Su Liumeng felt a big bump swelling inch by inch on her head. The girl’s soft voice hadn’t completely faded, and a thread of embarrassment lingered in her ears.

Knowing she was in the wrong, Su Liumeng was just about to reach out and stop the figure in front of her, when she saw a slim figure lowering her head, brushing past her side.

A faint fragrance lingered in the air, just like the taste returning to her own tongue now. The instinctive click of her tongue made the girl who was leaving stagger, almost tripping on the spot.

“Su Liumeng!!”

“You really are too much!!”

“I swear, this will definitely be the last time!!!”

“Next time you’re hungry, go find your own mother.”

“Please don’t forget, I’m… just your wife, thank you.”

My voice was gritted out, mixed with embarrassment and anger. My foot stomped heavily on the floor, giving Su Liumeng no chance to argue.

Or perhaps my own shame and anger weren’t enough to keep me there any longer; I just wanted to escape this place that made me want to crawl into a crack in the ground.

Aaaahhhh—

So, why on earth did I soften and agree to do such ridiculous things with Su Liumeng?

Although this wasn’t the first time, in the past I had always kept hypnotizing myself, until…

Until…

That loud milky burp completely shredded all my shameful disguises.

Countless truths of reality kept reminding me—

What had just happened…

What I had done with Su Liumeng.

Nursing my other half was already shameful enough, not to mention feeding her until she was full in one go.

Every time I thought of it, my face would flush crimson in an instant, as if constantly reminding myself of the undeniable truth that I had become a ##.

Su Liumeng instantly sprang up from the bed and shouted at the girl leaving, “Xiaoyan…”

She hadn’t finished her sentence, when the girl ahead, like a little cat whose tail was stepped on, hastily denied in panic.

She almost shouted back at her, “You’re the one who’s…”

“Your whole family’s like that…”

The familiar catchphrase, repeated again, made Su Liumeng fall silent.

She hadn’t even said anything yet.

That’s right.

Even though Su Liumeng hadn’t said a word, my first reaction was still that.

Those two words had already become the deepest minefield in my heart.

No one was allowed to touch this forbidden topic, not even a bit.

It was as if, with just a brush, the self-deceiving disguise I’d managed to create for myself would crumble, exposing that embarrassing truth I refused to face, leaving it raw and bloody before my own eyes.

Su Liumeng clicked her tongue again, the unfamiliar metallic taste still lingering in her mouth.

She was still somewhat stunned, her gaze a bit vacant.

Which two words? Of course she knew very well.

The fridge was already stuffed full of bottles.

She wasn’t blind, she could see that plainly.

Their refrigerator at home was a super large-capacity model, and even so, a certain girl could fill it to bursting in just a week or two.

Naturally, in her spare time, Su Liumeng couldn’t help but have some amusing thoughts.

In the living room.

I was holding my daughter, considering whether or not I should go back to my mother’s house for a while.

So angry, she always says things I hate to hear.

I really shouldn’t have fed Su Liumeng full…

Su Liumeng quietly appeared behind me.

Seeing the shadow in front of me, my hands hugging my daughter stiffened slightly. Before Su Liumeng could speak, I said, “Don’t bring up what just happened again. I’ve already forgotten it. Otherwise…”

“Otherwise.”

“I’ll just go hide at my mom’s place.”

Su Liumeng: “……”

Is it possible—

From the beginning till now, she had only said two words, and that was just calling Zixin Yan’s name. How did she suddenly end up taking the blame for everything?

“Baby.”

“I—”

“I really didn’t say anything just now,” Su Liumeng said with a bit of grievance. In the next moment, meeting the girl’s eyes, she suddenly became a bit inexplicably spoiled and domineering.

“Alright.”

“Next time, lower your voice when you talk.”

Her adorable little wife had become even more delicate after being raised by her.

June 1st.

On Children’s Day in the Gregorian calendar, I put a crown on my daughter’s head early in the morning. In front of her was a three-layer cake, with a few still-burning candles on top.

Su Liumeng was standing by, watching.

After a day or two, yesterday’s embarrassment was still vivid in my mind, making it hard for me to look Su Liumeng in the eye.

“Baby.”

“Happy Children’s Day.”

I held a small, exquisite drum that could make a sound when slapped, and shook it in front of the stroller. The rhythmic thumping drew the little one’s attention, her small hands reaching out to me for a mother-daughter moment.

“Yiya.”

Su Liumeng took a step forward, and my body froze.

I tried my best to sound casual, “Wasn’t I in pain on the bed last time? Zhi Zhi heard my cries, and even though she usually couldn’t crawl, she stood up holding onto the railing.”

Su Liumeng said, “Baby really cares about you. She can’t talk yet, but all she sees is you.”

I grabbed Zhi Zhi’s little hands, coaxing her in a baby voice, “Our Zhi Zhi is a mama’s girl.”

“Giggle~”

“Come, crawl to mommy.”

I lifted her out of the stroller and placed her on the carpet nearby, a few puzzle toys in front of her.

I stood a little ways from Zi Zhi Ruo, clapping my hands to tempt my daughter into crawling for the first time. “Zhi Zhi, mommy’s waiting for you over here. Can you crawl over by yourself?”

The little one’s body was still soft, her tiny hands pressing into the carpet, but she just couldn’t move forward.

Having already left her swaddling clothes, the baby was dressed in a cute little outfit, her chubby white arms adorable to behold.

I was about a meter away from her.

Because it was her first time out of the stroller and without the comfort of her mother’s warm embrace, a vague panic grew in her heart, making her wave her little hands, trying to grab at her mother’s reassuring hem.

She kept flailing her chubby arms, but the young girl’s figure in front of her seemed so far away.

No matter what, she just couldn’t get over.

In the next moment, her little mouth twisted to the side, and she burst into tears with a loud wail.