Xi Zhiruo was in my arms, trying to turn over and move around. I simply shifted my position so she could sleep a little more comfortably.
Su Liumeng showed no sign of realizing she had done anything wrong.
The tip of my pink tongue poked out, slowly licking the lip that had a tiny wound on it. A faint, metallic taste of blood spread through my mouth.
I put my hands on my hips, acting fierce. “Are you a dog? Who kisses someone for ten minutes straight?”
Having my skin bitten was a minor matter. The key was that I was holding our daughter. My face turned an unnatural shade of red. “Zhizhi is right here. If you wake her up, how are you going to explain yourself?”
Su Liumeng looked incredibly innocent. “I’m legal.”
I rolled my eyes at her. “Our daughter won’t care if you’re legal or not. She’ll just think you’re biting me, and you’ve already drawn blood.”
Seeing that Su Liumeng still looked a bit aggrieved, I suddenly gave a wicked smile and leaned in close to her. “Is kissing that fun? If I bite you until you bleed, will you be happy too?”
Su Liumeng froze for a moment. This was a scenario she had never considered.
Xinyan rarely initiated kisses. Even when she did, they were brief and shallow. She never clung to Su Liumeng like she was inseparable, let alone biting her lip until it bled…
“Yes… yes, of course I’d be happy,” she stammered in response, her mind already beginning to wander and fantasize.
I gave a sly smile.
Looking at my smile, the infatuation in Su Liumeng’s eyes dissipated slightly, and her gaze became somewhat dazed. It was as if she saw a shadow of the girl’s former innocent self.
‘Is she returning to normal?’
I stood up while holding our daughter, intending to go back inside the house.
Su Liumeng was still waiting for the follow-up. Seeing me about to leave, she hurriedly called out, “Didn’t you just say you were going to kiss me?”
“That’s right. I was just kidding. You can think about it for a while longer.”
Su Liumeng: “…”
Was she… was she just teased by her Baby?
It felt quite novel. She didn’t hate the feeling at all.
Su Liumeng chased after me and grabbed my arm from behind.
My face stiffened. The daughter in my arms felt the jolt and tossed and turned quite a bit, looking as if she might wake up at any second.
Did retribution come right after I finished teasing her?
“Don’t… don’t mess around…” I pleaded with my eyes, a soft and wordless entreaty.
Su Liumeng glanced down. The little bundle was still sleeping soundly.
“Baby, I’m hungry. I want to eat.”
Being an old married couple, her words were very blunt.
My face turned bright red. “Wait a moment. I need to put our daughter on the bed first.”
Su Liumeng felt a surge of joy and even started to urge me on. “You should put her on the bed. It must be uncomfortable to keep holding her.”
I rolled my eyes.
Deep within Tianxin Hall, I placed our daughter on the chaise longue. I took out a small quilt and covered her little belly. Just as I was about to leave, a small hand suddenly grabbed my sleeve. Even in her sleep, the little one was still so clingy.
She mumbled, “Mommy, don’t go. Can you sleep with Zhizhi?”
I silently mourned for Su Liumeng for one second.
“Okay, Mommy will stay with you.”
I simply sat down and held her small hand. With her mother by her side, the little one felt so secure that her sleep became exceptionally sweet.
Outside the hall, Su Liumeng was pacing nervously. In those several dozen seconds, she had already thought of one hundred different positions she hadn’t tried yet. However, the entrance remained empty, without the figure she was expecting.
If two girls could conceive, she could have even thought of names for a second child in this short amount of time.
Su Liumeng’s expression froze. ‘No, it couldn’t be.’
Her Baby wouldn’t stand her up.
Su Liumeng followed the corridor into the hall. I lifted the part where my daughter was holding me and gave Su Liumeng a helpless smile.
Su Liumeng: “…”
The old saying was right. A daughter was indeed the biggest obstacle to a couple’s relationship heating up.
Su Liumeng simply sat down next to me, leaning against my shoulder with a pitiful expression. I could only temporarily act as a mother and coax the “daughter” that was Su Liumeng as well.
Who was it that said whoever provides the milk is the mother?
‘I’ve fed Su Liumeng so many times, does that count as me being her mother?’
Su Liumeng seemed to have thought of the same thing. Our brainwaves reached a rare frequency of synchronization.
“Baby,” Su Liumeng said, looking at me expectantly.
I reached out to cover my chest and took a step back. However, because my clothes were being held by my daughter, I couldn’t retreat at all. It was like being hard-controlled on the spot, similar to having one’s head stuck in a hole — a feeling of helplessness where one could only let others have their way.
“What… what are you calling me for?” I was a bit nervous, feeling as though I couldn’t look her directly in the eye.
Su Liumeng gulped. “Haven’t you been slowly feeding Zhizhi normal food lately, intending to wean her…?”
She blinked her eyes, her meaning left unsaid but perfectly clear.
My breath hitched. My heart was filled with both bashfulness and a strange, inexplicable flutter.
Su Liumeng kept blinking. Since she couldn’t do other things, couldn’t she collect interest from other places?
“No, you don’t want to.” My face was slightly red. Even as I spoke words of refusal, I still opened my clothes a little. Then I suddenly snapped out of it. “No, it won’t work. Our daughter is right here. If she sees you later, she’ll fight with you again.”
Zhizhi hated it most when others snatched her food. My face turned even redder, and I carefully closed my clothes. What kind of elder fought with their own daughter for food?
Su Liumeng blinked. “Isn’t this about seizing the last opportunity?”
Looking at her serious expression, I couldn’t help but burst out laughing. “You might as well just call me ‘Mom’ like Zhizhi does.”
Hearing that title, Su Liumeng’s eyes darkened slightly. She had been doubting her own background lately. She suspected she wasn’t a biological daughter of the Su Family, and that her origins might be a secret hidden by many people.
“That’s not impossible,” Su Liumeng replied with a smile.
Seeing how frank she was, I actually felt a bit embarrassed and laughed awkwardly. “That… that… I don’t have an interest in that kind of play, ha ha ha.”
It was too embarrassing — the thought of Su Liumeng chasing after me calling me “Mom” made it hard for me to maintain my composure.
“I couldn’t have given birth to a daughter as big as you.” I rejected her firmly.
Good grief, if she really called me that and someone heard it, who knew what kind of ridiculous rumors would spread? Make no mistake, Su Liumeng was definitely capable of saying it out loud.
“So… it’s not allowed?” Su Liumeng’s tone was resentful.
‘What the hell is up with that disappointed tone!’
“No!” My eyes widened, and I was speechless. “You don’t seriously want to call me that, do you?”
I thought she was just being abstract and joking with me, so I went along with it. Who would have thought…
Su Liumeng’s expression stiffened. She coughed and gradually became serious. As the one responsible for the atmosphere and coaxing her wife to be happy, her burden was quite heavy.
Seeing that she had achieved the desired effect, she felt it was time to salvage her image.
“Just a joke,” Su Liumeng explained.
But in the moment she denied it, she couldn’t quite explain the faint hint of regret deep within her heart.
I breathed a sigh of relief.
After sleeping for a while, my daughter finally let go of my hand. I was finally free.
Su Liumeng followed my departing footsteps, already imagining what was about to happen.
Seeing Su Liumeng looking at me expectantly, I went to the side hall, sat on a bench, and helplessly lifted a corner of my ethereal dress. “I really can’t do anything about you. Didn’t you just eat?”
It had been about one or two days since I had lactated. To be honest, I felt quite engorged, and my undergarments were quite damp. That was why I had agreed so quickly when Su Liumeng mentioned it.
Su Liumeng watched the girl as she proactively lifted her white ethereal dress. Skin as white as milk was exposed to the air. Her figure, which retained the innocent charm of a young girl, now had an added touch of motherhood that made Su Liumeng’s breathing heavy.
Su Liumeng stared at the black lace undergarment, her gaze unable to move from the overflowing areas.
My face turned even redder. Seeing that Su Liumeng was still staring blankly, I endured the shame and urged her with a bit of irritation, “What are you standing there for? Hurry up. After we’re finished, I still have to go coax my daughter.”
Su Liumeng could never resist Xinyan when she was like this. Even though she never intended to refuse and had already settled into a fixed position, she still used the most impatient tone to urge for it to end quickly, as if she were completely unwilling. In reality, her slightly flushed face and her affectionate eyes, brimming with emotion, had long since betrayed her true feelings.