Chapter 516: Family Happiness
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Qi Haoran held his breath and spread his legs wide open. He glared at his son, who was playing on the couch and ignoring him. Then, he turned his head indignantly and asked, “Is this really my son?”
Mu Yangling personally wrung a towel and wiped his face. “Alright, he was just despising you for being dirty and smelly. Why are you arguing with him when you’re an adult?”
Qi Haoran’s chest heaved as he shouted, “He’s my son. I was in a hurry and rushed back every night just to take a look at him. How dare he despise me? I’m his father, no matter how dirty and smelly I am. How dare this brat despise me!”
Qi Haoran gritted his teeth and said, “When he grows older, I’ll definitely beat him up until he looks for his teeth all over the ground. How dare he despise me!”
Seeing that Qi Haoran had completely fallen into the resentment of his son despising him, Mu Yangling was both angry and amused. She pressed his head down to wipe his face and said, “Your son despises you, but I don’t despise you. Hurry up and wash your face. I’ll get the kitchen to cook porridge for you.”
Qi Haoran said in disdain, “I’ve been hungry for so long and you’re only feeding me porridge? At least give me some meat.”
“It’s precisely because you’ve been hungry for too long that you need to eat porridge. Nourish your stomach first before eating meat in two days.” Mu Yangling pulled him aside and helped him wash his hands. Seeing that his clothes were really too dirty, she found a set of undergarments from under the box. “I made this for you. Change into it first.”
Qi Haoran picked up the clothes and rummaged through them in surprise. “I can tell that it really was you who made this.” As he spoke, he touched the stitches and said, “Other than you, no one else makes clothes with such thick stitches.”
“Just be content. My skills are much better than before. Without looking closely, who will notice that my stitches are thicker than others?”
Qi Haoran pursed his lips and felt that his wife was only lying to him.
Seeing this, Mu Yangling pulled the clothes back and said, “Forget it if you don’t want to wear them. I’m not giving it to you anymore.”
Qi Haoran hurriedly snatched the clothes over and glared at him. “Who else can you give it to if not me?”
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“I’ll give it to my father.”
Qi Haoran thought about his father-in-law’s burly figure and pursed his lips. “You’re lying without thinking. Father-in-law won’t be able to wear these clothes. Moreover, with Mother-in-law making clothes for Father-in-law, how can your needlework compare? Only I don’t mind. If it were someone else, they’d never wear the clothes you make.”
As he spoke, he shook his head and went to the bathroom to take a shower. After changing into a set of white undergarments, he came out with his hair disheveled. While Mu Yangling took a towel and wiped his hair dry for him, Qi Haoran leaned against the couch and narrowed his eyes slightly. He felt a little dizzy and suddenly felt that his middle finger was a little warm. His blurry consciousness instantly returned and he subconsciously wanted to exert strength. Mu Yangling quickly patted his shoulder, rendering him unable to exert any strength. Only then did he see that his son was lying beside his hand and nibbling at his finger.
Qi Haoran broke out in a cold sweat. If Mu Yangling hadn’t weakened his strength earlier, wouldn’t his son have been thrown out by him?
Looking at his soft and adorable son, Qi Haoran felt a lingering fear. He carried his son and placed him on his stomach, hugging him tightly. Then, he patted his butt angrily. “You almost scared me to death when you bit me.”
Mu Yangling was also startled, and her hands were still a little weak. Fortunately, she had been paying attention to her son, and because she was helping Qi Haoran wipe his hair dry, she was able to stop it in time. Otherwise, if Qi Haoran subconsciously raised his hand, the child would definitely fly out.
She leaned over and hugged Qi Haoran from behind as tears streamed down her face. Feeling guilty, Qi Haoran hugged his son and reached out to pat Mu Yangling’s back. “It’s alright, it’s alright. It’s all my fault. Later, you can beat me up to vent your anger…”
Mu Yangling shook her head slightly. “You just fought for your life outside. This is just a reflex. It’s not your fault.”
Qi Haoran kissed Mu Yangling’s forehead and said in a low voice, “I’ll definitely be more careful in the future. Once I get home, I’ll let down my guard and definitely won’t let such a thing happen again.”
Little Bear had no idea that it had just walked through a life-and-death juncture. To express his dissatisfaction with his father’s tight hug, he kept crying out loud.
The warm atmosphere instantly disappeared. Qi Haoran, who was about to be affectionate with his wife, was instantly furious. He carried his son in front of him and asked, “Previously, you found your father smelly. Now that I’m clean, what else do you despise?”
Little Bear looked at his father in a daze for two seconds before crying out loud. Stunned, Qi Haoran immediately stuffed him into Mu Yangling’s arms in a flurry. He stammered, “I-I was just casually scolding him. I didn’t want to scare him. Why is he crying?”
Mu Yangling quickly carried her son and glared at him. “Weren’t you very fierce just now?”
Qi Haoran said timidly, “Isn’t that because he’s very obedient and doesn’t know how to cry? He’s just like me when I was young.”
Mu Yangling had no time to talk to him. She carried the child into the inner room to breastfeed him. Because he was rather hungry, as soon as the source of food reached Little Bear’s mouth, he immediately stopped crying and started sucking as if he was fighting a war.
Qi Haoran followed behind and entered the inner room. Seeing this, he stared at his wife’s chest in shock. Mu Yangling looked up and saw that he had also entered. Blushing slightly, she quickly turned around slightly. “Why did you come in? Hurry up and go out to dry your hair.”
Qi Haoran swallowed his saliva and sat beside Mu Yangling. He looked forward and said in a low voice, “Let me see our son. I’ve never seen him drink milk.”
Mu Yangling’s face turned even redder, but when she saw Qi Haoran staring blankly at their son, she felt that she was overthinking. While Mu Yangling was hesitating, Qi Haoran said in a low voice, “I can only stay in the palace for an afternoon. This time, the Emperor gave me this grace because I just returned. I don’t know when I’ll see you two again.”
Mu Yangling’s heart instantly softened. Since there wasn’t any part of her that he hadn’t seen before, she gritted her teeth and let Qi Haoran watch his son drink milk.
Although she had mentally prepared herself, Mu Yangling was still a little shy. Once Little Bear was full, she immediately placed the child in Qi Haoran’s arms and turned around to fix her clothes.
Qi Haoran smacked his lips regretfully behind her and looked down at his son. Seeing that his eyes were slightly narrowed and he was clenching his fists and yawning while looking at him with misty eyes, Qi Haoran’s heart softened. He tapped his little nose and said, “Rascal, you already despise your father at such a young age. What will happen in the future? When you grow up a little more, I’ll spank you.”
Little Bear only thought that his father was talking to him. He opened his mouth and let out two ‘Ah’ sounds before yawning again. His eyes were slightly moist, and he gradually closed them. His nose emitted shallow breathing, and his abdomen heaved slightly before he fell asleep.
With the soft and fragrant bundle in his arms, Qi Haoran felt that all his previous exhaustion had dissipated.
Unable to resist, he planted a kiss on his son’s forehead and refused to let go.
After tidying up her clothes, Mu Yangling asked him to put the child aside and go out to eat porridge first. Qi Haoran shook his head and said, “I want to carry the child. Go and bring the porridge in to feed me.”