Han Lele played with Xiao Nian for a long time, and didn’t leave until it was time for another feeding time.
Yu Antong would have stayed in the hospital for a few extra days to observe his physical condition and prevent any infection.
Not being able to move a lot every day, only eating nourishing liquid food and soft food, plus his stitch wounds were still painful… all of these make Yu Antong very unhappy.
Only his cute little chubby baby could comfort Yu Antong. As soon as he saw his son’s white and tender chubby face, Yu Antong felt that his suffering was not in vain.
Before the operation, he saw many mothers complaining to each other in his “new mothers group chat”. They said that their babies cried all day long, insisted on being carried around, cried as soon as they were put down, and had other problems.
Because of this, Yu Antong has been worried for so long, fearing that he would give birth to a finicky little guy. Thankfully, Xiao Nian turned out to be very well-behaved after he was born, which made him feel very gratified and proud. He wanted to hug his little cutie to tease him from time to time.
Xing Lixuan watched from the side, suddenly feeling a sense of crisis.
What if his wife’s attention is all on her son?
But those kinds of thoughts would be dismissed shortly.
“Alright, Xiao Nian is already sleepy now, look at his eyes. Put him down for a while.” Xing Lixuan said as he approached them.
Yu Antong looked at his son’s bright and clear eyes, and then looked up at Xing Lixuan, “How did you know he was sleepy?”
Xing Lixuan said calmly, “A newborn child needs to get enough sleep, which is good for brain development. If you keep teasing him, he won’t fall asleep.”
“Really?” Yu Antong dubiously handed his son to Xing Lixuan, and asked him to put Xiao Nian on the crib next to his hospital bed. Yu Antong only needed to turn sideways to observe Xiaonian.
Without any external stimulation such as teasing, the little baby laid down quietly. After his chubby legs kicked the air a couple times, he started squinting his eyes, then let out a big yawn.
Yu Antong looked up at Xing Lixuan in surprise, and whispered, “He really fell asleep.”
“Mn.” Xing Lixuan hummed calmly.
Their little baby could only sleep, observe, and eat. After taking care of him for two days, he figured out the routine of his son.
As long as no one teased him to play, he could fall asleep quickly. For now, he’s quite easy to raise.
“That’s right!” Yu Antong was startled, remembered something, and slowly sat up when he was about to lie flat.
Xing Lixuan asked, “What’s wrong?”
Yu Antong looked at Xiao Nian, luckily he didn’t wake up his son, he lowered his voice and said, “Bring me a scale, I haven’t weighed myself since giving birth to Xiao Nian.”
He wanted to see if he was really fat.
Xing Lixuan took the electronic scale and put it beside the bed, and helped Yu Antong stand up.
The display changed a few times, stabilized, and showed: 65.2Kg
Yu Antong’s eyes widened in disbelief. “This scale is broken!”
Yu Antong also knew that it was impossible, after all, he had used this scale the day before he gave birth, and it was very accurate.
That must be the wrong way for him to scale!
Yu Antong moved his feet, got down, and went up again, the reading was still 65.2 kg11 tael is about 37.5 gram. It’s not half a tael less or more, very accurate and annoying!
In other words, he gained more than 10 catties2approx 5 kg than before his pregnancy!
Yu Antong didn’t speak, and slowly sat back on the bed with a sullen, round face, somewhat similar to his son’s.
Seeing Yu Antong’s pouty face, Xing Lixuan wanted to laugh, but he was afraid of making Yu Antong angry, so he suppressed his smile and coaxed him, “You didn’t move around during pregnancy, it’s normal to gain a little weight, and I know your weight will be back to normal after a while. Besides, your weight is already very light. Anymore lower than that you’ll be too thin and unhealthy. Look, in comparison, I’m more than 70 kg.”
Yu Antong sized up Xing Lixuan for a moment, then quietly said, “You have muscles all over, can our weight be comparable! And you are much taller and stronger than me.”
Boohoo! His small waist, his palm-sized, oval face! No more, no more!
Xing Lixuan hugged him into his arms and kissed his pouty mouth, “You look good no matter what, don’t think too much about it.”
Yu Antong sighed half-heartedly. “Hey! I’m not that pretty boy that everyone loves. People who say I’m fat on the Internet will definitely laugh again if they see me. They used to call me husband and xiao gege, but now they are laughing at me.”
Xing Lixuan said in a dangerous tone. “You really want people to call you husband?”
Yu Antong: “…”
“Uh…” Yu Antong was speechless for a second, and he said confidently, “Is this the point? The point is that those people laughed at me for being fat!”
Xing Lixuan pinched Yu Antong’s butt as a punishment. “I don’t think you are fat. In fact, I think it’s better if you are fatter than in the past. You’re cuter and more comfortable to hug this way.”
Yu Antong leaned in Xing Lixuan’s arms, and yelled in a spoiled, bratty manner, “Stinky Husband, all you can do is bully me, you don’t even love me anymore.”
Xing Lixuan could see the hint of flirtatious implication behind Yu Antong’s look, it made his mood fluctuate.
When it comes to flirting, Xing Lixuan can’t compare to Yu Antong.
He began to regret the moment he provoked Yu Antong just now.
However, he can’t do anything to Yu Antong right now, so he can only kiss Yu Antong fiercely for a while, and warn, “Stop it!”
Yu Antong was dizzy by Xing Lixuan’s domineering kiss, but when he felt Xing Lixuan’s frustration, he counterattacked by biting a couple of hickeys on his husband’s neck.
It’s obviously this dog man who came to provoke him first, but he still put the blame on him! So unreasonable!
“Bad thing! I’ll bite you to death!”
Xing Lixuan was overcomed by Yu Antong’s cuteness. He rubbed the top of his hair, and said in a warm voice, “Stop making trouble, my parents can see it, you know?”
Yu Antong froze.
Ahhh! He actually forgot that his parents-in-law would come over later, what would they think of Xing Lixuan if they saw these hickey marks and teeth marks on Xing Lixuan’s neck!
Fortunately, the attention of Mr. and Mrs. Xing was their baby grandson. They immediately zeroed in on Xiao Nian once they came in, and didn’t pay any attention to Xing Lixuan at all.
After the family finished eating, Mr. and Mrs. Xing replaced Xing Lixuan to look after Yu Antong and Xiao Nian, leaving Xing Lixuan to attend to the company’s affairs.
Yu Antong stayed in the hospital for more than a week, and was discharged home after confirming that there was nothing wrong.
“Ah! I’m finally home!” Yu Antong got out of the car and exclaimed, “It’s still much more comfortable resting at home!”
Immediately after hugging Xiao Nian, he talked to him regardless of whether he listened or not, “Son, we are home.”
A newborn baby grows quickly, changing every day.
Xiao Nian was gradually growing up, looking even more good-looking everyday. He had long and thick eyelashes, and a pair of big dark eyes full of innocence and cuteness.
When Yu Antong looked at him, he swore that his heart was being melted by his son’s sheer adorableness.
“Muah! Muah! Muah!” Yu Antong kissed Xiao Nian’s chubby and tender cheeks several times, making Xiao Nian giggle, his arms and legs flailing happily as he looked up.
The whole family lived inside the same house. In addition to housekeeper-slash-chef Auntie, the Xing family also invited a middle-aged woman who was their confinement nanny3In China (and in Korea too, iirc) new mothers are confined inside the home for one month to monitor their health, prevent any postpartum complications, and promote mother-child bonding..
Originally, they didn’t plan to hire a confinement nanny, thinking that the whole family could help caring for both Yu Antong and Xiao Nian. But newborn babies are very difficult, especially to new parents and aging grandparents. Newborn babies needed to eat every two hours, and the diaper change was very frequent.
They can handle Xiao Nian’s needs during the day. However, it is quite troublesome during the night.
The grandparents are getting old, and Yu Antong can’t bear to tire them out by taking care of his son. He himself was still recovering, so he has to pay more attention to rest.
In this way, the task of taking care of Xiao Nian basically falls on Xing Lixuan.
In order to take better care of Yu Antong, Xing Lixuan chose to work remotely. During his hospital stays, he was busy during the day and couldn’t rest well at night.
Yu Antong felt sorry for him, so he hired a confinement nanny.
When the confinement nanny was invited, he was about to be discharged from the hospital, so he asked her to come directly to the house.
With the help of a confinement nanny, life is much easier. At night, she lived in Xiao Nian’s baby room to take care of him, so Xing Lixuan can finally sleep with his wife in his arms.
Although he can’t do anything yet, Xing Lixuan was very satisfied by holding Yu Antong in his arms. He pressed his forehead against Yu Antong’s, and said in a low and gentle voice, “Baby, good night.”
The author has something to say:
Xing-zong: Let me see my “Yu Antong” ledger.
T/L: Mae’s…. auntie note
just a note, I’m actually the type who’s very easily annoyed by baby crying sounds. That is, until I met my lovely little angel niece. I feel that she’s very well-behaved baby who only cries when she needs something, and when she does, her crying noises are very cute and not annoying! But then, my friends came over and (of course, being the good Auntie I am) I showed her off proudly and we played for a while until she has to go home with my brother. After they left, I asked my friends’ honest opinion, and they all said that she’s quite a finicky baby who cries a lot, and quite loud at that.That’s when I realized, I just have a strong bias for my niece lol. She’s not an angelic well-behaved baby, my brain just glossed over that part.
