When Gu Shichu woke up in the morning, she found a warm and soft little thing pressed against her side. She opened her eyes and saw that it was her chubby daughter Xiao Ruxing. Xiao Ruxing had already woken up but was not making any noise. She was grabbing one of her little legs and putting it into her mouth.
Seeing Gu Shichu looking at her, she threw away her little legs and gave her mother a toothless smile. She was so well-behaved that Gu Shichu couldn't help but kiss her little face that smelled of milk.
Ji Mingtao came out from the kitchen with the milk powder prepared, picked up Xiao Ruxing from the bed, and then held the bottle in one hand and held his daughter in the other to feed her.
Little Ruxing is only three months old, but her two little hands can already hold the bottle steadily. She drinks milk in big gulps and has a good appetite - of course, this is proven by the little flesh all over her body.
"You can still sleep a little longer. It's still early." Ji Mingtao finished his daughter's food before he had the mind to speak to Gu Shichu.
"I'm not going to sleep anymore." Gu Shichu saw that he was so focused on his daughter that she couldn't help but say with some jealousy, "You used to be completely focused on me, wanting to stick to me all the time, but now that you have a child, you can't see me anymore, humph."
Ji Mingtao couldn't help laughing when he heard her say that. He quickly came over and kissed Gu Shichu on the face, and said softly, "I neglected you, but Xiao Ruxing is still young, so I have to spend more time on her. As a mother, are you jealous of your daughter?"
Gu Shichu snorted softly: "I just feel a little disappointed... Forget it, just continue to ignore me, for the sake of your child."
Ji Mingtao has changed completely since he had a daughter. He used to be indifferent and cold towards everything, and was only somewhat enthusiastic towards Gu Shichu. But after Xiao Ruxing was born, he became a daughter slave who was content with having a daughter. His stern face was now full of tenderness when facing his daughter, and he always smiled. He exuded the gentle aura of a father.
He even only spent two or three hours a day handling work, and spent the rest of his time taking care of his daughter. Fortunately, his shopping mall no longer required him to watch over it all day long, otherwise he would probably have brought it down.
Little Ruxing had just finished drinking milk. Ji Mingtao gently patted her back to burp her milk. Suddenly, the phone on the bedside table rang. Gu Shichu answered the phone: "Hello, who is this? Who are you looking for?"
"Hello, Mrs. Ji. I am Xiao Chen, Mr. Ji's secretary. I have something urgent to discuss and I want to talk to Mr. Ji. Could you please answer the phone?" said the voice on the other end of the line.
"Okay, wait a moment." Gu Shichu replied, and then said to Ji Mingtao, "Looking for you."
Ji Mingtao put little Ruxing, who had just finished burping, into Gu Shichu's arms before answering the phone.
Because Ji Mingtao and Gu Shichu's careers both require timely communication and exchange, even though installing a telephone was very expensive at the time, they still installed it at home so as not to delay their work. This came in handy for Ji Mingtao, who often wanted to be lazy after having a daughter.
"I have to go to the mall and won't be back until noon." Ji Mingtao said to Gu Shichu after answering the phone. While changing his clothes, he reminded her, "Ruxing is now in your hands. Remember to feed her every two hours. Don't forget."
"I get it. How can I let her starve? You'd better go to work quickly. If you don't work hard and bring the mall down, do you want to go home and live off me and let me support you?" Gu Shichu said with a look of disappointment.
"Don't worry, I know what I'm doing. I already have Xiao Ruxing, so I must work hard to save some money for her." Ji Mingtao was confident and full of fighting spirit.
Gu Shichu suddenly had an idea and said with a malicious smile: "No, it's okay if you really lose your job. Anyway, I can support you. You just need to stay at home and take care of the children and be a good husband and father. I can also satisfy your desire to not leave your daughter for a moment..."
Ji Mingtao couldn't help laughing after hearing this and said, "If you had told me this two or three years ago, I wouldn't have opened this mall and would have been a good househusband to you. But now that this mall is open, I can't deliberately shut it down, can I?"
He was in a hurry and didn't say much to Gu Shichu. He quickly kissed his daughter's chubby little cheek and left, leaving Xiao Ruxing looking at his back and crying.
"Xiao Xingxing, your father has gone to work, so stay at home with your mother in the morning." Gu Shichu lifted up Xiao Ruxing's little butt and said to her with his head down.
“Ah…” Xiao Ruxing opened her black grape-like eyes and looked at Gu Shichu, grinning and waving her limbs wildly. She was very energetic and Gu Shichu almost couldn’t hold her.
I don't know if this little guy was too well-nourished in the womb, but he was born with a head of thick black hair. Now he is three months old and has grown taller, and the hair on his entire head is standing up, as if he had been electrocuted, like a natural little Afro, which is cute and interesting, especially after waking up, his hair becomes a complete mess.
Gu Shichu, the unreliable mother, couldn't help laughing every time she saw her big afro after waking up.
Ji Mingtao was very dedicated. He combed his daughter's frizzy hair and braided her hair every day. He was clumsy at first but became very skilled later. After a while, his fingers were so flexible that he could braid flowers on little Ruxing's head.
Ji Mingtao left in a hurry this time and didn't have time to braid his daughter's hair, so it was Gu Shichu who had to face his daughter's afro.
"My little darling, mommy doesn't have to worry about you going bald in the future anymore. Look at your hair now, so thick and dense. Wow, so many uncles and aunts who became bald at a young age must be envious of you." Gu Shichu put his daughter on his lap and sighed as he looked at her hair that stood up as if it had been electrocuted.
Little Ruxing didn't know if she understood what her mother said, she was so happy that her pink little gums were exposed, her two strong little legs were flapping constantly, and she was dancing with joy. No one knew what she was laughing at all day long. She was a natural optimist, different from Ji Mingtao and Gu Shichu, and her personality seemed to have changed suddenly.
However, her appearance combines the advantages of Gu Shichu and Ji Mingtao. You can tell that she is a little beauty at such a young age. Her skin is white and crystal clear, two big round black eyes, thick and curly eyelashes, a small mouth like tender petals, chubby cheeks, and limbs like lotus roots. She is really as pretty as a doll.
Ji Mingtao loves her like crazy because she is so pretty and she is the daughter he has planned so hard for. It is no exaggeration to say that she is his darling and he loves her to bits.