Chapter 1302: Chapter 1302: All About the Second Child (Part 2)
George Song is a very quiet newborn.
When he was born, the doctor spanked him, and he only mewed softly like a kitten, then remained quiet as a mouse.
Such ’obedience’ caused the adults some worry.
After a thorough check-up by the doctor, it was confirmed that George Song was very healthy, perhaps just tired and didn’t want to move. Only then did everyone, including his parents, feel relieved.
With George’s arrival, Song Xiaohua had to temporarily move to sleep with her grandmother.
For this reason, Dad specially had a heart-to-heart talk with her.
Dad told her it was because mom needs to rest during the postpartum period and has to feed George at night, which really exhausts her; plus, the newborn can be quite noisy at night, affecting her sleep, so having her sleep with grandma for a while would be best.
Song Xiaohua has always been sensible and of course had no objections to this arrangement.
In the second half of the year, she had already started kindergarten.
If she couldn’t sleep at night, how would she help the teacher manage the class order during the day?
The next day after school, Song Xiaohua ran to the master bedroom to visit mom and her baby brother. Seeing mom’s unwell complexion, she was even more glad she moved out early.
However, this sense of relief shouldn’t be shown.
She always remembered Dad’s teachings—
One should not build their happiness on another’s pain.
To make mom feel better, Song Xiaohua looked at her wrinkled, somewhat old-looking brother in the cradle and intentionally praised him: "George looks so handsome, just like a monkey!"
Tang Li: "..."
There’s no need for compliments that aren’t heartfelt.
George Song, who looked like a little old man, finally became chubby and cute half a month later.
His bright eyes swirling around made him appear clever, amusing his dad.
Song Baiyan sat by the bed, holding his son’s tiny fist and then looked at the little woman on the bed, concluding—
"This child’s eyes look like yours. In the future, he’s going to charm many little girls."
Tang Li disagreed: "If he’s really smart, he won’t be easily fooled."
She certainly didn’t want her son to be labeled as a ’playboy’ before even reaching his first month.
"Yes." Song Baiyan readily agreed, not stingy with his smile, covering Tang Li’s hand on the quilt with his left hand, "Unless someone willingly wants it, how could one be easily manipulated."
Tang Li looked up at the light-lit Song Baiyan.
Compared to six years ago, no one can remain unchanged.
The marks of time also rested on Song Baiyan’s face.
Not so obvious, but it reminded her that even though Song Baiyan was still in his prime, time continued to pass.
Time not defeating beauty is true, and it can even make someone more dignified than before.
This point is fully shown in Song Baiyan.
Even though there’s endless work to deal with, his high position also accumulates charm over the years for Song Baiyan.
Tang Li’s overly direct gaze prompted an inquiry from the person involved, a deep, soothing voice: "Are you staring at me, afraid I’m secretly bullying the child?"
This teasing touched the softest part of Tang Li’s heart.
After a while, she replied, "It just feels like time is passing quickly."
In the blink of an eye, it’s already been more than two thousand days and nights.
The concerns she once had did not follow the trajectory she had anticipated from her past life.
So, it truly is different now.
When Song Baiyan successfully secured a second term, it actually validated everything.
Tang Li held onto Song Baiyan’s warm hand, saying, "And hopefully, things can only get better in the future."
As her words fell, another large hand reached over.
This one landed on the side of her neck.
Accompanied by a gentle rub was a promise spoken together: "By this time next year, George will have learned to walk, Xiaohua should be in the senior kindergarten class. I fear we’ll be quite busy."
Tang Li grasped Song Baiyan’s wrist and added, "And we should participate in more charity activities."
With a wife so devoted and responsible, naturally, the husband should offer praise.
But just as Song Baiyan touched Tang Li’s forehead with his lips, the sound of children’s slippers hitting the floor echoed from the hallway outside the master bedroom. The identity of the visitor was obvious.
The couple released each other as Song Xiaohua turned the doorknob and came in.
"I’m here to see George." The little girl stated her intention.
At Song Xiaohua’s age, she still didn’t understand the sentiments exchanged between adults. She leaned against the bedside, watching Dad get up and go to the closet, touching George’s chubby legs, while whispering to Mom: "Dad seems a bit upset today."
Saying this, the little girl sighed to herself: "Men, every month there are always a few days like this, it’s understandable."
Tang Li: "....."
The consequence of speaking nonsense was not being able to find the tablet to watch short videos the next day.
Song Xiaohua inevitably felt a bit depressed.
She wandered a round in her little uncle’s room but didn’t find his tablet either.
She asked Grandma for a cellphone, but Grandma said the cellphone was out of charge.
In the end, she could only curl up on the sofa, holding the remote, watching "Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf."
Tang Li, while caring for her son, never neglected educating her daughter.
Realizing that Song Xiaohua showed signs of confusing gender, she banned her from accessing those peculiar videos online too early. Knowing her daughter’s cleverness, Tang Li specially informed all the staff in Tan Palace not to lend their cellphone to the little girl.
A few days later, Tang Li discovered she had a new friend called ’Benbo’erba’ on her circle of friends.
The avatar was SpongeBob SquarePants.
At night, after applying her face cream, Tang Li saw the latest post from [Benbo’erba]—
"When you’re young, you should endure hardship, so that you can get used to it when you’re old."
After watching three nights of posts by [Benbo’erba], ranging from suspicious that her mom might go bald to feeling bored and playing with her belly, Tang Li couldn’t remember when she added such a unique character.
Unable to hold back, she commented with a question mark under the person’s post.
Three days passed, but there was no response.
Then, Tang Li also noticed—
Since the night she left a message, [Benbo’erba] had not posted any updates on her friends circle.
However, Tang Li soon found out that there were frequent likes from [Benbo’erba] on the video account.
Driven by curiosity, Tang Li followed the likes and saw the latest liked video by [Benbo’erba]—"Grandpas and Grandmas Hardcore Matchmaking [Episode 2]."
Tang Li: "..."
Just as she was about to delete the contact, she found out [Benbo’erba] was a mutual friend between her and Song Ru.
Tang Li simply took a screenshot to consult her sister-in-law.
Song Ru replied quickly—
"Didn’t you label it? This Benbo’erba is my mom, your mother-in-law."
Tang Li: "....."
Song Ru also had some confusion: "However, my mom has been a bit off lately. She never posted updates before, but now she changed her name and avatar, and from what I see, every time she posts, a bunch of retired uncles and grandpas in the family courtyard, almost all like it."
Originally, Song Ru planned to call Xiao Minglan tomorrow.
She wanted her mom to keep a low profile.
Otherwise, she feared she’d soon get a stepfather.
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Good night!
