Chapter 84: Apply Medicine
Names mentioned in this chapter :
-苏芮 (sù ruì) - Su Rui, our female protagonist
-芮芮 (ruì ruì)- Rui Rui, a nickname of the female protagonist
-顾煜城 (gù yù chéng)- Gu Yu Cheng, the male lead
-余静(yú jìng)- Yu Jing, Mrs Gu's name.
-余静女士(yú jìng nǚ shì)- Madam Yu Jing
-顾安安(gù ān'ān)- Gu An An, Gu Yan Rui's nickname.
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"Rui Rui and Yu Cheng, you two are back." Hearing the sound of Su Rui and Gu Yu Cheng entering, Mother Gu walked out with Gu An An in her arms.
"Did you two enjoy yourself?" Mother Gu asked.
Upon hearing that, Su Rui's face flushed as she once again recalled last night.
"Not bad," Su Rui replied vaguely.
Hearing Su Rui's words, Mother Gu understood what she meant and smiled.
The world of two for a young couple should be pretty good when one thinks about it.
"Was An An obedient last night? Did he affect Dad's and your rest?" Su Rui asked in order to digress from this subject.
Unsurprisingly, Mother Gu replied, "Our An An is very obedient, right?" While she said that, she did not forget to shake Gu An An in her arms, causing him to giggle again.
It was reasonable to say that people from different generations are closer with one another.
Just from Gu Yu Cheng's personality and experience alone, it wasn't difficult to see how strict Mother Gu was with Gu Yu Cheng.
On the other hand, Madam Yu Jing showed her kindness as a grandmother when it came to Gu An An.
If Gu An An tears the house apart, it would probably be 'My grandson is so lively.' in Mother Gu's eyes.
Therefore, Su Rui just smiled and did not comment on what Mother Gu said.
Gu An An, on the other hand, was half-asleep as he laid in Mother Gu's arms. Once he heard Su Rui's voice, he instantly became energized. His eyes widened, and he turned his head to look towards Su Rui.
"Ma...Mama hug!" Gu An An wriggled in Mother Gu's arms and stretched out his tiny fleshy paws towards Su Rui. It was as if he was going to pounce on her.
Yu Jing was amused by her grandson's behaviour.
"Oh my. Our An An misses his mother."
"Mama!" Gu An An's voice sounded a little anxious.
"Let me hold him."
Seeing that Mother Gu was somewhat tired from Gu An An squirming about, Su Rui stepped forward and was about to carry Gu An An.
Gu An An's eyes lit up as he saw his mother was about to carry him.
Unfortunately, before the beautiful moment could happen, his line of sight was blocked, and a big arm reached out in front of his eyes.
The next second, Gu An An was already carried by his dad.
"I want Mama!"
"Mummy is tired. Daddy will carry you."
Not caring whether the 8-month-old child could understand or not, Gu Yu Cheng made a one-sided exchange with his son and carried Gu An An in his arms with one arm.
After a few unsuccessful attempts, Gu An An finally gave up struggling. He tugged on his father's clothes and quietly let Gu Yu Cheng carry him into the house.
As they entered the house, Mother Gu said, "You two can rest first. We will be eating in another ten minutes."
After that, Mother Gu glanced at Gu Yu Cheng and her brows furrowed.
"Gu Yu Cheng, it is such a hot day. Why are you still dressed so formally when you are not in the office but going out to relax?" Mother Gu muttered casually.
Mainly, Gu Yu Cheng had his shirt buttoned up so securely.
In Mrs Gu's eyes, this non-casual appearance was terribly hot and uncomfortable.
Gu Yu Cheng said casually after being glanced at by his wife, "I fetched Rui Rui and went straight here. I didn't have time to change."
"It's not time for dinner yet. Why don't you two go up and change before you come down?" Mrs Gu suggested.
Seeing the trace of nervousness on Su Rui's face, Gu Yu Cheng laughed inwardly and refused, "No need. We'll go up and rest after we have eaten. It saves us the trouble."
Originally, it was just a casual suggestion. Hence, Mother Gu did not say any further after hearing Gu Yu Cheng's response.
......
At the dining table, Mother Gu asked Su Rui about the handsome photo of Gu An An that she posted in her Moments.
In the photo, Gu An An was wearing a mini suit, which she liked a lot.
She thought that Gu An An would be wearing that suit when he went out. However, he was not wearing the same clothes when Gu Yu Cheng brought the child over.
Mrs Gu was a little disappointed.
Being asked this question by Mother Gu, the corners of Su Rui's mouth twitched slightly.
Originally, Su Rui only said that the little gentleman's clothes were soiled by Gu An An himself, so she had no choice but to change to another outfit.
In the end, halfway through the conversation, Su Rui couldn't hold back and shared with Mother Gu that Gu Yu Cheng was soiled by his son's pee.
Hearing this part, Mother Gu also laughed together with Su Rui.
"How is it? Now you know that it is not easy to be a parent, right?" Mrs Gu asked as she cast a glance at Gu Yu Cheng.
Gu Yu Cheng didn't say anything.
He only glanced faintly towards Gu An An, who already finished his mashed potatoes and fish and was currently playing with an empty bowl and spoon.
......
Su Rui initially thought that Gu Yu Cheng did not take this matter too seriously.
Only when Su Rui returned from her walk with Mother Gu did she see her son lying in his cot and realised she was wrong about it.
At this moment, Gu An An already changed his clothes and was lying in his own crib wearing a yellow giraffe infant bodysuit.
Su Rui knew that this guy was wearing the diaper he hates the most from the bulging lump at his bottom and stomach of his infant bodysuit.
Without even thinking about it, she knew that this diaper must have been put on him by Gu Yu Cheng.
As Su Rui approached Gu An An, Gu An An was stomping his legs.
His scrunched-up face was filled with 'unwilling' and his mouth was slurring 'don't wan this' and 'bad!'.
During the short period where Su Rui walked to the cot, Gu An An already completed a set of difficulty factor 2.0, 360 degree turns, 180-degree rolls, plus leg strokes and hand waves in his cot.
Unfortunately, his dad wouldn't be his dad if he could let Gu An An have his way.
Gu Yu Cheng put Gu An An's diaper on extraordinarily well. He buttoned every single button and found an infant bodysuit for him to put on.
Thus, the diaper was still intact on his little butt regardless of how Gu An An tossed and turned.
"(Cry)... Mama..." The moment Gu An An saw Su Rui, his eyes seemed to glimmer for a moment. Then, his whole face scrunched up.
He waved his paws aggrievedly twice towards Su Rui, looking as if he was about to cry.
Su Rui's heart ached for her son as she looked at his current state.
"What's wrong with our An An? Why are you aggrieved?"
"Did Daddy bully you?"
"Papa bad... Don't want dis, bad...Ma..."
Su Rui gently tapped on her son's little nose with her finger and asked, "Is Daddy bad or is An An bad? Who peed on daddy yesterday?"
Judging by Gu An An's happy state of having succeeded in his bad deed, she very much suspected that yesterday's incident was done deliberately by Gu An An.
It was unknown how much he understood from Su Rui's words. Anyway, after Su Rui said that, Gu An An seemed even more aggrieved.
Especially when he saw Gu Yu Cheng walking over, the little guy immediately burst into tears with a loud <wah>.
Having seen Gu An An's crying sessions several times, Su Rui basically defined her son's crying as loud thunder with little rain.
Nonetheless, Su Rui carried Gu An An from his cot and patted his back lightly as she soothed him.
"You are a little man. You can't cry whenever you want, understand?"
"Let me do it," Gu Yu Cheng said.
When Su Rui heard that, she looked at the calm Gu Yu Cheng and then at her son, who was feeling sad and aggrieved. She hesitated for a moment, but she still passed Gu An An to him.
"I will pacify him. Go take a bath."
Although Su Rui's heart ached when she saw her son's aggrieved state, Gu Yu Cheng's methods were also right.
Education should start at a young age from the tiniest things. Yesterday's incident would be a good way to teach him a lesson.
Su Rui went inside to take a bath, leaving the father and son outside.
Su Rui didn't know what kind of 'great teachings' Gu Yu Cheng would give his son, but she had a strong feeling that the battle between the two fathers and sons had just begun.
......
By the time Su Rui came out of the shower, there were no longer Gu An An's wails in the room.
There was no one in sight either.
"Where's our son?" Su Rui asked.
"I carried him to Mum's," Gu Yu Cheng said. After a pause, he added, "Let Mum and the others babysit him a little more."
Gu Yu Cheng and Su Rui didn't have much time to visit now that they have moved out.
Since Madam Yu Jing or Father Gu liked this grandson so much, it would be good to let them babysit him more.
Of course, there was another reason Gu Yu Cheng didn't say.
Su Rui was somewhat exhausted from last night. He didn't want to leave Gu An An in the room to torment them.
Besides, he didn't have much energy to watch the child today.
Su Rui had no objection to this.
"Then I'll have to send a WeChat message to Mum and tell her to let An An sleep a little earlier. We have to attend the sensory integration therapy session tomorrow."
"I'll accompany you two there tomorrow." Gu Yu Cheng said.
While Su Rui was doing her skincare routine, she raised her eyebrows and asked while looking at Gu Yu Cheng through the mirror, "It's a weekend. Don't you want to rest more at home?"
She added, "I'll just take care of him tomorrow. You've been so busy lately. Have a good rest at home."
At that moment, Gu Yu Cheng walked over and brought Su Rui into his arms from behind.
"Are you doubting my energy or physical strength?"
Su Rui: ...
Su Rui was already quite accustomed to someone's occasional jerky 'driving of car'[1].
She smiled and replied, "I don't dare."
Gu Yu Cheng kissed the side of Su Rui's face and said, "Originally, I was a bit busy in the company in order to spend more time with you two."
He had some other plans that he couldn't tell Su Rui about just yet.
"Alright. Then, I will have to trouble An An with his dad tomorrow."
As Su Rui said this, she suddenly thought of something.
"Gu Yu Cheng, sit over here."
"What's wrong?" Gu Yu Cheng asked. He already sat beside her cooperatively.
"I'll rub some ointment for you." Su Rui said as her face was somewhat flushed.
She fished out a tube of ointment from the drawer, squeezed it out, and smeared it on the middle of Gu Yu Cheng's neck.
The ointment was cool, with a little very faint fragrance, and it tingled a little where Su Rui's fingers had been smeared.
"What is this?"
"Aloe vera ointment." As to what other ingredients it contains, Su Rui couldn't quite remember. It should be somewhat useful to relieve redness, swelling, bruises, scratches, and bites.
Looking at the woman's serious expression, Gu Yu Cheng chuckled softly and said, "It doesn't hurt."
"I know." Don't you see that she only applied it above his neck and the conspicuous areas?
[1] 开车[kāichē]- Start the car/drive the car. An internet slang that refers to talking about the topic is related to p*rnography or something along the lines.