Yu Mo has been full of energy since she was a child. At seven or eight months old, she excelled at crawling and woke up early every day, babbling "baby talk" as soon as she opened her eyes.
But every time she started to babble, she would be quickly carried out of the room by Babo to avoid waking up her sleeping mother.
Shen Youlin placed little Yu Mo on the ground: "Let's go, baby."
Dou'e also ran out of the doghouse and followed Yu Mo, accompanying her in her limb movements.
So, when Yu Shu woke up, what she saw coming out of the bedroom was this scene—
Dou'e and Yu Mo moving forward in a four-legged mode, while Shen Youlin followed behind with small, quick steps.
Yu Shu handed over two leashes: "Please walk the dogs properly."
Shen Youlin didn't take them and gave her a sincere and heartfelt eye roll.
This eye roll was like a sharp sword, causing Yu Shu to step back, covering her shattered glass heart, looking at Shen Youlin in disbelief for the first time in her life, wondering if he was still the best in the world.
Yu Shu teared up: "Has our love...faded?"
Shen Youlin took a few steps forward with Yu Mo: "Do you want soy milk or a milkshake for breakfast?"
Yu Shu: "Walnut almond drink."
Shen Youlin still couldn't cook, but he learned to make baby food and unexpectedly mastered the skill of making drinks, creating various fancy beverages without repeating for six months.
At the dining table, Yu Shu looked at Yu Mo's shameless smile, babbling and ordering her husband to feed her, slamming the cup on the table.
Both Yu Mo and Shen Youlin were startled by the noise, and Shen Youlin scolded her for the second time that day: "You scared Mo Mo."
Yu Mo didn't cry, just blinked her big round eyes at her.
Yu Shu felt sad, in order to secure her crumbling position as the head of the household, she said, "Let's move to the villa in the suburbs."
That villa had a three-acre garden alone, with a three-story house, each floor exceeding a thousand square meters, one of Yu Shu and Shen Youlin's marital homes. Shen Youlin put extra effort into decorating that villa, even considering their future elderly care facilities.
But the villa was too far from the city center, taking more than half an hour's drive, and Yu Shu had been reluctant to move there.
Shen Youlin raised his eyebrows: "Why the sudden change of heart?"
"Well, the garden is big, Dou'e can run around freely."
Dou'e, who was eating, suddenly heard her name and looked up at them—What's it to me?
With a large garden and a big house, it was naturally impossible for the four of them to live there, along with security guards, gardeners, nannies, drivers, and chefs, all fully equipped.
On moving day, Yu Shu had the nanny put Yu Mo to sleep, while she seduced her dear husband to sleep in the master bedroom.
For the first time since Yu Mo was born, she didn't sleep with them, making Shen Youlin anxious and restless, always wanting to go to the children's room.
After Shen Youlin zoned out for the eighth time, Yu Shu finally exploded: "I even put on sexy lingerie, and all you can think about is that toothless little brat!"
"Huh?"
Shen Youlin looked at the angry Yu Shu in her robe, realizing the impending disaster belatedly.
Yu Shu was really angry, she shook off Shen Youlin's hand and walked out in big steps.
Shen Youlin knew that if he let her leave the room at this time, he wouldn't have a good time for the next three months. He quickly walked up, coaxing her onto the bed with a combination of hugging and pulling.
Yu Shu sat cross-legged on the bed, arms crossed, looking at him coldly, and asked the eternal question, "If Yu Mo and I fell into the water, who would you save?"
"I would save you, I must save you!" Shen Youlin answered without hesitation, "Don't underestimate our little girl just because she's chubby, she swims really well. Unlike you, who can't swim at all. Every time I take her swimming, the coach praises her. Let me show you a video of her swimming."
He took out his phone and found a video of Yu Mo swimming, while Yu Shu's face grew darker.
"I don't want to see it, take it away."
"Just take a look, just one look."
Reluctantly, Yu Shu took a glance and couldn't look away. The chubby little girl was wearing a cute colorful swimsuit and looked like a chubby little whale in the water.
So cute, she really takes after me.
Yu Shu took the phone and checked out Yu Mo's swimming videos one by one.
Yu Mo started swimming lessons at three months old, but Shen Youlin was always the one who took her, and Yu Shu had never gone.
"Aren't they cute?" Shen Youlin nudged her with his forehead, "They really take after both of us."
Yu Shu couldn't help but reflect, "Am I... too irresponsible?"
Yu Shu had always been busy with her studies and career, while Yu Mo was always taken care of by Shen Youlin.
It seemed like the two of them had taken after their own parents to the extreme. Yu Shu had been overly strict and controlled in her childhood, and now she was completely hands-off with Yu Mo. She could count the number of times she changed diapers or fed her with one hand, but whenever she had free time, she would play with Yu Mo, make her cry, and then hand her over to Shen Youlin or the nanny. On the other hand, Shen Youlin, who had been neglected in his childhood, now took care of Yu Mo in every aspect.
The one who seemed the most unreliable turned out to be a parenting expert.
"Are you talking about being a mother or a wife?" Shen Youlin held her and swayed gently, "If you're talking about being a mother, ask Mo Mo. If you're talking about being a wife, I feel like I haven't been very responsible in the past year and a half, the time you've left for me has been too little."
Yu Shu pouted, "But you've given all your time to Yu Mo, even the place in your heart, I feel like I'm being squeezed out by that little chubby girl!"
"...Transference, do you understand? I've transferred all my love for you to our daughter."
"...Slick talker!"
As they bantered back and forth, they reflected on their actions and made a deep self-critique, as well as setting guidelines for future family harmony.
The next day, both of them woke up late.
Shen Youlin suddenly woke up, startling Yu Shu, "What's wrong with you?"
Shen Youlin quickly got up and put on his clothes, "I heard Mo Mo crying, you go back to sleep, I'll go check on her."
"Why didn't I hear anything? Are you hearing things?"
Even if it was real crying, the soundproofing in the house was excellent, they shouldn't be able to hear it.
Unable to fall back asleep, Yu Shu also got up slowly and put on her clothes.
Shen Youlin didn't wait for her, he hurriedly left the bedroom and went downstairs following the sound.
Yu Mo was indeed crying, lying on the carpet in the living room, crying heartbreakingly, her nanny reached out to pick her up, but she resisted fiercely.
"What's wrong?" Shen Youlin anxiously picked up Yu Mo, "Daddy will hold you, Daddy will hold you."
Yu Mo rarely cried, and even fewer times did she cry so heartbreakingly.
At first, Yu Mo resisted, but when she heard the familiar voice, she stopped crying, tears welling up in her eyes, she confirmed that the person holding her was Daddy, she hesitated for a moment, then started crying again.
But in her crying, there was no sadness, more of it was being coquettish.
Little mischief.
Shen Youlin asked again, "Did you cry last night?"
"I didn't cry last night, I drank milk and went to sleep, drank another four hundred milliliters in the middle of the night, struggled to get off the bed in the morning, climbed the second floor, and wanted to come to the first floor again."
Shen Youlin laughed when he heard this, understanding that this little girl was probably tired, her stubborn temper had come out, that's why she cried like that.
Yu Mo was young, but she had quite a temper and a bit of OCD, she had to inspect every nook and cranny before she would be satisfied.
He now understood why Yu Mo suddenly wanted to move in here, although he didn't participate in Yu Mo's daily trivial matters, he understood the little girl's temperament very well.
Shen Youlin quickly comforted Yu Mo, and Yu Mo kept babbling in his arms, Shen Youlin responded with "Hmm, yeah."
Even though the father and daughter couldn't communicate verbally, they were still able to communicate with each other word by word.
When Yu Shu came downstairs, she saw Yu Mo sitting on Shen Youlin's lap, the father and daughter holding hands, babbling non-stop.
She suddenly felt that the greatest prize she had won in her life was Shen Youlin.
When Yu Mo saw her approaching, she became even more excited, her two little short legs kicking non-stop, struggling to pounce into her arms.
Shen Youlin said sarcastically, "Mother and daughter are truly connected at heart."
Yu Shu spent less time taking care of her, but Yu Mo loved her mother the most.
Yu Shu would play with her, make her laugh heartily, in little Yu Mo's limited cognition, her mother and most of her memories were happy and joyful.
Yu Shu picked up the chubby little girl and kissed Shen Youlin's face, "I'm only connected at heart with you."
