Using power to force marriage

Although Zhao Jingnian criticized her harshly, his warm palms were already pressed against her lower abdomen to warm her stomach.

"I'm an adult now, not a child anymore. Why should I get spanked?"

Ruan Fu cried as she clutched his expensive shirt to wipe her tears.

The man sneered, "You're not even as good as a child; you don't listen to a word."

"Zhao Jingnian, you're so awful!"

He spoke sternly, like a teacher checking homework, asking, "Tell the truth, how much did you sneakily eat tonight?"

If you only ate a few bites, it would never have turned out like this.

"The ice cream in the fridge is all in 2kg tubs. Don't tell me you ate the whole tub."

Before she could even wipe away her tears, she hurriedly retorted, "No way! There was still half left, and Nuannuan helped me eat it."

No sooner had he finished speaking than Zhao Jingnian showed no mercy and slapped him again.

"You're sneaking your three-year-old daughter to eat ice cream late at night, trying to drive me crazy?" He felt a throbbing pain in his temples from anger.

Ruan Fu hadn't even recovered from the slap she had just received when he slapped her again.

Although the force wasn't strong, it still hurt a little.

Ruan Fu burst into tears and cursed him as a bastard.

"My stomach hurts, and you hit me! I even cried, and you didn't even comfort me..."

She cried, her face streaked with tears, trembling in his arms.

Zhao Jingnian picked her up from the sofa, took the elevator upstairs, and went back to the master bedroom to gently coax her.

As soon as the two entered the master bedroom, they suddenly heard Nuannuan burst into tears.

She was sleeping alone in the master bedroom when she had a nightmare. When she woke up, she found that her parents were not by her side.

The baby was terrified. Holding Abeibei in her arms, she ran barefoot out of her room to look for someone.

Hearing the child cry, Ruan Fu stopped crying, a look of worry appearing on her face.

Zhao Jingnian quickly opened the master bedroom door and carried Nuannuan in from outside.

"What's wrong, my darling Nuan Nuan?"

He soothed her gently, "Why are you crying so hard?"

The little one answered, sobbing, "Nuannuan had a dream, and she was so scared~"

Zhao Jingnian smiled indulgently and reached out to wipe away her tears. "Dreams are all fake. Mom and Dad are here, Nuannuan, don't be afraid."

Ruan Fu breathed a sigh of relief when she heard that her daughter was only crying because of a dream.

Zhao Jingnian held Nuannuan and gently comforted her, patiently explaining to her why people dream, that the things that happen in dreams are not real, and that she shouldn't be afraid.

Nuannuan cried, and the older man gently comforted her.

She cried too. It's one thing if they don't comfort her, but why did she have to be slapped? That's so unfair!

Nuannuan's crying had just stopped when Ruanfu started crying again.

Her legs kicked restlessly at him, "Zhao Jingnian! I hate you..."

The old man just slapped her twice, and he hasn't apologized or tried to comfort her. Of course she's going to make a scene.

When Nuannuan saw her mother crying, she was stunned for a moment, and then she started crying too.

She had just been comforted a second ago, but the next second she was infected by her mother's crying.

The cries of two babies echoed from the master bedroom. Zhao Jingnian suddenly felt a little helpless and reached out to pull Ruan Fu into his arms as well, holding one in each arm.

"Apologize to me right now!"

Ruan Fu was furious and bit him hard on the shoulder.

Nuannuan didn't know what had happened, nor did she know why her mother was crying.

But imitation is a child's nature, so she mimicked her mother's tone and said fiercely to Zhao Jingnian, "You'd better apologize to me right now!"

After saying that, she bit him on the other shoulder as well.

Zhao Jingnian winced in pain, then forced a lazy smile.

He was completely subdued by his two babies, a hint of indulgence lurking in his eyes.

"Okay, I apologize."

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have hit my little Fu baby. I'll give it back to you later, okay? Little Fu baby, don't cry, don't be angry with me, okay?"

He apologized to Ruan Fu first and then gently kissed her on the lips.

Then she turned to the other side and apologized to the baby.

"I'm sorry, my sweetheart Nuan Nuan, Daddy should have come home earlier to put you to sleep. That way, our sweetheart Nuan Nuan wouldn't have nightmares."

The little one reached out and wiped his face haphazardly, wiping away his tears, then looked at his mother as if asking whether she should accept his father's apology.

Ruan Fu gave him a long, cold look. "I'll remember those two slaps. I'll definitely pay them back double later. Since you've apologized, I'll reluctantly give you face."

Nuannuan imitated her mother's voice with a babyish, drooling tone, "Since you've apologized, Nuannuan will reluctantly give you face."

The shirt he was wearing was custom-made and quite expensive; it was the first time he had worn it today.

It was now completely soaked with the tears of the two babies, becoming a face towel.

After Xiao Nuannuan finished crying, her mind cleared up a little, and she remembered her parents' conversation and asked a question.

"Daddy, why did you hit Mommy?"

Zhao Jingnian made an example of her, saying, "Because Mommy was disobedient and dared to steal ice cream, disobedient children should be spanked."

Upon hearing this, Nuannuan quickly covered her bottom, looking just as guilty as Ruan Fu had just done.

"Did Nuan Nuan sneak any food?"

She shook her head vigorously, "No."

Three-year-olds can already lie.

Zhao Jingnian and Ruan Fu couldn't help but laugh when they saw their daughter's reaction.

"Nuan Nuan didn't steal any food, so Nuan Nuan is a good child, and Mommy is a bad child."

Zhao Jingnian lectured her, "So Nuannuan, you must continue to be a good girl and never steal ice cream, understand?"

She nodded repeatedly, "Nuan Nuan knows."

Seeing that her mother's eyes were red from crying, Xiao Nuannuan guessed that her father must have hit her hard and it must have hurt a lot, so she would definitely be a good girl and never steal ice cream again.

Zhao Jingnian then said, "A child who lies is a bad child. Did Nuannuan lie?"

After saying that, the little guy apologized pitifully, "Daddy, I was wrong."

Upon hearing Nuannuan's apology, Zhao Jingnian's gaze fell upon the even more disobedient baby in his arms.

"Even Nuannuan knows she was wrong, what about you?"

Ruan Fu said reproachfully, "I did nothing wrong."

Big babies aren't as obedient as little babies; those two slaps were too light.

"Now that you're a mother, you should set a good example. A good child is one who can admit their mistakes and correct them."

He stared into Ruan Fu's stubborn eyes, waiting for her to admit her mistake.

"But I really didn't do anything wrong."

"I ate ice cream with my daughter late at night, and now my stomach hurts like this, and I'm still not at fault?"

She instinctively wanted to argue that it was her stomach's fault, that her stomach was being uncooperative, and that the ice cream was also at fault, that it was too cold.

These words were on the tip of her tongue, but seeing Zhao Jingnian's icy face, she swallowed them back and didn't dare to say them.

She's a mother, and she needs to set a good example for Nuannuan. What she did today was indeed wrong.

Ruan Fu's tone softened, "I'm sorry, honey, I was wrong, I'll never dare to steal ice cream again."

Upon hearing this, Zhao Jingnian's lips curled into a smile of pleasure.

He cupped Ruan Fu's cheeks in his hands and kissed her as a reward.

"A good child is one who can admit their mistakes and correct them."

Seeing this, Nuannuan asked softly, "Daddy, Nuannuan knows she's wrong and can correct it."

Zhao Jingnian kissed his daughter's chubby cheek and said, "Yes, Nuannuan is a good girl too."

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(The extra chapter about the family of three is finished. Tomorrow I'll update the childhood sweetheart 'what if' storyline~)