Zerg: The female warrior's male master is acting strangely!

The sound was very light and subtle, like the faint sound accidentally made by some small animal foraging for food at night.

It wasn't the sound of breathing, nor the sound of turning over, but rather something else... how should I put it?

A sound that suggests "not asleep".

An uncomfortable friction sound between the body and the bed, a sound that lingers even after tossing and turning, yet the person remains awake.

Manjushri's consciousness snapped back from the chaos in an instant.

He strained his ears, listening intently to the sound of the small bulge beside him, but he heard nothing.

Because from the moment he turned off the light until now, Herroy has not changed his posture, his position, or even moved a single finger.

This guess made Manjushri's heart skip a beat.

At least twenty or thirty minutes have passed since he lay down, but Herroy has not moved at all!

Children's bodies are naturally more sensitive than adults'. Maintaining the same posture for a long time can cause muscle soreness, poor blood circulation, and joint discomfort.

Manjushri suddenly turned his head to look at the inside of the bed, but the light was too dim and he couldn't see anything.

This forced him to cross the invisible line between him and his baby that was "temporarily untouchable".

He slowly moved over, resolutely reached out, and pulled the small body curled up on the side towards him.

Manjushri's movements were very light, as if he were afraid of startling a butterfly that might fly away at any moment.

He placed his palm on Heroi's shoulder, only to find that the skin his fingers touched was cold.

The baby has been curled up in bed for so long, yet his body is still cold!

Manjushri pulled Heroiyi closer to him, letting him leave the cold wall and lean against his warm embrace.

He didn't use too much force, giving the little one plenty of opportunities to "get away from me whenever he wanted to refuse."

However, Heroiyi did not struggle, because his entire insect was trembling.

"Male...Male Father."

Heroiyi's voice came from the darkness, thin and trembling, revealing a kind of fear of being caught and awaiting trial.

He implicitly acknowledged that his father had discovered the sin of "not being asleep".

The father is getting angry. He's going to kick him out. He'll never let him sleep here again...

"Shh!"

Manjushri's voice was soft, like a long, warm breeze in the cold winter, gently brushing against Heroi's little ears.

He placed his hand on the baby's back and began to gently pat and stroke him. His warm palms transmitted heat through the thin pajamas, hoping to help the baby relax.

"Can't our Yi Yi sleep?" Wen Shu's voice was full of heartache and worry.

The small body in his arms stiffened for a moment, then Heroiyi's anxious voice rang out, speaking rapidly, as if she wanted to finish the sentence before her father's expression changed:

"I can sleep, I'll fall asleep right away."

He was clearly lying.

Manjushri knew he was lying.

Herroy knew that her lie was clumsy.

But he couldn't help but say it, because "I'll fall asleep right away" sounded much more reassuring to the insect than "I can't fall asleep at all".

Being worry-free means being free of trouble; being free of trouble means not being disliked; not being disliked means... perhaps being 'likable'?

"Okay, okay, our Yiyi is about to fall asleep."

Manjushri continued speaking, without exposing his lie.

His palm continued to land on Heroi's back, but the pressure was even slower than before, so slow that the interval between the two strikes could almost be measured in seconds.

This is a technique he honed while working in the orphanage. For those children who can't sleep and are too afraid to talk about it, you can't rush them or be impatient. You can only use the slowest rhythm to let them relax little by little by following your beat.

But today, this method seems to have failed.

A minute passed.

Three minutes have passed.

Five minutes passed.

Manjushri felt the small body in his arms change from stiffness at first to a somewhat unnatural relaxation;

It's the kind of relaxation where you "try to relax," which is more heartbreaking than being tense.

Moreover, and most importantly, he discovered that with his careful comforting, Heroiyi's back was sweating.

It was cold sweat that broke out uncontrollably, not the kind of hot sweat that comes out when you're stuffy.

The fabric of the pajamas clung to the baby's thin back, feeling cool and sticky, completely different from the dry and warm feeling when they first got into bed.

Manjushri's hand movements froze, and he couldn't help but frown slightly. How could this be?

He began to secretly blame himself for being too hasty.

I thought that if I hugged the baby, patted him, and said a few sweet words, things would get better.

But he overlooked the most important point: Holoi was a little cub who had been abused by her father for a very long time.

His approach was both a sweet treat and a sharp blade to Heroiyi.

"Yi Yi".

Manjushri called out to Heroiyi with a guilty expression.

But this unintentionally made the already nervous child even more panicked, with cold sweat pouring out of his body.

Worse still, the gentle, comforting warmth of the "hand" that his father placed on his back made Holoii increasingly disoriented.

He wanted to hold back, to stay obediently in his father's arms, and to close his eyes and enjoy it peacefully, just like those "little males" who were pampered by their fathers.

But he couldn't do it; his body was more honest than his will.

Suddenly, his body convulsed, causing the insect to tumble awkwardly from his father's arms!

With a muffled thud and the rustling of the bedding, he fell onto the large bed.

Fortunately, the bed was soft enough, and the thick mattress held his falling body firmly in place, unlike the hard folding bed in the storage room on the first floor, which would hurt his bones every time he turned over.

Holoi was stunned by the fall, lying on her back, momentarily forgetting her fear;

No, it was pain that replaced his fear.

Because his little tail, which was already uncomfortable, was squeezed even more painfully by his rolling over.

"Yi Yi!"

Manjushri's voice was filled with obvious heartache and self-blame. He quickly scooped up the baby and held him in his arms again.

"Did you hurt yourself? It's your fault, Daddy. Daddy didn't hold you."

He secretly blamed himself, wondering how he couldn't even hold a child properly.

Even though she knew Heroi was nervous, she still couldn't handle it well.

He took a deep breath and was about to pull the baby closer to his chest, but it was only when he hugged him that he discovered the real reason why the baby couldn't sleep!