My girlfriend isn't as cute as me.

This child is so young yet already knows how to protect his food; I wonder if he inherited Wang Yuting's gluttonous personality.

I'm really worried about what will happen to this child in the future.

"Let me hold the baby."

Seeing Wang Yuting's exhausted appearance, Lin Jiu took the initiative to share her burden.

"Ah ha ha……"

Wang Yuting entrusted the child to Lin Jiu, leaned back against the headboard, and slowly breathed a sigh of relief.

After Lin Xuan finished eating, she didn't cry or fuss and fell asleep in Lin Jiu's arms.

Lin Jiu gently patted Lin Xuan's back to help her catch her breath.

Lin Xuan slowly burped.

Children are prone to bloating, and if you don't help them pat their backs, they might vomit while they're sleeping.

"Yuting, are you still not sleeping well these past few days?"

"Hmm... I asked the midwife, and she said it's a normal phenomenon, and I just have to bear with it. Jiu'er, listen to me, it's amazing that the baby keeps growing after giving birth!" Wang Yuting clutched her chest. Her development was already quite good, even Ye Yue was envious. Now, needless to say, she completely outclassed Ye Yue in every way.

"You don't need to emphasize this to me." Lin Jiu's face turned slightly red.

"Hmph, you clearly like it, but you're pretending not to be interested." Wang Yuting teased Lin Jiu, but as she spoke, she ran out of energy and collapsed on the hospital bed, staring blankly at the ceiling, and murmured softly, "So tired. I naively thought that after giving birth I could go home and play games. I really want to play Xenoblade Chronicles 3."

"I brought my game console with me."

"Jiu'er, you are my goddess—"

"But you can't play now."

Lin Jiu said ruthlessly.

Wang Yuting's face instantly fell.

"Jiu'er is bullying me!"

Wang Yuting muttered unhappily.

"Okay, okay, I'm being mean. You should go to sleep now." Lin Jiu readily accepted his girlfriend's dissatisfaction. Looking at Wang Yuting, who seemed about to collapse, how could he let her play games? "I'll give you a massage, so go to sleep now."

Lin Jiu placed his sleeping daughter in the crib. To be honest, he still didn't quite feel like a father, but he would do everything in his power to take good care of Yu Ting and Lin Xuan.

Under Lin Jiu's massage, Wang Yuting quickly relaxed and fell asleep. The fatigue felt like it was locked inside her body; closing her eyes only brought worry about her child's condition, making it impossible for her to sleep. But with Lin Jiu there, she could entrust her daughter to his care without worry and get a good night's sleep.

After confirming that Wang Yuting was asleep, Lin Jiu was about to sit down and rest when he suddenly heard his daughter crying.

"what……"

Lin Jiu heard her daughter crying, closed her eyes to listen carefully, and compared the frequency and sound of the crying with memories of Lin Xuan in her memory library. She understood why her daughter was crying. The baby hadn't learned to speak yet and couldn't express her emotions, so she could only use crying to tell adults that she was uncomfortable. As for the reason for her discomfort, that required careful observation from the adults.

"I told you to eat so much, you got indigestion and pooped, didn't you?"

Lin Jiu skillfully washed Lin Xuan's bottom, cleaned it, and changed it into a new diaper, wrapping the old diaper up to prevent the odor from leaking out.

"Sleep, sleep, my dear baby, Mommy's hands are gently rocking you..."

Lin Jiu sat on the chair with her daughter in her arms, coaxing her to sleep. Before she knew it, her eyelids gradually closed.

When Wang Yuting woke up, she saw Lin Jiu holding Lin Xuan, who was asleep in a chair. The two of them, one big and one small, were sleeping soundly.

Even when Lin Jiu was asleep, he held his daughter tightly in his arms, making sure she wouldn't fall to the ground or get hurt.

Wang Yuting quietly took a picture of this scene, set it as her phone wallpaper, and smiled happily.

The final chapter of the story, featuring 1 camphor trees in one location! And -

"As expected, home is still the best!"

Wang Yuting carried Lin Xuan home, breathing in the fresh air of home, finally saying goodbye to her life in the hospital.

A single room in the hospital is nowhere near as comfortable as home. In addition, Lin Jiu returned home early to clean the house, removing all the dust that had accumulated over the past few days. Now the whole house is sparkling clean, showing that Lin Jiu has indeed accumulated a lot of pressure during this period.

Lin Jiu is the type who vents his inner stress through housework. This doesn't mean causing trouble or playing pranks to upset everyone. Instead, he takes housework to the extreme, leaving no stain untouched and cleaning even the finest dust. His only headache is that, having not done housework for a while, the house has infested with bugs, which takes a lot of effort.

"Waaaaah..."

Lin Xuan curiously stretched out her hands to her surroundings, showing no fear despite the change in environment.

Perhaps because Wang Yuting and Lin Jiu both appeared particularly relaxed, she naturally understood that this was her home.

"It's so clean."

Wang Yuan tried wiping the shoe cabinet with his finger, and there wasn't even a speck of dust.

“That’s right. My Lin Jiu is always meticulous in everything he does, so of course he wouldn’t overlook any small details. Besides, this is our home, and it’s only home because he’s here,” Wang Yuting praised happily. She never hesitated to praise Lin Jiu.

Wang Yuan smiled slightly, feeling a little envious of Lin Jiu, who was so adored by her daughter.

Welcome back.

Lin Jiu came out of the bathroom. He had just finished showering and changed into casual clothes, washing away the sweat from doing housework. If he were sweaty, Xiao Xuan wouldn't let him hold him; that child was never polite to her parents.

"I'm back~"

Wang Yuting was so happy that she wanted to rush over, but Lin Jiu stopped her.

Go wash your hands.

"Yes!"

Wang Yuting obediently led Xiao Xuan to the washroom to wash her hands.

"Dad, you need to wash your hands too. It's for Xiaoxuan's own good," Lin Jiu said earnestly.

"Ok."

Wang Yuan sensed an unspeakable authority emanating from Lin Jiu. After his daughter came out of the washroom, he obediently went in to wash his hands.

Lin Jiu nodded in satisfaction and went to the living room to make tea for her elderly father, as children should still show proper etiquette.

Wang Yuan hadn't had tea brewed by Lin Jiu in a long time, so he was happy to enjoy it, since Lin Jiu's skills were indeed quite good.

Brewing tea also requires skill. Whether it's water temperature or preparation, failing to do so will waste even the best tea leaves.

Lin Jiu's aversion to waste was perfectly demonstrated when brewing tea, so even Wang Yuting, a naive girl who knew nothing about tea, loved his brew. Unfortunately, sometimes when Lin Jiu offered to brew tea for Wang Yuting, she still preferred the drinks from the refrigerator.

This is probably the helplessness a middle-aged father feels when he sees his child who likes to drink beverages; Lin Jiu is at a loss about what to do.

After exchanging parenting tips with her father, Xiaoxuan got tired and sleepy.

"I'll take care of Xiaoxuan. You and Lin Jiu go have some tea and rest."

"Ok."

"Thank you, Dad."

Lin Jiu and Wang Yuting watched as Wang Yuan carried Lin Xuan into the room. They looked at each other and breathed a sigh of relief.

Since the birth of their child, Lin Jiu and Wang Yuting haven't had a single moment alone together in a long time, not even a few minutes.

"Yuting, are you used to life with a child?"

"Absolutely not!"

"I think so too..."

Looking at Wang Yuting's lively and active appearance, Lin Jiu felt much more at ease. As long as she is healthy, that's all that matters.

"Raising a child is much harder than I imagined," Wang Yuting muttered, pursing her lips. She had naively thought that with her intelligence, taking care of a child would be a piece of cake, but reality soon gave her a harsh lesson.

"It feels like completing daily tasks. I need to feed the baby eight times, change diapers at least ten times, bathe the baby once a day, wash the baby's bottom countless times, and soothe the baby to sleep and stop crying countless times. Every task is mandatory, with no option to refuse. If the baby's diapers are not changed, it can easily lead to skin diseases." Wang Yuting leaned back on the sofa. Although she didn't have to carry a big belly all day after giving birth, she didn't feel any relief at all. Instead, she felt even heavier.

“If that’s what you’re saying, then it’s true,” Lin Jiu said with a light laugh, her smile revealing her love for the child. “Children always grow up so fast. Maybe before we even realize it, the child will be taller than me. There’s still a long road ahead, and we as parents have to keep going.”

“Jiu’er…”

Wang Yuting stared blankly at Lin Jiu, muttering in disbelief, "You actually want the child to be taller than you?"

"Yes."

Looking at Wang Yuting's surprised expression, Lin Jiu puffed out his cheeks in dissatisfaction and muttered, "As a father, I just want my child to grow up healthy and strong. What's wrong with that? If she's taller than me, it means she's in good health, that the food she eats can be properly absorbed as nutrients, and that she'll have a stronger immune system and get sick less often. That's the most important thing to me. I won't make a fuss about my child being taller than me."

These are Lin Jiu's true feelings.

He does have an unusual obsession with height, but his daughter is far more important to him than that obsession.

Wang Yuting looked at Lin Jiu, who seemed lost in thought, and slowly lowered her head, saying softly, "Compared to you, as a mother, I've considered far too few things. I feel ashamed."

"Yuting..."

"I still feel very uneasy, and I keep thinking about things I shouldn't be thinking about."

Wang Yuting clenched her hands. She usually wouldn't dare speak these words, afraid Lin Xuan would overhear. But now Lin Xuan was asleep, and her father was there to take care of her, so she dared to reveal her inner turmoil. If she kept it bottled up inside, it might explode at any moment, and then it would be too late to undo it. It was better to speak out now.

"Although I know that after the baby is born, our lives will not go back to the way they were at the beginning, and a lot will change. I don't know if these changes will be good or bad. Maybe we will be very happy, or maybe we will be too busy to take care of each other. I always think that after the baby is born, will my importance in your heart be replaced, and will our child become the most important person in your eyes? I also worry that my eyes will only be on the child, and that your presence in my heart will slowly fade. I am really uneasy."

Wang Yuting lowered her head and poured out all the worries deep in her heart.

Lin Jiu pursed her lips, took a slight breath, and made a move.

"Heave-ho."

Lin Jiu sat down next to Wang Yuting.

Just like before, as always.

Wang Yuting's side belongs to Lin Jiu; this has always been Lin Jiu's spot.

The two sat on the sofa, their shoulders close together.

"And now?"

Lin Jiu turned to look at Wang Yuting and took her hand.

"Do you still feel uneasy?"

"I……"

Wang Yuting's negative thoughts suddenly vanished, simply because he touched her; it was truly unbelievable.

Perhaps because she had been home for so long, Wang Yuting experienced the daily life before her child was born, and thus gained some insights.

“From the time I got pregnant until I gave birth to Lin Xuan, you never abandoned me. You did everything I couldn’t do. Even now, I still rely on you. Without you, I can’t take care of the baby at all. During this time, you took leave from school and ran back and forth every day. You cooked for me, did my laundry, fed the baby, and changed diapers.” Wang Yuting recalled how, during her hospitalization, Lin Jiu, in order to help her recover as quickly as possible, went to the midwife to ask which foods would help with postpartum recovery, and then cooked meals for her every day and brought them to her.