“Crying is useless, I won’t coax you.” Yan Jin lightly patted Guobaorou’s head, “So you’d better not cry.”

Perhaps Guobaorou was intimidated just now, so when Yan Jin bathed her next, Guobaorou was very obedient and didn’t make a sound.

But although Guobaorou didn’t cry, Yan Jin who underestimated how difficult it was to bathe a child was exhausted.

So much so that when Yu Shu first saw Yan Jin and Guobaorou come out, he was startled by the fatigue on Yan Jin’s face, “Xiaoxiao, what’s wrong with you?”

“I used to think dealing with people was the most tiring, but I didn’t expect bathing a child to be the most tiring.”

Even the usually calm Yan Jin couldn’t help but sigh, “Children’s skin is really too delicate. I’m afraid of pinching her red with any force. When I was bathing her, I was holding my breath the whole time.”

Yu Shu asked Yan Jin, “Are your hands sore?”

Yan Jin carefully felt and said, “A little sore, but tolerable.”

“This little soreness still needs to be tolerated.” Yu Shu laughed, “I’m standing right here, and you didn’t even think to let me help you massage it?”

[At first I thought Yu Shu was just arguing, but I didn’t expect Yu Shu wanted to volunteer to massage Yan Jin’s arms?] [Who was it that told Yan Jin before not to call him ‘gege’ in public, and now he’s voluntarily offering to massage her arm for her (pointing fingers)]

Yan Jin also thought of the same issue and raised her guard, “If I let you massage my arm, will you say later that I’m not paying attention to the occasion?”

A vein throbbed on Yu Shu’s forehead, “Do I look like the kind of person who would bring up old scores?”

“You won’t bring up old scores when you’re sober, but there’s no guarantee you won’t when you’re drunk.” Yan Jin said faintly, “You don’t even know how difficult you are when you’re drunk.”

Being told so bluntly by Yan Jin that he was difficult, Yu Shu felt a bit embarrassed, “Then don’t bother with me, who asked you to bother with me.”

“I’d feel guilty if I didn’t bother with you.” Yan Jin: “After all, I’m an upright and kind person.”

“I’m not talking to you anymore. Anyway, you’re always right no matter what.” Yu Shu glanced at Yan Jin, bent down to pick up Guobaorou, and walked out of the bathhouse in a huff.

Guobaorou, carried on Yu Shu’s shoulder, sighed like a little spirit.

Father has become so childish.

He clearly wants Mother to coax him, but won’t say it directly. Beating around the bush, how could Mother possibly guess his thoughts.

The bathhouse owner joked on the side, “Little husband is already angered away, isn’t Miss Yan going to chase after him and coax him?”

Yan Jin, who developed the ginger candy recipe, could be considered a rising figure in Yongning County. Plus, County Magistrate’s daughter Zhou Nongyun had brought her here before, so the bathhouse owner recognized Yan Jin.

“If I chase after him now, he’ll definitely be even angrier.” Yan Jin: “Wait a bit for his anger to dissipate, then I’ll go coax him.”

“Miss Yan, one look and I can tell you don’t understand men’s thoughts.” The bathhouse owner laughed, “Coaxing naturally has to strike while the iron is hot, how can you wait a while before coaxing? Won’t the dish get cold?”

Yan Jin shook her head, “This varies from person to person.”

“After all, every time I go coax him after a while, the effect is quite good.”

One willing to beat, one willing to be beaten, isn’t this quite a good effect?

“Alright, I spoke too much.” The bathhouse owner saw through it and laughed while shaking his head.

Yu Shu carried Guobaorou and walked for a while. His anger had mostly dissipated. He felt his behavior just now was really too childish, so he stopped to wait for Yan Jin to catch up.

After waiting a bit, Yu Shu finally saw Yan Jin sauntering over with two sugar-coated haw sticks.

“You knew I was waiting for you, but you didn’t hurry up and even went to buy sugar-coated haw sticks.” Yu Shu took the two sugar-coated haw sticks Yan Jin handed over and even muttered softly, “Buying one stick is enough, but you bought two. Children eating too much sugar can easily get cavities.”

“Who said it was for the child?”

Yan Jin pressed Yu Shu’s hand, turned the two sugar-coated haw sticks he was about to hand to Guobaorou, and brought them to Yu Shu’s lips, “I bought them for you.”

Guobaorou, who had opened her mouth wide, ready to “chomp” down a hawthorn ball in one bite, froze.

The two sugar-coated haw sticks Mother bought, didn’t include her share?

“Ah?” Yu Shu was stunned, “These, these two sticks are both for me?”

Yan Jin nodded, “Don’t you like eating sweet things? I bought them to coax you.”

In the end, Yan Jin even specially emphasized, “These two sticks are both yours.”

In addition to being pleasantly surprised, Yu Shu didn’t forget to ask on Guobaorou’s behalf, “There’s no share for Guobaorou?”

Yan Jin looked at Yu Shu a bit strangely, “She’s not angry, so why would I buy them to coax her?”

The total word count of this book is: 1,155,280″Bad Mother!” Guobaorou, clutching Yu Shu’s lapel, pouted and made as if to start wailing, “Guobaorou also wants to eat!”

“Guobaorou is so small, how could I have the nerve to take both sticks.” Although the corners of Yu Shu’s mouth were raised high, he still tried to suppress it, “We adults have to be fair and just, to set a good example for children.”

“You’re right.” Yan Jin pondered, “This indeed isn’t very fair.”

Yu Shu and Guobaorou secretly let out a sigh of relief.

Although Yan Jin’s blatant favoritism still made Yu Shu quite pleased, it wasn’t good to be too biased while holding a four-year-old child.

But Yan Jin, really, if she wanted to give him sugar-coated haw sticks, she could have just given them to him privately. Doing it in front of the child, how embarrassing.

Compared to Yu Shu’s complex delight in his heart, Guobaorou’s thoughts were much simpler.

Wuwu, she knew Father doted on her the most and thought of her whenever there was something good to eat.

Thinking of this, Guobaorou impatiently opened her mouth wide again, waiting to be fed sweet sugar-coated haw by Father, when suddenly her vision went dark–someone covered her eyes.

“I thought about it carefully. It indeed isn’t very appropriate in front of the child.” Guobaorou heard Mother’s calm voice, “So I covered her eyes. If she can’t see it, it’s as if it never happened.”

Their progress is a bit slow, worrying me to death, so I grabbed Guobaorou as an assist. I myself can’t wait to jump into the book and push their heads together to kiss (slaps thigh)

Guobaorou will go offline in a few chapters after assisting with that achievement.

Guobaorou is not their child, I made a typo in the author’s note last chapter.

They won’t adopt non-biological Guobaorou, won’t raise a child.

I’m trying to write more, hoping Yan Jin and Yu Shu will quickly show me some flirting (devil’s whisper)

Starting tomorrow, it will be six updates per day, at 12:00 noon and 18:00 in the evening, updating 6,000 words per day.

Because my kidney, it’s deficient (shakily picks up Huiyuan Kidney Nourishing Oral Liquid)

Special thanks to a little rich woman. If she hadn’t private messaged me this morning, I wouldn’t have known that the new cover I happily put up yesterday was plagiarized…

When other authors commission character designs, the worst case if it falls through is the finished product not looking good. My fall through was an avalanche.

Too miserable, but thinking of finishing writing today, I feel it’s not that miserable. After all, the world is big, but writing is the biggest.

I want to play games tonight, gain a few more male pets. Only beauties can soothe me.