After two lifetimes, Yan Yincheng finally got to fall asleep holding his two young sons in his arms. His heart was filled with tenderness. The sense of blood - kinship made him truly understand what it meant to have a father - son bond. Especially when he held their tiny hands in his palm, his sense of responsibility as a father became even stronger. He wanted to do everything in his power to protect and shelter them.
When Xu Zixi pushed the door open and came in, he wasn't asleep. He heard her approaching the bed, and his heart involuntarily started beating faster. His body also stiffened.
What would she do?
Would she take the two children away from beside him, or...
Thump, thump!
In the quiet night, the waves outside gently rose and fell. After her footsteps paused by the window for a while, she turned around and walked out of his room.
Yan Yincheng was instantly overwhelmed by disappointment. He didn't know what he was expecting, but a secret joy welled up in his heart moments later. Could he sleep with the two children until dawn?
After the door was gently closed, the excited Third Master Yan couldn't help but lower his head and place a careful, long - awaited kiss on the two children's foreheads. He got even closer to them.
Before long, like the two children, he fell into a deep sleep.
That night, Third Master Yan had a dream. In his dream, just like when he was awake, it was pitch - black in front of his eyes. He knew he was dreaming because he heard a very sweet - sounding woman's voice. He heard this woman sometimes laughing and scolding with her friends, sometimes talking eloquently, showing her extremely rich knowledge and calm mind. Sometimes he could also hear her sobbing softly because she felt sorry for others' sufferings.
She was a calm, smart, confident, cute, and compassionate woman.
He remembered that he had never heard this voice before... but the tone and way of speaking were extremely similar to the woman next door...
In the dream, the woman was distressed because she encountered a problem in her experiment. To relieve the stress, she made an appointment with her friend to go racing on the mountain. He heard her joking with her friend and the sound of the car starting. His heart soared as the speed of the car increased. But then, a huge sense of panic came from the depths of his soul. He only heard the woman exclaim, "I can't brake!" Then there was a harsh sound of the wheels rubbing against the ground, the explosion of the car hitting the mountain, and the sound of the raging fire.
There was also her broken cry for help because of the pain...
Although he knew it was a dream, he was eager to go and help, but his eyes couldn't see anything, and his body was like being tightly trapped by iron chains. He couldn't move no matter what.
No!
His consciousness suddenly became clear. Yan Yincheng sat up on the bed, gasping for breath. His forehead was covered in cold sweat, and his heart rate soared to the extreme. His hands futilely reached forward, but all he grasped was air.
For a moment, he couldn't tell whether he was in reality or in a dream.
Until a warm little hand held his cold palm, and the panicked childish voice of Yuan Xiaoxu came from beside his ear: "Uncle Yin, I, I, I, Xiaoxu wet the bed!!"
Yan Yincheng was stunned. He reached down with his hand and only then felt that the sheets beneath him were wet. His sensitive sense of smell also caught a strange odor...
In a hurry, he carried Yuan Xiaoxu out of the bed. Yuan Xiaoxuan was also woken up by the noise. Seeing the "map" on the bed, he immediately ran back to Xu Zixi's room and knocked on the door:
"Mummy! Mummy, younger brother wet the bed on Uncle Yin's bed!"
The child wet the bed. What should he do? Third Master Yan had no experience in taking care of children, and he had just had a nightmare. He stood there holding Yuan Xiaoxu, at a loss. Yuan Xiaoxu also grabbed his collar, looking panicked, and his little hands couldn't help but tremble.
He still remembered that when he couldn't control himself and wet the bed before, mummy would get angry and spank his bottom! Although mummy hadn't spanked his bottom for a long time and had been very kind to him, if mummy knew that he wet the bed again, would she spank him again?!
Woo, why did he wet the bed again? He hadn't wet the bed for a long time!
Xu Zixi had just fallen asleep not long ago when she was woken up by Yuan Xiaoxuan's knocking on the door. Thinking something had happened, she quickly opened the door and was hugged around the leg by Yuan Xiaoxuan.
"What's wrong, Xuanxuan? What happened?"
He looked up, showing his tear - filled eyes. The tear mole under his eyes was especially clear: "Mummy, younger brother wet the bed on Uncle Yin's bed. He didn't do it on purpose. Please, please don't spank younger brother's bottom, okay?"
Huh? Wet the bed? And on Yan Yincheng's bed? It took her a while to react. She was immediately both amused and helpless.
"Don't worry, Xuanxuan. Mummy won't be angry. Come on, let's go and see Xiaoxu." Xu Zixi held back her laughter and led Yuan Xiaoxuan towards Yan Yincheng's bedroom. As soon as she entered the room, she saw a clear water stain on Yan Yincheng's pure - white sheets.
Seeing mummy with her back to him and not saying a word, Yuan Xiaoxu subconsciously tightened his grip around Yan Yincheng's neck and whispered, "Mummy... Xiaoxu knows he was wrong... Mummy, don't spank Xiaoxu's bottom..."
The feeling of being needed instantly made Third Master Yan find a bit of the feeling of being a father. He quickly stepped forward and said:
"It's normal for a child to wet the bed. He's still young and can't control himself. Don't blame him!"
Xu Zixi turned around, smiling faintly: "When did I say I was going to blame him? Yuan Xiaoxu, look at mummy."
Yuan Xiaoxu's small body trembled. He looked up at Xu Zixi aggrievedly. Mummy wasn't as angry as before. Instead, she reached out her hand to hug him. Yuan Xiaoxu immediately let go of Yan Yincheng and threw himself into Xu Zixi's arms.
"Do you know why you wet the bed?" Xu Zixi held the heavy child in her arms, pointed at the "map" on the bed, and analyzed it for him gently, "Coconut juice has a diuretic effect. You drank one more coconut and ate two more pieces of coconut jelly than your brother yesterday, so this happened. Remember next time, although coconuts are delicious, you can't eat too many. Remember?"
Yuan Xiaoxu's emotions were gradually soothed by her. He blinked his eyes and thought about what she said.
Was it because he ate too many coconuts? He whispered in Xu Zixi's ear, "Mummy, Xiaoxu will tell you a secret. Xiaoxu just dreamt of sweet coconut jelly when sleeping."
Xu Zixi was both angry and amused. She gently pinched his bottom and said, "Although mummy won't blame you for wetting the bed, you've made others unable to sleep. What should you say to uncle?"
Yuan Xiaoxu shyly looked at Yan Yincheng and said, "Uncle, I'm sorry."
Yan Yincheng said, "It's okay. Uncle doesn't blame you."
Xu Zixi put Yuan Xiaoxu down and said to Yan Yincheng apologetically, "Brother Cheng, I'm sorry. I'll call Aunt Zhang up right away to change the sheets for you."
Thinking of the dream just now, Yan Yincheng inexplicably didn't want her to leave, so he said:
"There are no spare sheets. Since I don't come here often to live, there's only this set."