nycdaug Chapter 183 You dog of a man, well done!
Chapter 183 You dog of a man, well done!
Gu Jun: ...
He ruffled the child's soft hair. "Alright, I'm going in to take a shower. You stay outside and behave yourself."
Gu Xi nodded, moved a small wooden stool, and waited outside with her chin resting on her hand. After a few minutes, she ran to the toilet door with her short legs and knocked on it.
Gu Jun called out from inside, "What is it?"
Gu Xi pressed herself against the door panel. "Does Dad need a towel? I'll go get it for you."
Gu Jun: "No need, Dad took it."
Gu Xi gave a disappointed "Oh," sat back down on the small wooden stool, and after a while, her eyes suddenly lit up. She ran back and knocked on the door again.
Gu Jun: "What is it?"
Gu Xi called out loudly, "Does Daddy need soap? I can get it for you."
Gu Jun: "...No need, I've taken it. The baby can just sit there. There's no need for Daddy to take anything."
"Okay." Gu Xi nodded, and even the tuft of fur on his head drooped down. He was disappointed that he couldn't help his father, but he wasn't discouraged. After patting Ah Xi's head by the doghouse, he had another idea and ran back to his doghouse.
Shu Yun was heating up food in the kitchen, watching the little guy running around from outside the window. Gu Jun's voice changed from gentle to helpless.
Shu Yun thought to herself: Serves you right. I've been away from home for half a year, so you can really experience how difficult it is to take care of a child.
Gu Jun dared not shower any longer, fearing the little guy would come knocking on the door again. He quickly took a quick shower and came out. As soon as he opened the door, his leg bumped into something soft and fluffy.
She spoke in a soft, gentle voice, "Daddy, are you done?"
Gu Jun nodded and wiped the fine sweat from the little guy's forehead. He was afraid that if he didn't come out soon, the door would be broken.
Gu Xi's eyes immediately lit up. "Oh, I see. Now you're Xiangxiang's dad. Xiangxiang's baby can kiss the baby!"
As he spoke, the little guy raised one side of his face, and Gu Jun gently lifted him up and kissed him lightly on the cheek. The little guy immediately giggled happily.
The little guy wrapped his soft arms around his dad's neck and said happily, "Daddy, I want to ride a big horse, go out and ride a big horse." He also wanted to go out and show off to his friends that his dad would let him ride a big horse, and that his dad was very tall and handsome.
Just as Gu Jun was about to agree, Shu Yun leaned halfway out of the window and said coldly, "No, Mom has already cooked the rice and dishes. It's time to eat now. If you want to go out, you have to wait until after you finish eating."
"Mommy~" Gu Xi said coquettishly.
Shu Yun remained unmoved. "If you leave now, I won't leave you any food. If you're hungry tonight, don't cry and call for your mother."
The feeling of being hungry was unpleasant, so the little guy patted his tummy and finally gave in, "Okay, then, we'll go after I eat. Daddy, can you take me outside to ride a horse later?"
The little boy looked at him expectantly with wet eyes. His eyes resembled Shu Yun's. Stared at by those eyes, Gu Jun couldn't bring himself to refuse and nodded in agreement.
The little guy squatted down next to Ah Xi and stroked her fur. Gu Jun and Shu Yun carried the food to the yard together.
Gu Jun said softly to Shu Yun, "Thank you for your hard work while I was away."
Shu Yun: "You know that's good. Although your son has a good temper, he's a very difficult kid to manage. He follows me around like a little bug all day long, and sometimes I just can't handle it."
Gu Jun: "I feel that our baby is very well-behaved, cute and obedient. You must have been just like this when you were a child."
Shu Yun only agreed with half of what he said, "Indeed, I was just as cute as our baby when I was little, but his temper is nothing like mine; he can be quite stubborn sometimes."
Gu Jun: "That's like me, all the bad things are like me."
As they were talking, Shu Yun suddenly remembered something and said with a smile, "Oh right, your son even prepared a gift for you this time, but I didn't get one."
"Really?" Gu Jun was quite happy.
Shu Yun suppressed the urge to burst into laughter. "Of course." She called out to the outside, "Baby, didn't you say you had a gift for Daddy? How could you forget? Hurry up and bring it out."
"Oh right, baby also prepared a gift for Daddy." The little guy suddenly stood up, and the one hair on his head that was originally limp stood up again. He ran back to his little bedroom with his short legs, and after a while, under Gu Jun's expectant gaze, he took out the tightly wrapped thing. "Daddy, this is for you."
"What is this?" Gu Jun took it, carefully and tenderly unwrapping the outer paper. But when he saw what was inside, his smile froze on his face. This, this is...
Gu Xi said loudly and proudly, "This is baby's favorite sponge cake. Baby specially saved it for dad."
A sponge cake? Gu Jun thought it should be a moldy sponge cake. He looked at Shu Yun, whose smile said it all.
His son is trying to make his dad go to the hospital with food poisoning as soon as he gets back from his business trip.
Gu Xi said earnestly and eagerly, "Daddy, eat up! The sponge cake is super delicious!" As she spoke, she slurped her saliva again.
Looking at his innocent-looking son, Gu Jun thought, "What bad thoughts could my baby possibly have? He's such a filial son!"
Shu Yun, with an expression that suggested she was enjoying the show, urged her son, "Yes, yes, Dad, eat up! This is a token of our son's filial piety; we can't waste it."
Gu Jun secretly glared at his wife, then looked at the baby with wide, expectant eyes and said, "Daddy really likes the baby's gift, cough cough, but Daddy thinks the baby's gift should be shared with Mommy, otherwise Mommy will definitely be sad that the baby didn't prepare a gift for Mommy."
Gu Jun handed the sponge cake to Shu Yun as if it were a hot potato.
Gu Xi didn't understand, but nodded, "Yes, Mom, eat."
Gu Jun: "Okay, let's give it to Mom first."
Shu Yun: ...
That scoundrel, what a fine man!
Shu Yun: "Since it's a gift for Dad, Dad should eat it first. Mom won't be sad. It's the same when the baby grows up and gives Mom a gift."
Shu Yun tossed the sponge cake back into Gu Jun's hands, and the two of them went back and forth for a few rounds, leaving Gu Xi completely bewildered. He rubbed his rumbling tummy and said, "Mommy, I'm hungry."
Shu Yun's eyes lit up. "You're hungry? Great!" she thought. "Then let's eat right away. We can have the steamed egg custard after we eat. If we eat it now, we won't be able to eat anything else." She added that they might even have to go to the hospital.
The little one nodded, and the couple breathed a sigh of relief. They placed the moldy sponge cake on the corner of the table, trying to ignore it so as not to affect their appetite.