1251 Daily Routines of Child-Rearing

San Bao searched with her soft hands for the familiar feel of the ‘milk bottle’. She touched the person next to her, but she could not feel the familiar and soft touch that she was used to. She was stunned.

San Bao turned her head to realize that the person next to her was not her mama. Instead, it was the bad guy who came to her house yesterday.

San Bao turned pale in fright.

The little girl was indeed smart. She knew that she was not the bad guy’s match and it was pointless to cry. She turned to her brothers who slept by her side and woke them up.

Once the triplets were awake, they tried to shoo Zhai Sheng away from the bed and get their mother to sleep by their side.

Zhai Sheng was as tired as Qiao Nan, but he was more alert than her. He held his wife by his side while his children slept next to him. Even though he was woken up by them early in the morning, he was in a good mood. He noticed that the triplets were moving about.

Since the bullish father was in a good mood, he made use of this opportunity to observe his children. He wanted to know what his children would do under such a situation.

Da Bao was, after all, the elder brother. He hugged San Bao before he stood up shakily, trying to make it past Zhai Sheng to check if their mother was still in the room and on the bed.

The triplets had a clear memory that they slept on the bed with their mama yesterday night. Their mama would not leave them.

Zhai Sheng was glad that Da Bao might be young, but he did not panic. Instead, he was calm and could compose himself and use his wits. He did not provoke his strongest ‘enemy’ but took the indirect approach to look for Qiao Nan.

Da Bao was still a baby. He knew nothing about strategy. What he did was his natural reaction.

Now that Zhai Sheng decided to act as a naughty father, he used his long legs to block his elder son. He refused to let him go past him. If Da Bao moved an inch, Zhai Sheng would move his leg to push Da Bao back to his original position.

Da Bao did not come back to his senses on his first try. He fell back on his bottom and sat on the bed, blinking. He had a serious expression on his face as he made the second try.

On the third time, Da Bao finally realized what was going on. His eyes turned red and he shot accusing glares at the naughty father who teased his son.

It was obvious what happened thereafter.

Since Zhai Sheng teased Da Bao, there was no reason for him to ignore Er Bao and San Bao.

Given how he teased them, it was no wonder that they ended up in tears.

Qiao Nan carried her chubby daughter and checked the time. It was half past five.

She touched her daughter’s tummy. It was bloated as if she was full from her meals. Qiao Nan sat up without another word but was stopped by Zhai Sheng. He pushed her back onto the bed.

Zhai Sheng looked toward her. “What are you doing?”

“The children need to go to the toilet at five in the morning.”

“Go to sleep. I will do it.” Zhai Sheng took his chubby daughter from his wife and reached the restroom in a few steps.

San Bao did not want to cooperate with Zhai Sheng, but she felt bloated and had to go to the restroom.

There was no need for Qiao Nan to teach him. After San Bao was done, he took Da Bao and Er Bao one by one to the restroom.

“Is it time for them to wake up and brush their teeth and wash their faces?” Zhai Sheng was used to waking up at five in the morning. He thought that Qiao Nan had developed this habit in the children as well. He took the babies’ s.h.i.+rt and pants from the wardrobe. Perhaps he should learn how to put on clothes for them.

Qiao Nan shook her head. She reached toward the triplets and moved them to her side. “It’s still early. After I bring them to the restroom, they will sleep for another hour and wake up at around six. It is too early now.” As babies, there was no need for them to wake up at such an early time. They did not need to go for training or go for lessons.

“Brother Zhai, stop teasing the triplets. They may be young, but they have a huge temper.” She used to think that the elders at home would spoil the triplets, so she and Brother Zhai had to be strict with them so that they would grow up to be well-behaved children.

Perhaps she could be a strict mother. As for Brother Zhai, apart from being fierce, he was simply a bullish father!

“Let me tell you beforehand. The old master and Mom are very protective of the triplets. My master dotes on them as well. If they catch you bullying the triplets, I won’t be able to help you.”

Zhai Sheng did not get up early in the morning, unlike his usual routine. He lay down on the bed, encircling his iron arms around Qiao Nan’s waist. “Don’t worry. I know what I am doing.” Even though he was not at home, he had made an intelligent guess from the little information that Zhai Hua told him.

“Aren’t you getting up now?” Qiao Nan lay on her side and cuddled the triplets, blocking Zhai Sheng from the triplets so that they would not be upset. She did not want them to lose their temper at Zhai Sheng endlessly.

Zhai Sheng pushed Qiao Nan’s long hair to the side and kissed her on her fair and smooth nape. “There’s no hurry. I can keep you company for a while. I will wait until the four of you are asleep before I get up.” He was finally back home. He would not be too hard on himself. It was necessary to take breaks.

“Alright.” Qiao Nan did not really hear Zhai Sheng’s words. Zhai Sheng seemed like a fish that would give her a bite on her nape from time to time. The slight pain could not be compared to the pain that he put her through when he pressed down on her last night.

She did not feel very comfortable being bitten by him. There was a tickle coupled with slight pain.

But she had been through more painful and exciting ‘tortures’. This was nothing compared to them. Qiao Nan was able to ignore them. True enough, she had already drifted off to sleep.

Their mother was by their side and Zhai Sheng was blocked from their view. The triplets could not see the bad guy. They blinked and looked toward the s.p.a.ce next to their mother before they yawned twice and fell asleep in no time.

Zhai Sheng smiled when he heard the slight snores of the triplets and he got up from the bed. Ten minutes had pa.s.sed since he got up and went back to bed again.

Zhai Sheng fixed his gaze on his three chubby babies while he put on his clothes. There was a look of tenderness and adoration in his cold and dark gaze.

He would definitely dote on his babies.

They would turn one year old in a few days. But he had never seen kids who were as smart as them at this age.

This morning, he was surprised by Da Bao’s behavior. It was then did Zhai Sheng realize and understand that this must be how the old master and his father felt when he was born.

They were his children. The same blood flowed in the triplets’ veins. They were his successors.