Chapter 782: Bathing Was Challenging
Fu Tingyu replied without raising his head. He opened the storage in the car and took out a chocolate box, then retrieved a piece of the chocolate and handed it to the Cutie Pie.
“This is chocolate. It’s delicious. Try this.”
The Cutie Pie reached out and took the chocolate in her hand, then took a bite at it. She chewed on the delicacy for a while, savoring the taste. After swallowing the first bite, she took another bite and continued to nibble at it.
Children did not lie. They would continue eating if they liked particular food. On the other hand, they would refuse if they disliked the food too.
Fu Tingyu knew she liked chocolates when he saw her taking one bite after another.
“Young master, this… this.” The bodyguard was in a dilemma at the boy’s action.
Ignoring his bodyguard, who was in a dilemma, he lowered his sight and watched the Cutie Pie reach out her chubby little hand for another piece after she finished the first piece of chocolates.
“Brother, Xiao Bao wants to eat chocolate.” The sentence was a little long, and her baby voice wasn’t talking clearly.
But Fu Tingyu understood her words and gave her another piece.
They soon arrived at Bright Garden. Before he got out of the car, Fu Tingyu instructed, “Do not tell my father and my mother.”
He wanted to keep the Cutie Pie and raise her on his own. She would be his in the future.
The bodyguard was even more in a dilemma. The young master was still a child. How could he raise a little girl on his own?
Would there be any trouble?
Fu Tingyu was eight. He was taller than his age, and he practiced martial arts, making him a strong boy for his age. He carried the Cutie Pie up the stair with no effort and went straight into his bedroom.
The Cutie Pie, who had just finished up her last piece of chocolates, had her pink, tender lips smeared with chocolates.
She gazed at the smooth, fair neck of the boy carrying him. It reminded her of her mother. She would kiss her mother’s cheek every time she held her like this.
She held Fu Tingyu’s face with her chubby hands and planted a kiss on his cheek.
Fu Tingyu stopped in his track when he felt her light smooch on his cheek. It was sticky and wet.
He turned to look at the Cutie Pie. Her lips were heavily smeared with chocolates. He did not need to check himself on the mirror to know the sticky, wet stain on his face was chocolates.
“Why did you leave the chocolate stain on my face?” He recalled that she might not understand him after he finished his question.
“Kiss. If you like it, kiss it.” She gazed at him with a grin on her face.
Fu Tingyu blushed at her words. “How can you call this a kiss?”
He ran into the bathroom and checked himself on the mirror after putting her down on the floor. There was indeed a brownish stain on his cheek.
How could she call this a kiss?
Fu Tingyu washed the stain off his face and walked out with a wet towel. He squatted down in front of the Cutie Pie and said, “Your mouth is dirty. Let me clean it up for you.”
He was gentle when he wiped off the chocolates from her lips, careful not to hurt her in the process.
After cleaning her up, he heard her say, “Xiao Bao, be a good girl, and eat up.”
Fu Tingyu was stunned for a moment, not understanding what she was trying to say.
It was until he told the maid to bring dinner and had the food placed on the dining table that he got to understand she was hungry and wanted to eat, as she kept repeating, “Xiao Bao, be a good girl, and eat up.”
Fu Tingyu, who was still a child, had no idea that a toddler still required spoon-feeding. He had the food placed in front of her and handed her a spoon.
“Xiao Bao, be a good girl, and eat up.”
She held the spoon firmly in her hand and reached for the bowl. She scooped a spoonful of soup from the bowl and spilled half of the soup on the table before it got to her mouth. Regardless of that, she ate well.
Fu Tingyu couldn’t help laughing when he watched her eat. He, too, picked up the cutleries and began to dig in.
The Cutie Pie placed the spoon on the plate in front of her and called out in her baby voice, “I want to eat meat.”
“Let me get some for you.” Fu Tingyu firmly gripped his chopstick, picked a few meat pieces, and placed them in her bowl.
“Eat more, and you’ll grow taller.”
Fu Tingyu needed to study and finish his homework after they were done eating. Apart from that, he needed to learn a few other languages from foreign countries.
“Play by yourself. I’ll play with you when I’m done.”
Fu Tingyu left a few books with her and put her on the sofa to play with herself while studying and doing his homework.
He turned around to check on her when he was done. What he saw came as a shock to him.
Books were scattered around the floor while the Cutie Pie was sleeping soundly on the sofa.
He looked at the clock and realized that it was already ten at night.
It was no wonder she fell asleep.
He stood up and walked over. Cutie Pie was sleeping with her lips pouted, and her chubby cheeks looked tender and adorable. She looked so cute when she was asleep that his heart went soft just by looking at her.
But she needed to bathe first before she could sleep.
There were baby clothes stashed away in the cupboard, beautiful dresses, clothes, and even sleeping bags for babies. And they were for baby girls because he would soon have a sister like her.
Bathing a baby was the most troublesome chore of all.
She was upset and pouted her little lips after being wakened up.
He put some water in the bathtub and started to undress her.
“Am I good to you?”
The Cutie Pie cocked her little head and stared at him for a moment before nodding her head.
“Do you want to keep being with me? I’ll give you candies, chocolates, and cakes every day.”
She pondered for a moment before she nodded again.
The corner of his mouth curled up into a proud bright smile.
But just as he was feeling proud of himself, he heard her saying, “Xiao Bao missed Mommy.”
“Your Mommy doesn’t want you anymore. Be with me, and I’ll take care of you, okay?”
Fu Tingyu thought that she would be happy. He had no idea she would burst into tears. He had never seen a girl cry, so he was momentarily at a loss trying to coax her to stop.
It wasn’t an easy task to coax her to stop crying. And now, Fu Tingyu needed to bathe her, and that for him, was the most challenging task.
It was past twelve when he put her to bed.
The Cutie Pie was yawning on nodding off when he left her sitting on the bed to take a shower himself. He couldn’t help feeling amused at this sight when he came out from his shower.
He had a big bed, so there was more than enough space to accommodate both of them.
He pulled her into his arm and cuddled her as he slept.
Just at this moment, the Cutie Pie mumbled in her, “Mommy, I want milk.”
Milk?
He immediately thought of the milk powder his mother prepared for the arrival of his baby sister. He climbed down from the bed, sneaked into the nearby room, and sneaked out with a tin of milk powder and a milk bottle.
Fu Tingyu was a person with high intelligence. He already knew the formula and how to turn them into milk after reading through the manual provided.
He prepared 200 milliliters of baby formula and handed the bottle of milk to the Cutie Pie with the teats pointed near her mouth. She opened her mouth and started sucking the teats of the bottle.
He lay down on the bed and pulled up the cover on both of them after she was done feeding on the milk bottle and slept together.
The same routine was repeated for two successive days. Although Fu Tingyu found this troublesome, he was happy when he saw the smile on Cutie Pie’s face.
He was making baby formula for Cutie Pie when Mu Shengwan walked in on him. She was confused when she found her son making baby formula.