Huo Rulan teased Ye Xi for a couple of moments before separating, afraid that Ye Xi might cry.
Ye Xi’s face was flushed as he got off Huo Rulan, and he gave him another punch on the shoulder. Huo Rulan didn’t dare to resist. Only after Ye Xi angrily went upstairs to take a shower did Huo Rulan dare to sneak a couple of glances upstairs. He made sure Ye Xi had returned to the room before rubbing his shoulder and smiling lightly, “Kissed three times and only punched twice. Baby still loves me very much.”
He leaned on the sofa, resting his chin on his hand as he looked at the two little ones who were still holding their milk bottles and gulping away. As he watched, he became a little absent-minded, “When your little dad was young, was he as cute and soft as you?”
A slight smile formed on his lips. He took out his phone and took a few pictures. Just as he was about to put it back in his pocket, a message popped up on the screen indicating insufficient memory. Huo Rulan opened it to take a look. He had taken too many photos, and his phone’s storage was full.
Opening the phone’s photo album, it was filled with pictures he had taken of Ye Xi and the two children, mostly of Ye Xi and a few of the two children. Huo Rulan couldn’t bear to delete these photos. He put the phone back and carried the two babies who had finished drinking their milk upstairs to the room.
Ye Xi came out of the bathroom with wet hair to get the clothes he had forgotten to bring in. Huo Rulan placed the babies on the big bed to practice rolling over, then stood in front of Ye Xi. Ye Xi moved to the left, and he moved to the left; Ye Xi moved to the right, and he moved to the right, shifting back and forth, not letting Ye Xi pass.
Ye Xi laughed angrily, threw the clothes aside, put his hands on his hips, and looked up at Huo Rulan, “Huo Rulan, what do you want to do?”
Huo Rulan pinched his waist and lifted him up, looking at him eye to eye, “Buy me a phone.”
With his feet unable to touch the floor, Ye Xi swung his legs hanging in the air and looked at Huo Rulan for a while before finally saying, “Why don’t you buy it yourself?”
“Yours is more useful when you buy it.”
Huo Rulan shook him, “I want to buy the same one as yours.”
Ye Xi said, “…My phone was bought by you.”
Huo Rulan nodded, “Yeah, I know.”
Ye Xi blinked, “…What I mean is, our phones are the same.”
Huo Rulan hugged him a little closer and kissed him, “Then let’s change our phones together and buy couple phones.”
“I don’t know how to buy a phone. You buy it yourself.”
Ye Xi pushed his face away, pried open his hands to come down, took the clothes, and went into the bathroom to take a shower.
When he came out after his shower, he saw Huo Rulan lying on his side on the bed, complaining to his children Cheng’an and Jingxing. The two little ones lay on the bed, looking at their big dad with confused and bewildered faces.
Ye Xi listened for a while. This stinky Huo Rulan kept repeating the same sentence, “Your little dad won’t buy me a phone.”
Ye Xi: “…”
He looked at Huo Rulan with grievous eyes, “…Buy, buy, buy. I’ll go buy it tomorrow.”
Huo Rulan lowered his eyes and didn’t speak. Ye Xi turned his head to take two breaths, then turned back to look at him, “I’ll buy it for you. I’ll pay. Buy the same one, couple phones.”
Huo Rulan immediately smiled, “Thank you, baby.”
Ye Xi grabbed his face with both hands, pulled it to the side, and rubbed it, “Take the babies to take a bath.”
Huo Rulan’s face was squeezed out of shape. He answered vaguely, “Okay…”
Ye Xi didn’t use much force, and Huo Rulan’s face didn’t turn red, but he still lowered his head and kissed his face to comfort him.
Huo Rulan picked up the two chubby babies who were whimpering and went into the bathroom. Ye Xi shook his head helplessly, lay down on the bed, took out his tablet, notebook, and pen, and began to take online classes, seriously studying the knowledge of film and television shooting.
From time to time, the babies’ babbling and Huo Rulan’s helpless coaxing came from the bathroom. Ye Xi adjusted his glasses, with a smile on his lips.
Huo Rulan wrapped the two little babies in baby bath towels and carried them out, placing them on the bed to dry and start dressing them, performing the daily drama.
Cheng’an was held down by Huo Rulan to wear a diaper. The little guy waved his chubby hands and wailed, his eyelashes wet with tears and sticking together. Beside him, Jingxing lay on the bed crying and kicking his legs. If no one paid attention, he would kick a meter away and almost run to his little dad.
Huo Rulan pursed his lips, swiftly put a diaper and clothes on Cheng’an, then grabbed the distant Jingxing and quickly put on a diaper and clothes.
The two little ones who had been crying non-stop stopped making a sound when they were held in Ye Xi’s arms. They lay obediently on their little dad’s chest without making any noise.
Huo Rulan gritted his teeth and walked to Ye Xi’s side, pinching the chubby baby fat of the two naughty kids. He lifted Ye Xi’s chin and lowered his head to kiss his lips, “They cry a couple of times every day when they take a bath and put on diapers. Those who don’t know would think I bullied them.”
Ye Xi smiled and kissed the two milky-smelling children, “So naughty and cute.”
Huo Rulan smiled and kissed Ye Xi’s face again. He stood up straight and took off the wet sweater over his head, revealing his well-defined abs.
Ye Xi’s gaze flickered a couple of times, then he lowered his head to watch the online class.
“Baby, have you seen my black bathrobe?” Huo Rulan crouched in front of the wardrobe to find clothes, his strong and thin back always attracting Ye Xi’s gaze.
Ye Xi answered absentmindedly, “It seems to be on the third wardrobe.”
Huo Rulan got up and went to the third wardrobe to get his pajamas. He glanced at Ye Xi, whose gaze followed him. To be precise, Ye Xi was looking at his abs. The meaning expressed in his eyes was very clear, both envious and covetous.
Huo Rulan turned his head and smiled at him, then took the clothes and went into the bathroom, leaving Ye Xi with a flushed face.
He gently stroked the little chubby backs of Cheng’an and Jingxing, and couldn’t help but say, “Your big dad is so stingy, he won’t even let me look at his abs a couple of times.”
As he was speaking, a head popped out of the bathroom, with a gentle voice, “I heard everything.”
Ye Xi was so scared that he picked up the two babies who were blowing bubbles and held them in front of him. Even though he couldn’t see the person, the voice was still there, “I’m not stingy. You can look at whatever you want. I’ll let you see enough later.” Ye Xi hid behind the babies and didn’t dare to answer. Huo Rulan smiled softly and went back to the bathroom.
When he came out after taking a shower, the two babies had already fallen asleep after drinking their milk. Ye Xi was lying on his side, seemingly asleep as well. Huo Rulan dried his hair, checked on the babies, turned off the main light, leaving only the night light on, and got into bed. He put his arm around Ye Xi’s waist, leaned over to look at his eyelashes, and whispered, “Are you asleep?”
The person in his arms didn’t move. Huo Rulan lowered his eyes and smiled. He slowly leaned in, pressed his lips against Ye Xi’s, pried open his lips, and slid in. He held down Ye Xi’s hand, which was trying to push him away, on top of his head. A faint voice came from their intertwined lips and teeth, “…After being together for so long, I would know whether you’re asleep or not.”
“Didn’t you say I was stingy? Now I’ll let you see enough…”
***
Ye Xi slept until 9:30 the next morning. His eyes were so sleepy that he couldn’t open them. He groped around on the bedside table with his hand, trying to get his phone to see what time it was. His groping hand was held by a large hand. A low, smiling male voice came to his ear and whispered, “It’s 9:30. Do you want to have breakfast?”
Ye Xi, whose mouth still hurt, couldn’t help but feel a little grumpy when he got up. Without opening his eyes, he accurately found Huo Rulan’s hair, ruffled it, grabbed it, and let go, all in one go.
Huo Rulan laughed and leaned down to kiss Ye Xi’s eyes, whispering an apology, “I’m sorry, baby. It’s my fault. Don’t be angry and hurt yourself.”
“Stinky Huo Rulan… old lecher…”
Ye Xi turned over and faced away from him. As soon as he opened his mouth, his voice was hoarse beyond recognition, “Relying on your own strength to bully me…”
Huo Rulan lowered his eyelids and leaned against his back, his voice gentle, “Yes, yes, I’m a lecher. Baby, don’t be angry. I’ll be gentler next time, okay?”
Ye Xi grabbed his hair again and threw it away, puffing his cheeks in anger. He didn’t believe the old man’s sweet talk in bed, “You said the same thing last time, and you said the same thing last night. But when have you ever been gentle? Huo Rulan, your mouth is a liar.”
Huo Rulan didn’t dare to say otherwise. He leaned against Ye Xi and lowered his head to admit his mistake, “It’s my fault. I was too reckless…”
He whispered in Ye Xi’s ear, “…But didn’t you like it very much last night? You even let me…”
“That’s enough. Don’t say it anymore!”
Ye Xi immediately sat up and covered his mouth. The quilt slipped off, revealing a body full of red marks, especially on his chest, where new and old marks overlapped, forming another beautiful sight.
Huo Rulan didn’t dare to look too much, afraid that he would delay the time to take the hundred-day photos at 10:30.
Ye Xi blushed and let go of his mouth, trying to get up and put on his clothes. Huo Rulan hurriedly helped him up, brought him his clothes, and put them on for him. Then he carried him downstairs to have breakfast.
Ye Xi’s anger didn’t last more than ten minutes. He happily praised the rice noodles while eating, and enthusiastically shared them with Huo Rulan, “Try it, it’s fragrant.”
Huo Rulan sat beside him with the two babies in his arms. After eating the rice noodles that Ye Xi fed him, he carefully savored them and nodded, saying they were delicious.
The two pairs of big eyes in his arms stared straight at the rice noodles in their little dad’s hand, drooling with their milk bottles in their mouths.
Huo Rulan found it amusing. He wiped the drool from their mouths and put the little milk bottles to their mouths, “That’s not something you can eat. Drink your milk first.”
The little ones instinctively put the milk bottles into their mouths and started gulping them down. Children have short memories. They were so busy drinking their milk that they forgot about the fragrant rice noodles they had just drooled over.
Ye Xi laughed heartily as he watched from the side, and the rice noodles in his hand became even more fragrant.
After breakfast, they were about to go out again. Huo Rulan carried the two crying babies who didn’t want to put on their clothes into the car and placed them in the baby seats. He wiped their tears and said helplessly, “You always cry when you put on your clothes. Two little crybabies.”
Ye Xi stood behind Huo Rulan and touched his face guiltily. These two children might have taken after him, but they might have also taken after Huo Rulan.
After fastening the seat belts for the babies, Huo Rulan helped Ye Xi into the back seat, bent down to fasten his seat belt, and kissed Ye Xi’s forehead. He said, “Let’s take the babies to take their hundred-day photos and then go buy a phone, okay?”
Ye Xi touched his hand, looked up, and nodded obediently, “Okay, I’ll listen to you.”
Huo Rulan looked at his face and couldn’t help but lower his head to give him a big kiss on the face.
The car drove all the way, and Huo Rulan took the three babies to take the elevator upstairs to the photo studio he had booked in advance to take the hundred-day photos for the babies.
The boss of the photo studio came out to welcome them personally, smiling and saying nice words, and even said that he had prepared fruits.
Huo Rulan smiled and said, “Thank you, but there’s no need. We’re just here to take photos for the children.”
After years of mixing in the industry, how could the boss not hear his tactful refusal of not wanting to be flattered? He didn’t show it on his face and skillfully changed the subject to praise the two children.
After changing into various cute little animal costumes prepared by Huo Rulan himself, the two identical little ones sat, lay down, or lay down, looking so cute that it melted one’s heart.
Huo Rulan stood aside with his arm around Ye Xi, watching. He couldn’t help but take a few more pictures of the babies with the last bit of memory on his phone.
After taking the pictures, the phone prompted that the space was insufficient again. He secretly pinched Ye Xi’s waist, leaned close to his ear, and whispered, “Baby, buy a phone…”
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