Why Is Taking Care of Kids So Torturous?!1

Naughty child.

All three of them carried a great deal of prejudice with both Xia Yan and Hua Xin, along with countless unpleasant memories and various things they had seen on video platforms...

My relative's brat tore my globally limited edition Blue-Eyes White Dragon amulet, which I'd collected for twenty years, to shreds.

My painstakingly assembled Gundam was kicked to pieces by a brat.

"The Ganoderma lucidum I hid in the closet..."

My Purple Mood Hidden in the Drawer...

Well, just thinking about the headlines of these events is enough to give one a suffocating feeling, as if someone is directly choking them with a pair of big hands.

Every tragic event has been experienced by countless people, so it is only natural that it will be regarded as a classic case and used as a warning to others who have not yet experienced it.

Of course, there are many other things that can be even more frightening.

For example, it might be because of a statement like, "He/She is just a child, can't you just give way? Why are you arguing with a child? Are you even a man or a woman?!" or because of a tantrum or a shameless act, trying to use the moral high ground to disgust people.

However, under all these conditions, the most important one is probably having a completely unreasonable family and parents who are completely incapable of educating their children.

In summary.

The destructive power of a naughty child is not only to a family, but also to cause trouble for many strangers.

For Hua Xin and Xia Yan, they often experience these seemingly low-probability incidents involving naughty children in their daily lives.

For example, although both of them quit their jobs and started living freely after getting married, without any work or financial pressure, they could still see how difficult it was for them to raise their child when they occasionally chatted with Sister Li Xue.

But compared to those half-grown brats, a baby who only cries in bed is a hundred times more pleasing to the eye. ——————

At least before they had children, Hua Xin and Xia Yan both thought so.

It's just a child. As long as he's well-fed, watered, kept warm, and played with, isn't that enough? If all else fails, you can always find a highly experienced postpartum nanny to help. After all, taking care of a child shouldn't be so difficult that Sister Li Xue and Brother Shan Qing are so worried that they're considering having their golden-haired dog, Landmine, take care of him...

"Waaaaaaahhhhhh qwq..."

A sound, neither too loud nor too soft, but just right, rang out, clearly audible to the two people hiding in the living room who had covered their ears. At the same time, it seemed to trigger some kind of special resonance or signal, as another room, which had been very quiet, began to cry out in unison with the sound.

This leads to...

"Waaaaaaahhhhhh qwq, qaq" x2

The living room, which was originally neat, clean, and odorless, was meticulously cleaned by Xia Yan every day. This was not only to make the room look more beautiful and tidy, but also to give her something to do.

But now, whether it's Xia Yan, a full-time househusband who is used to tidying up the room and loves to cook, or Hua Xin, who has quit her job and is so idle at home that she can only lie in bed and play games, they are both sitting on the sofa with pained expressions, covering their ears, trying to ignore the noise in this self-deceptive way.

After a few seconds of silent, self-deceiving silence, Hua Xin raised her head, looking somewhat deflated.

Her once radiant face and smooth, flowing hair had been replaced by a blank expression and a head of messy hair.

Judging from those listless and tired eyes, it was more than just fatigue.

Instead, it evoked a long-lost feeling of wanting to shed the purple clay.

"..."

"I'll go, honey..."

After sitting silently for a long time, Xia Yan spoke softly in a hoarse voice, and then slowly raised his head as well, but his condition was no different from Hua Xin's.

The same poor mental state, and the same slovenly appearance with no regard for personal grooming.

Judging from the length of his beard, this has probably been going on for a while, and he hasn't gone out or socialized with others for a very long time, staying at home the whole time.

After a brief silence, Hua Xin, who was about to get up, frantically rubbed her already messy hair, making it even messier.

"Can we let it go?"

Hua Xin glanced at the fat cat lying on the back of the sofa, breathing evenly, and said weakly.

After all, Chun Qiu doesn't have to do anything but sleep soundly on the sofa, cat bed, or floor every day. She gets three meals a day on time, and sometimes even salmon and cat treats.

They've been freeloading for so many years, it's only right that they help take care of the kids.

After saying that, Hua Xin slapped Chun Qiu's butt hard, then said fiercely:

"Wake up! You haven't even taken good care of the kids you had with Cha Cha. You've been eating cat food and cat treats for so many years for nothing. Shouldn't you become a catgirl and help me take care of the kids?!"

Although Xia Yan felt helpless about his mental instability and the torment he suffered every day, he was not so heartless as to want a Hachimi to do things that only adults could do.

After all, Hachimi is just Hachimi.

Chun Qiu raised its head and wagged its tail, seemingly puzzled by the sudden interruption of its sleep, but it didn't have much to think about since it was too lazy to move.

So Chun Qiu lay down and went to sleep again.

"..."

For a moment, Hua Xin got a little angry and wanted to use the clippers to give Chun Qiu a super ugly haircut.

"Never mind... the same as always."

"I'll go to Little Mu Na, you go to Little Ji Na..."

"Hmm... Now that you're asleep, would you like something to eat?"

"I'll just order some takeout... If cooking wakes up those two little devils, I'll really miss my Zisha teapot."

"Okay, honey, let's have some long-awaited barbecue then ovo..."

As they discussed in hushed tones, the two parted ways and headed towards their respective rooms.

After they officially completed their wedding ceremony, their decision to have a child was put on the agenda.

After all, they don't object to having children, and in some ways, they can experience what it's like to not have a certain round object.

With this idea in mind, they completed the plan in just a few weeks.

If we forget how painful childbirth is and how agonizing the process is...

Hua Xin just wanted to tell her former self to put Dudu protection on Xia Yan.

After picking up her big-eyed, adorable little son, Hua Mu, he stopped crying, and Hua Xin's eyes softened with tenderness.

The same applies to Xia Yan.

He was holding his daughter Xia Ji in his arms, and he showed no sign of annoyance.

However, the unexpected arrival of twins in the family undoubtedly disrupted Hua Xin and Xia Yan's original plan to focus on raising only one child.

After all, they had no experience and no elders who had raised children to help them. They could only ask Sister Li Xue, who was still busy fighting wits with the brat, if she had any unique and ingenious experience.

After much discussion, they finally decided to name their eldest son Hua Mu), hoping he would grow up strong and healthy, and their younger daughter Xiatian (Xia Ji), hoping she would always be sunny and happy...

Things often start with a lot of confidence.

But now...

Hua Xin and Xia Yan looked at the baby in their arms, who was about to cry again, and couldn't help but question and complain in their hearts:

"Why is taking care of a child so exhausting?!"