May 5, Star Calendar 10114.
Changpan River System, Purple Thorn Kingdom, Capital Star.
Xiao Duyou, who had just turned two not long ago, was nestled in Wang Dong's arms, fast asleep.
Holding his eldest son, Wang Dong felt the closeness of their shared bloodline, and his face was full of tender affection.
There was no denying it.
Blood ties were truly a marvelous thing.
Though they had spent more time apart than together,
Xiao Duyou had initially been a little wary of Wang Dong.
But after just two days of spending time together,
Xiao Duyou no longer resisted Wang Dong at all.
He had even begun to show clear signs of affection.
This sent Wang Dong's fatherly love into overdrive.
All day long, he held the fair-skinned, chubby, soft little Xiao Duyou in his arms.
He simply couldn't bear to put him down.
The milky scent on the boy always seemed especially sweet.
Lin Xiaogui had teased him more than once, asking if he wasn't afraid of spoiling the child.
Wang Dong had just grinned and replied that a child this young couldn't be spoiled.
Of course he would teach him the things he needed to learn, but they could wait until he was older and understood more.
For now, they should simply enjoy the closeness that came with a mother and father's love.
The two of them had some minor differences in their approaches to raising a child.
That was only natural.
After all,
one had grown up in an orphanage and had never received a complete aristocratic education.
The other had been born into the royal family and had received a full royal education from childhood.
And it hadn't been an ordinary elite education, either.
Though the two shared similar values,
they were bound to differ on these