Being Both Dad and Mom

For Beibei, her father belongs to her alone, like a child's favorite toy, and no one else can touch him, not even her siblings.

"This domineering personality, without a doubt, must have been inherited from Xiao Qing," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo exchanged a glance.

"Looks like we'll have to be more careful in the future, otherwise Ace and Aven will definitely get their comeuppance from Beibei," they both thought.

Xu Qing walked over, carrying her son. "What are you talking about?"

"We're talking about Beibei. She'll definitely be the little tyrant of the house when she grows up," Ai Chen and the others said with a laugh, and then told them about Beibei.

Xu Qing was surprised, then burst into laughter, "No way, Beibei is jealous of her brother? So, Beibei likes me, her dad, the most!"

Seeing Xu Qing's happy expression, they were all somewhat helpless. Was this really the point?

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'll keep an eye on her and won't let her bully Ace and Aven," Xu Qing said.

"Then you'd better keep a close eye on her. Beibei looks just like you; she's definitely got a lot of Mind's Eye up her sleeve," Qin Lin said with certainty.

Xu Qing thought this was a good thing. "Being more Mind's Eye is a good thing; you definitely won't be bullied in the future."

"No, no one can bully her; she's the one who bullies others," Ai Chen explained.

"OK, OK, I'll keep a close eye on things," Xu Qing nodded.

Next, Xu Qing resumed her life of raising children, this time with three.

Sure enough, when he let the three little ones play by themselves, Beibei would find opportunities to cause trouble for her two older brothers.

Taking advantage of her size and strength, she always managed to pin her two older brothers to the ground and rub them against the ground.

Even if her two older brothers joined forces, they couldn't beat her alone.

Xu Qing would always intervene when things were almost over, treating it like siblings playing around, and never letting it escalate to tears.

"Xiao Qing, you just let them fight?" Ai Chen and the others found it hard to understand why they didn't stop them from the beginning.

"It's alright, they're all siblings. It's not a bad thing for them to fight a little when they're young. They won't have the chance to fight when they're older. As long as they don't start crying, it's fine."

"Ace and Aven are a bit too quiet and shy, which isn't good for boys. Fighting with Beibei will definitely ignite their competitive spirit."

"A man should be a little more domineering and a little more wild; it has nothing to do with appearance," Xu Qing said eloquently.

Ai Chen and the others looked at him with surprise. They hadn't expected their young husband to be able to speak so eloquently. Perhaps this was some parenting experience.

"So, Xiao Qing, you're quite the domineering one outside?" Zhao Ruo said with a smile.

Xu Qing nodded, "Absolutely, otherwise how did the Rainbow King come to be? Wasn't it my domineering and wild nature that conquered those people?"

They all laughed. "Conquer? They hate you to death!"

"Alright, that's about enough," Xu Qing walked over and separated the three little ones.

Ace and Aven rolled over, still wanting to fight Beibei, but Beibei had a "I'll beat you up" look on his face.

"Alright, let's stop playing for now. Come sit on the swings, and then you can take a nap," Xu Qing said, holding the three little ones. She put the older brother on one swing and the younger sister on her own.

Xu Qing pushed one swing with each hand, not very high, as if she were coaxing them to sleep.

"Isn't Dad much more patient than we were when we were kids? We've never ridden on Dad's swing," Huanhuan and Lele said, a little jealous at the sight.

"You've been playing together since you were little, and you're close friends. You're girls, what more patience do you want?" Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo reached out and tapped them on the head.

Duoduo is all grown up, yet she's still jealous of her younger siblings.

"Haha, that seems to be true," Lele chuckled. She and Huanhuan never had any conflicts when they were little; they always got along very well and did almost everything together.

"Beibei doesn't get along with her two older brothers. They can't play together and they're always fighting. Your dad will definitely have to be more patient, otherwise her two older brothers will be bullied to death," Zhao Ruo said.

Huanhuan and Lele nodded, finally understanding that their younger siblings' situation was different from theirs at that time.

"The relationship is already so bad now, who knows how it will be in the future?" Ai Chen shook his head helplessly.

The three siblings didn't get along even when they were little; hopefully, they won't as they grow up.

"Don't worry, they won't be like this when they grow up a bit. They're still children and don't understand complicated things, it's normal," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo comforted her.

Ai Chen nodded. It was her first time being a mother, and she didn't know much about it.

"The three little ones are growing so fast, they've grown so much in just one month," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo said with a smile.

Beibei and her two siblings are growing up faster than Huanhuan and Lele were back then.

At this rate, Beibei and her two siblings will be as old as Huanhuan Lele were when they were one year old, which is equivalent to the age of an average Earthling child of three or four.

About half an hour later, both Ace and Aven started to feel sleepy.

Xu Qing put them down on the crib, covered them with a blanket, and the two little ones quickly fell asleep.

Beibei, on the other hand, wasn't sleepy at all, looking quite energetic.

Xu Qing continued pushing her for a while, then picked her up and placed her on the crib. "Nap time, go to sleep."

On the small bed, Beibei, with her big, round eyes, looked at Xu Qing and laughed heartily.

"Okay, Dad will sleep with you," Xu Qing lay down beside her, gently patting her blanket like a mother would.

Finally, Beibei was willing to close her eyes.

After a while, Beibei also fell asleep.

"Xiao Qing, aren't you tired of being both a father and a mother?" Ai Chen and the others walked over and teased.

Xu Qing stood up, stretched, and said, "This is nothing. At least they don't cry or make a fuss. They're easy to coax, which saves a lot of trouble."

"Besides, you're having my babies, so I'll take care of them. That's what happened with Huanhuan and Lele back then."

"That's true. You took care of Huanhuan and Lele until they were one year old," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo smiled. Anyway, they didn't have to worry much about Huanhuan and Lele when they were first born.

It wasn't until Huanhuan and Lele grew up and could walk and run that they started to worry about them, and even then it was quite a challenge.

"Dad never hit us when we were kids; it was Mom who did," Huanhuan and Lele recalled their childhood.

"It's all because you two are always running around everywhere, making it all dirty," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo glared at them.

Huanhuan and Lele shrugged. "We're just kids. Aren't all kids like this?"

"Then it's normal for us to beat up the two of you, because that's what adults do," Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo replied.

"..." Huanhuan and Lele were speechless. Could they still keep a mother like this?

My dad was the best. He never got angry with them when they were little, and he never scolded or hit them. He was like an angel.

Ai Chen, watching from the side, couldn't help but laugh. It was true that daughters were more likely to be close to their fathers; no wonder Beibei acted that way.

"Look at how Beibei sleeps," Qin Lin pointed.

Zhao Ruo and Ai Chen looked over and both laughed, "Xiao Qing, did you teach her that?"

"Genetics, genetics, this is genetics, okay? What do I have to teach her?" Xu Qing's lips twitched as she looked at her daughter Beibei's sleeping posture.

This daughter really does look too much like him, you could even say she looks too much like him.

"Hahaha... Dad, so that's how you sleep!" Huanhuan and Lele burst into laughter, having discovered their dad's secret again.

Xu Qing glared at them, "I'm warning you, if you dare tell anyone, we're splitting up the family."

"Don't worry, Dad, we won't tell anyone," Huanhuan and Lele both assured him.

In the blink of an eye, the first year has passed.

Three figures flashed across the sky above the courtyard, moving at great speed, their glowing wings faintly visible.

"They're so energetic!" Huanhuan and Lele exclaimed, watching their younger siblings chasing each other in the air.

When they were little, they were running around and exploring the yard, unlike Beibei and the others, who were already engaged in aerial combat.

They're both only one year old, how come there's such a big difference?

Furthermore, would most people believe that a one-year-old child is already at Star Level?

"My uncle said that Starry Sky Behemoth can reach the Star Level at the age of one, but that's Starry Sky Behemoth. Before it dies, it turns into an egg and then grows again."

"But Beibei and the others are true Human Race. They were born on par with the Starry Sky Behemoth, and you could even say they have surpassed Starry Sky Behemoth," Huanhuan and Lele exclaimed in amazement.

Their three younger siblings are almost superhumanly strong.

Especially Beibei, who seems to have awakened a special ability in her father, something called "Mind's Eye," which is said to be a very abnormal ability.

"Why didn't we inherit it?" Huanhuan and Lele asked enviously.

"What are you two whispering about?" Qin Lin and the others came out and saw the two grown men reminiscing about something.

Huanhuan and Lele exchanged a glance. "It's nothing, we're just envious of Beibei."

"What's there to envy? Have we or your dad mistreated you or anything?" Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo rolled their eyes at them.

"No, it's just that Beibei inherited her dad's talent, which none of us have," Huanhuan and Lele said enviously.

Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo chuckled, "Neither Ace nor Aven had it; it's a matter of probability."

"They're all girls, we're just envious," Huanhuan and Lele muttered.

"Alright, stop acting like a child. You're thousands of years old. Go find a boyfriend!" Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo were annoyed by these two grown men.

"No way," Huanhuan and Lele pouted.

"Huanhuan, Lele, you can't say that. Beibei is also your sister. No matter how talented she is, that won't change. You are Beibei's older sisters, so you should set a good example," Ai Chen said with a smile.

Hearing Ai Chen say that, Huanhuan and Lele realized they had misspoke. "We're sorry, Aunt Ai Chen, we won't say that again."

"Yes, Auntie believes you," Ai Chen nodded with a smile.

At this moment, Luo Feng and Xu Xin arrived.

"Ace, Evan, and Bebe are fighting again. They really never get tired of it," Xu Xin said with a smile as she looked up.

Luo Feng was used to it; these three little guys had been battling each other since they were six months old, never stopping for a moment.

While other people's babies are still drinking milk at six months old, these three little ones are already flying around and fighting in the sky.

"Uncle and Aunt are here!"

The three figures in the sky rushed down and landed steadily.

The three little ones were about the size of five or six-year-old children, and they had beautiful wings on their backs just like Ai Chen's.

Especially Beibei, who is much older than her two older brothers, looks like an eight-year-old child. She looks exactly like a carbon copy of Xu Qing, which fits Luo Feng and the others' initial idea: a smaller version of Xu Qing plus Ai Chen's wings.

"You guys have a lot of influence, making them come down as soon as they arrived," Ai Chen said with a smile.

"You three are really energetic, fighting like this every day, aren't you tired?" Xu Xin patted their heads and asked with a smile.

"I'm not tired. Even if the two of them teamed up, they couldn't beat me," Beibei said in her childish voice.

Ace and Aven were unconvinced, "We'll surpass you sooner or later."

"Impossible, absolutely impossible," Beibei said with the domineering air of a little adult.

"Haha, Beibei is really confident," Luo Feng laughed.

Beibei immediately walked up to Luo Feng, her eyes sparkling, "Uncle, I want to hear Daddy's story."

Ace and Aven also came over. "We want to hear too."

"I was here first, you guys get out of the way," Beibei glared at them.

"No way," Ace and Aven retorted, not to be outdone.

Luo Feng laughed heartily, "Everyone, listen together."

Then, Luo Feng sat down and continued telling the three children about his and Xu Qing's story of entering the universe to cultivate.

"As mentioned last time, your father, your eldest uncle, your second uncle, and I entered the Thunder World to participate in the Universe Mercenary Assessment..."

The three children listened with great interest, because they all knew that their uncle was now the number one genius among Human Race, but their uncle said that their father was even more amazing.

This made the three children admire their father, Xu Qing, to the Extreme Point.

However, Xu Qing never told them her story; only Luo Feng was willing to.

Ai Chen and the others were also listening nearby. Because Xu Qing hadn't explained these things clearly to her family, she had omitted many details.

Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo only heard Xu Qing's self-praise and didn't know the specifics.

Now, after Luo Feng recounted it, they all understood what had actually happened back then.

"Back then, your father annihilated a thousand-strong army of ninth-tier Star Level- level warriors with a single arrow. At that time, your father had already established his own school of archery."

"In that World-within-a-World, the four of us made a fortune, then returned to Earth and quietly cultivated for a while until the Genius Battle arrived."

At this point, Luo Feng looked at everyone and laughed, "Xiao Qing completely treats the Genius Battle as a playground."

Qin Lin and Zhao Ruo nodded with smiles, "That's right, we still remember it to this day. He turned what should have been a proper elimination round into a horror movie."

"Later, your father became the number one in the region, which directly qualified him to represent the Universe Country in the competition. Then your father and I went to compete against geniuses from other Universe Country."

"It was there that your mother met your father. You should thank your mother now. If she hadn't taken a liking to your father at first sight, you wouldn't be where you are today," Luo Feng said, patting the three little ones on the head.

Ai Chen also recalled the first time she met Xu Qing. He still had a lobster head and was later attracted to his behavior.

Later, I found him to be a very interesting person, so I started paying attention to him, and then I took the initiative to strike up a conversation, and then later...