"...He's awake."
Xiao Xiao cried out instinctively, caught somewhat off guard and inevitably a little flustered.
It would have been fine if her little brother had stayed asleep, but how was she supposed to soothe a child?
Yet the expected crying never came. The baby in her arms merely opened his hazy yellow eyes wide and looked at the first person he had ever seen.
There was no crying. Instead, they regarded one another with a faint curiosity, and the connection of their shared bloodline welled up within them.
Xiao Se opened his mouth in her arms, letting out a string of babbling sounds that could not yet form words.
Naturally, Xiao Xiao could not understand him. She only smiled, secretly heaving a sigh of relief. It was best that he had not burst into tears right away.
"Daddy."
Xiao Xiao handed the swaddled child back to Xiao Yan.
"Tired of holding him?"
Though he said so, Xiao Yan still instinctively took the child.
"Mhm..."
Xiao Xiao truly did not dare hold her little brother too much. It was not as though she lacked the strength, but she was afraid of accidentally hurting him.
"That's no concern. Xiao Xiao can do as she likes," Yao Wan said from the side.
"No matter how reassured you are, you should still be more careful," Medusa reminded her.
"It's fine. You needn't worry so much either."
Seeing Yao Wan's reaction, Medusa could not help drawing a deep breath. Reflected in her crimson eyes were not only Xiao Xiao, but also the swaddled child in Xiao Yan's arms. As a mother herself, it would have been a lie to say she was not worried.
Life thereafter was much the same. Whenever he had free time, Xiao Yan would stay with the child and Yao