Sure enough, everyone wanted an adorable little brother

Zheng Xiuru's ingratiating attempts had already pleased Zhou Guomin immensely. Now, it was as if she had seized his weakness; his entire body stiffened, and his breathing turned heavy and drawn-out.

Yet he still retained the slightest shred of reason and gave Zheng Xiuru a halfhearted push. "This isn't right, is it? You just had a baby. The doctor said it's best to wait a while before sleeping together..."

Zheng Xiuru smiled seductively at that, her hands not stopping for even a moment. "It's fine. As long as we don't go all the way, it'll be fine. I... still have my hands and mouth, don't I?"

As she spoke, she slid down. Zhou Guomin groaned softly, no longer able to voice any refusal.

His wife and mistress had both given birth around the same time, and for once, he had gone without this sort of activity for quite a while. Faced with someone as passionate and proactive as Zheng Xiuru, he truly had no resistance at all.

While the hospital room here was filled with springtime passion, Su Minghui's side was an entirely different scene.

Su Minghui was on the phone, while Su Leyun lay in his crib, playing with his feet.

He had been a baby for some time now. Every day, all he did was eat and sleep, and he was quite content with the ease of it, except—

Why did that brat Chu Yanxiao always sit nearby, staring at him with a foolish grin?

Ever since Su Minghui moved into this postpartum care center, Fu Siwen often brought Chu Yanxiao over to visit her and keep her company.

While the two adults chatted, Chu Yanxiao would lie beside the crib and play with Su Leyun.

Later, Fu Siwen had other matters to handle and came less frequently, but Chu Yanxiao still showed up every day as reliably as clocking in for work. Whenever Fu Siwen did not come, he had his driver bring him over. He never missed a single day.

The key was that he always called Su Leyun "wife." No matter how the adults corrected him, he remained convinced that Su Leyun was his little wife.

At first, Su Leyun resisted. But after hearing it for so long, he actually got used to it. Whenever he heard someone calling "Wife!" in the hallway, he knew his human surveillance camera had arrived.

The adults stopped correcting him as well. After all, Chu Yanxiao was not even three yet. Calling it for fun at an age when he would not remember would not have any impact. Once he grew up, he would understand.

That day, Su Leyun basked in the sun for a while before suddenly feeling empty inside.

I'm so hungry...

The thought had barely surfaced when a bottle was already brought to his lips. Su Leyun drank contentedly, finding his bargain-bin mother increasingly pleasant to look at.

Mom is the best! I like Mom the most!

The tiny babyish confession melted Su Minghui's heart, and she could not hide the smile on her face.

While he was drinking, a burst of footsteps sounded in the hallway. Before he could make them out, a small figure rushed into the room and threw himself into Su Minghui's arms, followed by a sweet childish voice.

"Mom, I missed you so much!"

Between sips of milk, Su Leyun spared a glance. The child in Su Minghui's arms looked like a delicately carved doll, around five or six years old, and bore a five- or six-tenths resemblance to Su Minghui.

So my bargain-bin second brother is here.

The Su Household's second child, Su Yibei, was still in kindergarten. During summer break, he had gone to a summer camp with his kindergarten for an entire month. Since the camp activities were mostly outdoors, his fair little face had been tanned several shades darker.

Su Minghui was also delighted to see her second son. She held Su Yibei and looked him over from head to toe before saying with satisfaction, "Beibei has grown taller again. Wonderful!"

But Su Yibei's attention was drawn by another sound in the room. He climbed out of Su Minghui's arms and peeked toward the crib, where he saw a baby even smaller than himself looking at him with a bright smile.

After reaching his full month, Su Leyun had become increasingly fair and chubby. Combined with those round, grape-like eyes, he looked exactly like a festive baby from a New Year print.

Su Yibei's eyes sparkled. "Mom! Is this my little brother? He's so cute!"

The other children at kindergarten were always showing off their little sisters in front of Su Yibei. Now he had a little brother too, and he was even cuter and prettier than their sisters!

Seeing the two children getting along so well, Su Minghui was very happy. She patted Su Yibei on the shoulder and said, "That's right, this is your little brother. Beibei is an older brother now, so you have to protect your little brother properly."

Su Yibei, who had always been the youngest, had suddenly been promoted. His little chest filled with a sense of responsibility, and he patted it as he answered firmly, "Mm! I'm a little man. Little men protect Mom and their little brothers!"

As Su Yibei stood there making his vow, Chu Yanxiao pushed open the door and entered with a bag in hand, as familiar with the route as ever. He first politely greeted Su Minghui, then went straight to Su Leyun's crib, squeezed Su Yibei aside, and opened the bag to reveal a pile of toy dolls.

"Wife, I'm here!" Chu Yanxiao picked up a rattle drum and shook it before Su Leyun. "Here, I picked this toy out for you. Do you like it?"

Only children would like something this childish... Huh? Why does it move and make noise? Give it to me, give it to me!

Su Leyun's gaze was irresistibly drawn to the rattle drum, and his tiny hands stretched toward it with all their might.

Hearing that Su Leyun liked it, Chu Yanxiao broke into a sweet smile.

Only Su Yibei felt that something was wrong.

He stared wide-eyed as Chu Yanxiao forcibly occupied his spot, alarm bells ringing in his heart. Sure enough, with such an adorable little brother, everyone else wanted him too!