In Bingzhou, inside a building that looked remarkably like a research institute.
"Honey! Aren't you ready yet?"
Cheng Tian called upstairs, leaning one hand on the checkout counter.
"Smear!"
Smeargle swished its tail, and Cheng Tian smiled and patted its head.
"I'll bring you some fresh Pokéblocks when we get back. You must be sick of the ones at the Pokémon Day Care, right?"
"Smear!"
Just then, a chubby little bundle came toddling down from the second floor.
"Daddy!"
"Yes!" Cheng Tian's face instantly lit up with delight. He crouched and scooped Cheng Meng up into his arms. "Come here! Give Daddy a kiss!"
"Heehee!" His stiff whiskers tickled Cheng Meng, and she couldn't help laughing.
Then Su Han came downstairs too.
"What do you think, honey? Do I look good?"
As she spoke, Su Han twirled on the spot. Her fitted black dress showed off her shapely figure, and her hair, tied up in a bun, made her look nothing like someone who was already a mother.
"Beautiful! My wife looks beautiful in anything!"
"...Ewww."
Little Cheng He emerged from behind his mother in flip-flops and little floral shorts, disgust written all over his face. With an air of world-weary maturity, he looked at the two people before him, dressed up and ready to go out.
"At your age, you're still showing off your love in front of children. Have you no shame?"
"Oh my, oh my." Wearing a positively nuclear smile, Su Han pinched Cheng He's cheek. "What was that you just said, Xiao He? Mommy didn't quite hear you. Oh, right. I think your teacher said there would be two extra essays for your Qixi homework..."
"Mommy is the prettiest! Mommy is as beautiful as a heavenly fairy!"
"Heeheehee!" Cheng Meng was tickled into a particularly sweet