"Waaah!"
Early in the morning, a cry broke the silence.
Lian Youming, who had kept watch all night and was lying quietly, opened his eyes. Out of habit, he checked his son's diaper, then changed it for a clean one. He had figured out the knack of caring for a baby.
So Yan Lingyun and his family could sleep well, Lian Youming barely let go of his son at night, soothing him with Soft Jin. He had energy to spare anyway; a little over an hour's sleep could last him the whole night. By now, whenever the little fellow cried, there were only two possibilities: he had either soiled himself or was hungry. Yan Lingyun woke with a yawn. Looking at the father and son before her, she gave a silly smile, leaned over the swaddled baby to kiss and pinch him, then teased the infant, who was not yet a month old. "Oh, come on, say Mommy!"
Lian Youming could not help laughing. While she fed the baby, he got up and left the bedroom.
His father and mother had already gone to work.
Lian Shuang was reviewing her lessons in her room. She would enter her final year of high school in the second half of the year, and her studies were demanding.
As for Lian Lei, he was watching television with two little local-breed puppies in his arms.
Cicadas were already calling in the courtyard, and the morning breeze swept in. Lian Youming washed up and prepared to cook.
But just as he put the rice in the pot, someone called from outside the courtyard.
"Nephew!"
The voice sounded rather familiar.
Lian Youming glanced outside and saw that the visitor was actually Tian Dayong.
He was the Eagle Claw Sect's new sect leader.
Tian Dayong wore a