I Bacame the Mother of His Child-Chapter 55 - 54: Taking Care of Xiao Zhao Nan

Xiuxiu watched as Zhao Nan, who couldn’t stop crying in front of her, felt her heart, which had been hesitant, melt away at that moment. She gently wrapped her arms around Zhao Nan’s hiccuping little body. Xiuxiu then quickly picked a pink fruit from around them. "Nannan, is it okay if you close your eyes?" Xiuxiu coaxed gently.

With a blurry gaze, Zhao Nan didn’t ask why and obediently clenched his eyelids shut.

"Ah! Open your mouth." Xiuxiu enticed him by holding the pink translucent fruit close to Zhao Nan’s mouth.

Zhao Nan obediently opened his little mouth, and seeing this, Xiuxiu immediately stuffed the pink fruit into his mouth. The fruit was cool and refreshing as it entered his mouth, even carrying a faint scent of lotus. Zhao Nan, surprised, opened his uninjured eye. "Auntie, what did you give me?" The item had melted into a light juice as soon as it entered his mouth and slid down his throat, leaving a delightful fragrance.

"Does it taste good?" Xiuxiu didn’t answer Zhao Nan’s question but instead asked him in return.

Zhao Nan vigorously nodded his little head. "It’s delicious." It was so good that he wanted more.

"Do you believe in Auntie, Nannan?" Xiuxiu bent down and asked softly, gazing into Zhao Nan’s eyes.

"Mhm." Zhao Nan really liked Xiuxiu; he felt she had a motherly aura about her, a feeling he had never experienced before, magical and desirable.

"Then, Auntie says the wound on Nannan’s face will heal, and it won’t leave any scars. Do you believe that?" Xiuxiu asked seriously.

Would it leave no scars? If it had been anyone else, Zhao Nan might not have believed it, but if it was Xiuxiu telling him, he absolutely would believe, with an unexplainable faith.

"I believe."

"That’s a good boy." Xiuxiu replied, her voice filled with satisfaction.

Hearing this, Zhao Nan shyly smiled again. The desolation and sadness of before dissipated with just a few words from Xiuxiu.

"Mama." Song Chengguang, whom Xiuxiu had placed in the stroller, saw Xiuxiu talking to Zhao Nan and instantly felt a bit jealous. He started bouncing around in the stroller, looking for attention. After fussing around and realizing that neither Xiuxiu nor Zhao Nan had given him any attention, the little guy started to vocalize. freёweɓnovel.com

Hearing her Little Baby calling out, Xiuxiu bent down and lifted him out of the stroller. Song Chengguang wrapped his little arms around Xiuxiu’s neck, his eyes filled with wariness as he looked at Zhao Nan. "Scared." The little guy instinctively resisted the person whose face was half wrapped, not knowing it was Zhao Nan.

"Don’t be scared, this is brother." Xiuxiu reassured the little one.

Brother? Song Chengguang looked at Zhao Nan with round, inquisitive eyes, as if verifying the truth.

"I’m not scary, I’m Brother Zhao Nan." Zhao Nan also spoke up to soothe the little guy’s emotions. His small face, wrapped in bandages, tried to smile up at Song Chengguang despite the other half being injured and bandaged. Though he made his voice as gentle as possible, Song Chengguang still wasn’t quite convinced, his eyes fixating on the uninjured half of Zhao Nan’s face for quite a while. Finally, after mentally confirming the familiar soothing voice he heard, he hesitantly nodded. "Brother?" and then turned his head to nuzzle against Xiuxiu’s shoulder. Although he believed in Zhao Nan’s identity, the little guy was still scared.

Zhao Nan felt a sense of dejection. "Oh, little brother doesn’t like me."

Seeing this, Xiuxiu smiled gently. "Nannan, don’t be sad, little brother is just too young to understand! He’s only scared because he sees the bandages on Nannan’s face. Once your wound heals, he’ll recognize you."

"Um." Auntie must have said so, and Zhao Nan nodded enthusiastically in agreement.

Just as he had placated Zhao Nan’s mood, knock knock knock, there came a knock at the dormitory door.

Xu Xiuxiu held Song Chengguang as she went to open the door, only to see a soldier in green military uniform standing outside. Upon seeing her, he saluted her with a standard military salute, "Hello sister-in-law, I am Gao Erhu, a radio operator from the communications class. Major Song and Political Commissioner Zhao have suddenly received orders from superiors to leave the Military District for a mission. Major Song called the communications class before he left to convey a message to you, sister-in-law. Please do not worry. Also, Political Commissioner Zhao mentioned that the situation was urgent and he had no choice. Therefore, please help look after Zhao Nan during his absence," Gao Erhu said, then saluted again solemnly.

Xu Xiuxiu, upon hearing this, was silent for a moment. Thinking of Song Yuanhuan and Zhao Jian Country’s military status, she nodded in understanding. After all, they were military men!

"Thank you for the trouble," Xu Xiuxiu said politely to Gao Erhu.

"It’s my duty, sister-in-law. You go ahead with your work! I’ll head back now," Gao Erhu said, then turned and left.

Xu Xiuxiu, still holding Song Chengguang, turned her head and looked at Zhao Nan, who was standing not far from the door. Clearly, Zhao Nan had also heard what the radio operator Gao Erhu said, so she raised her eyebrows slightly, "It seems like Nannan will be staying with auntie and her little brother for a few days," Xu Xiuxiu said in a seemingly relaxed tone, worried about Zhao Nan who had just injured his face might be upset because of Political Commissioner Zhao’s departure.

"Hehe, Nannan loves being with auntie," Zhao Nan did not show the upset emotion Xu Xiuxiu had expected. On the contrary, the little fellow had a smug anticipation, his expression genuinely excited.

"Then, auntie has some things to do in the city. Would it be okay for Nannan to come stay with me in the city for a few days?"

"Sure! I’ll pack my bags right away," Zhao Nan said and turned to rummage through the wardrobe, behaving as if he was planning to stay with Xu Xiuxiu for long.

Zhao Nan’s unprotected trust made Xu Xiuxiu laugh incessantly. Holding Song Chengguang, she walked over to a chair in the room, sat down, and let go of Song Chengguang in her arms.

Although Song Chengguang was somewhat afraid of Zhao Nan who was bandaged up, the child was naturally curious. As soon as Xu Xiuxiu let go of him, the little guy moved his small, short legs closer to Zhao Nan. Watching Zhao Nan pulling out his clothes from the wardrobe, he immediately went forward to grab a piece of clothing and turned toward Xu Xiuxiu.

"Mommy," Song Chengguang pushed the item he held toward Xu Xiuxiu.

Xu Xiuxiu focused her eyes on the item Song Chengguang was holding, and suddenly felt helpless, "Song Chengguang, put it back immediately." The very little piece of fabric obviously wasn’t Zhao Nan’s size—this was Zhao Jian Country’s house, so aside from Zhao Nan, the wardrobe’s other contents would definitely belong to Zhao Jian Country. Thus, Xu Xiuxiu’s face instantly darkened.

Naughty child! Do you know what you are holding? This little guy seems to be getting more and more uncontrollable! How dare you bring a pair of Political Commissioner Zhao’s underwear to show off in front of her! Fortunately, there were only two children in the room, otherwise today she would have been immensely embarrassed, Xu Xiuxiu thought with a troubled face.

"Mommy..." Song Chengguang, with his eyes confused, didn’t understand why his mom was raising her voice at him.

"Put it back." Xu Xiuxiu, with a stern face, reached out, turned the little fellow around, and smacked his bottom.

The pain on his bottom wasn’t too bad; Song Chengguang giggled after the hit, thinking Xu Xiuxiu was playing with him. Holding the small piece of fabric, he walked toward Zhao Nan, then threw the fabric and grabbed a green trouser leg to drag out.

Xu Xiuxiu found it hard to breathe, moved away from the chair, stepped forward and forcibly took the item from Song Chengguang’s hands, then turned around and tightly embraced the child in her arms—now Song Chengguang was finally behaving.

When Zhao Nan had finished packing his small luggage, Xu Xiuxiu then let go of Song Chengguang and after checking over everything promptly left the Military District with the two children for a hitched ride to the city.