I Became the Mother of His Child

In her past life, Xu Xiuxiu once heard from a friend who was passionate about traveling that there was a tourist attraction in Z city touted as a natural health hot spring resort. Xu Xiuxiu almost forgot the exact address, but after racking her brains, Xu Xiuxiu roughly determined the location, which was on the outskirts of Z city. Now, that place was still just a large tract of wasteland.

The price was not high, and it seemed easy enough to purchase the land, but the area was quite large, and the government did not allow it to be bought in segments. Xu Xiuxiu wasn't sure exactly where the hot spring was and didn't dare to take the risk, so she had no choice but to buy up the entire huge area—nearly fifteen acres or almost one hectare.

However, both the vast size and the price were too far beyond Xu Xiuxiu's budget. With her personal capacity and finances, it was utterly impossible to succeed in acquiring such a large piece of land. Even if she managed to buy it, developing and building would be a huge headache. She couldn't just buy such a big piece of land and let it go to waste. What should she do?

Xu Xiuxiu pondered with a headache, but then saw that the sunset outside had already dyed the sky red. After checking the time, she gathered her emotions and teased the boy and girl twins in the small office of Sichuan Pavilion before then pushing the stroller out to pick up Song Chengguang from school.

Song Yuanhuan had busier days than hers, but he still tried hard to find time to come home. Running back and forth between the city and the military base didn't seem to wear him out. At first, Xu Xiuxiu couldn't understand Song Yuanhuan's motivation and advised him that it was okay to rest in the barracks if he was tired, and there was no need to spend so much time commuting between the city and the military base every day.

But Song Yuanhuan wouldn't listen until one night Xu Xiuxiu woke up and found Song Yuanhuan, in his military uniform rushing home. The stains and mud on that uniform suggested he probably had been on a mission or military exercise. Hot and unable to stay for long, he still spiritedly went to the baby's room, holding Little Baby and chuckling, then watched Little Baby sleep for an hour before hastily returning to the barracks.

From then on, Xu Xiuxiu had no doubts about Song Yuanhuan's devotion as a doting father to his daughter—to a sigh-inducing extent.

After picking up Song Chengguang from the daycare, Xu Xiuxiu leisurely strolled home with the three children. Since she wasn't sure if Song Yuanhuan would come home, she just slowed down intentionally, listening to Song Chengguang talking about funny things that happened at daycare and hearing the twins' cooing sounds, feeling life was so wonderfully unrealistic.

Upon opening the door to the house, Xu Xiuxiu first smelled the aroma of food. Without guessing, it was definitely Song Yuanhuan who had come home and cooked. She was used to it, even indifferent to the fact, since Song Yuanhuan was busy and he only cooked for the four of them when he rarely had some free time.

Every time Song Chengguang opened the door and smelled the scent coming from inside the house, he would get as excited as if he had been injected with chicken blood, "Dad, I smell the fragrance of garlic ribs." Song Chengguang, with his little backpack on, hopped and skipped into the house, shouting as he made his way to the kitchen.

In the kitchen, Song Yuanhuan, wearing a pink apron and casual clothes, exuded a homely charm that made Xu Xiuxiu feel like she'd been given a shot of adrenaline. It must be said, Song Yuanhuan's cool, handsome, and warm transformation completely captivated her.

"I'm home!" Song Yuanhuan said, putting down the spatula and striding out from the entryway. Then with both hands, he took the stroller that Xu Xiuxiu was pushing and effortlessly wheeled the side-by-side stroller inside the house, "My Little Baby is getting prettier." Song Yuanhuan, clad in an apron, bent over the stroller, eyes tenderly fixed on the Little Baby inside.

"Yeah. Little Moon is also growing up to be very pretty!" Xu Xiuxiu said leisurely as she closed the door, "Have a day off today?" Song Yuanhuan hadn't come home yesterday, but today with his casual appearance, it seemed he must have been on leave, especially since after reporting back to the base at the beginning of the year, Song Yuanhuan had been squeezing out time to spend with his family and had barely taken a proper day off, except for the housewarming and baby's full-month celebration a month ago.

"Mm. Starting tomorrow, I'm off for three consecutive days," Song Yuanhuan replied with a beaming smile.

"Really? Then these three days I can leave the boy and girl twins to you," Xu Xiuxiu exclaimed with delight, inadvertently blurting out what was in her heart. Nowadays, be it going out or eating, she always needed to look after the twins first. Without hiring a nanny to help, she was almost running off her feet with no personal free time whatsoever. But now, with Song Yuanhuan having three days off in a row, she could toss the three children to him and devote herself entirely to the matters of the hot spring holiday villa. With those three days used wisely, she could get a lot done. Realizing this, Xu Xiuxiu felt Song Yuanhuan's holiday was like rain at the right time.

"Xiuxiu," Song Yuanhuan said, feeling a bit choked up, realizing his holiday might turn out to be pretty rough, looking after children. He could accept taking care of Little Baby alone, but if he also had to take Song Chengguang to and from school and deal with Little Moon, his pesky little son, Song Yuanhuan thought he might rather go back to the base for a five-kilometer cross-country run.

"Then I will be relying on you!" Xu Xiuxiu, not allowing any refusal from Song Yuanhuan, looked at him with a grateful pat on the shoulder and a smile that conveyed she was entrusting him with a significant task.

Song Yuanhuan's forehead throbbed fiercely, and after imagining a delightful night massaging his wife, he looked at Xu Xiuxiu with a warm and doting smile after a moment.

Feeling Song Yuanhuan's mysterious smile, Xu Xiuxiu involuntarily shivered. The eerie sensation of being targeted by Song Yuanhuan, with no escape possible, vaguely troubled Xu Xiuxiu. Surely that man wasn't cooking up some mischievous plan again!

Yet after dinner, with Song Chengguang fresh out of a hot bath, he took out the new rattle Xu Xiuxiu bought and started to lull the twins to sleep. Perhaps used to Song Chengguang's tireless lulling skills, the twins also gracefully fell asleep, giving face to their elder brother.