“The infant formula is outside,” Lu Qingyu said, raising an eyebrow.
Su Jingsheng carried Xiaobao into the living room and discovered that the bag containing the infant formula also held tools for preparing warm milk. The precise temperature, water temperature, and times when Xiaobao should be fed were all written down in great detail.
It seemed that grandfather and grandma really doted on Xiaobao.
Su Jingsheng took out the infant formula and prepared it. She poured some onto her hand to feel the temperature before giving it to Xiaobao.
Xiaobao immediately stopped crying and blinked tearful eyes at her mommy.
Seeing this, Su Jingsheng let out a deep sigh of relief. It seemed that giving Xiaobao to him back then had been the right decision. She truly had no way to take good care of Xiaobao alone.
She lovingly stroked Xiaobao's head and sincerely said, “Please thank your parents for me. Thank them for raising Xiaobao so well. I really am grateful.”
At first, she had been afraid that his parents would favor sons over daughters and treat Xiaobao poorly. Now it seemed she had simply been overthinking things.
“All right.”
Su Jingsheng sat on the sofa while Xiaobao continued drinking milk. Once she had had enough, she became sleepy and fussed for a while before wanting to go to sleep.
So she coaxed Xiaobao to sleep, softly humming a nursery rhyme. Her melodious voice was like a clear bell, crisp and pleasant to the ear.
Lu Qingyu looked at Su Jingsheng, and something gradually appeared in his eyes, which grew increasingly profound.
After Xiaobao fell asleep, Su Jingsheng covered her with a small blanket and turned around to compose herself.
There were some things she needed to discuss properly with this man.
The phone the man had set down was still on the game interface. Su Jingsheng glanced at it coldly and said in a quiet voice that nevertheless carried anger, “mr. lu, you are Xiaobao's father. Even if your parents are taking care of her now, I don't think that means you have no responsibility at all.”
She pointed at Xiaobao in the cradle. “Xiaobao is your daughter. You can let her sleep outside your sight if you want, but you were actually still playing games. Just because you want to play games, can you abandon your daughter?”
The daughter should come before everything else, shouldn't she?
Yet the man before her could actually do such a thing. As Xiaobao's mother, Su Jingsheng could not forgive him.
Lu Qingyu did not explain himself in the face of Su Jingsheng's accusation.
It was true that he had been working, and it was also true that he had failed to take care of Xiaobao.
But he could not bring himself to say the words “I'm sorry.”
Su Jingsheng did not want to argue with the man before her either. “I want to take care of Xiaobao for a week.”
It was partly because she felt Lu Qingyu could not take care of Xiaobao, and partly because she truly missed her. She could not manage to care for her over a long period, but a short week was still possible.
Whenever Xiaobao cried, her heart broke.
If Xiaobao cried somewhere she could not see, and she could not even soothe her, she would lose control. She needed to spend a week alone with Xiaobao.
Su Jingsheng's eyes were resolute, and she spoke in a commanding tone.
Lu Qingyu naturally did not mind. So far, he had not been the one taking care of Xiaobao either. Strictly speaking, this should be the third time he had seen Xiaobao.
However…
The two elders would not agree.
The situation today made that clear enough. Xiaobao was now the two elders' beloved person. They would probably be unable to sit still even if she disappeared for a few hours, let alone a week.
They might even come to demand her return.
Lu Qingyu said in a deep voice, “Xiaobao is being cared for by my parents. Go discuss it with them.”
Su Jingsheng explained, “I am Xiaobao's mother. I won't hurt her. The matters at the company have stabilized recently, so I have both the time and energy to take good care of Xiaobao. Why do I need to discuss it with your parents? You are her father.”
Lu Qingyu raised his eyes to look at Su Jingsheng, his attitude consistently one of refusal.
A mama's boy.
It was the first time this term had appeared in Su Jingsheng's mind.
She sized up the man before her. He did not seem like one, but in his words, he seemed to have to listen to his parents in everything.
Several traces of irritation arose in Su Jingsheng's heart.
She was the mother. Could she not even take care of her own child?
Then again, they were probably afraid she would take Xiaobao away. Even written proof in black and white would not have reassured them.
She glanced back at Xiaobao in the cradle. She was fair and plump, much prettier than when she had just been born, and so well-behaved.
His parents had indeed taken excellent care of her.
Forget it. If they could not agree, then so be it.
“Then I can take her out to play for a day today, right?” Su Jingsheng compromised.
Lu Qingyu raised his hand and glanced at the mechanical watch gleaming with a cold light. After all that commotion, it was already almost one o'clock.
As long as she was not here and they could not find her, one day would still be fine.
Lu Qingyu finally nodded in agreement. “Take her out later.”
Otherwise, if people from the old residence came, they would not listen to her explanation, and even he might be unable to stop them.
“Mm. I want to take Xiaobao out to buy some clothes and look around with her.”
This was the only thing she could do for now.
Thus, they sat on the sofa and waited for Xiaobao to wake up.
Lu Qingyu exited the game interface, chatted for a few sentences on WeChat, and then set his phone aside.
Su Jingsheng said nothing when she saw this. He was behaving so obediently now, but once he returned, he would revert to his old ways. But forget it—he was not her man, so he could play as much as he wanted.
He was still better than that beast, Shen Mingfeng.
Being a philanderer was an illness that needed treatment, and having no standards when choosing women was also an illness that required severe treatment.
Fortunately, she had not received any harassing calls from them so far.
Mia had sent her a message that morning, saying that Shen Mingfeng had taken Su Yuning on their honeymoon. On the surface, it was to show their marital affection, but in reality, it was to reduce the impact they had caused at the wedding.
Moreover, the su and shen families had already contacted the various news media Companies and suppressed the news about the wedding.
Even if it appeared online, they changed the story and said that the two women had drunk too much and caused a drunken scene.
Everyone would only curse Su Jingsheng for getting dead drunk at her younger sister's wedding banquet despite being the older sister, and then insulting and slandering her younger sister and brother-in-law.
How impressive. With one move, all the outside world was cursing her.
Su Jingsheng regretted staying in the Su Family for so many years. She should have broken free from them earlier; otherwise…
She would not be suffering so much now.
She could not help letting out a deep sigh, looking somewhat exhausted, yet she still opened the packaging bags and analyzed Xiaobao's life from the items inside.
She took photos of Xiaobao's supplies with her phone.
Lu Qingyu said, “Hmm?”
Su Jingsheng explained unhurriedly, “You don't need to prepare these things in the future. I will prepare them myself. Xiaobao can come alone.”
She did not want to cause Lu Qingyu's parents too much trouble.
Moreover, without Shen Mingfeng, her shares in the Su Family were enough to purchase these things. She could even provide better ones.
“No need.”
The two elders would not agree to Xiaobao using anything prepared by anyone other than them.
As they put it, who knew whether the people outside would hurt our Xiaobao? It was not as though our family lacked the means. She could only use what we prepared. Everything she ate, wore, and used had to be the best, safest, and healthiest. If she fell ill, all of you would be held responsible.
During this period, because of Xiaobao, everyone throughout the old residence had been tense as if preparing for war, with every person's heart in their throat, afraid that the little princess might come to harm.
There were also people guessing about Xiaobao's biological mother, but none of them could obtain any information, so in the end they could only give up.