The next afternoon.
Pei Jingyuan wrapped up that day’s filming without any trouble.
After a sleepless night spent in barely contained excitement, he gulped down a huge cup of iced Americano in the morning.
The caffeine hit him so hard he felt like someone had injected ten pounds of chicken blood straight into his veins.
Both the on-site director and the actors who shared scenes with him thought he was simply full of energy because he’d rested well the previous day. His spirit and presence were noticeably brighter.
While Pei Jingyuan was removing his makeup, a stagehand came to confirm the schedule for the last few scenes.
He tilted his head slightly and every word he spoke was tinged with a smile.
The stagehand assumed he was just happy in advance about his upcoming wrap-up.
The moment his phone screen lit up, Pei Jingyuan quickly grabbed it with his left hand, flashed the stagehand a small smile and said, “I need to take a private call.”
The stagehand nodded and left him alone.
Only after the door closed did Pei Jingyuan answer, his voice overflowing with anticipation. “Yuanbao’s big dad? Is Yuanbao looking for me?”
Early this morning, before he left home, Nie Shenyuan had reminded him specifically, do not mention Yuanbao to anyone for now, not even to Huang Licheng.
Pei Jingyuan had instinctively asked him why.
Of course, deep inside, he wanted to announce to the world the very first second that he had an unbelievably adorable little baby.
But Nie Shenyuan had answered simply, “Because you’re still too young.”
Only then did Pei Jingyuan calm down and seriously calculate his age, realizing that he had practically conceived a child the moment he became an adult.
Honestly, even if the public found out, he didn’t think it really mattered.
To him, his family was far more important than outsiders’ opinions.
Just last night, he had even excitedly planned to take Yuanbao to meet his grandmother.
But since this was not a trivial matter, he hadn’t argued with Nie Shenyuan about it.
Now, a soft, milky voice came from the other end, “Little Dad~ Yuanbao is here, oh. Little Dad, when are you coming?”
“Hm?” Pei Jingyuan blinked in confusion. “Where?”
“In the car-car.”
Then Nie Shenyuan’s voice followed, “We’re at the roadside outside your set. It’s the car that dropped you off this morning.”
He had arranged for a driver to bring Pei Jingyuan to the set earlier that day.
“Oh!” Pei Jingyuan laughed lightly. “Yuanbao, wait for me!”
“Mm-mm~” Yuanbao made bubbly little gurgling sounds. “Little Dad, hurry hurry!”
Nie Shenyuan added calmly, “No need to rush.”
Their two voices, tone, pitch and emotional quality, were each so distinct, so true to their personalities, that Pei Jingyuan felt almost as if the father and son were right in front of him.
After the call ended, he stared at his reflection in the mirror. “So… why is it him?”
The moment Pei Jingyuan stepped out, a tiny round face popped up from the back seat window of a discreet black luxury car.
Wow! His little cub came to pick him up!
He instantly declared, unilaterally and wholeheartedly, that he was the happiest person in the entire world.
Yuanbao had been warned by his big dad not to call out “Little Dad” while outside, so he was so anxious he could only wave wildly.
As soon as Pei Jingyuan climbed into the car, Yuanbao let out soft whimpering sounds and threw himself into his arms, burying his face and rubbing affectionately. “Little Dad, Little Dad~ Yuanbao missed you so so much~ wuu wuu~”
Pei Jingyuan wrapped his left arm around the warm, cuddly bundle, bent down and kissed his hair.
From the passenger seat, Nie Shenyuan signaled for them to sit properly. “We’re going to the hospital first.”
“Okay!”
Pei Jingyuan was fully consumed by the joy of cuddling his little cub. As for everything else, he was willing to follow the arrangements of this steady, dependable “family head.”
Once the car drove off,
Yuanbao began chattering nonstop, recounting all the moments he had missed his little dad throughout the day.
“I ate little edamame today~ and Yuanbao missed Little Dad so so much~”
“The little kitty asked Yuanbao, meow meow, why hasn’t Little Dad come home yet~ just like this~”
Pei Jingyuan’s gaze brimmed with blazing affection. His heart felt like it was soaking in a jar full of honey, thick, rich and sweet.
In the front passenger seat,
Hearing the little boy’s tender babbling, Nie Shenyuan remembered how, whenever he returned home before, the tiny cub would sprint over instantly, demanding a hug.
Yuanbao truly was an exceptionally affectionate child.
Nie Shenyuan lifted his gaze slightly, looking at Pei Jingyuan’s reflection in the rearview mirror.
The young man was still half-turned to the side, his entire attention devoted to Yuanbao.
A second later,
Pei Jingyuan sensed a gaze on him and looked up in mild confusion.
Their eyes met through the mirror.
Nie Shenyuan’s dark eyes were deep and unreadable.
At first, Pei Jingyuan didn’t think much of it.
But the moment he remembered the tangled nature of their “relationship,” he quickly shifted his gaze away and squeezed Yuanbao’s little hand.
“…What do you want to eat tonight? Little Dad will take you to eat sizzling claypot, okay?”
Yuanbao stared with wide, bewildered eyes. “Pig-pig pot? Is that something yummy?”
Why had he never heard of it before?
Pei Jingyuan chuckled and corrected the pronunciation.
But even as he explained, he could still feel Yuanbao’s big dad watching him intently and he couldn’t help being a little surprised.
Could he be thinking that since Yuanbao is our future child, we’re supposed to start dating now?
Pei Jingyuan felt that… he needed to have a talk with him.
At the hospital.
Because Nie Shenyuan had made arrangements beforehand, they were able to undergo testing immediately after arriving.
Yuanbao didn’t want his little dad, who had been injured before, to get his finger pricked again. So he grabbed the doctor’s white coat and shook it anxiously, pleading in his soft baby voice, “Aunty, can Little Dad use hair too?”
The doctor bent down with a smile. “We’re already using hair, little young master, don’t worry. Your father explained everything earlier.”
Pei Jingyuan quietly glanced at Nie Shenyuan.
Nie Shenyuan met his gaze calmly. “Do you prefer using blood then?”
Pei Jingyuan didn’t expect the question at all and shook his head quickly.
In the end, both samples were taken using hair.
Naturally, the results confirmed a 99% parent-child relationship.
The doctor looked at the extraordinarily good-looking young man and couldn’t help feeling complicated for a moment.
The test showed that he was the “biological carrier” of the child. From a medical standpoint alone, this was practically a historic, miraculous case.
However, based on her understanding of Mr. Nie, she knew neither of them intended to ask for a thorough medical examination for Pei Jingyuan. There was no need.
For Pei Jingyuan, the DNA report was not the most important thing.
But for Yuanbao, it mattered.
Sitting on his big dad’s lap, the little boy poked at the numbers on the report with his tiny finger. He asked for confirmation, “This means Little Dad and Yuanbao are Daddy and Baby, oh?”
Nie Shenyuan gently pinched his small finger and moved it to the key number. “It’s this part.”
Pei Jingyuan, sitting beside them, couldn’t hold back a laugh.
So serious yet so funny.
“Oh~”
Yuanbao wiggled happily, completely unfazed by his little mistake but the moment he noticed his little dad’s smile, his cheeks puffed up at once. “Little Dad, are you laughing at Yuanbao?”
“No! Yuanbao saw it wrong.”
Pei Jingyuan denied it without hesitation and leaned over to give him a quick kiss on the cheek.
Only now did he truly understand why his own parents used to kiss him nonstop when he was little.
Naturally, Yuanbao chose to believe his little dad. He wrapped his tiny arms around his neck and snuggled close.
Nie Shenyuan lowered his gaze, looking at the father and son stuck together, though honestly, calling them “two brothers” felt even more accurate.
He had not missed the complicated looks from the doctors earlier. He could completely disregard outsiders’ opinions but that didn’t mean he could immediately settle his own mindset.
“All right, let’s go have dinner first.”
“Woohoo!”
The two of them cheered in perfect unison.
Even with such a short time together, they had already developed a strong emotional resonance.
At the sizzling claypot restaurant.
Inside the private room, Pei Jingyuan held a spoon in his left hand, scooping out the crispy rice crust from the claypot. When he saw the corners of the little cub’s mouth shining slightly with oil, he quickly grabbed a wet wipe to clean him up.
“Yuanbao likes it this much?”
Yuanbao lifted his tiny spoon. “Yummy!”
Seeing the inconvenience in his hand, Nie Shenyuan said, “I’ll do it. You eat.”
He also added some vegetables into Yuanbao’s bowl. “Eat more greens.”
Obedient as always, Yuanbao lowered his head and bit into the tender green stem but the way he chewed was weak and pitiful, lacking all his usual cheerful “ah-woo, ah-woo” sounds.
Pei Jingyuan poked the back of his tiny hand. “Be good, okay? Listen to big dad and eat more vegetables.”
Yuanbao looked left, then looked right.
Oh no! His dads now were just like his dads in the future, both of them nagged him to eat vegetables!
To divert their attention, he commanded, “Big Dad, scoop meat-meat for Little Dad~ Little Dad’s tummy is starving flat.”
“No need, Little Dad can eat by himself.”
Pei Jingyuan picked up the large ladle from the claypot, scooped a big piece of beef into his bowl and after a moment of thought, scooped one for Nie Shenyuan as well.
He blinked and said warmly, “Yuanbao’s big dad, you work so hard taking care of Yuanbao. You should eat more.”
“Thank you.” In Nie Shenyuan’s deep eyes, there was a hint of subtle meaning. “Yuanbao’s little dad.”
Pei Jingyuan: Hm? Why is he suddenly calling me that?
Meanwhile, Yuanbao, still chewing on his green vegetable stem, listened to the overly polite conversation between his two dads.
His tiny heart began to cool down like a leftover lettuce leaf.
Oh no, the two dads don’t plan on having a wedding at all!
“Yuanbao?”
Seeing the cub sitting stiff and dazed, Nie Shenyuan assumed he didn’t want the vegetable anymore. “If you don’t want it, spit it out. Don’t keep chewing.”
It looked like he was dragging a long green tongue.
Pei Jingyuan thought helplessly, Why does he always sound so stern? Are you sure you won’t scare Yuanbao?
He was about to speak when Yuanbao suddenly let out a faint hum.
The little guy buried his head and chomped and chomped, forcing himself to eat the entire vegetable.
The completely inexperienced Pei Jingyuan:
OK. Yuanbao’s big dad truly knows how to raise a child! Stand up and clap!
When Yuanbao finished, he placed his tiny hands on the table and lifted his small body slightly.
The tiny movement was enough to make both dads stop eating.
Pei Jingyuan asked gently, “What’s wrong, Yuanbao? Do you need to use the bathroom?”
Yuanbao shook his head, his round little face showing a helpless expression. Then he sat back down again.
Sigh~ Little kids shouldn’t think too much about adult things…
He sneaked a glance at his little dad, then sneakily looked at his big dad.
No wedding? Then no wedding.
As long as Yuanbao could stay with both dads, that was good enough.
Nie Shenyuan said, “If there is something, just say it directly.”
“Eh?” Pei Jingyuan slowly turned toward him.
Please, be gentler with my baby!
Nie Shenyuan put vegetables into his bowl. “Eat.”
Seeing this, Yuanbao’s cloudy mood brightened a little.
A big dad without his “french-fry explosion ability” really made the little cub anxious.
Quietly, Pei Jingyuan pulled out his phone and placed it on his lap, typing with one hand.
[ Yuanbao’s big dad, don’t always use such a serious tone when talking to Yuanbao. ]
Seeing him texting, Nie Shenyuan assumed he was replying to work messages.
A few seconds later, the phone beside him lit up.
He looked toward Pei Jingyuan.
Pei Jingyuan wiggled his eyebrows exaggeratedly: Why are you looking at me? Look at your phone!
Nie Shenyuan opened it, glanced at the message, then turned off the screen. He didn’t reply.
Pei Jingyuan: “…?”
What kind of attitude is that?!
If his right hand weren’t injured, he could type with both hands at once, his fingers striking sparks off the screen.
More notifications popped up on Nie Shenyuan’s phone.
He raised a brow slightly and picked it up.
[ Raising Yuanbao is something we share. You cannot ignore my opinion. ]
[ I know I’m young and you may think I’m immature but I still have the right to express my thoughts! ]
[ Please reply ‘received’! ]
The first thing Nie Shenyuan thought of was the little cub earlier, grabbing his collar.
He deeply suspected that Pei Jingyuan right now wanted very much to grab his clothes but couldn’t do it because they were in public.
He turned off the screen again and just as Pei Jingyuan was about to glare at him, he lifted his eyes and said in a low voice, “Received.”
Pei Jingyuan: “…”
Do you think you’re being funny?
The age gap. The absolute generation gap.
Pei Jingyuan was starting to suspect that maybe in the future he had been somehow “coerced” into marrying him and giving birth.
Given the disparity between them, it wasn’t impossible!
Seeing the way his eyes glistened, Nie Shenyuan could tell exactly what he was thinking. He asked, “Yuanbao, did your future little dad ever tell you how your two dads met?”
Pei Jingyuan looked up at the little cub with anticipation.
Yuanbao had been asked this question by big dad before, so he naturally assumed it was time to tell little dad now.
He looked at his little dad and said affectionately, “It was during the banquet, when Little Dad got his clothes dirty. Then Big Dad took off his own clothes and let Little Dad wear them~”
He poked his own tiny shirt at the chest area to demonstrate.
Pei Jingyuan cast a doubtful glance at the man beside him.
Nie Shenyuan chose the perfect moment to clarify himself. “I never do anything involving coercion.”
Pei Jingyuan: “…”
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ChaptersChapter 1 · YaunBao in wrong Time lineChapter 2 · Finding Big DaddyChapter 3 · DNA ProofChapter 4 · Hospital visitChapter 5 · New RoleChapter 6 · Meeting Daddy SoonChapter 7 · New NeighbourChapter 8 · Moving inChapter 9 · Meeting Little Daddy again!Chapter 10 · WhiteChapter 11 · Car for Little DaddyChapter 12 · Live StreamChapter 13 · KittyChapter 14 · Bonding Time~Chapter 15 · White CatChapter 16 · Yuanbao, your dad is terrifying!Chapter 17 · Will Dad blow up the kitchen?Chapter 18 Part 1 · Little Dad, let’s get New Big Dad!Chapter 18 Part 2 · Little Dad, let’s get new Big Dad!Chapter 19 · Yuanbao doesn’t have a loving big dadChapter 20 Part 1 · Dad never holds back Yuanbao~ No, no~Chapter 20 Part 2 · Dad never holds back Yuanbao~ No, no~Chapter 21 · Little Dad’s friendChapter 22 · Our Child from future!Chapter 23 · Little Daddy Knows!Chapter 24 · How did the two fathers meet?Chapter 25 · They really treat him like a gold ingot!Chapter 26 · Big Daddy really likes little daddyChapter 27 · Hehe, Yuanbao’s dad is such a humorous personChapter 28 · This name sounds like some kind of unspoken codeChapter 29 · Don’t you dare steal Yuanbao’s little dad!Chapter 30 · You’re so smart, it’s only natural that our child is clever too.Chapter 31 · That’s definitely a hickey!Chapter 32 · We simply can’t compete!Chapter 33 · Big Dad, you’re not allowed to bully Little DadChapter 34 · Amusement ParkChapter 35 · Big Dad, you have to protect Little DadChapter 36 · Go eat friesChapter 37 · These fries are so deliciousChapter 38 · Yuanbao imitated his dad’s tone: “No, no~”Chapter 39 · Did you hurt Daddy’s hand?Chapter 40 · Were the father and son plotting something behind my back?Chapter 41 · They really went a little too far in the future.Chapter 42 · Sudden feeling of being “needed”Chapter 43 · The little guy tells his dad everythingChapter 44 · Why was Dad secretly observing him?Chapter 45 · I’ll introduce you to these two adorable peopleChapter 46 · According to family hierarchyChapter 47 · Yuanbao is mine and Jingyuan’s childChapter 48 · Little Yuanbao, you sound just like your dad talking right now!Chapter 49 · Are you happy today?Chapter 50 · Waaah, how could Daddy say such bad things about Yuanbao to Little Daddy?!Chapter 51 · Dad, will Yuanbao have a younger brother or sister?Chapter 52 · Let him handle the whole “conquering” thing!Chapter 53 · Dad, do you miss dad?Chapter 54 · Yuanbao’s Dad, how about we start dating?Chapter 55 · Did the two fathers talk for two days before telling Yuanbao?Chapter 56 · I’d like a different birthday presentChapter 57 · I love playing like this with my two dadsChapter 58 · Dad, come home soonChapter 59 · Jingyuan, let me hold you for a whileChapter 60 · Big Dad and Little Dad are just like Yuanbao’s left and right feetChapter 61 · Yuanbao, how about letting your father sleep in the middle?Chapter 62 · Waiting for your goodnight kissChapter 63 · Philodendron, McDowellChapter 64 · Little Dad is so badChapter 65 · Yuanbao wants to stay home and play every dayChapter 66 · Where’s my little Yuanbao?Chapter 67 · He’s my childChapter 68 · Two fathers?Chapter 69 · Does French Fries taste the same?Chapter 70 · Teacher AnnieChapter 71 · You’re bullying meChapter 72 · Big Dad asked Little Dad to kiss you for himChapter 73 · I think what’s missing is a formal confessionChapter 74 · If the ingot is an inward square, thenChapter 75 · Little Potato Ball and Daddy PotatoChapter 76 · That must be some other silly kidChapter 77 · In the future, how about I help you pluck out your white hairs?Chapter 78 · Little Dad already tried his best to help you!Chapter 79 · You can only blame the prize for being too temptingChapter 80 · Little Dad will hold a personal art exhibition just for youChapter 81 · Shall I make it up to you?Chapter 82 · Little Dad, kiss kiss~ Help Yuanbao give Big Dad a kiss tooChapter 83 · You’ll just say he’s a relative’s childChapter 84 · #PeiJingyuanMalePregnancy#Chapter 85 · Family GatheringChapter 86 · Yuanbao will work hard and make lots of money!Chapter 86 · Extra 1Chapter 87 · Who’s he messaging?Chapter 87 · Extra 2Chapter 88 · Extra 3Chapter 88 · Why are you blushing?Chapter 89 · Let’s get marriedChapter 89 · Extra 4Chapter 90 · Hair CutChapter 90 · Extra 5Chapter 91 · They’re willing to accept you as part of the familyChapter 92 · A Family DinnerChapter 93 · This is Yuanbao’s… very, very tall Big Dad, Nie ShenyuanChapter 94 · The wedding