At night, the children lay on the soft mattresses, rolling around excitedly. They even buried their faces in the fluffy coral fleece bedsheets.
Huai Yi giggled. “Mother, our bed is so soft! And it smells so nice! Even the blanket is so pretty!”
Huai Yu couldn’t help adding, “I like it too! Our home is so nice now!”
Chu Fuyu looked at her three sons with a gentle smile and asked softly, “You all saw it today, right? Mother asked Uncle Zhang to build two more rooms. After tidying up, we now have four rooms. Do you want to have your own rooms and sleep separately?”
The three children froze for a moment.
Huai Jin’s lips curled slightly.
Huai Yu was the first to react, excitedly saying, “Really? Mother, I can sleep alone? That’s great!”
Unlike his two brothers, Huai Yi pouted, scooted closer, and tugged at Chu Fuyu’s sleeve pitifully. “Can I sleep with Mother? I don’t want to sleep alone… I’m afraid of the dark.”
Before Chu Fuyu could respond, Huai Yu immediately lectured him, “Third brother, you can’t say that. We’re big kids now. Big kids aren’t afraid of anything.”
Chu Fuyu raised an eyebrow. “Huai Yu, who told you that?”
Huai Yu blinked honestly. “Big Niu-ge said it. He wanted to take us to swim in the river. I was scared, and he said big kids aren’t afraid of anything.”
Chu Fuyu frowned slightly. She felt this needed proper guidance.
She said seriously, “Being a big kid doesn’t mean being fearless. It means challenging yourself within your ability. If something is beyond your ability, then doing it recklessly isn’t bravery—it’s carelessness with your life.”
“For example, if you don’t know how to swim, you can start learning in shallow water. You shouldn’t go straight into deep and dangerous pools. That’s not courage—it’s recklessness.”
Huai Yu nodded slowly, half understanding.
Huai Jin quickly spoke up, “Mother, don’t worry. I’ll look after my brothers. We won’t do dangerous things.”
Chu Fuyu was always at ease with her eldest son. Even though the triplets were born only hours apart, Huai Jin truly carried himself like the eldest—steady, responsible, and reliable.
After playing and chatting for a while longer, the three children finally fell asleep, snuggled close together.
Chu Fuyu, however, was still thinking about how to arrange their rooms tomorrow.
Huai Jin was the most steady-minded. He liked dark, calm tones and books. His room should have more books, writing tools, and a dignified, simple style.
Huai Yu was lively and competitive. He liked attention and had a strong sense of “group loyalty” toward his brothers, but showed slight rejection toward other children. She needed to observe him carefully so his personality wouldn’t go astray. His room should be refined, slightly luxurious—but within limits—to satisfy his pride.
As for Huai Yi, the youngest, he still wanted to sleep with her. To help him adapt, she decided to make his room cute and playful, filled with plush toys so he wouldn’t feel afraid at night.
She even took out paper and, by candlelight, began sketching and planning, listing what she needed to buy at the market and what furniture she could take from her spatial storage.
The next morning, just as the rooster crowed and the sky was barely bright, Chu Fuyu got up quietly, careful not to wake the children.
She didn’t want them to see her bringing things out from her space, so she chose to do everything early.
But it was still not an easy task. She worked for two to three hours straight before the children gradually woke up.
Luckily, she had already prepared breakfast—four cups of milk, four fried eggs, and hand-pulled noodles taken from her space, topped with green pepper minced pork sauce and beef sauce.
The children woke up to the aroma immediately and quickly got dressed and washed up, even helping wipe the table and set the bowls and chopsticks.
When they finally discovered their rooms had been completely transformed, their eyes widened in shock.
Huai Yu was the first to notice. The previously cluttered room was now clean and tidy. There were cabinets with little rabbit patterns, a large table with brushes, ink, paper, and inkstones neatly arranged, and beautiful crystal paperweights shaped like fruits—grapes, oranges, peaches—each one exquisite and charming.
The bed was covered with coral fleece bedding printed with rabbits and carrots.
But what truly caught their attention were the large plush toys.
They had never seen anything like them before.
A pink pig, round and adorable. A white lamb, soft and fluffy. A yellow bee. A little tiger.
They discovered all of them were stuffed with cotton, incredibly soft and comforting to hug.
“The heavens!” Huai Yi shouted excitedly. “Mother! Whose room is this? What are these cute little tigers and pigs called?”
Chu Fuyu smiled, pinching his cheek. “This is your room. These are called plush toys. You can even name them yourself if you like. So, Huai Yi, do you like it?”
Huai Yi nodded furiously, eyes wide with excitement. He never imagined this was his room.
He quickly took off his shoes, ran onto the bed, and rolled around. The plush toys surrounded him, soft and warm, like they were protecting him. Even sleeping alone at night suddenly didn’t seem scary anymore.
Huai Yu couldn’t wait any longer and dragged Huai Jin toward the newly built room next door.
Huai Jin was also excited. He had been looking forward to having his own space.
When they pushed open the door, both boys froze.
Their mouths opened slightly in shock.
The room was simply too beautiful.
There were many things they had never seen before—and couldn’t even name.
Chu Fuyu followed them in and patiently began explaining everything to them.