Assistant to My Contracted Husband

Huo Zun: "..."

After comforting himself like that, he did feel a little better.

But he was still a bit aggrieved.

Hua Nuan almost finished feeding, and when she felt the little one stop sucking, she carefully moved the baby away from her chest.

Huo Zun stepped up to lend a hand.

"I’ll hold him for a bit, you take a break."

"Okay."

Huo Zun raised his arms and took the baby into his arms. The little thing that had been so quiet in Hua Nuan’s embrace suddenly burst into loud wails.

"Waa waa..."

The baby’s crying was clearly an accusation, as if telling Hua Nuan he didn’t want to be held by him.

Hua Nuan had already been a little fed up with Huo Zun. Hearing the little guy cry like that, she immediately said, "Alright, alright, don’t hold him, I’ll take him back. Honestly, how come Daddy is so disliked by the baby?"

Huo Zun: "..."

Even more aggrieved now.

His benefits were gone.

And now even his own Little Nuannuan was being fierce to him.

So... unhappy.

Huo Zun pressed his thin lips together and said, "Every time I hold him, he starts crying. I didn’t poke him, didn’t hurt him, he was even smiling before I picked him up."

Subtext: this has nothing to do with me.

"Huo Zun, are you seriously fighting for attention with a newborn right now? He’s just been born, he’s still a baby, and you don’t feel embarrassed?"

Huo Zun: "..."

Well, when you put it like that, she had a point.

"Besides, why do you think the baby doesn’t like you? You keep calling him ’daughter’. Of course he’s upset."

"..."

"Did you even prepare any clothes for him?"

Nope. Huo Zun had only prepared little Princess dresses and pink outfits.

"Did you prepare any toys?"

Nope... it was all Barbie dolls and that kind of stuff.

"And did you pick out a name?"

Nope...

He had only prepared a girl’s name: An’an.

Bombarded by Hua Nuan’s questions in one go, Huo Zun was completely dumbfounded. He pressed his lips together, thought for a moment, then shook his head.

"I’ll go get everything ready right now."

Hua Nuan patted the little one’s back. Just a second ago she’d been all righteous and scolding as she questioned Huo Zun, but now her voice instantly softened as she coaxed the baby.

"Be good, baby, Daddy’s going to get everything ready right away. Don’t cry, okay? If Daddy doesn’t do a good job in the future, Mommy will help you scold Daddy, how about that?"

"Mmn."

The little thing seemed to actually understand what Hua Nuan was saying, and quickly quieted down, unbelievably well-behaved.

Standing to the side, Huo Zun was completely dumbstruck.

Huh?

Whose son is this?

How is he already this annoying from birth?

He really couldn’t figure it out.

Huo Zun pressed his thin lips together, lifted a hand to rub his forehead, and said, "Little Nuannuan... I’ll go ask the maternity nurse to come hold him for a bit. You just gave birth, you can’t hold him too long."

"Mm."

All of Hua Nuan’s attention was on the little one in her arms. She just responded, not even bothering to lift her head.

Realizing he was just asking for it, Huo Zun didn’t say anything else and quickly walked toward the door.

This stinky brat...

Before he was even born he’d already "lied" to him, and now that he was out he was causing trouble for him nonstop.

He really was here to steal his wife.

Not likable...

Extremely not likable.

...

During the seven days in the hospital, the only time Huo Zun could hold the little guy was late at night when he was in a really, really deep sleep. The rest of the time, the second he touched him, the baby would get upset.

Huo Zun himself found it baffling.

Yeah, the little thing just didn’t like him, and was clearly targeting him.

Sometimes, for convenience in coaxing the baby, Hua Nuan would directly kick Huo Zun out of the room so she could take care of the little one more easily.

Once the baby arrived, Hua Nuan’s attention was basically all on the child. As for Huo Zun, she pretty much avoided looking at him whenever she could.

No time... no energy, no interest.

Huo Zun could feel his status at home dropping at a rapid pace, and he felt really awful about it.

Unhappy.

Gu Mochen and Qin Mu had both been through this before, and seeing Huo Zun like this, there was a heavy dose of schadenfreude.

Especially Qin Mu, who was practically gloating...

Not bad.

Seeing Huo Zun suffer like this felt great.

"Oh right, Zun, I’ve been following that Weibo account you registered for An’an. So where are the posts? Hurry up and post something, I’ve been waiting. Ah, but look at me, this isn’t An’an, not a daughter, so that username ’MyBelovedAnanBaby’ you picked before is useless now, huh. But judging from your face, you haven’t even thought up a Weibo name with your son’s name yet, have you? Once you do, remember to change the username."

Huo Zun: "..."

He’d originally registered that Weibo just to show off his daughter.