Chapter 1166: I—I’m in Great Shape!
Bo Xichen lowered his eyes and looked at her little face, "Are you serious?"
Gu Anxi’s small hand was placed on his chest, "A lie can be detected."
She raised her eyes again, slightly mischievous, and asked him, "Did you?"
"No." Uncle Bo leaned back slightly, humming lightly, "Just one among those people, it’s not worth getting jealous over something like this."
His expression grew stranger as he spoke, then he looked down at her little hand.
After a moment, he opened his mouth, voice hoarse, "Anxi, are you deliberately trying to make things difficult for me?"
She laughed in his arms, her little hand was pulled out by him, and she lay on his shoulder to mock him. Uncle Bo had never been so flustered, so he gritted his teeth and lifted her up.
Gu Anxi quickly hugged his neck, "Uncle."
Bo Xichen hummed lightly, "Now you’re scared."
She wrapped herself around him, playfully praising him, knowing exactly what he liked to hear.
However, she wasn’t truly scared; she knew he’d keep things within limits...
Late at night, Bo Xichen looked at his little wife beside him, then lifted the quilt and got up to go to the nursery next door.
The Bo Family certainly had the means to hire ten or eight people to care for the baby, but Madam Bo preferred to handle things personally, and the Elder Mr. Bo was also willing to take care of the two children, so the entire family ended up living in the Orchid Room.
When Bo Xichen arrived, the Elder Mr. Bo was sleeping on the sofa. Poor old soul, his beard was unkempt, sleeping in his clothes with just a wool blanket over him, his mouth wide open but his expression quite curious.
The two little babies had awakened, crying with reddened faces, probably hungry and had wet their pants.
Madam Bo was coaxing them, and after changing their diapers, she was contemplating whether to prepare formula for the little sweethearts when Bo Xichen arrived. Her long hair was draped down, looking somewhat disheveled, she didn’t lift her eyes but said worriedly, "Xichen, should we prepare some formula?"
Bo Xichen smiled, assisting his mother with the babies, and when they were settled, he smiled, "No need, I’ll take them to Anxi to feed."
Madam Bo hesitated, but agreed, "That works."
Bo Xichen carried each baby away, and Madam Bo watched her son’s ease, unable to help but smile, "Bo Xin and An An listen to you well. See, once you arrived, they stopped crying."
"Crying, was the child crying again?" Suddenly, the Elder Mr. Bo sat up, gaze fixed as if sleepwalking, "Which little baby was fussy? Let Great-Grandpa hug them, a hug and they won’t cry."
Madam Bo was speechless, "No, Xichen took them."
She looked at the old man, so tired he seemed about to drop, and said, "It’s too late, you should go back to sleep."
The Elder Mr. Bo felt validated by his daughter-in-law, and immediately patted his chest to guarantee, "I’m healthy, I can endure."
Madam Bo was quite speechless, coughed lightly, "I’m worried you’ll scare the two children."
The Elder Mr. Bo was somewhat deflated, he went to the bathroom and stared at himself in the mirror, checking himself over, still a handsome old man, quite spirited. Back in the day, girls who liked him lined up from the east of the city to the west, only Nian Yao’s wife always scorned him.
Must be she doesn’t want him to find another partner, deliberately provoking him, deliberately saying such things, it must be.
After lifting his spirits like this, his confidence soared, and when he walked out and saw the empty nursery, he asked Madam Bo, "The babies were taken, will they be brought back?"
Madam Bo was tidying up, and intentionally replied, "Probably sleeping over at Xichen’s."
The Elder Mr. Bo was not pleased, mumbling softly, "After feeding they could be brought back."
He stretched lazily, "If they don’t come back, I’ll sleep in my own place... the big bed is more comfortable, my old bones really can’t tolerate the sofa."
Afterward, he stretched again, casually instructing Lin Yun, "You should sleep earlier too, these two little kids are quite a handful, I see them resembling that little rascal completely, Xichen wasn’t this mischievous as a child."
Madam Bo’s voice was soft, "Where are they troublesome? Clearly, they’re very good."
The Elder Mr. Bo scratched his head, then laughed, somewhat agreeing.
He returned, and Madam Bo tidied up a bit and went over to Bo Xichen’s place. As soon as she entered the living room, Bo Xichen walked out from the bedroom, she asked softly, "Have the babies eaten yet? Is it enough? If not, perhaps prepare some formula."
Especially because Anxi was very slender, she was always concerned if the babies had enough to eat, also worrying they might exhaust Anxi.
This heart, being both a mother and a grandmother, who could understand?
Bo Xichen smiled slightly, "They’re full and sleeping with Anxi."
He wanted his mother to rest first, but thought over, he personally escorted Madam Bo back.
In the early autumn weather, the night was quite refreshing, walking along the secluded path hearing the rustling of leaves being blown by the wind.
Bo Xichen was leaving for Jiangcheng in a few days, Madam Bo naturally had many instructions, and Bo Xichen listened to each one, then softly said, "When I return, please take care of yourself, I’m arranging four nurses from the maternity ward to assist until I come back, don’t stay up at night, it’s too tiring."
Madam Bo lightly patted her son’s hand, smiling, "I can endure, just worried Anxi won’t adjust well, she’s used to being with me, not quite accustomed to others caring for her."
Bo Xichen placed a hand on his mother’s shoulder, smilingly, "That’s Anxi’s idea, of course, I was thinking the same."
Madam Bo paused under the tree, looking up at her son, while Bo Xichen stood there, smiling.
Madam Bo watched for a long while, then exhaled deeply, "Alright."
They continued walking together, occasionally chatting, Madam Bo naturally had some things to instruct her son to convey to her husband. When they reached her residence, she stopped, "Okay Xichen, go back."
Bo Xichen didn’t immediately leave, standing still, it seemed he pondered for a long while before gently embracing his mother and softly saying thank you.
Madam Bo’s eyes grew slightly damp, she patted her son’s back, "Silly, for what?"
She stepped back two paces, "Xichen, seeing you so happy makes me happy too."
When she married, she hadn’t found love, even later when she had it, there was still regret in the early days of her marriage, while her son followed his heart and married the girl he loved.
Bo Xichen smiled slightly, watching until his mother entered the bedroom before leaving.
Once he returned to his residence, seeing it was nearly one, under the dim light, he reflected on his antics tonight, lightly rubbing his forehead with a smile.
Climbing into the bedroom, the two-meter bed had Anxi sleeping on the left side, with the two babies placed in the middle, and about a meter’s distance to the right.
He went to wash his hands, then gently lay beside them, carefully helping to adjust the thin blanket over her, the two little ones were in sleeping bags, looking adorably cute.
He gazed at the children in turn, reluctant to close his eyes...
Bo Xin resembling him more, while An An takes after her mother, especially her eyes and brows, just like Little Anxi, no wonder his mother always watched An An...
After watching for a long time, Gu Anxi woke up.