Zhan Yin placed his daughter on the bed, turned and took two steps, then came back and picked her up again.
It was better to carry her to choose clothes. Let her pick which outfit she wanted to wear.
Beibei had too many clothes. Every single one was beautiful.
Beibei had a bit of choice difficulty. In the end, Zhan Yin chose a little dress for his daughter.
He thought his daughter looked very pretty in a small dress, like a doll, adorably fair and lovely.
Worthy of being the daughter who inherited the best features from him and Tongtong. She was much more endearing than their son.
Bao Bao: Hmph, Daddy is biased. He favours girls over boys!
After helping his daughter change clothes, Zhan Yin asked, “Beibei, do you want some formula milk?”
“Yes.”
Beibei answered, then said to Daddy, “Wash wash.”
She touched her own face.
Reminding Daddy to wash her face for her.
Every day after waking up, Mummy would wash her face and clean her teeth.
Mummy said that when she got a bit older, she would teach her to brush her teeth herself, like her big brother.
Zhan Yin smiled. “Yes, yes, yes. Wash first. Daddy almost forgot.”
He put his daughter down on the floor, then held her little hand and led her into the bathroom.
Ten minutes later, Zhan Yin had already prepared the formula milk for his daughter.
The little girl drank her formula very quickly, in less than two minutes.
“Great-Grandma.”
She called out.
After washing the bottle, Zhan Yin carried his daughter downstairs and told her, “Great-Grandma is busy this morning and cannot play with Beibei. Shall it just be Daddy and Beibei playing this morning?”
“Where did Great-Grandma go?”
Beibei did not say yes or no. Instead, she asked where Great-Grandma had gone.
She suspected Great-Grandma had gone out to play without taking her.
Great-Grandma often sneaked out to play while she was asleep.
Zhan Yin replied, “Great-Grandma went for a check-up. That means going to let the doctor uncle check if her body is healthy and see if she is sick.”
The little girl did not understand, but she knew the meaning of being sick.
She nodded as if she understood fully and let out an “oh”.
Then she asked about her mummy.
She knew perfectly well that when Mummy was not home, it meant she had gone to work, yet she still asked.
In short, she had to ask about every family member once.
When Zhan Yin looked after the child, he simply brought out lots of toys for his daughter to play with.
The little girl played for a while, then did not want to play anymore. She wanted Daddy to take her out to play. After playing outside for a bit, the little girl became unhappy again. Perhaps she felt Daddy did not play as well as Great-Grandma.
“Daddy, I want Great-Grandma.”
Unable to express that she disliked how Daddy played less well than Great-Grandma, Beibei could only fuss about wanting Great-Grandma.
Zhan Yin coaxed her for a while but could not calm her. He had no choice but to pick his daughter up and say, “Beibei, Great-Grandma won’t be back so soon. How about Daddy takes you to Mummy’s company instead?”
“Mummy is there, and your great-aunt is there too.”
Beibei liked Great-Grandma a lot, but she also liked Mummy.
If she could not go to Great-Grandma, going to Mummy would satisfy her. She nodded and stopped fussing about Great-Grandma.
Zhan Yin breathed a sigh of relief.
Normally, perhaps because everyone in the family cared for Beibei together, he really did not think looking after his daughter was difficult.
Today, being alone with Beibei, he finally realised that childcare was quite tiring. Her moods changed quickly, one moment to the next.
