Chapter 1698: Chapter 1698

Looks , Sophia is definitely going to lose, but she isn’t discouraged; instead, she gives a sly smile like a little fox. The longer she spends with Li Yifei and the Li family, the more her temperament changes, or rather, she becomes more and more like a normal person.

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A few seconds later, Li Yifei realized that using "playful" to describe Sophia was a mistake. "Lazy" would be more appropriate, as she looked at a flying dagger stuck in a three-meter-high wall and said to Li Yifei, "Shifu, I can’t reach it..."

Not only has her skill improved, but her character has also changed a lot. Li Yifei walked over, leaped up on the spot, reached out to take the flying dagger down, and handed it to Sophia.

"Let’s go, time to eat, they’re probably waiting for us already," Li Yifei said.

The two changed clothes, walked out, and reached Li Yifei’s villa. Sure enough, everyone was there. Sophia returned today, so everyone came to welcome her.

Sophia, seeing the other women, became a bit shy and sat down next to Su Yiyi and Michelle, and the family enjoyed a lively dinner.

Jiang Ningxiang didn’t come because the child was still asleep. It didn’t appear to be anything unusual on the surface, but which child would sleep continuously for two or three days without waking, eating, drinking, or excreting? Any mother would be worried.

Li Yifei brought some food over, placed it beside the table, and told Jiang Ningxiang to eat while he checked on the child. As soon as Li Yifei sat down and held the child’s small hand, the child woke up.

"Ningxiang, the child woke up." Li Yifei quickly called Jiang Ningxiang, who had just taken a couple of bites of her meal. She hurriedly put down her bowl and ran over to see the child.

Jiang Ningxiang quickly fulfilled her maternal duty, unabashedly lifted her shirt to nurse the child while Li Yifei, the father, watched eagerly from the side, feeling even more envious than the little baby. After patiently waiting for Jiang Ningxiang to finish nursing, Li Yifei checked the child again. Just as he held the child in his arms, he felt a warmth on his leg. Looking down, he saw his pants had indeed been wet with pee.

"Wife, take care of the child; they peed..." Li Yifei used his ultimate summoning technique. Though he was just jokingly calling out, he turned around and started cleaning up himself.

It’s his own child, so what’s there to dislike if they wet themselves? Instead, Jiang Ningxiang felt a bit embarrassed, put down her dishes, and helped him clean up.

Li Yifei changed into another pair of pants and came back to see Jiang Ningxiang already tidying up, finishing her meal, and starting to prepare bath water for the child.

This is the change in Jiang Ningxiang, and Li Yifei observed it with an indescribable feeling in his heart. Consider her a little girl; if you count by age, she should still be a college student now. Months ago and now, she is a completely different person. While having a meal, if the child urinates, she can immediately put down her chopsticks to clean up, then continue eating without any disdain. From not knowing how to care for a child to now even waking up multiple times at night to cover the baby with a quilt, breastfeed, and handle poops and pees, she has managed it all.

Seeing Jiang Ningxiang makes Li Yifei think about women like Su Yiyi and Chu Xiaoyao. Would they undergo such changes if they became mothers?

No matter what, mothers are great. Li Yifei, as this idle father, has had it easy. These few children have grown up, and he rarely intervenes when they need help, with the women busying themselves almost all the time. It’s not like there aren’t any nannies; they could even hire a few people to help. But Jiang Ningxiang insisted on not hiring a nanny, preferring to endure a bit more hardship to care for the child herself. Li Yifei didn’t push the matter, and the women in the house help with the child when they’re free.

It’s impossible to persuade otherwise; other mothers have tried persuading Jiang Ningxiang, but she is very persistent.

"Thank you for your hard work, wife." Li Yifei hugged Jiang Ningxiang before he left.

Jiang Ningxiang pursed her lips, rested her face against Li Yifei’s chest, wrapped her arms around his waist, and gently hugged him before releasing and saying, "It’s okay. This way, I get to watch the baby grow day by day."

Li Yifei cupped Jiang Ningxiang’s face and gave her a kiss before leaving.

Tonight, Li Yifei stayed the night with Xu Yingying, while Su Mengxin didn’t return either because the child was fine. Otherwise, she would have planned to go directly to Master Void’s place to find Li Yifei the next day, at least to comfort Jiang Ningxiang.

Fortunately, nothing happened, and since Old Master Su’s health wasn’t great, Su Mengxin didn’t come back.

Xu Yingying had just removed her makeup and taken a bath, wearing a short nightgown. When she saw Li Yifei pushing the door open and sneaking in like a thief, Xu Yingying couldn’t help but throw him a big eye roll.

Li Yifei grinned, walked over, and casually wrapped his arm around Xu Yingying’s slender waist, saying, "No wonder you’re my wife, even rolling your eyes looks so beautiful."

With that, he leaned in for a kiss, but Xu Yingying dodged, asking seriously, "Why didn’t you stay over at Ningxiang’s?"

"She wasn’t too happy about it; she said she was afraid of troubling me, saying she’d have to get up at night for nursing and such, which would be exhausting," Li Yifei explained.

Xu Yingying then rested against Li Yifei’s chest, sighed lightly, and said, "Caring for her by herself is exhausting."

"It’s up to her. Since she doesn’t want to bother others, we’ll let her take care of it herself for now. You can go and help when you have time. As for taking care of children... I don’t really mind, it’s just a little confusing. My hands can bend steel pipes, but when holding their little arms and legs, I have to be extra careful, afraid I might accidentally use too much force and cause a fracture—how bad would that be?"

Xu Yingying burst out laughing and playfully punched Li Yifei, scolding, "Talking nonsense, but taking care of children is a kind of happiness too. Although they complain now and then, I can still see the happiness on their faces."

Li Yifei chuckled and said, "That’s true, no matter how hard it is, we love our own children."

Xu Yingying smiled charmingly, "Yes, since you’re here, stay. Give me a massage later. I’ve been out drinking a lot for a few days, and my sleep quality hasn’t been great. I’m really tired."

Li Yifei took the towel Xu Yingying had just used to dry her hair, draped it over his shoulder, slightly bent his knees, and playfully said in a high-pitched voice, "Alright, watch out!"

Then Li Yifei bent down, picked Xu Yingying up, and walked upstairs in big strides. Pushing open the bedroom door, he laid Xu Yingying down on the bed. A few moments later, Li Yifei pulled off his clothes, ran into the bathroom naked, and the sound of water splashing was heard. Xu Yingying, lying on the bed, turned over into a lying position, looking out of the window, a bit lost in thought.

She seemed to also want a child. Perhaps when a woman reaches a certain age, she starts having these thoughts, Xu Yingying pondered.