Grace, clutching a pillow, walked into the room. "Xin Jie, I'm sleeping with you tonight."
She was truly afraid of Qin Yunxi.
Being disturbed by someone prying open her door in the middle of the night was an experience she didn't want to go through a second time; she'd end up with a nervous breakdown!
Du Ruoxin: "..."
Caroline, also holding a pillow, followed her into the room. "Xin Jie, I'm sleeping with you too."
Next came Miranda, then Nini. The four women, as if by prearrangement, all entered Du Ruoxin's room.
Grace saw Rong Doudou standing against the wall and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong with Doudou? Tell Mommy, won't you?"
Rong Doudou pouted her lips aggrievedly. "Mommy said I did something wrong and I have to stand punishment."
Grace: ... What did she do?
Since she wasn't at the filming site in the afternoon, she didn't know.
Caroline quickly stepped forward to hug the little princess. "Oh, my poor Doudou, your godmother's heart aches. Come, come, no more standing, let's go to sleep."
Rong Doudou instinctively looked at her mother.
Du Ruoxin shook her head, her gaze icy. "There are eight minutes left. If you don't finish standing today, it will be double the time tomorrow."
Upon hearing that the laziness she indulged in today would be repaid twofold tomorrow, Rong Doudou decisively pushed Caroline away. "Godmother, you go to sleep first. I can do it!"
Caroline: "..."
Miranda: "..."
Grace: "..."
Nini: "..."
Where did such a well-behaved daughter come from? How enviable!
The four women looked at Du Ruoxin in unison, their eyes full of pleading—Sister, Doudou is so young, so well-behaved, how can you bear it? Just let it go, won't you?
Du Ruoxin remained unmoved, stating impartially, "No one can intercede for her."
Rules are rules. Precisely because she is young, she must be taught principles. Otherwise, when she grows up and hasn't been taught well, she'll cause trouble everywhere, and it will be too late to cry.
Knowing that further words were useless, the four could only watch the little one stand with longing eyes.
However—
As she stood, Rong Doudou's eyes began to droop, and she fell asleep?
Her little head was bowed, her eyes closed, her whole body almost collapsing. She must have fallen asleep, right?
Du Ruoxin quickly caught her daughter's falling little body.
Rong Doudou murmured, "Mommy, is it eight minutes yet?"
Du Ruoxin picked up her daughter. "It's time, it's time." She gently placed her on the bed and covered her precious daughter with the quilt. "You sleep."
In reality, only three minutes had passed.
But that wasn't important. What mother's heart isn't made of flesh and blood?
As long as Rong Doudou knew to abide by the rules, it was enough.
Seeing Rong Doudou's sensible behavior, Nini couldn't help but whisper, "Doudou is so good, I really want a daughter."
Even in her sleep, she was still thinking about obeying her mother.
Miranda and Caroline echoed in unison, "Yes, Xin Jie, I suspect you're tricking us into having daughters."
Du Ruoxin pursed her lips and smiled, gesturing towards the outer hall.
The women moved outside.
"Have children, have children, all of you hurry up and have them. Doudou likes younger brothers and sisters," Du Ruoxin encouraged. "As long as they are born and given enough company, each one will be this well-behaved."
Uh oh.
Nini looked troubled. "I want to have children, but I haven't found a father for them." One cannot have a child alone.
Caroline chuckled mischievously. "How can finding a father be difficult? You face so many high-IQ, high-value men every day, and not one catches your eye?"
Nini shook her head and scoffed. "High IQ, high value? But also fickle!"
She didn't want to sleep with unclean men.
Caroline offered another bad idea. "If you don't like men in real life, you can go to a sperm bank. America allows single mothers; it's not illegal."
Nini: "..."
She began to ponder seriously. It seemed like a good idea?
Seeing her friend seem a little tempted, Du Ruoxin quickly stopped her. "No, no, no. Who knows if the men in the sperm bank are ugly? Short? What if they have a child who doesn't meet your aesthetic standards, is ill-tempered, or has autism? You won't be able to send it back."
"The risk is too great!"
"I once heard a report about a woman who used the sperm of a man claiming to be 'tall, handsome, and with an IQ of 150' for IVF multiple times, but all the children ended up with autism."
Nini shivered all over at this, immediately abandoning the idea of finding a father for her child at the sperm bank. "Forget it, forget it, forget it."
How terrifying!
The child born is her own. The most important thing is responsibility, responsibility, responsibility.
What if a deformed child was born? Her life would be ruined!
Miranda couldn't help but tease, "Speaking of which, Rong Jingyang isn't entirely useless." She paused. "At least his genes are good."
Caroline snorted, "Hahahaha," laughing until her stomach hurt.