"Mm," the man promised softly.
A wave of happiness washed over Du Ruoxin, making her feel as though she possessed the entire world at that moment.
Unable to help herself, she kissed him.
Just as they were about to engage in intimacy, Rong Doudou's cries could be heard from outside the door, "Mommy, I want Mommy..."
The temperature in the room plummeted. Du Ruoxin pushed Rong Jingyang away and shyly said, "Husband, we'll continue tonight."
"Mm," Rong Jingyang moved off Du Ruoxin.
Before either of them could get dressed, Rong Doudou opened the door and entered.
"Mommy..."
Rong Doudou's tears streamed down her face, her body still trembling.
Du Ruoxin hugged her daughter tightly, her heart aching. "Doudou, don't cry, don't cry. Mommy's here, Mommy loves Doudou."
Rong Doudou nestled in her mother's arms, crying her heart out, venting her fear.
She was afraid Mommy would disappear.
Afraid Mommy wouldn't want her.
Du Ruoxin continued to comfort her daughter, her eyes catching Rong Jingyang about to get out of bed. She quickly reached out to help him.
Rong Jingyang refused, "No need, I'm fine."
He picked up the high-tech watch on the bedside table and put it on, pressing one of its buttons.
The wheelchair automatically moved forward and then transformed.
Like a Transformer, the original seat broke apart into several seat plates that extended outwards.
Rong Jingyang sat down.
The seat plates then rotated, retracting back into place.
Without any hindrance, he was seated in the wheelchair.
Du Ruoxin: "..."
Why had he acted so imperious before, completely immobile, requiring her to exert all her strength to serve him?
She had been terrified of accidentally bumping him and hurting him.
Every time she lifted him, she was filled with trepidation...
She never imagined the wheelchair would be so convenient!
Suddenly, Du Ruoxin pursed her lips and smiled.
This man, finding ways to make her soft-hearted, to make her accommodate him, to make her please him.
And she, enjoying taking care of him, the feeling of being needed by him.
Perhaps this was the legendary scenario of Zhou Yu outsmarting Huang Gai, where one was willing to strike and the other willing to be struck?
After crying for a short while, Rong Doudou wiped her tears, perked up her bottom, and was once again a lively, cheerful, and unrestrained little rascal.
"Mommy, Da Mao is better."
"Yes, Doudou, you're amazing. If you hadn't painstakingly found the herbs, we wouldn't have Da Mao back."
Du Ruoxin praised her daughter as she brushed her hair.
Rong Doudou giggled, "It must have been the little fairy who heard our prayers and cast a spell to make Da Mao better."
Du Ruoxin: "Mm!"
Wrapping herself in a bath towel, she took Doudou to the washroom to get ready.
Rong Jingyang happened to be coming out.
He said, "I'm going to the city bureau. After you send Doudou off, come to the company to find me."
Du Ruoxin: "Okay."
Rong Jingyang left. Rong Doudou watched the direction her father disappeared in and nervously said, "Mommy, you have to pick me up after school."
She looked as if Rong Jingyang were her enemy, someone who would snatch Mommy away.
Du Ruoxin couldn't help but laugh, "Okay, how about Mommy and Daddy pick you up together?"
Rong Doudou disliked her father. He always had a stern face and seemed to dislike her.
"No, I only want Mommy." The little girl was quite dismissive.
Du Ruoxin: "—"
Repairing their father-daughter relationship was urgent!
Du Ruoxin began to gently persuade, "If Mommy and Daddy pick Doudou up together, we can go to the park for a while."
"Does Doudou envy other children who can ride on Daddy's horse?"
Rong Doudou's little face turned serious, "Daddy's leg is injured, he can't ride a horse."
"I like Grandpa!"
Riding on Grandpa's shoulders, she could see for miles, her view completely unobstructed.
Grandpa was much kinder than Daddy.
"Uh—" The persuasion failed. Du Ruoxin tried again, "How about Daddy takes you go-karting? Mommy doesn't know how."
Rong Doudou mercilessly exposed her, "Mommy, you do know how. You drive go-karts very fast, other uncles and aunties can't catch up to you."
Du Ruoxin's brows furrowed into a straight line. What to do, she shouldn't be good at everything.
It made Rong Jingyang seem completely insignificant!
Du Ruoxin began to reflect deeply, hmmm...
Just as she was racking her brain, trying to figure out how to make her daughter admire her father, a phone rang.