Draft

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The two children woke up early and were full of energy. They kept hitting the bed with their feet, almost collapsing it. Su Jingyang, who only managed to steal a bit of sleep, struggled to get up. He cleaned up and let the nanny in to come and feed the baby.

Taking advantage of this time gap, Su Jingyang and Rong Ci had breakfast together.

While he fed porridge into his mouth, he peeked at Rong Ci, who was almost finished, from time to time.

He thought about it for a long time last night... actually, Ah-Li was right. Although he was forced to stay here because of the system, although he was forced to take care of the children alone, the resentment in his heart didn't validate the pain he put himself through everyday. He'll only fall into a vicious cycle, and the people who worry about him and love him will also be negatively affected. He won't only torture himself, but also torture others.

If Ah-Li and the Prince really were the protagonists, then he won't have much time to stay in this world... Regardless of the future, he should enjoy these days to the fullest

Regardless of whether it's with the children or Rong Ci, he should try to leave with as little regret as possible. This way, even if he leaves in the future he won't feel too regretful in his heart.

"The place I'll go to inspect today is a bit far away, I may come back late, so don't wait for me at dinner." Rong Ci wiped his hands, and got up preparing to leave.

Su Jingyang dropped the spoon in his hand, he got up with him and walked him to the door without saying anything, he then leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.

A flash of surprise flickered through Rong Ci's eyes, he immediately held his hand and smiled. Pulling him into his arms, he bowed his head and kissed him on the lips.

Rong Ci raised his hand and stroked Su Jingyang's face. He observed Su Jingyang for a moment. He felt that he was... somewhat different today. He lacked some of the depression that had become common during this period of time, and there was a calm and optimistic look coating his eyebrows and eyes.

Su Jingyang pulled his hand away and said, "Why keep looking at me, don't delay. Go now."

Su Jing yang had just released Rong Ci's hand when he noticed that something was wrong. He grabbed it again and lowered his head to look. There were many small wounds in the cocoon of Rong Ci's hands, the cuts looked like they've been done by a knife. He'd never noticed them before.

He frowned in confusion, raising his head and asking Rong Ci, "Where did your injury come from?"

Rong Ci glanced down and took his hand back indifferently, he said, "I needed a little blood to reinforce the formation. Just a small amount, it's fine."

"You're the patriarch, pity you need to work hard." He said so and Su Jingyang believed him. The wounds were very small and it didn't seem to be a big problem. Su Jing stopped asking more questions and watched him. After Rong Ci left, he went back and continued to take care of the children.

Ling Li still came to accompany him often, Rong Hua occasionally came over to amuse Su Jingyang, but it was that child Ah-Xuan who Su Jingyang hadn't seen for a long time. When he asked Ling Li, he only said that he was practicing his martial arts.

Su Jingyang went to see Ah-Xuan practice martial arts with Ling Li and his two children. Although he was young and had a poor foundation, he was very serious and focused. After practicing for a long time, his body was trembling and his face was red. He was covered with sweat, but there was not a word of tiredness. There was a natural toughness in his small body, which made Su Jingyang extremely impressed.

Su Jingyang looked at the two children gnawing at their fingers in his arms, he couldn't help thinking that when they got older, Rong Ci would also begin teaching them martial arts and techniques. He only hoped that these two crying cubs could persist like Ah-Xuan in the future.

Rong Ci had been busy for more than half a month, and finally got a little free time. He only needed to go out for about an hour a day before coming back soon. The rest of his time was basically spent with Su Jingyang and the children.

It's just that the wounds on his hands were increasing day by day, making Su Jingyang feel more and more uncomfortable. And every time he came back, he would watch Su Jingyang with a thoughtful look, making Su Jingyang doubt whether he was doing something secretive, but when he questioned him, Rong Ci only smiled.

Just when Rong Yu and Rong Xi turned four months old, something finally happened that moved Su Jingyang to tears—that is, the two children finally no longer pestered only him! ! !

That day, Rong Ci held Xiaofan for almost two quarters of an hour, Xiao Fan didn't struggle or cry, well-behaved in Rong Ci's arms as he ate. Su Jingyang's heart immediately rose with light and hope, but he didn't dare to be happy too soon in fear of being disappointed. Just then, Ling Li and Rong Hua came over, Su Jingyang cautiously let them both try, and the result was neither of the twins cried! ! !¹

Su Jingyang called out to the heavens and the earth at that time, shaking with excitement. His eyes were glowing, and he almost went out to celebrate with firecrackers!

After four months, four full months, he can finally have a life again! ! !

No need to watch out for pee every day, no need to coax the child until he collapsed every day, no need to wake up int he middle of the night because the child turned over, no need to stop going out because it's too inconvenient to take the child with him... He's free, he's relaxed, and he can sleep well at night, hoorah! ! !

Su Jingyang decisively handed the baby over to the nurse's care that night. He took a bath and climbed onto the bed with two dark circles under his eyes caused by lack of sleep, preparing to make up for it with joy.

Ah~ His ears were so clean~

Ah~ the world is so beautiful~

Su Jingyang wrapped the quilt around him tightly and closed his eyes happily.

Half an hour later, Rong Ci's helpless voice sounded: "Aren't you very sleepy, why do you keep turning over and over again?"

After another half an hour, Rong Ci asked, "Are you hungry? Want to get up and eat something?"

After another half an hour, Rong Ci: "Well... should I send someone to ask if the children are asleep?"

He sent someone to ask, and they came back saying that the two little boys were already asleep, very well-behaved, no crying at all.

"..." Su Jingyang stared at the top of the bed, dumbfounded for a while.

He felt that he was probably ill. After hearing this, he felt a little frustrated in his heart.

Those two little people had no conscience, the first day they slept separately, they cried so grievously expressing their reluctance. But when they let go, they were so decisive and calm, so neat and uniform, as if their previous deep attachments were just pretend and play... Or maybe those two little things sensed that he was going to leave soon so...

Rong Ci felt a little sad when he saw him like this, he said: "If you really can't bear it, I'll get someone to take them back."

Su Jingyang hurriedly replied: "Don't take them back. I'll sleep!!"

Su Jingyang laid like a salted fish like in bed, flipping himself over and over to fry evenly. Finally, he laid down on his stomach once cooked. Fortunately they had a big bed, otherwise, Rong Ci would've already been squeezed out by him.

When Su Jingyang woke up in the middle of the night, he found himself lying in Rong Ci's arms. His hand reached out to him subconsciously, but when he grabbed nothing, he sat up suddenly in shock, screaming in cold sweat, "The child!!!"

Rong Ci was shocked by him for no reason, he got up helplessly and pulling him back to sleep, telling him that the children were with the nurse. Su Jingyang was stunned for a long time before his hazy brain reacted. He finally let out a long sigh of relief, putting his hand over his eyes.

Su Jingyang felt sad for himself: the children adapted so quickly, but he's the one not used to it! Awful!

Although the children weren't as clingy as before, Su Jingyang didn't leave all matters of their welfare to others. He'd still take care of them during the day, but with helpers, the work was easier than before.

It felt like all that hard work was the game's hard mode, after conquering it, the easy mode was a mere breeze for him.

Aside from Rong Ci and him, Ling Li was the one who held the children most now. He was very happy, running over every day, holding one for a while and kissing the other for a while, unwilling to let go.

Rong Yu and Rong Xi were already very good at turning over. There were blankets in the room and Su Jingyang often put the two of them on top to let them flip and play. He, Rong Ci, and Ling Li watched the excitement. Every time they turned over successfully, the two children would look at Su Jingyang, Su Jingyang would clapped and they would giggle.

Su Jingyang relaxed a lot during this period, his mood improved significantly. He had almost restored his former brightness and smiled more. Rong Ci and Ling Li watched him and were secretly relieved.

When he received Xu Mei's letter, Su Jingyang was getting ready to move. He immediately packed up his things and prepared to go to Full Moon Villa for a visit.

Rong Ci naturally wanted to travel with him, he quickly arranged the matters in his hands. Wherever he went, Ling Li would definitely take Ah-Xuan with him. Rong Hua heard the news and also rushed over to go with him.

They took two children, the nanny, and some guards. They travelled for more than ten days and finally arrived at Full Moon Villa. Mu Jin and Xu Mei came out to welcome them in themselves.

Mu Jin got along well with Rong Ci and went to show him some swordsmanship in the yard as soon as he arrived. Xu Mei brought Su Jingyang and the others into the room, and then put their children on the bed.

Xu Mei's son, Mu Yun, lay there with a solemn face, a small fist against his fleshy chin. He didn't move much, as if he was in solitude and thinking about the meaning of life. Rong Yu and Rong Xi raised their legs and bounced on the bed, and they flipped again and again and were busy performing.

Su Jingyang's eyes were full of envy: "Ah-Yun's so quiet and obedient!"

Xu Mei's eyes lit up: "Ah-Yu and Ah-Xi are so lively and cute!"

The two spoke at the same time, they looked at each other and couldn't help laughing. Sure enough, the children from other families always looked better.

Xu Mei turned his head again and joked with Ling Li, "Ah-Li, I wanted to have an engagement to you at the beginning, but I gave birth to a boy. Why not arrange a marriage between our grandchildren in the future? I don't know why, but I think I have fate with you, I really want to be in-laws."

It was unknown whether Ah-Xuan understood, but he blushed profusely. Ling Li touched his little head, he smiled and responded, "Sure."

"Ah."

Xu Mei happily took Ling Li's hand, "Then it's a deal!"

Xu Mei found that Rong Hua was sitting quietly next to him again, he couldn't help but sigh, standing up and pulling him over, "You hate my son so much, you've never even hugged him since you came."

Rong Hua looked at Mu Yun and had a splitting headache, he said to Xu Mei: "I don't like holding children, they smell like milk, so forget it." Rong Hua looked outside, pulling Xu Mei's hand away, "Huh? The sword arts they're discussing seem very exciting, I want to look for advice! "

He escaped hurriedly.

Su Jingyang was secretly surprised. Rong Hua would occasionally hug Ah-Yu and Ah-Xi in Rongcheng, he didn't dislike the smell of milk on their body. But seeing Xu Mei's depressed face, he naturally didn't say anything.

Xu Mei, Su Jingyang and Ling Li teased the children on the bed. He suddenly remembering something and asked Su Jingyang with a somewhat solemn expression: "By the way, after Rong Hua returned from Full Moon Villa, was there anything... abnormal?"

Su Jingyang and Ling couldn't help but look at each other. Xu Mei knew when he saw them. He asked the nurse to watch the children, and they all went to sit by the table.

Xu Mei frowned slightly and said to them: "You may not know, but Mu Jin has a good friend called Hao Jiasheng. This young man's now in charge of the Liyang Chamber of Commerce. He has a pretty big background. After seeing Rong Hua, he seemed infatuated and went to Full Moon Villa to stay for a day or two, but Rong Hua seemed to dislike him and always avoided seeing him. He even came to ask me about Rong Hua, so I pretended that me and Rong Hua weren't very familiar and didn't tell him a word."

Su Jingyang thought, Xu Mei probably didn't know that when Rong Hua came to play with him the previous time, and he had already met Hao Jiasheng on his return trip. That was not the first time they encountered each other.

Xu Mei said again: "Rong Hua was too annoyed and left. I heard Mu Jin say that Young Master Hao chased Rong Hua out that day and only came back half a month later. He was stabbed and hurt quite badly. "

Su Jingyang was surprised, no wonder Rong Hua took so long time to go back last time, it was because he was hiding from Hao Jiasheng.

Su Jingyang thought this Hao Jiasheng was really strange and weird. He originally thought he was just a low-spirited small scholar, yet the stories reaching his ears said otherwise.

"As a result, his injury's still not healed. He came to me every day to ask about Rong Hua, trying find out his whereabouts. He's very persistent. Say, how did Rong Hua attract such a rotten peach blossom²? Mu Jin has a good relationship with him, so I can only put him down again and again." Xu Mei sighed, suddenly, a maid came in and said, "Madame, Master Hao is here. He seems to have something to ask of you."

Xu Mei gave Su Jingyang and the others a "look at this" expression. However, he quickly realized that Rong Hua was outside at this time, his eyes widened and he got up walking in a hurriy. He wanted to warn Rong Hua in advance. Upon seeing this, Su Jingyang and Ling Li led Ah-Xuan and ran out with him.

However, they were too late.

Before they could stop him, Hao Jiasheng had already come inside with Rong Hua. He looked at Rong Hua's bloodshot eyes, his pupil brightened with ecstasy. As soon as he took a step closer, Rong Hua took a big step back.

Rong Hua looked at him coldly as if he was crazy, his tone full of hatred: "You're sick and should take medicine, don't come pestering me again, is it not enough for me to stab you last time?!" Hao Jiasheng said, "Rong Hua, as long as you're willing to look at me, I'll let you stab all you want. Why not go and get ten more knives?"

"Fuck! Don't say Lao Tzu's name." Rong Hua turned very irritably because of his words. He looked at Hao Jiasheng's face, and his eyes were full of deep sadness. Hostility was raging in his heart, he raised his hand and snatched the sword in Mu Jin's hand, slashing towards Hao Jiasheng.

Hao Jiasheng's gaze fell on Rong Hua's face, standing straight backed without dodge or worry, calm and indifferent without a trace of fear. Mu Jin intervened at the end and snatched the sword from Rong Hua's hand.

Mu Jin was a little embarrassed grabbing the sword. Seeing Xu Mei winking at him, he stood in front of Rong Hua and said to Hao Jiasheng, "Brother Hao, I think you... should leave first, don't come back to pester him again in the future."

With a gloomy and terrifying expression, Rong Hua found that Ling Li and Su Jingyang had both come out, and subconsciously walked to their side.

Hao Jiasheng refused to leave. His eyes followed Rong Hua stubbornly. When he saw Su Jingyang, he didn't react much. But when Ling Li was caught in his vision, Hao Jiasheng became startled for a moment. His lips moved, but he didn't make the slightest of sound.

Immediately afterwards, his body stiffened. His gaze slowly, even a little cautiously, moved to Ling Li's side on the lower right...

Then, he saw Ah-Xuan standing besides Ling Li.

Ah-Xuan held Ling Li's hand and quietly looked at him with a pair of big black eyes, like a well; clear and pure.

Obviously, he was just a child, with the expected childish expression on his face. Obviously, there was no abnormality with this child. However, after seeing Ah-Xuan, Hao Jiasheng seemed to be greatly shocked! His face and eyes turned red, tears almost gushing out, he completely lost the imposing aura he had just now, his legs softened, and he panted heavily, falling down in embarrassment and kneeling on the ground!

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Notes:

1- Had a lot of stuff I compressed down

2- Peach blossom symbolises suitors from that one poem

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