After dinner, Lu Tuan transformed from a glutinous rice ball into a black sesame-filled glutinous rice ball. Lu Chen and Ji Miandeng had no choice but to take him back to the hotel to change.

They first returned the stroller, and on the way back to the hotel, Lu Tuan walked nearly ten meters, then opened his arms toward Lu Chen, sweetly whining, “Hug!”

“You just ate, let’s walk a bit before I hug you,” Lu Chen said gently.

Lu Tuan, with big eyes full of grievance, replied, “I’ve walked~”

He gestured to indicate the distance from the restaurant to his feet, showing, “This—this long.”

“That’s right, Lu Tuan is great. Walk a little more, and then I’ll hug you, okay?” Lu Chen pointed to a corner up ahead.

Lu Tuan had eaten a plate of noodles and rested for nearly half an hour, so he should walk more to aid digestion, so he wouldn’t be difficult when going to bed later.

Lu Tuan didn’t want to, whining with a bit of a cry.

【Is Lu Tuan about to cry? Oh no, I feel sorry but also want to see what happens.】

【Wow, Lu Tuan hasn’t cried all day. He didn’t even fuss when his snacks were taken away. What a perfect baby!】

【I noticed Lu Tuan only asks Big Dad for a hug, now I’m starting to wonder… does the film emperor’s right arm really hurt?】

【Lu Daolao is so gentle. If it were my dad, he would’ve slapped me by now.】

【Stop it, it’s the 30th time I want to call Lu Daolao and the Film Emperor Dad! Is it too late to be reborn and have them as my parents?】

Lu Tuan glanced at Ji Miandeng, trying to ask for mercy. Ji Miandeng shrugged, unable to help.

Realizing the situation, Lu Tuan took small steps and walked to the corner. He kept whining but didn’t cry.

Lu Chen kept his word and picked him up.

Ji Miandeng asked from behind, “Is Lu Tuan tired from playing this afternoon?”

Lu Tuan lay in Big Dad’s arms, nodding weakly.

He was too tired to speak.

Ji Miandeng smiled. Lu Tuan only whined when he was sleepy, but Lu Chen had him walk for his own good, so Ji Miandeng didn’t intervene. However, since he was such a good baby and needed comforting, Ji Miandeng said, “Baby, you walked such a long way so obediently, you were amazing. You deserve a reward. Tell me tomorrow what you’d like.”

Lu Tuan’s eyes curved into a smile without hesitation, “Ice cream!”

Lu Chen chuckled softly, “Such ambition.”

Ji Miandeng took his little hand and said, “Tell me tomorrow.”

“Okay~” Lu Tuan immediately forgot about his unhappiness, holding his face with his little hands and smiling.

Back in the room, Ji Miandeng took Lu Tuan to wash his face and brush his teeth, while Lu Chen got his change of clothes. Ji Miandeng had planned to take Lu Tuan to see the fireworks after changing, but it was clear that Lu Tuan didn’t have the energy for that. So, he took out a little sleeping bag.

After washing up and changing, Lu Tuan suddenly regained his energy, as if the baby who could barely walk earlier was a different person.

Lu Tuan happily threw himself into Lu Chen’s arms, spun around on the bed, and “thudded” as he knelt beside Lu Chen, giving him a kiss, “Love Big Dad!”

Lu Chen gently protected him with one hand, “Thank you.”

“No need to thank me~” Lu Tuan smiled, using all four limbs to crawl forward, and then plopped onto Lu Chen’s waist, curling up like a little ball.

He seemed to really like this position.

【Lu Daolao’s waist! This man!】

【God, thanks hahah】

【Lu Tuan’s ‘Tuan’ is probably a literal ball, huh? / laughing and crying】

【Not sure who to envy here / lemon】

【Envy the Film Emperor / lemon】

Lu Tuan could only stay still for half a minute. After curling up for a while, he started spinning around on the bed again. When he shot back into Lu Chen’s arms like a little cannonball, Lu Chen scooped him up and raised his voice slightly, calling to Ji Miandeng in the bathroom, “I’m taking Lu Tuan out for a walk.”

Ji Miandeng spit out his mouthwash, “Where to?”

Lu Chen said, “Just a casual walk around.”

And also to help him fall asleep.

Ji Miandeng said, “Then wait for me. I brought gifts for the other guests. I forgot when Zhao Yu came over, so we can give them to him on the way.”

As for social matters, he has always been polite.

Lu Chen replied, “Mm. No rush, take your time.”

They had already seen the main family. When Lu Tuan saw them, he happily greeted them with a wave of his little hand: “Brother~”

Kaixin’s eyes turned red, and after glancing at Lu Tuan, he turned his head away.

Lu Tuan tilted his head: “Brother crying?”

Ji Miandeng politely asked, “What happened to Kaixin?”

“He tripped and fell, cried a bit, but I’ve just calmed him down.” Jing Fan said, gently patting his son’s head.

Lu Chen knew the story. In the original plot, Kaixin’s “falling incident” had trended on social media that night because it was so cute. Kaixin had attracted a lot of attention from mom fans, grandma fans, and great-grandma fans. In contrast, because of the lunch table incident, some viewers didn’t like Tuanzi.

Thinking about this, “check the trending topic” was one of the first things Lu Chen planned to do after the cameras were off.

The gift Ji Miandeng prepared was a thermos cup for the kids. After handing over the gift and exchanging a few pleasantries, they left for the next guest.

Another set of guests was a father, mother, and daughter. The father, Zhang Wen, was a singer, the mother, Zhang Shiling, was a best actress, and their daughter, Tang Guo’er, was the oldest baby at three years and four months old.

The Zhang family was a model family in the entertainment industry. Besides their daughter, Tang Guo’er, they also had a son who was over a year old. The two of them only brought their daughter to the show.

With Tang Guo’er as a comparison, viewers in the livestream finally noticed that our Lu Tuan was indeed small.

[Our Lu Tuan really is a delicate two-year-old baby.]

[Don’t let Lu Tuan get too smart! He’s so happy, I want to send him to kindergarten!]

Tang Guo’er tugged at her mother’s skirt, looking at Lu Tuan with astonished eyes: “Little brother is so cute, even cuter than my brother!”

“Really?” Zhang Shiling lowered her daughter’s hand, accepted the gift, and smiled at Ji Mianden. “Miandeng, your child is so handsome.”

Ji Miandeng returned the compliment: “Tang Guo’er is very pretty too.”

“Wait, I have a gift for you too.” Zhang Shiling took out a wrapped picture book as a return gift.

Since Ji Miandeng wasn’t very familiar with Zhang Shiling and Zhang Wen wasn’t home, they exchanged gifts and then took Lu Tuan back to their room.

In the short time it took to walk back, Lu Tuan’s eyes had already begun to close. He was really tired today and didn’t need anyone to coax him to sleep. Ji Mianden covered him with a blanket, and he curled up with his small hand beside his round face, breathing with a milky scent.

[Lu Tuan is so cute even when he’s asleep, his eyelashes are so long~]

[The livestream is almost over, I don’t want it to end, I also want to sleep with Lu Tuan, sob sob sob]

[Requesting for an extension!]

Ji Miandeng lay on his side next to Lu Tuan, and Lu Chen gave him a nod before turning off the mic and stepping out to make a phone call on the balcony.

Work couldn’t be completely put aside.

After a day off, Lu Chen’s call lasted quite a while. When he returned to the room, it was already past eight, and the livestream had ended.

Ji Miandeng was still in the same position as when Lu Chen left, but with his pajamas on and slightly damp hair, indicating that he had gotten up. When he saw Lu Chen come back, he lazily propped up his head and casually asked, “Finished with work?”

Lu Chen nodded. “Mm.”

After a pause, he added, “I’ll go to another room. I’m afraid if I fall asleep tonight, I won’t be able to take care of Lu Tuan.”

He wasn’t the original owner, and sleeping with Lu Tuan was fine, but sleeping with Ji Miandeng felt a bit disrespectful.

Ji Miandeng didn’t speak.

After a while, when Lu Chen thought Ji Miandeng hadn’t heard, Ji Miandeng softly spoke: “You can sleep with Lu Tuan. He’ll roll around in his sleep, and I can only take care of one side.”

Lu Chen looked at the bed in the center of the room. Neither side was against the wall, so there was indeed a risk of Lu Tuan rolling off the bed. This reason was quite reasonable.

But he still thought…

“Alright, I’ll go wash up first,” Lu Chen said.

Warm water poured down from above, and Lu Chen closed his eyes for a moment.

Suddenly crossing into a book, not knowing when he could return, or where the CEO had gone, or if he had even entered his body.

His social interactions were simple—besides a sister who he depended on, everything else revolved around work.

But the CEO was different. No matter what his reason for marrying was, Ji Miandeng was still his wife.

He could sense the subtle changes in Ji Miandeng’s attitude.

At noon, when Lu Tuan wanted both dads to accompany him to sleep, Ji Miandeng had clearly intended to draw a boundary with him.

When he heard Ji Miandeng say he should sleep on the other side earlier, he was surprised for a few seconds.

It was very unusual.

And that wasn’t a good sign.

When Lu Chen came out, Ji Miandeng had his eyes closed, but when Lu Chen got closer, his eyelids twitched, clearly not asleep.

Lu Chen got into bed, turned off the light near Ji Miandeng’s side, dimmed the light on his own side to the lowest setting, and softly said, “Tell me if it’s too bright.”

In the dim yellow light, Ji Mianden mumbled a vague “Mm.”

Lu Chen lay down and opened his phone.

The live stream for Growing Up With You ended at 8 PM, but the celebrations on Weibo were just getting started.

The family with the highest popularity, of course, was Ji Miandeng’s family who had returned.

From the morning broadcast until now, their names had appeared all over the trending topics.

When Lu Chen opened his phone, the top trending topic was #LuTuanDidNotCry#.

Someone had specifically captured an animated image, showing that Kaixin and Tang Guo’er had both cried, but Lu Tuan just smiled foolishly, maybe only humming a little.

Lu Chen saw the animated image of Kaixin tripping and falling. It was indeed cute, and the hot comments were praising him. But compared to the original plot, where people mainly focused on Kaixin’s “falling incident,” the audience here seemed to care more about his crying after the fall.

Lu Chen scrolled through, and most of the comments were saying that Lu Tuan felt very secure, wrapped in love, and was the “perfect child” everyone envied, because he had a “perfect dad.”

Seeing so many people liking Lu Tuan made Lu Chen feel relieved.

Lu Tuan was now the “immortal baby,” with no traces of the little devil nickname.

The reputation of the baby was resolved for now, but there was still Ji Miandeng’s reputation to consider.

Lu Chen clicked on the trending topic #EnvyJiMiandeng#.

The top post was from the girl they met in the afternoon.

She posted photos on her personal Weibo, including a group photo with Ji Miandeng, describing in detail how the family of three had stunning looks. She explained how, in the dim lighting, she could tell they were a pair of handsome men just from their superior profiles, and she shared her boyfriend’s regretful confession.

[Lu Tuan was held by the big dad, his little hand holding the little dad’s finger; the Best Actor held the baby’s finger, reminding the big boss to watch his step; the big boss protected the baby, looking at the Best Actor with loving eyes—just, simple but very happy.]

[No composition skills, even the right side of the photo is blurry, but just looking at this photo makes you smile, who understands.]

[Not a single word about love, but love is everywhere.]

…

“Lu Chen.” Ji Miandeng suddenly spoke.