### Shopping Day
“Mom! I don’t want to sit…”
“Only little kids sit in that!”
In a basement storage room, their daughter looked up at Ning Chu with puppy eyes while pointing at a baby stroller.
Ning Chu maintained her serious face, “Well, if your legs get sore, don’t expect your dad and me to carry you.”
“No way, no way!”
Seeing this, she reluctantly closed the storage room door and muttered quietly, “Over a thousand bucks… thought I could use it until she was five or six.”
“Let’s just use it as a grocery cart from now on.” Wen Yang stepped forward, wrapping his arms around his wife’s slender waist. “Tomorrow, Shuqin starts school~”
“What are you scheming now?” Ning Chu crossed her arms, eyeing him suspiciously.
“Didn’t we agree to hit the hot springs? I’ve booked a couple’s suite.”
She rolled her eyes. “Aren’t you inviting Lily too?”
“Absolutely not! I can’t even look at you without you getting jealous.”
“Dad~ I want to go play too!” Their daughter, completely oblivious, ran over to Wen Yang and tugged on his shirt, asking, “Where are you going?”
“You’re going to school tomorrow. Your mom and I have some stuff to take care of.”
The little girl’s expression instantly soured. “I don’t want to go to school.”
Wen Yang felt a headache coming on. “But we talked about this! There are plenty of little friends at school to play with…”
“I don’t want to!”
He helplessly looked at Ning Chu, who frowned deeply, and quickly continued to soothe, “If you don’t go to school, Mommy will get angry.”
Ever since they had a daughter, Wen Yang realized how terrifying it was when his wife got mad.
In the past, whether she was upset at work or bothered by something, even when she exploded, it felt more like a cute tantrum.
But now, having witnessed Ning Chu going off on their daughter, he felt like a scared puppy.
The daughter seemed equally intimidated. Hearing that Mommy might get mad, she lowered her head and cautiously stole a glance at Ning Chu.
“Wen Shuqin!”
With a reluctant pout, the girl turned her head away dramatically, stretching out the final word: “Got it~”
Ning Chu took a deep breath, suppressing her temper, and sweetly said, “Let’s go get you a cute little backpack.”
“Yay~”
She grabbed her daughter’s hand and let out an exasperated sigh.
One day, this child would be the d*ath of her! Sometimes she could be so adorable that you’d want to have another one; other times, she drove you up the wall. School work was going to be a nightmare!
The nearby mall wasn’t far away. Wen Yang and Ning Chu held their daughter’s hands and strolled slowly down the sidewalk toward the mall.
With Ning Chu appearing gentle and refined, and Wen Yang looking tall, handsome, and maturely sunny, the trio looked like a picturesque family drawing in many curious glances from passersby.
Before long, their daughter forgot her previous sulks, shyly snuggling between her parents with wide eyes, taking in all the sights.
“How come she’s a little monster at home but now looks like a little angel?” Ning Chu glanced down at her daughter, rolling her eyes.
“Sounds just like you.”
“Me? No way!”
But just as expected, they hadn’t even reached the mall when their daughter came to a sudden stop.
She nervously glanced at Ning Chu, gently pulling on Wen Yang’s hand. “Daddy~ Hold me~”
“Legs sore already?” Wen Yang chuckled, bending down. “Didn’t you just say you wouldn’t get tired?”
“No! I just want Daddy to hold me!”
Suddenly, Ning Chu exclaimed, “Oh! My feet are so tired! Honey, hold me~”
“???”
The daughter stood there in shock, watching her mom comfortably snuggle into dad’s arms.
“Mommy can’t walk anymore, so wait a bit for me to carry you.”
“Okay…”
Wen Yang, grinning, bent down, planning to scoop Ning Chu up by her knees, but she struggled and shot him a glare.
“There’s so many people! You’re really going to carry me?”
“Hey! Hey!”
After a failed rebellion, Ning Chu found herself princess-carried in public by Wen Yang, gripping his arm in a panic, her face instantly turning as red as a tomato.
She was just trying to mess with their daughter!
“We’re old married folks now, what’s there to be shy about?”
Feeling the gazes of nearby pedestrians, Ning Chu buried her face in Wen Yang’s shoulder, unable to lift her head, and whispered anxiously, “Put me down, how embarrassing…”
Their daughter, now free of sore legs, cheerfully pulled on Wen Yang’s shirt, following closely behind.
“Don’t you want Daddy to hold you anymore?”
Ning Chu attempted a graceful exit from this embarrassing scenario.
“Not anymore! Mommy’s legs are sore.”
And suddenly, how so very understanding she became?
Her face burned, still flushed from embarrassment, pressed against Wen Yang, she couldn’t look up to meet the curious glances of people around them.
Finally, when her head was about to explode from heat, Wen Yang set her down gently.
The moment her feet hit the ground, Ning Chu shot Wen Yang a few annoyed glares, then quickly averted her gaze, tucking a stray hair behind her ear.
After a bit of tidying up, the previously teased girl transformed back into a dignified lady, though the blush on her face refused to fade away.
“Neurotic!”
Ning Chu muttered under her breath, casting a glance at Wen Yang, now holding another woman.
“Jerkwad!”
“???” Wen Yang looked at her, half-amused.
“Should I also buy you a bag? To celebrate our daughter starting school?”
Ideally, once a child starts kindergarten, a mother’s stress should ease up significantly.
After pondering for a moment, Ning Chu shook her head. “Forget the bag, can you just join me for a hair makeover?”
She was planning to see Lily tomorrow, and she needed to look pretty, especially now that she had a kid—who knew who would end up looking better?
“Sure thing.”
But their daughter had a face full of reluctance, leaning toward Wen Yang and whispering, “Mom’s hair takes forever.”
“Come on with me, and I’ll take you to eat something delicious after!”
“Okay then…”
“Let’s do a hairstyle for Shuqin too; I think that jellyfish hairstyle I saw online would suit her perfectly!”
Ning Chu beamed while eyeing her daughter’s thick locks.
Having an adorable and beautiful daughter meant she could try all her favorite styles and outfits on her, from Lolita dresses to all kinds of costumes.
This resulted in a closet crammed fuller than her wildest dreams.
“Mom, will it look good?”
“Absolutely! With you being so pretty, any hairstyle will look amazing on you!”
“Then can we have matching ones?”
Ning Chu hesitated and touched her own hair. “Mine’s a bit thin, so it might not match…”
When she was pregnant and giving birth, thick hair fell out by the handful, and with all the stress from caring for the baby, it never really grew back.
“Mom, you’re so beautiful; any hairstyle will look good on you~”
Wen Yang nodded in agreement.
“Funny how clever you are at times.” Ning Chu shot him a playful glare. “Let’s see how well you do once you start school.”
I hope you’re not one of those kids who can’t pay attention and end up being a slacker.
Even though she didn’t hold high expectations for her daughter’s grades, she still wouldn’t settle for anything less than community college—after all, a succubus shouldn’t be outdone by a cat!
