Extreme Pampering
Chapter 209 - 208: Very Good Baby.

Chapter 209: Chapter 208: Very Good Baby.

Because the child kept calling for daddy, everyone was unaware of the real reason for his crying, and they thought he was just missing his dad.

Shen Zhiyi also thought he was looking for Pei Yu, since the child had always been very close to Pei Yu. She kept stroking Xiaoshi’s back, helping him to calm down as quickly as possible, "Don’t cry, you want to see daddy, right? Shall we call daddy now?"

Pei Xiaoshi was terribly frightened, crying particularly hard. This baby had rarely cried since learning to walk; normally a little chatterbox, he would just sulk silently when he was upset, exactly like Pei Yu. His tears were very unexpected this time.

As he cried, he touched the bloodstain on Shen Zhiyi’s front, still calling out for daddy, with obvious fear and panic in his eyes, "Daddy... save..."

Suddenly, Shen Zhiyi realized what was happening, held his little face, wiped his tears, and asked him softly, "You want daddy to come and save mommy, right?"

Pei Xiaoshi nodded his head, gripping her fingers tightly, "Find daddy!"

He was only two years old, and he already believed Pei Yu to be omnipotent. Whatever the situation, his first thought was always to find his dad.

Shen Zhiyi’s heart melted, "Mommy’s fine, mommy isn’t hurt."

She had blood plasma smeared on her hand, which she dabbed on the child’s lips, coaxing him, "Taste it, this isn’t blood."

The blood plasma used by the film crew was edible and had a slightly sweet taste.

Pei Xiaoshi licked his lips, tasted the sweetness, and his expression became blank.

Shen Zhiyi wanted to laugh but also felt sorry for the child, "Does it taste like jam?"

After briefly explaining to the director, she carried the child outside, "Mommy is acting, it’s all fake, the crying is fake, the injuries are fake, there’s no need to be scared."

Pei Xiaoshi, having cried a lot, leaned tiredly against her, hugging her neck, "Don’t understand, Xiaoshi doesn’t understand."

"It’s like the cartoons you watch," Shen Zhiyi kissed his forehead, "Didn’t you say DD is fake? That it’s made by people using a computer, making it run and move? Mommy’s job is just like DD, all fake."

DD was a cartoon character he liked very much. Knowing this, Qin Fang asked him if he wanted to meet DD, planning to buy a matching doll costume to play pretend, but Pei Xiaoshi earnestly told Uncle Qin that DD was fake, advising Qin Fang not to be foolish.

No one had ever explained this to him; everyone preferred to let him maintain the innocence of a child, unsure how he’d come to understand these things on his own.

He really was a clever child.

After listening to Shen Zhiyi’s explanation, Pei Xiaoshi nodded, half-understanding, and after a while, said, "No need to find daddy."

If mommy wasn’t hurt, there naturally was no need to find daddy.

"We should," Shen Zhiyi said, looking at his tear-stained red eyes with pity, "Our baby has cried, we should find daddy for comfort, right?"

Xiaoshi felt a bit shy and buried his face in her neck.

When he had just learned to speak, he liked to imitate others, and having accidentally heard Qin Xiaoran say that he cried a lot as a child, "crybaby, crybaby" became his catchphrase. Then one day, he suddenly saw a parent on TV scolding a child, hitting and telling the child not to cry. He learned on his own that crying was not good, and from then on, when others said he cried a lot, he’d get unhappy and really stopped crying.

"Cry, not good," he mumbled, "Xiaoshi doesn’t want to be bad."

Teaching him was a particularly easy task; just tell him that doing something was bad, or that touching something was bad, and he would obediently listen, never doing it again.

"How could that be?" Shen Zhiyi had long wanted to correct this misconception. She didn’t need a well-behaved baby; she just wanted a happy baby, "Mommy cries too. Do you think mommy is a bad mommy?"

Pei Xiaoshi looked at her with surprised, wide eyes, "Mommy, cry?"

He had never seen it.

"Yes," Shen Zhiyi told him, "Crying is very normal, just like laughing, not shameful at all. Mommy used to cry a lot."

The child listened blankly, then suddenly asked again, "Why?"

Why cry?

"Many reasons, people cry when they’re angry, when they’re sad, baby, sometimes people cry when they’re too happy, too."

Pei Xiaoshi didn’t quite understand, but he knew what Shen Zhiyi was trying to tell him; he was gradually learning that crying wasn’t a bad thing.

"Actually, your dad has cried before," Shen Zhiyi said quietly.

Pei Xiaoshi was too astonished and lowered his voice with her, as if afraid of being overheard, "Really?"

Since Pei Yu spent more time with the child, Xiaoshi was more exposed to his serious side. Having seen his stern face, stern and powerful, he thought Pei Yu wouldn’t cry.