Stay Home Daddy: I Was Reborn After My Daughter Passed Away
Chapter 268: Two hundred sixty-seven Great healthcare yeah!

Chapter 268: Two hundred sixty-seven Great healthcare yeah!

Gu Chen had been tired all day. To be honest, he hadn’t slept well on the train yesterday, and right now, he was feeling completely drained.

The moment Ji Pianran opened the door, he woke up instantly.

His eyes fixated straight on Ji Pianran’s bear.

So big, so round...

Ji Pianran noticed something off about Gu Chen’s gaze, and her face turned red in an instant.

She hurriedly turned around, saying unnaturally, "Well, Tangtang is still bathing, I’m going to help her wipe down."

After saying that, she rushed into the bathroom.

Gu Chen flopped onto the bed, going limp all over.

To tell the truth, this bed was much more comfortable than the one at home; the memory foam mattress was really nice to sleep on.

Meanwhile, Tangtang was still playing with the foam in the water.

The white bubbles covered the entire bathtub, even clinging to the little one’s neck and hair.

She grabbed handfuls here and there.

So absorbed in her play, she was having the time of her life and didn’t want to come out. Ji Pianran had called her three times, and when she wouldn’t come out, she patiently joined her for another fifteen minutes of play.

Finally, she was coaxed out.

By then, Gu Chen had already fallen asleep.

Ji Pianran placed Tangtang on the bed, and then she looked over at Gu Chen.

He was lying there on the bed, eyes closed, sleeping soundly, shoes still on.

Backlit by the light, his complexion was dimmed a shade, making him seem inexplicably haggard.

Ji Pianran watched him quietly for a long while, feeling a twinge of heartache. She sighed softly, walked over to the foot of the bed, squatted down, and carefully took off Gu Chen’s shoes.

Then she sniffed, that smell...

"Umm..."

Because he was on the train yesterday, Gu Chen always felt unsafe, so he didn’t dare sleep too deeply; he only took off his coat and didn’t even remove his shoes.

After getting off the train, he had been non-stop busying himself until now.

Ji Pianran took off his socks and turned to Tangtang, "Daddy is very tired, so you need to be good and not wake him up, okay?"

The little one nodded obediently, "Okay!"

Having said that, she lay down next to Gu Chen.

Ji Pianran gave her daughter a smile, then took Gu Chen’s socks into the bathroom, turned on the shower head, scrubbed them with the hotel’s complimentary soap, and began to wash them meticulously.

On the bed, after lying down for a while, Tangtang felt a bit cold and decided to pull up the covers. She stood up and reached out her little hands to grab the blanket on the side.

But there’s a common problem with hotel blankets: they are thick.

Because of the air conditioning, even in summer, the blankets are thick.

The little one tugged at the blanket with all her might, but it didn’t budge.

She frowned and then extended her two little chubby hands, clutching a corner of the blanket firmly.

Biting down on her baby teeth, she used all her strength to drag the blanket over.

However, she didn’t have enough strength, and her aim was off.

She ended up sending the blanket flying towards Gu Chen’s face.

"Smack," it hit Gu Chen on the face.

Gu Chen only felt something strike his face, which startled him, and he instantly sat up.

Looking anxiously at Tangtang standing on the bed, he asked, "What’s wrong?"

He had been sleeping soundly and was suddenly awoken; when he spoke, his voice was so hoarse it was almost unrecognizable.

In the bathroom, Ji Pianran heard Gu Chen’s voice, and her heart ached for no reason.

He must be exhausted. She wrung out the socks, hung them on the rod, dried her hands, and then stepped out of the bathroom.

Seeing that daddy was awake, the little one looked at him as if expecting praise, her voice milky and sweet, "Daddy, Tangtang is covering you with the blanket."

Gu Chen: "....."

Are you sure you’re covering with a blanket, not plotting to murder your own dad?

Although he was quite startled by such a sudden scare, Gu Chen knew his daughter meant well.

He touched his face and smiled at Tangtang, "Thank you, Tangtang."

Delighted to receive praise, Tangtang beamed so broadly that her eyes squinted shut, "Mommy, look, Daddy is praising me."

Ji Pianran watched the little one’s cute and confused expression, her face a mix of laughter and tears.

Gu Chen stretched lazily, "Let’s go, let’s go eat."

Ji Pianran nodded, "Okay."

After speaking, she carried Tangtang to tie her hair into two little braids.

Gu Chen was about to put on shoes when he lifted his foot and realized his socks were missing.

He looked at Ji Pianran by the washstand in astonishment, "Where are my socks?"

Without turning, Ji Pianran casually said, "I washed them for you. If I didn’t, they’d probably stand up by themselves by now."

Gu Chen: "...."

So embarrassing.

But why did he also feel so blessed amidst the awkwardness?

...

Only then did the family of three head downstairs and walk out of the hotel’s main entrance.

It was just past six o’clock, all the streetlights were lit up, and it had to be said that the temperature difference between Guangzhou in March and Huangxian in March was indeed substantial.

There were quite a few people on the streets wearing shorts and slippers, breathing the warm, humid air, and surrounded by lush greenery; it felt like they were entirely in the midst of summer.

The family of three found a nearby seafood stall and went in. Gu Chen ordered a lot of seafood, as coastal region seafood is truly affordable—lobster, mantis shrimp, crab, as well as sea snails and scallops.

A dozen varieties all together, and it came to less than a hundred yuan.

The same quality in Huangxian would cost at least three hundred yuan, a price ordinary people wouldn’t even dare to dream of.

Tangtang had never eaten seafood before, but she certainly ate plenty this meal, polishing off two crabs and a box of scallops, all consumed by a child not even three years old.

Her little mouth was greasy, finishing with a bowl of lobster porridge.

Her little belly was round and plump like a little watermelon.

She rubbed her belly, "Daddy, I’m stuffed."

She was truly stuffed; if she ate another bite, she’d probably throw up.

Gu Chen patted the little one’s belly and was surprised to find it taut and hard. It looked like she had indeed eaten too much.

He smiled at Tangtang.

"Then, how about we wait for Mommy to finish? Once Mommy is done, we can go buy clothes, how does that sound?"

Ji Pianran had been busy peeling mantis shrimp for Tangtang, and having barely taken a few bites herself, she was just putting one in her mouth when she heard Gu Chen say he planned to take them clothes shopping that evening.

She blinked and spoke hesitantly.

"Maybe we could go to the mall tomorrow instead; you’ve had a long day, and you didn’t get much rest on the train last night. You should have a good rest today."

She was worried about Gu Chen, afraid that he was overexerting himself.

Coming to such a big city to find someone was already mentally exhausting, and if he didn’t have enough physical strength, it would indeed be too hard on him.

Gu Chen wasn’t afraid of being tired. For him, the times he spent with his wife and child were when he felt most relaxed; whatever they did, he was content in body and soul.

He laughed, "It’s okay, let’s go buy clothes."

At his words, Ji Pianran pursed her lips, looking somewhat reluctant.

"Alright, I was thinking of giving you a massage when we got back. But since you want to go shopping, let’s not then."

She had indeed planned to give Gu Chen a shoulder and neck massage since he was truly tired, but she didn’t expect Gu Chen to insist on going out. So, she thought, let’s just forget about it.

At the mention of a massage, Gu Chen’s eyes lit up!

Good lord!

Special service, huh!

Who wouldn’t love that!

Especially when it’s his own wife offering the treatment, just the thought was thrilling!