Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!
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Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Turns Out It’s Cheap Dad Chapter 271: Chapter 271: Turns Out It’s Cheap Dad Lu Xining had just finished taking a bath and came out when she saw her phone vibrating on the bedside table. Without thinking, she saw it was Ji Muye’s call and answered it immediately.

Now all three children were in his hands.

Ji Muye calling so late, could it be that something happened to the children?

Her voice rose to her throat, “Are the children okay?”

Hearing her soft, worried voice, Ji Muye’s eyes darkened, and his voice turned hoarse, “The children are fine.”

Lu Xining breathed a sigh of relief, and her suddenly tense emotions relaxed.

She turned on speaker mode and continued to dry her damp hair, asking him, “Then why are you calling so late?”

Actually, even Ji Muye didn’t know why he suddenly made this call.

Just hearing her voice made him feel settled.

She was like his… stabilizer.

The silence on the other end carried unspeakable implications, transmitted through faint currents. Lu Xining, reacting suddenly, paused in her hair drying.

She glanced at the phone on her bedside table, her hair half wrapped in a towel, her voice cold, “If there’s nothing wrong, I’m going to hang up. It’s late.”

Ji Muye softly responded with a “Mm.”

He looked at Lu Nuonuo sleeping on the big master bedroom bed at the Ji Family residence, recalling how more than two years ago, this had been his and Lu Xining’s bridal room, which had long since changed.

Ji Muye leaned back against the sofa, his head tilted back as he gazed at the ceiling, sitting alone, his eyes ink-deep and brimming with endless darkness, eventually turning into a faint sigh.

A long silence passed.

A “thank you,” barely audible, echoed in the silent bedroom, a voiceless smile curving at his lips as he gazed at Little Dumpling’s sweet sleeping face, his eyes tender.

In this moment, he was immensely grateful to Lu Xining, thankful that she had chosen to give birth to their daughter.

After finding out that the daughter was his own flesh and blood, Ji Muye had gone to the hospital where Lu Xining had initially stayed.

The shareholder behind that hospital was a good friend of Lu Xining.

Thus, everything could be explained.

Her friend told him that when Lu Xining first found out she was pregnant, she wanted to tell him, but the sight of “God-Faced Family” trending on social media caused her too much emotional turmoil, which resulted in her staying in the hospital for a long time.

Even on the day they got their divorce certificate.

She had actually left the hospital to get the certificate and then returned to the hospital to preserve the pregnancy.

These words now formed dense, sharp needles that fiercely pierced Ji Muye’s heart; he realized that in his ignorance, she had completed the rescue of her own spirit all by herself.

Her current calm and indifference were all because he had been blind and unable to see the truth of people’s hearts.

All the pain was a consequence he deserved to bear.

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The next morning, birdsong shattered the silence of the room.

Lu Nuonuo curled up in Ji Muye’s arms, stretching like a little kitten.

She sleepily turned over, instinctively moving closer, grabbing the clothes in front of her, affectionately calling out “Mom,” and planning to continue snuggling in bed.

But soon, she realized something was off.

The chest in front of her was too broad, lacking her mother’s sweet, soft scent.

This person was not her mom!

Lu Nuonuo rubbed her eyes and sat up, her face still showing her sleepiness. She tried to open her eyes wide, using the morning light from the window to see the face of the man before her.

Ah–it was step-dad!

When Little Dumpling had slightly stretched, Ji Muye had already woken up.

But seeing her half-open, half-closed eyes and her cute sleepy demeanor, he hadn’t made a sound to disturb her.

Once awake, Lu Nuonuo moved closer and kissed his cheek.

“Uncle, good morning~”

The energetic voice echoed through the room and brought a faint smile to Ji Muye’s lips.

“Nuonuo, good morning.”

Lu Nuonuo looked around the environment; it was her first time visiting her stepfather’s home.

On spotting a family portrait on the bedside table, her eyes abruptly widened. Wasn’t that the family photo they had taken before?

Ji Muye was the first to get up and, cherishing the opportunity, he held his daughter and headed to the bathroom to brush her teeth.

His movements when he wiped her face with a towel were gentle, treating her like something fragile. After washing her face, Ji Muye carried her to the dressing room specially designed for her.

Seeing the closet filled with her clothes, Lu Nuonuo’s mouth dropped slightly open, unable to believe it as she looked at him.

Ji Muye smiled, “Do you like it?”

Even though his daughter wasn’t willing to call him “dad” yet, he spared no effort in showing his love, just as he did for Ji Chao and Ji Ze’s dressing rooms, which also contained the latest collections of the season.

Lu Nuonuo, “I love it~”

Little Dumpling, scanning the dressing room, suddenly brightened up.

A bright yellow dress hung in the corner, matching the style of her favorite pink little fox summer dress.

It was a custom piece recently delivered by the brand.

Considering that winter was almost upon them, Ji Muye had also designed a thick coat in a similar color to make a complete set that was both warm and cute.

Lu Nuonuo was eager to change into it but then heard Ji Muye calling a maid over from the doorway.

She turned around, puzzled.

Was her stepfather reluctant to help her change?

Ji Muye touched her hair, his voice full of deep and gentle paternal love.

“Our Nuonuo is a girl, dad…”

He slipped for a moment but quickly adjusted his words, continuing, “Uncle is a man, and shouldn’t help girls change their clothes.”

Although Little Dumpling was only two years old, Ji Muye was very strict about gender boundaries, leaving bathing and changing clothes to be aided by female housemaids.

Lu Nuonuo, recalling how her uncle always had the female housemaids assist with her clothes, nodded understandingly and with a bright smile added, “Mom, godmother, and auntie can help Nuonuo change into pretty dresses.”

Faced with his child, Ji Muye’s voice softened, and he nodded, praising her intelligence.

Once Little Dumpling emerged from the dressing room in her changed attire, Ji Chao and Ji Ze were already waiting by the door.

“Brothers~” Lu Nuonuo happily threw herself into their arms.

Ji Chao and Ji Ze hurriedly held her tight, fearing she might fall.

“Little sister, you shouldn’t run that fast next time. What if you fall?” Ji Chao, reflecting on how Little Dumpling always ran into their arms, thought that next time they should probably go to her instead.

She’s so small and could easily get hurt!

Ji Ze, not as contemplative as his brother, had not played with his sister for several days. Now that he was back at the Ji Family home, he couldn’t wait to show her his wall of toy cars.

He always felt sorry for not letting his sister play with the toy cars at Yunqiao Village.

Ji Ze patted his chest and declared, “Nuonuo, from now on, all of brother’s toy cars are yours to play with.”

Little Dumpling responded, “Then Nuonuo’s little foxes are all for brother to play with.”

Thinking of those soft, plush little foxes, Ji Ze hesitated for a moment but nodded anyway; though he didn’t particularly like fluffy dolls, he was willing to play with them for his sister’s sake.

At the sofa by the entrance of the dressing room.

Ji Muye sat with his legs crossed, watching the affectionate interaction among the siblings, a hint of regret in his heart.

If only Lu Xining were here too…

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