Lu Aotian's head hurt as Wan Jia kept shrieking in excitement and even jumping around in his embrance. Even kissing his cheek. She suddenly came back to her senses and looked down in embarassment "Sorry, I got too excited."
Lu Aotian swiftly grabbed the long desired chance to shift her attention. "What did you just say?"
She looked even more embarassed as her cheeks turned red and her long lashes trembled slightly. "Thank you"
Feeling his fiery gaze on her, Wan Jia wished she could just vanish. She hesitated slightly then continued. "Thank you, for the cute teddy bear."
"Not that." He said sternly.
'Heh, you think I'll let you off? Not this time' he thought.
"I love it." Her cheeks turned even redder. Of course she knew what exactly he was talking about. She had been so excited just now that she couldn't control her emotions.
As expected, Lu Aotian lifted her chin giving her a serious look. Her knees almost gave way.
"Not that either." His heart raced with anticipation but at the same time he was afraid of being disappointed. Please just say it...he pleaded in his heart.
Wan Jia bit her lip. Even if she hadn't said it, he already knew. What was the point hiding it? "I said....I said I...."
Just before she said it, a shriek from the stairs interrupted her.
"Aaaaaaah! Teddy bear! That is the most beautiful stuffed toy in the universe!"
Lu Aotian almost fainted.
You! ruined! the! mood!
Couldn't you appear at a different time? You just had to come when your mother was about to confess to me! Do you know how much I've been waiting for this moment? Furthermore, what are you doing, rushing to your mother's stuffed bear, even almost falling down?
According to Lu Aotian, Wan Jia was the harder one to placate so the toy should be hers. It had the power to even unexpectedly pull put a confession from her, it should definitely be hers. The little girl should be placated with something her own size.
Just like her mother, the little girl ran over and hugged the teddy bear with a thousand mega watt smile, shouting "Thanks Daddy! Little Jia loves Daddy the most!" Harder than expected...
Lu Aotian "...." Why did it feel like having two girlfriends and both of them wanting the same thing?
Wan Jia's expression changed. She looked at her beloved bear being hugged by Little Jia, then she turned to Lu Aotian and pouted unhappily. Wasn't it hers?
Lu Aotian rubbed her head and forced a smile. "I'll buy you a better one, mmh?"
Wan Jia ignored him. Lu Aotian glared at the butler. Wan Jia was distracted just now. Why didn't you take that thing away?
The little girl was extremely excited and ran to her mother.
"Mommy, mommy! Daddy bought Little Jia a teddy bear! Look how cute it is. Isn't Daddy just the best?" Wan Jia suppressed her jealousy to hug her giddy daughter. She secretly gave him an 'I don't care, I only want that one' expression.
She looked really bitter as she waited to see whose side he would take.
Lu Aotian sighed. She wasn't childish enough to snatch it from the baby, was she? If she did that then not only would Little Jia get mad at him for trying to take her mommy's attention, it would also cause a cold war between the two of them and it would be his fault.
He tried to liven up the increasingly tense atmosphere. "Princess, why don't you show grandpa butler where to place it?"
"Okay!" she skipped away happily.
Now it was time to placate a certain childish person who looked like she was on the verge of tears.
He hugged her "Baby, I indeed bought it for Little Jia, but if you like it then I'll have whoever made it make another one specially for you."
"I don't want another one!" she whined. "I wasted so much of my excitement for nothing."
He stroked her hair and spoke in the gentlest voice he could pull off "I know baby, but she's just a child. She wouldn't like it if we took it back from her."
"And I'm supposed to like it? I saw it first! It should be mine." Her lower lashes were slightly wet and she looked like she was really going to cry. Lu Aotian had a headache. Did someone just become a real baby? No level of coaxing could pacify her at this point.
"Don't be stubborn, I'll take you to the mall to pick the best one you want, okay? You can have as many of them as you wish."
She pursed her lips and shook her head.
"Becoming a baby now, eh?" he teased. "Let's go right now before the store closes."
"Will I get one exactly like the one you bought Little Jia?" That was her only compromise.
Lu Aotian was troubled. "I wish you could baby, but it's limited edition. That's why I said I'll get the creators to make you another one."
She looked even sadder. Just as she was about to grumble about how she could only accept it if she got an identical one that very day, Little Jia reappeared.
"Mommy also likes the teddy bear?" Apparently, she had overhead her parents conversation.
Lu Aotian thought that fate really didn't want him to see past that day.
However, in the next second, the little girl broke into a smile and ran towards them. "It's okay, we can share it. Aren't we both Daddy's princesses? Besides, Daddy loves us both."