Mi Li was quite worried about letting Xi Baichen take care of the child alone. After 9 pm, she went to bed early and planned to go over to check on the situation.
As she travels more and more times, her adaptability is also becoming stronger. As long as she falls asleep, she can feel her consciousness or soul drifting in a certain space until it becomes tangible and awakens in another form.
As her gaze gradually regained, Mi Li's first sight was the villa living room. There was no one in the living room, but there was a faint voice coming from the next room.
However, for a moment, two small groups chased after each other and ran out of the room. By the time Mi Li saw their faces clearly, her whole appearance had deteriorated.
She saw Xi Nuoqi wearing an oversized shirt, pushing a vacuum cleaner in his hand, roaring and rushing around. Xi Keran held a rabbit puppet even taller than her and stumbled behind her brother, like a pitiful little tail.
The two of them had messy hair, stained faces, and no shoes on. They were playing barefoot on the tiled floor, completely different from yesterday's cleanliness and tidiness.
What is Old Bai doing? It's only been two hours since we last saw each other, and the cute little girl has been ruined like this by him!
At this moment, Xi Baichen walked out with elegant steps, his eyes lazy, his nightgown fluttering, and he stepped on soft slippers, exuding the style of a decadent nobleman.
Mi Li became even more resentful: he made himself look like a dog, but made the little group messy inside! Old Bai, can you still be a person?!
"Stop playing, go to sleep." Xi Baichen stepped on the vacuum cleaner with one foot, lifted his chin at the two little balls, and gestured with a stern look for them to immediately roll back to the room.
Mi Li: No, are you just letting them go to sleep like this? Are you not brushing your teeth? Not washing your face? Do you want to wash your butt or not? Where are the little feet?
Seeing that Xi Baichen was about to drive the child into the guest room, Mi Li quickly exclaimed, "Old Bai! Wait a minute!!"
Xi Baichen stopped in his tracks and turned around to look around.
"I am on a screen cabinet, with a gold framed picture frame."
Xi Baichen walked up to the screen cabinet and looked at the photo frame placed on it. The photo in the frame is not of a person, but of a chubby orange cat.
This orange cat was a pet of Xi Baichen before, accompanying him for more than ten years, and finally passed away peacefully. Despite its gluttony, coquettishness, and lack of discipline, he still framed its portrait and placed it in the living room and study as a memento.
"I didn't expect you to still like cats, Old Bai. Why don't you keep one?"
Asked Mi Li when she had time.
Xi Baichen decided not to tell her that he had raised a cat and had already settled down. The photo in the frame was his last.
"No, luckily you didn't keep it, otherwise that cat wouldn't have had a good life."
Xi Baichen: Hehe.
"Look at how dirty your children are, take them to the bathroom and wash them quickly."
Xi Baichen turned his head and glanced at the little group, his face full of disgust.
"You still have the audacity to look down on them, but who exactly caused them to become like this?"
Aren't they themselves?
Xi Baichen picked up the photo frame and walked slowly towards Xiao Tuanzi with long legs, saying, "Come here, take a shower."
He led the little group into the bathroom, helped them drain the water, and looked down at them, saying, "Do you know what to do?"
Xi Nuoqi reluctantly began to undress, while Xi Keran timidly stood still without making any movements.
Xi Baichen looked at her and said, "Aren't you going to wash?"
She whispered, "I'm a girl. Mom says girls can't take a shower with boys."
Xi Baichen looked cold and said, "Excuse me, you can wash it later."
There is only one bathroom with a bathtub in the villa, making it inconvenient for two children to take a shower.
He carried Xi Keran out of the bathroom and was about to close the door when he heard Mi Li say, "It's not safe for such a young child to take a bath alone. You'd better take care of it."
Xi Baichen then opened the bathroom door and stood outside, staring intently at Xi Nuoqi in the bathtub.
Xi Nuoqi felt like he had turned into a shelled boiled egg being stared at by a cobra, and even a tank of hot water couldn't warm that cooling heart.
Xie Keran looked sympathetically at her brother, then quickly withdrew her gaze and began to worry about her situation.
"Why are you staring at someone like this?"
"Didn't you ask me to take care of it?"
Mi Li was speechless: "Don't stand at the door, just pay a little attention."
"It's okay, I'm currently available and can take care of the entire process."
Mi Li went crazy: "Do you have any misunderstanding when comparing the two words?"
Xi Baichen: "..." What did he do wrong?
"Never mind, you don't need to take care of me anymore. Just leave me in the bathroom. If anything happens, I'll call you."
Xi Baichen then walked into the bathroom again.
Xi Nuoqi watched stiffly as his uncle walked in, placing a photo frame with an orange cat photo on the washbasin and adjusting the direction to aim it directly at him.
"I'll give you fifteen minutes to wash it properly," Xi Baichen hesitated, glanced at the photo frame a few times, and walked out in three steps, then closed the bathroom door.
Xi Nuoqi didn't feel relaxed at all, because he knew that the orange cat in the frame was a deceased pet that his uncle had raised before.
What does he mean by putting the orange cat's last photo in the bathroom???
"Don't be afraid, little one, I'll keep an eye on you." Mi Li smiled and comforted, even though he couldn't hear.
Xi Nuoqi suddenly felt that the air had cooled a few degrees. He didn't dare to delay and quickly rinsed it. It took less than seven minutes to finish, but he didn't even wipe it and rushed out naked.
"Old Bai, quickly get a towel to wipe Nuoqi." Mi Li shouted in the bathroom.
Xi Baichen flicked open a towel and wrapped Xi Nuoqi around it, wiping it lightly. Then he took out a change of clothes from his small backpack and let him put them on himself.
"It's your turn." He went to the bathroom to change another tank of water and gestured for Xi Keran to come in.
Xi Keran is much more careful than her brother, preparing pajamas in advance and washing herself until she feels refreshed.
Blow dry the hair of two small balls, stuff them into the bedding, and Xi Baichen walked out of the guest room with a picture frame. In front of the door, he also left a warning: "Go to bed obediently and don't make any noise."
"Old Bai, look, raising a child isn't really that troublesome," Mi Li encouraged.
Xi Baichen took off his sleeping robe stained with water stains, revealing his robust body.
"You suddenly took off some clothes!" With a snap, the photo frame was flipped back onto the table, even though it was useless, she could still see clearly what she should or shouldn't be looking at.
"I'm wet," Xi Baichen glanced at her indifferently and took out a clean nightgown from the wardrobe. In non working conditions, he still pays more attention to personal hygiene. Otherwise, a otaku who eats takeout every day would not be able to keep his home so tidy.
Xi Baichen placed the photo on the bedside table, leaned against the head of the bed, and habitually opened his notebook.
"Do you still need code words?" Asked Mi Li.
"Hmm." Xi Baichen is in a good mood now and can fight for another three hours.
"Go to bed early, you're not living alone now. You have two children waiting for you to take care of, so you need to wake up early in the morning to prepare breakfast."
Xi Baichen's mood instantly dropped below 30: Isn't it troublesome to raise a good child?
Mi Li smiled and said, "I'll come over tomorrow morning too. What would you like to eat? Let's make it together."
After pondering for a long time, Xi Baichen finally replied with two words: "Whatever."
"Let's have the following one, right? Didn't you often eat instant noodles before? Tomorrow, I'll let you taste the difference between homemade noodles and instant noodles." Mi Li has automatically screened dozens of different flavors of noodles.
"Okay." Xi Baichen closed his notebook, lay down in bed, and turned his head to look at the cat in the photo frame. Suddenly, a one-year thought came to his mind, Isn't this little devil just his old cat?Besides his old cat, who else in the world is so close to him?
But upon careful reflection, it seems that he wasn't particularly good to his own old cat, at least not to the extent that he would come to repay his kindness after death. That guy had a peaceful and liberated look before he died, probably wishing he could die early and be reborn soon, right?
He hasn't given it a name yet, and keeps calling out "cat" and "cat". Thinking about it, isn't he a bit too ruthless?
"Xiaomi, why are you called 'Xiaomi'?" Xi Baichen suddenly asked.
"Because I love to eat millet." Mi Li didn't have the guts to tell him that her name was completely the result of her parents' slap on the forehead, and the red fruit field exposed their small-scale farming nature.
"Is that so?" His old cat seems to also like to eat millet. He used to help him make meat soup and soak millet, but without millet, he is still unwilling.
The old cat has left and Xiaomi has arrived. Perhaps there is no connection between them, but... when will she leave again?
"Xiaomi, what do you think of me having a cat?" After the old cat passed away, Xi Baichen never thought of having another one, but Xiaomi's arrival suddenly gave him this idea.
"Let's take care of the two little buns first."
If there is any realization in Xi Baichen's eyes: Yes, animals have territorial awareness. If she is really an old cat, she will definitely not be willing for him to keep other cats. [Old Cat: You're overthinking. Xiaomi: You're really overthinking.]
"Well, got it." This little devil still has over 100 million in his hands, so let's consider it as helping her spend money.
Xi Baichen didn't realize that he and the two buns were now being raised by Father Mi Li, and everything they ate, drank, used, and played with was all Father Mi Li's money.
Mi Li sleep in different time slots every day, limited to no more than two hours each time, arranged as reasonably as possible, without delaying work or affecting sleep, and allowing them to experience life in another world. After adapting to this rhythm, she still found it quite interesting.
Waking up at 4 o'clock in the morning, Mi Li served herself a bowl of noodles, then went out for a few laps, came back to take a shower, and waited until after 6 o'clock to enter the next round of sleep.
Yesterday, it was agreed to cook noodles for Xi Baichen and two small dumplings. Considering that Xi Baichen has no experience, Mi Li decided to make Hot dry noodles.
As her vision gradually brightened and her consciousness fully awakened, Mi Li found herself lying on a shelf, wrapped in a ball, with several middle-aged men standing in front of her, bargaining with the boss.
Mi Li's face was bewildered: Just as she was about to cook noodles, she turned into noodles? She wants to cook noodles, not herself! Where is Old Bai? If he doesn't come soon, she will be bought by some middle-aged woman! If she had to be eaten, she would rather be eaten by Old Bai, and it would be Old Bai's poop to pull it out.
Just as she was thinking about it, her gaze passed through the crevice of the person and keenly caught a familiar figure.
"Old Bai!!!" The earth shattering cry echoed through the vegetable market. The others showed no response, only Xi Baichen paused in his footsteps, stopped in place, and looked towards the sound source.
"Old Bai, come here quickly, I'm about to be bought!" Mi Li shouted eagerly.
Xi Baichen strode closer, relying on his height, his gaze crossed over the head of the middle-aged woman and swept towards the shelf.
"I am Noodles, I am Noodles." Mi Li decisively revealed her identity.
Xi Baichen: "..."
There were only a few balls of noodles left on the shelf. Seeing a chubby big hand reaching out to her, Xi Baichen didn't hesitate to squeeze through the crowd, pulled through a plastic bag, quickly wrapped all the noodles in the bag, and handed it to the boss: "Could you please weigh them?"
The middle-aged woman who was ahead of him glared at him angrily and caught a glimpse of his cool and handsome face. She immediately restrained her anger and said in a kind voice that cared for young talents, "It seems that the young man likes to eat noodles very much, so let me give it to you."
Mi Li sighed, "Handsome people are just so unreasonable that even the market ladies can subdue them."
Xi Baichen: "..."