Her hands came up empty, yet the little girl was not discouraged.
She tried persistently to climb towards the other person again.
Watching his trouser leg being grasped by the other party once more, Xu Jiayan immediately retreated a step. The girl lunged for nothing and tumbled down from the sofa.
Her little forehead banged on the ground.
Thankfully, there was a layer of carpet on the floor.
Xu Jiayan hadn't expected her to fall, and stretched out his hand reflexively, but it was too late.
Looking at the little 'meatball' that had fallen at his feet, he couldn't help but tighten his lips.
The girl's fall had indeed given Lin Wan a scare, who hurriedly stepped forward to pick her up and coax her: "Baby, did you hurt yourself?"
The girl didn't cry but instead peeked her head out from her embrace, her wet, large eyes looking in Xu Jiayan's direction, and she reached out towards him again, "Brother, hug!"
Her outstretched hand waited a long time without a response. The girl's big eyes slowly misted over with tears, and the next second, a cry that could shake the heavens and startle the spirits erupted in the room.
"Shut up!" Xu Jiayan yelled impatiently.
But the crying showed no signs of stopping.
Lin Wan gave him a "You made her cry, you soothe her" look.
Xu Jiayan only felt a throbbing pain in his forehead. Why did the world have to have such a bothersome creature?
Suppressing his temper, he looked at Lin Wan: "I can help you take care of her, but that's the end of this baby-kissing business, and you better not bring it up again."
Seeing the brat compromise, Lin Wan quickly nodded: "Okay, okay, okay."
The top priority was to soothe the little girl first.
As for their marriage agreement, it could wait.
If all else failed, there was still the second child.
Though the second child wasn't as smart as the first, he still had a pretty good-looking face.
Lin Wan wasn't the least bit flustered.
Xu Jiayan then picked the 'meatball' up from the ground.
The little girl actually wasn't that fat; she just had some baby fat and felt soft in his arms.
Xu Jiayan might have resented holding her, but his movements were much gentler than before. After all, he didn't hoist her up by one hand again.
With Xu Jinyan, who was more or less the same age, at home, Xu Jiayan was quite skilled at holding a child, so Lin Wan wasn't worried that he would drop her.
Once in Xu Jiayan's arms, the girl stopped crying. With her little red nose, she hiccupped from crying and watched Xu Jiayan with sobs.
Then, she stretched out her chubby, short little hand and grabbed his earlobe again.
Xu Jiayan instinctively wanted to tell her to let go, but confronted by the little one's tear-filled eyes and recalling her previous ear-piercing cries, he ultimately just frowned and said nothing.
Seeing this, Lin Wan sighed with relief and suggested, "Why don't you take her back to her room to play? After crying so much, she'll probably want to sleep soon."
Xu Jiayan gave her a cold look.
What was she implying?
Surely she wasn't expecting him to soothe the girl to sleep?
Lin Wan blinked and returned an affirmative look: "Do you really want to keep holding her?"
Of course, he didn't want to.
Xu Jiayan, with a gloomy face, fought the urge to toss her away again and asked, "Where is her room?"
Lin Wan: "What room?"
Xu Jiayan: "I'm asking, where does she sleep at night?"
Lin Wan said with a smile: "She's still so young, she definitely can't sleep alone at night. I've thought it through, let her sleep in your room."
"Impossible, I refuse! Don't even think about it," Xu Jiayan flatly rejected three times.
"Well then, let her choose."