Chapter 23: Competing with Blueberry to Be a Good Mom p2
After confirming that Xue Xiaohai was asleep, Zhou Siyan carried her and tiptoed out of the tent, heading for the car.
Xue Yu said to Mo Li in a low voice, “Thank you for your hard work. You should rest too. You don’t have to get up too early tomorrow. We’ll take it slow before we set off.”
Back in the off-road vehicle, Zhou Siyan placed the baby in the middle.
Xue Yu also lay down. The two of them were extremely careful, afraid of waking the baby. They turned off the light without a word.
The next day, when Xue Yu woke up, it was already nine o’clock. The baby was still sleeping in her arms.
Zhou Siyan was also up, his hair still messy. He was quietly arranging the bags in the corner, taking out new clothes for the baby.
Xue Yu touched the baby’s face. “Xue Xiaohai, time to get up. You can’t sleep during the day. Save it for the night.”
The baby moved in dissatisfaction, nuzzled into Xue Yu’s arms, and continued to sleep.
Xue Yu had no choice but to get up and go out to wash up first.
Mo Li was also up. He had already washed up and packed the tent.
The two of them met each other’s gaze, nodded lightly, and then went about their own business.
After a simple breakfast, Zhou Siyan was about to put away the mattress in the back seat, but Xue Xiaohai was still sleeping.
Xue Yu went in and forcefully shook the baby awake. “Xue Xiaohai, you can’t wake up during the day and can’t sleep at night, is that it? Wake up, wake up. Time to drink milk.”
Zhou Siyan was very doting. “If she wants to sleep, just let her sleep.”
Xue Yu was firm. “If she sleeps too much during the day, she’ll bother us at night again. We can’t let her develop this bad habit.”
She simply carried the baby outside for a walk to wake her up.
Xue Xiaohai pouted, hugged her little seahorse, and cried loudly. She had quite a temper when she woke up.
Mo Li walked over. He was wearing the regular uniform of the White Tower military, without a jacket, which made him look even thinner and taller, like a bamboo or a pine tree.
He said, “Let me hold her. You go mix her formula.”
Looking down at the baby, he added, “I haven’t really learned how to mix formula yet.”
Xue Yu handed the baby to him and went to the trunk of the car to get water from the thermos and quickly mix the formula.
Zhou Siyan finished packing the mattress and adjusted the seats. He came out and saw Mo Li holding the baby. He quickly walked over and took her into his own arms.
After feeding the baby, they set off again.
Mo Li intended to drive, but Xue Yu said, “I’ll drive first. You can take over in the afternoon. We’ll take turns.”
It was still Zhou Siyan holding the baby in the passenger seat, Mo Li in the back seat, and Xue Yu driving.
Xue Xiaohai was full and humming in her father’s arms, wanting to sleep again.
Xue Yu shouted, “Xue Xiaohai, don’t sleep! How can you sleep at your age! While you’re still young, get up and play. Play with your toys. Hurry up.”
Mo Li, in the back, silently handed over Xue Xiaohai’s favorite little turtle plush toy.
Xue Xiaohai played for a few minutes, then yawned listlessly.
Xue Yu simply sang loudly, “Where has the time gone? I’ve grown old before I could even enjoy my youth. A lifetime of raising children, my mind is full of their cries and laughter…”
Zhou Siyan: “Change the song.”
Xue Yu: “Bro, do you think this is a KTV? I don’t know many songs.”
She cleared her throat and, as he wished, changed to another song: “What a beautiful jasmine flower, fragrant and beautiful on the branches, fragrant and white, praised by everyone, let me pick you…”
Zhou Siyan: “What does this song have to do with Mo Li?”
Xue Yu didn’t understand. “This song is called ‘Jasmine Flower’.”
Zhou Siyan: “Jasmine, Mo Li?”
After the cataclysm, the variety of plants had been greatly reduced. Zhou Siyan didn’t know what a jasmine flower was.
Only then did Xue Yu realize that “Jasmine” and “Mo Li” were homophones. She was too embarrassed to sing anymore and went back to humming “Where Has the Time Gone?”.
The more she sang, the sadder she felt. Fortunately, she managed to wake up Xue Xiaohai. The baby started playing with her toys and was no longer sleepy.
At noon, they stopped for lunch.
Blueberry came out of Xue Yu’s spiritual landscape without being summoned. As soon as it came out, the black panther and the octopus followed.
Blueberry kissed both the black panther and the octopus, then quickly flew away.
Before Xue Yu could call out, Blueberry told her through telepathy, “I’ll be back!”
Half an hour later, Xue Yu had finished lunch.
Blueberry returned, with a meteorite crystal in its mouth. It was very proud, its head held high, like a triumphant warrior.
As soon as it returned, the octopus that had been lying on the roof of the car immediately came down and circled it. The black panther also came out of the car with the little seahorse in its mouth.
The scales at the tip of Blueberry’s tail were sharp and pointed. It used its caudal fin to cut the meteorite crystal into three pieces, one for the little seahorse, one for the black panther, and one for the octopus.
The octopus and the black panther prostrated themselves before it, as if paying homage to a queen.
Blueberry blew bubbles at Xue Yu, very pleased with itself.
Looking at Blueberry’s round eyes, Xue Yu’s teeth ached. She was stimulated.
Blueberry could find meteorite crystals on its own to nourish its husband and child.
And her? She was poor and destitute. Her ex-ex-ex-boyfriend had just given birth to her child, and her ex-boyfriend was still pregnant. She hadn’t been able to compensate them at all.
Sigh, without material compensation, she could only provide emotional support as much as possible.
With that in mind, Xue Yu wandered around.
Seeing Mo Li cleaning his sniper rifle, she ran over to help. “Here, here, let me help you.”
Seeing Zhou Siyan holding the baby and swaying, she took out a tissue and went to wipe his sweat. “Are you sweating? Are you tired? You’ve worked so hard.”
Blueberry flew into the air, curled its tail, and let the black panther hold its tail and swing.
It looked at Xue Yu provocatively: I can make my husband fly. Can you?
Xue Yu gritted her teeth. You damn Blueberry!
She turned to Mo Li and continued to provide emotional support. “Mo Li, your clothes are so nice. No, no, you’re so handsome, you look good in anything.”
Sensing Zhou Siyan’s gaze, Xue Yu said to him, “Director Zhou, you have such a great aura. You’re so tall and handsome.”
Everyone got into the car. Not long after they set off, Blueberry ran out again.
Twenty minutes later, it returned with another meteorite crystal, which it again distributed to its child and husbands, making the black panther and the octopus dizzy with love, their eyes full of emotion.
Xue Yu was once again caught in Blueberry’s internal competition.
She smiled and said to Zhou Siyan and Mo Li, “You are both good people. When I have money in the future, I will definitely buy you delicious food.”
At sunset, there was a field of reeds ahead.
The terrain here was very strange. This morning it was a canyon, but now it looked like the northern plains.
Mo Li stopped the car. The three of them prepared to spend the night here.
Blueberry flew towards the reeds again.
Xue Yu could know Blueberry’s exact location through her spiritual landscape. She wanted to see where Blueberry was finding so many meteorite crystals.
Meteorite crystals were very expensive in the White Tower. If she could cooperate with Blueberry to find meteorite crystals, maybe she would have money for the baby’s formula in the future.
“I’m going to check on Blueberry. It’s just up ahead. I’ll be back soon!” Xue Yu said and ran towards the reeds.
Her running speed was increasing day by day. Xue Yu felt like her two legs could spin out sparks, but she wasn’t out of breath at all.
Following the spiritual connection, Xue Yu found Blueberry in a low-lying reed bed.
But she saw that there were five amber-colored meteorite crystals in front of Blueberry. The creature was eating with relish, completely unaware of Xue Yu’s approach.
Xue Yu rushed up from behind to scare it. “You little Blueberry! I thought you were selflessly dedicating yourself every day, sharing everything with your husband and child! So you’ve been eating your fill outside before coming back!”
Blueberry was so scared that it spat out the meteorite crystal in its mouth. It turned to look at Xue Yu, an embarrassed expression on its face, its mouth seemingly grinning.
It flew into Xue Yu’s arms, acting cute and asking her not to expose it.
Xue Yu stroked its head. “You’ve made me feel so conflicted all day, feeling like I’m too irresponsible to my child and ex-boyfriends. I really want to beat you to death.”
Blueberry bit open three meteorite crystals in a row and finally found the core of a meteorite crystal.
This type of crystal core was a great supplement for humans, with an effect ten times that of a physical enhancement agent.
Blueberry curled its tail around the crystal core and handed it to Xue Yu’s mouth, signaling her to eat.
Xue Yu opened her mouth, swallowed the crystal core, and rubbed Blueberry’s head. “Even if you’re good to me, I’m still going to beat you.”
Blueberry nuzzled against her neck, acting cute.
The sunset in the reeds was breathtakingly beautiful. It had been a long time since Xue Yu had watched the sunset so peacefully.
After she transmigrated, she had lived a busy and muddled life, being a poor student at the military academy and an insignificant little miner in the mining district. Three years had passed just like that.
She held Blueberry and quietly watched the setting sun on the horizon.
With the child, Zhou Siyan, and Mo Li not around, she could finally relax and shout as loud as she wanted.
“Mom, I’m a mom too! I have my own child! Did you hear me?”
“Mom, I’m doing well here. I’m working hard to live and will work hard to raise my child. I will be a good mother, a responsible mother, just like you and Grandma!”
“If I can go back one day, I will take Xue Xiaohai with me. Don’t be scared then!”
Xue Yu had always had a premonition that she could return to Earth one day.
She had come here with her body, not some mysterious soul transmigration. As long as she found that space-time gate, she would definitely be able to go back.
The afterglow of the sunset slowly sank into the clouds. The sky and the vast plain seemed like two parallel sheets of paper.
Mo Li was preparing dinner, and Zhou Siyan was taking care of the baby. They were all waiting for Xue Yu to return.
The atmosphere between the two men was subtle. The only bond between them was Xue Yu.
With Xue Yu gone, they were very unnatural with each other, like strangers.
Mo Li lit a coal to cook noodles and suddenly spoke. “Director Zhou, may I ask how much it cost for you to have a C-section to deliver the baby?”
Zhou Siyan: “820,000 Continent Dollars.”
Mo Li’s eyes dimmed.
Zhou Siyan realized that as a sniper, Mo Li took on very difficult missions, but his salary was not high.
In the White Tower, only the management could earn an absolutely high salary.
“If you have the child, I will pay for it,” Zhou Siyan said.
Mo Li lowered his head and continued to fiddle with the coal. “No need. I can save up myself.”