Chapter 204 Coaxing Er Bao
At this moment, Lin Yi was rather helpless and could only pick up Er Bao to cradle in his arms, swaying back and forth as he began to sing a lullaby. Lin Yi's voice was very soft, and he only murmured in front of Er Bao.
Er Bao looked at Lin Yi and couldn't help but laugh out loud.
Seeing this, Lin Yi frowned, "You little guy, can't you give your dad some face? I've sung you a song, can you please just go to sleep?"
As Lin Yi spoke, Er Bao continued to laugh heartily as if Lin Yi were a joke, making Lin Yi feel extremely awkward. He could only stand up and gently rock Er Bao in his arms.
Er Bao looked at Lin Yi, dug in his mouth with his fingers a couple of times, then his chubby hands, covered in saliva, made their way towards Lin Yi.
Lin Yi's face was suddenly covered in drool, and out of exasperation, he said, "Er Bao, you really need to rest. Your dad's old bones can't handle this roughhousing."
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Hearing this, Er Bao seemed to understand and chuckled, then continued to dig in his mouth and once again reached his saliva-covered hands out towards Lin Yi.
Lin Yi could only keep tilting his head back to avoid Er Bao's touch, while Er Bao just laughed and reached out.
When Lin Yi let his guard down, Er Bao's large palm slapped onto Lin Yi's face.
At this point, Lin Yi was somewhat helpless and had to put Er Bao down, reaching for a tissue to wipe his own face.
He also wiped Er Bao's hands and said, "You can't mess around like this in the future. If you spray saliva on someone else when they hold you, daddy will get angry."
As Lin Yi spoke, he made a fierce face, and Er Bao stared back at him blankly.
He had never sprayed spit on anyone else, only Lin Yi.
Unaware of this, Lin Yi believed that children should be taught reasoning from a young age and shouldn't be indulged in bad habits.
Lin Yi coddled Er Bao for a while longer, but today Er Bao was particularly energetic, and Lin Yi had no choice but to put him down on the couch. He picked up his cell phone and said, "Er Bao, give it up. Dad won't hold you anymore. If you don't sleep, just play here with your saliva, and dad will play with his phone for a while."
As Lin Yi spoke, he deliberately sat opposite Er Bao and began to play with his phone.
When Lin Yi put him down, Er Bao suddenly seemed at a loss. It was as if he realized he had done something wrong, but he also felt uncomfortable not being held. He wanted his dad to soothe him, and his mouth began to quiver as he was about to cry.
Seeing Er Bao twisting and turning his arms, with his little face contorted, Lin Yi immediately became anxious and stood up, "Er Bao, you mustn't cry. Everyone is asleep. If you cry now, that won't do!"
In a panic, Lin Yi immediately picked up Er Bao.
"Don't wake up your brother and sister."
As Lin Yi spoke, he carried Er Bao out of the room, truly afraid that Er Bao would cry and wake up the other children, which would really give him a tough time trying to soothe them all.
Lin Yi carried Er Bao out and, seeing this, Er Bao immediately stopped crying, snuggling into Lin Yi's chest. He no longer used his saliva to smear Lin Yi's face but just quietly stayed in Lin Yi's embrace.
Seeing him not causing trouble, Lin Yi also began to smile and held him close, "That's right, you need to be good. Otherwise, daddy will definitely spank you!"
As Lin Yi said this, he made a spanking gesture with his hand, and Er Bao, seeing Lin Yi do that, immediately narrowed his eyes and squealed.
It looked as though he was protesting, and Lin Yi couldn't help but laugh.
"Alright, alright, Daddy won't hit you. When has Daddy ever hit you? Just sleep well, Daddy won't hit you, okay? Be good and go to sleep."n/o/vel/b//in dot c//om
As Lin Yi spoke, Er Bao murmured a few sounds at this time, her little face nestled into Lin Yi's chest, and she didn't fuss any longer.
Lin Yi's embrace was warm, and soon she fell asleep. Lin Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that Er Bao was asleep. When he put Er Bao back on the bed, he covered her with the little blanket.
Then he turned off the air conditioning and found thinner blankets for them all to avoid them getting too hot later.
But leaving the air conditioner on, he wasn't completely at ease. Just at this moment, the system's voice rang out, its sudden sound making Lin Yi freeze in place.
"Congratulations host, for completing the system task. Intimacy with your baby has increased, and the system rewards the host with the Economic Adjustment Master Management skill!"
"Once the host uses this skill, they will be able to self-teach and master any business skill!"
Upon hearing the system's voice, Lin Yi was immediately stunned on the spot, considering that with this skill he wouldn't need to learn any business tactics and could dominate the business world.
Moreover, he could now bypass school and teach himself everything, meaning he could effectively graduate now.
However, this wasn't important to him because, for him, going to school wasn't about earning the diploma. Whether he had a diploma or not wasn't significant anymore; after all, he was already a winner in life.
He was in school only because his wife was still studying, and he was accompanying her, at least keeping her company.
Now, the system's rewards were always magical, almost tailor-made according to his needs.
That is to say, the previous rewards were some properties and funds, but now what it granted him was stuff he could use. It seemed the system really listened to his demands.
As Lin Yi was contemplating this, the ringing of his phone suddenly jolted him. Fearing that it might disturb the babies, Lin Yi immediately answered. It was a call from the manager of Wenqu Building that he had spoken to earlier.
Lin Yi took his phone out to the balcony and, after picking up, a voice came through from the other side.
"Mr. Lin, I'm sorry for disturbing you so late."
Lin Yi nodded and replied, "It's fine, go ahead."
"Mr. Lin, you had us stay alert for Han Xuemei before, right? We've been keeping an eye on her, and recently, she has indeed made some moves."
Lin Yi, initially disinterested, suddenly frowned and asked, "Tell me, what has she done?"
He had had someone watch Han Xuemei exactly to be on guard in case she was up to something. Now he was genuinely curious to know what this Han Xuemei was plotting.
"She has started to target our hotel now. We don't know exactly what method she's using, but the hotel's business has significantly declined recently. Her tactics are quite clever. We haven't figured them out yet, but don't worry, Mr. Lin. We have someone watching her closely, and we're bound to find some traces."
Lin Yi nodded upon hearing this and said, "Keep a close eye on her, and at first, do not spook her. And gather all the evidence for me, I will handle it from there!"
Lin Yi spoke calmly, and the manager nodded, repeatedly agreeing.
"Yes! Mr. Lin, we will definitely keep a tight watch on her for you."
Lin Yi gave a few more instructions.