After being reborn, I raised my childhood sweetheart.

Chapter 45: Time to Give Birth to Momo (Please read on, please vote with monthly tickets~)

"No, that's not it..."

When Xia Ke asked her the question, Lin Yueyao blushed and her heart pounded.

She felt her cheeks burning hot, even hotter than when they were pressed against Xu Yuan's cheeks, as if they were on fire.

What a strange feeling!

"I... um, I bumped into it by accident, it was—"

Xia Ke covered her mouth and chuckled, then stood up and leaned closer to Lin Yueyao across Xu Yuan. Lin Yueyao obediently put her ear closer to listen:

"Are you playing a prank on the young master?"

Lin Yueyao was stunned for a moment when she heard this, and then nodded like a chick pecking at rice, as if she had grasped a lifeline.

"I knew that was the case!"

Xia Ke kept covering her mouth and laughing, then said to Lin Yueyao, "Then, I want to play too!"

Eh?
Lin Yueyao wanted to say something more, but Xia Ke made a shushing gesture to her, then tied all her hair up and quietly leaned close to Xu Yuan's cheek.

Xia Ke extended her index finger and gently touched Xu Yuan's cheek. Seeing that Xu Yuan did not react, Xia Ke then leaned closer to Xu Yuan's cheek, pressed her lips against his left cheek, and then kissed him before pulling away.

She made a slightly loud "mua" sound, and when she let go, Lin Yueyao even saw that Xu Yuan had some saliva on his face. Lin Yueyao hurriedly reached out and wiped away the traces of Xia Ke's crime on Xu Yuan's face.

"Why...why are you licking him?"

"It's a prank!"

Xia Ke felt that this wasn't enough fun, so she stared at Xu Yuan's face for a moment, then carefully crawled out from under the covers and ran to the room to get something.

Xia Ke is back—

She found a box of watercolor pens, clearly intending to scribble on Xu Yuan's face, but Lin Yueyao stopped her.

"Watercolor pen marks are very difficult to remove!"

"It's okay, I used this when I was drawing watches at school, it comes off easily with soap."

"No... he'll get angry if you do that."

"Then, isn't secretly kissing him also a prank?"

Xia Ke said, "A prank is only a prank if the other person notices it, but a kiss won't make him realize it."

At this moment, Lin Yueyao, feeling guilty, was speechless and could only watch silently as Xia Ke took out a watercolor pen, then spread her legs, sat on Xu Yuan's quilt like a duck, and carefully doodled on Xu Yuan's face.

First, add panda eyes, then the cat's three whiskers on the left and right, add a red watercolor dot in the center of the forehead, and then draw a small flower on the face with a pink watercolor pen.

"Hmm...where should I draw next?"

Seeing that Xia Ke showed no sign of stopping, Lin Yueyao couldn't contain herself and pulled her aside, saying, "Alright, you've drawn so much already, isn't that enough?"

"Oh... I haven't had enough fun yet." Xia Ke looked like she wanted to draw some more.

"You can't play with Xu Yuan anymore!"

Lin Yueyao and Xia Ke started arguing. Xia Ke sat on Xu Yuan and swayed back and forth. The noise woke Xu Yuan from his sleep.

……

Xu Yuan opened his eyes groggily and saw Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao pushing him around. After realizing he was awake, they looked at him with a nervous expression.

"what to do?"

Upon seeing the watercolor pen in Xia Ke's hand, Xu Yuan subconsciously touched his face.

The obedient Lin Yueyao immediately picked up the small mirror on the coffee table and showed it to Xu Yuan, so Xu Yuan's gaze turned to Xia Ke.

"A prank...you did it, didn't you?"

"Yueyao did it too! She—she also—"

Lin Yueyao quickly covered Xia Ke's mouth and hurriedly explained, "I... I also drew a little bit, but I only drew the beard!"

"It doesn't matter how many or how few you draw."

Xu Yuan slowly reached out to Xia Ke and said calmly, "Give it to me."

"..."

Xia Ke was taken aback for a moment, but after understanding Xu Yuan's meaning, she obediently handed over the watercolor pens.

"Stop grinning and stand still! Put your hands out."

Xu Yuan's tone was very serious, "You actually did something bad to the boss while I was asleep! Is this how you underlings behave? If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll get out of control!"

He took a plastic ruler and gently tapped Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao's palms.

Although it's just a formality, education is essential!
I need to make them understand my position in the family!

If she dares to draw on my face at such a young age, won't she be able to do whatever she wants to me in the future?
In addition, as a means of "revenge," Xu Yuan drew some graffiti on Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao's faces.

He drew little hearts on Xia Ke's face and little white rabbits on Lin Yueyao's face.

"Young Master's drawing is so cute!" "Really...beautiful."

Seeing how satisfied Xia Ke and Lin Yueyao were with the "graffiti" in the mirror, Xu Yuan breathed a sigh of relief.

If they are not punished, they will become increasingly lawless.

However, if the punishment is too severe, the little girls will feel that they can't take a joke and will keep their distance from me.

Maintaining a proper balance is very important.

However, it's one thing for Xia Ke to secretly draw on me; she's such a mischievous child.

I never expected that Yueyao, such a well-behaved child, would not only have been stopped from the beginning, but would have gone along with the evildoers.

However, they are still children, and it's normal for them to have a mischievous nature...

In this way, Lin Yueyao and Xia Ke used graffiti pranks to cover up what they had done to Xu Yuan in the first place.

Lin Yueyao knew what that kiss meant.

That means that, apart from family members, it's something that only very close male and female friends would do together.

Those who do this kind of work will all get married in the future.

But Xu Yuan is my older brother.

Was what I did wrong...?

Lin Yueyao lay in bed looking at the dappled shadows of trees on the ceiling, because the streetlights outside were always on.

Lin Yueyao used to be very afraid of those tree shadows, thinking they were big monsters. She would only feel at ease when her mother was lying in bed.

But things are different now; she's grown up.

I also know a lot of things now.

Lin Jing changed into her pajamas and got into bed. "The big monster is going to give you a cool and refreshing treat!"

"Ah ha ha ha ha..."

Lin Yueyao played with her mother for a while, and then watched her mother lie down.

"Alright, time to sleep. There's only one more day until the holiday tomorrow, hang in there."

Lin Yueyao looked up at Lin Jing, thought for a moment, and then said:

"Mother."

"what happened?"

“I feel like we’re a family now.”

"This one... it really does look very similar."

Lin Jing turned to the side and stroked her daughter's head, "Yuanyuan has always been good to you, hasn't she?"

Lin Yueyao nodded. "He's like an older brother to me, always taking care of me."

Lin Jing smiled and said, "So, do you want Yuanyuan to really be your older brother?"

Lin Yueyao thought about it carefully, "Sometimes I think about it, and sometimes I don't."

"Why is this?"

"Um……"

Lin Yueyao hummed but didn't say anything. Lin Jing poked her daughter's cheek: "Do you also want to marry Yuanyuan and become his wife?"

"Oh no... Mom!" Lin Yueyao cried out nervously, "I'm not!"

"You still say no? You silly child..."

"Hmph, I'm ignoring Mommy now!"

Lin Yueyao was sleeping with her back to Lin Jing. Lin Jing gently stroked her daughter's back, humming a soothing tune softly.

Children's friendships are so beautiful.

The next morning, Lin Yueyao arrived at school yawning, carrying her schoolbag.

She found it strange that Xia Ke, who was usually so lively, was so listless and lethargic. Just as she was about to go up and greet her, Xia Ke suddenly got up and pulled Lin Yueyao outside.
"We're in big trouble now, Yueyao!"

Lin Yueyao was a little confused, and then slowly came to her senses:
"Did you...did you tell your family about that?"

"No, I'm not that stupid."

Xia Ke said seriously, "Yesterday I watched TV with my parents and I discovered something: if the boys and girls on TV kissed and then slept together, they would get a baby in their bellies! You know, those little hairy things."

"Think about it, I kissed the young master yesterday, and we slept together..."

Xia Ke rubbed her stomach and said to Lin Yueyao with a serious expression, "So, I might be going to give birth to a little hairy baby for the young master!"

　I made some minor adjustments.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)