Su Lang remained silent for a moment, then lay down beside her.

The room was very quiet.

The cicadas chirped incessantly outside the window, and occasionally a sea breeze would blow in through the window, causing the curtains to flutter.

They probably knew that with Su Lang around, the two children would be taken care of even if they woke up.

Lin Zhilan's eyelids gradually grew heavy, and she slowly fell asleep.

Su Lang then turned slightly closer to her.

He rested one hand on his head, while the other hand gently stroked the fine downy hairs on his wife's earlobe.

Su Lang looked at her, his gaze sliding from her eyebrows and eyes to the tip of her nose, then to her lips, and back to her eyes.

He couldn't resist leaning down and kissing her forehead again.

Lin Zhilan frowned slightly, pushed his chest, and muttered, "Hot..."

Su Lang smiled and picked up a palm-leaf fan to fan her.

Lin Zhilan's brows relaxed, and she drifted off to sleep.

When she woke up again, Su Lang was lying flat on his side, breathing steadily, as if he was sleeping soundly.

Seeing him like this, Lin Zhilan felt more at ease observing him.

"It's only been six months, and it's gotten so much darker..."

"The skin is all cracked and peeling..."

Lin Zhilan took his pulse again, and thankfully there was nothing wrong with his health.

Hmm... I'm just a little bit feverish.

Lin Zhilan took out a beauty cream from the drawer and applied it to Su Lang.

Her thin eyebrows were furrowed together, and her eyes revealed worry.

Su Lang was unaware of what was happening; he seemed to be fast asleep.

I could hear a child talking downstairs.

Lin Zhilan reluctantly let go of his hand, looked at him sleeping, leaned down and kissed his thin lips.

Even when no one was watching, she felt a little shy.

He gave her a quick kiss and then stood up, looking guilty as if he had done something wrong.

Lin Zhilan tiptoed out, closing the door behind her.

The room fell silent.

Su Lang opened her eyes on the bed, her gaze clear and lucid.

I said I don't have the habit of taking a nap, and that means I don't.

However, he didn't expect that pretending to be asleep would bring such an unexpected reward.

Su Lang rubbed his forehead and couldn't help but chuckle softly.

Downstairs, Linlin was chattering away about the popsicles.

She didn't express herself clearly.

Lin Zhilan mistakenly thought she was referring to Su Lang buying her popsicles and laughed, "Dad bought you popsicles?"

"Okay!" Little Linlin nodded, took her mother's hand, and headed towards her brother.

"Give my brother acupuncture."

"Brother is fine, why do we need to give him acupuncture?" Lin Zhilan asked curiously.

Little Linlin said urgently, "Brother, move!"

Lin Zhilan had no choice but to pretend that she had needles in her hands and tapped Jiang Chengzhou a few times.

"Okay," she said.

Little Linlin looked at her brother: "Are you done?"

Jiang Chengzhou nodded, suppressing a laugh, his body still trembling slightly.

"It's not better yet, Mom! Give me a few more injections!"

Lin Zhilan pressed Jiang Chengzhou down on the cool bed and called to her daughter, "Come and give your brother a few acupuncture needles."

Little Linlin's eyes lit up, and she ran over, mimicking her mother's usual doctorly manner, sticking out her chubby little fingers and poking Jiang Chengzhou's arm twice.

Jiang Chengzhou pretended to be scared and hid behind his aunt.

"Still moving!" Linlin frowned and poked at it twice more. "Don't move!"

Jiang Chengzhou couldn't hold back any longer and burst out laughing. He rolled around on the cool bed to avoid his sister's "needle".

Linlin chased after him, her short legs moving incredibly fast, and she climbed onto her brother and continued poking him.

The two children rolled around in a ball, their laughter nearly lifting the roof off.

Lin Zhilan sat on a bamboo chair next to them, resting her chin on her hand as she watched them joke around, her lips curving into a smile and her eyes full of laughter.

This is the scene that Su Lang saw when she went downstairs.

"Dad needs a brace too."

Xiao Linlin ran over, took his hand, and walked up to Lin Zhilan.

Lin Zhilan smiled and said, "You can do the haircut for Dad."

Su Lang cooperated, letting her daughter and nephew play around.

After playing with the children for a while, Lin Zhilan suggested, "While you're still on vacation, let's take the children to go beachcombing tomorrow morning."

When Lin Zhilan is alone, she is hesitant to take her two children to the beach.

They were afraid they wouldn't be able to take care of everyone.

She felt more at ease with Su Lang around.

Su Lang naturally had no objections.

The next morning, the sky was just beginning to lighten.

The family took their small buckets and shovels and went to the beach.

The sea breeze, carrying a salty, damp scent, swept over us. The beach, after the tide receded, bore the marks of the waves washing over it.

As soon as Jiang Chengzhou stepped onto the beach, he ran off like a wild horse.

"Chengzhou," Lin Zhilan called out to him, taking a rope out of her bag, "Let your uncle tie you to himself."

"Ah..." Jiang Chengzhou wailed.

"Listen to me, have you forgotten how you almost fell into the sea last time?" Lin Zhilan tied a rope around his waist.

He then handed the rope to Su Lang, saying, "Hold on tight, or I'll make trouble for you."

Su Lang was both amused and exasperated, and wrapped the rope around his hand.

"Do you have any more rope? I'll tie you and your daughter up too."

Lin Zhilan glared at him, "Do you think I'm a dog?"

Jiang Chengzhou: "..."

Is my aunt scolding me?

Linlin was still a little groggy from waking up so early.

Su Lang put her down, her little feet touching the sand.

She finally woke up from her drowsiness.

He was whimpering and wanted his mother to hold him.

Su Lang knelt down and asked her, "What's wrong? Baby, are you feeling unwell?"

Linlin pointed to the sand beneath her feet, "It's dirty, baby, don't step in it."

The soft sand underfoot made Xiaolinlin feel a little uncomfortable.

Lin Zhilan said, "It's alright, you're wearing little boots."

"Look at Mom," Lin Zhilan said, taking off her shoes and stepping on the sand.

Jiang Chengzhou immediately said, "I don't want to wear boots anymore, I want to step on them too."

He quickly took off his shoes and tossed them aside.

Su Lang frowned and said sternly, "Pick it up and put it away properly!"

Before Lin Zhilan could say anything, Xiao Linlin became anxious.

"Dad isn't mean, he talks nicely."

Lin Zhilan kissed her little face, "Teach Daddy what to say."

Linlin said with a stern face, "Pick it up and put it away properly!"

She emphasized the word "oh".

Grandma's voice sounded completely intimidating.

She added, "That's how my mom talks to me."

Jiang Chengzhou hid behind his sister and made a face at his uncle.

Lin Zhilan tapped his forehead.

"Don't think I won't beat you up just because you have your sister backing you up."

Jiang Chengzhou behaved himself.

Arrange the boots neatly.

Lin Zhilan nudged Su Lang with her elbow, "You finally come back to take the kids out for a trip, be gentle."

Having spent a long time in the military, Su Lang places great importance on discipline.

But this is at home, not in the military.

Lin Zhilan didn't want the children to be afraid of him.

Su Lang rubbed his stiff face.

Holding his wife's hand, he said, "You have to keep an eye on me."

There were quite a few people coming to the beach this morning. Lin Zhilan looked around and asked, "Commander Su, aren't you careful about your image while you're out here?"

Su Lang smiled and said, "When husband and wife are harmonious and in love, the impact will only be good, not bad."

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