After Becoming The Young Darling Of A Wealthy Family - Chapter 16

By the time Wen Ruanqing finished her checkup, it was already one o’clock in the afternoon. Leaning against Wen Si’s chest, she drank her milk. Once her belly was full, her energy returned, and she looked much more vibrant than she had that morning.

“Time to get out of the car. Let’s go see what Big Sister is up to.”

Wen Si carried Wen Ruanqing into the swimming center. This particular swimming center was a property of the Wen family, so there was a private pool exclusively reserved for them.

“Mommy, I’m thirsty.”

Wen Tingyin had grown tired from swimming and climbed up onto the pool deck. Her face was flushed red from the exercise as she sat on a chair, panting and drinking water.

“Mommy, wasn’t I super amazing at swimming today?”

“Yes, you were amazing.”

Wen Si’s voice suddenly rang out. Wen Tingyin looked over instantly. She froze for a split second, and then joyfully rushed forward. “Mother! How is Little Sister doing?”

She had been constantly worrying about Wen Ruanqing and had even asked Feng Ye to make a video call to Wen Si. However, Feng Ye told her they shouldn’t disturb Mommy, which was the only reason Wen Tingyin had given up on the idea.

“She’s doing much better than before.”

Looking at Wen Tingyin wearing a yellow swimsuit, a yellow swim cap, and a little duck inner tube around her waist, Wen Si couldn’t help but laugh. “You look so cute today, you little duckling.”

“Hmph hmph.”

Wen Tingyin wiggled her waist. Seeing that Wen Ruanqing’s spirits genuinely seemed quite good, she finally felt relieved and went back to sit on her small stool.

Huo Yinli also climbed out of the water. She was wearing blue swimwear, a blue swim cap, and a little bear inner tube around her waist. She was also panting from exhaustion.

“Auntie Wen, Little Sister!”

Every time Huo Yinli and Wen Tingyin called out “Little Sister,” the pitch of their voices would involuntarily rise with excitement.

Wen Ruanqing was sitting with Wen Si next to Feng Ye. As soon as she got close to Feng Ye, she couldn’t help but lean toward his side, stretching out her hands with an “Ah!” and demanding, “Hold me.”

“Want Mommy to hold you?”

Feng Ye smiled as he gathered Wen Ruanqing into his arms, kissing her on the cheek. “Shall we watch Big Sister swim, okay?”

Wen Ruanqing didn’t make a sound, but her gaze fell upon Huo Yinli and Wen Tingyin.

The older children were full of playful energy. After gulping down some water, they were instantly re-energized. Before jumping back into the water, Wen Tingyin deliberately showed off in front of Wen Ruanqing: “Watch and see how amazing Big Sister is!”

Right after saying this, Wen Tingyin held onto her inner tube and jumped right in. This was a shallow pool, and there was a lifeguard watching from the side, so Feng Ye and Wen Si weren’t worried about any accidents.

It was only Huo Yinli, who was standing on the deck about to enter the water, who fared a bit worse. Wen Tingyin didn’t know how to dive properly and didn’t know how to suppress the splash; she went in with a loud splash, and the displaced water sprayed directly all over Huo Yinli.

“Pff, pff, pff.”

Huo Yinli spat out the water from her mouth, reached up to wipe her face, and her expression was no longer calm. She shouted loudly, “Wen Tingyin!”

“Oops, my bad!”

Wen Tingyin’s body tensed up as she let out an awkward laugh. In the next second, she turned around and swam forward.

Huo Yinli also jumped into the water, and the two of them began a game of chase in the pool, one after the other. “Don’t run!”

“No, no, no!”

Wen Tingyin moved forward with a “heave-ho, heave-ho” effort. “You can’t catch me!”

“Impossible!”

Huo Yinli chased after her with all her might. “I’m coming!”

As the two of them chased each other back and forth, Wen Ruanqing watched with great interest from the pool deck. Her hands waved up and down, and her body leaned forward, wanting to go down and play too.

“Not today, okay?” Feng Ye pulled Wen Ruanqing back into his arms and said with a smile, “Tonight, Mommy will fill the bathtub with water, and you can swim in the bathtub, okay? There will be little ducks going quack, quack, quack.”

“Quack.”

Wen Ruanqing tilted her head back to listen to Feng Ye speak. She moved her lips, mimicking his words, and after she finished mimicking, she laughed again. “Quack.”

“You little duckling.”

Feng Ye nuzzled Wen Ruanqing’s hair and said gently, “When you get a little bigger, our little baby can also chase after Big Sister.”

Wen Ruanqing grabbed Feng Ye’s finger and stuffed it into her mouth. Her gums were itchy, and she really wanted to bite down on something.

Seeing this, Wen Si took a teething biscuit out of her small backpack and handed it to Wen Ruanqing. “Eat this.”

“Ah.”

Wen Ruanqing opened her mouth and bit the teething biscuit. Holding the biscuit firmly with both hands, she ground down hard with her teeth, but her gaze remained fixed on her two older sister figures in the pool.

As she watched, she suddenly realized something. Both of her sisters had hats, but she didn’t.

No hat-hat!

“Mommy.”

Wen Ruanqing reached up her hand to pat her head, and then anxiously pointed at Wen Tingyin and Huo Yinli. “Want.”

“Want?”

Feng Ye didn’t understand at first. “What do you want? You can’t go down into the water to play right now, okay?”

Seeing that Feng Ye didn’t understand, Wen Ruanqing knitted her brows. She turned her head to look at Wen Si. “Want.”

She tugged at her hair and then pointed back at the two sisters. I don’t have a hat!

Wen Si pondered for a moment and finally understood Wen Ruanqing’s meaning. She burst out laughing. “You want a swim cap too, huh?”

Wen Ruanqing smiled upon hearing this, but then she tugged at her hair with distress: “No…”

“Mommy is so careless; I forgot to put a hat on our little baby too.”

Feng Ye took a baby hat from nearby and placed it on Wen Ruanqing’s head. “There we go, our little baby has a little hat now too.”

Only after feeling the hat did Wen Ruanqing become happy. Swinging her legs, she sat in Feng Ye’s lap and watched her two sisters play and mess around.

When will I be able to go down into the water to play?

To play together with my two sisters.

Grow up.

Will I grow up?

This thought surfaced in Wen Ruanqing’s mind completely without warning. Her eyes lost focus for a moment, and she felt a deep sense that growing up…

It felt as though she had already grown up once before.

“Huh? Who is that?”

Wen Tingyin’s voice suddenly snapped Wen Ruanqing out of her thoughts. Her body gave a violent shudder, and she then looked toward the entrance in alarm.

“Don’t be scared, don’t be scared, Mommy is right here.”

Sensing Wen Ruanqing’s abnormality, Feng Ye turned her around to face him, patting her back to comfort her.

Wen Ruanqing’s breathing quickened for a moment, but she adjusted quickly. She peeked cautiously toward the doorway and discovered the older sister who had given her the little sheep toy before.

As she grew day by day, her memory seemed to be getting better and better, and she was able to remember more and more people.

Zhao Chi had come here to swim. While passing by the hallway, she heard the voices of Wen Tingyin and Huo Yinli, which was why she took a peek inside. Who would have thought she would be spotted immediately by Wen Tingyin?

“I… I also came to swim.”

Zhao Chi remembered what happened last time. She clasped her hands together in front of her body, completely devoid of her previous arrogance, leaving only an awkward constraint. “I didn’t mean to appear in front of you on purpose.”

Huo Yinli and Wen Tingyin rested their arms on the edge of the pool, looking at Zhao Chi together. Wen Ruanqing was also looking at Zhao Chi, and she began gnawing on her teething biscuit again. Om nom nom.

She really liked that little sheep plush toy.

“Um…”

Wen Tingyin looked at her mothers and found that both of them were wearing smiles. Only then did she speak up boldly, “Do you want to play?”

Huo Yinli also nodded. “We can play together.”

Zhao Chi’s eyes lit up, and her mouth fell open as if she had been struck by a massive, pleasant surprise. She nodded vigorously, “Okay!”

“Mom, I’m going to play in here!”

Zhao Chi shouted toward the area behind her and then walked inside. First, she greeted Feng Ye and Wen Si, and only then did she look at Wen Ruanqing. She bent her waist, softened her voice, and involuntarily adopted a high-pitched, baby-talk tone. “Hello there, little baby sister.”

Gnawing on her biscuit, Wen Ruanqing gave Zhao Chi a shy smile:

“Hehehe.”