Waking up in the morning, there was wind, there was sunlight, and there was you.

Yueyan...

I don't know if I was hallucinating, but Jiang Yueyan's face appeared before my eyes. My senior. She was so beautiful, smiling at me slightly as she called out...

“Daddy!”

The sweet dream shattered awake. My mood dropped like a roller coaster, plunging from the highest peak straight into the valley below. My sleepy eyes snapped fully open, and what I saw was Ye Xiao Xian, who looked so much like my senior that she could've been called her childhood version.

The position we were in right now was... hard to describe.

To put it simply, it was the legendary girl-on-top, guy-on-bottom position. She was still wearing the T-shirt I used to wear. The loose long sleeves swallowed up even her little fists. She was sprawled across my chest in a soft, droopy heap. Through the soft fabric, her tiny hands, warm with body heat, were touching my upper body, which had only a fitted undershirt on.

“Daddy's all hard here.” Xiao Xian smiled happily and pressed down on my chest. Looks like she slept pretty well.

“Well, duh. That's muscle. Your dad ranked top three in the class in PE.”

“Alright, hurry up and get off me. I need to get up.”

I said it helplessly. Xiao Xian was very obedient. She ducked down in an adorably neat motion, then rolled off me onto the bed, letting out a string of giggles.

She really did have a child's nature. My mood suddenly improved a lot.

I immediately turned over and got out of bed. At the same time, I grabbed the clothes hanging on the rack by the bed and started getting dressed. Before I even finished, my phone alarm rang, so I told Xiao Xian to turn it off.

This was what you called double insurance. Normally, I woke up at six every morning by body clock alone. But if I stayed up late sometimes, then in the morning my body clock couldn't beat the sleepiness, and that was when the phone alarm had to help out.

By the time I was finally dressed, Xiao Xian had already turned off the alarm for me. For some reason, she was especially energetic today. She suddenly sprang up from the bed and jumped onto my back, so I had no choice but to carry the little thing out of the room.

In the bathroom, I opened the package for the new toothbrush I'd bought for Xiao Xian. As for a cup, there wasn't a new one at home, so for now she'd just have to make do with one I used before. Come to think of it, I didn't really feel it yesterday, but now it suddenly hit me that with one more person in the house, there really were quite a few new things to buy. At noon or tonight when I got back, I'd just go to the convenience store and get everything.

I had already finished washing up. Xiao Xian was slow with her hands and feet, so I went out first. I headed into the kitchen and switched on the toaster. Breakfast at my house was usually very simple, sliced bread with milk. Sometimes I didn't even eat.

Then I took out a carton of fresh milk from the fridge. At the same time, I pulled out two cups from the counter and filled one for each of us.

Only then did Xiao Xian come clomping into the kitchen in slippers way bigger than her feet, looking exactly like a little tagalong.

I took a sip of fresh milk, turned around, and rubbed Xiao Xian's head. She looked like she was really enjoying it. She narrowed her eyes slightly and tilted her head up. I didn't even need to say anything. Right after that, she picked up the cup of milk that belonged to her.

After the simple meal, I packed up everything I needed for school, slung my shoulder bag on with what I thought was a pretty cool flourish, and said goodbye to Xiao Xian.

“Be good and stay at home. If you're bored, go watch TV or read a book. You're not allowed into the room on the second floor.” Hmph. Good thing I'd already sorted out and locked away my notebooks last night. Everything left out on the bookshelf was excellent, harmless reading.

“Mhm! Xiao Xian will be good. Daddy, make sure you win Mommy over soon!”

Pfft. What kind of heavenly conversation even was that?