Chapter 74 It feels so good to have someone care about you

Seeing Xu Qingbai's gaze suddenly shifted to her, Xu Yaoyao quickly opened her mouth and smiled at Xu Qingbai.

Because she hasn't grown any teeth yet, when Xu Yaoyao smiles, her entire row of gums is exposed, making her look like an old lady.

Xu Qingbai couldn't help but laugh at her cute little appearance.

His youngest sister is really adorable.

He stood up, walked to Xu Yaoyao, and took her from Yuan Xiang's arms.

"Yaoyao, are you awake? Have you missed your brother recently?"

[Yes, yes, Yaoyao misses big brother every day! ]

[And mother, she misses big brother every day too. ]

[So, brother, just call me mom! ]

Xu Qingbai: Why are we back to this topic again?

Yaoyao is really persistent.

[Brother, you are not embarrassed to call me, right? ]

Xu Qingbai: Yaoyao even guessed this?

[Brother, don't be shy, calling me mother is actually quite simple. ]

[Come, look at my mouth shape, mom~]

[Did you see it? It’s this mouth shape. ]

[Come on, try to yell, mom~]

【Mother~】

Xu Qingbai looked at the little baby in his arms babbling and was at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

But for some reason, the desire in his heart to call his mother actually became stronger.

He glanced at Princess Chaoyang out of the corner of his eye and found that she was watching him and Xu Yaoyao interacting with a smile on her face. There seemed to be a glimmer of anticipation in her eyes.

He returned Xu Yaoyao to Yuan Xiang, walked back to Princess Chaoyang and said, "I still have classes at the academy, so I'll go back first."

"Qingbai, wait a moment." Princess Chaoyang glanced at Juxiang.

Juxiang quickly took out a mahogany box and handed it to Xu Qingbai.

"This is the writing brush, ink, paper and inkstone that the princess prepared for the eldest master. They are all carefully selected. I hope you will find them easy to use."

Xu Qingbai took the box and was about to say thank you, but Juxiang turned around and brought over a package.

"The last time we met, the princess found that the eldest son's boots were torn, so she made new boots for him."

In order to know what size boots the eldest son should wear, Princess Chaoyang asked Yingban to secretly measure them at night. She really put a lot of effort into it.

Xu Qingbai looked down at the boots hidden by his robe, and his heart was moved again.

Unexpectedly, she even noticed such a small thing.

Is this the love from a mother?
It feels really good.

He took the package that Juxiang handed over, put it on his shoulder, then looked at Princess Chaoyang and said, "Thank you."

Princess Chaoyang was disappointed but also understood when she saw that he still called her "you".

She looked at Xu Qingbai reluctantly and said, "There's already a carriage waiting outside the door. Let the driver take you back."

Xu Qingbai knew that if he refused, Princess Chaoyang would definitely think too much, even about the things in his hand, so he didn't say much, but looked at the mahogany box in his hand and nodded.

However, the hand holding the mahogany box was getting tighter and tighter, as if he was making some difficult decision.

After a long while, he slowly said, "Then, I will go back to the academy first."

"mother"

Princess Chaoyang was about to say something when she heard the word "mother" and was stunned. When she came to her senses, she felt a sour nose and warm eyes.

However, the young man who had just called his mother had already fled out of the private room.

Only after getting on the carriage did Xu Qingbai secretly breathe a sigh of relief.

He actually called her mother just now
Could it be that he was influenced by Yaoyao's voice and couldn't help but follow her in calling her mother?
Although he used this excuse to exonerate himself, Xu Qingbai knew very well in his heart that he had actually wanted to call her mother for a long time.

With a happy smile on his face, he placed the mahogany box on his lap and opened it carefully.

He found that the mahogany box contained not only the finest writing brushes, ink, paper and inkstone, but also a stack of silver bills.

As soon as he took out the banknote, a piece of paper with words on it fell out.

"This is the first time that mommy gives Qingbai pocket money. I hope Qingbai won't refuse."

Xu Qingbai looked at the row of small words and couldn't help but tears up in his eyes.

This was also the first time he got pocket money from his mother.

He had longed to receive pocket money since he was a child.

After staring at the stack of banknotes for a long time, he took out a piece of rice paper from the box, carefully wrapped the banknotes, and then hid them close to his body.

Then he opened the package and found a pair of exquisitely crafted boots inside.

Xu Qingbai carefully stroked the boots in his arms and really liked them more and more the more he looked at them.

As if possessed by some mysterious force, he took off his worn-out boots and put on new ones.

The size is just right.

It turned out that she even thought of this.

He suddenly remembered what Xu Yaoyao said: A child with a mother is like a treasure.

It turns out that there will be a day when he will be treated as a treasure.

After leaving the teahouse, Princess Chaoyang was in a good mood.

Not only did she take Yaoyao to many places, she also bought her a lot of new clothes.

The most important thing is, she actually bought Yaoyao a few small gadgets made of pure gold.

Xu Yaoyao felt the weight of those little gadgets and laughed so happily that she couldn't stop smiling all the way.

She knew that she was benefiting from her elder brother!
She couldn't help but wonder, if her elder brother called her mother more often in the future, would her mother still take her out shopping?
This is a great feeling. When she can speak, she will definitely look at her big brother and call him mother every day!

When the group returned with a full load, they saw Xu Nianyue in the yard.

When Xu Nianyue saw Princess Chaoyang coming back, she hugged her arm affectionately as usual.

She saw several maids behind her holding things in their hands, and a hint of dissatisfaction flashed in their eyes.

But she still smiled and said, "Mom, you are finally back. Your daughter has been waiting for you for a long time."

Princess Chaoyang had been walking around for the whole day and was very tired. She just smiled faintly and let Xu Nianyue hold her arm and go back to the house.

After the maids behind her put away the things they had bought, Xu Nianyue let go of Princess Chaoyang's arm and walked over to check with pretended curiosity.

After discovering that she really didn't have anything of hers, Xu Nianyue's eyes were filled with resentment.

She pouted and said, "Mom, you are too partial, aren't you? Why are all of Yaoyao's things? Where are my daughter's?"

Princess Chaoyang sat back on the chaise longue, her eyes fell on Xu Nianyue's face, and she said calmly, "Didn't you say at the beginning that you don't need me to buy anything for you in the future?"

Xu Nianyue was suddenly speechless.

At that time, she had a lot of pocket money and could buy whatever she wanted. She didn't even look at the things Princess Chaoyang bought for her.

But ever since her father sold all the property in the mansion, she no longer received any pocket money, so how could she have any extra money to buy the things she liked?

Even when she went out for tea with her sisters, she didn't have money to pay the bill, and was ridiculed several times for this.

(End of this chapter)