Chapter 134 - 3.74 Bianca’s Favorite Person
In a sense, Bianca was a very independent baby, if that word could literally be used to describe a tiny infant.
She seldom cried and she knew how to make a ruckus in order to get attention if her diaper was wet or her tummy was growling. The most she came close to crying was when Lu Yizhou didn’t immediately approached when she called for him — in that adorable baby voice of hers that consisted of only ’ah, ah, ah’ — which, in Lu Yizhou’s defense, was perfectly justifiable since he had just returned home carrying with him the dust and grime from outside. He held a palm toward the baby and said, "Give me five minutes to wash up." But he hadn’t even got the chance to get to the bathroom yet when Bianca suddenly hollered atop of her lungs and reached for him to the point where she almost toppled down from her crib. Fortunately, Oliver was there to catch her in time.
"Ah, Altair..." Oliver struggled to hold the squirming baby in his arms. "Please hurry. She has been missing you so much!"
In the end, Lu Yizhou opted to only change out of his clothes and washed his hands, the shower forgotten. As soon as he came close, Bianca abruptly stopped crying and stared up at him with wet, doe silver eyes, flushed cheeks and an aggrieved look as if Lu Yizhou had just offended her a great deal. Her tiny silver wings fluttered adorably. Grabby paws reaching out to him, lips babbling incoherently. "Ah, ah—"
"Oh, I am wounded. Look at her, I am the one who gave birth to her but she likes you the most!" Oliver teased.
Lu Yizhou took over the baby from Oliver’s arms. In an instant, Bianca snuggled into the crook of her Alpha father’s neck and smacked her lips in satisfaction. He held her with one arm while the other reached out to caress the black circles under Oliver’s eyes. "Not sleeping?"
Oliver hummed and leaned into the touch, smiling. "Bianca has been very active. I have to distract her every five minutes, you know, before she starts to look for you."
Both of them hadn’t gotten enough sleep for the past five months since the baby’s birth. Bianca needed milk every two hours and oftentimes, she would rouse from her sleep in the middle of the night and start to make a ruckus inside her crib — shaking the rattle with all the strength her little arm could muster, deliberately squeezing the rubber toy to make high squeaky sound — the signal that she was either hungry or had to poop. Lu Yizhou was faring just fine, since he was used to not getting much sleep in the first place. However, the continuous sleepless night had taken its toll on Oliver. Lu Yizhou had always told him to go back to sleep and he would take care of everything but the omega was just so stubborn and followed him out every single time.
"If I don’t interact with her often, what if she gradually forgets me and only recognizes you?" He huffed in retort.
