From Sidekick to Bigshot

Translator: Exodus Tales  Editor: Exodus Tales

"I just don't want to," Zhai Yunsheng replied.

In Zhai Yunsheng's mind, he found it difficult to hold a child.

He felt like if he wasn't careful, he'd accidentally crush him at any moment.

"If you don't know how to hold a child, you should learn how to, no?" Master Zhai replied. He called over the wet nurse and asked her to teach Zhai Yunsheng how to hold Xiaobao.

Zhai Yunsheng's attempt to learn was rather perfunctory. On the other hand, Jian Yiling listened to the wet nurse's instructions seriously.

"Young Master Zhai, please make a more serious attempt to learn," the woman said cautiously.

"I can just hug my wife," Zhai Yunsheng replied. He didn't believe hugging his child was an important thing.

Upon hearing this, Master Zhai grunted: "If you don't want to hold him, so be it. I will hold him! Don't be jealous later on!"

Then, Master Zhai said to his great-grandson: "Good boy, let's ignore your bastard dad."

"Do you not like our baby?" Jian Yiling asked.

"I like him," Zhai Yunsheng replied. Despite saying this, the expression on his face told another story.

"Then hold him," Jian Yiling said.

As it was Jian Yiling's request, Zhai Yunsheng held his son reluctantly.

His movements were stiff when he took Xiaobao from the wet nurse's arms.

This thing was way too small and soft.

"Zhai Erdan," Zhai Yunsheng said to the child in his arms.

Perhaps, the little boy understood what his father called him. When he heard those words, he immediately began crying.

His cries were very loud.

When Master Zhai heard this, he hurriedly asked the wet nurse to take Xiaobao back. Then, he sternly criticized Zhai Yunsheng: "What do you mean by Zhai Erdan? I told him not to call him by that name! You're not allowed to give my precious great-grandson strange names! Look at what you did! You made him cry!"

The poor boy.

"He can't understand my words yet," Zhai Yunsheng corrected.

Xiaobao was probably upset because he held him in an uncomfortable position.

"Let me hold him," Jian Yiling said. She hadn't gotten an opportunity to hold her baby. Whenever she wanted to, Zhai Yunsheng would say it would take a toll on her body. After saying that, he would ask someone else to hold Xiaobao.

When Jian Yiling held Xiaobao in her arms, he quickly fell asleep.

It seemed like he was quite picky about who held him.

When Jian Yiling looked at Xiaobao's sleeping face, a smile appeared on her face. He really looked like a miniature version of A Sheng.

She reached out to poke his cheeks again.

Xiaobao was even cuter than Zhai Yunsheng.

Zhai Yunsheng was quite prideful. He won't let her bully him like this.

When Zhai Yunsheng saw this, he turned to the wet nurse and asked her to take the baby away from Jian Yiling.

"Yiling needs rest. Take the baby away."

Upon hearing this, Master Zhai couldn't help but look at his grandson in disdain. Why was his grandson treating his own son like an enemy?

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During the next few days, Jian Yiling's friends and relatives came ot visit her one after another.

Gifts were piled up in a corner of the hospital ward.

Anna from the Goodman family also came to visit her.

"Congratulations," Anna said as she handed over a congratulatory gift.

"Thank you," Jian Yiling replied. She was not close to Anna. The few encounters she had with her were because of the Goodman family compass.

"As you know, I'm a person who does things for a purpose. I didn't come to just congratulate you on your baby."

Anna was very frank. She cut out all the pleasantries because she knew Jian Yiling was a straightforward person as well.

"Mhmm. I understand. Do you want something from me?" Jian Yiling asked.