The Three-Life Stone

It was 7:30 in the morning. Yu Le and Meng Nan in the hotel were still meeting Zhou Gong. Sui Rou, Zhu Xinxin and Chu Xuan in the B&B were sleeping soundly. One of them had already gotten up, washed up and walked out of the room.

"Born with the physique of an ox or a horse" is how Tong Yu sums himself up. From graduation to now, except when he gets drunk, he usually sleeps for five or six hours, and he doesn't think there is anything wrong with that. On the contrary, when he is idle, he will feel uncomfortable all over.

In the past, he might have gotten up earlier. Life is like a candle. He thought that since he had never stopped thinking and exploring, and had already found his goal, he should stick to it. Maybe it was because he was afraid that if he stopped, there would be a gap, and he would not be able to catch up.

Only when you have suffered enough, the future will gradually become bright. You should not choose comfort at the age of struggle.

In him we can see a struggle with fate, "My destiny is in my own hands, not in the hands of God", so he is willing to suffer wasted time, no matter how difficult the process is, he wants to break the shackles of fate.

As the hotel room door closed, the designated driver he ordered called on his mobile phone.

Inferior men reproduce; average men achieve success around them; superior men achieve self-realization. He always felt that he was still a long way from his goal, so he could only keep working...

Around eight o'clock, Meng Ruize's cry woke Chu Xuan up from her sleep. She fed the baby with her messy hair, nodding her head from time to time. The child became well-behaved after eating. Chu Xuan breathed a sigh of relief and put the child back in the stroller, then fiddled with the baby pendant beside the bed and continued to lie down.

Meng Ruize stared at the swinging bed bell, his little hands dancing, his eyes looking around as the bed bell swung. Chu Xuan lay down but didn't fall asleep. She kept counting silently in her heart: Just a little while, just a little while, and then I'll get up.

She closed her eyes. The occasional little sounds made by the baby seemed a little different. She frowned, opened her eyes, and then looked surprised.

"Ah~ Ruirui!! You can turn over now!!! Just lie down, you look so cute like this, I want to take a picture and also a video!!!" She sat up happily, all sleepiness gone.

The crib was connected to their bed. Meng Ruize just turned over and came to the big bed. His little head was looking at him. No wonder the voice sounded closer.

Meng Ruize was looking at his mother who was full of excitement. Although he didn't understand why she was so excited, under the influence of this cheerful atmosphere, the little guy couldn't help but laugh along. So, he happily watched Chu Xuan holding her phone and taking pictures of him from all angles.

Chu Xuan was quite satisfied with the results of this shooting. She completed the publishing process on WeChat Moments and Tik Tok with extremely high efficiency, which could be said to be done in one go.

"Morning, Sister Xuan~"

"Sister-in-law, good morning~"

"Hmm? You guys talked until very late yesterday, right? Why are you up so early?"

Zhu Xinxin walked to the bed and sat down, gently pinching Meng Ruize's face, arching her nose and whispering in a gentle and lovely voice: "You heard your mother's startled voice, right? Are you scared by your mother? Do you want to go home with your aunt? Hmm?"

Suirou also sat next to him: "Ruirui, huh? So cute, his eyes are like daddy's, his nose is like mommy's, emmmm..."

"My mouth looks like my dad's," Zhu Xinxin added.

"Oh, yes, yes, it's really magical! Is this the legendary fruit of love? Sister-in-law, does it hurt when giving birth? I see this little guy is so small now, but our human body is only this big..." Sui Rou said while gesturing roughly.

"Everyone's physique is different. Maybe this little guy came here specifically to repay us, so the delivery process was relatively smooth. But the girl in the delivery room next to me came earlier than me and kept yelling in pain. She was still there when I was about to give birth. I don't know how she was doing later." After saying this, Chu Xuan's gaze fell on the baby again, her eyes filled with endless tenderness and kindness, and a happy smile involuntarily appeared at the corners of her mouth.

In her eyes, this little life born into the world has become the most precious and important existence in her life, and the fear and panic she felt at that time seem insignificant.

"Can I hug you? I'm a little scared..."

"Of course, it's grown a bit now. It was so tiny when it was born, and I was scared too. Such a small and soft thing is my child.

Thinking about it now, I still can’t believe it. If you ask me if I have any experience now, I might even tell you that I still don’t dare to hold other people’s babies, hahahaha.”

Chu Xuan stood up and picked up the child, then taught Sui Rou that one hand should support the child's head and arms, and the other hand should support the child's buttocks. Before Sui Rou could feel proud for two seconds, little Meng Ruize protested a little, so Chu Xuan had to smile and take the child away again.

"It's ok. You'll understand when you have a child." Chu Xuan put the child on the bed again. "Don't spoil the child too much. Don't let him play by himself when you're holding him. If he gets used to being held, he won't be able to be put down. You guys help me watch him. I'll go cook something to eat."

"No, sister. Are you really relieved?" Zhu Xinxin put down her phone and stood up, "Tuanzi, let's go cook."

Zhu Xinxin took Suirou's hand and walked to the kitchen, not forgetting to shout into the room: "Sister, just take care of the children comfortably, the food we cook will definitely be edible."

Perhaps it was the biological clock that was at work. Yu Le and Meng Nan woke up at about the same time. After a quick wash, they walked out of the hotel, bought some mineral water, and went to a fast food restaurant to eat some porridge.

"Brother Tong is really asking for his life. He went to bed so late yesterday and disappeared so early today."

Sitting in the taxi, Yu Le couldn't help but complain with some concern.

"Just let him go. He will stop when he feels it's enough. I've told him many times but it doesn't work. You have to think about it. How old is he? Can he be so inappropriate?"

"I know, but I feel a little sad. It seems that I haven't worked hard enough..." Yu Le fell into deep thought. He was considering whether he should do more in his spare time.

"Don't think like that. Life is your own and work is for life. As long as the two can be balanced, it's perfect. It's right for you to spend some time alone with your sister-in-law."

Meng Nan seemed to be really afraid that Yu Le would be too depressed and run to work from morning till night, and added: "Although you can't live without money, you can't make enough money, do you understand? I also hope that I can have two bodies, one responsible for making money and the other responsible for staying at home with my wife and children, but I only have one, so it's good to be fulfilled this way."

In the next two days, Yu Le and Sui Rou went to see the "four major landscapes" of Yunnan according to Meng Nan's suggestion: Xiaguan wind, Shangguan flowers, Cangshan snow, and Erhai moon.

On the way back, she called Yang Yu on WeChat.