Be Careful, Scum Dad! Mommy Is Back!

Chapter 73: Chapter 73 Sleeping in the Same Bed with Ex-Husband

On the plane back to the country.

Ji Muye closed his eyes to rest, his heart rate abnormal, his mind constantly echoed with the last words Lu Xining had said.

“I’ve seen him by Liu Xixi’s side.”

Even though Lu Xining and the three children were safe now, the thought that they had almost lost their lives today stirred the blood within Ji Muye, igniting all the brutality in his heart, making him wish he could flay and dismember those people!

That night, Ji Muye appeared at the Lu Family home.

Lu Xining had expected him to come.

After letting him in, she pointed to the room upstairs, “The children just had their bath, they are resting in the room.”

Before she could finish speaking, she was tightly embraced by the man.

She hardly had time to react or push him away before he took the step to release her, polite yet distant, as if it was just an ordinary hug.

Ji Muye’s hand tightened and then released, ultimately resisting the urge to pull her back into his embrace.

He reminded himself that his identity was still not appropriate!

Ji Muye whispered, “I’ll go upstairs to see the children.”

Lu Xining nodded, she prepared formula and milk for the three children, hesitated for a moment, and also made a cup of Calming Tea for Ji Muye.

He seemed very tense.

From the country where Ji Muye had his business trip to Jingzhou, it was a flight of over ten hours, this man must have rushed back without stopping.

“Dad!”

Seeing Ji Muye, Ji Chao and Ji Ze felt secure, both throwing themselves into Ji Muye’s arms seeking warmth.

“Dad, there were so many cars that hit us today!”

Ji Muye patted Ji Chao on the head, “Was Xiao Chao scared?”

The latter nodded, then quickly shook his head.

“I was only a little scared.”

“You once said, ‘I am a little man and must protect Mom and my siblings’, so I wasn’t scared.”

Ji Muye saw through his eldest son’s underlying fear, holding him tight, “Xiao Chao was very brave today, Dad is proud of you.”

“But you are still young, with Dad here, Dad will always protect you and your siblings.”

He comforted his eldest son, then soothed his younger son.

To Lu Xining’s surprise, after caring for his two sons, Ji Muye also specifically held Nuonuo in his arms, gently pacifying her.

“Was Nuonuo scared?”

Lu Nuonuo shook her head, “Mom will protect Nuonuo.”

She raised her little fist, trying to look fierce, “Nuonuo protect Mom and brothers!”

Ji Chao and Ji Ze also crowded over.

Moved by her words, they also said, “Sister, Dad and we will always protect you and Mom too!”

Outside the door, Lu Xining felt a softness in her heart.

She handed the prepared formula and milk to the children, then gave the Calming Tea to Ji Muye, “You should drink some water too.”

The man’s gaze intensely on her fingertips, thanked her, and drank the water in one gulp.

It was then he realized his throat was severely dry.

The three children, with Mom’s comfort and company throughout the afternoon, were gradually coming out of their morning fright.

Now with Ji Muye by their side, they were all very reliant on him, pestering him to tell them stories.

Lu Nuonuo fell asleep in Ji Muye’s arms, her head resting on his arm, her little hand tightly clutching his shirt, sleeping sweetly.

Ji Chao and Ji Ze had also fallen asleep beside him.

Ji Muye carried the three children from the playroom back to the master bedroom bed, covered them with blankets, and made sure they wouldn’t wake up midway before he quietly closed the door and left.

Lu Xining noticed the dark circles under his eyes. “Since you’re here, rest in the guest room. The kids might wake up startled during the night.”

Ji Muye nodded. “Thank you for the trouble.”

He had stayed in the Lu family’s guest room before, where the clothes he’d left behind had been dry-cleaned and neatly stored in the wardrobe.

He left the guest room door open, worried that he wouldn’t hear any sounds from the master bedroom.

In the middle of the night.

Ji Muye heard the children’s crying and instantly woke up; he hurried to the master bedroom, knocked on the door, and after getting permission, immediately pushed the door open.

As Lu Xining had predicted, although the children had been comforted during the day, their fear intensified at night.

Ji Ze was the first to be awakened by a nightmare, followed shortly by Ji Chao.

The children’s crying directly awakened Lu Xining.

She had just picked up Ji Ze and started to comfort him when Ji Chao also woke up crying, forcing her to go back and forth comforting them.

That’s when Ji Muye came in.

He picked up the elder son from the bed, his movements skilled, and soon quieted Ji Chao’s cries.

By then, Lu Xining had also calmed Ji Ze.

The two of them walked back and forth in the room carrying the children, and just as they had put them back to sleep, Lu Nuonuo woke up crying.

Little Dumpling rubbed her eyes and sat up pitifully, stretching out her arms toward Lu Xining, “Mommy, hug.”

Ji Muye took Ji Ze from Lu Xining’s arms, his voice deep and magnetic, “You comfort the daughter first, I’ll take care of Xiao Ze.”

Holding a son in each arm, his strength remarkable, he didn’t set them back in bed until both children had fallen asleep again.

But as soon as he let go of his embrace, both sons immediately awoke, forcing Ji Muye to look to Lu Xining.

She sighed, “Lie down with them to sleep.”

The master bedroom’s bed was custom-made for the three children, and even with two more adults, it didn’t feel crowded.

Lu Xining walked back and forth in the room holding her daughter, Little Dumpling’s eyes red, her arms tightly wrapped around her mother’s neck.

It wasn’t until Ji Chao and Ji Ze had fallen into a deep sleep that Lu Nuonuo gradually became sleepy.

She glanced at the big and two small ones already asleep on the bed, carefully lay down holding her daughter, gently patted her back, and hummed a lullaby, unwittingly falling asleep as well.

Once the lullaby completely stopped, Ji Muye finally opened his clear black eyes, his gaze lingering on her face.

The three children slept in the middle, he and Lu Xining on the outer edges of the bed, looking very much like a family of five.

Ji Muye pulled the blanket over Lu Xining and their daughter, then adjusted the corners of the blanket for the two sons, before he closed his eyes again.

By then, only a few hours remained until dawn.

Due to the time difference and the late night spent comforting the children, even the extremely punctual Ji Muye overslept the following day.

Lu Xining and the three children, who always slept until they naturally woke up, and after the commotion of the previous night, showed no signs of waking.

The five of them slept until noon.

When Gong Yunxue came over for lunch, carrying gifts, and found out Lu Xining and the children were still not awake, a surprised and puzzled look crossed her face.

She went upstairs and knocked on the door, “Ningning, are you awake?”

Just as Gong Yunxue hesitated whether to push the door open herself, the door was opened from the inside.

The next second, she saw her good friend’s ex-husband, who supposedly had no relations, wearing a bathrobe, coldly sliding open the master bedroom door.

Gong Yunxue stared wide-eyed at him, “You!”

The sleepiness disappeared from Ji Muye’s eyes as he narrowed them at the man in front of him, overlapping with the figure he’d seen at the dining table in Country C.