Pampered by Short-Lived Bigshot

Chapter 1543: Chapter 892: Cleansed of Mysophobia? Striving to Be the Best Brother (Third Update)

Tang Wan hurriedly picked up the phone. Jiang Xiaowai was sleeping beside her, uneasily twisting his body a little, then continued to sleep.

"Hello, Fifth Brother, has the baby come?"

"Mm." Jiang Jinsang’s tone seemed to relax a bit, too.

"Is Sister-in-law okay?"

"She’s fine, but she hasn’t come out yet. The nurse just came out to let us know. The baby hasn’t been brought out either."

"That’s good."

"Don’t come over now. Just come tomorrow morning."

Knowing that Lin Luyou was safe, Tang Wan finally set her mind at ease. Only after she calmed down did she realize she had forgotten to ask even the baby’s gender.

...

They waited from day to night, and everyone outside was mentally exhausted. Especially Jiang Shiyi— the Hospital was empty and quiet, his heart felt squeezed tight, the sound of his own heartbeat pounding in his ears, making him more and more irritable.

People came to the Hospital to visit from time to time—Qi Zeyan, Shen Shuci, Xie Duo and the others came one after another, but Jiang Shiyi really had no mood to entertain them.

As night sank and the lights came on, dark clouds covered the moon, making the lights outside the delivery room seem even more pale and cold.

Until the door of the delivery room was pushed open and a nurse came out:

"Family of Lin Luyou."

Perhaps from holding one posture too long, Jiang Shiyi’s legs had gone a bit numb and for a moment wouldn’t obey him.

"I am." Rushing to the front was Lin Luyou’s mother. "How’s my daughter?"

The others also suddenly surged forward, but as for Jiang Shiyi, the husband, he stayed where he was, not moving for a long time, though his gaze was fixed tightly on that nurse.

He’d always felt that things like fate were in his own hands. But at this moment, he felt as if his life, his breath, were all clenched in that nurse’s hands.

Nervous, anxious, excited...

It was suffocating!

The nurse, however, smiled and said, "Congratulations, mother and daughter are both safe."

"Thank you." Everyone hurriedly voiced their thanks.

"The baby and the mother will be out soon, just wait a moment." The nurse said, then went back in and shut the door.

"What did she just say? Mother and daughter safe? It’s a girl..." The old lady, leaning on her cane, was so excited she was at a loss for words. The Jiang Family had always been short of girls. "This is great, now Taotao has a little sister."

"My heart can finally settle down."

"Didn’t I say, everything would definitely be safe and sound."

...

After waiting so long, everyone was quite worked up, either waiting for Lin Luyou to come out or busy calling people to tell them the news. Only Jiang Shiyi stood off to the side, looking like an outsider.

It wasn’t until he saw Lin Luyou being wheeled out that he finally shuffled forward.

Her face was very pale, her hair soaked. Before coming out, she had specially asked the nurse to help tidy her up a bit so she’d look more clean and neat. In truth she had no idea how long she’d been in the delivery room. Jiang Shiyi wanted to say something to her, but maybe because he hadn’t spoken for a long time, his throat was so hoarse that he couldn’t force out even a single word.

In the end, he only bent down and kissed the corner of her forehead and between her brows.

When he finally held his own child in his arms, he felt his heart get bumped into something soft.

His relationship with his family of origin had never been good, especially after his eldest brother died. Deep down, Jiang Shiyi was a cold, detached person. But the child in his arms, such a tiny bundle, unbelievably soft, fragile and delicate, yet sharing his blood.

That feeling was strangely magical.

For the first time, Jiang Shiyi felt that little children were actually very cute.

"Hey, hey, open your eyes and look, I’m your uncle." Jiang Chengsi stood at the side, constantly teasing the baby.

Funny thing was, the little glutinous rice dumpling born into Jiang Shiyi’s family didn’t have many wrinkles on her body at birth. Unlike other babies all wrinkly like little old men, she was actually quite cute.

Her skin was dewy and fresh, her little face even looked a bit chubby, unbearably adorable.

Jiang Chengsi had just reached out wanting to poke her when he was forced back by a certain older brother’s death glare.

"Hey? What are you hey-ing about?"

"..."

"Did you wash your hands? Are your hands clean? And you’re trying to touch my daughter?"

Jiang Chengsi gave a small cough. "I just wiped them with wet tissues, they’re pretty clean. I just want to touch her."

"Your hands are too rough, you’ll hurt her."

"..."

Jiang Chengsi lowered his head and looked at his hands. A man who’d been playing with cars all year round and even modified them himself—how could his hands possibly be soft and tender? So basically, he wasn’t allowed to touch her at all.

They stayed at the Hospital into the second half of the night. A few people remained to keep watch while the others went back one by one.

Jiang Shiyi stayed at the Hospital all night, watching over his wife and daughter, without a hint of sleepiness.

The moon, which had been covered by dark clouds, quietly emerged again. Moonlight like water, filling the room with peace.

**

Early the next morning, Tang Wan brought Jiang Xiaowai to the Hospital. Shen Shuci had arrived earlier than they did. Little Accident—Xiaoyi—was at that moment standing on tiptoe at the bedside, peeking at the baby. As expected, Jiang Xiaowai also joined the baby-watching lineup.

Jiang Xiaowai had long heard that he had a little sister now and was quite happy about it.

The adults said the little sister was sleeping and told the two of them not to make noise and disturb her, so this nephew-and-uncle pair just quietly watched.

Afraid of disturbing Lin Luyou’s rest, they didn’t stay in the room for long. When Jiang Shiyi saw that the baby was awake and picked his daughter up, he discovered that under her little body, someone had stuffed a few candies.

He didn’t need to think to know who did it.

From then on, Jiang Xiaowai practically went to the Hospital every day—tucking candy, hiding toys. He even contributed the toy bird that Grandpa Tang had given him. Whenever he got something tasty, he always thought to share some with his little sister.

Tang Wan had already told him, "Your little sister is still small, she can’t play with these things."

But Jiang Xiaowai refused to listen. He felt this was just a trick adults used to fool kids, so he kept sneaking things to her. As long as Jiang Xiaowai had visited, Jiang Shiyi could always find all sorts of random things around his daughter.

He was determined to be the best big brother.

All those toys, Jiang Shiyi took away and disinfected. As for the food—

It all went into his stomach.

Jiang Xiaowai always thought the candies and snacks he gave were all eaten by his little sister. It wasn’t until he grew up that he learned the truth.

As for the issue of Jiang Shiyi taking care of the baby, the Jiang Family even held a small internal meeting.

"Third Brother has a cleanliness obsession. Is it really okay for him to take care of a baby?" Jiang Jinsang hadn’t forgotten how he used to treat his own son before—basically like he was venomous, completely ignoring him, neither seeing nor listening nor asking.

"I also think if my brother takes care of a baby, something’s going to happen. Why don’t we hire a nanny or a postpartum nanny or something?" Jiang Chengsi suggested. "I’m just worried that if my brother loses his temper, he’ll just toss the kid away."

Jiang Yanting said bluntly, "Let’s observe first."

...

The result showed that Jiang Shiyi really wasn’t suited to taking care of a baby. Having him wait on Lin Luyou, however, he was a master at it. With his cleanliness issues, the ward was always spotless, and his care for Lin Luyou was meticulous to the extreme.

But when it came to the baby...

The baby spent most of the time sleeping, but whenever it came time to change a diaper, he almost fully armored himself. Masks and gloves were basic gear. Plus, with his slight OCD, the whole process was like a mechanical routine, as if he were a robot with no emotions.

Every time he finished changing the diaper, he had to thoroughly tidy up the room and all the trash had to be disposed of immediately.

When the baby cried, he’d also hold her and coax her, but his expression was indescribable...

Anyone who didn’t know better would think someone was forcing him.

Everyone felt he was suffering when taking care of the baby, but he insisted on doing everything himself.

Always like this, nobody could stand it. The baby was so small, you couldn’t possibly make her obey you. Since they couldn’t change the baby, in the end, the only one who could change was Jiang Shiyi.

The cleanliness obsession that even a psychologist couldn’t cure was finally cured by his daughter.

Though his cleanliness issues were selective. When it came to his wife and daughter, it didn’t matter. But when it came to people like Jiang Chengsi and the others...

He was as picky and fussy as ever.

With his little niece’s birth, Jiang Chengsi was happy too. Before Lin Luyou was even discharged, he was going to the Hospital every day.

From a distance was fine, but if he wanted to actually hold the baby, that was a much tougher job.

Jiang Shiyi practically wanted to put him through layer after layer of disinfection, making him scrub himself clean from head to toe.

"Bro, I just entertained a client, went with him to bathe and steam in a sauna. My body is really clean now. It’s not like I’ll pass any virus to her." Jiang Chengsi had never realized before that his brother had such potential to be a doting girl-dad.

"Who said just because you washed yourself clean, you wouldn’t pass any virus to my daughter?"

"Then tell me, what virus do I have?"

"Idiot virus."

"..."

Jiang Chengsi was choked speechless. His brother definitely had poison, all over him, even his mouth was full of venom.

With someone like you, how are you worthy of having such an adorable daughter?

"Bro, I’m telling you, they say nieces take after their uncles."

"It’s fine, as long as the brains are different."

Jiang Chengsi was completely defeated.