The following morning, after breakfast, the young couple prepared to go to the mall to buy gifts. Just as they stepped out of their house, they ran into Liu Qing, who was preparing to go downstairs with her child.
"You're going out too?" Before Tong Yao could reply, she added, "Dr. Si, could you please help carry my child downstairs? My back has been hurting for the past few days, and he insists on being carried."
Being neighbors in the same housing complex, helping to carry a child was no big deal. Si Chen took over the child with one hand and started walking down the stairs, occasionally glancing back at Tong Yao. Liu Qing followed closely behind him laughing, "It's so easy for men to carry children."
Tong Yao rolled her eyes. It seemed like they were a family of three, and she was the odd one out.