Yaya, a princess who came to the mortal world after falling from the Immortal Realm, has been the darling of her whole family since birth. Her chubby little smile healed the pain her parents endured throughout eight years of trying for a child. This record of her growing up, written by her father, is filled with his heartfelt gratitude for his little angel. With her mischievous, lovable ways, she makes ordinary days shine with the magic of a fairy tale.
When an ’80s-born couple face one fertility setback after another, Dad quits smoking and drinking and pits his wits against all kinds of “miracle doctors,” while a bespectacled male doctor turns the consultation room into a comedy stage. In the early stages of pregnancy, Mom has already started using “strategic back pain” to keep the whole family in line. Then Yaya arrives ten days early, riding in on auspicious clouds, and starts her comedy routine from the moment she is born: feeding time requires a 360-degree spin through space, getting her to sleep means imitating a big bad wolf making its nightly rounds, and even at her first-birthday grabbing ceremony, she picks up the Party Constitution as a toy.
When her little brother Chenchen joins the family, the growing-up saga gets even wilder. Yaya invents the “circular motion animal-training method” to tame stray dogs, uses “fart attacks” to intimidate her kindergarten teacher, and insists on rehearsing for a comeback at the citywide dance competition despite running a high fever. As she stubbornly dances beneath the moonlight, she is just like the little fighter who once overcame every obstacle to come into this world. This is no parenting diary, but the life epic of a family whose laughter and tears are intertwined, where the chaos of raising two children collides with the bonds of blood, and childhood innocence becomes a mirror reflecting the heart’s first intentions.
When parental anxiety meets a child’s youthful courage, every moment tells us this: Children are not our sequels, but fairy tales bestowed upon us by heaven, letting us glimpse the stars shining amid the mess of everyday life.
