After Finding My Girlfriend in Her Infant Form

Friends who often pick people up off the street know that finding someone takes one percent effort and ninety-nine percent luck.

Ai Yunqing has luck to spare. Ever since she brought an injured little girl home out of the goodness of her heart, her life has changed beyond recognition.

What kind of changes, you ask? Let's take a look at the footage

Day one after bringing her home:

Ai Yunqing: Wait, why is there a coo-coo-coo-coo sound in the house in the middle of the night?

Day five after bringing her home:

Ai Yunqing: Wait, the little rascal accidentally snapped the stainless-steel spoon in half?

(A little rascal? Stainless-steel spoon? Snapped in half? What an unusual combination of words!)

Day ten after bringing her home:

Ai Yunqing: Wait, why does the little rascal want to sleep with me every night?

(Sleeping position be like: a sloth hugging its tree.)

Day N after bringing her home:

Ai Yunqing: Hahaha, the kid I raised is so adorable... Wait, how did she suddenly get so big!?

Ai Yunqing (covering the footage): "You think the hardest thing to wrap your head around is that the little rascal you raised with so much care suddenly grows taller than you? No, you're wrong, my dear friend. The hardest thing to accept is that the little rascal suddenly grows taller than you, and still comes to sleep with you every night, hugging a pillow."

As the saying goes, "Finding someone is easy; raising them is hard."

Ai Yunqing knows this well. She raises people the way one tends a flower: burying its seed in the soil, watering and fertilizing it regularly, keeping it company day and night. Then, pop! A sprout emerges from the soil and grows into a towering tree that shields her from wind and rain.

Reading guide:

1. A girl who drops into her life and gets raised: gentle older teacher × wild, mysterious younger woman.

2. In the earlier part of the story, readers may find themselves guessing what exactly the second female lead is. Discussion is welcome!

(Calling her a "thing" isn't very polite, but I haven't figured out a more fitting way to describe her yet.)

3. While the second female lead is in her juvenile form, there are no suggestive scenes or inappropriate descriptions.

4. Hope you enjoy reading, and may good luck be with you.

Theme: Simply existing is valuable.