The Devoted Second Male Lead Decided to Favor Someone Else

Real Fairytale (Extra)

After giving birth, Shen Shao told the doctor to keep the umbilical cord blood.

Jun Li had already told Shen Shao about the cure, so he was cured.

Not only did Shen Shao have a child, he also got a new life.

Shen Shao named the child Shen Han, nicknamed Xiao Li.

Xiao Li was the same as other merpeople, only differentiating after fifteen. So Shen Shao didn’t yet know the gender of his child.

Xiao Li finally turned into human form at ten months. The human form of a merperson baby wasn’t much different from a human baby.

But Xiao Li couldn’t stably control the change, so when they got hungry, or peed, and cried, their tail would reappear.

Shen Shao had become a full-time dad from a researcher who spent all his time in the lab. He acted as both parents to Xiao Li and slowly learnt how to take care of an infant.

Thankfully, Xiao Li was very obedient. They seemed to know that their dad didn’t have it easy, and was far more cooperative than other kids.

Shen Shao still kept working, but he would immediately return to his child after taking care of all the immediate matters.

Shen Shao’s mother’s body was getting worse. Although Xiao Li was very obedient, they were still a child, so Shen Shao’s mother couldn’t take care of them by herself.

Shen Shao decided to find a nanny to look after Xiao Li.

Although there were a lot of marriages between female merpeople and humans, and then giving birth, it was still a first for a human to give birth to a merperson.

To not draw unnecessary attention, Shen Shao’s standards for the nanny were very strict. They had to have good character, be good at keeping their mouth shut, and be loyal.

Shen Shao chose someone who had over a decade of experience. The nanny was good, but for some reason, Xiao Li, who had never been afraid of strangers, wouldn’t let the nanny carry them. The moment the nanny tried, they would start wailing.

Shen Shao couldn’t do anything but fire the nanny. Then, he invited another nanny, and the same thing happened.

He went through many nannies, but Xiao Li wasn’t willing to get close to any of them. This made it very difficult.

Suddenly, the company he had been getting nannies from suggested that Xiao Li might not want to get close to females and asked if Shen Shao would be willing to use a male nanny.

Shen Shao didn’t have any better ideas, so he accepted the suggestion.

The company sent him three nannies to pick from. Shen Shao went through their professional history, and they were all acceptable. It was difficult to make a decision based on that.

Of the three, two of them had ordinary appearances and seemed trustworthy. The other man seemed out of place in comparison.

He didn’t seem like someone who was familiar with housework, but more like someone who came from an idol selection show. His five features were handsome, and his eyes were especially lively.

Shen Shao also noticed that the man would sneak looks at him every so often.

Shen Shao was no stranger to receiving looks. He was a wealthy single man after all.

He had long gotten used to people looking at him, and wouldn’t spare them any attention.

The man’s impression in his heart already went down, and Shen Shao crossed out the man’s name.

But who knew that Xiao Li would only be willing to be carried by that man. The moment the man extended a hand to Xiao Li, Xiao Li tried to get out of their grandma’s hold and extended their hands out towards the man.

Not only did Xiao Li laugh and giggle, they also refused to let go of the man’s neck.

Shen Shao and his mother were very shocked at this. Xiao Li had never been so welcoming to a stranger before.

Shen Shao could only dismiss the other two nannies and leave the most handsome one.

It didn’t matter if he didn’t like him, as long as his baby did.

The man introduced himself as Ai Luo. He had graduated as an economic major a year ago, having been working since.

Shen Shao’s mother saw that Ai Luo had a clean appearance and was liked by Xiao Li, so she had a very good impression of him.

Since his child and mother both liked him, Shen Shao could only tell Ai Luo to do his job properly.

When they spoke, Shen Shao deliberately didn’t look at him, making it clear that he was pushing him away. Ai Luo should be smart enough to understand that he shouldn’t have those kinds of thoughts.

Ai Luo stayed in their house. When Shen Shao wasn’t home, it was just him and Shen Shao’s mother taking care of Xiao Li.

Although Ai Luo was young, he seemed experienced in taking care of children. He made Xiao Li very comfortable, and Shen Shao’s mother couldn’t be happier, always praising Ai Luo in front of Shen Shao.

Every time, Shen Shao didn’t have much reaction other than giving Ai Luo a huge bonus with his paycheck every month. It was impossible to get him to even verbally praise Ai Luo.

One weekend, Shen Shao was resting at home. Shen Shao’s mother went to a spa with her friends, leaving only Shen Shao, Ai Luo, and the child at home.