Chapter 362: Intensive Care.

Leo had already handed over the decisions related to office to Percie Hibiscal, the Primal family had met with an anti-climatic ending, and the leftovers weren’t strong enough to even hold their own grounds, let alone coming to trouble him, they should be grateful that he didn’t push Symphony to take over the inheritance left behind by Bishop and Socrates.The young lady had found peace at last and she was clear that she didn’t want to have anything to do with the people of the Primal family and their money. At this moment, Leo was focused to tend to his fragile little baby. Lily was sitting beside Leo looking at her flushed pink little sister and she asked, "Baba, did Lily also look this delicate?"

Leo nodded with a soft smile as if reminiscing how Lily looked and said, "You were paler in complexion. Much more delicate than Elena or Julian."

Lily asked curiously, "What so?"

The young man smiled and replied, "That was because you were came to this world when your Ma was struggling with many things. The circumstances were akin to a storm and you, my love, were the brave flower that withstood it."

Lily smiled and she leaned against his shoulder, she was happy that her father complimented her and also how he remembered how she looked like. When Elena and Julian had come home, she felt that her Baba would love her less, and that night the nightmare was a reflection of her subconscious fears. She didn’t want tell anyone about these things as she feared they might find her petty or jealous.

However, the next morning when she woke up in the bed of her parents, she had realized that Leo still loved her all the same and her fears have been vanquished. Leo didn’t know all this, in his mind all his children were the same, it was just that he expressed his love in different manners.

Elena’s temporary cradle had been set up in the master bedroom right next to the bed of the Leo and Snow. They had decided to take care of Elena throughout the night. They took this decisions for two reasons, one was because Julian would stay isolated and the infection would not spread, and the other reason was Leo’s insistence. He didn’t want to leave the care of his children to the robots, even if they were apt at alerting him about any changes.

It was evening, the young man made some snacks for everyone and while Lily was eating she extended a fry towards Elena, and the younger one sniffed the scent of the french fry and opened her mouth. Lily chuckled and said, "Baba, look, Elena wants to eat a french fry."

Leo was amused and he looked at the little bundle of joy and said, "Lily, Elena is too young to eat anything solid. She is a baby, and we cannot give her any salt or sugar till she turns five months old. So, you can tease her but don’t give her the french fry. I will make something else for her, you can give her that."

Lily looked at Leo and said, "Ma said only formula feed or breastfeed, what are you going to make?"

Leo smiled and poked Lily’s nose as he said, "I will make formula feed only. For Julian and Elena, that is the special food for now. When they get six months old, then I will make some special for them and you also."

Lily cheered and replied, "That is good, I have been craving to eat something nice."

Leo fed Elena with some formula and then he made some for Julian and fed the child as well. The two of them spent most of their day traveling from one embrace to the other and only went to the cradle at night when the rest of the people needed to sleep and the maximum of time they spent was devoted to Leo’s arms, because Snow was still somewhat weak from the delivery.

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At night, Elena was sleeping soundly in her cradle, and just to be safe, Leo had instructed Alpha to watch over Julian. Snow had fallen asleep listening to Leo reading her a book, but the young man was wide awake. He was gazing at the cradle, as soon as Elena expressed any discomfort, he would be ready to take action.

Another reason he was up was because of the medical syrup that he needed to feed the little girl. However, he thought about something, and then opened the system mall. The two newborns were wearing the protection pendants that he had received when they were born, but since they were both too young to have a structured ability to think he had not received many tasks.

Yes, there were bonuses for changing the diaper for the first time, and feeding the formula or coaxing them at night but they had yet to reap a significant reward. Leo was not taking care of the children for the rewards, but it was fun to see his actions being displayed and it motivated him even more.

He thought, ’System, bring up the primary care stats.’

’Ping: Right away, Host!’

Diaper change: 126/500

Formula feeding: 168/500

Sponge bath: 42/100

Lullaby coaxing: 336/500

Leo smirked at the stats, the system had set some milestones and also some rewards, but they were usually related to the prosperity of the business, and so Leo had no intent of paying them too much mind. As long as his family had nothing to worry about he would be content.

Thinking about how Elena was sleeping calmly after the medicine was administered he smiled calmly. He could not even feed them some chicken soup because babies had a very delicate digestive system. The young man spent the whole night awake, ordering devices that could adjust the temperature of the room and they would be delivered in the morning.

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In the morning, Elena woke up at the precise time like daily and saw Leo smiling at her. The young man smiled dotingly and he said, "My little baby is so good, wakes up at the same time daily. Look at your big brother, he is still sleeping."

He teased the baby by making various sounds softly and Elena cooed to him while moving her limbs slowly. Leo then picked her up, checked her diapers, changed them, cleaned up the little one and then sanitized his hands before preparing formula to feed her. Snow had woken up as well, she was not really in deep sleep the whole night. Just because Leo had taken over the extensive care role, didn’t mean that she didn’t care or worry about the little one.

She looked at Leo teasing Elena as she finished her feed and she smiled. She remarked internally, ’Who wouldn’t want to wake up to a sight such as this?’

Leo saw her and blew her a kiss as he said, "Can you take this little one for a few minutes, I need to go and check on Julian."

His watch buzzed right that moment, the second child has also woken up. Snow smiled and she took Elena in her arms and began to play with her while smiling. Then Leo went to check on Julian and he found Lily walking over to him.

The little girl didn’t say anything and just followed Leo in the nursery room. When Leo finished feeding Julian did she ask softly, "Baba, we have a bring the family to school day today. Can we all go?"

Leo was surprised and said, "Yes, I will ask your Ma about it. As you know, Elena has cold so we should be cautious. However, she does not have fever anymore, and I am assuming that your classroom has climate control so it should be fine."

Lily sighed and said, "I wanted to tell you yesterday, but knowing that Elle was unwell I held back."

Leo smiled and patted her head dotingly as he said, "My Lily is still the wisest and the most considerate."

Lily smiled as her eyes turned to crescent. Leo’s compliments had always been like sweet candy to her, and as if agreeing with Leo, Julian made a cooing sound and Leo asked, "Oh, Julian, do you also support your elder sister?"

Julian again made a sound as if he could understand what his father said and Leo and Lily broke into a chuckle. Then Leo called Anastasia to watch the two infants as he finished dressing up and making breakfast for everyone. Then he placed the children in their separate cradles, while the rest of the people went to get ready and he prepared a bag of essentials.

Their were two small bags, dedicatedly for Julian and Elena respectively. His attention to detail caught Snow and Anastasia off guard. They didn’t expect him to be so thoroughly prepared. Leo had four diapers in each bag, followed by three sterilized bottles, and three pacifiers with a small box of formula feed, and lastly two pairs of clothes, and four bibs.

Snow was so taken aback that she couldn’t help but ask him, "Honey are we going out for a few hours or a few days?"

Leo looked at her and said innocently, "I read this in a baby care book. This is how one should prepare. What if they burped or pushed out some milk like they do usually? We cannot have them be around in dirty and smelly clothes right? What would the people think? That we cannot even care about our babies?"

Snow sighed and said, "Fine, you have a point but only Alpha will go to school, Beta will stay home. We both can handle one child each with ease."

Leo thought for a bit and said, "Fine, I will tell Beta to stand down."

Snow sighed and mumbled, "Have you ever cared this intensively for the one who gave birth to these children? Hmph, meanie."