Love at First Novel by Gu Lingfei

Jane noticed the baby lying on Serenity's left and immediately crawled over, curious. She tried to climb over Serenity to touch the baby. Jane quickly picked her up. "Avah, no crawling around. Your little brother is sleeping-don't wake him up."

Avah squirmed in her arms, leaning toward Serenity, still wanting to see the baby. To her, he was just another one of her dolls.

Enzo, still on Serenity's lap, spotted a small toy nearby as Avah leaned toward the

baby.

He reached for it, thinking it was his.

"Enzo, that's not a toy-that's your little brother," Serenity explained, smiling.

Enzo looked at the baby, then back at Serenity, then over to his mom.

Little brother?

Oh, he got it.

A "brother" is someone who cries a lot.

There was a crybaby at Fourth Uncle's house. Mom said that was his younger brother too.

crybaby," Enzo said in his little baby

Serenity was confused.

"Did he say crybaby? Was he talking about the

"You told him that was his little brother. He must've thought of Fabian-Fourth Uncle's son.

thinks all little brothers

tapped Enzo's nose. "Enzo, you're a crybaby too. This

and hugged one of Zachary's legs, tilting her

sparkling eyes. "Uncle, brother,

bed and leaned

quickly warned, "Avah, you can look, but

Jane held Fabian, Avah would poke his face. Fabian

she might

months younger than Enzo and Avah.

held,

a few days

"Brother."

baby curiously and didn't

as if she wanted to ask a question but couldn't find