Chapter 371: Truly Pregnant
Translator: Atlas Studios Editor: Atlas Studios
Of course, she had to lecture her daughter, too. “Do you remember that, Rainy? No playing around with water. Otherwise, Mommy is going to spank your bottoms, too.” Maybe it was because she had washed too many clothes with her mother, but she couldn’t go a day without playing in the water. This time, though, they wouldn’t let her do as she pleased.
Rainy blinked and raised her bandaged hand. Which was worse, not playing with water or a spanking?
At last, she nodded forcefully. A spanking hurt, but not playing with water wouldn’t. She chose the option which didn’t hurt.
“Thank God, you’re clever. If not, Mommy’s gonna cry.” Xia Ruoxin pinched her daughter’s small cheeks and joked. Gao Yi chuckled from the doorway. He’d cry if Rainy got even cleverer. She was already ingenious enough.
Rainy looked at Xia Ruoxin, and then at Gao Yi, her eyes full of questions. She didn’t know what they were laughing about. Xia Ruoxin patted her daughter’s cheeks. “Alright, Mommy is going to prepare dinner. Go play on your own.”
She looked at the clock on the wall. She was hungry, not to mention anyone else.
Rainy’s stomach grumbled as if on cue, and then it grumbled again. She still said she wasn’t hungry? See, now both their stomachs were growling in hunger.
“Mommy is going to make food. Rainy is going to play with her dolly.” Rainy finished and went off to play with her doll. She hadn’t seen it for a whole day and missed it a lot. She strode to the little room to play with her doll.
No matter how long had passed, the doll was still everything to her.
“Ruoxin, I’m hungry.” Gao Yi placed a hand on top of his stomach. It was already grumbling just now, and so now his stomach was probably crying.
“It’ll be done soon.” Xia Ruoxin placed a finger to her forehead. Sometimes, she really felt like Gao Yi and Rainy were similar in terms of food. They really couldn’t stand hunger.
In the kitchen, Gao Yi stood at the door and watched the busy woman inside quietly. People always said that a man at work was handsome and charming, but he felt that a woman in the kitchen was warmer and more beautiful.
“Ruoxin, without you, I’d starve to death.” His hand rested on his flattened stomach. His taste buds were really spoiled by her cooking. Now, he only wanted to eat her food and nothing else.
“How would you starve to death? I’ll make sure you eat something before you can die.” She answered honestly. She wouldn’t let him starve to death.
“Then you have to make me food for the rest of my life so I won’t die from hunger.” Gao Yi said, approaching her from behind and hugging her waist. “Okay, Ruoxin?”
Xia Ruoxin didn’t push away his hands, but she didn’t agree or deny. She didn’t know how to answer him.
Gao Yi frowned slightly, but soon, the corners of his lips lifted again. “Oh, it smells good. I love this smell.” If she didn’t like questions like this, he would stop asking them. She would answer him sooner or later, and he hoped that her response wouldn’t disappoint him. He also wished that day would come sooner.
Perhaps that man today had provoked him. That man was Chu Lui. He recognized him from the business magazines he was always featured in.
“Okay.” Xia Ruoxin continued to cut the vegetables, but her words made Gao Yi stunned.
“What did you say, Ruoxin?” Gao Yi let go of her waist suddenly and asked her nervously. He heard right, right? She said okay?
“The fish is done.” Xia Ruoxin turned around to look at him and then pointed at the pot to their side. “If you don’t let me go, you won’t have a fish today.” She said and hurried over to set the fish out on a plate.
Gao Yi rubbed his forehead, the feeling of surprise and fear making him uncomfortable.
Suddenly, he smelled a very fragrant smell. He looked down to see a soup spoon held in front of him. “Here, have some first.” Xia Ruoxin gave him some special attention. There were still some more dishes to make.
Gao Yi took the spoon and drank from it quickly. It was extremely delicious, but he still felt a little vexed. She had just scared the hell out of him. When he thought that she was going to stay silent, he heard her voice, despite her back facing him.
“Gao Yi, give me a little more time. When I’m certain that I won’t regret and that you won’t regret either, I will promise you.” Then, she turned around and took back the spoon from him. Her eyes glinted with a slight complexity. She actually meant what she said when she agreed just now. She really wanted to agree, but she still needed time.
She needed to know whether Gao Yi would regret, for she had married and divorced once and was bringing her daughter up. She might not even be able to have a baby in the future. Was this really fair for Gao Yi?
She actually felt inferior and unworthy of him.
“Ruoxin, stop thinking so much. Follow your heart. You don’t know where my happiness lies. So, don’t make my decision for me.” Gao Yi could tell what she was thinking and stopped her before her imagination ran wild. If not, she would obsess over it; and it would be hard to persuade her otherwise. He took the plate of fish from her hands so she could rest her hands more.
“Okay, continue. I’m still starving. I’m gonna die if you continue thinking like this.”
Xia Ruoxin lowered her head, a sheen of tears gleaming in her eyes. It seemed she really was thinking too much. She smiled softly. Alright. She’d just let everything go with the flow. Right now, they were no different from a normal married couple.
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Li Manni entered the hospital with a pregnancy report in her hands. The result was out. She was really pregnant. Her feelings were conflicted—she was happy but uneasy.
This child’s arrival was timely, but at the same time, not. He could be Chu Lui’s, but he could very be that man’s.
She placed a hand on her belly and pressed her lips together tightly. Whether or not this child really belonged to Chu Lui, she would just claim that it was his and that it had the blood of the Chu family and was the heir to the Chu enterprise. It would ensure that she could keep everything now: her marriage, her husband, and her status.
