Yi Ling pulled Yan Huan to the side and started to rant non-stop about Lei Qingyi.
“He won’t let me go out.”
“He won’t let me go to work.”
“He won’t let me do anything!”
Lei Qingyi touched his nose self-consciously and said, “We’ll see how it goes after you give birth.”
Yi Ling stroked her stomach while pouting unhappily. She had never expected things to happen this quickly! After doing the deed, who knew that his seed would take root in her stomach? Mr. and Mrs. Lei had started to treat her like their own daughter, offering her herbs and supplements to strengthen her body. Can’t they see that her double chin had been strengthened into existence? Despite that, her breasts were still as modestly-sized as ever.
Why was her double chin strengthened instead of her assets?
“So fast?” Yan Huan asked as she rubbed Yi Ling’s stomach. “Has it been more than a month?”
“Yup!” Yi Ling giggled. “Perhaps I have tougher skin, because there isn’t much difference despite the unexpected arrival of this little guy.”
What did she mean by unexpected arrival? Lei Qingyi felt that his entire worldview had been overturned. Without him, this little guy wouldn’t even exist! However, he did feel very smug, because he could not have imagined that he was exceptional enough to plant his own seed by doing it just once.
He smiled in delight as he savored the thought of getting to be a dad soon. Previously he was worried that he would end up lonely and unwanted, but in the span of a few days, he had acquired a wife, and even a child!
He felt so accomplished and smug that every step he took exuded an aura of arrogance.
Yan Huan reached out and touched Yi Ling’s stomach, feeling envious. She did not plan to accept any more acting roles in the meantime, intending to focus on getting pregnant. However… she sighed dejectedly.
She did take some contraception procedures while Lu Yi was serving in the army, but they had stopped those procedures after they returned. Despite that, she still could not conceive. Could it be that… she had become infertile?
Lu Yi, of course, had noticed the aching disappointment in Yan Huan’s eyes. No one saw that at this moment, his fingers were clenched so tightly into fists that they hurt.
After returning home, Yan Huan sprawled herself on their bed moodily, drained of energy. Seeing her like that, Lu Yi walked over to the bed and enveloped her in his arms.
Yan Huan turned and pillowed her head on his biceps, feeling extremely heartbroken. “Lu Yi, do you think something’s wrong with me? Why can’t I conceive?”
“No,” Lu Yi murmured as he gazed at her face, melancholy swirling in his eyes. The sight of it made Yan Huan choke up even more.
“I’m sorry.” Lu Yi’s arms tightened around her.
“Sorry? What are you sorry for?” asked Yan Huan as she inhaled his intoxicating scent, as if she was addicted to it. She could not bear to be separated from him, not in this lifetime. If she had to leave him, it would probably kill her.
“I’m sorry…” Lu Yi continued to tighten his arms, almost suffocating Yan Huan in his vice grip.
It took everything he had to continue speaking. The pain in his eyes was as jarring as the pain in his voice.
“Back then, while I was in the army, I got hurt. The doctor did say that I might lose my reproduction ability as a result of that injury.”
Upon hearing that confession, Yan Huan was stunned for a moment. Then she immediately wrapped her arms around Lu Yi’s waist.
“Don’t worry, we don’t need any kids. We’re perfectly fine with just the both of us, are we not?” Despite what she said, tears rolled down her cheeks. She was not crying because they could not have children, but rather because this usually arrogant man had to bury his pride and admit his infertility in front of her.
Her heart ached for him. Yes, she did not want children anymore. She did not want anything else for as long as she could continue to call him hers.
Lu Yi gently combed his fingers through her hair. When he lowered his head, he saw that she had fallen asleep, her dark eyelashes fluttering on her pale cheeks. She seemed so fragile like this.
“I had promised you that I would protect you for the rest of my life. I will protect you for as long as I live, for as long as I can still protect you.”
From this day onwards, Yan Huan stopped bringing up anything related to having children, while Yin Ling’s stomach grew larger day by day. Yan Huan had started to pick up other jobs again.
The box office sales for the Uncle’s new movie was fairly decent, accumulating at 11 million yuan in a month. Although it did not do as well as Yan Huan’s previous work The Uncle and the Flower, it was still rather impressive as it was ranked second on the popularity charts. As Yan Huan had invested in this piece, she had earned five million yuan from its success.
As for Su Muran’s movie, it had flopped disastrously. Its performance was the worst out of all five movies, and its reviews were also mainly negative. Most of the failure could be attributed to Su Muran’s atrocious acting skills. However, Yan Huan did admire Su Muran’s perseverance despite her movies’ propensity for ending up as box office bombs.
As for Yan Huan, she had not decided what acting role to take up for the moment. Luo Lin had submitted a few scripts for her to consider, but Yan Huan had rejected all of them.
She had decided to stop taking up acting gigs for two years, until Su Muran has grown up. Instead, she would go on hiatus and register at a school to resume her education. Due to her acting career, Yan Huan had neglected her studies for quite a while. Therefore, she wanted to enrich herself instead of burying herself in endless work.
Naturally, Lu Yi agreed with her. Yan Huan had a fairly frail disposition, thus he was worried that too much acting would take a toll on her body. He had wanted her to take a hiatus for quite some time, but did not voice it because he respected her wishes.
Yan Huan passed her earnings from ‘Hello, Uncle!’ to Lu Yi. In total, it was almost six million yuan.
“Why are you giving it to me?” Lu Yi spun the card in his hand, indifferent despite the large amount of money. Perhaps he was used to it, as Yan Huan’s judgement was often spot on, adding to the fact that she was a box office miracle capable of making any movie a blockbuster, thus her investments were usually a resounding success.
Now, no matter how much she earned, Lu Yi did not feel intimidated any more.
Yan Huan curled her arms around his waist and buried her head in his chest.
“Bring it to your grandfather. The airport needs vast amounts of operating capital, and if they loan it from the bank, the interest repayment alone would be staggering. Since we don’t have much use for this money, might as well invest it in his airport, right?”
“Hmm, it would definitely be profitable.”
Yan Huan had evidence of this. Last time, she did witness that the airport would drain a lot of money to continue operating. Although offering them this money would not eliminate the root of the problem, but it would quell their financial crisis to some extent and help them avoid paying so much interest.
Back then, that airport had fallen into the hands of the Su family. Su Muran’s arrogance and Lu Qin’s callousness did not originate solely from the Su family, but from that airport as well.
The airport propelled the Su family to an unimaginable status in Sea City. The Su family’s cash inflows could only be described as endless, and their financial power for the next couple of years to come was unparalleled.
Otherwise, back then, why would Lu Qin sacrifice her life and even his own offspring just to be with Su Muran? It was because the Su family’s wealth had blinded him and shrouded his heart in greed.
