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Chapter: 43 | A Hungry Little Wildcat~

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A Hungry Little Wildcat~

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_{You act like you don't care in front of others, but the truth is, deep down you're angry, aren't you? Li Tian, my dear Li Tian, you really are weak.}

You act like you don't care in front of others, but the truth is, deep down you're angry, aren't you? Li Tian, my dear Li Tian, you really are weak.

_{Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"}When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.

Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"

_{"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.}
Xiao Huaisu never told me about that matter, and I also never asked, because if I did, I have no idea how I should face it. So him saying nothing was quite good.

"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.

_{"Tell her you're sorry."}Parking the car, I saw the hot and spicy coloured signs and just about felt my mouth water.

"Tell her you're sorry."

_{Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"}
When I answered Xiao Huaisu's call, I was just planning on heading out. He said: "Qing Yichu has a few friends here from college so he's going to go spend time with them in the few days left before he leaves, so just ignore him. How about we go out for lunch this afternoon? Don't forget to bring Youyou, it's already been a few days since I last saw her."

Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"

_{"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"}A Hungry Little Wildcat~

"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"

_{Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"}After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"

_{While I was driving, I couldn't help but ask her under the pretence of idle chit-chat: "How are you getting along with your classmates?" Right then, what her pre-school teacher had said when she was falsely accused of hitting a classmate popped into my mind: 'She's too independent and doesn't take the initiative to lay with other children.'}
I screwed up my mouth, understanding that all this time I was always seen as a tour guide so he could eat and play. He was going to go with friends, yet he said nothing when we parted yesterday, neither did he call to tell me first. He did tell his Huaisu-ge though. Tsk tsk tsk... Good thing this heart of mine had long understood this, it's no surprise to me in the least.

While I was driving, I couldn't help but ask her under the pretence of idle chit-chat: "How are you getting along with your classmates?" Right then, what her pre-school teacher had said when she was falsely accused of hitting a classmate popped into my mind: 'She's too independent and doesn't take the initiative to lay with other children.'

_{He let out a soft laugh, one whose tone held frustration: "In my eyes, the impression of I had of you was still the one when you were little. So even if you were seventeen or eighteen, I still felt like you were still that little kid.}
I had nothing to do but relax and look at the time. Youyou should already dropped off at school around this time, so I would go there later to pick her up from school after catching up on some sleep.

He let out a soft laugh, one whose tone held frustration: "In my eyes, the impression of I had of you was still the one when you were little. So even if you were seventeen or eighteen, I still felt like you were still that little kid." He leaned back on the sofa now, them recalled events from that time. "Furthermore, with the age difference between us, I didn't dare think of you any further. When I saw her, her smile reminded very much of your own, so when she asked me to help her, I didn't refuse. Once I helped her, perhaps on account of me normally taking the initiative to talk to others at school, when my friends saw me like that they got the idea that I liked her and started saying she was my girlfriend. Somehow or the other, the rumour started spreading. I made an effort to avoid her after that, firstly, because I didn't want others to misunderstand me, and secondly, because I didn't want her to misunderstand either."

_{But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.}"Because I already convinced uncle to focus the business here in this city, so I will always be here."

But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

_{"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."}Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do. A little while ago I wasn't paying any particular attention to the shops in the surrounding area, but if I think it over for a second, it really did seem like there weren't any machines of the kind there.

"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."

_{Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.}
I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.

Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.

_{Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"}
Because I got there early, there weren't a lot of cars parked outside the school. And, not long after, a burst of pleasing music sounded from inside the school, the tune indicating class-time had come to an end.

Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"

_{"Okay." I agreed.}
After the initial crowd of students dispersed, in the distance, I saw a school uniform wearing Li You walking out on her own with her bag on her back, so I opened the car door, planning to go to meet her, but just then I saw a boy beside her rush into her and ran into her while she was focused on staring at me, the collision catching her off-guard, causing her to fall to the ground. Witnessing the scene made a fire erupt in me as I strode over. Helping Li You up, I took another couple or so steps to grab that boy who was trying to run away after the collision. Suppressing my rage, well, trying my best to do so, I asked him sarcastically: "You're a boy, yet you're bullying a girl. You think that's cool—you think you're cool?!"

"Okay." I agreed.

_{I snorted again in response.}Peeved, I retorted: "That's only because they're not that many months yet and can't express his temperament. Just you wait until he's a bot bigger and see if you be able to say that again."

I snorted again in response.

_{A Hungry Little Wildcat~}
Frowning, Li You simply brushed off her skirt. The little boy who was happy as a clam after running into her, never expected I'd grab him so upon seeing my pissed off expression while holding him by the book bag, scared, he shrank back and knew better than to speak.

A Hungry Little Wildcat~

_{There, I read some books related to my profession, but nothing I read could stick. The only thought gumming up my mind was of Xiao Huaisu's deliberately low and sexy voice. Then when I thought about how long it's been since he last touched me, it made me all the more depressed.}"That guy is finally going back. If he didn't leave soon I might've start thinking he was in love with me."

There, I read some books related to my profession, but nothing I read could stick. The only thought gumming up my mind was of Xiao Huaisu's deliberately low and sexy voice. Then when I thought about how long it's been since he last touched me, it made me all the more depressed.

_{Hearing hearing the certainty in her response allowed a silent sense of relief to wash over me. I seems kindergarten was kindergarten and primary school was primary school. Li You grew up a bit, and made herself some friends. The laughter leaving me couldn't be helped as I then spoke: "Have you guys squeezed your heads together and taken pictures at the photo sticker booth by the school gates?"}
I then asked Li You: "Does he bully you often?"

Hearing hearing the certainty in her response allowed a silent sense of relief to wash over me. I seems kindergarten was kindergarten and primary school was primary school. Li You grew up a bit, and made herself some friends. The laughter leaving me couldn't be helped as I then spoke: "Have you guys squeezed your heads together and taken pictures at the photo sticker booth by the school gates?"

_{Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.}After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.

_{"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"}There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.

"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"

_{"You..." I said, trailing off.}
But she shook her head before replying: "I have no idea who he is."

"You..." I said, trailing off.

_{What's worse, is that I then got to thinking about what Co-worker A had said: 'It's super common for a man to keep a red flag at home and a have a colourful one flutter outside. Before, I had a friend who got married last year, and while his wife was pregnant at home, he took a mistress out with him to all his social events without his wife ever knowing a thing!'}
Naughty brat.

What's worse, is that I then got to thinking about what Co-worker A had said: 'It's super common for a man to keep a red flag at home and a have a colourful one flutter outside. Before, I had a friend who got married last year, and while his wife was pregnant at home, he took a mistress out with him to all his social events without his wife ever knowing a thing!'

_{"Then you should eat a bit more." Him saying this made a touch of hesitation overcome me. "I'll just alternate between both sides, alright..."}
"Tell her you're sorry."

"Then you should eat a bit more." Him saying this made a touch of hesitation overcome me. "I'll just alternate between both sides, alright..."

_{Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, {be good}."}I then asked Li You: "Does he bully you often?"

Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

The boy then whispered out: "I'm sorry."

_{Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."}It was anonymous, so I have no idea who sent it, but I did know the people in the pic.

Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."

_{"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"}Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"

_{"You're quite obedient too." His tone was soft and low, it was as if he said them right next to my ear, sexy enough to make a person weak.}
But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

"You're quite obedient too." His tone was soft and low, it was as if he said them right next to my ear, sexy enough to make a person weak.

_{Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."}I'm... upset.

Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

_{I relaxed my hold on the boy's backpack, slowing calming myself down, saying to him while wearing a blank face: "You better be careful in the future." Upon seeing me release him, the boy scurried off leaving a trail of smoke.}
After the boy said his piece, Li You ignored him, taking hold of my hand, saying: "Dad, come on, let's go." Obviously not wanting to respond to him.

I relaxed my hold on the boy's backpack, slowing calming myself down, saying to him while wearing a blank face: "You better be careful in the future." Upon seeing me release him, the boy scurried off leaving a trail of smoke.

_{I don't give two craps if Xiao Huaisu once had a girlfriend or several of them, but... seeing all this stuff still makes my heart feel uneasy. Plus when I think about him sleeping separately from me at night... my precious little heart is suffering.}
I relaxed my hold on the boy's backpack, slowing calming myself down, saying to him while wearing a blank face: "You better be careful in the future." Upon seeing me release him, the boy scurried off leaving a trail of smoke.

I don't give two craps if Xiao Huaisu once had a girlfriend or several of them, but... seeing all this stuff still makes my heart feel uneasy. Plus when I think about him sleeping separately from me at night... my precious little heart is suffering.

_{"I'm not afraid of spice."}Don't you realise it's been so long since I've felt the sweet moisture of love?

"I'm not afraid of spice."

_{I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.}Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."

I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.

_{While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?}
I saw on the internet that there was a lot of bullying occurring on school campuses. In my mind all I could think was how parents had no way to even fathom what a kid could suffer through at school when they leave their sides. The thought prompted me to enrol Li You in taekwondo classes when she started kindergarten, she had one every weekend. But when she got up to the senior kindergarten classes, a lot of stuff came up so she could no longer continue. However, after what I saw today, it looks as though taekwondo practice is still needed. She should be able to protect herself from being bullied at the very least.

While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?

_{Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do.}That was why he didn't reply to my messages and deliberately ignored them.

Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do. A little while ago I wasn't paying any particular attention to the shops in the surrounding area, but if I think it over for a second, it really did seem like there weren't any machines of the kind there.

_{I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.}Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"

I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.

_{The boy he liked, became an unmarried dad.}
While I was driving, I couldn't help but ask her under the pretence of idle chit-chat: "How are you getting along with your classmates?" Right then, what her pre-school teacher had said when she was falsely accused of hitting a classmate popped into my mind: 'She's too independent and doesn't take the initiative to lay with other children.'

The boy he liked, became an unmarried dad.

_{"Okay." I agreed.}Hearing me say this, he relaxed a little, saying: "He's leaving the day after tomorrow. We'll take him to the airport together."

"Okay." I agreed.

_{The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?}Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."

The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

_{"Li Tian, Zhou Anchen was my junior at school. Back then... I liked you, but I thought having those sort of feelings was dirty—you were so much younger than me, you were still a little kid—"}
Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

"Li Tian, Zhou Anchen was my junior at school. Back then... I liked you, but I thought having those sort of feelings was dirty—you were so much younger than me, you were still a little kid—"

_{The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?}iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now). Furthermore, congrats to Qing Yichu, who went from the 'unnoticed bin' to the 'good luck trying to pull this sht again bin' to his dear Huaisu-ge. When XHS asked "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?" I saw that mfs life flash before my eyes.[] One more chapter (one long chapter), then extras.

The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

_{While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?}Wearing a baffled expression of his own, he sat next to me, taking my hand in his as he asked: "What's the matter? Who made you mad?"

While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?

_{Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"}
I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"

Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"

_{My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."}The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."

_{My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.}
Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."

My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.

_{Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"}Fudge me... How dare you tantalise me at a time like this!

Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"

_{Finally, I have a concrete time for when he'll return.}
Hearing hearing the certainty in her response allowed a silent sense of relief to wash over me. I seems kindergarten was kindergarten and primary school was primary school. Li You grew up a bit, and made herself some friends. The laughter leaving me couldn't be helped as I then spoke: "Have you guys squeezed your heads together and taken pictures at the photo sticker booth by the school gates?"

Finally, I have a concrete time for when he'll return.

_{With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.}But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.

_{Reaching up to stroke my hair, he replied: "The pastry chef at that western-styles dessert shop across from the company who makes Li You's favourite bread, the one who I told you before doesn't come around much, well, he showed up today and I asked them to reserve some. I took it over to mom and dad's after work then I came back home."}
Li You repeated the words in a strange tone: "Photo sticker booth?"

Reaching up to stroke my hair, he replied: "The pastry chef at that western-styles dessert shop across from the company who makes Li You's favourite bread, the one who I told you before doesn't come around much, well, he showed up today and I asked them to reserve some. I took it over to mom and dad's after work then I came back home."

_{Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.}When he heard me mention Zhou Anchen, his brows knitted with him then asking: "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?"

Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.

_{Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.}How dare you tempt me!

Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.

_{"Tell her you're sorry."}
Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"

"Tell her you're sorry."

_{"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."}
Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."

"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."

_{After the boy said his piece, Li You ignored him, taking hold of my hand, saying: "Dad, come on, let's go." Obviously not wanting to respond to him.}
Ouch... My knees began hurting all of a sudden.

After the boy said his piece, Li You ignored him, taking hold of my hand, saying: "Dad, come on, let's go." Obviously not wanting to respond to him.

_{To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"}"You're quite obedient too." His tone was soft and low, it was as if he said them right next to my ear, sexy enough to make a person weak.

To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

_{Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."}"Huh? I'm just scared I might accidentally bump into you at night?"

Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

_{"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"}
Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do. A little while ago I wasn't paying any particular attention to the shops in the surrounding area, but if I think it over for a second, it really did seem like there weren't any machines of the kind there.

"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"

_{"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.}There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.

"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.

_{Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-{jie} showed up.}"Tell her you're sorry."

Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

_{Xiao Huaisu never told me about that matter, and I also never asked, because if I did, I have no idea how I should face it. So him saying nothing was quite good.}
While we were on our way, I droned on to Li You about my experiences. About not being afraid of fighting back otherwise you might get yourself seen as someone easy to bully, and that going out of your way to bully others isn't the thing the do. I said a lot, but the short version would be: don't bully others, but don't let yourself be bulled by anyone either.

Xiao Huaisu never told me about that matter, and I also never asked, because if I did, I have no idea how I should face it. So him saying nothing was quite good.

_{I saw on the internet that there was a lot of bullying occurring on school campuses. In my mind all I could think was how parents had no way to even fathom what a kid could suffer through at school when they leave their sides.}
Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.

I saw on the internet that there was a lot of bullying occurring on school campuses. In my mind all I could think was how parents had no way to even fathom what a kid could suffer through at school when they leave their sides. The thought prompted me to enrol Li You in taekwondo classes when she started kindergarten, she had one every weekend. But when she got up to the senior kindergarten classes, a lot of stuff came up so she could no longer continue. However, after what I saw today, it looks as though taekwondo practice is still needed. She should be able to protect herself from being bullied at the very least.

_{Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."}"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.

Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

_{Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.}Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.

_{"That guy is finally going back. If he didn't leave soon I might've start thinking he was in love with me."}
I got to the diner with Li You first.

"That guy is finally going back. If he didn't leave soon I might've start thinking he was in love with me."

_{Li You repeated the words in a strange tone: "Photo sticker booth?"}
Parking the car, I saw the hot and spicy coloured signs and just about felt my mouth water.

Li You repeated the words in a strange tone: "Photo sticker booth?"

_{After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.}"You don't want to see me looking like this, you don't like me!" Before when I had Li You, he wasn't here, so of course he never saw me looking like that. I never even considered whether he can accept this male but not male, female but not female appearance of mine.

After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.

_{After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.}After the initial crowd of students dispersed, in the distance, I saw a school uniform wearing Li You walking out on her own with her bag on her back, so I opened the car door, planning to go to meet her, but just then I saw a boy beside her rush into her and ran into her while she was focused on staring at me, the collision catching her off-guard, causing her to fall to the ground. Witnessing the scene made a fire erupt in me as I strode over. Helping Li You up, I took another couple or so steps to grab that boy who was trying to run away after the collision. Suppressing my rage, well, trying my best to do so, I asked him sarcastically: "You're a boy, yet you're bullying a girl. You think that's cool—you think you're cool?!"

After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

_{"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"}
I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"

"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"

_{I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.}Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"

I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.

_{Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll {be good}, and also {obedient}."}After the boy said his piece, Li You ignored him, taking hold of my hand, saying: "Dad, come on, let's go." Obviously not wanting to respond to him.

Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll be good, and also obedient."

_{When Xiao Huaisu got back after work, he walked in to see me with folded arms sitting on the sofa with my eyes on him.}
But she replied: "I'm not scared."

When Xiao Huaisu got back after work, he walked in to see me with folded arms sitting on the sofa with my eyes on him.

_{After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."}Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do. A little while ago I wasn't paying any particular attention to the shops in the surrounding area, but if I think it over for a second, it really did seem like there weren't any machines of the kind there.

After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."

_{Lowering his gaze to me, he said: "Zhou Anchen joined the French branch of the company two years ago. I didn't know about it until she came here late last year."}
I then said: "This is really spicy, though."

Lowering his gaze to me, he said: "Zhou Anchen joined the French branch of the company two years ago. I didn't know about it until she came here late last year."

_{After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.}After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

_{After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."}I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"

After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."

_{While we were on our way, I droned on to Li You about my experiences. About not being afraid of fighting back otherwise you might get yourself seen as someone easy to bully, and that going out of your way to bully others isn't the thing the do. I said a lot, but the short version would be: don't bully others, but don't let yourself be bulled by anyone either.}
After a moment of hesitance, she asked: "Will there be a Mandarin duck potT/n: a hot pot with a divider allowing it to hold two types of soup. Spicy and non-spicy—for the little lady~?"

While we were on our way, I droned on to Li You about my experiences. About not being afraid of fighting back otherwise you might get yourself seen as someone easy to bully, and that going out of your way to bully others isn't the thing the do. I said a lot, but the short version would be: don't bully others, but don't let yourself be bulled by anyone either.

_{But she shook her head before replying: "I have no idea who he is."}Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.

But she shook her head before replying: "I have no idea who he is."

Another person chimed in: "Is something wrong? I know the president is married, but whenever I have nothing to do I always see her and him together."

_{"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."}
Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."

"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."

_{While I was driving, I couldn't help but ask her under the pretence of idle chit-chat: "How are you getting along with your classmates?" Right then, what her pre-school teacher had said when she was falsely accused of hitting a classmate popped into my mind: 'She's too independent and doesn't take the initiative to lay with other children.'}There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.

While I was driving, I couldn't help but ask her under the pretence of idle chit-chat: "How are you getting along with your classmates?" Right then, what her pre-school teacher had said when she was falsely accused of hitting a classmate popped into my mind: 'She's too independent and doesn't take the initiative to lay with other children.'

_{My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."}
But my dear Li You was unwilling to show any weakness, retorting: "Dad probably doesn't like spicy stuff either."

My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."

_{While we were on our way, I droned on to Li You about my experiences. About not being afraid of fighting back otherwise you might get yourself seen as someone easy to bully, and that going out of your way to bully others isn't the thing the do. I said a lot, but the short version would be: don't bully others, but don't let yourself be bulled by anyone either.}His eyes widened. "An affair?"

While we were on our way, I droned on to Li You about my experiences. About not being afraid of fighting back otherwise you might get yourself seen as someone easy to bully, and that going out of your way to bully others isn't the thing the do. I said a lot, but the short version would be: don't bully others, but don't let yourself be bulled by anyone either.

_{That was why he didn't reply to my messages and deliberately ignored them.}
"That's right... We'll just ask for a Mandarin duck hot pot then."

That was why he didn't reply to my messages and deliberately ignored them.

_{Wearing a baffled expression of his own, he sat next to me, taking my hand in his as he asked: "What's the matter? Who made you mad?"}But my dear Li You was unwilling to show any weakness, retorting: "Dad probably doesn't like spicy stuff either."

Wearing a baffled expression of his own, he sat next to me, taking my hand in his as he asked: "What's the matter? Who made you mad?"

_{Naughty brat.}
Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.

Naughty brat.

_{Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."}The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."

Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."

_{With a bit of gratification, Xiao Huaisu added: "Looks like he's more well behaved than you."}Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

With a bit of gratification, Xiao Huaisu added: "Looks like he's more well behaved than you."

_{"Another student accidentally ran into her and she fell after school was out."}
After the hotpot arrived, the moment it started bubbling, I placed all Li You's favourites on the non-spicy side. When the food on our side was all cooked, Li You's side was still moving at a snail's pace, kicking up the occasional bubble, as her expectant eyes were locked on to me and Xiao Huaisu. Xiao Huaisu didn't dare give Li You anything from the spicy side to eat, fearing the spiciness would affect here, but seeing her wretchedly gaze as it stared at the two of us, I asked her with a giggle: "You want to try some?" My question making Xiao Huaisu shoot a look my way.

"Another student accidentally ran into her and she fell after school was out."

_{After he said this, my lips sealed.}Ouch... My knees began hurting all of a sudden.

After he said this, my lips sealed.

_{Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."}I cut in to retort: "I was seventeen or eighteen then, still a kid, really..."

Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."

_{My voice was low as I asked him: "Why did you get back so late today?"}
I then added: "It's just a taste, I'm not asking her to eat the pepper."

My voice was low as I asked him: "Why did you get back so late today?"

_{I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."}I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."

I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."

_{"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.}Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.

_{I snorted again in response.}
Xiao Huaisu then asked Li You: "Do you want to try some? It's only a bit spicy."

I snorted again in response.

_{With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.}After he said this, my lips sealed.

With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.

_{"Okay." I agreed.}Xiao Huaisu then asked Li You: "Do you want to try some? It's only a bit spicy."

"Okay." I agreed.

_{Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."}
Li You thought it over before handing her little bowl over to me. I mixed some cold tofu as well as some tripe then handed it back to her, with Xiao Huaisu pouring her a full cup of juice.

Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."

_{"You..." I said, trailing off.}Fudge me... How dare you tantalise me at a time like this!

"You..." I said, trailing off.

_{Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-{jie} showed up.}"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"

Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

_{Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."}
Li You blew away the steam, then stuffed a bite in her mouth. Fortunately, it was a small bite because the moment the peppery oil entered her mouth she choked. She coughed for a bit non-stop, even tears managed to make an appearance. After she settled herself, she gulped down the juice, letting out a breath before saying: "Delicious." With that aid, she went on to eat up everything in the bowl I had just given her.

Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."

_{Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.}"Huh? I'm just scared I might accidentally bump into you at night?"

Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.

_{It was right when I had just dropped Xiao Huaisu off at the company, and standing next to him... just happened to be that woman Qing Yichu showed me: Zhou Anchen.}
I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."

It was right when I had just dropped Xiao Huaisu off at the company, and standing next to him... just happened to be that woman Qing Yichu showed me: Zhou Anchen.

_{Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"}The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"

_{I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."}
I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."

I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."

_{His eyes widened. "An affair?"}"That's right... We'll just ask for a Mandarin duck hot pot then."

His eyes widened. "An affair?"

_{"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."}Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"

"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."

_{Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.}
"I'm not afraid of spice."

Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

_{I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."}I saw on the internet that there was a lot of bullying occurring on school campuses. In my mind all I could think was how parents had no way to even fathom what a kid could suffer through at school when they leave their sides. The thought prompted me to enrol Li You in taekwondo classes when she started kindergarten, she had one every weekend. But when she got up to the senior kindergarten classes, a lot of stuff came up so she could no longer continue. However, after what I saw today, it looks as though taekwondo practice is still needed. She should be able to protect herself from being bullied at the very least.

I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."

_{When I answered Xiao Huaisu's call, I was just planning on heading out. He said: "Qing Yichu has a few friends here from college so he's going to go spend time with them in the few days left before he leaves, so just ignore him. How about we go out for lunch this afternoon? Don't forget to bring Youyou, it's already been a few days since I last saw her."}
"Then you should eat a bit more." Him saying this made a touch of hesitation overcome me. "I'll just alternate between both sides, alright..."

When I answered Xiao Huaisu's call, I was just planning on heading out. He said: "Qing Yichu has a few friends here from college so he's going to go spend time with them in the few days left before he leaves, so just ignore him. How about we go out for lunch this afternoon? Don't forget to bring Youyou, it's already been a few days since I last saw her."

_{I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.}
He then pushed a glass of milk over to me, saying: "Drink some milk before you eat the spicy part, it'll stop your stomach from getting too irritated." Afterwards, he also gave Youyou a glass.

I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.

_{But my dear Li You was unwilling to show any weakness, retorting: "Dad probably doesn't like spicy stuff either."}
Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.

But my dear Li You was unwilling to show any weakness, retorting: "Dad probably doesn't like spicy stuff either."

_{Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.}I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."

Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.

_{After the initial crowd of students dispersed, in the distance, I saw a school uniform wearing Li You walking out on her own with her bag on her back, so I opened the car door, planning to go to meet her, but just then I saw a boy beside her rush into her and ran into her while she was focused on staring at me, the collision catching her off-guard, causing her to fall to the ground. Witnessing the scene made a fire erupt in me as I strode over.}
After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."

After the initial crowd of students dispersed, in the distance, I saw a school uniform wearing Li You walking out on her own with her bag on her back, so I opened the car door, planning to go to meet her, but just then I saw a boy beside her rush into her and ran into her while she was focused on staring at me, the collision catching her off-guard, causing her to fall to the ground. Witnessing the scene made a fire erupt in me as I strode over. Helping Li You up, I took another couple or so steps to grab that boy who was trying to run away after the collision. Suppressing my rage, well, trying my best to do so, I asked him sarcastically: "You're a boy, yet you're bullying a girl. You think that's cool—you think you're cool?!"

_{Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."}
When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.

Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

_{When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.}"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."

When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.

_{I then added: "It's just a taste, I'm not asking her to eat the pepper."}
"Another student accidentally ran into her and she fell after school was out."

I then added: "It's just a taste, I'm not asking her to eat the pepper."

_{Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, {be good}."}"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"

Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

_{Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll be good, and also obedient."}
Hearing me say this, he relaxed a little, saying: "He's leaving the day after tomorrow. We'll take him to the airport together."

Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll be good, and also obedient."

_{I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."}
Finally, I have a concrete time for when he'll return.

I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."

_{How dare you tempt me!}
"That guy is finally going back. If he didn't leave soon I might've start thinking he was in love with me."

How dare you tempt me!

_{When he heard me mention Zhou Anchen, his brows knitted with him then asking: "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?"}
Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."

When he heard me mention Zhou Anchen, his brows knitted with him then asking: "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?"

_{I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."}I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."

I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."

_{I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.}"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"

I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.

_{With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.}
To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.

_{Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."}
Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"

Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."

_{But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.}
Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

_{I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."}
With a bit of gratification, Xiao Huaisu added: "Looks like he's more well behaved than you."

I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."

_{"Another student accidentally ran into her and she fell after school was out."}When Xiao Huaisu got back after work, he walked in to see me with folded arms sitting on the sofa with my eyes on him.

"Another student accidentally ran into her and she fell after school was out."

_{I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."}Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."

I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."

_{Peeved, I retorted: "That's only because they're not that many months yet and can't express his temperament. Just you wait until he's a bot bigger and see if you be able to say that again."}
Peeved, I retorted: "That's only because they're not that many months yet and can't express his temperament. Just you wait until he's a bot bigger and see if you be able to say that again."

Peeved, I retorted: "That's only because they're not that many months yet and can't express his temperament. Just you wait until he's a bot bigger and see if you be able to say that again."

_{"That's right... We'll just ask for a Mandarin duck hot pot then."}
Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll be good, and also obedient."

"That's right... We'll just ask for a Mandarin duck hot pot then."

_{Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"}Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.

Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"

_{I screwed up my mouth, understanding that all this time I was always seen as a tour guide so he could eat and play. He was going to go with friends, yet he said nothing when we parted yesterday, neither did he call to tell me first. He did tell his Huaisu-ge though. Tsk tsk tsk... Good thing this heart of mine had long understood this, it's no surprise to me in the least.}
"That's bull— I'm your man, he's your son. You think he can't be disobedient in the future?" I countered.

I screwed up my mouth, understanding that all this time I was always seen as a tour guide so he could eat and play. He was going to go with friends, yet he said nothing when we parted yesterday, neither did he call to tell me first. He did tell his Huaisu-ge though. Tsk tsk tsk... Good thing this heart of mine had long understood this, it's no surprise to me in the least.

_{"Uncle wished for her to stay here and run the company branch here in the city... she is quite capable, and she was recognised by the managers and shareholders on that of the pond. So uncle arranged for her to familiarise herself with how things work here... and to take over from me.}Xiao Huaisu never told me about that matter, and I also never asked, because if I did, I have no idea how I should face it. So him saying nothing was quite good.

"Uncle wished for her to stay here and run the company branch here in the city... she is quite capable, and she was recognised by the managers and shareholders on that of the pond. So uncle arranged for her to familiarise herself with how things work here... and to take over from me.

_{After he said this, my lips sealed.}
"You're quite obedient too." His tone was soft and low, it was as if he said them right next to my ear, sexy enough to make a person weak.

After he said this, my lips sealed.

_{I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."}I screwed up my mouth, understanding that all this time I was always seen as a tour guide so he could eat and play. He was going to go with friends, yet he said nothing when we parted yesterday, neither did he call to tell me first. He did tell his Huaisu-ge though. Tsk tsk tsk... Good thing this heart of mine had long understood this, it's no surprise to me in the least.

I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."

_{The boy then whispered out: "I'm sorry."}
Fudge me... How dare you tantalise me at a time like this!

The boy then whispered out: "I'm sorry."

_{After the hotpot arrived, the moment it started bubbling, I placed all Li You's favourites on the non-spicy side. When the food on our side was all cooked, Li You's side was still moving at a snail's pace, kicking up the occasional bubble, as her expectant eyes were locked on to me and Xiao Huaisu.}
Don't you realise it's been so long since I've felt the sweet moisture of love?

After the hotpot arrived, the moment it started bubbling, I placed all Li You's favourites on the non-spicy side. When the food on our side was all cooked, Li You's side was still moving at a snail's pace, kicking up the occasional bubble, as her expectant eyes were locked on to me and Xiao Huaisu. Xiao Huaisu didn't dare give Li You anything from the spicy side to eat, fearing the spiciness would affect here, but seeing her wretchedly gaze as it stared at the two of us, I asked her with a giggle: "You want to try some?" My question making Xiao Huaisu shoot a look my way.

_N/A
How dare you tempt me!

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_{My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."}But she replied: "I'm not scared."

My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."

_{Seeing he still looked doubtful, I playfully took the initiative to stretch out my legs and straddle his lap. "Come on.}After hearing these things, things he never told me before, I stared at him. Then for who knows what reason, I suddenly felt a pang in heart, and was unable to stop myself from reaching out to embrace him, resting my chin on his shoulder. Back then, at that time, I was having a hard time being criticised by others, and he was not having an easy time too. So when he got wind of my scandalous news, he must've felt even more hopeless and sad.

Seeing he still looked doubtful, I playfully took the initiative to stretch out my legs and straddle his lap. "Come on... your hungry little wildcat is empty, lonely and cold.T/n: this line became slang after being used in a Steven Chow movie "Hail the Judge: 九品芝麻官" where a brothel worker tried to pick him up after she was feeling "lonely"" Like, really empty—I'm dead serious.

_{"I remember Assistant Xu saying that the president doesn't like sweets... So why would he go to a western-styled dessert shop..."}
I stared at him with widened eyes, a snort preceding my complaint: "Stop acting shameless. When we get there, just get out."

"I remember Assistant Xu saying that the president doesn't like sweets... So why would he go to a western-styled dessert shop..."

_{I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.}
Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.

_{"Two people getting to know each other is normal."}"I'm not afraid of spice."

"Two people getting to know each other is normal."

_{Ouch... My knees began hurting all of a sudden.}
After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

Ouch... My knees began hurting all of a sudden.

_{"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."}iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now). Furthermore, congrats to Qing Yichu, who went from the 'unnoticed bin' to the 'good luck trying to pull this sht again bin' to his dear Huaisu-ge. When XHS asked "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?" I saw that mfs life flash before my eyes.[] One more chapter (one long chapter), then extras.

"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."

_{"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.}
There, I read some books related to my profession, but nothing I read could stick. The only thought gumming up my mind was of Xiao Huaisu's deliberately low and sexy voice. Then when I thought about how long it's been since he last touched me, it made me all the more depressed.

"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.

_{Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.}Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"

Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.

_{The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."}Finally, I have a concrete time for when he'll return.

The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."

_{The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?}
While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?

The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

_{Because I got there early, there weren't a lot of cars parked outside the school. And, not long after, a burst of pleasing music sounded from inside the school, the tune indicating class-time had come to an end.}"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"

Because I got there early, there weren't a lot of cars parked outside the school. And, not long after, a burst of pleasing music sounded from inside the school, the tune indicating class-time had come to an end.

_{"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"}Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"

_{Because I got there early, there weren't a lot of cars parked outside the school. And, not long after, a burst of pleasing music sounded from inside the school, the tune indicating class-time had come to an end.}
The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

Because I got there early, there weren't a lot of cars parked outside the school. And, not long after, a burst of pleasing music sounded from inside the school, the tune indicating class-time had come to an end.

_{iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now).}The boy then whispered out: "I'm sorry."

iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now). Furthermore, congrats to Qing Yichu, who went from the 'unnoticed bin' to the 'good luck trying to pull this sht again bin' to his dear Huaisu-ge. When XHS asked "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?" I saw that mfs life flash before my eyes.[] One more chapter (one long chapter), then extras.

_{I had nothing to do but relax and look at the time. Youyou should already dropped off at school around this time, so I would go there later to pick her up from school after catching up on some sleep.}
Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

I had nothing to do but relax and look at the time. Youyou should already dropped off at school around this time, so I would go there later to pick her up from school after catching up on some sleep.

_{I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"}"Okay." I agreed.

I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"

_{After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."}The doc even said everything peachy so how the heck is he putting up with it so well?

After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."

_{"Because I already convinced uncle to focus the business here in this city, so I will always be here."}
I'm... upset.

"Because I already convinced uncle to focus the business here in this city, so I will always be here."

_{Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"}While I was driving, I couldn't help but ask her under the pretence of idle chit-chat: "How are you getting along with your classmates?" Right then, what her pre-school teacher had said when she was falsely accused of hitting a classmate popped into my mind: 'She's too independent and doesn't take the initiative to lay with other children.'

Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"

_{My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.}After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."

My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.

_{iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now).}
I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.

iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now). Furthermore, congrats to Qing Yichu, who went from the 'unnoticed bin' to the 'good luck trying to pull this sht again bin' to his dear Huaisu-ge. When XHS asked "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?" I saw that mfs life flash before my eyes.[] One more chapter (one long chapter), then extras.

_{"I love you, Li Tian. I love you and never thought of wanting to be separated from you, so please don't ever say to me that you'll take our kids and leave me, alright?"}Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"

"I love you, Li Tian. I love you and never thought of wanting to be separated from you, so please don't ever say to me that you'll take our kids and leave me, alright?"

_{"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"}Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"

"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"

_{Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"}
It was anonymous, so I have no idea who sent it, but I did know the people in the pic.

Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"

_{I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.}When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.

I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.

_{I let out a cold snort, feeling this snort of mine was very impressive, allowing me to feel quite pleased with myself for a moment.}"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"

I let out a cold snort, feeling this snort of mine was very impressive, allowing me to feel quite pleased with myself for a moment.

_{Xiao Huaisu then asked Li You: "Do you want to try some? It's only a bit spicy."}
It was right when I had just dropped Xiao Huaisu off at the company, and standing next to him... just happened to be that woman Qing Yichu showed me: Zhou Anchen.

Xiao Huaisu then asked Li You: "Do you want to try some? It's only a bit spicy."

_{That was why he didn't reply to my messages and deliberately ignored them.}Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."

That was why he didn't reply to my messages and deliberately ignored them.

_{When he heard me mention Zhou Anchen, his brows knitted with him then asking: "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?"}Fudge me... How dare you tantalise me at a time like this!

When he heard me mention Zhou Anchen, his brows knitted with him then asking: "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?"

_{"Uncle wished for her to stay here and run the company branch here in the city... she is quite capable, and she was recognised by the managers and shareholders on that of the pond. So uncle arranged for her to familiarise herself with how things work here... and to take over from me.}
After the photo was sent, someone jumped in to ask: "What's the situation—what's the sitch?"

"Uncle wished for her to stay here and run the company branch here in the city... she is quite capable, and she was recognised by the managers and shareholders on that of the pond. So uncle arranged for her to familiarise herself with how things work here... and to take over from me.

_{Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do.}
The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."

Think about back then, when I was school child myself, taking photo stickers was all the rage—no matter if you were a guy or gal. Groups of threes or even five of you would rush over to go snap those pics when you had nothing else to do. A little while ago I wasn't paying any particular attention to the shops in the surrounding area, but if I think it over for a second, it really did seem like there weren't any machines of the kind there.

_{"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.}My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.

"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.

_{Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.}
Another person chimed in: "Is something wrong? I know the president is married, but whenever I have nothing to do I always see her and him together."

Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.

_{I then spat: "Who's that Zhou Anchen woman, huh? Didn't I tell you before that if you like someone else you should tell me as soon as possible? I won't shamelessly cling to you and not let go either. I brought up Li You on my own before and I'll manage just the same. And now with number two on the way, I'll also raise him just fine." The more I spoke, the angrier I became.}
"Two people getting to know each other is normal."

I then spat: "Who's that Zhou Anchen woman, huh? Didn't I tell you before that if you like someone else you should tell me as soon as possible? I won't shamelessly cling to you and not let go either. I brought up Li You on my own before and I'll manage just the same. And now with number two on the way, I'll also raise him just fine." The more I spoke, the angrier I became.

_{Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."}"You..." I said, trailing off.

Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."

_{Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.}
"I remember Assistant Xu saying that the president doesn't like sweets... So why would he go to a western-styled dessert shop..."

Following our lunch, Xiao Huaisu and I dropped Li You back at school.

_{Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."}He let out a soft laugh, one whose tone held frustration: "In my eyes, the impression of I had of you was still the one when you were little. So even if you were seventeen or eighteen, I still felt like you were still that little kid." He leaned back on the sofa now, them recalled events from that time. "Furthermore, with the age difference between us, I didn't dare think of you any further. When I saw her, her smile reminded very much of your own, so when she asked me to help her, I didn't refuse. Once I helped her, perhaps on account of me normally taking the initiative to talk to others at school, when my friends saw me like that they got the idea that I liked her and started saying she was my girlfriend. Somehow or the other, the rumour started spreading. I made an effort to avoid her after that, firstly, because I didn't want others to misunderstand me, and secondly, because I didn't want her to misunderstand either."

Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."

_{Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll {be good}, and also {obedient}."}Li You repeated the words in a strange tone: "Photo sticker booth?"

Xiao Huaisu let out a laugh: "My gut tells me that compared to you he'll be good, and also obedient."

_{"Huh? I'm just scared I might accidentally bump into you at night?"}
When that sentence landed, it made everyone fall silent.

"Huh? I'm just scared I might accidentally bump into you at night?"

_{Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-{jie} showed up.}"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"

Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

_{Li You thought it over before handing her little bowl over to me. I mixed some cold tofu as well as some tripe then handed it back to her, with Xiao Huaisu pouring her a full cup of juice.}
There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.

Li You thought it over before handing her little bowl over to me. I mixed some cold tofu as well as some tripe then handed it back to her, with Xiao Huaisu pouring her a full cup of juice.

_{I stared at him confused.}"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."

I stared at him confused.

_{After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.}Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.

_{Seeing he still looked doubtful, I playfully took the initiative to stretch out my legs and straddle his lap. "Come on.}
Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.

Seeing he still looked doubtful, I playfully took the initiative to stretch out my legs and straddle his lap. "Come on... your hungry little wildcat is empty, lonely and cold.T/n: this line became slang after being used in a Steven Chow movie "Hail the Judge: 九品芝麻官" where a brothel worker tried to pick him up after she was feeling "lonely"" Like, really empty—I'm dead serious.

_{I looked at him, his expression showing he had no clue what could be wrong, which made me feel dejected, sadness on my face as I asked: "Why do you want to sleep separately from me?"}Xiao Huaisu then asked Li You: "Do you want to try some? It's only a bit spicy."

I looked at him, his expression showing he had no clue what could be wrong, which made me feel dejected, sadness on my face as I asked: "Why do you want to sleep separately from me?"

_{"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"}
What's worse, is that I then got to thinking about what Co-worker A had said: 'It's super common for a man to keep a red flag at home and a have a colourful one flutter outside. Before, I had a friend who got married last year, and while his wife was pregnant at home, he took a mistress out with him to all his social events without his wife ever knowing a thing!'

"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"

_{Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."}After the boy said his piece, Li You ignored him, taking hold of my hand, saying: "Dad, come on, let's go." Obviously not wanting to respond to him.

Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."

_{Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."}Naughty brat.

Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

_{Hearing me say this, he relaxed a little, saying: "He's leaving the day after tomorrow. We'll take him to the airport together."}
I don't give two craps if Xiao Huaisu once had a girlfriend or several of them, but... seeing all this stuff still makes my heart feel uneasy. Plus when I think about him sleeping separately from me at night... my precious little heart is suffering.

Hearing me say this, he relaxed a little, saying: "He's leaving the day after tomorrow. We'll take him to the airport together."

_{Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."}"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.

Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."

_{I stared at him confused.}
When Xiao Huaisu got back after work, he walked in to see me with folded arms sitting on the sofa with my eyes on him.

I stared at him confused.

_{But she replied: "I'm not scared."}I then added: "It's just a taste, I'm not asking her to eat the pepper."

But she replied: "I'm not scared."

_{Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, {be good}."}"I'm not afraid of spice."

Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

_{I then said: "This is really spicy, though."}
Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"

I then said: "This is really spicy, though."

_{Peeved, I retorted: "That's only because they're not that many months yet and can't express his temperament. Just you wait until he's a bot bigger and see if you be able to say that again."}"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"

Peeved, I retorted: "That's only because they're not that many months yet and can't express his temperament. Just you wait until he's a bot bigger and see if you be able to say that again."

_{When Xiao Huaisu got back after work, he walked in to see me with folded arms sitting on the sofa with my eyes on him.}I gave my all to calm my troubled heart, then after being done with my bath, I got comfortable and laid in bed. Picking up my phone, planning to go scrolling through Weibo, I got a message in a group chat, opened it, then saw a picture.

When Xiao Huaisu got back after work, he walked in to see me with folded arms sitting on the sofa with my eyes on him.

_{Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"}
I let out a cold snort, feeling this snort of mine was very impressive, allowing me to feel quite pleased with myself for a moment.

Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"

_{{Don't you realise it's been so long since I've felt the sweet moisture of love?}}After the photo was sent, someone jumped in to ask: "What's the situation—what's the sitch?"

Don't you realise it's been so long since I've felt the sweet moisture of love?

_{He then pushed a glass of milk over to me, saying: "Drink some milk before you eat the spicy part, it'll stop your stomach from getting too irritated." Afterwards, he also gave Youyou a glass.}
Wearing a baffled expression of his own, he sat next to me, taking my hand in his as he asked: "What's the matter? Who made you mad?"

He then pushed a glass of milk over to me, saying: "Drink some milk before you eat the spicy part, it'll stop your stomach from getting too irritated." Afterwards, he also gave Youyou a glass.

_{With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.}Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.

_{But she shook her head before replying: "I have no idea who he is."}
I snorted again in response.

But she shook her head before replying: "I have no idea who he is."

_{Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."}"I'm not afraid of spice."

Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."

_{After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.}
Hesitating for while, not knowing whether to cry or laugh, he asked further: "Seriously, what's wrong?"

After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

_{While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?}Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."

While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?

_{I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"}To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"

_{Parking the car, I saw the hot and spicy coloured signs and just about felt my mouth water.}
I looked at him, his expression showing he had no clue what could be wrong, which made me feel dejected, sadness on my face as I asked: "Why do you want to sleep separately from me?"

Parking the car, I saw the hot and spicy coloured signs and just about felt my mouth water.

_{With a bit of gratification, Xiao Huaisu added: "Looks like he's more well behaved than you."}
"Huh? I'm just scared I might accidentally bump into you at night?"

With a bit of gratification, Xiao Huaisu added: "Looks like he's more well behaved than you."

_{But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.}When I answered Xiao Huaisu's call, I was just planning on heading out. He said: "Qing Yichu has a few friends here from college so he's going to go spend time with them in the few days left before he leaves, so just ignore him. How about we go out for lunch this afternoon? Don't forget to bring Youyou, it's already been a few days since I last saw her."

But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

_{Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-{jie} showed up.}But she shook her head before replying: "I have no idea who he is."

Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

_{Wearing a baffled expression of his own, he sat next to me, taking my hand in his as he asked: "What's the matter? Who made you mad?"}
"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"

Wearing a baffled expression of his own, he sat next to me, taking my hand in his as he asked: "What's the matter? Who made you mad?"

_{After a moment of hesitance, she asked: "Will there be a Mandarin duck potT/n: a hot pot with a divider allowing it to hold two types of soup. Spicy and non-spicy—for the little lady~?"}
"..." Xiao Huaisu said nothing. He wanted to embrace me, but I stopped him.

After a moment of hesitance, she asked: "Will there be a Mandarin duck potT/n: a hot pot with a divider allowing it to hold two types of soup. Spicy and non-spicy—for the little lady~?"

_{After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.}But she replied: "I'm not scared."

After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.

_{Li You thought it over before handing her little bowl over to me. I mixed some cold tofu as well as some tripe then handed it back to her, with Xiao Huaisu pouring her a full cup of juice.}But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

Li You thought it over before handing her little bowl over to me. I mixed some cold tofu as well as some tripe then handed it back to her, with Xiao Huaisu pouring her a full cup of juice.

_{Another person chimed in: "Is something wrong? I know the president is married, but whenever I have nothing to do I always see her and him together."}
"You don't want to see me looking like this, you don't like me!" Before when I had Li You, he wasn't here, so of course he never saw me looking like that. I never even considered whether he can accept this male but not male, female but not female appearance of mine.

Another person chimed in: "Is something wrong? I know the president is married, but whenever I have nothing to do I always see her and him together."

_{Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"}Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."

Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"

_{To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"}
"What is this nonsense? What are you saying?" Xiao Huaisu looked at me calmly, asking: "Why are you acting like this? Why would I dislike you?"

To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

_{I'm... upset.}
"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"

I'm... upset.

_{There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.}
His eyes widened. "An affair?"

There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.

_{I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"}I cut in to retort: "I was seventeen or eighteen then, still a kid, really..."

I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"

_{There, I read some books related to my profession, but nothing I read could stick. The only thought gumming up my mind was of Xiao Huaisu's deliberately low and sexy voice. Then when I thought about how long it's been since he last touched me, it made me all the more depressed.}
I then spat: "Who's that Zhou Anchen woman, huh? Didn't I tell you before that if you like someone else you should tell me as soon as possible? I won't shamelessly cling to you and not let go either. I brought up Li You on my own before and I'll manage just the same. And now with number two on the way, I'll also raise him just fine." The more I spoke, the angrier I became.

There, I read some books related to my profession, but nothing I read could stick. The only thought gumming up my mind was of Xiao Huaisu's deliberately low and sexy voice. Then when I thought about how long it's been since he last touched me, it made me all the more depressed.

_{I screwed up my mouth, understanding that all this time I was always seen as a tour guide so he could eat and play. He was going to go with friends, yet he said nothing when we parted yesterday, neither did he call to tell me first. He did tell his Huaisu-{ge} though. {Tsk tsk tsk...} Good thing this heart of mine had long understood this, it's no surprise to me in the least.}Parking the car, I saw the hot and spicy coloured signs and just about felt my mouth water.

I screwed up my mouth, understanding that all this time I was always seen as a tour guide so he could eat and play. He was going to go with friends, yet he said nothing when we parted yesterday, neither did he call to tell me first. He did tell his Huaisu-ge though. Tsk tsk tsk... Good thing this heart of mine had long understood this, it's no surprise to me in the least.

_{Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."}"You're quite obedient too." His tone was soft and low, it was as if he said them right next to my ear, sexy enough to make a person weak.

Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

_{"I love you, Li Tian. I love you and never thought of wanting to be separated from you, so please don't ever say to me that you'll take our kids and leave me, alright?"}
When he heard me mention Zhou Anchen, his brows knitted with him then asking: "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?"

"I love you, Li Tian. I love you and never thought of wanting to be separated from you, so please don't ever say to me that you'll take our kids and leave me, alright?"

_{Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.}After he said this, my lips sealed.

Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.

_N/AThe boy then whispered out: "I'm sorry."

N/A

_{His eyes widened. "An affair?"}
My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.

His eyes widened. "An affair?"

_{Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"}There was a blockage in my chest. fυсk... Taking advantage of when I'm away to buy someone else sweets... I'm not a happy camper.

Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"

_{Hearing hearing the certainty in her response allowed a silent sense of relief to wash over me. I seems kindergarten was kindergarten and primary school was primary school. Li You grew up a bit, and made herself some friends. The laughter leaving me couldn't be helped as I then spoke: "Have you guys squeezed your heads together and taken pictures at the photo sticker booth by the school gates?"}While in the bath, I stood in the mirror, giving myself a once over. My tummy is sticking out a bit, and my abs have closed up shop and headed for the hills, but my waist is still my waist and my legs are still my legs. They still don't look too shabby, alright?

Hearing hearing the certainty in her response allowed a silent sense of relief to wash over me. I seems kindergarten was kindergarten and primary school was primary school. Li You grew up a bit, and made herself some friends. The laughter leaving me couldn't be helped as I then spoke: "Have you guys squeezed your heads together and taken pictures at the photo sticker booth by the school gates?"

_{But she replied: "I'm not scared."}
You act like you don't care in front of others, but the truth is, deep down you're angry, aren't you? Li Tian, my dear Li Tian, you really are weak.

But she replied: "I'm not scared."

_{"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."}Frowning, Li You simply brushed off her skirt. The little boy who was happy as a clam after running into her, never expected I'd grab him so upon seeing my pissed off expression while holding him by the book bag, scared, he shrank back and knew better than to speak.

"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."

_{I then asked Li You: "Does he bully you often?"}
"Li Tian, Zhou Anchen was my junior at school. Back then... I liked you, but I thought having those sort of feelings was dirty—you were so much younger than me, you were still a little kid—"

I then asked Li You: "Does he bully you often?"

_{I'm... upset.}"Then you should eat a bit more." Him saying this made a touch of hesitation overcome me. "I'll just alternate between both sides, alright..."

I'm... upset.

_{Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"}Frowning, Li You simply brushed off her skirt. The little boy who was happy as a clam after running into her, never expected I'd grab him so upon seeing my pissed off expression while holding him by the book bag, scared, he shrank back and knew better than to speak.

Jokes aside, and reclining in his seat with absolute leisure, Xiao Huaisu then said: "How are you feeling these days?"

_{I let out a cold snort, feeling this snort of mine was very impressive, allowing me to feel quite pleased with myself for a moment.}
I cut in to retort: "I was seventeen or eighteen then, still a kid, really..."

I let out a cold snort, feeling this snort of mine was very impressive, allowing me to feel quite pleased with myself for a moment.

_{After a moment of hesitance, she asked: "Will there be a Mandarin duck potT/n: a hot pot with a divider allowing it to hold two types of soup. Spicy and non-spicy—for the little lady~?"}Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

After a moment of hesitance, she asked: "Will there be a Mandarin duck potT/n: a hot pot with a divider allowing it to hold two types of soup. Spicy and non-spicy—for the little lady~?"

_{"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"}"Two people getting to know each other is normal."

"Then why won't you touch me? I sleep alone, in the bed under the covers alone! Yet you're out there having an affair with others!"

_{I stared at him with widened eyes, a snort preceding my complaint: "Stop acting shameless. When we get there, just get out."}
He let out a soft laugh, one whose tone held frustration: "In my eyes, the impression of I had of you was still the one when you were little. So even if you were seventeen or eighteen, I still felt like you were still that little kid." He leaned back on the sofa now, them recalled events from that time. "Furthermore, with the age difference between us, I didn't dare think of you any further. When I saw her, her smile reminded very much of your own, so when she asked me to help her, I didn't refuse. Once I helped her, perhaps on account of me normally taking the initiative to talk to others at school, when my friends saw me like that they got the idea that I liked her and started saying she was my girlfriend. Somehow or the other, the rumour started spreading. I made an effort to avoid her after that, firstly, because I didn't want others to misunderstand me, and secondly, because I didn't want her to misunderstand either."

I stared at him with widened eyes, a snort preceding my complaint: "Stop acting shameless. When we get there, just get out."

_{I cut in to retort: "I was seventeen or eighteen then, still a kid, really..."}
After hearing these things, things he never told me before, I stared at him. Then for who knows what reason, I suddenly felt a pang in heart, and was unable to stop myself from reaching out to embrace him, resting my chin on his shoulder. Back then, at that time, I was having a hard time being criticised by others, and he was not having an easy time too. So when he got wind of my scandalous news, he must've felt even more hopeless and sad.

I cut in to retort: "I was seventeen or eighteen then, still a kid, really..."

_{The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."}Ouch... My knees began hurting all of a sudden.

The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."

_{Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."}
The boy he liked, became an unmarried dad.

Turning to look at her, I teased: "So you are still afraid of Spicy food."

_{To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"}I'm... upset.

To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

_{Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"}"Two people getting to know each other is normal."

Sweating, I asked: "Don't you guys have a photo sticker booth right outside your school?"

_{Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.}
That was why he didn't reply to my messages and deliberately ignored them.

Sitting in our reserved seats, and having ordered a pile of dishes, Xiao Huaisu pushed the door and entered, he gaze landing on Li You and I sitting in the corner before he walked directly our way.

_{Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."}
My voice was low as I asked him: "Why did you get back so late today?"

Li You then looked at me, saying: "Those are, like, antiques from who knows how long ago..."

_{{How dare you tempt me!}}Hearing me say this, he relaxed a little, saying: "He's leaving the day after tomorrow. We'll take him to the airport together."

How dare you tempt me!

_{Frowning, Li You simply brushed off her skirt. The little boy who was happy as a clam after running into her, never expected I'd grab him so upon seeing my pissed off expression while holding him by the book bag, scared, he shrank back and knew better than to speak.}
Reaching up to stroke my hair, he replied: "The pastry chef at that western-styles dessert shop across from the company who makes Li You's favourite bread, the one who I told you before doesn't come around much, well, he showed up today and I asked them to reserve some. I took it over to mom and dad's after work then I came back home."

Frowning, Li You simply brushed off her skirt. The little boy who was happy as a clam after running into her, never expected I'd grab him so upon seeing my pissed off expression while holding him by the book bag, scared, he shrank back and knew better than to speak.

_{"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."}I laughed, and Xiao Huaisu turned to look at me, saying: "You should eat a bit less of it too."

"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."

_{"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"}
"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"

"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"

_{But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.}To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

But when I looked at Li You, I saw her her knee was a bit red. However, I was an adult, so even if I was pained over my own child, I couldn't go raising a hand on a little kid. Thus, despite my fuming anger, I suppressed it.

_{Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."}Looking at me strangely, he rested down the things in his hand, took off his coat and shoes, then walked towards as he asked: "What's with the face? Did you miss your afternoon nap?"

Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."

_{"I'm not afraid of spice."}
"No, dad went to pick her up. I left the stuff there and left." Pausing for a while, he then added: "After Qing Yichu leaves we'll go get Li You's stuff together."

"I'm not afraid of spice."

_{A Hungry Little Wildcat~}Parking the car, I saw the hot and spicy coloured signs and just about felt my mouth water.

A Hungry Little Wildcat~

_{After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."}
"Okay." I agreed.

After Li You made it into the school, while turning the car, planning to take him back to the company, he said to me: "Did Youyou fall? I noticed her knee was a little red and swollen."

_{When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.}
Lowering his gaze to me, he said: "Zhou Anchen joined the French branch of the company two years ago. I didn't know about it until she came here late last year."

When she first fell it was just a little red, and during this time it swelled. But the skin wasn't broken, thank goodness, so tonight after rubbing a dab of aloe vera it'll be gone by tomorrow.

_{When that sentence landed, it made everyone fall silent.}
"She came here at the tail-end of the year before, so why did she come back at the beginning of this year again?" I really don't understand.

When that sentence landed, it made everyone fall silent.

_{He let out a soft laugh, one whose tone held frustration: "In my eyes, the impression of I had of you was still the one when you were little. So even if you were seventeen or eighteen, I still felt like you were still that little kid.}To which I replied: "Excuse me, but please do refer to me as the 'little prince with a thousand faces', thank you very much~"

He let out a soft laugh, one whose tone held frustration: "In my eyes, the impression of I had of you was still the one when you were little. So even if you were seventeen or eighteen, I still felt like you were still that little kid." He leaned back on the sofa now, them recalled events from that time. "Furthermore, with the age difference between us, I didn't dare think of you any further. When I saw her, her smile reminded very much of your own, so when she asked me to help her, I didn't refuse. Once I helped her, perhaps on account of me normally taking the initiative to talk to others at school, when my friends saw me like that they got the idea that I liked her and started saying she was my girlfriend. Somehow or the other, the rumour started spreading. I made an effort to avoid her after that, firstly, because I didn't want others to misunderstand me, and secondly, because I didn't want her to misunderstand either."

_{Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-{jie} showed up.}I snorted again in response.

Qing Yichu's words popped into my head again, and I cursed him with all my heart. Even though I told myself not to give a crap about it, and to trust Xiao Huaisu. But when I think about how he hasn't touched me since the turn of the year, that's the period is the one where Qing Yichu said that Anchen-jie showed up.

_{"That's bull— I'm your man, he's your son. You think he can't be disobedient in the future?" I countered.}
"Uncle wished for her to stay here and run the company branch here in the city... she is quite capable, and she was recognised by the managers and shareholders on that of the pond. So uncle arranged for her to familiarise herself with how things work here... and to take over from me.

"That's bull— I'm your man, he's your son. You think he can't be disobedient in the future?" I countered.

_{My voice was low as I asked him: "Why did you get back so late today?"}"That guy is finally going back. If he didn't leave soon I might've start thinking he was in love with me."

My voice was low as I asked him: "Why did you get back so late today?"

_{I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"}
After he said this, my lips sealed.

I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"

_{The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."}Li You stared directly at me as she replied: "Of course."

The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."

_{Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.}I thought she was super cool, right then. She still ate it, and never thinking she'd eat it all then say: "Even though it's delicious, it's too spicy. I'll still eat the non-spicy one."

Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.

_{"You don't want to see me looking like this, you don't like me!" Before when I had Li You, he wasn't here, so of course he never saw me looking like that. I never even considered whether he can accept this male but not male, female but not female appearance of mine.}
Seeing me remain quiet, he pulled all of me in his embrace, his me a light whisper: "But she's going back."

"You don't want to see me looking like this, you don't like me!" Before when I had Li You, he wasn't here, so of course he never saw me looking like that. I never even considered whether he can accept this male but not male, female but not female appearance of mine.

_{I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"}I don't give two craps if Xiao Huaisu once had a girlfriend or several of them, but... seeing all this stuff still makes my heart feel uneasy. Plus when I think about him sleeping separately from me at night... my precious little heart is suffering.

I held Li You as we stood outside and looked at the sign, asking: "Are you scared it's spicy?"

_{Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."}
I stared at him confused.

Without caring much, Li You replied: "Fine."

_{"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"}Xiao Huaisu never told me about that matter, and I also never asked, because if I did, I have no idea how I should face it. So him saying nothing was quite good.

"Oh. Was Li You home yet when you went there?"

_{Naughty brat.}My voice was low as I asked him: "Why did you get back so late today?"

Naughty brat.

_{"Two people getting to know each other is normal."}
"Because I already convinced uncle to focus the business here in this city, so I will always be here."

"Two people getting to know each other is normal."

_{Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."}After the initial crowd of students dispersed, in the distance, I saw a school uniform wearing Li You walking out on her own with her bag on her back, so I opened the car door, planning to go to meet her, but just then I saw a boy beside her rush into her and ran into her while she was focused on staring at me, the collision catching her off-guard, causing her to fall to the ground. Witnessing the scene made a fire erupt in me as I strode over. Helping Li You up, I took another couple or so steps to grab that boy who was trying to run away after the collision. Suppressing my rage, well, trying my best to do so, I asked him sarcastically: "You're a boy, yet you're bullying a girl. You think that's cool—you think you're cool?!"

Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."

_{The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."}Li You thought it over before handing her little bowl over to me. I mixed some cold tofu as well as some tripe then handed it back to her, with Xiao Huaisu pouring her a full cup of juice.

The secret photo taker then explained: "I was out buying coffee and happened to see her and the president together standing in a western pastry shop."

_{I got to the diner with Li You first.}
With him saying this final sentence, I saw the smile trailing the corners of his eyes, like a starry sky without end in sight, seeming like they held everything within them, calm and gentle. And just like that, that once troubled heart of mine now stilled.

I got to the diner with Li You first.

_{Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.}"What's there to be afraid of, I'm not fragile. Do you think one little bump will cause me to break?"

Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.

_{Li You blew away the steam, then stuffed a bite in her mouth. Fortunately, it was a small bite because the moment the peppery oil entered her mouth she choked.}
"You..." I said, trailing off.

Li You blew away the steam, then stuffed a bite in her mouth. Fortunately, it was a small bite because the moment the peppery oil entered her mouth she choked. She coughed for a bit non-stop, even tears managed to make an appearance. After she settled herself, she gulped down the juice, letting out a breath before saying: "Delicious." With that aid, she went on to eat up everything in the bowl I had just given her.

_{Lowering his gaze to me, he said: "Zhou Anchen joined the French branch of the company two years ago. I didn't know about it until she came here late last year."}Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

Lowering his gaze to me, he said: "Zhou Anchen joined the French branch of the company two years ago. I didn't know about it until she came here late last year."

_{Fudge me... How dare you tantalise me at a time like this!}
"I love you, Li Tian. I love you and never thought of wanting to be separated from you, so please don't ever say to me that you'll take our kids and leave me, alright?"

Fudge me... How dare you tantalise me at a time like this!

_{I'm... upset.}N/A

I'm... upset.

_{I looked at him, his expression showing he had no clue what could be wrong, which made me feel dejected, sadness on my face as I asked: "Why do you want to sleep separately from me?"}
My little heart thumped and jumped like no other. Because when people who don't usually express their feelings all of a sudden just tell you, with all the affection they have, I love you, no matter much of a tough guy you are, your face will crack, your eyes will warm. Pouting, I then asked: "You love me, yet you sleep apart from me."

I looked at him, his expression showing he had no clue what could be wrong, which made me feel dejected, sadness on my face as I asked: "Why do you want to sleep separately from me?"

_{Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.}
Xiao Huaisu not expecting me to say this, nestled his forehead against my neck, releasing a chuckle as he asked: "You really miss me that much?"

Originally, after eating this afternoon, I planned to stick to my schedule and take an afternoon nap. But after seeing this, the sleep completely disappeared.

_{I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.}With a bit of gratification, Xiao Huaisu added: "Looks like he's more well behaved than you."

I got up an hour before the time, changed into some comfortable loose clothing, then hopped in the car to go get Li You.

_{{You act like you don't care in front of others, but the truth is, deep down you're angry, aren't you? Li Tian, my dear Li Tian, you really are weak.}}"I love you, Li Tian. I love you and never thought of wanting to be separated from you, so please don't ever say to me that you'll take our kids and leave me, alright?"

You act like you don't care in front of others, but the truth is, deep down you're angry, aren't you? Li Tian, my dear Li Tian, you really are weak.

_{I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"}
Without hesitation or shame, I nodded, then nodded again—nodding repeatedly.

I then continued, asking indirectly: "So are there any kids you play and get along with super well?"

_{After the photo was sent, someone jumped in to ask: "What's the situation—what's the sitch?"}
"I'm scared I might hurt you... and the little one in your tummy."

After the photo was sent, someone jumped in to ask: "What's the situation—what's the sitch?"

_{After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.}Xiao Huaisu shot me a disgusted look. "I never noticed your face was so thickT/n: Thick-faced = shameless. before."

After the big send-off, I started the car and made my way back home.

_{I snorted again in response.}Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

I snorted again in response.

_{After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.}
I sighed, a melancholic one at that before I said: "The doctor said it's fine, and if you don't come now, in a few months, don't even think about it even if you want to."

After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.

_{Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.}N/A

Chatting with Xiao Huaisu on WeChat, we decided on a hotpot for our meal. It had been, like, forever since I last ate one, and was just about dying to have some.

_{Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, {be good}."}My eyes fell silently, and I stared at my own knees.

Slowly straightening back his seat, he then reached his hand around my neck, tugging me over a bit his way then pressed a kiss on my forehead, saying: "While your home, be good."

_{Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."}
Seeing he still looked doubtful, I playfully took the initiative to stretch out my legs and straddle his lap. "Come on... your hungry little wildcat is empty, lonely and cold.T/n: this line became slang after being used in a Steven Chow movie "Hail the Judge: 九品芝麻官" where a brothel worker tried to pick him up after she was feeling "lonely"" Like, really empty—I'm dead serious.

Looking down at my tummy, I replied: "Like I'm not really pregnant..."

_{It was anonymous, so I have no idea who sent it, but I did know the people in the pic.}
After saying this, I licked my lips, only to then see the once calm eyes of Xiao Huaisu resembling an ancient well, and bearing no sexual desire, begin to ripple just as they grew dark.

It was anonymous, so I have no idea who sent it, but I did know the people in the pic.

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Author's Note:

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Notes:

iana: those pregnancy hormones can make some crazy thoughts take root, tsk tsk. Anyhoo, it's a boy! (I honestly can't remember if it was mentioned before now). Furthermore, congrats to Qing Yichu, who went from the 'unnoticed bin' to the 'good luck trying to pull this sht again bin' to his dear Huaisu-{ge}. When XHS asked "Did Qing Yichu say something to you?" I saw that mfs life flash before my eyes.

One more chapter (one long chapter), then extras.

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