Chapter 465: Chapter 463: Rumors! It’s Definitely a Rumor! (Chapters 461, 462, and 463 Combined)
Lu Jinyang nodded. That’s good; if she didn’t care at all, he probably would’ve felt suffocated.
"Secondly, if one day a mistress suddenly shows up with a child claiming to be yours, I’ll sever ties with you along with the child!"
Lu Jinyang nodded again, confident in his self-control over his lower half; this scenario wouldn’t happen.
"As for the third condition... I’ll tell you when I think of it."
Catching the troubled look in the woman’s eyes from the corner of his vision, the smile on Lu Jinyang’s lips never faded. "No worries, you can bring it up anytime."
Xiao Qing couldn’t help casting a glare his way, but her lips involuntarily curled into a smirk.
Considering his good attitude, she decided to let this one slide.
"About the engagement, you should ask your mom; she probably agreed to it with the Lin Family. But rest assured, even if there’s a fuss, it’s okay. No one can force me into something I’m unwilling to do."
Caught off-guard by the explanation, Xiao Qing was dumbfounded, "You mean it was arranged by our parents?"
"Not exactly arranged, they just took my silence as consent without an explicit refusal or agreement."
Xiao Qing immediately became upset, wishing she could crack his head open to see what was inside. After a moment of silence, she couldn’t hold back and bellowed at him: "Are you a pig?! Why didn’t you refuse? Why didn’t you?!"
She had suspected something off. Why else would that Lin Xiaoxiao or whoever she was, brazenly visit the company, and even the front desk was aware of their ’relationship’? It was all because of the wrong impression he gave!
Damnit!
Just earlier, he kept insisting to others that he had no idea who gave Lin Xiaoxiao that impression!
For this alone, Xiao Qing decided he deserved to be abstinent for a week, no, a month!
Lu Jinyang felt unjustly accused.
When she "died," he had become despondent, and besides work, he cared about nothing else. So when he learned that the two families intended to match him with Lin Xiaoxiao, his first thought was who would want to take care of a blind man, a blind man whose heart dwelled on another woman.
It seemed Leng Yixing was right; his EQ wasn’t high.
As a blind, eligible bachelor who could dominate the business world, how brilliant was this diamond? Blind or not, his ability to earn money attracted countless women.
Lu Jinyang opened his mouth, wanting to explain, but he said nothing.
That night, Xiao Qing urged him to take a shower quickly, causing Lu Jinyang to wonder if she had become enlightened after being jealous today?
He quickly took a combat shower, then watched as Xiao Qing entered the bathroom with a set of pajamas he’d never seen before. An indescribable excitement surged within him, his gaze fixated on the bathroom door for a full fifteen minutes before it slowly opened.
Xiao Qing tossed her shoulder-length curly hair and sashayed towards Lu Jinyang, bending over and crawling onto the bed.
Lu Jinyang’s gaze narrowed dangerously, "Xiao Qing, what are you doing?!"
"Hmm? What’s wrong?"
Xiao Qing had already crawled over him and lay down beside him.
Lu Jinyang’s forehead vein popped, and he pinched her face, "You’re being unusually passionate tonight, hm?"
Xiao Qing blinked innocently, "You’re mistaken, I just wanted to let you know, I’ve got my period."
Lu Jinyang: "!!!
Did she need to make such a big drama out of telling him this?
He glared at the woman, "You think you can get away with this excuse?"
"Whether it’s an excuse or not, you can figure it out yourself," Xiao Qing said with a calm smile.
She had originally planned to find other excuses to avoid him for a few days, but after returning home in the afternoon and realizing her period had started, she came up with the aforementioned method to make him anxious. Xiao Qing’s heart couldn’t have been more elated.
It also helped disperse the frustrations of her entire day.
However, Lu Jinyang was not okay.
Lu Jinyang’s face darkened, "You did this on purpose!"
"Ah~ I’m telling the truth, but you don’t listen, what am I supposed to do?"
Seeing the cheeky look on the little woman, Lu Jinyang collapsed back onto the bed, silent.
"It’s only ten o’clock, are you planning on sleeping already?"
Xiao Qing felt it wasn’t enough, not nearly enough. She had just started acting; if he didn’t play along, she couldn’t continue.
So, she propped up half of her body and lay on her side watching him, glancing over at him now and then.
She said, "I’m not sleepy at all. Why don’t you keep me company for a chat?"
The man stayed silent.
She added, "Or, let’s play a game."
As she spoke, the man’s sculpted face suddenly came close, his warm breath fanning her face, and Xiao Qing momentarily forgot what to say.
His lips curved slightly, with a fatally alluring arc, "Looks like you’re asking for it!"
"Since you’re inviting me so warmly, I won’t be polite."
Xiao Qing was shocked; she did all that, and this man still wouldn’t let her be?!
"Lu Jinyang, you madman, you can’t do this to me!" Xiao Qing roared, struggling desperately.
Lu Jinyang’s gaze deepened, "Is this the word you ought to use? Give you a chance, change it!"
"This... I can’t think of another word, but you can’t treat me like this anymore! Oh right, are you going to wash the bedsheets you dirtied? It needs to be hand washed."
The man’s handsome face remained expressionless, his slender fingers idly brushing aside a lock of her hair from her forehead, when he suddenly stood up. Just when Xiao Qing thought he was going to let her off, he opened the bedside drawer and quickly pushed it closed.
"What are you doing going through my drawer?"
The man dangled the item he was holding in front of her eyes, and Xiao Qing nearly choked on her own saliva.
Damn it, can this man perform magic tricks?
Xiao Qing, worldly and knowledgeable, instantly blushed, but her first thought was when did such a thing appear in her drawer.
"Did you put it in there?"
"If not me, who else?"
If not him, who else?!
Xiao Qing cursed under her breath, "So, the last time you went through my drawer was also to take this?"
Lu Jinyang shook his head.
"Then what was it?"
"I have this thing in my bedside drawer, and I got used to grabbing it from there when I was with you before. I just got it mixed up last time." After speaking, Lu Jinyang awkwardly lowered his gaze.
In fact, going through the drawer last time was accidental. He couldn’t tell in the moment if he was in a dream or reality and relied on his habitual actions to control his body, so he subconsciously went to that drawer to look for...
Xiao Qing: "...Are you planning to continue now?"
The man looked as if it were only natural, which enraged Xiao Qing so much that she gathered all her strength to push him away, then tightly wrapped herself in the blanket, turning into a human dumpling.
"Are you trying to suffocate me?"
"A few days of suffocation won’t kill you."
Lu Jinyang held his forehead, feeling a headache coming on, his face dark as he walked into the bathroom...
When he came out of the bathroom half an hour later, he sat on the bed, pulled the woman wrapped up like a dumpling over, and found to his amusement that she had already fallen asleep.
Now she can still sleep so sweetly, truly a little heartless one.
He was embraced, the blanket shook, and it covered them both.
He sighed deeply, being Liu Xiahui is truly not an easy feat!
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The next morning, when Xiao Qing woke up, Lu Jinyang was already nowhere to be found in the room.
Covering her painfully cramping stomach, she walked towards the bathroom, her features almost twisted from the pain. In her heart, she cursed the damn rumor-spreader thoroughly.
Motherf****r, who the hell said that once you have a child, you won’t experience menstrual pain, so what’s up with her current situation?
Rumors! Absolutely rumors!
When Xiao Qing stepped out of the room, Lu Jinyang was walking towards it, and the two children were already sitting at the dining table having breakfast.
Seeing her come out, he took a bigger step, "What’s wrong? You look so pale."
She glanced at him irritably, "It’s the stomach problem again."
Lu Jinyang suddenly realized, recalling that she used to have severe stomach pains as well.
He bent down and scooped her up in his arms, carrying her to the dining table, which completely startled Xiao Qing.
"What are you doing?" she exclaimed in fear.
"Carrying you over."
"..."
Da Bao and Xiao Bao both looked over, with Xiao Bao saying with a giggly smile, "Mommy, you’re so big yet you still need daddy to carry you, don’t you feel shy."
Xiao Qing: "!!!" He was the one insisting on carrying, it wasn’t her request, what’s it got to do with her?
"Xiao Bao, eat quickly, we’re going to visit Grandpa and Grandma later," said Lu Jinyang.
"Okay~"
Xiao Qing expressed her surprise, "I have filming today, the first day, can’t be late."
"You don’t have scenes today, you do tomorrow."
"How do you know?"
"Your assistant called this morning. Since you didn’t wake up, I answered for you." Seeing that Xiao Qing had no intention of eating, he rubbed her head, "Eat something first."
After speaking, he turned towards the kitchen.
Xiao Qing looked at the breakfast on the table, which was both visually appealing and delicious, and couldn’t help but marvel, this man is truly top-notch. Dominating in the business world, yet still able to cook at home.
She marveled, not knowing what kind of incredible luck her past self stumbled upon to have met such a wonderful man.