northernbook Chapter 119 I Can't Bear to Let Luo Huai Become a Mother at Such a Young Age
Chapter 119 I Can't Bear to Let Luo Huai Become a Mother at Such a Young Age
Although Luo Huai and Xing Yanzhao had moved out of the Xing family home, they still went to the Xing family home once a month for a meal and stayed overnight, all for the sake of the Xing family's reputation.
To outsiders, it can be explained that the child is married and should have their own separate place to live.
Today was the day he was supposed to go back to the Xing family home. Xing Yanzhao originally wanted to leave work early to pick up his wife, but a meeting stopped him.
He couldn't go, but Xing Yuru went.
She also sent him a message saying that she had picked up her sister-in-law.
Xing Yuru thought that driving a three-million-yuan car was low-key enough, but seeing the surprised expressions of her sister-in-law and her sister-in-law's colleagues, she realized that it wasn't.
"Luo Huai, you also have friends who are rich young ladies?"
Luo Huai smiled, didn't answer directly, and said to his colleagues, "See you on Monday."
The others chuckled and said, "See you on Monday." As Luo Huai walked toward the luxury car by the roadside and even straightened the rich girl's clothes, Kelly smiled and said, "No wonder Luo Huai can be friends with a rich heiress; he's quite considerate."
Anyone with eyes can tell that this is referring to Luo Huai as a sycophant.
"Sister-in-law, why do I feel like they keep looking at us?" Xing Yuru asked suspiciously, "like they're talking about us."
"Never mind, let's go." Luo Huai gently nudged her, and Xing Yuru went around to get the car, while she opened the passenger door and got in.
On the way, Xing Yuru asked her how working here was.
Luo Huai is just an ordinary person, working from nine to six.
As they chatted, Xing Yuru mentioned that her mother and second sister-in-law had been busy lately, apparently making some kind of investment, or even an overseas project. She herself had to practice the piano, perform, and occasionally visit her grandparents at the old house. In the past month or so, she had only spoken to her mother a handful of times.
"Why did my mom and second sister-in-law come up with the idea of making some kind of investment? Is investing easy these days? My mom gets really excited when she talks about it, like she's been through something, while my second sister-in-law is calmer."
"That makes sense, since my second sister-in-law is pregnant, she can't afford to have too many emotional fluctuations."
"But why isn't my second sister-in-law's belly showing?"
Luo Huai turned his head to look at her and said, "It's only been a little over two months, you can't tell yet."
"Oh." Xing Yuru nodded, then asked, "Why doesn't she have any morning sickness?"
"Pregnancy symptoms vary from person to person." Luo Huai found her a bit strange. "Are you suspecting something?"
They suspect Pei Youyou isn't pregnant.
Xing Yuru paused for a moment and said, "It's not that I doubt anything, it's just that I'm not quite sure I can believe what my second sister-in-law said right now."
Yes.
Pei Youyou's mouth is best at twisting the truth.
Luo Huai has learned this lesson over the past ten years.
She said, "That's their business."
Luo Huai didn't care about Lin Zhengyu and Pei Youyou, who were like outsiders, but Xing Yuru cared about the older brother who had taken care of her since childhood. She said, "My sister-in-law's matter has nothing to do with me, but it does concern my brother."
Xing Yuru still wanted to find out the truth.
The Xing family, father and sons, had not yet arrived. Only Xing's mother and Pei Youyou were at home. When they heard the servant say that the eldest young lady and the eldest young mistress had arrived, they didn't even raise their heads.
"Mom, you can just sign it."
"signature?"
“Yes.” Pei Youyou didn’t understand either. It was Zheng Yu who gave it to her, saying that her mother just needed to sign it and that funds would come in soon.
Xing's mother knew a little about the matter and understood that one shouldn't sign anything carelessly. She glanced at the contract but didn't see any problems. Her son, whom she had raised, then reviewed it and signed it neatly.
Pei Youyou also signed it.
Luo Huai sat on the sofa at a distance, saying nothing, as if they were strangers.
After the two finished signing, they looked up and Xing's mother asked, "Where's Yu Rou?"
"I had something to do, so I went to the backyard," Luo Huai replied politely, like a guest.
Xing's mother and Pei Youyou did indeed treat her as a guest, not as family, which was just right for Luo Huai.
At least a semblance of decorum was maintained between the host and the guest.
Luo Huai got up to find Xing Yurou, just in time to see a maid finish her answer and leave.
She had just walked up to her, not intending to ask anything, when Xing Yuru took her arm and said, "Guess what I just asked?"
"Since you've put it that way, Pei Youyou?"
"Yes, I asked my second sister-in-law about her period. She was at the Pei family's house last month, and it's supposed to be this month, but she hasn't come yet."
"You really are pregnant." Xing Yuru sighed softly, not with disappointment, but with emotion. "Well, it's good that my second brother is of age to have children. My cousins' kids are already running around everywhere."
She turned her head and suddenly looked at her sister-in-law's stomach.
They got married on the same day, so how come the sister-in-law doesn't have her niece or nephew in her belly yet?
Luo Huai, who guessed her thoughts: "..."
She and Brother Zhao haven't reached that point yet.
Like Brother Zhao said, we have to take it one step at a time.
Make a little progress every day.
If you really rush at her, she'll probably faint.
As she thought about it, Luo Huai's face flushed, and she said, "No rush."
"I'm not in a hurry."
The two went out chatting and laughing, and happened to run into a father and his two sons who were returning home.
Xing Yanzhao looked at Luo Huai, hung up his coat with one hand, and asked his wife and sister, "What's the rush?"
Before Luo Huai could speak, Xing Yuru interrupted, "My little niece or nephew."
"Aren't you in a hurry?" Xing Yanzhao stared at Luo Huai with a half-smile, deliberately teasing her, "The child's father is in a hurry."
Luo Huai's face grew even hotter.
I gestured to him with my eyes that he shouldn't say everything in front of everyone.
"My wife is shy," Xing Yanzhao thought to himself.
He smiled and didn't bring up the topic again.
However, the topic of pregnancy is usually unavoidable when brought up in front of elders. Looking at Luo Huai's belly, Xing's mother asked tactfully, "Aren't you and Yanzhao planning to have a child?"
"I have no plans," Xing Yanzhao said. "Luo Huai is only twenty-two. You're willing to let her become a mother at such a young age, but I'm not."
Xing's mother's face turned cold.
I don't know who said the child's father was anxious just now!
She realized that her own son was determined to go against her!
Mr. Xing looked at his son and scolded, "What are you doing?"
As soon as I get back home, tensions rise.
Before, he would argue with his father, but now he can't get along with his mother even in two out of three sentences.
“You’re thirty this year too,” Xing’s father said with a double meaning, “Luo Huai is twenty-three, it’s time to think about having children.”
Xing Yanzhao said, "It's because we haven't decided yet."
Father Xing: "You..."
"Never mind." He was too lazy to say anything more, so he told the servants to serve the dishes and get ready to eat.
Everyone at the dinner table was quiet. Xing Yanzhao always felt that Luo Huai ate like a cat, taking small bites, and was very well-behaved in the Xing family, only picking at the food in front of him.
Worried that people wouldn't have enough to eat, he served them almost the entire time.
Each dish on the table was gradually placed into Luo Huai's bowl, but not too much, so that she could finish eating.
If I notice she's eaten too much, I'll serve her a bowl of soup.
The soup bowl looked small and white in Xing Yanzhao's hands. He placed it in front of Luo Huai with one hand, then put it down and continued eating.
He neither sought credit nor stared at Luo Huai.
It's like a subconscious action.
Which woman doesn't want to be pampered by her husband? Especially Pei Youyou, who was always proud to have married a husband who loved her dearly, was incredibly jealous.
Even if Xing Yanzhao treats Luo Huai well, so what? He's still a good-for-nothing who hasn't even been qualified to inherit the family business yet.