Yan was so anxious that her eyes reddened and she almost burst into tears. It was only after she heard Han Qing’s gentle reply that she realized she had overreacted. She quickly loosened her hands and took a step back before she put the food back in the bag.
They had no idea what to say all of the sudden, hence, silence fell in the reception room. Someone suddenly knocked on the door at this moment—it was Su Jiu standing by the door with a half-amused expression. “Have you finished your meal? President Han, there’s a video conference in five minutes and I’ve already prepared the documents for you.”
Han Qing did not reply to her and frowned while Yan turned around. Didn’t he just finish a meeting? There’s one more? Just how busy is he everyday? After the previous meeting, he didn’t even have the chance to have lunch. If he has another meeting now, he won’t be able to eat something!
“Got it,” he answered. “I’ll be over soon.”
After Su Jiu heard Han Qing’s reply, she waved to Yan before leaving. This made Yan feel even more uneasy. She took the bag and rose to her full height. “Since you are going to be busy soon, I shall take my leave first.”
Seeing that she was about to leave, Han Qing wanted to ask her to wait for him for a little longer. When he remembered how long she had waited for him earlier, there was no point in that because she fell asleep out of boredom. He hesitated for a moment before saying, “Since your leg is injured, I’ll ask Mr. Nan to send you home. Just wait here for him for 15 minutes.” With that, he called Mr. Nan, who rushed over as soon as possible. Han Qing also made a move moments before the conference call started.
But before he left, he asked, “Are you coming again?”
“Hmm?”
“Tomorrow.”
blinked before dryly saying, “I-I suppose so…”
“Okay.”
After he left, Yan realized that her heartbeat raced earlier. Han Qing… is inviting me to come again? A thought that she never allowed herself to think about slowly formed in her mind. She knew what that was, but she didn’t dare to think deeper into it. She just wanted to carefully take care of it and nourish it.
After Yan waited in the reception room for about ten minutes, Mr. Nan arrived. Wearing a shirt and a thin cardigan, he smiled at her while he stood at the door. “Miss Yan, President Han has asked me to send you home.”
Yan felt that Mr. Nan was an amiable person as he had always driven both Muzi and her around in the past. However, she felt a little awkward after looking at what she wore. Although winter was almost over, it was still quite chilly. Many people had changed into a thinner cardigan, but she still wore her thin down jacket with a simple T-shirt underneath.
If she felt warm, she could take it off and vice versa as it was quite convenient. However, many people regarded her as an abnormality. After all, some even started wearing short-sleeved shirts. “Mr. Nan, thanks for taking the trouble to send me back.” After that, she threw the ramen into a trash bin downstairs. Initially, Yan planned to go home, but after thinking about it, she thought she should help out at her mother’s restaurant, so she asked Mr. Nan to send her there.
As soon as she exited the car, Luo Huimei narrowed her eyes to look at the elderly man in the car before she pulled the former aside immediately upon her entrance. “Who sent you back just now?”
Yan’s expression changed immediately after she was asked this question. “Just someone whom I know. Why?”
Luo Huimei remained silent. Seeing her daughter’s avoidant gaze, Luo Huimei grabbed the former’s shirt. “What is this attitude of yours? You don’t dare to tell me? I saw it with my own eyes just now that an elderly man sent you back. Don’t tell me that—”
“Mom!” Yan understood Luo Huimei well. After Yan heard Luo Huimei’s questions, she immediately knew what her mother had been thinking, so the former stopped the latter immediately. “He is a respected elderly person. Please don’t judge him with such shallow thinking!”
“What nonsense are you talking about? Have I said anything?”
Yan replied angrily, “Who knows what you’d say if I didn’t stop you on time? It would be better to stop you in advance.”
“What kind of respected elderly man drives such a good car? Tell me!”
Yan didn’t wish to talk about this topic. “My leg hurts. I’m heading upstairs to rest.”
“Make it clear before you go! Why are you in such a hurry?” Even though Luo Huimei had said so, she didn’t dare to chase after Yan, considering the latter’s leg injuries. Luo Huimei was worried that if she had done so, her daughter would run and that would hinder the recovery process.
…
It was getting closer to Han Muzi’s due date. Her belly had recently grown so much that she could barely squat. It would be difficult for her each time she lay down to sleep or when she tried to get up from the bed. Back when she expected Little Bean, her belly wasn’t this big. However, it felt like she carried a heavy ball inside her this time around. More worryingly, her limbs and her neck and even her face had grown at a fast speed.
Because of this, Han Muzi complained to Yan about it. After hearing that, Yan did a search online and told Han Muzi, “I heard that the second pregnancy is very different from the first. It will be more difficult for you to return to your previous figure and many mothers had gained a lot more weight after having the second baby, but you have to be confident in yourself. You’ll be alright once you deliver the baby.”
Confidence? I have none of it! Han Muzi never thought that Ye Moxuan was a man who only cared about looks. After all, both of them had experienced a lot, so it was quite impossible for him to ditch her—just because of how she looked right now. However, for someone she loved to see how she looked right now, he probably remembered this for the rest of his life. Even if she managed to lose weight in the future, her current figure would remain etched in his mind forever. Thinking of this, Han Muzi almost burst into tears. She never allowed him to enter her room during the night and chased him to the guest room to sleep.
The sudden swing in her emotions worried her husband, Ye Moxuan. In the beginning, he thought it was just a little temper tantrum that would end in a couple of days. The situation remained the same after a few days—in fact, it was more serious. Not only did she not allow him to enter the room, she did not even want to see him.
This had caused Ye Moxuan a lot of distress. If he couldn’t see her, he couldn’t ask her why. However, Ye Moxuan lacked the courage to barge into the room, seeing that she was heavily pregnant. After he thought about it, he could only go to Song An for help.
After Song An heard that, she was confused. “What’s going on? Did you do something wrong? Don’t tell me that she’s ignoring you because you are involved with another woman during her pregnancy? Ye Moxuan, if you really did that, I will break your legs on behalf of your mom.”
Ye Moxuan remained silent with a morosed and displeased look.
“Did you do that? Tell me the truth!” If he still remained silent, she would continue interrogating him.
Ye Moxuan finally responded, “Your jokes are too much! Stop it. Do you think I’m someone who would do that?”
“Who knows?” Although Song An teased him, she knew that Ye Moxuan would not do that indeed. After all, no woman was able to trap him. After so many years, Han Muzi had been the only one.
