Chapter 74
When it was almost time for school to end in the afternoon, Xia Mao called Ling Yichen and told him that she was at Tevye Commercial Street.
Ling Yichen's company was not far from there, so he told her to wait there. Within ten minutes, Ling Yichen drove up in front of her, looking at her with empty hands, he asked, "Why didn't you buy anything?"
"There's nothing to buy." Xia Mao got into the car and sat next to him.
"There's nothing here that you fancy?" Ling Yichen reached out and took her in his arms, "You can tell me what you want to buy."
"I don't want to buy anything." Xia Mao took off her shoes without any image, and gently rubbed her palms twice with her hands.
Ling Yichen couldn't help but smile at this, reaching out and lifting her feet up and placing them in his arms, his hands gently massaging them for her, "It seems you haven't walked much?"
Xia Mao looked at him and blinked, then slowly withdrew her legs, her feet retracting back into her shoes.
She had tried very hard to hide her emotions, but looking at him, she still couldn't help the boredom in her heart.
Ling Yichen pursed the corners of his lips and pulled her harder into his arms, his big hands rubbing against her waist and digging into her clothes a little.
Xia Mao's face flushed and she reached out to hold his hand, "What do you want?"
"You are really beautiful, looking at you makes my appetite grow." Ling Yichen lowered his head and nibbled on her ear, Xia Mao shrank back, her body reacted naturally again, but in her heart she felt a wave of nausea, she pushed him away, raised her hand over her mouth and reached out to push the door.
Ling Yichen was startled and pulled her to a halt, "Are you crazy?"
Xia Mao felt as if she was about to vomit when she opened her mouth, so she struggled to push down the car window and stuck her head out of the car, taking several deep breaths before she felt her breathing was smoother.
"What's wrong?" Ling Yichen came up to her and looked at her, asking with concern, "Where is it that you don't feel well?"
"You ...... you stay away from me a little," Xia Mao turned back before looking at her, busy pushing him away again and rushing out the car window to dry heave twice, "I feel a little bit like throwing up."
Ling Yichen's eyes snapped, "Are you disgusted with me?"
"I ......" Xia Mao only said one word before she couldn't help but dry heave again.
Ling Yichen's brow tightened into a "Chuan", but then he remembered another possibility.
"Go to the hospital." He said to the driver in front of him.
"Yes." The driver made a quick turn and headed for the hospital under the Ling family name.
Xia Mo wanted to say no, but looking at Ling Yichen's ironic face, she thought it was better to speak less.
When they arrived at the hospital, Ling Yichen dragged her straight to the obstetrics and gynaecology department.
"I think I might be catching a cold." Xia Mo looked at him in disbelief.
"Let's go in first and have a look." Ling Yichen's face was still bad, but the tone of his voice had become much gentler.
Although Xia Mao had doubts in her heart that the obstetrician and gynaecologist could cure the cold, but thinking of Ling Yichen's insistence, she still followed the doctor to the inner room as she was told.
After half a day of urine tests and blood tests, Xia Mao followed the doctor out of the examination room.
"The patient does not seem to be pregnant for the time being, but the pregnancy time is short, it is possible that the test cannot be detected," the doctor said in detail to Ling Yichen: "It is also possible that the reaction is caused by the cold, or gastrointestinal inflammation, but if you want to have a child, it is best to be careful when taking the medicine and consult the doctor properly. "
When she heard the word "pregnant", Xia Mao was shocked, she raised her hand to touch her stomach.
How could that be? But when she thought about the number of times they did it every day, she thought it was very possible.
Ling Yichen dragged a frozen Xia Mao to the gastroenterology department, where she was examined again for a while, but the results were still nothing wrong.
The two of them just had to go back home.
When they arrived home, Xia Mao was fine for dinner, but lying in bed, as soon as Ling Yichen told her, she had the nausea again, but she forced herself not to show it, but rolled over and turned her face outwards.
Thinking she was uncomfortable, Ling Yichen didn't fuss with her any more and instead wrapped her in his arms.
Xia Mao bit her lower lip, suppressing the nausea that rose up from her heart.
The next morning, Xia Mao discovered that she had her period.
Ling Yichen's heart was filled with disappointment, but Xia Mao's heart was the opposite, her tense heart fell back into place and the feeling of nausea in her heart was not so obvious.
On Thursday, Yao Lili pestered her to get in touch with Starlight Media.
Xia Mao's heart was also somewhat moved, so she dialed Fan Zhi's number.
The three of them met and soon signed the contract, which was scheduled for the weekend.
"Usually, it's only half a day, but sometimes there can be unexpected things that can extend the day." Fanzhi sent them all the way downstairs and said to Xia Mao with a smile, "If Sister Xia wants to make a debut, you can be sure to tell me first."
"Okay." Yao Lili was afraid that Xia Mao would say that she didn't really want to make a debut, so she was busy grabbing the words.
The two of them walked out a few metres and saw that Fanzhi had gone back into the building before Xia Mao said to Yao Lili, "I don't plan to start a career."
"You're really studying to be stupid," Yao Lili flipped her a glance, "If you tell people now that you don't want to be a star and famous, will they still be able to help you?"
"But it's not good for you to lie to people now!" Xia Mo felt that Yao Lili was right, but she didn't want to lie to people.
"We are not cheating him," Yao Lili took her arm and explained, "You don't care how much they pay you to do commercials, as long as they pay you, they naturally want the commercials to be good, and if they are good, naturally you will be famous, it's all one thing after another. If you are really famous, then there is nothing wrong with shooting commercials and doing print modeling. Not only do you get money, but you don't have to go to the movies, so why not?"
Xia Mao thought about it and was right, otherwise she would have been prepared to work part-time.
When she returned to her flat and saw Ling Yichen, she hesitated and did not tell Ling Yichen what she thought.
She knew in her heart that Ling Yichen would never agree to it.
But she did not want to spend Ling Yichen's money everywhere. She would rather spend Xia's mother's money than Ling Yichen's, at least not his money, and she still felt that she was not being adopted.
When Saturday came, Xia Mao got up early.
Ling Yichen pulled her back into bed again, "What are you doing up so early on a big weekend?"
"I have an appointment with a classmate to go out today." Xia Mo struggled out of his arms, "You can sleep a little longer!"
"Which classmate did you make a date with?" Ling Yichen's eyes turned clear all of a sudden, "Is it Li Ji Yao?"
Chapter 75
"It's a female classmate of mine." Xia Mao didn't look good as she took her clothes and went to the bathroom.
Ling Yichen followed suit and got up from the bed, squeezing into the bathroom together, "What's there to hang out with her? I have nothing to do today, I'll accompany you? Where do you want to go?"
"I've got an appointment." Xia Mao looked at the man pressed up against her behind her, that familiar feeling of disgust came back to her, she was busy grabbing a glass of water and rinsing her mouth, "I'll let you keep me company next time."
After washing up, Xia Mao turned around and left the bathroom, going back to the bedroom to change her clothes.
Ling Yichen thought for a moment, picked up the phone and had someone waiting downstairs early.
Xia Mao carefully chose a flesh-pink jumper with gold threads, black skinny jeans and a plush pink cotton tunic, looking pink and tender, just like Ling Yuanqi.
Ling Yichen's brow furrowed lightly and he was tempted to ask her to change her clothes, but in his heart he liked it so much that he felt honoured that she looked so good in it, even though he wasn't with him.
"Remember not to go to the crowded places, if you finish shopping in the morning, call me at noon and I'll take you to eat something delicious." Ling Yichen rambled behind him, "Take your card with you, just swipe it for anything you like, and if your classmate likes something, you can buy it for her too."
Xia Mao saw that time was running out, so she grabbed yesterday's student bag and was about to leave, but Ling Yichen was busy calling after her, "Don't you have a bag? Why are you carrying it with you?"
"It's too late." Xia Mao stood in the doorway with her shoes on.
Ling Yichen went back to the bedroom and found her a black and white leopard dotted fur bag from the cupboard and took it to her, "Take this bag."
Xia Mao looked at the bag in her hand which really didn't look too good, so she stood by the shoe cabinet and took out all the things in the bag that she could use and put them in the other bag.
"Call me when you're done shopping."
Xia Mao looked at Ling Yichen, who had become unusually matronly, and finally showed a little smile, "I know, I'm eating out at noon, I'll have to finish shopping in the afternoon."
Ling Yichen got a letter back saying that Xia Mao was with a girl and had gone to the shopping street, so he also packed his things and went back to the Ling residence.
Ling Yuanqi was so happy to see him back that she kept hugging his neck and wouldn't let go, which made Ling Yichen's mood, which had been depressed for days due to Xia Mao's cold shoulder, a little more relaxed.
By the afternoon, he was a little anxious and checked his phone several times in a row.
"If you have something to do, just go first." Lu Wanru said to him as she hugged Ling Yuanqi.
"Wait a little longer." Ling Yichen picked up the phone and was hesitating to call Xia Mao when his phone rang first, and the corners of his lips curled up.
But when he looked at the phone number on it, he froze in his tracks.
Lu Wanru looked at him and didn't say anything, so she hugged Ling Yuanqi and went to the other side.
Only then did Ling Yichen pick up the phone.
"Yichen?" Lu Wanqiu's voice came over softly.
"What is it?" Ling Yichen put down his crossed legs and asked in a low voice.
"Peggy and I are flying back to D City tomorrow, it will be almost midnight when the plane arrives, can you come to the airport to pick us up?" Lu Wanqiu said in a soft voice.
Ling Yichen thought for a moment before saying, "Okay."
"Thank you." Lu Wanqiu's voice immediately became cheerful as she smiled and said over the phone, "Peiqi can even call 'Daddy' now."
"Well," Ling Yichen stood up from the sofa, "I have things to take care of here." Ling Yichen hung up the phone after he finished speaking.
Lu Wanqiu hung up the phone and threw another good tantrum, looking at the crying and teary-eyed Lu Peiqi and glaring at the nanny, "Every day you do nothing but eat and cry, you're useless! What a waste!"
The nanny lay back inside with the baby in her arms in fear, and Lu Wanqiu wrestled with things in the living room for another half day before dressing up again and heading off.
Ling Yichen selfishly didn't want to hear anything about that child, he didn't want to further complicate an already complicated situation.
"I'll go first." When Ling Yichen saw that it was getting late, he said to Lu Wanru, "If there's anything, call me."
Lu Wanru nodded and said yes, and asked Ling Yuanqi to say goodbye to him again.
Ling Yuanqi opened her mouth and waved her hand at him happily, that cute look almost made Ling Yichen unable to stop walking.
After he got into the car, his heart wanted Xia Mao to have another child, and if it was a daughter, then it would be even better.
He called Xia Mao excitedly.
Xia Mao had just finished filming and was walking out of Starlight Media's headquarters, "Hello?"
"Haven't you finished shopping yet?" Ling Yichen's voice was a bit aggravated and dissatisfied, "Who are you eating with for dinner?"
Xia Mo looked at Yao Lili who was looking at herself curiously next to her, blushed and whispered to the phone, "I'll call you later."
With that she hurriedly hung up the phone.
"Who's this on the phone with?" Yao Li Li brought her face up to hers and asked with a teasing smile, "At a glance the relationship is not ordinary."
"Which is?" Xia Mao gently pushed her away and said with a smile, "I still have something to do tonight, so I can't go back to school with you, so I'm really bothering you today."
"Why are you being polite to me? Besides, it's me who has to thank you, I'm more than happy to see so many celebrities today, what's so troublesome about it?" Yao Lili was all smiles, "If you have any more trouble like this in the future, just call me, I'll be happy to help you."
The two of them parted with a laugh before Xia Mao called Ling Yichen.
Not five minutes after the phone call, his car pulled up beside her.
"How come it's so fast?" Xia Mao was a little flustered and stared at his face several times once she got into the car.
"I guess this is all you women shop for." Ling Yichen's eyes looked at her empty hands and flickered slightly, "Didn't buy anything and you've been shopping for so long?"
"Just a casual stroll for a while without anything to do." Xia Mo made a mental note to remember to buy something if she used shopping as an excuse to go out again in the future.
"What about tomorrow?" Ling Yichen reached out and took her in his arms, "You spent today with your classmates, who do you want to spend tomorrow with?"
"I'm not going to stay with anyone tomorrow, I'll stay home and rest." Xia Mao dodged only slightly before the man wrapped his arms back even tighter.
"Then I'll take you somewhere." The man instructed the driver in front of him to say "Purple Moon Celebrity", then he put down the front and back gears, then he took the woman's leg and put it on his own, gently massaging it, "Tired today, right?"
Xia Mao looked at his bright shining eyes and had a very strong feeling: she had easily rested for a few days because of her coming, and tonight it looked like she was in for a hard time ......
Chapter 76
The car drove for more than half an hour and stopped at an antique private clubhouse after leaving the city.
Xia Mao followed behind Ling Yichen and looked at the beautiful scenery of the pavilions and pavilions surrounded by smoke, and was a bit misty-eyed.
This place was just like the Heavenly Palace in Journey to the West, so unreal in its beauty.
"Dumbfounded?" Ling Yichen turned around and saw that she had forgotten to take a step, so he reached out and took her hand, "Isn't this place beautiful?"
"It's beautiful!" Xia Mao said honestly.
"Let's soak in the hot spring tonight and have a full body massage, then we'll go back tomorrow afternoon." Ling Yichen pulled her along to meet the manager who picked them up.
"Mr. Ling." The manager's eyes glanced at Xia Mao and he only nodded slightly, not greeting her formally.
Xia Mao's eyes then looked at Ling Yichen, whose face was as normal.
She couldn't help but think in her heart: everyone knew he was married, but when he appeared here with his own hand in such a flamboyant manner, it was as if everyone here was used to it, and there was no reaction at all?
Was it because of his status that no one dared to meddle in this matter, or was it because he often brought women here and people had become accustomed to it?
They walked to the innermost courtyard, surrounded by a hedge with rosebuds, and a heart-shaped hot spring pool in the middle of the courtyard, paved with rose-red tiles, which was pleasing to the eye.
Xia Mao let go of Ling Yichen's hand and ran to the pool, reaching out to touch the white smoky hot spring water, smiling as she turned back to Ling Yichen and said, "This water is really hot."
"Go to the room, I've prepared a swimming costume for you."
Ling Yichen pulled her into a wooden house not far away and opened the door, only to find that it wasn't really a wooden house, but a design like the one outside.
When Ling Yichen entered the room, he began to undress and changed into his swimming trunks in front of Xia Mao, and looked back at Xia Mao, "Why aren't you changing? Let's go soak in the hot spring first before we eat."
"It's too cold outside, I'm not going out in my swimming costume." Xia Mao walked to the floor-to-ceiling window and looked at the beauty of the courtyard, not intending to go out.
"There's a place in the inner room to go straight down into the water, you can walk out of the water, it's not cold at all." Ling Yichen smiled as he walked next to her and helped her take off her outside coat, "It's so hot in this room and you still don't even take off your coat, you're also a capable person."
Xia Mao looked at the man who was smiling and helping her undress, surprised that she didn't feel like throwing up today?
"Why are you always grouchy today?" Ling Yichen stripped her down to just the hun cover before saying, "What's all the thinking about?"
"I was thinking, do you always bring women here?" Xia Mao said dully.
Ling Yichen moved his hand and stretched out his index finger to pick up Xia Mao's pointed chin, making her clear beautiful eyes look at him.
"Xia Mao, you are a special existence to me, no one can replace your position." Ling Yichen said seriously.
Although he knew that she might not understand the meaning of his words now, she would have understood if she hadn't lost her memory, what he was trying to say was that she was his son's mother, something that no woman could ever compare to.
Although Xia Mao was reluctant, she was dragged to the inner room by Ling Changchen.
The inner room was a small hot spring pool, Xia Mao thought of the temperature she had touched earlier and dared not go into the water, only sitting at the edge of the pool, sticking her feet into the water and looking at Ling Yichen who jumped into the pool, "Is it hot?"
"Hot what's hot?" Ling Yichen walked up to her and followed, pinching her waist with both hands, and with a gentle pull, he pulled her from the edge of the pool into the water.
Xia Mao shrieked and wrapped her arms around his neck, her legs coiled around his waist, pouting, "What are you doing? It's burning me, let me up!"
"I'm here, what are you afraid of?" Ling Yichen smiled as he held her tightly in his arms.
Xia Mao raised her head to look at his chin, "Really?"
"Of course it's true." Ling Yichen lowered his head and kissed her forehead, "With me around, you have nothing to fear."
Xia Mao's hand around his neck tightened.
Ling Yichen lowered her into the water a little bit, "The hot spring is for this kind of heat, it will pass after a while."
"But, it's so hot." Xia Mo wrapped her arms around the man's waist even more, refusing to let go at all, "I don't want to go in."
"Just relax and you'll see it's not very hot." Ling Yichen said and then slowly squatted down with her in his arms, Xia Mao whimpered as the man from low chuckled and sank himself into the water along with the woman in his arms.
"If you scream a little louder," Ling Yichen lowered his head and took her ear, "people outside will be more curious about what we are doing?"
Xia Mao shut her mouth and looked at Ling Yichen pitifully.
Ling Yichen hugged her and walked down the hot spring pool, out of the chamber and outside, "Are you hot or cold now?"
"Half cold, half hot." Xia Mao slowly got used to the water temperature and retreated from Ling Yichen's body, Ling Yichen looked at the woman with only her head exposed and walked to the middle of the pool, lightly curling his lips.
In a foggy, dreamlike beauty, the woman's light, faint smile of joy was like a ray of sunshine shining into his gloomy heart for years.
It was only when he returned to Ling House today that he realised that, at some point, Ling House no longer seemed to be what he called home, but the flat that he had made his home.
His days and nights seemed to be filled with the scent of this woman, and it was only with her that he could call it home.
He slowly walked towards the woman and hugged her from behind, "If you like it here, we can come every week."
"Let's see then!" The woman turned from his arms and walked over to the pool and sat on the steps, "Wouldn't it be even more beautiful if it snowed?"
"I haven't seen it either, it should be beautiful." Ling Yichen walked next to her and reached behind her back to keep her from leaning directly over the edge of the pool.
Xia Mao sighed lightly.
She was always so unearned, he was just a little bit nicer to her and her own heart was hesitant again.
Though she knew her hesitation was nothing but a waste of hesitation, because she simply couldn't stay away until he let go.
"Why are you sighing?" Ling Yichen bowed his head and leaned his head against her ear, "If you want to see snow, isn't it easy? Next time whenever it snows, I'll bring you to see it."
"Sure!" Xia Mao nodded her head.
After the two of them soaked in the hot spring for a while, Ling Yichen took Xia Mao back to her room, and just as the two of them went ashore, dinner was brought to them.
Looking at almost all of the dishes she loved, the corners of Xia Mao's mouth picked up a little higher.
That night, Ling Yichen tossed her around for most of the night, until she fell asleep in a daze of exhaustion, and only then did Ling Yichen fall asleep with her in his arms, contented.
The first word that came to Xia Mao's mind the next day, as soon as she opened her eyes, was: pregnant!