Lu Jinshen looked away to avoid looking at her. Suppressing his thoughts, he asked, "Would you have been happy if I didn't eat it?"
"Of course I would have been unhappy. Your ex-wife was watching at the table. If you didn't eat the food I picked for you, I would have lost face," Tong Qiao answered without hesitation.
Lu Jinshen smiled faintly and nodded. "That's why I ate it for your sake."
Tong Qiao was speechless. He was making her feel guilty. This man … was so evil!
"Don't leave so easily in the future."
Tong Qiao looked at Lu Jinshen. "Are you paying for my guilt?"
"If you can agree to it, you can understand it that way."
Tong Qiao was silent for a few seconds. "I promise you. I hate owing people favors. Let's call it even."
Lu Jinshen frowned slightly when he heard the word 'other'. "Get out. I need to work."
Tong Qiao looked at the rash on Lu Jinshen's skin and couldn't help saying, "You're already in this state. Why are you still working? Can't you take a break?"
"Are you concerned about me?" Lu Jinshen raised his eyebrows slightly and smiled faintly.
"Pfft. Do I have nothing better to do? Why should I be concerned about you? "Tong Qiao carried the empty bowl and turned to leave the study.
Lu Jinshen continued to work. The medicine wouldn't take effect so quickly. If he didn't divert his attention, the itch would be too unbearable.
…
Three days later, Lu Jinshen's mother, Lu Meihua, came back from a business trip. She came to visit Tong Qiao and was very happy to hear that Tong Qiao was pregnant. Perhaps it was because she was in a high position all year round, but she exuded the capable and strict aura of a strong career woman. Even though she was happy, there was only a smile in her eyes and her expression softened slightly.
However, Tong Qiao liked Lu Meihua very much. She felt that she had the valiant and valiant aura of a female soldier.
Lu Meihua asked Auntie Lin to take good care of Tong Qiao and left in a hurry. She came here directly from the airport because there were many things waiting for her to deal with at the company.
Days passed. Every day, Lu Ziqian and Tong Qiao bickered and fought a battle of wits and courage. However, as long as there was an adult present, he would restrain himself and act like an obedient child who was being bullied.
Tong Qiao was so angry that she gritted her teeth, but she was not discouraged. Instead, she became braver. She did not believe that she could not take care of a little brat. Therefore, a few "duels" between the two were held in the villa almost every day.
. Auntie Lin was helpless against the adult and the child. She didn't know whether to laugh or cry at their antics.
Lu Jinshen was very busy. He left early in the morning and returned late at night. Sometimes, he couldn't even rest on Saturdays or Sundays. He was also often out on missions. Sometimes, he would leave for ten days to half a month. However, as long as he was free, he would accompany Tong Qiao. Most of the time, he would take Tong Qiao for a walk. He said that more exercise was good for the mother and the child.
Lu Meihua would visit Tong Qiao every now and then. She would buy some supplements for pregnant women and things that the child would need in the future. However, because she was busy, she would only stay for a short while before leaving.
Sheng Yufei would still visit the Lu family frequently. However, she chose the right time to visit. Lu Meihua wasn't around, and Lu Jinshen was at home.
However, after Tong Qiao said that at the dinner table last time, Lu Jinshen paid special attention to the distance between him and Sheng Yufei. Sheng Yufei was too thick-skinned. It was as if she didn't know that she was already in the past.
Tong Qiao felt that Sheng Yufei definitely had feelings for Lu Jinshen. She even wanted to use the child to get back together. However, she never said it out loud. She always used the identity of Lu Ziqian's mother to get close to Lu Jinshen. Sometimes, she would take advantage of the weekend when Lu Jinshen was at home and ask him to take Lu Ziqian out to play. Then, she would pretend to be generous and friendly and ask Tong Qiao if she wanted to go.
Tong Qiao knew that Sheng Yufei was just asking casually. She didn't really want her to be a third wheel. Of course, in Tong Qiao's eyes, Sheng Yufei was the third wheel.
However, Tong Qiao didn't let her have her way. She said that she would go every time. Looking at Sheng Yufei's smiling face and her eyes that were like needles, Tong Qiao was very happy.
Little girl, she had plenty of tricks to deal with the white lotus. In this era where family fights, palace fights, and fights between rich and powerful families were everywhere, even if she hadn't eaten pork, she would have seen pigs run.
However, Tong Qiao's way of dealing with things was different from those female protagonists on TV. She didn't hold back. No matter what, she would do it openly. If she didn't like it, she would say it out loud. If they got too close, she would tear them apart.
She was the real deal. Who was she afraid of?
In the beginning, Tong Qiao found it interesting to fight like this, especially when she saw Sheng Yufei gnashing her teeth in anger when she couldn't get the upper hand. She felt very happy. However, as time passed, Tong Qiao began to get tired of such open and secret fights.
The endless fights made her feel very tired. She felt that she had become a different person. She felt that this was not the home she wanted at all.
As a result, after getting along with Lu Jinshen during this period of time, the little bit of affection she had for him was also overshadowed by these fights.
Now, she just wanted to quickly give birth to the child and leave with the child. She wanted to be the unrestrained Tong Qiao of the past and live the life she wanted to live.
On this day, Tong Qiao came downstairs with a big belly. Auntie Zhou brought breakfast to the dining table.
When Tong Qiao was eating breakfast, she noticed that Auntie Zhou kept sighing. She asked her, "Auntie Zhou, what's wrong? Did something happen at home? "
Auntie Zhou shook her head. "I'm worried about Ziqian."
Tong Qiao took a sip of milk and asked casually, "Didn't the little devil go to school? Why are you worried about him? "
Auntie Zhou sat down opposite Tong Qiao. "Ziqian has a parent-child activity at school today. Jinshen originally agreed to accompany him, but he has a last-minute mission in the army and can't go."
"Just let Sheng Yufei go," Tong Qiao said.
"Yufei has something to do at the company and can't leave." Auntie Zhou sighed softly. "When I sent Ziqian to school this morning, he kept his head down and didn't speak. When we reached the school gate, I realized that his eyes were red. He must have been hiding and crying secretly."
Tong Qiao stopped eating her porridge and smiled. "Auntie Zhou, you're thinking too much. Other than pretending to be innocent in front of Lu Jinshen and pretending to cry when he bullies me, the little devil usually doesn't even cry when I spank him. Why would he cry over such a small matter?"
"Sigh …" Auntie Zhou sighed again. "Qiao 'er, you think too much of Ziqian. No matter what, he's still a five-year-old child. You don't know this, but the school often has parent-child activities or cultural performances. Jinshen and Yufei are both busy and almost never attend. There was once when I went to the school early to pick Ziqian up and happened to see them having an activity. Do you know what I saw? "
"Could it be that someone bullied him?"
Auntie Zhou nodded.
"What? Someone really bullied him?!" Tong Qiao immediately slammed the glass of milk in her hand on the table, as if her own child had been bullied. She was furious.
Translator: EndlessFantasy Translation
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