The evening breeze was cool, but it couldn't wipe away the indifference and anger on Zou Yu's face. This unmarried mother was wearing a light floral dress with a pink shawl draped over her exposed shoulders. Under Xu Le's instructions these days, Zou Yu seemed to be used to thinking about things as a mother, and she protected her body very well.
Zou Yu's tone was still a little condescending, which was the kind of arrogance that Xu Le found hard to accept. However, looking at the snow-white gauze on her cheek, Xu Le was silent for a while, and the little bit of unhappiness in his mood disappeared with the wind. He said with a smile, "It's half past nine."
Hearing his answer, Zou Yu, who had been accumulating anger for several hours, was stunned. Her delicate eyebrows slightly furrowed, and she said impatiently, "Why aren't you going to eat yet?"
Xu Le was slightly surprised. He took the bag in her hand, turned sideways, and asked, "You didn't eat at home?"
The eldest daughter of the Zou family lowered her head, showing a trace of shyness, and whispered, "I don't know how to cook …"
Xu Le's expression was calm, but in his heart, he was cursing Shi Qinghai, who had disappeared without a trace. He had a one-night stand, and in the end, he had to take care of such an idiotic pregnant woman!
Last night, he took Zou Yu to the hospital for bandaging, and at the same time, he made an appointment with the clinic for a pregnancy checkup today. Originally, Xu Le and Zou Yu had agreed that he would rush home as soon as possible after work today, and then pick her up to take her to the hospital. However, he didn't expect that the laboratory would become his exclusive zone today. Those thoughts that had been hidden for a long time couldn't help but jump out. In the afternoon, he saw the email again. Xu Le was so immersed in the problem of the engineering department's advanced twin engines that he forgot the time for a while …
Xu Le looked up at the sky, and saw that the two crescent moons had already risen from the horizon. He knew that it was very late, and the appointment with the hospital had already passed. This matter was indeed his fault. He laughed at himself, but then thought of another matter. He looked at Zou Yu curiously and asked, "Why are you here alone?"
"I'm starving at home."
In the past, Zou Yu's facial features were deep and cold, but now her eyebrows were gradually soft and delicate. It was probably the effect of pregnancy. She said coldly, "You don't care about me, of course, I have to find food. I can call for a taxi."
"I'm only thinking of one question. Lady Tai likes you so much to be her daughter-in-law … I always thought that after all these years, your family would at least let you practice your cooking skills." Xu Le carried his bag and held her arm as they walked to the parking lot.
After Zou Yu heard this, the expression on her face froze. After a moment, she sighed softly and didn't say anything. Instead, she covered her mouth with her hand and retched.
Xu Le frowned slightly and gently patted her back. According to the information he had checked, after a month of pregnancy, the nausea would not be as strong. Why did Zou Yu have such a strong pregnancy reaction?
Zou Yu angrily pushed his hand away. With some difficulty, she straightened up and said loudly, "I'm hungry, not nausea!"
As soon as she said this, Xu Le immediately felt guilty. Pregnant women couldn't be hungry, and at this time, he also felt that his stomach was starting to panic. In the afternoon, he used the mysterious power in his body. Although he didn't use it much, after so long, it finally started to remind him with a strong sense of hunger.
"Let's go home quickly. I'll cook for you," Xu Le said naturally.
"No, it's rare for us to come to the city. Of course, we have to eat something good." Zou Yu replied coldly. Zou Yu had lived in Xu Le's apartment in Wangdu for 20 days. Every day, other than walking in the community, she was resting on the sofa. Zou Yu, who liked to wear red, couldn't stand these boring days. She often ridiculed Xu Le for living in the suburbs. At this time, the two of them were at the entrance of the First Military Academy, so of course, they were in the city.
Xu Le was silent for a moment. In his heart, he also understood that it was not a good choice to let a pregnant woman stay at home, especially an unmarried mother like Zou Yu, cut off all ties with her previous luxurious life.
"You pick a place." Xu Le felt for the bank card in the pocket of his military uniform and confirmed that it was on him.
"Linyuan, do you know how to get there?"
"I don't know."
"I'll show you the way."
Zou Yu naturally sat in the passenger seat. She didn't expect that a commoner like Xu Le would know the gathering points of her social circle. However, when Xu Le carefully fastened her seat belt and gently closed the heavy door, a touch of warmth quietly appeared in her cold and mocking eyes.
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Linyuan was not a garden, but a clubhouse. It was said that it was originally a guest house of the HTD Bureau's forestry department of the Federation. Later, because of poor management, it was bought by a tycoon named Lin.
A black car without a logo slowly stopped in front of the clubhouse. Xu Le narrowed his eyes and looked through the large iron gate and the seemingly endless lawn behind the gate at the quiet courtyard shrouded in lights in the distance. He never would have thought that the place Zou Yu chose would be so luxurious. Earlier on the road, he already knew the origin of Linyuan. However, when he saw the rare scenery of the forest in the city, his heart slightly moved and he had some more ideas.
Just based on this oil painting, the business of the HTD Bureau's guest house couldn't have been bad. Everything in the world had a price, but the scenery was priceless. The tycoon named Lin could not have bought this place just because he had too much money. His identity and status were definitely not ordinary.
What surprised him even more was that in the distance, under the night vision lights, there were a few protruding mountain peaks. The cliffs were white, and there was a trace of absolute beauty in the beauty. Earlier, there was actually a commercial plane that slowly landed under the contrast of these white peaks.
This scene was really too shocking. It seemed that there was actually an airport behind Linyuan. Xu Le was a very ordinary person, but since escaping from the Donglin District, he had coincidentally met many big shots in the Federation. He had experienced interstellar travel and also sat in Tai Zhiyuan's private jet. However, when he suddenly saw such a scene, he still found it hard to suppress his discomfort.
At this time, the iron gate was already open. Under the respectful gaze of the service staff, the black car slowly drove along the hidden path in the lawn and into the depths. Xu Le narrowed his eyes and looked at the picturesque scenery outside the car window. He couldn't help but think of the Star Clubhouse in Linhai. Although it was also called a clubhouse like Linyuan, the difference was really too big.
Tai Zhiyuan and Zou Yu were a match made in heaven by Lady Tai and Deputy Minister Zou. However, Tai Zhiyuan's trip to Linyuan was completed with Xu Le's company, and Zou Yu became a pregnant woman that Xu Le had to take care of for a long time. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but turn around and look at Zou Yu beside him.
He was slightly surprised to see that Zou Yu's expression was a little strange at this time. She quietly looked at the scenery outside the window, but her hands were in front of her chest. Her slender fingers were tightly grasping the hem of the red shawl. She looked a little nervous.
As the daughter of the Deputy Minister of National Defense and the future daughter-in-law of the Tai family, Xu Le obviously knew that she couldn't be like him, a country bumpkin, who couldn't adapt to the luxurious atmosphere of Linyuan, so he was a little strange. He lowered his voice and asked, "What's wrong?"
Zou Yu's face was a little pale. Her unpainted eyebrows were extremely delicate. She slightly frowned and said, "I suddenly thought of something."
Xu Le didn't answer. He waited.
"I'm pregnant." Zou Yu's slightly pale face showed a touch of embarrassment and anger. She turned her head and stared fiercely at Xu Le. She said in an extremely cold voice, "How can I meet people like this?"
Xu Le was slightly startled. He immediately understood what she was worried about. Every circle had its own way of life. He might not be able to understand it, but when a proud and cold girl in red returned to her former circle and suddenly became an unmarried mother, no matter which social class she was in, it was not something to be proud of.
He narrowed his eyes and straightforwardly said, "Let's go back."
Just as he was about to turn the steering wheel, Zou Yu fell into silence. Her face gradually returned to normal. Immediately, a cold and ruthless light flashed through her eyes. She slowly said, "No need … I also understand that this matter can't be hidden from anyone forever. I just want to give birth to this child. It has nothing to do with you, and it has nothing to do with those people."
Xu Le was silent. He didn't know why, but he suddenly found himself admiring the girl beside him more and more.
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Linyuan's hall was extremely spacious. The brightness of the lights in the hall was controlled very well. The diners could just look through the transparent floor-to-ceiling glass and admire the dreamlike scenery of mountains and rivers that was illuminated by the lights for who knows how many kilometers behind Linyuan.
Through the glass, Xu Le looked at the lake and the white cliff on the other side of the lake. He sighed in his heart. Just the large searchlights that illuminated the mountain peaks cost a lot of money every night. That tycoon surnamed Lin was rich and overbearing, but he also had some guts in his heart.
Zou Yu stubbornly and proudly chose the most conspicuous seat in the hall. She silently sat across from Xu Le and elegantly and calmly took small bites of the exquisite food. The Tai family was definitely the most mysterious family in the Federation. However, Zou Yu, who was used to wearing red, wouldn't deliberately keep a low profile. Especially after her father suddenly took over the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense at the end of the year, the relationship between the Zou family and the mysterious Tai family was very clear in the eyes of some people.
Those who could eat in Linyuan weren't ordinary people. They knew who the girl in red by the window was, but they didn't know who the young man in civilian military uniform sitting across from her was. At least, they weren't stupid enough to think that the young man was the crown prince of the Tai family.
Therefore, they were very curious. When they saw Zou Yu's slightly bulging stomach, they couldn't hide their shock. Fortunately, the guests who came in and out of Linyuan were all very shrewd people. They quickly wiped the shock from their faces. However, the scene was unavoidably awkward, so no one came up to greet Miss Zou.
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