Chapter 136: The Taste of Not Finding Her, I Don’t Want to Experience It a Second Time

“Hmm!” Jiang Xiaochao nodded repeatedly, then thought of something and shouted, “My dad is a big scoundrel too! He got Mom’s belly big!”

“…”

Hu Yao blushed and quickly covered his little mouth.

They had been busy making bamboo shoots all morning, and they finished just before mealtime. They ate a simple meal together and then went to town.

Hu Yao went to the hospital to check on the baby as usual, while Du Xiumei went to see if she was pregnant.

She was indeed pregnant, a little over a month.

Even after receiving the doctor’s repeated confirmation, she still couldn’t quite believe it and felt a little dazed.

She and Song Sikai wouldn’t have to steal anyone’s children anymore?

Du Xiumei looked down at her still flat stomach and curiously touched it with her hand.

Seeing her like this, Hu Yao chuckled. She had the same look when she first found out she was pregnant.

“Uncle Sikai is a big scoundrel too!”

Jiang Xiaochao knew that Du Xiumei was also pregnant with a baby, and remembering what Du Xiumei had told him, he shouted it out loud.

He kept telling others, and there was no stopping him.

Du Xiumei was still embarrassed and hugged him tightly, covering his little mouth.

Qiu Yingwen was very happy for Du Xiumei when she learned she was pregnant. She gave her a lot of advice and told her not to be so carefree and run around and get into fights with people anymore.

This “getting into fights with people” probably referred to her not being able to catch Tang Haofei and keep messing around with him, which was also troublesome.

Du Xiumei pouted. Actually, she hadn’t hit Tang Haofei in a long time. She used to beat him because she was so angry and was taking it out on him for Qiu Yingwen. Now, he was being a pervert, actively coming up to her and asking her to hit him! She didn’t even want to hit him anymore.

“Sikai will be so happy to know you’re pregnant.” Qiu Yingwen brought the topic back to her pregnancy.

“Who knows about him?” Du Xiumei snorted. “He said raising a child is no better than raising a dog.”

“He’s just trying to appease you and make you happy.” Qiu Yingwen laughed.

These days, which man wouldn’t want more children? Song Sikai was so good to Du Xiumei, it was rare. Qiu Yingwen was very happy for her and for Du Xiumei.

“By the way, Ayao, Xiujie came by earlier and left some money for you. She went back to Kyoto.” Qiu Yingwen remembered Hu Xiujie’s request and took out the money to give to Hu Yao.

Hu Xiujie left in a hurry and didn’t even have time to say goodbye to Hu Yao.

“Sister Xiujie left?” Hu Yao’s hand holding the cake stopped. She had been thinking about going to see her at Qiu Yingwen’s place and buying some cakes to take over.

“Her son seems to be sick.” Qiu Yingwen sighed. After a woman has a child, the one she cares about the most is her child.

Qiu Yingwen had learned a bit about Hu Xiujie’s situation in the past few days. She said she wanted a divorce and didn’t even want the child, but how could she really say she didn’t want the child after carrying it for ten months and giving birth to it?

Hu Yao held the money and tickets Hu Xiujie left for her and pursed her lips. She always said that she was being distant with her, but actually, it was her who was being distant.

…

“Why aren’t you asleep yet?”

In the middle of the night, Jiang Han came back covered in dirt. He had been at the construction site today and was completely filthy.

Hu Yao had gone to bed early, and he deliberately lightened his steps when he entered the room.

But she wasn’t asleep yet, sitting in the corner of the bed, not sure what she was doing.

He turned on the light and saw her counting money.

Money all over the bed.

She was slightly hunched over, counting with no enthusiasm, not even seeming very happy. It was boring.

“Are you bored? Don’t you want to go blind?” He was annoyed.

She was counting money, just counting money. What was she counting in the dark?

“Why are you back so late?” Hu Yao looked at the time on the delicate and small ladies’ watch by the bed, raised her eyes to look at him, and yawned.

He had bought this watch for her when he came back from a trip last time. He gave her two gold bracelets, but she didn’t get used to wearing them, so she took them off and put them away. So he bought her this watch.

She didn’t know what was wrong with her tonight, she tossed and turned but couldn’t fall asleep. She thought of the money Hu Xiujie gave her, took it out of her money bag, and put it in the money box.

Jiang Han often brought home money for her, and the money box was already full. She hadn’t counted it before, and she was bored and couldn’t sleep, so she counted it by the moonlight coming in from the window.

She was almost asleep when he came back.

“Do you have to wait for me to come back before you sleep?” Jiang Han saw her sleepy and slightly dazed look, and his tone was dissatisfied, but his mood was extremely good.

Now she knew she couldn’t sleep without him around? She never waited for him before.

He could just come back earlier from now on!

“Sister Xiujie went back to Kyoto, and I couldn’t sleep.” Hu Yao spoke softly. “I didn’t even…”

Jiang Han’s face turned black. Alright, he was being sentimental! This woman was not sleeping because of him!

It was because of that Hu Xiujie again!

Was Hu Xiujie made of gold? She was so fond of her!

No, he had given her gold, and she didn’t seem that fond of it. What did she actually like?

He glanced at her, found his clothes, and strode to the shower room to take a shower. When he came out, he casually put the money on the bed back into the money box.

“Go to sleep! She’s gone, so are you going to follow her?” He was displeased.

“You’re so fierce, Sister Xiujie doesn’t come to see me much anymore, you won’t even let me go find her.” Hu Yao was depressed, thinking that it was because of him that Hu Xiujie was so polite to her.

She was blaming him!

How come this Hu Xiujie seemed more annoying than Zhong Jinghuai? Hu Xiujie, Hu Xiujie, all the time!

And Hu Xiujie loved to eat this and that, she kept mentioning it and even prepared to send it to Hu Xiujie. Why didn’t she ever ask him what he liked to eat?

Jiang Han became increasingly angry.

“Do you have to go find her if I don’t let you?” He glared at her. She was being hypocritical.

“Are you saying that I’m the reason she wants a divorce?”

She’s being unreasonable. It’s good enough that I let her stay with Hu Xiujie.

Thankfully, that woman Hu Xiujie left! It’s good she left, it saves me from constantly seeing her and disliking Hu Yao. I want to discipline her but I can’t. She’s relying on the fact that she’s carrying my child, so I have to tolerate her!

“It’s just that you always give her a cold shoulder. Sister Xiujie really likes Chaochao and is very good to him.” Hu Yao is completely unafraid of his angry face.

“Who do I not give a cold shoulder to? Is Jiang Fuchao afraid? Are you afraid?”

“I even served her tea, what more do you want? Do you want me to kneel down and kowtow to her three times to thank her for temporarily putting the divorce aside and coming over to take you away?”

Jiang Han sneered.

“She likes Jiang Fuchao so much, you should let her take Jiang Fuchao away, give him to her! You run? You try it!”

“…”

“I’ve told you I won’t run!” Hu Yao hit him in frustration, saying it so many times but he still doesn’t believe her.

“Who knows!” Jiang Han was annoyed. First Zhong Jinghuai, then Hu Xiujie, one after another popping up. Who knows who will come next.

I’ve spent so much effort, money, and energy raising her for so long. If she runs off without me noticing, where will I find her? I still have to earn money to support both of them, and I can’t watch her all the time!

Before she was stupid, she would only run around in the village. Now that she’s smarter, who knows how far she can run. The last time I couldn’t find her in the middle of the night, I don’t want to experience that again!