Chapter 92

On the weekend, He Yunqi, who had been missing his little aunt and younger sister, finally returned to the family at the brigade clinic.

His little aunt loved him the most, so as soon as he returned to the clinic, she immediately made candied chestnuts for him.

The chestnuts were still in the pot, and little He Yunqi was jumping up and down, trying to jump onto the stove.

“Go aside, don’t touch your aunt’s belly.”

He Ting pulled him away, but He Yunqi wasn’t happy: “I want to eat candied chestnuts! What’s wrong with aunt’s belly?”

“Big brother is so silly!”

Little Ranran made a funny face at him: “Aunt has a little brother in her belly.”

“Ah!”

He Yunqi was confused: “Am I going to be an older brother?”

Realizing that Lu Baiwei was pregnant with a little brother, He Yunqi felt a little disappointed. He thought he was likely to lose favor.

But, now that there was going to be a little brother…

Could he be the boss now?

The other little Tang family kids said he was the youngest, so they didn’t want him to be the boss.

He Yunqi was happy when he thought about this and clung to Lu Baiwei: “Aunt, when the little brother is born, can I be the boss?”

“Yes, you can be the boss.”

Lu Baiwei smiled and packed the chestnuts she had fried into a paper bag made from cowhide.

“You’re going to be the boss, so can you help your aunt with something?”

“This bag is for you and Ranran. Keep it to eat, but you have to peel the chestnuts and feed your sister, okay?”

He Yunqi nodded eagerly, showing that he would listen and behave.

Lu Baiwei continued giving him instructions: “This bag, you help aunt deliver to Aunt Yueying.”

“Okay, Aunt, I’ll complete the task.”

He Yunqi seemed to have suddenly grown up, acting like a little man as he grabbed the small basket and ran to deliver the chestnuts to Zhou Yueying’s room.

The little guy ran so fast, and soon came back, holding a few pieces of candy in his palm.

He gave two pieces to Ranran, two to Lu Baiwei, and kept none for himself.

“Give some candy to aunt’s little brother in her belly.”

Here is the translation:

“Give some candy to the little brother in Aunt’s belly.”

“We’re growing up, little Qi is starting to look like an older brother.”

Lu Baiwei returned the candy to him: “But the little brother can’t eat candy right now. When he comes out of Aunt’s belly, you can give him some candy, okay?”

He Yunqi obediently nodded.

Lu Baiwei took out a large bag of chestnuts and handed it to him: “Take your sister to Aunt Yunling’s house to play. Share this bag of chestnuts with the little Tang family kids.”

“If there’s something tasty, they’ll recognize you as the boss today.”

He Yunqi had a mysterious obsession with being the boss.

He excitedly replied, “Okay, Aunt.”

“I’ll be the boss of the little Tang family, and you’re my boss.”

“Aunt, I’ll always recognize you as the boss.”

“Such sweet words.”

Little Ranran stuck out her tongue at her brother, and Lu Baiwei pinched his cheek: “Go on, take your sister to play.”

The one who’s going to be the boss is the proudest.

He Yunqi puffed out his chest, grabbed the chestnuts, and called to Ranran: “Let’s go, I’ll hold your hand.”

He Yunqi, like a little adult, led his sister to find the little Tang family kids.

After helping Lu Baiwei scoop the remaining chestnuts out of the pot, He Ting pulled her to sit down in a chair.

“Did you get tired from working for a while?”

He Ting reached out and touched her belly.

Lu Baiwei laughed: “It’s not like I can feel anything yet. The baby is still only as big as a grain of rice in my belly.”

Since finding out she was pregnant, He Ting had treated her like fragile porcelain, always worried about her getting tired. He would even help her walk.

Lu Baiwei was both amused and touched.

Because this gesture from He Ting meant that he cared for her deeply.

For a harmonious marriage, it’s important to value each other’s feelings.

Today was the day the brigade was bringing back breeding rabbits, but Liu Zaicheng and Zhou Yanfeng, who were responsible for buying the rabbits, still hadn’t returned from the commune.

He Ting wasn’t in a hurry to go to the rabbit farm.

He Ting wasn’t in a hurry to go to the rabbit farm.

Lu Baiwei gave He Ting a chance to show off: “Then peel the chestnuts for me.”

“My baby in my belly says he wants to eat candied chestnuts.”

It was rare for his Weiwei to mention wanting something. As soon as the chestnuts came out of the pot, He Ting wanted to peel them for her to eat.

Since they were still a bit hot, he let them cool down first.

The chestnuts were initially scored and then fried.

He Ting replied to Lu Baiwei and peeled several chestnuts for her. When no one was around, he started feeding them to her, one by one.

Was it really necessary?

Lu Baiwei felt a little embarrassed: “I can do it myself.”

She reached out to take the peeled chestnuts, but He Ting was determined to feed them to her.

“My son says he wants to eat the chestnuts fed by Daddy.”

When He Ting said this, the corners of his mouth lifted in a broad smile.

When this man smiled like that, he was truly dazzling.

Lu Baiwei, mesmerized by his charm, reached out to pinch his face.

“How do you know it’s a son?”

“A daughter is even better, like little Ranran, so lovable.”

He Ting affectionately leaned in and kissed her on the cheek: “Weiwei, I prefer a daughter.”

“It doesn’t matter whether it’s a son or a daughter, as long as it’s our child, I’ll love it.”

He Ting was thinking that He Yunqi had taken Ranran to the Tang family to deliver the chestnuts.

There was no one in the house, and the newlywed couple was in their sweetest phase, naturally enjoying the most intimate time together.

What they didn’t know was that someone was peeking in from outside the window at midday.

That person was Lu Jiaojiao.

As soon as Lu Jiaojiao approached the brigade clinic, the smell of fried chestnuts made her stomach growl. Drawn by the sweet aroma, she found herself walking uncontrollably towards Lu Baiwei’s new house. She hid behind the bamboo thicket and peeked into the kitchen.

When she saw little Qi and Ranran come out, with a paper bag in their basket, she guessed it was filled with candied chestnuts.

She was just so hungry.

She was so hungry.

If she weren’t worried about disturbing He Ting and Lu Baiwei, she would have been so greedy that she almost reached out to grab the chestnuts and eat them.

After little Qi and Ranran left, she quietly approached the kitchen window, found a spot where He Ting and Lu Baiwei couldn’t see her, and hid behind it to spy.

He Ting was feeding Lu Baiwei chestnuts.

This scene was too eye-catching!

The person smiling at Lu Baiwei, with that adoring gaze, feeding her chestnuts was actually He Ting?

Wasn’t He Ting always the cold, expressionless type who never smiled?

Seeing how He Ting and Lu Baiwei interacted, Lu Jiaojiao finally realized that this was how a loving couple behaved.

Thinking of her relationship with Yin Zhihé, which was like that of enemies, and how Shen Guixiang wanted Yin Zhihé to divorce her, Lu Jiaojiao felt as bitter as if she had swallowed a mouthful of bitter herbs.

What made her even more desperate was that, from He Ting and Lu Baiwei’s shameless talk, she learned that Lu Baiwei was pregnant.

How could Lu Baiwei be pregnant?

Wasn’t she supposed to be infertile?

No, wait!

It was Yin Zhihé who couldn’t perform in that regard.

But Lu Baiwei, after marrying He Ting, could get pregnant?

It had always been Yin Zhihé who couldn’t father children, and now she was the one who couldn’t have children either.

He Ting had even said, “Weiwei, it doesn’t matter if it’s a son or a daughter, I’ll love it.”

Lu Jiaojiao felt a deep, painful bitterness in her heart.

In their brigade, people favored sons over daughters—whether it was Shen Guixiang, or Lu Jianguo and Liu Chunhua, they were all like that.

But He Ting said, “Weiwei, as long as it’s your child, I’ll love it.”

Did he say that because he loved Lu Baiwei, regardless of whether it was a son or a daughter?

Why?

Why was the person He Ting loved not her?