246: Chapter 246 Baby is a Warm Man 246: Chapter 246 Baby is a Warm Man When they met up with Ms.
Xuan, it was exactly twelve o’clock.
There happened to be a private restaurant nearby, so the group found a private room, sat down, and decided to have lunch before going shopping.
“Godmother, did you gain some weight?”
Su Baobao wanted to ask this question when he saw Ms.
Xuan, but because there were quite a few people around outside, he held back.
After all, women are rather sensitive about their figures.
So as soon as they sat down, he asked.
Ms.
Xuan didn’t get angry.
She took his little hand and pulled him close, leaned forward slightly, and made eye contact with the little guy.
She reached out and playfully scraped his little nose, saying, “You haven’t seen me for a while, and your observation skills have improved a lot, huh?
Pretty impressive.”
Although the little guy asked that, his mouth was sweet.
You could hear him say in his milk-like voice: “Godmother, but even if you’ve gained a little bit of weight, you are still beautiful, and it seems even more than before.”
Jing Yuan laughed because of him, kissed his little cheek, and said, “Ah, as expected of my godson, you really have a way with words.”
Following that, she asked: “So between your mom and me, who do you think is more beautiful?”
The little guy didn’t answer immediately but thought for a moment before he replied.
“Baobao can’t choose.”
“Why not?”
Su Baobao blinked his eyes, his long eyelashes fluttering, looking extremely adorable.
He replied: “Because in Baobao’s heart, mom and godmother are both beautiful.
Mom is like a coldly stunning white rose, and godmother is like a fiery red rose.
They have different personalities, but Baobao likes them both.”
Ms.
Xuan tapped his little head and said, “Who taught you to talk like this, huh?
A whole set of compliments.”
Su Baobao: “Self-taught~”
After finishing his sentence, he didn’t forget to look towards Jiang You beside him and said with a smile, “Little aunt is also very beautiful in Baobao’s heart, like a fresh little daisy.”
Jiang You didn’t expect to be included in the conversation.
She originally didn’t want to join in on this topic, as she knew that her looks indeed couldn’t compare to Sister-in-law and Ms.
Xuan.
“Ah, little aunt hasn’t spoiled you for nothing, come here, give me a kiss.”
Jiang You leaned over, held his little face, and kissed him.
Just right, symmetrically, he now had a lipstick mark on each side.
The little guy treated everyone equally, not favoring one over the other.
Ms.
Xuan gave him a deep look and then turned to Su He, who hadn’t uttered a word, and said, “Baobao, will my godson end up being a playboy in the future?”
Su He said indifferently, “No, that’s called being charming.”
Su He glanced at the lipstick marks on the little guy’s face and couldn’t bear to look.
She waved him over, “Come here to mommy.”
Once Su Baobao approached, Su He pulled out a wet wipe and gently cleaned the lipstick marks from his face.
Then, she said: “Baobao, when you grow up, if other women ask you such a question, you just need to follow your heart to answer, there’s no need to try to keep everything balanced, okay?”
Su Baobao promptly agreed, “Oh, okay, mommy.”
Then, he looked towards Ms.
Xuan, with a sincere expression, and said, “Godmother, don’t worry, Baobao won’t become a playboy.”
Ms.
Xuan: “…”
She was just joking earlier; he didn’t need to take it so seriously, ha…
After lunch, they went to the nearby Global Mall.
The main objective for today was to accompany Ms.
Xuan at the mall since she was starting to buy items for the baby.
Indeed, she could have just instructed someone to deliver everything straight to her home, but she wanted to personally handpick them, which made it more meaningful.
Thus, on this freezing New Year’s Day, Su He and Jiang You braved the cold to shop with their girlfriend.
Two hours later.
“Ms.
Xuan, do you want to take a break?”
Inside a maternity and baby store, Jiang You sat slouched on a chair, looking utterly dejected.
Isn’t this too tiring?
Why didn’t she feel tired before?
Could it be that she’s been going out to shop too infrequently recently?
But when she looked back at Jing Xuan, she didn’t seem tired at all, and she was even pregnant…
This was simply against the natural order…
“I’m not tired.” Jing Xuan said, “You guys rest here for a bit, I can pick stuff by myself.”
“I’ll go with you.” Su He said.
She didn’t feel comfortable letting her go shopping alone.
Then, she lowered her gaze towards Su Yimo and said, “Baby, you stay here and rest with your little auntie for a while.”
Su Yimo obediently replied, “Okay, Mommy, I will take good care of little auntie.”
Posing like a little adult.
“Good.”
Su He patted his little head and then went with Jing Xuan to select items.
The little guy stood in front of Jiang You, blinking and saying, “Little auntie, let Baobao give your legs a massage?”
Before Jiang You could speak, the little guy squatted in front of her and his small hands began to knead her calf muscles.
Jiang You was pleasantly surprised, feeling full of emotion.
“You really are little auntie’s sweet little angel.”
Jiang You bent slightly, reaching out to pinch his little cheek.
Then, in the corner of her eye, she caught a glimpse of a familiar figure outside the glass window walking this way.
She immediately became alert.
She quickly said to the little guy squatting on the ground, “Baby, something important is about to happen.”
“Ah?” Su Baobao lifted his head in confusion and asked in his baby voice, “Little auntie, what important thing?”
Jiang You immediately picked him up, then pointed at the figure outside the glass window, and whispered, “The woman in the beige coat is your godmother’s rival in love, and the other older woman always causes trouble for your godmother, making her unhappy.
We can’t let your godmother run into them during the New Year and affect her mood.”
Su Baobao nodded, showing he understood, and asked, “So, little auntie, what should we do?”
Jiang You pondered for a moment and said, “Mmm, just make sure they don’t run into your godmother.”
She was also quite puzzled.
This is Yue City, and today is the first day of the New Year; why are these people from Beijing here to shop?
While she was puzzled, Su Baobao suddenly exclaimed in surprise, “Little auntie, look, isn’t that Godfather Lu, godmother’s husband?”
What?
What on earth is a Godfather Lu?
Jiang You followed his little finger and looked.
Indeed, Zhiyang was also there.
This is bad!
If they met, it would be a chaotic scene!
“Little auntie, what should we do?” the little guy asked.
“…”
On the other side.
“Zhiyang, I’ll accompany Mrs.
Lu to the restroom,” Ye Hanqing said.
Lu Zhiyang responded indifferently, not saying much more.
Not long after they left, suddenly a small figure rushed towards him.
“Godfather Lu~”
Accompanied by a tender childish voice.
Lu Zhiyang looked down and saw, wasn’t this Ah Yan’s little brat?
He looked up and around, but did not see Jiang Yan and Su He.
“Little fella, why are you here alone?
Where are your dad and your mom?” he asked.
The man’s stern face softened a lot, and his tone also became much gentler.
The little guy looked up, replying, “My daddy didn’t come.”
Seeing him looking up with such effort, he simply bent down, holding the little guy’s hand and said, “Then who did you come here with?”
The little guy promptly replied, “Mommy, little auntie, and godmother.”
Then, he pointed to a maternity and baby store not far away, “Godmother and the others are inside buying baby stuff.”
Lu Zhiyang, hearing that Jing Xuan was here too, paused in surprise.
He knew she had returned yesterday, but he didn’t go looking for her, simply because she said she didn’t want to see him.
Seeing him would upset her, especially during the festive season, and he didn’t want to add to her troubles, so he respected her wishes.
Moreover, Grandpa wasn’t feeling well, so he made a trip back to Beijing.
This morning, Zhang Lanying mentioned she wanted to visit an old friend, who just happened to be in Yue City, so they came back together.
The reason he appeared here with Zhang Lanying was to choose a gift for the visit to her old friend in the afternoon.
After the little guy finished speaking, there was silence from the man for a long time, then he added softly, “Godfather Lu, Aunt didn’t notice you, only I and my younger aunt saw you.
She meant for you to quickly take those two women and leave, definitely don’t run into them, otherwise, it will affect Aunt’s good mood.”
Lu Zhiyang watched as the little guy spouted a bunch of words, and had to admit, he was quite adorable.
The man raised his hand and rubbed the kid’s head, saying, “Alright, Godfather knows.”
But just at that moment, Ye Hanqing returned.
She saw Lu Zhiyang half-squatting, his perennially stern face unexpectedly showing a tender smile.
Standing in front of him was a child, and looking at him like this, he had an aura of a loving father.
It turned out, he liked children.
“Zhiyang,” she called out to him and approached them, asking, “Whose child is this?”
It wasn’t until she drew closer that she looked down at Su Yimo’s little face and paused.
This face looked a lot like Jiang Yan, and somewhat familiar; she seemed to have seen it somewhere…
Suddenly, she remembered attending Old Mr.
Su’s birthday banquet in Beijing, and at the banquet, this child was sitting with Su He.
Could it be… this is Jiang Yan and Su He’s child?
Back then, they hadn’t heard this child calling Jiang Yan and Su He, but they just thought the child looked like Jiang Yan.
She had never heard about Su He having a child.
Ye Hanqing had just asked when Lu Zhiyang’s expression reverted to its previous indifference.
He said indifferently, “It has nothing to do with you.”
The implication was: Don’t ask questions you shouldn’t!
Ye Hanqing’s face stiffened: “…”
She bit her lip, feeling somewhat aggrieved, and lowered her voice, “Zhiyang, I…
didn’t mean anything by it, I just wanted to ask if the child got separated from his parents, in case he needed help.”
The little guy was quite observant; it seemed as if Godfather really didn’t like this woman getting close.
And her voice was so unpleasant to listen to, why was she speaking in such a nasally voice?
“Auntie, is your throat uncomfortable?” the little guy curiously inquired.
“Eh?”
Ye Hanqing was stupefied by his unexpected question.
The kid continued, “Then why are you talking through your nose?
It sounds so weird.”
Ye Hanqing’s face turned blank: “…”
Then, with confusion evident in his big, round eyes, he asked in a baby voice, “Also, auntie, why do you look so wronged?
It doesn’t seem like my godfather bullied you.”
Ye Hanqing, faced with question after question from Su Baobao, found her expression becoming increasingly unsightly.
This child had essentially exposed her act of weakness in front of Lu Zhiyang, but these words came from a child’s mouth.
She had no reason to be angry, nor could she possibly refute a child’s statements.
Otherwise, it would seem as if she were petty.
However, when she heard the little boy calling Zhiyang “Godfather,” she was stunned.
What did that mean?
She wasn’t aware that Lu Zhiyang had a “godson.”
Looking at the man with a puzzled face, she started to ask, “Zhiyang, why does this child call you—”
She hesitated to say the last two words, but she knew Lu Zhiyang understood.
The man’s handsome face remained indifferent as he spoke, “There aren’t so many whys, and I don’t need to explain so much to you.
If my mom comes out later, just tell her I’m still a bit busy and that you can continue shopping on your own.”
Without further ado, he slightly bent down, picked up Su Baobao, and turned to leave.
Ye Hanqing could only watch, with wide eyes, as he left without a hint of consideration for her feelings, her face turning ashen.
“Godfather, where are you taking me?” Su Baobao looked up at the man with confusion and asked, “If you take me away, what will happen if Aunt and the others meet up later?”
Lu Zhiyang replied, “They won’t.”
And then, the little guy saw the man pull out his phone and make a call.
Listening to the man’s conversation, Su Baobao blinked and exclaimed, “It’s so nice to have money and power, to book a whole place on a whim.”
He had booked out the entire floor above them and instructed staff to start evacuating it, but only the level Ye Hanqing and Zhang Lanying were on was being cleared, while the other floors operated as normal.
However, from that moment on, no more customers were allowed to come up.
When Zhang Lanying came out of the restroom, she saw many people starting to leave from this floor.
“Hanqing, what’s going on?” Zhang Lanying walked over and asked.
Ye Hanqing was also clueless, still immersed in the scene of Lu Zhiyang carrying away that child.
She said, “Auntie, I don’t know either.”
She really didn’t know.
Zhang Lanying glanced around again, not seeing her eldest son, and asked, “Where is Zhiyang?
Wasn’t he here just now?”
Ye Hanqing slightly lowered her head, bit her red lips, and said, “Auntie, Zhiyang left carrying a child, he said he had some matters to take care of and couldn’t stay with us.”
“What?” Zhang Lanying’s pupils dilated, and she demanded, “What child?”
Ye Hanqing: “That child, I’ve seen him before, he was also at Old Mr.
Su’s birthday banquet, and at that time, it seemed like he was following Su He.”
Before Zhang Lanying could respond, a security guard came over with a serious expression and said, “Ladies, please leave this floor as soon as possible, and forgive us for any lack of hospitality.”
Upon hearing this, Zhang Lanying’s brows furrowed, clearly displeased, “Why should we leave?”
The security guard responded, neither servile nor haughty, “Madam, we’ve also just received a sudden notice to clear this floor.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
If you have any complaints, you can submit them at the counter on the first floor where a representative will address them.
But for now, please cooperate with our work, thank you.”
Although the security guard spoke seriously and somewhat impersonally, his attitude was good.
Thereby, even if Zhang Lanying wanted to get angry, she couldn’t, as that would make her seem unreasonable.
At this moment, Jing Xuan and Su He inside the maternity store were unaware of what was happening outside, still earnestly picking out items for the baby, mostly Jing Xuan, with Su He occasionally offering suggestions.
Moreover, Lu Zhiyang had specifically instructed not to disturb anyone in this store, so no one went in to bother them, and naturally, they didn’t know.
Only Jiang You looked bewildered as she watched one person after another being escorted out by the security through the glass window.
Could this be Zhiyang’s doing?
She could only inwardly exclaim: It’s great to be rich, to clear a floor or book the whole place on a whim, when could she ever have a man willing to do that for her?
Right then, Lu Zhiyang appeared in the maternity store, carrying Su Baobao.
Besides fearing her brother, Jiang You was actually quite timid facing Lu Zhiyang; otherwise, she wouldn’t have just sent Su Baobao to find him earlier.
She cheerfully called out, “Zhiyang, what a coincidence.”
Lu Zhiyang made an unemotional “Hmm,” asking, “Where is she?”
Jiang You immediately pointed inside and said, “Ms.
Xuan is there, accompanied by my sister-in-law.”
The man acknowledged and handed Su Baobao back to her before heading inside.
“Baobao, which one do you think looks better, this one or that one?”
Jing Xuan was holding up a blue and a pink outfit in front of herself, comparing them, then asking Su He to choose.
This was the question Su He had heard most today.
Since they didn’t know if it was a boy or a girl, Jing Xuan was conflicted about whether to buy items for a boy or a girl, and in the end…
she simply bought both.
But she still asked.
Su He helplessly said, “Xiaxia, actually, you don’t need to hurry to buy these, there will be plenty of time to shop after the baby is born.”
“Moreover, you don’t even know whether the baby in your belly is a boy or a girl, buying so much and bringing it back, you definitely won’t use one set, isn’t that wasting money?
Although I know you’re not short on money, we should still exercise restraint and promote our ancestral virtue of frugality.”
But the next second, Jing Xuan said, “Who says it won’t be used?”
Su He raised her eyebrows, puzzled: “?”
Jing Xuan said, “Then I’ll just have another one.”
Su He: “You want to have another one with him?”
Jing Xuan: “Who said I’ll have it with him?
Besides, Lu Zhiyang isn’t the only man in the world.”
Right then, Su He noticed Lu Zhiyang, who had appeared at the maternity store at some point, and was startled.
“Mommy’s rich, I can just find someone else with good genes to have another child, and there are plenty of men out there with better genes than his surname Lu’s…”
But Xiaxia was still talking…
She coughed lightly and suggested, “Xiaxia, let’s talk about this when we get back, okay…”
Jing Xuan: “Why wait until we get back to talk?
What is there to be afraid of, he can’t hear us, and besides, I haven’t said anything wrong, I…”
At that moment, a low, magnetic, and cold voice came from behind her.
“If not with me, Mrs.
Lu intends to have a child with whom?”