Yu Antong only smiled. He was very good at “barking”; but this time, it wasn’t like what Han Lele thought – he really wasn’t deliberately sprinkling dog food.
Yu Antong thought to himself, ‘It’s not that married people are different, it’s that pregnant people are different.’
The two chatted for a minute or two. Since Han Lele was busy, their call ended soon after.
Yu Antong wanted to wait until Xing Lixuan came home from work to discuss this matter with him. But he received a call from Xing Lixuan, saying that there was a business dinner to attend tonight, and he might have to go home late.
“Baby, go to bed early after dinner, don’t wait for me,” Xing Lixuan said worriedly, “Watch your feet when taking a bath. Be careful not to slip.”
Yu Antong was so cared for by him, making him feel warm all over. He touched his belly, complaining under his breath, “This Father Xing, aren’t you so talkative? There is a non-slip mat in the bathroom, how stupid am I to slip on it? Aah, you sure worry too much.”
Xing Lixuan smiled and replied, “No way, my worry isn’t too much. Else, no need to shower today. You don’t go out often, your body is clean, it’s okay if you don’t take a shower for a day or two.”
“Do you really think of me as a baby?” Yu Antong teased him back, “Please, I’m already in my twenties, of course I know how to wash myself. I’m just pregnant, with an extra big belly, what do you have to worry about?”
Thinking of an interesting scene, Yu Antong couldn’t help laughing at him and said, “Don’t worry about me, worry about yourself! I’m the one who’s pregnant, but you’re the one with prenatal anxiety.”
“You heartless little imp,” Hearing Yu Antong’s teasing, Xing Lixuan scolded him with a smile, “I just care for you too much, because I love you too much. You are my little baby.”
Yu Antong didn’t expect that Xing Lixuan would suddenly confess his love. After all, he was a relatively reserved person – sure, he was more caring lately, but it’s just on the level of calling him with endearing nicknames.
It’s probably because he’s pregnant that Xing Lixuan was forced to be extra lovey-dovey. Otherwise, this sullen man wouldn’t talk so easily about love and affection.
The first time Yu Antong heard it, he was not used to it. He trembled and said, “Xing Lixuan, when did you become so cheesy?”
“So you think I’m cheesy?” Xing Lixuan inquired, “I thought you would like to hear it. Did you forget how you made me call you ‘Baby’? Also, don’t call me by my name directly.”
Yu Antong grabbed the edge of the tassel of his pillow with one hand. Despite knowing what Xing Lixuan would propose, he still asked, “What do you want me to call you then, Xing Lixuan?”
The more Xing Lixuan refused to let him call him with “that”, the more he wanted to unscrupulously call him that. Now that Xing Lixuan wanted him to use that word… the more he wanted to rebel.
“Ah, you just want to anger me on purpose.” When Xing Lixuan heard that Yu Antong deliberately added his name at the end, he suddenly wanted to laugh, thinking that Yu Antong was really cute at times.
“Be obedient, call me husband.”
“Hey! Xing Lixuan, what are you talking about? The signal doesn’t seem to be very good, I can’t hear you clearly,” Yu Antong shouted purposefully, pretending to be innocent. “Can you hear me, Xing Lixuan? Lixuan, Xing Lixuan, please reply~”
“You did it on purpose,” Xing Lixuan snorted coldly. He tried to gather every bit of his so-called “overbearing president” persona and dignity. “See if I don’t punish you when I go home.”
“Oh… how will you punish me?” Yu Antong became energetic when he heard this. He giggled, then started to ramble excitedly. “Will this criminal police officer handcuff me to the headboard? Then, will he beat me severely with his long, girthy, hard… baton? Then, then… will he lock me up in a room, so no one will come to rescue me even if I scream my throat hoarse?”
“Then after I keep yelling, my voice will be lost. You angrily trampled me into a rag doll, made me break down and cry. Oh, then you viciously say: ‘How dare you call other men’s names on my bed! I think you want to be unable to get out of bed for three days!’ Hahaha~ Isn’t that right?”
Yu Antong was amused by himself. He fell on the bed with a pillow in his arms, giggling as he imagined such a scenario.
Xing Lixuan: “…”
Xing Lixuan suddenly wanted to post online asking for help. The title of the post would be: What should I do if my wife is pregnant, but he is very “thirsty” about certain things? Waiting online, very urgent1this is kinda a meme? Of sorts. The implication is that the poster is waiting for anyone to reply because the matter is urgent; instead of logging off and checking the forum once in a while.!
“Is the signal good now? It’s not stuck? Can you hear me clearly?”
Xing Lixuan asked three times until Yu Antong stopped laughing. But he continued to talk nonsense, “I don’t know what’s going on with this signal. Maybe you should buy out the provider!”
Yu Antong called Xing Lixuan’s name a few times, and suddenly found that calling him by his name was quite fun. So he stopped calling him husband, and just called him by his full name.
Xing Lixuan thought that this was what the people say of “not cherishing something until it was lost”. Back then, his wife would shamelessly pester him to call him husband, wanting to kiss and hug him. Now the tables have turned, and his wife no longer wanted to call him husband anymore…
Xing Lixuan didn’t think about it at all, when he heard Yu Antong call his husband at the beginning, he felt uncomfortable and unwilling. But now, he felt uncomfortable when Yu Antong no longer wanted to call him that.
“Knock, knock, knock!” Xing Lixuan’s assistant knocked on the door and came in, “President Xing, it’s time to go to the banquet venue.”
Xing Lixuan nodded to indicate that he understood.
When the assistant went out, Xing Lixuan checked the time on his phone. The two of them talked on the phone for more than half an hour unknowingly, but why did he feel like time hasn’t passed that long? If it wasn’t for the assistant knocking on the door reminded him that it was time to go, and he didn’t want to hang up yet.
Xing Lixuan, who has always paid attention to efficiency and time, understood for the first time why there are couples who spend hours on the phone to talk a bunch of meaningless nonsense. When you are doing something pleasant, time really flies.
In the past, those things were purely a waste of time in his eyes. Today he did it himself, and he still enjoyed and indulged in it.
“Baby, let’s hang up for now, I have to go.” Xing Lixuan said to Yu Antong, “Be obedient, don’t take a bath today. Sleep early.”
“Yeah, I got it,” Yu Antong agreed, “You go, drive slowly on the road. There must be a drink at the dinner party, you ask your assistant to follow you, so he2yes, the assistant was female last time, but he has multiple assistants. This time should be a male one, according to the gender indicator on Yu Antong’s speech. Technically… 他 can be used as a gender-neutral pronoun, but I think it’s not that this time. can drive you back.”
“Okay,” Even if Yu Antong didn’t say anything, Xing Lixuan would let his assistant follow.
“Hang up,” After Yu Antong finished speaking, he hurriedly added, “Wait, wait, don’t hang up yet.”
“What’s wrong?” Xing Lixuan thought Yu Antong wanted to say some loving goodbye, so he indulged him.
“If you drink too much, you can consciously go to the guest room to sleep after you come back. My baby and I won’t sleep with drunks.”
Xing Lixuan, who was waiting for a loving goodbye, had his expectations dashed by a basin of ice-cold water. He didn’t receive love, but instead a warning.
He was silent for a second and said, “Hello? The signal seems to be bad again. Baby, what are you talking about? I didn’t hear it, so I’ll hang up first, and we can talk about it when I get home at night.”
Yu Antong listened to the sound of the end of the call coming from the mobile phone, and suddenly felt like he was shooting himself in the foot.
Smelly husband, learning so fast!
Yu Antong didn’t take a bath after that. Instead, he took a basin of hot water to soak his feet to relieve fatigue.
The footbath he used was a very high-end electric model with a foot massage function. Xing Lixuan bought it for Yu Antong after he heard that pregnant people might experience swelling and sore legs during the late pregnancy.
Yu Antong usually likes to take a bath, and he didn’t wash his feet after taking a bath. So this thing has been left unused since it was bought, and it just came in handy today.
Yu Antong pressed a button first, and it buzzed with a slight vibration. The massage ball started to move, and it touched the soles of his feet. It was quite comfortable, but it felt too light.
Yu Antong directly drove the knob to the maximum setting. The buzzing sounds intensified, and the tactile sensation also became harder. Yu Antong shivered comfortably.
This thing was so easy to use – if anything, he regretted not using it sooner.
The main reason was that the shape of this electric massage foot bath was too ugly, just like an ancient wooden basin. It looked like something used by the elderly in their 60s and 70s. It did not conform to his sense of aesthetic at all – he’s a beauty-conscious little 0, and he’s proud of it.
There was also a health maintenance mode and a sleep aid mode on it. Yu Antong tried each one for a while, and it was as good as he expected. He used it until the water became cold, and by that point, he was ready to go to bed.
He laid down and closed his eyes. After a while, he remembered that he had been on the phone with Xing Lixuan for so long but forgot to mention the food variety show to him.
‘Forget it… Anyway, that’s not something easy to explain on the phone. I can tell him tomorrow.’
In the high-end banquet hall of the most famous five-star hotel in Jiangcheng, a group of luxuriously dressed upper-class people gathered together. They were all clad in bespoke suits and exquisite dresses, with wine in hand.
“I really want to thank President Xing for giving us this opportunity for this construction materials bidding.” A middle-aged entrepreneur, with a slightly protruding beer belly, toasted Xing Lixuan politely. “Let this toast be a sign of my respect for you. I wish President Xing’s business to be prosperous and grow bigger!”
“The successful bidding is all due to your company’s strength; it is by your own effort that you can stand out from the crowd of competitors. President Zhao, you have good leadership capabilities, a match with your capable company.” Xing Lixuan spoke impeccably, “For this toast, I will gladly drink it.”
Xing Lixuan took a sip, then explained his condition, “However… due to my spouse’s request, I dare not drink too much.” Anyways, his willingness to drink was enough to give Mr. Zhao face.
The middle-aged man laughed and said, “Who would have thought that the feared President Xing is actually quite henpecked.”
“Lixuan, you’re here. I’ve been looking for you for a long time.” Qi Jingyao, dressed in a wine-red suit, was calm and upright with a touch of sensual charm. He walked closer, holding a wine glass.
Seeing other people coming over, Mr. Zhao said with a wink, “President Xing, please enjoy the evening. I’ll go over there and say hello to Mr. Wang.”
Xing Lixuan nodded at him, and then asked Qi Jingyao, “Why are you looking for me?”
Qi Jingyao looked around him, but couldn’t find the person he was looking for. “Where’s your wife? Didn’t he come with you?”
Usually, someone can bring their companion to this kind of reception. In the past, Xing Lixuan attended by himself, and his assistant waited in the car. This behavior is considered normal because Xing Lixuan wasn’t married before. Now, he was married and had a good relationship with Yu Antong, and yet he didn’t bring him here.
Xing Lixuan explained simply, “He goes to bed early, and he can’t drink.”
After Bao Ji finished greeting his business partners, he saw Qi Jingyao and Xing Lixuan together. He came over to join in the fun with light-hearted jabs and jokes. “If you’re hiding him and you’re not willing to show it to us, just tell us. No need to make so much excuses.”
“Seriously, when will we officially have a meal with my saozi? I want to get to know him,” Qi Jingyao continued, “The last time you got married is not counted. At that time, I thought you would not divorce soon. Now that you have a strong loving marriage, it’s only appropriate for us to give our blessings.”
Bao Ji knew what Qi Jingyao actually meant. He broke his lie easily. “Do you want to send blessings, or do you want to taste his craft?”
Two days ago, he and Qi Jingyao went to the Immortal’s Banquet for a meal. After eating, Qi Jingyao said that one day he must go to Xing Lixuan’s house for a meal made by Yu Antong himself, so Bao Ji seriously suspected that Qi Jingyao’s motives were impure!
He was simply being a glutton!
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Tongtong asking for help: My husband doesn’t have an active sex life despite my request. Is there something wrong with his mind?
