When returning home, Yu Antong habitually sat in the passenger seat, but was stopped by Mrs. Xing.
“Tongtong sits in the back row with Mom, okay? The back row is safer.”
Yu Antong sat in the back seat obediently. Along the way, his parents-in-law began to excitedly discuss buying small clothes and a small cradle for the baby.
Mr. Xing said, “I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, what kind of clothes should we buy?”
Mrs. Xing replied, “We can buy both, so we can be prepared for all sorts of situations!” Then, she continued, “Zhao-jie said that she knew a budding early education class that is both near and good. I will go there and investigate.”
Xing Lixuan heard their conversation, which steadily spiraled out of control fast. He couldn’t help but say, “Mom and Dad, you are thinking too far. The baby is only less than two months old. It won’t be born until much later, there’s no need to plan that far ahead.”
“You haven’t raised a child before, what do you know?” Mrs. Xing disagreed, “A newborn grows very fast. If we don’t prepare it now, we’ll get blindsided and have to buy it all in a hurry later.”
Mr. Xing also chimed in, “Your mother is right. Besides this, many young children also go to early education classes now so we can see what they will be interested in later. Plus, if we just want to look around, we don’t need to sign up. What’s wrong with your mother’s investigation in advance? Though, you can also just invest in an early childhood education company.”
Xing Lixuan didn’t dare to say anything, he could only nod, “Yes, yes, you are right.”
Yu Antong didn’t get a good rest last night, and got up early today. Now, he started to feel sleepy and dozed off in the car.
While waiting for the traffic lights, Xing Lixuan looked at Yu Antong in the rearview mirror, noticed that he was sleepy, and took out the blanket from the storage box. “Tongtong, use this so you won’t catch a cold. We’ll be arriving soon, try not to sleep now, okay? You can sleep when we arrive.”
Yu Antong took it. He was trying his best not to fall asleep when he got a phone call – it was from his manager, Fu Xin.
The ringtone of his mobile phone woke him up. He answered the call, “Hello?”
Fu Xin directly cut to the chase, “Hello Boss. Recently many customers have asked if they can make reservations for New Year’s Eve dinner in our store. I think this project can be carried out…”
Yu Antong interrupted the money-motivated manager mid-explanation. “I’m not free recently. I’m afraid I don’t have the energy to take care of the restaurant.”
Fu Xin, who has always been stable, heard that the money-making project was going to fail, and his voice was a little hurried, “What are you busy with? It’s winter vacation, and besides, your school arranges an internship next semester, so you don’t have to go to school for the whole semester. If you have other things, can you postpone it first? Let’s finish the New Year’s Eve dinner project first.”
Yu Antong rubbed his belly while answering, “This matter really can’t be push back.”
“…” Fu Xin hadn’t given up yet, he asked, “Then what are you busy with?”
Yu Antong: “You may not believe it.”
Fu Xin: “It’s okay, just say it.”
As long as Yu Antong could tell him, Fu Xin might be able to find a solution. Nothing could delay him from making money.
Yu Antong looked at the sky with a mysterious gaze. “I’m busy giving birth.”
–Nothing is as important as my son.
Fu Xin: “…”
Yu Antong hung up the call after saying that.
Of course, Fu Xin didn’t believe it.
He shook his head and sighed. He didn’t expect that his Boss would even come up with such a bizarre reason for not working. It seemed that he was determined not to work. Oh well, he’s still paid well, this matter wasn’t a big loss for him.
After returning home and having dinner, Yu Antong was ready to take a shower and go to bed.
“Wait for me, I’ll wash with you,” Xing Lixuan called Yu Antong who was going to the bathroom with pajamas in hand.
Yu Antong frowned. He suspected this smelly husband was up to something. “I asked you to take a bath together, but you were like a maiden guarding her chastity, and you always rejected my offer. Aren’t you afraid that I would sully you before and can’t do anything to stop me? Now that I can’t do anything with a baby in my belly, you take on the offensive in seducing me? Are you going to take revenge on me? Dangling such a tasty treat to this hungry me? You have such a vicious heart.”
“…”
Xing Lixuan could only say: “I’m afraid you’ll slip and fall.”
There were non-slip floor mats in the bathroom, but Yu Antong put them in the storage room because he felt it’s too abrasive to his feet.
It used to not be a big deal whether it was installed or not. But now, he had to be careful. Xing Lixuan planned to have someone install a set of non-slip floor mats tomorrow.
Warm water was put in the bathtub, and Yu Antong was carefully supported by Xing Lixuan to step in. He couldn’t help giggling and said, “I take a bath and you make it look like I’m the Emperor. This Emperor shall reward you for your service.”
“Slap!”
Yu Antong’s fleshy buttocks trembled slightly from Xing Lixuan’s slap.
Xing Lixuan: “Nonsense.”
“Ah!” Yu Antong turned around and glared at Xing Lixuan, “You hit me again! As expected, this small little 0 can only endure this domestic violence!”
His wife’s pair of phoenix eyes were too mesmerizing not to tease, but his wife was pregnant now, so he couldn’t do anything.
Xing Lixuan sighed, kissed the corners of Yu Antong’s eyes, and said softly, “Little Ancestor, sit down and take a bath. Are you not sleepy?”
Yu Antong sighed contentedly, looked down at his belly, patted it lightly and said, “It doesn’t seem to have changed at all, yet there’s actually a two-month-old baby inside.”
Xing Lixuan looked at his movements in shock, “Be gentle, you’re not slapping watermelons.”
Yu Antong huffed in dissatisfaction, “I slap hard at all. If you’re afraid I’ll abuse your child, then you can give birth to your own son. If you can’t give birth, don’t talk!”
Xing Lixuan finally understood that Yu Antong’s unreasonable temper was just a result of out-of-control hormones. No matter what he said, Yu Antong would have something to say back to him.
Xing Lixuan simply stopped talking, and when Yu Antong was almost finished soaking, he carefully wiped him clean and carried him to the bed.
“Go to sleep, Baby.”
Instead of pestering Xing Lixuan for a goodnight kiss as before, Yu Antong pouted his mouth high, as if he was very angry.
Xing Lixuan put his arms around him, and said in a gentle voice, “Why are you unhappy again?”
Yu Antong snorted, “Sure enough, the treatment will be different if you are pregnant. Men are big pigs, and you are so good to me for the sake of your child. Hmph.”
“Aren’t you a man yourself? You are born to restrain me,” Xing Lixuan pinched Yu Antong’s pouted duck mouth, “What do you want me to say? Think about it carefully, I thought I couldn’t have children, so I never wanted them. I plan to do what you want without saying a word, do I put you first? I don’t know if you can get pregnant, will I treat you badly? You all know the answer, don’t you?”
Yu Antong replied, knowing that he was being too unreasonable, “I was pestering you. And… because you didn’t take the initiative at all, so I have to do it first.”
“That’s because I haven’t realized that I like you, so I’ll just say it,” Xing Li Xuan was a little embarrassed to say it, but in order to comfort his emotionally volatile wife, he went all out: “If you really bothered me, I wouldn’t talk to you, this stinky baby.”
Yu Antong heard the doting in Xing Lixuan’s voice, and he really felt the sweetness of it. But he still said in a pout, “I still feel a little wronged.”
Xing Lixuan smiled. He just liked Yu Antong’s straight-forward temperament – he could say whatever he wanted, without wronging himself at all.
Xing Lixuan fell in love with Yu Antong’s humming and coquettish appearance in his arms, and he coaxed, “Well, why is Baby feeling wronged?
“I have a baby, but you haven’t chased me, and you haven’t even given me a flower. Xing Lixuan, let me tell you, don’t think because you’re the father of this baby I only have you as my choice of partner. If you don’t love me, I will turn on you. I’ll just take the child and remarry.”
“You dare!” Xing Lixuan pressed Yu Antong’s forehead, his voice was gentle yet strong, “Yu Antong, let me tell you, I will give you whatever you want, but you can only be with me.”
The slightly paranoid Xing Lixuan made Yu Antong tremble. He realized that Xing Lixuan had always indulged him, but this indulgence also had a clear bottom line.
Ordinary people might be afraid of those who are more possessive. But Yu Antong, who is actually very insecure deep down in his heart, loves Xing Lixuan’s dominance and possessiveness towards him.
Yu Antong kissed Xing Lixuan’s thin lips, “Smelly Husband, give me a good night kiss.”
Xing Lixuan breathed a sigh of relief. He thought he had just scared Yu Antong, but he didn’t expect…
‘He’s really… unpredictable.’
Xing Lixuan hugged Yu Antong and kissed fiercely for a long time. Before the two of them were about to catch fire, it was over.
For safety’s sake, both Xing Lixuan and Yu Antong moved back to the Xing family’s house so that it would be convenient for his parents to take care of Yu Antong.
Thick cashmere carpets were spread everywhere in the house, and the corners were also pasted with anti-collision cushions. It could be said that Yu Antong was regarded as the most precious first-level protection object of this rich family.
Yu Antong was taken care of in every possible way at home, sleeping when she was full, eating when she woke up, and wandering around the living room occasionally.
For the first two days, Yu Antong still felt that this kind of leisurely salted fish life was not bad. But on the third day, he began to feel unimaginably bored with nothing to do.
He would have more than 7 months to live like this. If he was raised like a pig every day, he would be abandoned by the end of it.
Yu Antong put down the novel that Xing Lixuan bought, lowered his head to his belly and said, “Xiao Nian1小年; literally Little Year. But it’s more the line of “Little One”, should Daddy take you out to play?”
He had decided to give his child the nickname of Xiao Nian for now.
Xing Lixuan, who was sitting in front of the TV and watching the parenting channel with a notebook in hand, replied quietly, “That’s not a good idea. Where can you go on a snowy day?”
Yu Antong leaned on Xing Lixuan as if he had no bones. “But I’m so bored, ah. I think I’m about to grow mold at this rate.”
“Hey, Husband. Let’s take Xiao Nian outside to build a snowman, okay? Just play for a while.”
While the two of them were chatting, a guest came. It was Mr. Wang next door who came bearing a gift.
Xing Lixuan set out the tea set to entertain the guest, while Yu Antong remained idle.
Mr. Wang greeted politely, “No need, Lixuan. You sit down, we have been neighbors for many years, why are you this polite?”
He had a meal at Xing family’s house last time, and he never forgot it when he went back. He often took his family to Immortal’s Banquet to buy many of their products and liked them all.
He said to Yu Antong last time that he was looking forward to cooperation between them. There was still a bit of politeness last time, but after tasting his products, he has been looking forward to Yu Antong looking for him to cooperate.
Waiting for Yu Antong to take the initiative to seek cooperation with him instead of him proposing it was also a business strategy. There was no reason for him, the president of a large supermarket chain, to seek cooperation from a small company.
The Chinese New Year is coming soon, and he has been busy with the distribution of New Year’s goods in the supermarket. He could sit back and wait for the goods to be sold. But then, he remembered that Yu Antong hadn’t come to him.
During the Chinese New Year, everyone buys fish, meat, egg and milk products. The products sold online at Immortal’s Banquet have no sales advantage during the New Year.
Mr. Wang, as a shrewd businessman, started to think about the sales of goods in the next year from now on. But he waited and waited until Yu Antong took the initiative to discuss cooperation.
Seeing that the Chinese New Year iwa coming up in a few days, Mr. Wang couldn’t wait any longer. He began to think – what if Yu Antong found another partner? With this thought in mind, he hurried over to the Xing family’s house with gifts.
After exchanging pleasantries for a long time, Mr. Wang got to the point, “I’m here this time mainly to talk to Mr. Yu about the offline sales cooperation of Immortal’s Banquet’s products. I can’t go away, so I can only come to visit today.”
Yu Antong poured him a glass of water, and said with a smile, “Mr. Wang, your company is a big one, so naturally you have a lot of things to do. If Immortal’s Banquet can cooperate with you, it will be a great honor of mine.”
Last time, when he mentioned the opening of offline sales channels, Fu Xin told him that their production capacity was insufficient. They were also not in a hurry to go offline. It’s better if they could increase the production rate first, and then wait for partner sellers. The better this partner is, the more benefits they can win.
Now it seems that Fu Xin was indeed a good hand in business, and this Mr. Wang came to the door on his own initiative now.
Mr. Wang was complimented by Yu Antong so much that his smile was real, and he thought that maybe he could get more commission. After all, Immortal’s Banquet was still a small company.
Yu Antong continued, “I’m a good cook, but I don’t know anything about managing a company. The company’s affairs are all managed by the professional manager I hired, Fu Xin.”
Mr. Wang’s smile froze. Does this mean he is declining his offer? It shouldn’t be.
Yu Antong didn’t seem to notice the change in Mr. Wang, and still smiled brightly, “How about this. I’ll call Fu Xin, and let’s have a meal together as we talk about our cooperation. Of course, I will be there too.”
Mr. Wang felt like his heart was going up and down like a roller-coaster. He hurriedly said, “Okay, okay, I have to trouble Mr. Yu.”
Mr. Wang couldn’t help but sigh. Everyone in their business circle said that the young master of the Xing family, Xing Lixuan, was young and promising – he was the most business-minded leader in his generation. Now it seemed that the marriage partner of Young Master Xing was not simple. His manner of talking was quite special.
Before coming here, he still thought that Immortal’s Banquet was a small brand, and if they wanted to open up offline sales channels, they would have to give him a lot of profits. But he didn’t expect that things would not go as smoothly as he thought.
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Tongtong: I want to earn money for Xiao Nian’s baby formula.
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