1220 Gentle Like Water 1

The cold rain continued on for two days, not showing any signs of stopping in the evening the next day.

Mu Yuchen had been busy after lunch. When Xi Xiaye was beside him, she only saw him taking phone calls and looking through document after document. There were also two blonde lawyers who dropped by in the evening.

He spoke with them in fluent English. Xi Xiaye listened and somewhat figured that he wanted to save Zhou Zimo no matter what the cost was.

Xi Xiaye could not help at all, except for staying by his side and serving them some snacks.

The sky turned dark as time passed.

It was pretty boring for Xi Xiaye to stay in the room for two days. She stayed in the bedroom most of the time iso that she would not bother their conversation.

The night scene in New York was beautiful despite such weather.

As Xi Xiaye opened the window, a cool breeze brushed past her along with the fragrance of some unknown flowers…

She was missing her son, but it did not seem like a good time to call Zhuang Shurong right now. She just looked at the photos they sent over to kill time.

"What's wrong? Thinking about our son?"

As Xi Xiaye was in deep thought, a hand appeared on her waist and embraced her from behind. Suddenly, a large hand grabbed her phone.

"He looks a bit bigger now after not seeing him for a few days," he said gently beside her ear.

She chuckled and looked at him. "You can tell he got bigger from just that? You don't seem all concerned about them at all."

"Nonsense. Are you saying that I don't care? Didn't I always ask about them whenever I called you? There should still be some difference in treatment between the children and the children's mother. Shouldn't you be happy that I care about you more?" he said as a matter-of-factly.

Although his sons were cute, he would never tell her that she was the most important person to him. He probably prioritized himself after her too. After all, she was the one who gave his life meaning.

"Am I really that great? Do I have the potential to be a luscious woman then?" Her smile was brilliant.

"Luscious? Aside from needing to be drop-dead gorgeous, one would also need to make a man lust for them, using all kinds of tricks to keep a man's heart. How many of those do you have?" He grinned.

"Are you saying that I'm too plain?" She raised her eyebrows.

"You're not someone like that, but you're great. I've started to feel that I've been closer to the sun ever since I met you." Mu Yuchen smiled.

Her heart turned all soft as she turned around and looked deeply into his eyes. "Me too...Mr. Mu, you're...the best person to me in the world...You're so great that I feel like I own the whole world every time I think of you."

Mu Yuchen smiled. "Of course, I've told you that there's nothing but benefits when you married me, and I'll keep my end of the promise."

"Who knows?! I'm almost 30 now. Will you still treat me the same when I get old and ugly? What if my body goes out of shape after I give birth to a daughter? Every time I attend banquets or dinners, many men like to bring their young female secretaries along instead of their own partners…" She frowned and voiced out her concerns.

He put her phone away and patted her head. "What are you thinking about? You banned female secretaries around me, didn't you? Moreover, I don't like being around those women. What a big loss for me!"

"Big loss?" She was surprised.

"You know that I'm always stingy towards other women. Not only do I not send any gifts, but I also won't even treat them to a meal. I doubt women will like a man like me."

She chuckled after hearing his humorous remark! "Were you actually thinking of splitting the bill with me the first time we met?"

He smiled quietly and his arm tightened around her waist.

"You haven't answered my question!" She was looking forward to hearing his answer.

Women were auditory creatures. They would insist on hearing something being said directly.

"I kind of feel that I'm getting a beer belly lately. Are you going to abandon me because of that?" He asked her before waiting for her reply, "And didn't you say that you weren't going to have any more children?"

"But I'd still like a daughter. We already have two sons! It'd be perfect if we had a daughter!" Xi Xiaye frowned as she said.

Mu Yuchen's eyes darkened. "What if you get another son again? Even if you're not tired of them, I am!"

"It's not like we can't afford it, so why are you so against it? However, it does seem weird. Xiao Cheng is getting bigger, and we haven't been taking any precautions. Then, why…"

"Your body is frail. The doctor says you need to eat more in order to be fit for pregnancy!" he quickly interrupted her sentence.

"Really?" Xi Xiaye rubbed her belly and said, "Then, I'll have to rest well. You'd better refrain from drinking and smoking. I want to have a beautiful girl…"

"Why don't we adopt a daughter too? We should stop…"

Knowing her, she would be devastated to find out the truth about her body.

After her last delivery, the doctor had said that the chances of her getting pregnant again would be minimal. It was nothing to him as he only wanted one son, but she thought differently.

"No way!"

"Let's just leave this to nature. Xiaye, aren't you worried about whether I can stand restraining myself?"

"I'm really going to be 30 years old soon after another year. Can't you think of something else aside from those things?"

Mu Yuchen raised his eyebrows!

She was giving him a lesson instead. Who else was he doing this for? Who else had given him so much trouble before!?