Su Ziyue didn’t plan to give in. “Well, it’s really my honor that you grace me with your presence every night.” After she finished speaking, she even threw him a provocative gaze.
Qin Muchen took a deep breath to control his anger. In the end, it was him who gave in. “What did you eat for dinner?”
“It’s all here,” Su Ziyue said as she pointed at the pile of snacks on the coffee table.
Qin Muchen let her go and stuffed the remote control back into her hand. “Wait for me.”
Seeing Qin Muchen’s figure slowly disappear into the kitchen, the anger on Su Ziyue’s face dissipated. She turned on the television but no longer had the mood to continue watching.
When Qin Muchen returned, the snacks on the table were completely cleared away. It was obvious that Su Ziyue had cleaned everything up. Seeing this, Qin Muchen’s anger which had appeased, completely faded away. He really felt that he was raising a daughter who was often disobedient. However, when she occasionally behaved, he couldn’t help but want to pull her into his arms.
Just then, Su Ziyue came down from the stairs. She still looked a little upset. However, Qin Muchen only thought that she was still angry at him so he didn’t ask any questions. “It’s time to eat.”
“Okay.” With that, Su Ziyue followed Qin Muchen into the dining room.
The dishes that Qin Muchen made had always been bland. He only added a little chili previously to cater to her preferences. However, now that he didn’t allow her to eat chili, his dishes were even tasteless than before. Her digestion was indeed not very good for the past few days so she didn’t mind eating blander dishes. It was better for her stomach anyways. However, she was thinking about something else. I haven’t been noticing any symptoms of endocrine disorders lately but why is my menstrual blood so little? And it has also ended really quickly. However, she couldn’t ask the all-knowing Qin Muchen these kinds of questions, let alone ask him to accompany her to the gynecologist, so she chose to keep it a secret.
Qin Muchen watched as Su Ziyue slowly ate her food but she ate a lot so his worried expression slowly disappeared.
…
The two of them never mentioned Gu Hanyan or Qin Muchen’s grandfather again that night. The two of them lay on the bed and Su Ziyue had her back against Qin Muchen. Just when she was about to fall asleep, she felt Qin Muchen lean close to her. His arm passed under her waist, then took her hand that was outside the quilt and placed it under the quilt. Then, he continued to hold her hand in front of her belly.
This hugging posture made Su Ziyue feel at ease. She was already sleepy but now that she was in this posture, she soon fell asleep. When she woke up the next morning, Qin Muchen was still at home. As she walked down the stairs, he was just about to head upstairs to wake her for breakfast.
After Su Ziyue sat down at the dining table, Qin Muchen asked, “We have pizza toast and porridge. What do you want to eat?”
“Porridge.”
Su Ziyue usually loved to eat the pizza toast that Qin Muchen made. However, at that moment, hearing the words ‘pizza toast’ made her want to vomit. She indeed only ate porridge after saying so. When Qin Muchen saw this, he immediately frowned and put down his fork and knife. “I’ll accompany you to the hospital once you finish your breakfast.”
“I don’t want to go.” Su Ziyue continued to eat her porridge slowly and didn’t even lift her head to look at him.
“Su Ziyue!”
“You don’t have to yell so loudly. I can hear you.” However, Su Ziyue still didn’t look up. Seeing this, Qin Muchen narrowed his eyes and didn’t continue eating his breakfast.
It was then only Su Ziyue glanced at him and asked, “Are you not going out today?”
“No, I’m not.” Qin Muchen leaned on the chair and he turned to stare at her. Su Ziyue sensed his gaze and for some reason, she felt her heart racing and she blushed. She quickly finished the rest of the porridge and left.
…
Qin Muchen really didn’t go out, just like he said he wouldn’t. He first brought Beef out for a walk. Then, he watered the plants in the courtyard before he headed to the study. Su Ziyue watched him do all of these coldly and didn’t say a thing.
It was as if the way they got along with each other returned to before in just one night. He wouldn’t say anything and she wouldn’t ask any questions. It was a battle to see who would break first. However, the first person who broke was not Su Ziyue nor Qin Muchen. Instead, it was Qin Muchen’s grandfather.
“Hello, is this Miss Su Ziyue?” An old and serious voice of a middle-aged man came from the other end of the phone and her caller ID showed that it was an unknown local number.
After giving it some thought, Su Ziyue asked, “May I ask who this is?”
The person on the other end of the phone replied, “I’m Qin Zheng.”
Such a conservative way of dialogue made Su Ziyue speechless. However, she could already vaguely guess Qin Zheng’s identity.
Qin Zheng seemed to know that Su Ziyue didn’t know how to answer him so he said, “The Earl of Augsburg wants to see you. May I know when you will be free to meet him?”
Qin Zheng went straight to the point after only telling her his name. It was obvious that he knew that Su Ziyue could guess his identity.
The Earl of Augsburg? Su Ziyue shuddered in fear. She once studied abroad so she knew a thing or two about foreign nobles. She wasn’t unfamiliar with the Earl of Augsburg either, but the latter hadn’t been in the public eye for over ten years.
Which was why when Su Ziyue met Qin Muchen’s grandfather yesterday, she did not recognize him as the Earl of Augsburg. Su Ziyue carefully replied, “Since the Earl of Augsburg wants to see me, I’m available at any time.”
Hearing this, Qin Zheng seemed to sound more relaxed as he said, “Understood. I will relay the message to the Earl of Augsburg. I will send the exact time and location to your mobile phone by a text message later.”
For some reason, Su Ziyue suddenly thought about the notification she would get when she called to check her phone bill. Your recent bill will be sent to your phone by a text message later.
“Okay, goodbye.”
“Goodbye.”
It was only after Su Ziyue hung up the phone did she realize that her palms were sweaty. She was nervous. When she told Bai Jingshu that she was nervous before, she wasn’t lying.
Su Ziyue soon received a text from Qin Zheng. They had made an appointment to meet at three in the afternoon, around teatime. The location was a coffee shop with a great atmosphere that Su Ziyue and An Xia had visited before.
Qin Muchen was still in his study when Su Ziyue returned to her room to pick out her outfit. She pulled out all of her clothes. Red is too bold and black makes me look depressed. I can’t wear clothes that are too revealing either… I heard that elderlys like people to dress more conservatively.
Su Ziyue was frantic as she tried to pick out the perfect outfit. Just then, Qin Muchen entered the room. He heard sounds from the closet so he walked over. When he saw that Su Ziyue had taken all her clothes off the rack, he was calm as usual. “Are you going out?”
“Yes,” Su Ziyue answered absent-mindedly. For some reason, she felt guilty. Even though Qin Zheng never told her not to tell Qin Muchen, she felt that it was a tacit understanding that didn’t need to be mentioned.
“I’ll ask the driver to drive you there.” For the first time, Qin Muchen didn’t ask where she was going.
Su Ziyue directly refused. “There’s no need. I’ll drive there myself.”
Qin Muchen leaned on the wall and his hands were in his trouser pockets, looking handsome with an extraordinary demeanor. “You don’t have a driving license.”
Su Ziyue quickly woke up from staring at his dashing looks and yelled, “Give me back my driving license!”
Qin Muchen turned a deaf ear. Then, he pointed to the red coat that was in the pile of clothes she rejected and muttered, “Wear red.”
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