"It"s not that, it"s just not sour enough. I need to add more vinegar," said Lin Chu.
Yan Beicheng gulped loudly. When Lin Chu said that she wanted something sour, Aunt Chen had especially added extra vinegar. Yan Beicheng could smell that vinegar from a mile away but was still complaining that it was not sour enough.
Yan Beicheng could almost feel his teeth fall off.
Lin Chu was about to get up when he stopped her. Yan Beicheng said, "Sit down. I"ll get it for you."
Lin Chu smiled as she enjoyed Yan Beicheng taking care of her.
After two or three minutes, Yan Beicheng returned with a bottle of vinegar. Lin Chu took it from him and drizzled it generously on her noodles.
The smell of the sour vinegar made Yan Beicheng"s teeth ache; The whole room reeked of the smell.
Lin Chu mixed it into her noodles. She wanted to add the garlic paste for taste but decided not to, in case Yan Beicheng was tortured by the smell.
She tried the noodles and would not stop smiling as she ate with a happy look on her face.
As she looked at Yan Beicheng who, on the other hand, had a sour on his face, and a mischievous thought popped into her head. She grabbed a small amount of noodles with her chopsticks and quickly stuck it into Yan Beicheng"s mouth when his guard was lowered.
The sour taste made Yan Beicheng scrunch up his face further. His good-looking face was now wrinkled up like a sour plum and his eyes were shut tight from the overpowering flavor in his mouth.
As his mouth and nose scrunched up, Lin Chu doubled over with laughter. She was laughing so hard that she soon fell onto the bed and hugged her tummy while rolling around with laughter.
Meanwhile, Yan Beicheng was choking on the food. It was not something a typical person would enjoy, but when he saw Lin Chu enjoying it so heartily, he felt that it may not have been as sour as it smelt.
However, now that the noodles were in his mouth, he did not dare to chew them. This was especially so for the shredded cuc.u.mber which had completely absorbed the vinegar.
He watched the woman laughing happily at his misery on the bed and immediately pounced on her. He caught hold of her head and kissed her on the lips, returning the noodles and shredded cuc.u.mber to her. Seconds later, the vinegar-soaked ingredients were pa.s.sed back into her mouth.
Lin Chu"s mouth was filled with the taste of vinegar, and after Yan Beicheng had his fill of her lips, he felt much better. His taste buds were no longer tortured by the sour flavor, and everything now tasted slightly sweeter.
He slowly let go of her as Yan Beicheng said a little regretfully, "It should have been a good birthday for you but we couldn"t spend it nicely. You didn"t manage to try the cake, you didn"t have a nice meal. Now, even the surprise is gone."
Lin Chu"s eyes shone brightly as she pulled Yan Beicheng"s hands to rub her tummy. "Says who? I think this is the biggest surprise in the world! Today may be one of the most unforgettable days I"ve ever had. It is definitely the most unforgettable birthday I"ve had. This is the biggest surprise and the best present ever."
"All you"ve had for your birthday is this bowl of noodles. It"s a little too simple," Yan Beicheng still felt bad about the matter.
Lin Chu bit Yan Beicheng"s lower lip gently as she sucked on it. There was still some vinegar on his lips, which made it soft and sour, but it still tasted better than the noodles.
Lin Chu had a contented look on her face, like a sleepy little fox.
"I don"t think so. I"m pregnant and you"re blaming yourself for me not having a wonderful birthday. You"re going to need to take good care of me for the next ten months. You are not allowed to make me angry and anything I say goes. You"re going to get me whatever I want and do whatever I tell you to, right?" Lin Chu asked as she raised an eyebrow. Even though she was being pressed underneath Yan Beicheng, her expression was that of a prideful queen.
Yan Beicheng could not help but laugh. "You"re right, but even without tonight"s surprise, I"d still do whatever you want. Even if you weren"t pregnant, I"ll always listen to you."
Lin Chu taught he hit the nail on the head and immediately became happier. Her arms wrapped around his neck as her fingers gently circled the back of his neck. After a moment, her fingers brushed against the hair on his neck, which was thin and soft, and she could not help but pull at them.
Her legs were also rubbing against his waist, which made Yan Beicheng quickly let go of her.
This time, it was Lin Chu that was caught off-guard - she was being playful but he had pushed her away. The fiery pa.s.sion in her was instantly extinguished.
Yan Beicheng watched the expression on her face changed. She acted more like a playful little girl now that she was pregnant, but was also much more a.s.sertive than before.
Yan Beicheng looked longingly at her as he put his hands into his pockets and pulled his pants up a little to show her his "situation".
"Are you going to help me with this with if continue your antics?" Yan Beicheng raised his eyebrow and pouted as he asked.
Lin Chu immediately blushed. She rolled over to her side with her face covered as she avoided his gaze.
Yan Beicheng stole a glance at her seductive curves and climbed toward her. Lin Chu could feel his burning body against her back as he squeezed toward her. She could feel his warm breath getting closer as his deep breaths brushed against her ears.
"I"ll go take a shower. I"ll be back soon," Yan Beicheng said huskily as he kissed her on the ear.
Lin Chu suddenly felt lighter as the heat on her back disappeared. She felt a lot cooler now.
She heard the bathroom door close, but she only got up and continued eating her noodles after quite a while.
Yan Beicheng was out in fifteen minutes. When he came out from his shower, his wet body chilled the air around him as he attempted to hug Lin Chu.
It made her s.h.i.+ver as she threw a blanket over him unappreciatively. "I"m going to take a shower too."
Yan Beicheng glanced at the empty bowl on the table. He had not expected her to finish the noodles.
He smiled as he took the bowl and chopsticks into the kitchen to rinse them.
When he returned to the bedroom, Lin Chu was still not done showering. Thus, he continued browsing the forum he had checked out earlier.
When Lin Chu came out of the shower, she saw Yan Beicheng engrossed with his phone and wondered what he was looking at.
She gave him a sneak attack as she rushed over. "What are you looking at?"
Yan Beicheng could not hide it from her in time, so she managed to see what he had been reading.
Lin Chu looked at him seriously. "Am I really that moody?"
Yan Beicheng immediately shook his head. "No, no. I"m just checking what I should pay attention to during pregnancy. The mini pamphlet may have contained information, but I"d still like to balance it out by reading about other"s experiences. I"m just scrolling through this forum for fun."
Lin Chu looked at him suspiciously as her eyes narrowed. She did not want to be perceived as one of those moody pregnant women mentioned in the forum, so she held her tongue.
Yan Beicheng quickly closed the webpage and hugged Lin Chu. "I really have no clue what they are complaining about. Do they know how difficult it is for their wives to give birth? It"s for ten whole months. How could they make their wives angry? Don"t you agree, my dear wife? It"s unforgivable to anger your wife in any way. What kind of husbands are they?!"
He sounded really righteous.
Lin Chu, "…"
Why did this feel like extreme brown-nosing?
"Yan Beicheng, do you want our baby to be a son or a daughter?" Lin Chu was not that sleepy at the moment as she laid in his arms, so she asked the questions that cross the minds of every soon-to-be parents.
Yan Beicheng pretended to give it a thought. In reality, he had thought about if he wanted a boy or girl when Lin Chu got pregnant.
"A son, I guess. We"ll have a girl for the next one. That way, the older brother will be able to protect his sister. It would be best if there"s a bigger age gap between them so that the brother would give in to his younger sister and won"t fight with her about anything. Our whole family can dote on our daughter like a little princess," Yan Beicheng explained without allowing Lin Chu to interrupt.
Lin Chu, "…"
The person who claimed that he did not want a child yet had already made plans for his second child even though the first child had yet to be born.
"What if our second child is also a boy?" Lin Chu asked.
"Then we"ll have a third. We"ll get a girl sooner or later. We can afford the fine, anyway 1 ," Yan Beicheng replied as a matter-of-factly as he placed his strong hands on her shoulder.
Lin Chu, "…"
Lin Chu swallowed as she replied numbly, "Did I say I wanted to give birth to so many children?"
Yan Beicheng suddenly realized what he had said as his face darkened. Egad, he let it all go to his head again!
He glanced at Lin Chu carefully. She did not seem to be angry, so he quickly laughed it off, "I"m just saying it for fun. Besides, having one boy and one girl is just a beautiful dream I have. It doesn"t matter to me if our child is a boy or a girl. As long as the baby is ours, we"ll still love it, right?"
This answer was just about good enough for Lin Chu. "It"ll be nice for the firstborn to be a boy. He can take care of his little sister and play with Ningbai too. Ningbai is too lonely being the only child in our family."
This was why Yan Ningbai was always on the lookout for friends, even wanting to live together with Mo Jingxi.
"We"ll let Yan Huaian and his wife worry about giving him a brother. Any child of ours will become his grandnephew or grandniece…" Yan Beicheng said. The thought of Yan Ningbai put Yan Beicheng in a sour mood.
Lin Chu, "…"
Now that he had mentioned it, Lin Chu also felt a little put-off about it.
Lin Chu patted Yan Beicheng on the chest to console him. "Well, it"s not that bad. At least our child is younger than him, unlike you…"
To be referred to as nephew by a seven-year-old was indeed a sad affair. Yan Ningbai had been calling him nephew since he learned how to talk, which had been close to six years ago now.
Yan Beicheng, "…"
Yan Beicheng immediately stopped her from talking with his lips. Why did this woman"s words turn so hurtful after getting pregnant?
Poor Yan Beicheng had just restrained himself with a cold shower, but the kiss stirred something in him again, even more intense than before. Lin Chu"s mouth opened slightly as she gasped for air, her lips s.h.i.+mmering with antic.i.p.ation. Her eyes were glazed over, and before she knew it, she was consumed with pa.s.sion. She soon buried herself in Yan Beicheng"s arms. Even though she knew they were not supposed to be intimate during this time, she could not help herself.
Maybe it was because it was her birthday, but Lin Chu had planned to let Yan Beicheng have his fill of fun with her tonight. However, she did not expect to be pregnant.
Yan Beicheng was finding it much more difficult to restrain himself with Lin Chu throwing herself at him. His thin lips gently brushed against her ears as he kissed the hairs thinly covering her ear. His husky voice made the hair on her neck stand on end. "You want it too?"
Lin Chu"s face reddened all over but she nodded honestly. She looked at Yan Beicheng with some embarra.s.sment as her eyelashes gently fanned over her face. She trembled slightly as she looked up, the shy look in her eyes making her look like a little white bunny. Yan Beicheng"s heart skipped a beat when he saw her adorably shy look - he was itching to have her.
Yan Beicheng gulped as his breathing got heavier and he kissed her heavily on the lips. Only when she could hardly catch her breath did Yan Beicheng let go of her. His thin, burning lips slowly moved down from her mouth, and Lin Chu bit her lips as she could not stop herself from m.o.a.ning. She did not dare to let out her voice and could only grip the bedsheet tightly in response. She felt herself go weak as her strength slowly seeped away.
She was like a rootless flower floating on the surface of the water. She blossomed red with life as her flower buds were watered with rain. She may look fragile and weak but she was lovable. The ambrosia on her petals was so seductive, that one could not help but to reach out and have a taste. Those who plucked the pink lotus could take in its aroma first-hand while in the drizzling rain. After putting one of its petals in the mouth, one could taste the sweet fragrance released by its gentle bloom.
Lin Chu was so out of breath that she felt like she had almost died in Yan Beicheng"s arms. In addition to this, she was sweating all over.
Yan Beichehng held Lin Chu"s hands as he said intensely with his husky voice, "It"s my turn, help me with my release."
Lin Chu could hardly move but she was not an ungrateful person. Thus, she picked herself up and turned over to Yan Beicheng.
As they were staying in the old mansion, Lin Chu made herself set the alarm even though she could hardly open her eyes. Her phone"s alarm rang at 7 am the next day.
Lin Chu quickly turned off the alarm and was about to get out of bed when Yan Beicheng flipped onto her and held her down. He buried his face into her neck and nuzzled her. "What time is it?"
As he spoke, she felt his breath all over her neck. It was ticklish.
Lin Chu wanted to scratch her neck but could not get her hands to it. All she could do was try to shrink away from Yan Beicheng, which he did not allow her to do.
As she tried to shrink away, he got closer to her.
"It"s 7 am. You can continue sleeping," Lin Chu said gently.
"What are you doing up so early? You should continue sleeping," Yan Beicheng mumbled.
"I can"t. Grandpa and grandma are early risers. It"s not nice for us to be sleeping in so lazily like this," Lin Chu said as she attempted to remove Yan Beicheng"s arms from her waist.
"They won"t mind at all. After all, they did instruct you to sleep in. It"s only 7 am and you"ve only slept for six hours. That"s not enough rest for you so be a good girl and sleep another hour," replied Yan Beicheng.
"We can"t let grandpa and grandma wait for us to have breakfast," Lin Chu did not live here and was not about to let the two elders think that she was a lazy woman. They might misunderstand and a.s.sume that she did not take good care of Yan Beicheng.
"You"re pregnant. Grandma won"t allow you to wake up so early, so just be a good girl and listen to me," Yan Beicheng said as he raised his hands to pinch Lin Chu"s lips together, shutting her up just as she was about to reply.
Right at that moment, Lin Chu heard movement outside the door.
It sounded like Old Lady Yan and Old Master Yan coming out of their bedroom. She could hear Old Lady Yan lowering her voice to say, "Xiao Chen, don"t wake Beicheng and Lin Chu up for breakfast. Let them sleep in longer and just let them wake up whenever."
"Okay," Aunt Chen replied.
Yan Beicheng smiled. "What did I tell you? Just go back to sleep. If you wake up this early, the old lady of the house is going to give you a good lecture."
Lin Chu could not help but agree with what he was saying, so she closed her eyes and went back to sleep while hugging Yan Beicheng.
It was past 9 am by the time they woke up. This time, Lin Chu would not go back to sleep.
She said, "Yan Huaian and his family will be here soon. We can"t still be asleep when they arrive. We need to give the old princ.i.p.al a call too since we came back in the middle of the night and did not have enough time to inform her about it."
Yan Beicheng finally relented upon looking at the time.
When they had washed up and gone to the living room, they realized that Old Master Yan and Old Lady Yan were nowhere to be found.
"Where"s the old master and old mistress?" Yan Beicheng asked Aunt Chen.
Aunt Chen had a confused look on her face. "The old master and old mistress went out for some exercise this morning. They came back for breakfast and left the house again afterward."
Aunt Chen could not bear to tell him that the two elders had gone out walking with an expression of "I have happy news, but I cannot share it with you" on their faces. It was quite a sad thing to see.
"Lin Chu, what do you want to have for breakfast? I"ll make it for you," Aunt Chen said.
"What did grandpa and grandma have this morning?" Lin Chu asked to gather some inspiration.
"Freshly grounded soybean milk and some fried dough fritters. The oil used in outside stalls is not clean, so I cook it myself. Old master and old mistress don"t usually take oily food anymore, but they do occasionally crave for it," Aunt Chen smiled as she said.
It sounded appetizing to Lin Chu so she asked, "Do you still have some?"
"I do. I"ve set aside some freshly grounded soybean milk for you in case you"d like to have some hot too. If you don"t want it, I can leave it for tonight as a facial cleanser. I always keep some frozen dough fritters in the fridge so that I can fry it up at a moment"s notice without needing to make it from scratch every time. If you"d like some, they"re ready-made so I can bring them out now," Aunt Chen said. China allows only a maximum of two children per family or they will incur a fine.