On my way home.

Xiao Wei would steal glances at Bai Lu's belly from time to time.

That intense, fleeting glance was as fiery as a suppressed volcano; it was impossible for Bai Lu not to notice it.

Why are you looking at my stomach?

Caught peeking, Xiao Wei's face tightened, and he immediately looked away, tugging at the hem of his clothes with his small hands.

He stammered, "I was looking at my nephew."

It's my nephew again!

Without even thinking, Bai Lu said, "Your brother and I won't have any nephews."

Xiao Wei paused in his steps.

He stopped walking: "Why? You're lying! You told me last time that it would happen, that as long as my brother built a big house, you'd have a little nephew!"

Bai Lu recalled that she did say those words, to comfort the sad little one.

Okay... you want to go back in time and rewrite history!

"Xiaowei, having a nephew is a complicated matter. Let me tell you..."

"I won't listen, I won't listen!" Xiao Wei covered his ears.

Beneath his bald little head, his tender little face was filled with sadness and hurt from being deceived.

Those clear, bright eyes welled up with tears in an instant, threatening to burst forth, yet they held them back with all their might.

Bai Lu suddenly felt incredibly shameless for lying to a seven-year-old child; it was a complete violation of her morals and family values.

"That's not what I meant. Don't be sad, don't cry. Listen to me first."

Xiao Wei remained unresponsive, but his hands, which were covering his ears, opened into two scissor-like shapes, revealing a gap.

Bai Lu pursed her lips, suppressing a laugh, and after a moment of hesitation, continued to explain: "Having a baby is a big deal. You see, after getting pregnant, I have to stay home to prepare for childbirth, and after the baby is born, I have to stay home to take care of the baby, teach the baby to talk and walk, and send the baby to school. But I also have to study..."

The last sentence was the key point, and Xiao Wei realized it.

She frowned, pondered for a while with a heavy heart, and finally slumped down.

It seems they have finally accepted this cruel reality.

He said listlessly, "I understand."

"Because you need to study, you can't have a nephew for now. Aunt Yu Xiaoling from Fifth Aunt's family said she's taking the college entrance exam soon, and since you study every day, you'll definitely take the exam just like Yu Xiaoling. Your older brother isn't building a big house because he's worried it will disturb your studies. He hasn't told you about having a nephew yet because you need to take the college entrance exam and study..."

Xiao Wei, walking with his head down, was completely unaware that his words had left Bai Lu stunned on the spot.

After walking for a while without hearing any footsteps following, Xiao Wei turned around and looked at Bai Lu with a sad and puzzled expression.

Why aren't you leaving?

Are you waiting for your older brother?

Before Xiao Wei could ask any further questions, Bai Lu asked first, "How do you know all this? Who told you?"

Xiao Wei glanced behind her, not daring to speak, but being stared at, he could only grit his teeth and hesitate.

After hesitating for what seemed like an eternity, he finally spoke, fidgeting with his fingers, and reminded his brother: "Big brother..."

“Your older brother would never say such a thing.” Bai Lu was certain that Xiao Wei was obsessed with missing his nephew. Not to mention a big shot, even a drunken child wouldn’t say such a thing.

However, as soon as she finished speaking, a deep, clear voice came from behind her: "It was me who said it."

Isn't that the voice of a big shot?

Bai Lu: "!!!"

Xiao Wei, how could you be so inconsiderate!

Xiao Wei: "..."

I already warned you, but you didn't listen!

Bai Lu took a deep breath, adhering to the principle that "I'm not embarrassed, it's others who are embarrassed," and smiled awkwardly yet politely.

He turned around and greeted them, "Why are you back?"

Pshaw! What she really meant was, "You're back."

Xiao Cheng heard both sentences, raised his handsome eyebrows slightly, and took the vegetable basket from the girl's hand.

"Go home for dinner."

Bai Lu sympathized with his sudden acclimatization issues: "Isn't the food in the city good?"

Xiao Cheng said seriously, "It doesn't taste good."

Bai Lu's face seemed to say, "You'll see if I believe you: Are you coming back for lunch?"

Xiao Cheng added: "Lunch and dinner."

"Are you going back to the city to continue your work after lunch?"

"Um."

Xinzhen is indeed very close to Pingcheng, closer than other towns, but it still takes more than forty minutes by motorcycle.

I traveled all this way just to have lunch. Will the food in Pingcheng cause poisoning?

Bai Lu noticed that Xiao Cheng had become somewhat picky about food lately.

As I was walking, a soft voice suddenly came from the side: "Something fell out of the shopping basket."

It was contained in a pretty little bag.

The small leather pouch also fell out.

It's bulging, black, flat, and a bit long; I don't know what's inside.

Xiao Wei looked at Xiao Cheng's hand in surprise, Xiao Cheng looked at Bai Lu with confusion, and Bai Lu was stunned for a moment.

"That's for..."

A wallet for a child.

But the child was there last night, not today. Today's person is the big boss, so she doesn't need to buy a wallet at all!

How hasty! How hasty!

Seeing Xiao Cheng's puzzled look, Bai Lu's expression gradually turned sinister when she heard him stop speaking.

His usual cool and aloof expression turned icy, and the wallet and small leather bag became deformed in his hands.

The enormous demonic hand, like the claws of a Tyrannosaurus Rex, could slice through a person's throat with a single swing, not to mention...

wallet!

“That’s the wallet I gave you,” Bai Lu pleaded decisively. “I bought it especially for you.”

"Open it and see if you like it."

Xiao Cheng was slightly stunned, clearly caught off guard by this unexpected surprise...

He frowned slightly, seemingly unsure whether to believe it or not, and used his long, slender fingers to pry open the bag and take out the contents.

It was indeed a black wallet.

When Xiao Cheng looked at Bai Lu again, a faint light rose up, and the iceberg shattered.

Bai Lu, afraid that he would ask more questions, spoke first to explain: "You bought me clothes before, and I saw that you didn't have a wallet, so I bought you one."

This explanation is reasonable.

Xiao Cheng lowered his gaze, clutching his wallet as he looked at Bai Lu, trying to discern something from her eyes.

But... there was nothing there.

She even asked him, "Do you like it?"

Xiao Cheng nodded slightly.

We didn't talk much on the way home. Everyone was quiet. We made and ate lunch.

Everyone went about their own business.

After dinner, shower, and washing and hanging up the clothes, Bailu sat on the bed reading.

As I watched, I saw Xiao Cheng, who had entered at some point, moving things around.

After moving the pillows, I moved the blankets.

After moving the quilt, I went to the wardrobe to get my clothes.

Bai Lu came to her senses and realized that he was going to sleep in the storage room. Suddenly, the book in her hand fell to the ground.

The person had already gotten out of bed and was beside him: "I'll go."

After saying that, she reached into the wardrobe. Her clothes had been packed yesterday and were in a bag in the corner.

I was planning to tell Xiao Cheng today, but I forgot from noon until evening and still haven't figured out what to say.

Unexpectedly, Xiao Cheng acted first.

Before Bai Lu could even reach halfway, Xiao Cheng grabbed her wrist and pulled her out of the wardrobe.

"Need not."