Chapter 101 My First Love Is Only You

The couple went home with a big bag of pig's trotters.

Shi Huai called Ruoyu: "Sister-in-law, sister-in-law, come and eat pig's trotters! They are freshly baked and delicious!"

It just so happened that Ruoyu had just coaxed Huanyue to sleep.

When she heard that Shi Huai had returned from buying midnight snacks, she asked the nanny to take Huan Yu to the children's room, and then went out to look for Shi Huai.

There was something urgent going on in the group today, so Zhou Xu has been working overtime and hasn't returned yet.

Ruoyu didn't ask too much.

Although the two sisters-in-law live in the same manor, they do not live in the same house. The Zhou family lives together but attaches great importance to privacy, especially the couple who need a separate space for two people.

To get there you have to cross a small garden.

It was so cold, Ruoyu couldn't bear to see Shihuai coming to her with a big belly and pig's trotters in his hand.

As soon as she went out, Ruoyu saw that it was snowing again.

Her hometown is Huihe, where it often snows in winter, but not as frequently as in Changjing.

Ruoyu was a little too lazy to go back and get an umbrella, thinking it was just a short distance and getting wet in the snow didn't matter.

She wrapped her white camellia-colored cloak tightly around her and walked towards Shi Huai's residence.

Snow fell on her eyelashes, and Ruoyu stopped and rubbed her eyes twice.

Suddenly, the bright light before her eyes was shrouded by a tall black shadow. Ruoyu was slightly stunned and turned around in surprise.

Zhou Xu held a pitch-black, long-handled umbrella, wearing a long black coat and a dark gray suit underneath. A dark scarf hung untied around his neck, his brow furrowed, and his expression, stern and serious, was etched behind his gold-rimmed glasses.

"Where are you going?" His tone was very calm, and no emotion could be heard from it.

Ruoyu lowered her eyes and took a small step back. "Let's go find Shihuai to eat pig's trotters."

Seeing Ruoyu about to leave the umbrella, Zhou Xu moved closer to her and changed his position to stand shoulder to shoulder with her. "Can you give me a lift?"

Ruoyu nodded lightly, tucked her hair behind her ears, and walked towards Shihuai's residence with Zhou Xu through the snow.

The snowy night was quiet, and Zhou Xu would now take the initiative to find topics to chat with Ruoyu.

He briefly talked about how busy his work was today.

Ruoyu nodded in response.

Seeing that Ruoyu didn't say anything, Zhou Xu asked about Huanyu's situation.

Sure enough, as soon as the topic of pleasure was mentioned, Ruoyu started talking.

"Huanyu ate two bowls of spinach noodles today. When she wanted a third bowl, I refused to give it to her and she started crying. She said she wanted to find her dad."

Ruoyu chuckled softly, and her eyes sparkled whenever she talked about happiness.

Zhou Xu couldn't help but smile when he saw her smile.

"What did you have for lunch today?" Ruoyu finally decided to ask him.

Zhou Xu replied: "We went downstairs to eat the staff meal."

The weather was cold, so Zhou Xu didn't let Ruoyu come to deliver food to him personally.

Ruoyu asked again: "What kind of roasted pig's trotter do you like?"

Zhou Xu: "I can do anything."

Then Zhou Xu asked again: "What flavor do you like?"

Ruoyu touched her chin and said, "It's sour plum flavor."

Zhou Xu: ...?

"Does the pig's trotter have plum flavor?"

Ruoyu smiled broadly: "Master Zhou, you don't understand this."

Zhou Xu laughed out loud at Ruoyu's words, "Then I'd like to trouble Teacher Ru to explain it to me."

Before Ruoyu married Zhou Xu, she worked as a kindergarten teacher, and Zhou Xu would occasionally call her Teacher Ruo.

Usually Ruoyu would blush and feel embarrassed to continue.

This time, Ruoyu took Zhou Xu's arm and looked up at him: "You'll know after you eat it."

"good."

…

The Chinese New Year is less than a month away, so Zhou Baichen and Zhao Yang have taken some time off and stopped traveling. They spend time with their granddaughter and their family when they have nothing to do.

Everyone is welcoming the arrival of the new year.

When Shi Huai woke up today, he found that there was no one around him.

She wondered for a moment and sat up in bed.

That's not right...

Zhou Jibai specially finished his work and didn't need to go to the group during this period.

Yesterday he stayed with me until I woke up naturally, so how come he disappeared when I opened my eyes today?

Shi Huai sent him a message, but there was no response for a long time.

Shi Huai got out of bed, put on his clothes and prepared to go to the restaurant.

In the restaurant, family members also arrived one after another.

Zhou Xu embraced joy.

When Ruoyu saw Shi Huai coming, she looked up and smiled at her, then took the initiative to go forward to greet her.

As Shi Huai got older, everyone looked at her like a national treasure.

But Shihuai's belly wasn't particularly noticeable. Even after five months, her lower abdomen was only slightly bulging, not looking particularly large. She'd taken plenty of pregnancy supplements, but she'd gained less than five pounds. Now that the weather was cold and she was wearing thicker clothes, it was even harder to tell she was pregnant.

Shi Huai and Ruo Yu sat together.

Ruoyu's eyes involuntarily fell on Shihuai's lower abdomen, and she asked softly, "How have you been lately?"

"It's fine, but I'm losing a lot of hair."

Every time after washing her hair, Shi Huai would feel dizzy when she saw the hair tangled in her hands. She was afraid that she would become bald after the pregnancy.

Ruoyu: "I lost a lot of hair when I was pregnant, but it grew back later."

Ruoyu asked again, "Will it be uncomfortable to sleep at night? I'm afraid I can only sleep on my side from now on."

Shi Huai looked at Ruoyu's worried and distressed face and couldn't help but pinch her cheek, "Don't worry!"

After chatting with Ruoyu for a while, Shi Huai looked at his eldest brother Zhou Xu and asked, "Brother, has Zhou Jibai gone to the group?"

Zhou Xu shook his head: "No."

Zhou Jibai is not like Zhou Xu. He said he would not go to work, and he would never go even if the group building collapsed.

Shi Huai muttered quietly, "Where did he go? He disappeared early in the morning and I can't contact him."

"Zhou Baichen, if you want a divorce, hurry up. I wish we could separate right now."

"How many times have I explained this to you? There's nothing going on between her and me. She just stood next to me and talked to me, but I ignored her."

The quarrel between Zhao Yang and Zhou Baichen continued from the corridor all the way to the restaurant.

Ruoyu and Shihuai looked at each other, then they looked at each other and finally shifted their gaze to Zhou Xu tacitly.

It just so happened that grandma didn’t come to the restaurant for breakfast today.

Zhou Xu handed Huanyue to the nanny and asked her to cover the little lady's ears and take her away.

Zhou Xu stood up and walked to the restaurant door and locked it.

Ruoyu:?

Shi Huai:?

The servants on the side:?

Zhou Xu said calmly, "The noise is too loud and affects my appetite."

"Let's eat first."

The servants did not dare to delay and began to serve the dishes.

When Zhou Baichen arrived at the restaurant door and was about to open it, he was stunned.

Is it locked inside?

Zhou Baichen knocked on the door twice.

Ruoyu was about to stand up and open the door, but Zhou Xu said calmly, "Let's eat first."

"But……"

Zhou Xu: "Wait until they stop making noise before letting them in."

Seeing that Zhou Xu insisted on doing so, Ruoyu didn't say anything more.

Shi Huai ate the rice in the bowl silently.

She felt somewhat uncomfortable without Zhou Jibai by her side.

Where on earth did he go? How come my husband is gone when I open my eyes?

…

The three of them had almost finished eating before Zhou Xu asked the servant to open the door.

Zhou Baichen and Zhao Yang actually argued in the corridor for such a long time.

Seeing the door open, Zhao Yang walked into the restaurant furiously, "Zhou Xu, you can just lock your dad out, but what about locking your own mom out?"

"Husband and wife should be of one mind and one heart." Zhou Xu slowly wiped the corner of his mouth with a tissue.

Zhou Baichen silently gave his eldest son a thumbs up.

Zhaoyang: "..."

"Your father and I are getting divorced, who are you going to follow?" Zhao Yang sat opposite Ruoyu and Shi Huai.

Ruoyu and Shihuai: "..."

The two of them looked at the eldest brother at the same time.

The look of help seems to say 'help me help me help me help me'

Zhou Xu: "We are all adults."

Zhaoyang: "..."

Are these two sons I gave birth to both unlucky me?

Zhou Bochen heard the word divorce again and suddenly felt a headache: "We are all in our 50s, can you please stop mentioning the word divorce so often?"

Zhao Yang glared at him: "You're only turning 50!"

Zhou Baichen was so angry that he also sat on the dining chair and said, "Okay. Since the children are here, let them judge for us."

Zhou Bochen: "Just because a woman came to talk to me, you quarreled with me for three days."

Zhou Xu and the other two looked at Zhou Baichen with contempt.

"Is the matter really as simple as you said?" Shi Huai asked with narrowed eyes.

"As a husband, avoiding suspicion is a basic requirement. Dad, you're doing this wrong."

As he spoke, Zhou Xu gently lowered his gaze to Ruoyu again.

Ruoyu pursed her lips and touched her slightly hot face with a bit of embarrassment. In this regard, Zhou Xu could indeed be called a model.

The children were all speaking up for Zhao Yang, and Zhao Yang became more confident. "Who is that woman? What is her identity? Why don't you tell the children?"

Zhou Baichen frowned: "Lu Yi and I didn't do anything when we were young."

"Isn't she also your first love?" Zhao Yang gritted his teeth. "Now that I heard that Lu Yi is divorced, I'm afraid someone might have sniffed her out and moved in, right?"

Zhou Baichen took a deep breath: "You were my first love when I was young."