Chapter 22 Big Brother, That Old Stuffy Guy

Early in the morning, Shi Huai woke up from the bed, opened his eyes slightly, and subconsciously looked to his side.

Finding the bed sheet beside her was empty, she sat up in a daze.

Where is Zhou Jibai?

Suddenly, a soft laugh came from my ears.

At this moment, Zhou Jibai was bare-chested, his waist slender, and the belt on his suit trousers was untied, hanging loosely on his legs. He stood lazily at the head of the bed, holding a piece of paper in his hand. As he looked at the paper, his eyes were filled with countless tenderness and love.

Shi Huai looked carefully and saw clearly that the paper was the ultrasound report from the hospital yesterday.

Zhou Jibai was looking at their two children.

Quite loving.

In fact, even when Zhou Jibai doesn't open his mouth, he is still a very nice person.

Zhou Jibai seemed to have heard some noise coming from the person on the bed. He glanced at Shi Huai who was peeking at him and put the paper into his pocket without leaving any trace. He would show it off to his friends later.

He turned around and faced Shi Huai: "If you want to see me, just say so. Isn't it uncomfortable to peek at me from the side?"

Shi Huai: ...

He is a good person, but he has a mouth.

Shi Huai glared at him resentfully, ignored him, and got out of bed to wash up.

He looked angry and ignored her, as if the tenderness between them yesterday had never happened.

…

At this time in Shi Huai's previous life, he was vomiting violently, but in this life he didn't feel anything at all.

She also asked Ruoyu, "Sister-in-law, did you have morning sickness in the first few months of your pregnancy?"

Ruoyu thought about when she was pregnant with Zhou Huanyu. She vomited almost every day in the first three months and lost several pounds.

"When I was pregnant, the morning sickness was more severe."

Ruoyu seemed to have thought of something, and cast her gaze thoughtfully on Shihuai's abdomen. Then she smiled and said, "Isn't it good that you don't have this reaction? It means that there is a warm little baby in your belly."

At this time in my previous life, Tang Xiaoling was persuading me to have an abortion every day, and my mind was full of the thought of getting rid of the child as soon as possible.

Shi Huai felt a strong sense of guilt. She lowered her eyes and gently touched her belly. "As long as he can grow up healthy and safe, that's all that matters."

"I will."

While chatting with Ruoyu, Shi Huai suddenly remembered that his elder brother was on a business trip in Jiang'an during this period and had an affair with his female secretary.

The news broke just a few days after his eldest brother left on a business trip. The two of them hadn't made their affairs known publicly, and only the Zhou family knew about it. Zhou Xu, a simpleton, told his eldest sister-in-law that the truth was in the right and that she shouldn't believe the rumors, and he didn't explain anything further.

My sister-in-law was left alone and sad, and this incident was like a lump stuck in her heart.

Later, the eldest sister-in-law found out from somewhere that this secretary was actually the eldest brother’s college classmate, and seemed to be the eldest brother’s sweetheart during his student days?

Both of them are taciturn. The sister-in-law is depressed and ignores people every day, while the brother-in-law is a man of few words.

The couple had been in a cold war for more than half a year, and finally it was the eldest sister-in-law who filed for divorce. The eldest brother disagreed at first, but later, perhaps because he had come to his senses or something, he said Huanyu was still young and filed for divorce without leaving home.

I still can't avoid the fact that my elder brother has to go on a business trip in this life, but he will be back soon.

The revelation that her eldest brother was suspected of cheating on her had been avoided for the past few days. But she couldn't let her guard down. She had to find a way to get Ruoyu to go to Jiang'an to find Zhou Xu.

Shi Huai asked, "Brother should be back soon, right?"

Hearing Shi Huai mention Zhou Xu, Ruoyu lowered her eyes and became emotionally disturbed. "I received a call yesterday saying that he has to personally oversee that project. He'll have to postpone his return for a few days."

Shi Huai saw Ruoyu's strange behavior clearly.

Could it be that the thing I was most worried about has already happened?

"Do you want to go find Big Brother?"

Ruoyu's eyes dodged, and she forced a smile, "I won't go and disturb him at work."

The unspeakable sadness was suppressed in Ruoyu's heart. She didn't dare to talk any more, for fear that tears would fall in a moment and Shihuai would laugh at her.

"I'll go see if Joy is awake."

After saying that, he turned and left.

Shi Huai saw a faint flash of tears in her eyes, which made him more certain of his guess.

Ruoyu didn't come to dinner either, saying she wasn't hungry.

Grandma didn't come either, so Shi Huai sat at the table to eat alone. She ate absent-mindedly, her mind full of thoughts about how to help her sister-in-law.

As far as Shi Huai knew in his previous life, Zhou Xu and this female secretary really had nothing going on, but unfortunately, both of them were silent. One didn't explain and the other didn't ask. No one was willing to take the initiative to break this cold situation. Over time, their relationship began to break down.

But as far as she knows... who knows if this Zhou Xu is Chen Shimei.

Halfway through the meal, Zhou Jibai came back.

He rushed home as soon as he got off work. He handed his suit jacket to the servant, loosened his tie, and walked slowly to the seat next to Shi Huai.

Shi Huai had almost finished eating. When he saw Zhou Jibai coming back, an idea suddenly came to his mind.

The eldest sister-in-law was unwilling to speak, and she couldn't ask her eldest brother openly.

But she still has Zhou Jibai.

Shi Huai raised a smile at the corner of his lips and looked at Zhou Jibai, pushing the bowl of nourishing soup he had just prepared in front of Zhou Jibai: "Hubby, drink the soup."

Zhou Jibai, who had just pulled out a chair and sat down, felt his bones soften when he heard the soft, tender "husband." He lowered his eyes to meet Shi Huai's quirky expression, then shifted his gaze to the medicinal soup in front of him, his temples throbbing twice.

I always feel like what I hear is: Dalang, take your medicine.

Zhou Jibai pushed the soup back in front of Shi Huai: "Can I not drink it? I still want to live a few more years."

Shi Huai forced a smile and gritted his teeth: "Why don't you try saying one more thing?"

Seeing Shi Huai glaring at him coquettishly, Zhou Jibai silently brought the bowl of soup in front of him and drank it politely.

Seeing that Zhou Ji had almost finished the soup in the white bowl, Shi Huai coughed lightly and said, "I have something to tell you."

"As long as you don't put drugs in this soup, I can forgive you for anything."

Shi Huai blurted out: "What about cheating?"

When these words fell into Zhou Jibai's ears, his brain suddenly froze.

Then he looked at Shi Huai with a gloomy face: "Are you serious?"

Shi Huai watched Zhou Jibai's face suddenly turn gloomy and cold. She tutted and imitated Zhou Jibai's usual dandy and casual attitude: "What about the most basic trust between people? I was just saying it casually."

Zhou Jibai's complexion still did not improve, his eyes became even colder and fiercer, he said nothing, just stared at Shi Huai in silence.

Shi Huai felt uncomfortable being stared at by Zhou Jibai. She noticed that Zhou Jibai was upset by her words. She smiled awkwardly but politely and tried to change the subject: "It's not that I cheated, I just suspected that a man in our family was cheating."

Zhou Jibai then withdrew his gaze and thought about Shi Huai's words.

"Apart from my elder brother and I, and your father-in-law who lives far away in a foreign country, are there any other men in this family? The stray cats in the manor have also been sterilized."

As soon as he finished speaking, Zhou Jibai frowned and pursed his lips again, thinking that Shi Huai was sensitive during pregnancy and was suspicious of himself.

He handed the Western-style knife to Shi Huai and said, "If I dare to cheat, you cut it yourself."

Shi Huai held the Western-style knife he handed to her in her hand, her cheeks so red that blood seemed to be dripping out.

"I don't doubt you."

Zhou Jibai tilted his head: "You mean, that old, stuffy old man, Big Brother?"

Shi Huai nodded heavily: "Yes!"

Zhou Jibai's mouth twitched, "Him?"

How could Zhou Xu, who is so noble, cheat on his wife?

Having known Zhou Xu for twenty-four years, how could he not know what kind of person Zhou Xu was? Apart from his eldest sister-in-law, he had never seen anyone of the opposite sex around Zhou Xu.

On weekdays, his mind is full of work and business trips. He doesn't smoke or drink, and he leaves all the social engagements to himself. He gets off work on time and goes home to be with his wife and children. Even his hobbies are rigid and boring. He likes to paint and write calligraphy when he has nothing to do.

Seeing Zhou Jibai's disbelief, Shi Huai puffed out his cheeks and frowned, "Maybe Big Brother is a white-skinned villain? On the surface, he looks cold, stern, and steady. Who knows if he might be a completely different person in private?"

Zhou Jibai was silent, feeling that what Shi Huai said was unreasonable. Furthermore, his elder brother did travel frequently. Out of twelve months in a year, Zhou Xu could spend five months catching high-speed trains and planes.

"That's right, not all men are as chaste as me." Zhou Jibai said.

Shi Huai: ...

"But it's not good to jump to conclusions." Zhou Jibai spoke again in a calm voice. After all, Zhou Xu was his brother, and he still understood Zhou Xu's character.

Shi Huai: "I saw my sister-in-law crying today. As soon as my brother was mentioned, her expression changed, as if she was deliberately hiding something."

"Maybe you're crying because you miss your brother?" Zhou Jibai asked.

Shi Huai shook his head and said affirmatively: "Absolutely not."

I used to tease Ruoyu about whether she missed her brother, and she wouldn't mind, always answering with a shy smile. But today, it was clear that my sister-in-law didn't want to mention Zhou Xu.

"How about you make a video call and find out what big brother is up to?" Shi Huai blinked and looked at Zhou Jibai.

Video call with Zhou Xu...

It feels like when I was in school and took the initiative to video call the principal.

Moreover, he and Zhou Xu sometimes talked face to face, and they only exchanged a few WeChat messages. It would be so awkward if he suddenly called her with a video call in the middle of the night to say hello.

Zhou Jibai grinned and said, "Why don't I just go to Jiang'an and bring Big Brother back."

Shi Huai looked at his stomach with a look of loss and sighed heavily.

"Forget it, let's not embarrass your father. Your father is already busy with work, and he has to find time every day to eat and drink with friends. He doesn't even have time for a video call. Why should we bother him to go all the way to Jiang'an?"

Zhou Jibai: ...