Chapter 34 A Marriage in Name Only

The old lady didn't come out to have dinner with them today.

Zhou Jibai and Zhou Xu went to the group one after another. Shi Huai had nothing to do, so he came to Ruoyu and had fun with her.

Huanyu has shown a nature of being obsessed with looks since childhood, and particularly likes beautiful and nice things.

Before both of her parents passed away, they settled in Guangnan. Shi Huai grew up in the south, with a graceful and elegant appearance, as serene and gentle as a drizzling spring rain. Just looking at her is a delight, and one can't help but want to be close to her. She usually speaks softly and is a very pretty and well-behaved girl.

If Ruoyu hadn't seen her slap someone without saying a word, she would have thought that Shihuai was a lamb as easy to be slaughtered as herself.

Huanyu was only three months away from turning two, and she felt heavy in his arms. Shihuai was pregnant, so Ruoyu didn't dare let her hold her for too long, so she reached out to take Huanyu in.

In the end, Huanyu was still unhappy and hugged Shihuai's slender neck tightly, "No, no, no, puff puff puff——"

Its little mouth kept making "no no, puff, puff" sounds like a fish blowing bubbles, resisting its mother from holding it.

The little ball of milk was pressed against his body. This kind of intimacy and affection was indescribable. Shi Huai was reluctant to let go of the joy, "It's okay to hold on for a while."

Seeing that both the big and small were reluctant to let go of each other, Ruoyu could only give up for the time being. Soon Huanxue would have to take a nap, and after a while of making noise, he would probably reach out for his mother.

Shi Huai is now overflowing with maternal love and can't let go of Huan Yu.

She held Joy on her lap and teased him, "Little Joy, little Joy~"

When mentioning the baby's name, Shi Huai's mind popped up again that Zhou Jibai wanted to name the baby Zhou Jianqiang, and he felt sick in his heart.

She complained about this to Ruoyu speechlessly.

When Ruoyu heard the name Zhou Jianqiang, the corners of her mouth couldn't help but twitch, "This name is quite plain and simple."

"The name Huanyue sounds better. Did you choose this name, or did your elder brother?"

Ruoyu: "Zhou Xu took it."

"Happy... Happy, Zhou Xu and Ruoyu, Zhou Xu likes Ruoyu." Shi Huai muttered to himself, and suddenly came up with an answer, "I didn't expect that big brother is quite romantic."

Zhou Xu had never told her the meaning of this name, so Ruoyu naturally didn't think much about it.

Now hearing what Shi Huai said, Ruoyu was slightly surprised, and she was silently pondering the meaning of this sentence in her heart.

But he still shook his head and chuckled twice: "Your eldest brother would not do this."

Shi Huai raised an eyebrow at her: "Not necessarily."

Huanyu also sat in Shihuai's arms and imitated her tone: "Eyebrow pencil!"

Ruoyu blushed and took out her cell phone to ease her embarrassment.

Sure enough, within a few minutes, Huanyue yawned several times, looked around with his little head, and when he saw Ruoyu, he reached out for a hug again.

Ruoyu held Huanyu in her arms again, and Huanyu flew into Ruoyu's arms as if she had turned on the navigation.

After returning from Jiang An, Ruoyu decided to wean Huanyu off breastfeeding. No matter how much she begged, she was determined to hand her over to the nanny and let her take Huanyu away for a nap.

Glancing at the somewhat gloomy sky, Shi Huai thought of the old lady's recent abnormal behavior.

In her previous life, my grandmother was depressed and became extremely thin. The day after her birthday party, she was found unconscious in the basement by a servant. Fortunately, they found her in time, otherwise she would have died there.

Apart from the two brothers, Ruoyu spends the most time with grandma in this family.

Shi Huai asked: "Grandma seems to be in a bad mood recently. What happened?"

Ruoyu paused slightly when Shihuai suddenly asked this question. However, she had no intention of hiding anything from Shihuai, so she told him what she knew.

"Grandma's birthday is at the end of next month. I heard from Zhou Xu that ever since the old man passed away, she has been in low spirits every time her birthday month comes, and she often locks herself in the basement." Ruoyu frowned and sighed.

The old lady was usually optimistic and cheerful. Shi Huai pondered for a moment and vaguely felt that there was something else hidden.

If Yu didn’t know, how could the two brothers not know?

It seems that there is not much time left until grandma's party.

Shi Huai stood up from the chair, "Sister-in-law, didn't you say you wanted to bring a lunch box to Big Brother?"

"What's wrong?"

"I'll go with you."

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After returning from Jiang An, Zhou Xu and Ruoyu's relationship has visibly warmed up a lot, and he even did the scene of his beloved wife becoming a lunch box.

On a whim, Shi Huai followed Ruoyu's lead and cooked two dishes. Without even testing the saltiness, he thought they looked good, so he packed them into a lunchbox and took them away.

Come to Haoting Group.

It was lunchtime, and the company wasn't exactly quiet. Passing employees were all buzzing with discussion about recent events.

"I didn't expect Secretary Qin to be Director Gao's mistress?"

"You didn't see the chat logs circulating in the group? Supervisor Gao must have transferred millions to Secretary Qin to buy the bag."

"You didn't see it at the scene. Secretary Qin was beaten by Director Gao's wife and her sisters. His face was swollen like a pig's head."

"Executive Director Gao was fired, but Secretary Qin was sent abroad instead... I feel like the higher-ups are a bit biased. Could it be that Secretary Qin was really CEO Zhou's sweetheart?"

"Bah! Stop throwing dirty water on our CEO Zhou. Do you know where Qin Bilan was sent? Africa! That godforsaken place. Wouldn't it be pure suffering to go there?"

The gossip slowly entered their ears, and Ruoyu and Shihuai looked at each other.

Hearing these gossips, Ruoyu was a little unbelievable and sighed.

Shi Huai held Ruoyu's arm and said, "Everything has its limits. She deserves what she has today."

Zhou Xu came to greet Ruoyu in person.

He reached out and took the bag from Ruoyu's hand, "Thank you for your hard work."

“It’s not hard.”

Shi Huai consciously let go of Ruoyu's arm.

Zhou Xu then noticed that Shi Huai had also followed him. He glanced at Shi Huai and saw that he was also holding a thermos bag. He said calmly, "Zhou Jibai is not at the group. He went out to eat with He Yunxun."

Shi Huai was not unfamiliar with He Yunxun's name, he was Zhou Jibai's dog friend.

Knowing that Zhou Jibai was not in the group, Shi Huai naturally would not stay here for long and disturb the couple whose relationship was gradually warming up.

After saying goodbye to them quietly, he left, then immediately took out his cell phone and sent a message to Zhou Jibai, asking him where he was.

If Zhou Jibai knew that I was coming to see him and didn't inform him in advance, he would have been so angry that he would have been beaten to a pulp.

Zhou Jibai leaned back in his chair, lazily waiting for the dishes to be served.

"Qingyu just got a yacht on Tuesday. Would you like to take a trip around this weekend?" He Yunxun invited Zhou Jibai.

Zhou Jibai glanced at him and did not agree directly as usual.

"It's been so long since Master Zhou Er went out with us. People with families are different now. My sister-in-law is so unreasonable. Why should you care about her?"

Listening to the teasing of the people at the table, Zhou Jibai raised his eyebrows, "I remember your parents haven't even been hung on the wall yet, how come you don't have a home?"

The person who spoke was choked by Zhou Jibai's blunt and merciless words. He didn't even dare to look at Zhou Jibai and admitted his mistake: "I said the wrong thing. I apologize to my sister-in-law."

Zhou Jibai was too lazy to pay attention.

"So, are you going or not?" Ling Qingyu looked at Zhou Jibai expectantly, "It's been a long time since you played with us. I'm not used to it without you."

When a few friends were playing together, Zhou Jibai was like the backbone. Without him, it felt like something was missing. Without him, the atmosphere was always gloomy and the fun was uncomfortable.

Zhou Jibai: "I can't give you fatherly love all the time. You have to learn to be independent."

Ling Qingyu was so angry that he cursed: "Ni Ma."

"Country A is traveling, are you going to look for it?"

Ling Qingyu: ...

Everyone was amused and the atmosphere was harmonious.

Zhou Jibai didn't say anything, his eyes involuntarily fell on the page on his phone.

Recently, my eldest sister-in-law often comes to the group to bring lunch boxes for my eldest brother.

Shi Huai just pulled himself off the blacklist two days ago.

But there was no difference between pulling and not pulling, the two people never sent a single message from beginning to end.

Zhou Jibai's gaze stayed on the black screen of his phone for a few seconds.

It is enough for him and Shi Huai to play their respective roles in this marriage. It doesn't matter whether they care about each other or love each other.

It doesn't matter, he doesn't care.

Zhou Jibai knew in his heart that although the misunderstanding between them had been resolved, his relationship with Shi Huai had not yet reached that of a normal couple.

This is nothing more than a marriage in name only.

In Shi Huai's mind, she had no feelings for him. She just got pregnant with his child and married him, and was doing her job. That was all.

Zhou Jibai didn't expect Shi Huai to change anything since they were tied together without any feelings. He just hoped that she and the baby in her belly would be safe.

Just as I was about to look away, the phone screen suddenly lit up.

Shi Huai's remarks suddenly appeared in his eyes.

Shi Huai: [Where?]

Zhou Jibai's heart beat faster.