Chapter 42

Nan Tao placed her small hands on his chest, leaned back, raised her sparkling almond-shaped eyes, and met the man's deep black eyes. She asked coquettishly, "What's wrong with you today?"

Yu Zhengyang stared at her red lips that opened and closed, his black eyes becoming deeper and deeper.

Nan Tao couldn't help swallowing, realizing his intentions, and leaned back even further, "Yu Zhengyang!"

Yu Zhengyang: "Hmm?" As he spoke, he reached out and touched her lips with his fingertips.

Nan Tao felt a chill down her spine, having a bad feeling, and quickly said, "No."

Yu Zhengyang's long eyelashes drooped slightly, casting a shadow under his eyes. After a long pause, he spoke: "Why?"

Nan Tao looked at the wet hair on his forehead and the water droplets on his long black eyelashes. He felt like a wronged big golden retriever. She couldn't help but feel soft inside and coaxed him softly, "I'm having my period."

Yu Zhengyang's face darkened. He took a deep breath, lowered his head, and buried his head in her soft, fair neck.

Nan Tao chuckled, "Don't bite, it's itchy... Hahaha, stop it..."

Yu Zhengyang looked up, looked at Nan Tao's smiling face, pursed his lips, with a sullen look in his eyes, and held her in his arms with one hand, like a child, and carried her out of the bathroom.

Nan Tao held Yu Zhengyang's head with both hands, sitting firmly on his strong arms, blushing and whispering, "Just wait another seven days."

Yu Zhengyang: "I'm taking a flight to Country M tomorrow morning."

Nan Tao felt a little disappointed when she heard this. Humph, what a liar! Last time, he said he would be back in the country often after the M country affairs were settled. Now he has only been home for a few days and he is flying away again. What a liar who does not keep his word. I know he is a workaholic. All men's words are lies.

Yu Zhengyang carried her onto the bed, and the two of them rolled on it together. He stretched out his long arms and took the little person who had rolled out into his arms. Seeing her pouting unhappily, he asked, "What's wrong?"

Nan Tao hummed, turned her head and buried her face in his arms, not wanting her disappointed expression to be seen: "Nothing."

Yu Zhengyang stroked Nan Tao's beautiful and smooth black hair from time to time, and whispered, "Tao Tao."

Nan Tao: "What?"

Yu Zhengyang: "Nothing."

The two of them enjoyed this rare moment of warmth, and no one spoke.

After a while, Nan Tao concealed her emotions, looked up, looked at his delicate and sexy chin, reached out and touched it, and then her fingers gradually moved down.

Yu Zhengyang's breathing became heavier. He grabbed the restless hand of the little guy in his arms and said hoarsely, "Be good, don't make trouble."

Nan Tao blinked innocently: "I was just drawing circles, I wasn't making any trouble."

Yu Zhengyang was silent.

Nan Tao smiled quietly.

Humph, just leave when I tell you to come back. Work is more important than me. You might as well not come back. Let’s see if you feel uncomfortable.

Just when she was feeling proud of herself for punishing a man, suddenly, the positions were reversed.

Nan Tao was pressed down, feeling the heaviness on her body, and reached out to push: "Get up, you're too heavy."

Yu Zhengyang: "Are you still making trouble?"

Nan Tao felt an itch in her armpit and couldn't help laughing: "Hahahaha...hahahaha...it's so itchy, stop scratching, I was wrong...hahaha...hahaha..."

Yu Zhengyang saw that she was smiling so hard that tears came out of the corners of her eyes, and a hint of smile appeared on the corners of her eyes and eyebrows, like the melting snowflakes on the high mountains, beautiful and impermanent, captivating people's heart.

Nan Tao was bewitched and stared blankly.

Yu Zhengyang lowered his head and licked the tears from the corners of Nan Tao's eyes.

Nan Tao felt the warmth coming from the corner of her eyes and subconsciously closed her eyes.

It was not until the warm feeling disappeared that Nan Tao realized what had happened. She was instantly angry that she had been seduced again by Yu Zhengyang, the male demon.

"Have you changed your gender recently?"

Yu Zhengyang knew what she was asking. He would never admit that he had learned from his friend. He said calmly, "What's wrong?"

Nan Tao pinched his cheeks with both hands and asked suspiciously, "Have you been possessed by someone's soul, or by some wild demon?"

Yu Zhengyang coaxed, "Don't make trouble, be good and go to sleep." After that, he lay flat on the bed, held the person in his arms, and closed his eyes to rest.

Nan Tao nestled in his arms, feeling his steady heartbeat, and pouted unhappily. Her own heart was beating so fast that it almost jumped out of her throat, but he was so calm.

Sometimes she really couldn't understand him. He was calm and composed, but his actions inexplicably seduced her. Was he mentally ill? Since they were getting married, and it was a family marriage, the possibility of divorce was almost low. There was no need for him to sacrifice himself to this extent.

I thought about it for a long time but still couldn't figure out the reason. Finally, I couldn't bear it anymore and fell asleep in a daze.

Yu Zhengyang felt the breathing of the little person in his arms gradually calm down, opened his eyes, his eyes were clear, and in the moonlight, he looked down at Nan Tao's innocent sleeping face like a child, lowered his head and gently placed a cherished kiss on her lips, then raised his lips, closed his eyes again and gradually fell asleep.

The next morning, the sun was high in the sky.

Nan Tao yawned and slowly sat up. The thin silk blanket covering her body slid down to her legs, revealing her snow-white skin.

I turned my head to look to my side, but there was no one there.

Nan Tao reached out and touched it. It was ice cold, without even any residual warmth. It was obvious that the person had been gone for a long time.

I lifted the quilt and got out of bed, walked to the floor-to-ceiling window in my slippers, pulled open the beautiful and dreamy purple and white curtains, looked at the lush greenery outside the window, and felt in a good mood.

A happy woman should learn to put her man aside. Today she decided to go shopping to reward herself for her hard work these days.

When I went downstairs, I saw Yu Ze stacking blocks in the living room.

"Baby, have you had breakfast?" After saying that, Nan Tao felt like she had said something nonsense.

Yu Ze: "I'm done eating. Good morning, Mommy."

Nan Tao looked at the bright and dazzling light outside the window and said, "Good morning, baby."

After finishing breakfast and lunch, Nan Tao lazily lay on the sofa in the living room and glanced at the big black clock hanging on the wall. It was 11:30 in the morning. It seemed that she got up quite early today.

I turned on the TV out of boredom and found the Haishi Channel. The second episode of the third season of "Mom Takes Her Baby on a Trip" was playing on TV.

Seeing Yu Ze and Zhan Li chasing the big yellow dog fiercely, but the big yellow dog just wagged its tail indifferently and continued to crawl in the middle of the road without moving, Nan Tao laughed out loud and waved and shouted, "Baby, come and see."

Yu Ze put down the building blocks in his hand, walked to Nan Tao, sat beside her and watched the variety show.

Nan Tao was watching with great interest when her cell phone suddenly rang. It was Nan's mother calling. "Hello, Mom?"

Nan's mother: "My dear daughter, are you awake?"

Nan Tao once again glanced at the bright sun outside the French window and said, "Mom, I got up a long time ago."

Nan's mother: "You're up so early? I thought you were sleeping."

Nan Tao was speechless: "What do you want from me?"

Nan Ma said mysteriously, "Come home."

Nan Tao: "What's going on? It's so mysterious."

Nan Ma: "Big deal!"

Nan Tao's heart skipped a beat. "Something big happened at home? Mom, don't scare me."

Nan's mother: "I scared you, baby. Don't worry, no one is in trouble at home."

Nan Tao: "Mom! I'm already grown up, please don't call me baby. It would be so embarrassing if my son heard it."

Yu Ze, who was sitting nearby, listened to the entire conversation, looked at his mother who was concentrating on talking to his grandmother, turned his head silently and concentrated on watching TV, pretending not to hear anything.

Nan's mother: "I know, come home soon."

Nan Tao stood up from the sofa and talked as she walked: "Since no one at home is in trouble, can't you tell us on the phone? Why are you being so secretive?"

Nan Ma: “It’s a big deal indeed!”

Nan Tao felt itchy in her heart, "What's the big deal? I'm so anxious."

Nan Ma coughed and said, "You'll know when you get here."

Nan Tao: "Is there someone next to you, Dad?"

Nan's father: "My dear daughter, it's Dad."

Nan Tao: "Dad, you're back from your business trip."

Nan's mother: "Your father came back yesterday morning. Remember to come over soon. I'm hanging up now."

Nan Tao guessed that her mother might not want her father to know, so she didn't say it on the phone.

No matter what, Nan Tao hurriedly took Yu Ze upstairs to the cloakroom to change clothes, and then asked the driver to take them to Nan's house.

When they arrived at Nan's house, Nan Tao and Yu Ze got out of the car.

Entering the villa's living room, Nan Tao saw Nan's father and happily walked up to him and gave him a big bear hug, "Dad, I missed you so much."

Nan's mother was jealous, "Your father has only been gone for a few days, and you miss her so much already."

Nan Tao let go of Nan's father and hugged Nan's mother's arm, "Mom, I miss you too."

Nan's mother was coaxed into smiling happily.

Yu Ze: "Grandpa, grandma."

Nan's father happily picked up Yu Ze and said, "Our little Ze has grown taller and bigger."

Nan Ma quickly let go of Nan Tao and patted Yu Ze's head lovingly: "Grandma's little grandson has become handsome again."

Nan Tao, standing aside, looked at Nan's father and mother with resentment, thinking that they had forgotten their daughter after having a grandson.

Fortunately, Nan's mother had something important to discuss with her daughter, so she said to Nan's father, "Didn't you say that when Xiaoze comes, you should take him to visit Lao Li's house?"

Nan Tao pricked up her ears. Old Li should be the chairman of the Li Group. The Li residence he lived in was not far from Nan Tao's residence, in another villa nearby. Her father often played chess and went fishing with Old Li, so they were quite familiar with each other. The child in Jiang Qian's belly was his.

Nan's father: "Their family has been quite lively recently. It is said that they just found a son."

Nan's mother was curious: "Son? Old Li is already in his sixties, and he has an illegitimate child outside?"

Nan's father: "He's not an illegitimate child, he's their second son who got lost when he was young."

Nan's mother: "I haven't heard that his wife gave birth to two sons."

Nan's father: "Why don't you go and take a look and find out? Come with me?"

Nan's mother was conflicted. "Forget it. Maybe next time."

Seeing this, Nan Tao thought that the big thing her mother was talking about was very important, as she didn't even want to eat such a curious melon.

Nan's father asked Yu Ze: "Are you going with grandpa?"

Yu Ze looked at Nan Tao.

Nan Tao nodded: "Go ahead."

After Nan's father took Yu Ze away, Nan's mother pulled Nan Tao to sit on the sofa and said, "Let's go to your brother's company later."

Nan Tao: "Why do you suddenly want to go to my brother's company? ...Could it be related to my brother?"

Nan's mother: "Don't tell your dad. He doesn't know yet. I'm afraid if he finds out, he'll look down on me and mess things up."

Nan Tao's eyes lit up, "Mom, what do you mean?"

Nan Ma smiled and said, "That's what you meant."

Nan Tao: "Mom, please tell me now, don't keep me in suspense."

Nan's mother: "Do you know how worried I am about your brother finding a partner? Look at him, he's in his thirties, let alone getting married, he doesn't even have a girlfriend. You've been married for seven or eight years, and Xiaoze is six years old, but he's still single. The secretaries around him are either married women or married men. I'm almost doubting your brother's sexual orientation. And guess what? One of your brother's female secretaries got pregnant and took maternity leave, so a young girl was promoted as a secretary assistant."

Nan Tao: "??? That's it? That doesn't mean anything."

Nan's mother whispered, "I heard from people at the company that your brother treats her differently. You know your brother's personality—he seems gentle and polite, but he's actually very distant. He's been at the company for so many years, and I've never heard of him getting close to any girl. Don't you think this is unusual? It's spread all over the company, and many people know about it."

Nan Tao became interested: "Really?"

Nan's mother: "Whether it's true or not, you'll know when you go and see it."

Nan Tao: "Hurry up, let's go over there now."

Nan Tao initially fantasized about what kind of sister-in-law her elder brother would find for her in the future. However, day after day, year after year, her brother remained single, so she simply gave up the fantasy.

Nan Tao was sure that her brother would die alone, but unexpectedly, there was a twist in the story and there was hope for his future as a sister-in-law.

How can this not be exciting? It must be exciting!

Anyway, Yu Ze was being watched by Nan's father, so Nan Tao and Nan's mother hurried to Nan's Group to secretly meet their future sister-in-law/future daughter-in-law.

When the front desk staff of Nan Group saw the chairman's wife and Miss Nan coming to inspect the work, they were so scared that they quickly stood up to greet them and prepared to call the secretary assistant Lin Yiru to ask her to come down to receive them.

Nan's mother quickly stopped them: "No, no, we're just taking a look. You guys focus on your own things and don't bother with us."

Nan Tao: "Don't tell anyone we're here yet."

The receptionist was bewildered and didn't understand why the chairman's wife and the eldest daughter were so secretive. Could it be that they were going on an undercover visit and wanted to fire anyone who was not working seriously and was playing with their mobile phone?

The receptionist became more and more panicked the more he thought about it. He straightened his back, smiled, and greeted every guest who came to Nan Group with the best service.

Nan Ma and Nan Tao were still unaware of the misunderstanding they had caused at the front desk as they were taking the elevator to the top floor.

Since the two of them often went to the president's office, they always just pushed the door open and went in, and this time was no exception.

So, after opening the door,

Nan Ma and Nan Tao, mother and daughter, were both stunned.

They saw a woman kneeling on the ground, clinging tightly to Nan Bo's knees. Since her back was facing Nan Ma and Nan Tao, the two of them couldn't see clearly what the woman was doing. However, from the way her arms were swinging up and down, it was not difficult to guess that the two of them were...