Chapter 199: They are irreplaceable to each other.

Xu Si'an stood behind her and pulled her into his arms. Her long hair, which had been styled in a princess bun, had been let down.

He sucked on her hair: "I just want you to have no regrets."

"When the baby is born and asks us why she's not in our wedding photos, you can confidently tell her that we included her."

Qiao Xu couldn't help but laugh out loud.

This person's thought process is just a little different.

The temperature in Weihai isn't particularly cold yet, so this is a suitable time to take Chinese-style wedding photos.

When the plane landed, Xu Si'an took Qiao Xu back to the hotel.

Qiao Xu sat cross-legged on the edge of the bed, looking out at the blue sea and reefs.

Xu Si'an packed her luggage behind her and handed the wedding dress she had brought over to the hotel staff to be ironed.

Seeing her in a daze, Xu Si'an took a photo frame out of his suitcase and handed it to her upside down.

This was given to him by Song Jia before he boarded the plane.

"What's this?"

Xu Si'an sat down next to her and pulled her into his arms.

"A wedding gift. Take a look, do you like it?"

When Qiao Xu saw the contents of the photo frame, tears immediately fell onto the photo.

It's a family photo taken just at the wedding.

The photo was edited, and Qiao Xu's father, dressed in a dark red Zhongshan suit, is standing behind her.

His hands gently rested on Qiao Xu and her mother's shoulders.

In this family photo, no one is absent.

This was the only time Qiao Xu cried and Xu Si'an offered no comfort.

He simply wanted to give her something to lean on, to let her rest in his arms.

Xu Si'an originally didn't want to do something so hurtful.

Recently, Qiao Xu has been having nightmares, calling out "Dad" in her dreams. How could he bear to see her suffer and feel regret?

When did you start preparing?

He wiped away her tears with his fingertips: "About a month ago, after the photos were taken, I asked them to quickly composite them."

Does it look like it?

Qiao Xu nodded: "Yes, very much so."

"Honey, why are you so good to me?"

Xu Si'an chuckled and coaxed in a gentle tone, "My journey to marrying a wife was fraught with difficulties. Now that I've finally won her over, I have to grant her every wish."

Qiao Xu placed the photo in front of the window, sat in his lap, and hugged his neck.

"Then I will grant your every request."

"Didn't you say a few days ago that you wanted to look in the mirror? Go now."

Xu Si'an felt that he was becoming more and more useless, and he almost collapsed with just one sentence.

"Stop making a fuss, stop messing around, or your husband will be the one suffering in the end."

Qiao Xu cupped his cheeks and gently kissed him: "No, I want it, hurry up and carry me."

Xu Si'an frowned slightly: "No."

"Don't you know your own body right now? Stop trying to provoke me, I won't play along with your nonsense."

Qiao Xu suddenly released his neck, stood up, took the photo, and turned to leave.

Xu Si'an braced himself on the ground, leaned back, and sighed helplessly.

He got up from the ground, strode after her, and picked her up horizontally.

"You really have me completely under your control."

Qiao Xu wrapped her arms around his neck and kissed his Adam's apple, igniting a fire everywhere.

"Xu Si'an, don't be ungrateful! I'm giving you a treat!"

Xu Si'an smiled indulgently, placed the photo frame in her arms on the bed, and carried her into the bathroom.

"Okay, whatever benefits you say, then it's benefits."

"It's a promise, just once."

Qiao Xu's voice softened slightly: "Is that enough?"

"Didn't you say that a man who does less than twice a night isn't a real man, Mr. Xu? Aren't you getting old?"

Xu Si'an cursed under his breath, "Say it again, and I'm quitting."

With the talisman in her hand, Qiao Xu felt more unrestrained and confident than ever before.

"What aren't you going to do?"

"You!" The man gritted his teeth, but he couldn't do anything about her. She was the princess he had raised, so he could only pamper and spoil her.

The following day at noon, both of them dressed in red wedding attire faced the stranded Bruces ship in the sea. Seagulls soared high, and the two red figures were particularly dazzling.

After changing back into her everyday clothes, Xu Si'an held a bouquet of pink lychee roses in her hand.

Kiss and hug the girl she cherishes.

The ship, which had been stranded for so long, felt warmer because of their passionate love for each other.

Xu Si'an took Qiao Xu to every beach in the city.

From the beginning, it was the photographer who took pictures, but in the end, it became Xu Si'an who photographed Qiao Xu.

"The shipwreck is a testament to time, and Qiao Xu and Xu Si'an are irreplaceable to each other."

Qiao Xu's pregnancy checkup was due, and the trip came to an end.

In the winter, Qiao Xu entered her late pregnancy, and Xu Si'an even stopped going to the company.

I'm either tidying up her things in the nursery at home or taking her shopping.

"Xu Si'an, there's no room left in the house."

Xu Si'an, who was driving, replied dismissively, "There are still several empty rooms in the house."

Qiao Xu: ······

"We could open a baby store with all the stuff we have at home."

So-and-so buys clothes and other necessities every few days, and so-and-so's child needs to wear hundreds of clothes every day.

"Please stop the car. I'm not buying anything; I'm tired."

Xu Si'an patiently coaxed her, "If you want to buy something, there's one thing you need to buy."

"Will you come with me, baby? This is very important."

After getting out of the car, Qiao Xu realized that Xu Si'an had brought her to a jewelry store to have a longevity lock and a bracelet made.

She was speechless now.

She could only sit aside, eating snacks and waiting for him; even if he wanted to intervene, he wouldn't allow it.

It wasn't until nightfall that the longevity lock was finally fastened.

In the following days, Xu Si'an would continue working on the project while Qiao Xu took a nap.

On a snowy night, Xu Si'an walked home through the snow.

The first thing to do was to put the longevity lock around Qiao Xu's neck.

"Don't take it off."

Qiao Xu paused for a few seconds: "Weren't you on a business trip?"

"Wasn't it said you'd be back tomorrow?"

Xu Si'an kissed the corner of her lips and gently stroked her belly, where the baby's movements were clearly visible.

"I'm cold, let me take a shower before I hug you."

While he was taking a shower, Qiao Xu asked Song Jia and found out that he wasn't actually busy with the company.

He went to the ancient temple these past two days and asked a master to pray for his blessings.

I knelt for two days straight during the winter and wrote Buddhist scriptures for two days, just praying that Qiao Xu could give birth safely.

Xu Si'an looked slightly tired: "When I wasn't here, did the baby cry?"

Qiao Xu nestled in his arms: "Without you causing trouble."

"Is it very cold up in the mountain?"

Xu Si'an hadn't intended to hide it from her anyway: "It's alright, it's not particularly cold."

"My due date is in a month and a half, Qiaoqiao. I'm getting more and more scared. Can I give birth with you?"

Qiao Xu patted his back gently: "Okay, I won't be scared if you stay with me."

As her due date approached, Xu Si'an couldn't sleep at all, fearing that he hadn't noticed Qiao Xu's discomfort in time.

When he opened his eyes for the nth time, Qiao Xu raised her hand to cover them.

"The doctor said it's not going to happen anytime soon, and your anxiety is making me anxious too."

"Ah Si, listen to me. I'm an adult. I'll tell you if I'm not feeling well."

The more Xu Si'an forced himself to sleep, the more obvious his restlessness became: "Baby, how about we stay in the hospital?"

Qiao Xu also felt sorry for him.

A month ago, when she got up in the middle of the night, she discovered that Xu Si'an would stare at her every night instead of sleeping.

Even the slightest movement from her, such as a slightly heavier breathing, would bring tears to his eyes.

She's incredibly spoiled.

"Okay, okay, but let's do it tomorrow. It's the middle of the night now. Be good and don't make a fuss."

As Xu Si'an wished, Qiao Xu was admitted to the hospital the next day.

That night, Qiao Xu unlocked a new role in her life.

At the delivery bed, Xu Si'an's eyes reddened, and hot tears dripped onto Qiao Xu's pale cheeks.

He ignored the baby's soft cries beside him.

Qiao Xu raised her hand to touch his lips, which were trembling with suppressed emotion: "A Si, am I amazing?"

Xu Si'an lowered his head and kissed her carefully.

Her voice choked with emotion: "Baby, are you in pain?"

"You're in a lot of pain, aren't you?"

Qiao Xu laughed until tears welled up in her eyes: "I'm not in pain, my Xu Jiaojiao is a father."

The midwife placed the cleaned baby in Qiao Xu's arms, between the two of them.

From then on, there was one more little one in the world who was connected to them by blood.

"Jiaojiao, I am your mother, and this is your father. Nice to meet you. We will love you for a long time."

During the late stages of pregnancy, the couple had already chosen a name for their baby.

Xu Yiqiao, nicknamed Jiaojiao.

White as snow on the mountain, bright as the moon in the clouds.

Xu Si'an said that Xu Jiaojiao was a unique nickname given to him by Qiao Xu.

Even a daughter is not allowed.

I don't know where Xu Si'an got his confidence from, only choosing his daughter's name.

Qiao Xu asked him what he would do if it were a son.

He said, "Whatever!"

Fortunately, Xu Si'an was not disappointed, and Si Shen, who had been asking for a goddaughter, was not disappointed either.

Xu Si'an kissed his sleeping daughter's face.

Her eyes were red and it was heartbreaking: "My Qiaoqiao is so amazing, she gave me a new identity."

After ten months of waiting, love has finally come to fruition.

Xu Si'an's love now has another place to belong!

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