Perhaps because the man had returned, and her anxiety had finally subsided, Yang Qiaoqiao slept exceptionally soundly.

When she woke up, it was already the afternoon of the next day.

The moment she opened her eyes, she met the man's deep, smiling eyes.

Huo Beixiao reached out and gently pinched her nose. "Good morning, wife."

Yang Qiaoqiao was still a little dazed, but when she saw Huo Beixiao's handsome face magnified in front of her, a smile had already appeared on her lips.

Then, she wrapped her arms around the man's neck and said, "Good morning, husband."

Huo Beixiao showered them with kisses, their lips entwined, filled with longing for each other.

However, now that Yang Qiaoqiao's belly is getting bigger, the two of them don't dare to be too indulgent.

After a brief encounter, Huo Beixiao held the woman in his arms and said, "Wife, shall we go get our marriage certificate today?"

Yang Qiaoqiao couldn't help but laugh, "Is there such a rush to get the marriage certificate?"

Huo Beixiao looked at her with deep, serious eyes and nodded solemnly, "Of course I need it. The country's recognition is my guarantee."

Yang Qiaoqiao blinked, then spread her hands innocently, "Then I can't get it today either!"

"Why?" Huo Beixiao immediately looked hurt. "Wife, don't you love me anymore?"

Yang Qiaoqiao rolled her eyes at him. "Didn't we just say we were in love?"

Huo Beixiao: ...

His wife's words were rather embarrassing.

Yang Qiaoqiao was now quite heavy and had some difficulty getting up. She propped herself up, and Huo Beixiao quickly helped her.

Still unwilling to give up, he asked, "Wife, why can't we get our marriage certificate today?"

Yang Qiaoqiao: "Because it's a rest day today, the Civil Affairs Bureau is not open."

Huo Beixiao: ...

He has completely forgotten about rest days.

After Yang Qiaoqiao got up and washed up, she realized that it was getting late outside, and only then did she remember to check the time.

Upon closer inspection...

Her eyes widened in surprise. It was already 2 p.m.

The man even said good morning to her, what good morning my foot!

She had originally planned to go out for breakfast, but there was no breakfast available outside at this time.

She didn't want to eat those staple foods and stir-fries for lunch either.

Well, at least the man is home, let him do it.

As Yang Qiaoqiao was thinking, she heard the man call out to her, "Wife, come and eat."

She sat down at the table, and the man immediately brought out the food. In addition to a stir-fried vegetable dish, there were also hot and sour shredded potatoes, steamed sea bass, and fried eggs.

Yang Qiaoqiao noticed that the porridge didn't look like plain white porridge. Upon closer inspection, she discovered that bird's nest had been added to it.

As she ate, she asked the man, "When did you buy the bird's nest?"

Huo Beixiao placed a piece of fish belly meat on her plate. "Before the accident, the food had just been delivered to me, and I hadn't had a chance to cook it for you before the accident happened."

In fact, ever since Yang Qiaoqiao became pregnant, he had asked Xu Yizhou what supplements were best for pregnant women.

Xu Yizhou said that pregnant women are not suitable for taking strong tonics such as ginseng and lingzhi, but can eat some bird's nest to nourish themselves according to their physical condition.

He then immediately set about finding someone to buy bird's nest.

This stuff is hard to buy; not only in Yun County, but even in the provincial capital, there's no stock available.

It was around this time that he had someone buy it and deliver it to him.

In her past life, when her health deteriorated, she ate a lot of nourishing foods like bird's nest.

You can naturally tell that the bird's nest that Huo Beixiao bought is of the highest quality.

In this day and age, it's probably not easy for Huo Beixiao to buy such good bird's nest.

After having breakfast, Yang Qiaoqiao planned to go to Yiren Clothing Store to take a look.

These days, the shop has been entirely supported by Yang Hongying alone, which is truly hard work for her.

She needs to hire two more people for the shop as soon as possible.

Although Yiren Clothing's profits are negligible compared to the garment factory, it is her first clothing store, like her eldest son, so she definitely has to take it seriously.

As she passed under the big banyan tree in the courtyard, she found it sitting there picking vegetables and chatting.

When they saw her and Huo Beixiao, everyone exchanged meaningful glances.

After they passed by, people behind them immediately started talking.

"How come I never realized before that Huo Beixiao was such a romantic? Yang Qiaoqiao cheated on him so badly, yet he still forgave her!"

"Don't talk nonsense. Qiaoqiao never cheated on Beixiao. I heard people at the market talking about it when I went out to buy groceries just now."

They said that Qin Haiyang, that bastard, suddenly proposed to Qiao Qiao for no apparent reason. The police saw this as a breakthrough and had Qiao Qiao cooperate by playing along with him, trying to extract information from him.

Everyone was skeptical when they heard this. "Really? Why did Qin Haiyang suddenly go crazy and want to marry Yang Qiaoqiao?"

"How do we know? Anyway, it's definitely true. Otherwise, why couldn't the police find any clues about the provincial capital shopping mall incident, but then the news of Yang Qiaoqiao divorcing Huo Beixiao and marrying Qin Haiyang came out?"

The police found witnesses and physical evidence, and Qin Haiyang quickly confessed. Surely Qin Haiyang couldn't have suddenly gotten tired of living and wanted to be shot, could he?

Everyone who heard this thought it made sense.

He couldn't help but nod. "So, Yang Qiaoqiao is really quite daring. Doesn't she realize how big Huo Beixiao's business is now, and how many young girls are eyeing him, wanting to pounce on him?"

What if she gets divorced, and then Huo Beixiao, after being released, loses his resolve and falls for some young girl, refusing to remarry her, while she's pregnant? Wouldn't she end up losing both her money and her lover?

"Who can argue with that? So it all comes down to a man's conscience, but Huo Beixiao is definitely a good one."

"That's right. Huo Beixiao was raised by his maternal grandfather. He probably takes after his maternal grandfather's side and is much better than his father."

"But then again, Yang Qiaoqiao is quite capable herself. She's beautiful and runs such a large garment factory. Even if Huo Beixiao has some ulterior motives, she won't be any less capable."

...

Yang Qiaoqiao knew that the people in the compound were definitely talking about her at this time, but she didn't care.

She'd already endured being called heartless and slut-shaming, so a few words of gossip about her now were of no consequence to her.

After leaving the compound, she got into Huo Beixiao's car.

Just as Huo Beixiao was about to start his car, a taxi from the provincial capital cut in front of him.

Tong Xuejiao got out of the car in a flurry.

He walked straight to Huo Beixiao's car, knocked on the window, and said, "Huo Beixiao, open the car door."

Huo Beixiao turned to look at his wife.

Yang Qiaoqiao was also quite helpless, "Brother Xiao, why don't you open the car door first!"

She knew Tong Xuejiao fairly well. Tong Xuejiao was incredibly persistent; if you ignored her, she would stick to you like a leech, impossible to shake off.