"Brother Xiao, what are you doing?"

Yang Qiaoqiao leaned closer, puzzled.

Huo Beixiao casually fed her a freshly peeled walnut kernel, grinning as he looked at her, "Wife, do you like the taste of walnuts?"

Walnuts are not yet widely cultivated artificially. The walnuts that Huo Beixiao collected are genuine wild old tree walnuts. Although they have thick shells and small kernels, they are really fragrant and delicious.

Yang Qiaoqiao nodded, "It's delicious, I like it."

Huo Beixiao was even more motivated after receiving the affirmation. "Wife, you're pregnant now and you still have to produce design drawings. It's too hard for you."

Walnuts are great for the brain. I can't do much else to help you, but I'll crack some more walnuts for you to eat.

Yang Qiaoqiao couldn't help but burst out laughing.

This man is usually very shrewd when negotiating business deals.

Why do I always seem to have a silly, goofy vibe around her?

While walnuts offer many benefits, to the point of being able to boost brainpower, you can't just eat them by the sack; you have to eat them by the ton.

However, since the man was willing to do it, she didn't discourage him. She just looked at him with a sweet smile and said, "Thank you, husband."

For the next period of time, Yang Qiaoqiao was immersed in drawing.

Huo Beixiao would go out once a day to finish his work at the cement factory and shopping mall, and then rush home to prepare delicious meals for Yang Qiaoqiao in various ways.

As the baby grew further along, Yang Qiaoqiao's belly swelled up like a balloon, growing bigger every day.

By the eighth month, her belly was bigger than that of other women who were full-term.

The doctor said that it is extremely rare for twins to be conceived and delivered at full term; it is considered normal for labor to begin after 32 weeks.

This way, she can go to the hospital whenever she feels something is wrong.

Upon hearing that his wife might give birth at any time, Huo Beixiao immediately tensed up and asked the doctor what sensations indicated that labor was imminent.

The doctor patiently explained it to him, and he quickly grabbed a small notebook and wrote down each point one by one.

The doctor said that it could be regular abdominal pain, spotting, or the water breaking first.

The situation where the amniotic sac ruptures first is relatively more dangerous, and the doctor gave specific instructions on what to do.

When Huo Beixiao heard the doctor talk about the various dangers his wife might face during childbirth, all his muscles tensed up.

He grabbed the doctor and said, "Doctor, could you please arrange for my wife to be admitted to the hospital right now..."

Yang Qiaoqiao was speechless at how nervous he was, and quickly pushed him out of the doctor's office.

"It's still early, why would I need to be hospitalized?" Yang Qiaoqiao glared fiercely at the man.

She didn't want to be admitted to the hospital and smell the disinfectant so early.

"Okay, okay, okay, honey, let's not go to the hospital now."

Huo Beixiao immediately became obedient after being glared at by his wife. The nearly 1.9-meter-tall man bent over, one hand protecting Yang Qiaoqiao in front and the other hand protecting her behind.

His appearance did indeed resemble that of a trusted eunuch serving an ancient empress.

Yang Qiaoqiao was amused by her own idea.

Completely baffled, Huo Beixiao asked like a curious child, "Wife, what are you laughing at?"

Yang Qiaoqiao told him her thoughts.

The man's protective stance remained unchanged, but his face was as black as the bottom of a pot. Gritting his teeth, he said fiercely, "Wife, you just wait. When these two little things in your belly come out, I'll prove to you whether I'm a eunuch or not."

After that day, Huo Beixiao no longer went to the cement factory and shopping mall in person, but instead directed the work remotely over the phone.

The cement plant's production and sales have returned to normal.

The shopping mall was originally scheduled to open on May Day, but due to the previous accident, it was postponed to National Day.

Yang Qiaoqiao calculated the time, and if nothing unexpected happened, she would be out of confinement by National Day, just in time for the mall's opening.

However, the preparations for her to open a store in the mall could only be left to Zhou Yang.

Zhou Yang is becoming more and more composed and experienced in his work. The garment factory's partners all speak highly of him, and Yang Qiaoqiao feels at ease entrusting her work to him.

As the weather grew hotter, Yang Qiaoqiao, heavily pregnant, felt increasingly hot and anxious.

When the sweltering heat of late August arrived, she instructed Huo Beixiao to move two electric fans towards her, but she didn't feel any coolness at all.

Huo Beixiao brought a refrigerator home because she wanted to eat something chilled to cool off. Although Huo Beixiao gave her some, he strictly controlled the amount according to the doctor's instructions.

She couldn't even eat a little more.

However, Huo Beixiao froze ice cubes in the refrigerator and kept them in the room, replacing them as soon as they melted.

It also added a bit of coolness to the room.

Seeing how hot Yang Qiaoqiao was, Lin Xiaohui couldn't help but say, "This year's autumn heatwave is really too intense. It's almost September, and the temperature hasn't dropped at all."

If it were this hot when Qiaoqiao was in postpartum confinement, she wouldn't be able to wash her hair or take a bath, and she would have to wrap herself in a towel and wear long sleeves and pants. How could she possibly stand it?

Yang Qiaoqiao listened to Lin Xiaohui's ramblings, but didn't feel anything.

After all, she didn't intend to skip washing her hair or taking a shower.

Huo Beixiao took it to heart, and a few days later, he directed people to move two big things into his home.

Yang Qiaoqiao looked at the thing with some surprise, not expecting that Huo Beixiao could actually bring it back.

Lin Xiaohui circled the object twice in surprise. "Bei Xiao, what are these two big iron boxes for? One looks like a refrigerator, but there's no way to open it."

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