After preparing the chili dipping sauce, Lin Qingyu happily ran over.

Gu Shi had already picked up a piece of meat, which was at the perfect temperature, dipped it in chili sauce, and fed it to her personally.

"Delicious! It tastes amazing!"

The pork knuckle is tender and falls off the bone; the meat is flavorful, and the best cuts are those with a good balance of fat and lean meat.

The skin was also exceptionally soft and tender, cooked to the perfect doneness that Lin Qingyu loved.

"I love eating this, Gu Shi, you really understand me so well!"

Lin Qingyu couldn't wait to pick up her chopsticks and start eating. "Haha, actually it's not that I want to eat it, it's that the kids want to eat it!"

She didn't forget to make excuses for herself, as if that would allow her to eat with a clear conscience.

Gu Shi just smiled at her and ate a few bites himself; it was indeed quite good.

The two were eating when a noise suddenly came from the front door.

The two looked over at the same time, and Lin Qingyu was startled.

As a result, Gu Xichao returned.

"Xiao Bao, you're back! You scared me to death! I thought a thief had broken into our house in broad daylight!"

Lin Qingyu still habitually called him Xiaobao. Xiaobao was originally his nickname, so it wasn't wrong to call him that.

"Auntie, Uncle, I came back as soon as school was out for break."

Gu Xichao's voice was still going through puberty, and his voice was a hoarse sound that was somewhere between a boy's and a man's.

He has grown quite a bit in this period of time, and his height is now catching up with Gu Shi's.

"Wash your hands and eat. Your uncle made braised pork knuckle. It's true that timing is everything!"

Lin Qingyu put down her chopsticks and quickly cleaned up the scene.

Gu Xichao put down the books he had brought back, tidied up, and went out to eat.

"How is your aunt doing lately? You seem to have a good appetite."

He casually asked Lin Qingyu a question because Lin Qingyu's figure had visibly gained a lot of weight.

"It's...it's alright, I just really want to eat..."

Lin Qingyu felt a little embarrassed when Gu Xichao asked her that question, after all, he meant well.

"Um."

Gu Xichao simply replied with an "Mm," leaving Lin Qingyu somewhat confused.

After dinner, the father and son went into the study and secretly discussed something.

Lin Qingyu sat in the living room eating grapes, while secretly eavesdropping.

Unfortunately, the soundproofing in the study was so good that I couldn't hear a single word.

However, by evening, Lin Qingyu knew what the two had talked about.

Gu Shi held Lin Qingyu as they slept, and before she fell asleep, he whispered something in her ear.

"Little Yu'er, will you listen to me from now on?"

Lin Qingyu replied somewhat drowsily, "Listen, why aren't you asleep yet? I'm so sleepy."

"Wait a little while before you go to sleep. Let me ask you, if I don't let you eat, will you still be angry?"

"What? You won't let me eat? I'm so sleepy, I don't want to eat!"

Lin Qingyu snuggled closer to Gu Shi. It was still a bit chilly at night, and Lin Qingyu always liked to sleep next to Gu Shi to keep warm.

Seeing that she was truly tired, Gu Shi gave up. It would have been unethical to let Lin Qingyu make the decision at a time like this.

The next day, after Lin Qingyu got up, she sat on the bed in a daze for a long time, and there was no sound in the room.

Gu Shi assumed Lin Qingyu was still asleep, so he stayed in the study working, occasionally coming out to take a peek.

After Gu Shigang finished looking around the living room and found no movement, he returned to his study. The next second, he heard the sound of the study door being pushed open.

"You bastard Gu Shi, you actually said yesterday that you wouldn't let me eat!"

Lin Qingyu was a little slow to react, but she remembered everything she needed to remember.

"That's not what I said, you're mistaken!"

Gu Shi coughed, not daring to admit it, but Gu Xichao had said he would control Lin Qingyu's diet.

After thinking for a moment, while Lin Qingyu was still recalling the details, Gu Shi spoke again.

"It was Xiaobao who said you need to control your diet. It's not that I don't want you to eat, it's just that you should eat less rice and more vegetables!"

Seeing Lin Qingyu's stunned expression, he quickly added, "Anyway, you like to eat vegetables, and you can eat meat too, just eat less rice. How about this?"

"I...I've really gained weight?"

Lin Qingyu looked at Gu Shi with some uncertainty. She looked at her belly from side to side and saw that it had indeed grown a bit.

"Then I'll eat less from now on!"

Lin Qingyu's aggrieved voice made Gu Shi's heart tremble, and he quickly tried to make amends.

"I'm not telling you to eat less, honey, don't misunderstand me! I just mean eat less rice, you can eat everything else, just a little at a time, and eat it several times a day!"

Gu Shi hurriedly explained to Lin Qingyu, and finally managed to make it clear.

They say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, and maybe that's true!

However, Lin Qingyu became much more restrained afterward, and would not eat much unless she was very hungry.

Gu Shi felt much more at ease and returned to the factory to work a few days later.

While he was inspecting the workshop, he overheard people gossiping.

"I heard the boss really sued those troublemakers, and they've all been arrested and locked up!"

"So what? Those people were in the wrong to begin with."

"What? I mean, our boss is really heartless, they're even from the same hometown!"

"If the boss is considerate, how about giving up your position to someone from your hometown?"

The person stopped talking, and Gu Shi didn't care too much. Where there are people, there is gossip, and it's normal to talk nonsense.

Afterwards, Gu Shi returned to his office, and not long after he sat down, someone barged in.

"Gu Shi, how could you be so heartless!"

"Hey, hey, you can't go in!"

Gu Shi looked up and saw Wang Wu being stopped by someone, who was glaring at him fiercely.

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