What's wrong with your wife?

He Yuzhu chuckled a little sheepishly.

"Brother Chu, my wife is five months pregnant, but she hasn't had any appetite lately."

"Wow! That's great, Zhu Zi! Congratulations!"

"Thank you, thank you!"

"Alright, I don't have anything else to do anyway, I'll go with you and take a look."

"Dad, there are so many dogs!"

Little Jingjing, who had been quiet all along, suddenly stretched out her little hand and pointed to the ground, saying something.

"Jingjing, would you like to play with the dog?"

...

Watching He Yuzhu speak softly to the child, Li Chu suddenly realized that He Yuzhu at this moment was a side of him he had never seen before, and she looked incredibly loving.

I followed He Yuzhu to his new home.

It's a large courtyard, but the place is a mess, and you can't even tell what it originally looked like anymore.

He Yuzhu's previous house was the main house, which was quite large. When he exchanged it for this house, he got two rooms in return. Including the room built at the entrance, it was equivalent to three rooms.

However, this structure built at the entrance is not counted when registering the property rights.

The house was very clean. The room where He Yuzhu and his wife lived was a little larger. A large wardrobe was placed in the middle of the room, dividing it into two rooms. The inner room was their bedroom, and the outer room was like a living room.

Seeing her husband bring a stranger in, the woman who was sitting on a stool drinking porridge, with her already quite large pregnant belly, stood up somewhat awkwardly.

"Brother Chu, let me introduce you. This is my wife, Cui Chunmei. She works at the Second Bed Sheet Factory."

Chunmei, this is Dr. Li Chu, whom I mentioned to you. Just call him Brother Chu, like I do.

Li Chu greeted He Yuzhu's new wife with a smile.

How should I put it? This woman is young, only thirty years old, and she is elegant and beautiful. She looks like she knows how to manage a household.

She was more than a match for He Yuzhu, and in terms of looks alone, it should be said that the woman was marrying down.

If she weren't a woman raising two daughters alone, she probably wouldn't have gotten such a good deal from He Yuzhu.

"Hello, Brother Chu! Please have a seat. I've heard Zhu Zi mention you a lot, but I've never met you."

"I was away on a business trip and haven't been here until the day before yesterday. If I hadn't run into Zhu Zi just now, I wouldn't have known about you guys. Congratulations!"

"Brother Chu, I heard you've been in the southwest for so long?"

He Yuzhu placed the child in his arms on the stool next to him, helped her sit down, and then looked at Li Chu and asked.

"Yes, that's right, you're quite well-informed."

“I wanted to let you know when I got married, but Da Mao told me about it.”

While feeding the child porridge, Cui Chunmei secretly peeked at Dr. Li.

She was a little confused as to why her man called her "brother," since he clearly wasn't older than her! He was about the same age as her.

Just as I was pondering this, a little girl's voice came from the doorway: "Mommy, Daddy, there are so many dogs in front of our house, I'm too scared to go in."

Cui Chunmei was stunned when she heard this. A dog? Where did this dog come from?

He Yuzhu stood up first, walked to the door and lifted the curtain: "Ningning, come on, don't be afraid, the dog won't bite."

Only then did Cui Chunmei notice that there were several large dogs sitting in front of her house. She looked at Li Chu with some confusion and muttered to herself: What's wrong with this person? Why does he keep so many dogs?

After He Yuzhu brought his eldest daughter in and settled her in for dinner, he sat down next to her.

Looking at He Yuzhu's patient way of taking care of the child, Li Chu wondered who would have thought that this man in his forties had never raised a child before.

"You can do it now, Pillar!"

He Yuzhu chuckled sheepishly, “The kids call me Dad, so I have to take on the responsibility of being a father.”

"That's right, you've really matured now."

"How can I not be mature when I'm over forty?"

"Ha, were you mature before? Are you sure you weren't just acting impulsively back then?"

He Yuzhu was at a loss for words when asked the question. He could only awkwardly scratch his head.

Cui Chunmei, who had been watching this side the whole time, smiled slightly when she saw her husband's embarrassed expression.

She was very familiar with He Yuzhu's past. The matchmaker had told her that after they met, he had told her everything, like pouring out beans from a bamboo tube.

It would be strange if she didn't have any thoughts in her mind at the time.

However, given her situation of having two girls, the chances of her finding someone better are slim.

This man didn't mind her two daughters; his only condition was that she give him a child.

That's not really a condition, is it? She doesn't need to have children no matter who she marries.

Fortunately, she made the right choice. This man was really good to her and her two daughters. He was very attentive and especially kind to the children. Just a few days after their marriage, the two children started calling him "Dad."

He was also very well-off, bringing home over a hundred yuan each month, which he handed over to her, keeping only a little for himself to buy cigarettes.

They can also go out and prepare food for other people's weddings and funerals, earning a considerable amount of extra money.

She was truly enjoying herself now. Thinking of this, she raised her hand and gently stroked her belly, her face full of happiness.

"Zhu Zi, don't you have to go to work today?"

"Oh, yes, I do, but I'm only in charge of the private tutoring right now, so I usually go there at ten o'clock."

"How does it feel to work for Xu Damao's father-in-law?"

"Well, Chairman Lou is a loyal friend. He has given us a lot, and everyone has worked very hard."

but……"

He Yuzhu hesitated at this point. He knew that Xu Damao and Li Chu had a good relationship, so he was unsure whether he should continue.

"But whatever, just say what you mean. Why are you being so hesitant now?"

"Actually, there's nothing I can't say. I just feel that Chairman Lou seems to be in a bit too much of a hurry. I heard that he's preparing to take on a third company. Isn't that a bit too fast?"

After listening to He Yuzhu's words, Li Chu smiled. This showed that it was indeed different from before.

In the past, he would never have thought this way. What does it matter to me whether you, Xu Damao, live or die? It would be better if you died.

"Don't worry, Zhuzi, Chairman Lou has stopped accepting these offers. He's even dropped out of the textile factory."

"Huh? Wasn't it already contracted out? Can it be refunded?"

Li Chu didn't give him a detailed explanation, only saying that there was a problem with the contract, so he was withdrawing from it and would focus on doing this job well from now on.

He Yuzhu was quite pleased to hear this, after all, he had some vested interests in this matter, and he hoped that Chairman Lou would focus on their business so that he, He Yuzhu, could feel more at ease.