As Bai Xiaoruo and Xian Mingyu reached the top of the stairs, Lin Suqing and Xian Zhengsen downstairs hurriedly stood up to greet them.

“Little Ruo, you’re finally here. Come, come, sit here with Grandma.”

As soon as they came downstairs, Lin Suqing pulled Bai Xiaoruo to sit down next to her, her face beaming with joy, her smile almost reaching her ears.

Upon hearing from Aunt Qin that Bai Xiaoruo was pregnant, the two of them immediately rushed over.

"Oh my, little Ruo is dressed so cutely today, she looks like a little bunny."

Bai Xiaoruo touched the hat on her head shyly, "Doesn't this look strange?" It was only because Xuan Mingyu insisted that she wear it that Bai Xiaoruo usually didn't like to wear clothes that made her look too young.

“What’s so strange about that? She’s beautiful,” Hsien-sen, who was standing next to her, also praised her.

Thank goodness, after waiting for so long, Bai Xiaoruo is finally pregnant, and the Xuan family is finally going to be lively again.

If Brother Zhiyuan knew this good news, he would be very happy, and perhaps his illness would get better soon.

Lin Suqing gently touched Bai Xiaoruo's belly. Although the baby inside wasn't yet in human form, she couldn't wait to greet the little embryo. "Baby, I'm your great-grandmother. You must be a good girl and make your mother suffer less, okay?"

"Grandma, will he be able to hear me?" Bai Xiaoruo asked curiously.

"Of course he can hear it. There's a certain unspoken connection between mothers and babies. If you gently touch your belly and talk to him, he'll be able to hear you."

"Really? That's amazing!" Bai Xiaoruo, like Lin Suqing, touched her belly. "Baby, it's Mommy, can you hear me?"

Xian Mingyu sat next to Bai Xiaoruo, looking at her earnestly trying to talk to the baby in her belly with a mix of amusement and exasperation. "He's not fully formed yet. He doesn't have ears, nose, or eyes. How can he hear what you're saying?"

"Oh yeah..."

Hearing what Xian Mingyu said, Bai Xiaoruo felt a little disappointed. It was true, she was only a few weeks pregnant and the baby was so tiny, it was no wonder that the baby couldn't hear her.

"Go away! What do you know! Will it cost you anything to appease your wife? You're going to be a father soon, you can't act like that anymore, do you hear me! If I find out you haven't taken good care of Xiaoruo and the baby, see how your grandfather and I will deal with you!" Lin Suqing glared at Xian Mingyu and continued to comfort Bai Xiaoruo, "Xiaoruo, don't pay attention to him. I've been through this. I know best how I felt when I gave birth to Mingyu's father and his uncle. Just relax, eat whatever you want, be carefree and happy, don't worry about anything."

"Okay, I understand."

***

Lin Suqing and Xian Zhengsen stayed until after 10 p.m. before going home.

Xuan Mingyu watched a TV series with Bai Xiaoru in the living room for a while. Actually, he wasn't interested at all, but Bai Xiaoru said that Annie recommended it to her and she had to watch it. She even made a point of sitting in front of the TV right on time.

Bai Xiaoruo refused to go upstairs, so Xuan Mingyu had no choice but to accompany her.

After watching for only a few minutes, the TV series was really boring. Several times, Xuan Mingyu wanted to change the channel to watch the news, but Bai Xiaoruo held the remote control tightly and wouldn't let him.

Because she was used to going to bed early, she got sleepy as she watched TV. Leaning on Xian Mingyu's shoulder, Bai Xiaoruo fell asleep in no time. Xian Mingyu turned off the TV with the remote and carried her back to her room upstairs to sleep.

As soon as I put her on the bed and helped her take off her coat, Bai Xiaoru woke up immediately.

"What's wrong? How did I get here?" She rubbed her eyes and sat up in bed, still half asleep.

"Are you out of your mind from sleeping? Raise your arms and take off your sweater."

"Oh..." Bai Xiaoruo obediently reached out her hand for him to help her take off her sweater, but then she thought it wasn't quite right and hurriedly pushed Xuan Mingyu away, "No, no, not now!"

"What can't you do?"

"Um... I heard that you can't do 'that' kind of thing in early pregnancy, it'll hurt the baby..." she said shyly, her voice getting softer and softer.

"Idiot! Who said I was going to do that kind of thing!" He gently poked her forehead with his long fingers. Sometimes he really wanted to pry open her little head to see what was inside and what she was thinking. Even if he was very thirsty, he wouldn't touch her at a time like this. He still knew basic common sense. "I'll go and run a bath for you. Take a bath and then go to sleep."

"Ah? Okay." Bai Xiaoru touched the spot on his forehead where he had poked her earlier, feeling a sweet warmth in her heart. It was truly a rare occasion; she was usually the one who prepared the bathwater for him, but now it was his turn to do it for her.

Hmm, after a whole day, I really felt like he was holding me in the palm of his hand.

Although he sometimes speaks harshly, it's all for her own good, and I feel so happy.

***

When Xuan Mingyu came out of the bathroom, Bai Xiaoru was sitting on the bed, happily chatting on her phone.

"I've prepared the water for you, hurry up and go take a bath."

Bai Xiaoruo moved her phone away from her hand a little, "Go wash up first, I haven't finished talking yet."

Hsien Ming-yu had no choice but to comply.

She was smiling so hard her eyes were almost slits; I wondered who she was talking to on the phone.

Bai Xiaoruo had just hung up the phone when Xuan Mingyu came out after taking a shower.

She's been on the phone for a long time.

"Go take a shower," he urged Bai Xiaoruo, who was still sitting leisurely on the bed.

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