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One month later.

These days, Xuan Mingyu seems to be particularly busy, and it's difficult for Bai Xiaoruo to even see him.

Although he came back to sleep every night, it was always after 2 or 3 a.m. He would leave early in the morning without even eating breakfast, in such a hurry that Bai Xiaoruo didn't have time to call him back.

She had thought about making something delicious and taking it to his company, but the bodyguards at the door were very strict and wouldn't let Bai Xiaoruo out no matter what she said.

No matter how angry she got or how much she stomped her feet, or how much she called Xian Mingyu, even he didn't feel comfortable letting her come to the company.

The reason is that her belly has grown even bigger.

Bai Xiaoruo is four and a half months pregnant.

Her belly was getting bigger and bigger, and you could see it protruding even when she was wearing a coat.

Hsien Ming-yu forbade her from going out again, fearing that she might accidentally bump into something.

For the past month, Bai Xiaoruo has not been able to eat and drink like most pregnant women. Although she has stopped vomiting, she is very irritable every day and has no appetite.

Her legs started to swell up little by little, making it difficult to walk. When the pain became unbearable, and there was no one else at home, she could only sit on the sofa and cry, feeling miserable, with no one by her side.

She would often sit alone, grumbling and wondering: What's the point of marrying that guy, Xian Mingyu?

He can't help her share her pain, all he does is work, and he's too reluctant to come back to see her early.

The little one in her belly is getting more and more active, kicking her every now and then while she's sleeping, making it hard for Bai Xiaoruo to sleep well day and night. Sometimes she even gets leg cramps while she's sleeping, which is really uncomfortable.

Grandpa and Grandma are still on a round-the-world trip and are said to be back next month. Bai Xiaoru has already planned that when they return, she will go and complain to them about Xian Mingyu, saying that he bullies her and only cares about his career and doesn't care about her at all.

That bastard, all those sweet words he said back then were lies!

After she gives birth to this, I'll make sure she never has another child.

That day, Bai Xiaoruo was sitting quietly on the sofa eating the snacks she had just baked when the doorbell rang.

"Coming." She supported her back and slowly got up to open the door, her body heavy.

With a belly that's only four months along, not quite rolled into a ball yet, Bai Xiaoruo's back is already giving out. She can hardly imagine what it would be like if she were seven or eight months pregnant; she'd probably be bedridden by then.