He is the decisive business emperor, and she is a charming, soft, and adorable student. Due to a mistaken blind date, he and she became the closest people on the household register.
From then...
If her memory was stuck five years ago, aside from noticing that her baby fat had faded a bit and that Zhi Lan had become even more beautiful and charming, she didn't see any changes in other old acquaintances. So when she suddenly saw Qin Mubei, she had a feeling of, ah, it really has been five years.
The Qin Mubei in front of her was no longer the sunny boy she remembered. Now, he had a shallow "川" character between his eyebrows and exuded a gloomy aura that made people feel particularly uncomfortable. Moreover, he looked older than Xu Tingchuan.
When Xiang Zhilan saw Ni Sitian staring at him in a daze, he thought she was thinking about him again, so he quickly tugged at her clothes.
Ni Sitian snapped out of her reverie, her face expressionless, as if time had passed. Although her memory was of her dating him when she was 17, she now felt that he was a complete stranger, as if she didn't know him at all.
In truth, their relationship was like playing house. She was busy with her senior year of high school, and he was in college, so they could only see each other once a month.
"Sitian, long time no see." Qin Mubei walked up to Ni Sitian, his expression relaxing slightly as he smiled. However, the deep frown between his brows seemed to be etched in and wouldn't fade away.
"Hmm." Ni Sitian nodded, and then nothing more.
"Did you come shopping with Zhi Lan?" Qin Mubei glanced at Zhi Lan's protruding pregnant belly, but spoke to Ni Sitian instead. He didn't actually have any other thoughts right now; he just wanted to hear Ni Sitian's voice. He always felt so relaxed when he was with her. He was exhausted now, and his youthful vigor had been worn away.
"No." Xiang Zhilan disliked Qin Mubei and didn't want to give him this chance. She glanced at Jiang Yiyi, who looked a little pregnant, and curled the corners of her lips. She said to Qin Mubei, "Sitian came to buy this for her baby."
Qin Mubei's pupils contracted slightly as he glanced at Ni Sitian's stomach. "You're pregnant?"
Ni Sitian felt there was nothing to say to him, so she nodded and said to Zhi Lan, "Let's go check out the pregnancy milk powder."
“Okay.” Xiang Zhilan took Ni Sitian’s arm, and the two ignored Qin Mubei and walked together toward another special area.
Qin Mubei gazed longingly at Ni Sitian's retreating figure, unable to look away for a long time.
"You're interested in a woman carrying another man's child?" Jiang Yiyi said coolly. She couldn't do anything to Ni Sitian, but she had more than enough power to mock Qin Mubei.
Qin Mubei smirked, glancing at Jiang Yiyi's pregnant belly. He'd already married a woman carrying another man's child; what else couldn't he do? Did she really think she was hiding it so well? So promiscuous at heart, she'd cheated on him countless times. He was only putting up with it now out of necessity; once he had the chance, he'd teach her a lesson!
Jiang Yiyi was completely unaware of his thoughts, or rather, she was too confident and felt that Qin Mubei couldn't touch her, so she didn't bother to hide many things.
She slightly raised her chin, still behaving arrogantly towards him, and walked towards the special area.
Xiang Zhilan wanted to test Ni Sitian's feelings for Qin Mubei, so she asked a couple of questions tactfully.
Ni Sitian was a little amused and said directly, "Right now, he looks like an even older man than Xu Tingchuan."
Xiang Zhilan chuckled: "That's true. I haven't seen him for half a year, and he's aged so much. It seems that an unhappy marriage can really be devastating to a person."
They dropped the topic there and continued to carefully select maternity and baby products.