Chapter 166: Extra Chapter Twelve: Do You Want a Baby?

Cheng Sangluo's eyes widened as her lover spoke tenderly about their life plans. A glimmer of light gradually appeared in her eyes, and a silent emotion welled up in her slightly trembling lips and in her uncontrollable expression.

She suddenly realized that Lin Jin would remember every word she said, extract the best information from those insignificant words, and then, in some casual conversation, directly offer the most suitable answer for her.

Just like now, this beautiful woman still wears a confident smile. With just a few words, she vividly describes the school life that the puppy longs for. Compared to opening a small shop at the entrance of the village, perhaps that would be the biggest regret in life.

"You mean..." Cheng Sangluo's eyes welled up with tears, and she choked up for a while before continuing her question: "You want me to take the adult college entrance examination?"

"Hmm~" Lin Jin raised an eyebrow and nodded easily, bending down to get closer to her kneeling lover, stroking her head while praising, "My little dog is so smart, she'll definitely get into a good university again if she takes the exam again, don't you think?"

Cheng Sangluo, however, was not as confident as she had said. She doubted herself and said, "But I'm almost thirty. I'm afraid the result won't be satisfactory."

"Why are you already hesitant before you've even started? That's not like you." Lin Jin's smile faded, and she earnestly lectured, "No matter what you do, as long as you have an idea, you might as well do it. Prematurely imagining the outcome will only make it all for naught."

Cheng Sangluo understood Lin Jin's intention, so she simply took Lin Jin's hand and held it to her lips, murmuring to herself, "I'm afraid I'll disappoint you."

"What's there to be disappointed about? Even if you don't pass the exam, you'll still be my little puppy. I won't abandon you because of this, silly." Lin Jin kissed Cheng Sangluo's forehead affectionately. "These past few years have been turbulent for both of us. Now that things have finally calmed down, we should enjoy life to the fullest. Let's go on a trip after we're done with this busy period. After the Spring Festival, I'll arrange for the best teaching team to develop a study plan. What do you think?"

This time, Cheng Sangluo did not refuse her lover's kindness. As if seizing a rare opportunity in life, she nodded earnestly and agreed: "Okay, I'll do whatever you say."

A few loud 'clucking' sounds from a hungry stomach disrupted the warm atmosphere.

Cheng Sangluo touched her stomach sheepishly and smiled sheepishly, "I haven't eaten yet today, hehehe."

"Why don't you eat something before you go out?" Lin Jin's tone was a bit reproachful. She glanced at the documents she had almost finished reviewing, then stood up with the dog on her leash. "I haven't had lunch yet either. Let's go, we'll eat and go straight home."

As she was speaking, she prepared to walk to the coat rack to get her purse, when suddenly a feeling of weightlessness washed over her. When she came to her senses, she had already been lifted up by the restless person and placed on the table.

At this moment, Cheng Sangluo was like a clingy and fluffy big dog, burying his head in his wife's neck and breathing heavily, exclaiming, "You always smell so good, I never get tired of smelling you."

"Why are you doing this all of a sudden?" Lin Jin was both amused and exasperated, letting the warm, moist breath wash over her neck, sending waves of tantalizing pleasure through her. "Never mind, whatever you like."

Cheng Sangluo, of course, wasn't content with merely inhaling her lover's scent; her breath gradually turned into an uncontrollable barrage of kisses. "What was the meaning behind the finger cot you threw at me when I answered Shu Wan's call? If you don't mind the occasion..."

Suddenly, the man got interested, raised his hand and gently pushed the delicate woman in front of him down onto the table, then used her arms to block her sides.

She leaned down to gaze at her lover, whose face was flushed with shyness, and pleaded in a low voice, "Don't be a heartbreaker... just adding fuel to the fire... ignoring the flames... please give it to me..."

"Heartbreaker? How corny!" Lin Jin tilted her head and laughed, her eyes shimmering like the gentle light of spring water. In a sweet, high-pitched voice, she retorted, "Didn't you put the things in your pocket...didn't you lock the office door...didn't you already push me down...You're so dense...you couldn't see my tacit consent..."

As if emboldened by these sweet words, Cheng Sangluo exhaled a few breaths through her nostrils, wrapped her arms around her lover's slender waist, and pulled him to sit on the desk.

She leaned back and landed steadily in the boss's chair. She took out the box of brand-new finger cots from her pocket, tore open the packaging with her teeth, and put one in her mouth.

She rested her chin on one hand, remaining silent, her audacity written all over her eyes, secretly conveying her wicked intentions—I want you to show me the monthly payment.

Lin Jin braced herself with her hands behind her back, discerning the deep meaning in those eyes. A teasing and sly smile crept onto her lips. She then crossed her legs and tapped the puppy's chin with her raised toes.

Such an offensive gesture was more than just familiar; in an instant, Cheng Sangluo was pulled back to the pool party on a summer night.

However, her attitude has undergone a complete change, from initial resistance to current shrewdness, even contradicting Lin Jin's previous attempt to ingratiate herself.

She gently grasped Lin Jin's fair ankle, affectionately rubbed it against her face, and said stubbornly, "Here we go again. Why do you always like to use your feet?"

During her interrogation, Lin Jin took off her coat, revealing a cashmere turtleneck sweater that accentuated her figure, and poured out her pent-up grievances: "You still have the nerve to ask me? The reason I always bullied you with my feet was so that I would make you remember something."

As she spoke, she casually placed her foot on Cheng Sangluo's shoulder, wrapping her arms tightly around his neck as she usually did in a hug, and continued to complain: "Seven years ago, you took me away from the village courtyard. In a moment of crisis, you even squatted down to put sandals on me. You should at least remember that scene, right? But no matter how many times I reminded you, you couldn't remember anything about our first meeting. You only remembered the bad things I did. I couldn't stand it, so I just started bullying you."

Cheng Sangluo slid his executive chair forward a short distance, then buried his head in his wife's warm embrace. Recalling the unbearable past, he laughed angrily, "Hahahaha..."

Lin Jin was taken aback. "What are you laughing at?"

"You laugh at me for having a mouth but not speaking, and at me for being stupid and not understanding." Cheng Sangluo winked playfully, and as she got up, she put the leg that was wrapped around her shoulder to her waist, and shushed her, "I picked up the room card that fell on the ground, and I also did the thing of trying to please you in bed, so does that mean we're even?"

"No, that doesn't count." Lin Jin wasn't about to let the sweet-talking puppy off so easily. She feigned anger, saying, "Trying to please me isn't easy. You think I'll be satisfied just by acting like a good little puppy? Not a chance!"

Cheng Sangluo was already completely infatuated with this woman. While licking her earlobe with his lips, he patiently asked, "Then what do you want me to do?"

Lin Jin shrank her neck, unable to bear the tingling sensation on her ears, and said in a soft voice, "I won't do it anymore."

"What!?" Cheng Sangluo was shocked. He thought to himself that he was no different from an arrow about to be released from a bow. How could he suddenly stop loving love?

She leaned closer to the man who had broken his promise, her tone slightly flustered: "I always read it like this in novels, sweating profusely in the office, forbidden yet alluring, how can you just say you won't do it anymore!?"

"Don't read those kinds of novels anymore, or you'll be led astray~" Lin Jin said, though she didn't mean it. She actually hoped that the naive dog would learn more about lovemaking techniques.

She grinned mischievously, raising an eyebrow to admire the puppy's anxious expression, and deliberately dragged out her words, "I'm not doing it anymore, I'm hungry, I don't have the energy."

Cheng Sangluo's eyes were filled with sorrow, but he didn't dare to use his wife's forceful tactics. He could only slump into his office chair and sob, "From the time we ran away from home until now, we haven't even had a proper love affair. It's so exhausting, so incredibly exhausting!"

Seeing that the dog was venting his anger by hitting the armrest, Lin Jin relented and said, "You'd better save your energy for tonight. Since that's what you want, I'll go along with it, but..."

Cheng Sangluo listened in a daze until the words "but" were blurted out. She then narrowed her eyes, giving him a knowing look that said, "I knew things weren't that simple."

"But what?" She sighed inwardly at her wife's cunning and unsure what bizarre demands came up with behind the "but."

"Tonight I want to revisit this place~" Lin Jin swung her legs casually and commanded, "If you want to seduce me, it's not that hard. You can't refuse any of my requests tonight. If you say no even once, I'll stop immediately. Are you up for it~"

The puppy bristled: "Ha! You're trying to provoke me!"

Lin Jin laughed so hard she almost fell over, repeating again, "Just say no!"

Seeing this, Cheng Sangluo was afraid that his wife would change her mind again, so he immediately agreed: "Who said I wouldn't dare? Do you think it would cost me my life?"

Lin Jin paused to confirm, enunciating each word carefully: "Are you sure you won't refuse any request I make?"

"I'm absolutely certain I'll grant you any request!" the puppy patted its chest confidently, then burst into silly laughter: "But murder and arson are out of the question! I just got out of prison this year, I don't want to get arrested again, hahaha!"

"Don't mention this again." Lin Jin's smile stiffened slightly. The fact that her lover had gone to jail was an indelible scar in her heart, so she quickly hugged the puppy's head and stroked it. "I feel sorry for you, but I can't turn back time. I can only avoid hurting you."

"But I also hurt you, and you weren't angry with me, were you?" Cheng Sangluo blinked her bright, innocent eyes and said optimistically, "It's okay. Although time can't be turned back, we can hold hands and move forward. Let's not look at the past, but at the future, okay?"

"Okay~" Lin Jin cupped her face and kissed her lips affectionately, a rare blush rising on his face. "Have you considered... um..."

Cheng Sangluo responded to the kiss, and casually draped her coat back over her lover's shoulders. "What are you thinking about?"

Lin Jin seemed to be thinking of a bright future, her shy face like a flower about to bloom. "We can have our own baby like Sister Chi and Officer Su. Do you like children?"

"A child?" Cheng Sangluo stared blankly at his wife, imagining how joyful and chaotic life would be with a little baby in the future.

She was instantly immersed in the anticipation of the future, and couldn't help but smile, her eyes crinkling. "We need to have a daughter. It will be hard for her to be the little cotton-padded jacket for two mothers. When she grows up, she can go into business if she doesn't join the army."

Without a doubt, they'll definitely use your genes, because you're smart and so good-looking. If they were all cut from the same mold, wouldn't that stun everyone?

But I'm healthy, tall, and not stupid!

When I become the pregnant mother, your small body won't be able to withstand the torment of pregnancy. You're very likely to experience prenatal and postpartum depression!

"What name do you think should I give her? How about Lin Luoluo, with your surname?" "Oh no, no, that sounds like the whole mountain is bald."

This person kept talking, from the child's genes to who would carry the baby, and then started thinking about what name to give it, as if the baby was about to be born.

Lin Jin quieted down a bit, seemingly enjoying listening to the puppy's fantasies about the future. The gentle flow of time and peaceful years were full of imagery, truly inspiring contemplation.

She liked it, loved this future, and even had high hopes for it.

"Stop, stop." Unable to withstand Cheng Sangluo's incessant chatter, she quickly raised her hand to stop her with a smile, teasingly saying, "It seems you're really looking forward to having a baby, but we have to take it one step at a time. Let's think about having a baby after you get into university. Besides, you have to give me a beautiful wedding, don't you?"

"The wedding must be a grand affair; I can't let you down." Cheng Sangluo immediately promised, but then, as if remembering something, her expression became extremely serious: "After we finish our work at the company, we won't go on a trip. We need to accompany you to have your surgery first, and then we'll have a proper talk with Dr. Qin about the treatment plan. I'll make sure you take all your medications without fail, and I'll try to make you happy every day. There will be a day when you're cured."

Mentioning this, Lin Jin shook her head helplessly, "Being with you, I even forgot that I was sick. I always said you were a panacea."

"Oh, you're praising me so much, I'm getting carried away." Cheng Sangluo stretched out his arms and hugged his wife, sighing, "Look, our lives are getting better and better, isn't that wonderful?"

Lin Jin pressed his face against her heart, listening to her strong and reassuring voice, and peacefully enjoyed the reassuring embrace. He softly teased, "Okay, the most important thing now is to eat, then go home... and slowly do... happy things~"

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