Chapter 279 Doing Whatever You Want
"What's wrong?" Lin Xiyin reached out and pulled him to sit next to her.
"It's just... thinking about how you used to be all alone makes me feel a little sad."
Lin Xiyin snuggled into his arms; "Then you have to treat me very, very well from now on."
"Mmm." Pei Muye's kiss landed on the top of her head: "Not enough."
"Then wouldn't I be able to do whatever I want in front of you from now on?"
"It's okay if you ride on my head." Pei Muye grabbed her hand and kissed her fingertips. "Don't you understand that yet?"
"Won't you get impatient?"
"How could that be?"
“Just because I don’t now doesn’t mean I won’t in the future,” Lin Xiyin said. “When I get old, maybe you’ll start liking young girls. They say you men are very loyal; no matter how old you are, you always like eighteen-year-old girls.”
Pei Muye laughed uncontrollably: "What kind of nonsense is this? If I liked an eighteen-year-old girl, why would I marry you?"
"Because I'm as pretty as an eighteen-year-old girl. But I don't know what I'll be like ten years from now."
“They both look good,” Pei Muyi said. “You don’t believe me?”
"Who can say what the future holds? I'm content as long as we're doing well now."
"I suddenly realized that Lu Zuofan's approach was actually quite good."
"What?"
“He has a criminal record, and none of you believe him. I don’t, so why don’t you believe me? Well, I’m going to give you all my assets.”
Lin Xiyin laughed and said, "How could I not believe you? Besides, you've already given me more than enough."
"Then you still don't believe me?"
"It's not that we don't believe, but we should just live our own lives. Why do we have to talk about forever? When we're old, we can still lie in bed, holding hands. At that time, saying nothing will be beautiful enough."
"Okay, I understand."
Lin Xiyin then mentioned Lu Zuofan: "What is he thinking? Jingjing doesn't like his type at all."
"There's nothing we can do about it. He's the one who fell for her. To be honest, Jingjing is the first girl who's ever made him fall for her. He didn't care about the others before."
“Yes, he’s all about the body, not the heart.” Lin Xiyin rolled her eyes after saying that. “They say you become like the company you keep, didn’t you learn that from him?”
“You,” Pei Muyi pinched her cheek again, “Why does that sound so sour to me? Is someone jealous?”
"If I'm jealous, it means you're really messing around outside."
"No, absolutely not!" Pei Muye was mortified: "Wife, you can't do this."
Lin Xiyin raised her foot and kicked him in the shin: "Don't talk back!"
Pei Muye's lips curled up: "Okay, whatever my wife says goes."
Lin Xiyin looked up at him; "Are you being so easy to talk to because I'm pregnant?"
"No, I've always done this," Pei Muyi said. "Hasn't your wife noticed? Or am I not being obvious enough?"
"Pei Muye, you've changed."
What has changed?
"You used to be so cold, but now you've become so... obsequious and glib."
"You don't like it?"
To be honest, Lin Xiyin liked it.
Pei Muye used to be cold and aloof, seemingly unapproachable, like a god who could be admired from afar but not touched.
Now he's like a man who has stepped down from his pedestal, just like an ordinary person, without so much mysterious aura.
It adds a touch of cuteness and liveliness.
No matter what kind of Pei Muye he is, he can make Lin Xiyin's heart flutter.
Seeing that Lin Xiyin didn't speak, Pei Muye was worried and pressed her for an answer: "Say it, is it annoying?"
"I don't dislike it."
"Not disliking it means... liking it?"
Lin Xiyin kicked him lightly: "You talk too much now."
She was a little embarrassed and angry that Pei Muye had guessed correctly.
Pei Muye chuckled as he lay down, half-pressing her down: "Wife, how can you be so adorable?"
"How can I attract you if I'm not cute?"
Pei Muye laughed so hard his chest was shaking.
Lin Xiyin snorted: "Is it that funny?"
Pei Muye kissed her: "Wife, I'm so glad."
I'm so glad we met again.
Fortunately, I never had the thought of giving up.
Lin Xiyin's mood inexplicably improved.
Those few days of feeling down and depressed felt like a dream.
Qu Jianhang also noticed that Lin Xiyin had been in a good mood these past few days and was being quite rude to Pei Muye.
One day, while Pei Muye was in the study, she chatted with Lin Xiyin: "What did Muye do to upset you? Why do I feel like you're talking to him with anger?"
Lin Xiyin asked, "Mom, you figured it out?"
Qu Jianhang said, "I can see that. Ruanruan, let me tell you, when a couple lives together, they have to respect each other. You can't be bossy to others just because you're pregnant."
"I didn't..." Lin Xiyin was also quite aggrieved: "You have no idea, Pei Muyi can be so cheeky sometimes..."
"What are you saying? You can't talk to people like that."
“I didn’t mean anything by it, it’s just…” Lin Xiyin thought for a moment and explained, “Anyway, he sometimes deliberately makes me angry, just to tease me, you understand?”
Qu Jianhang understood; it turned out that the young couple were just having fun.
She didn't care anymore; as long as Lin Xiyin was in a good mood, that was all that mattered.
When they entered the bedroom that evening, Lin Xiyin said to Pei Muyi, "Can you please stop provoking me? My mom noticed that I was angry when I talked to you."
Pei Muye smiled and hugged her: "How did I tease you? Besides, I didn't feel any anger when you talked to me."
"Are you a masochist?" Lin Xiyin looked at him. "The more I nitpick at you, the happier you are?"
“Your criticisms are a great help to me,” Pei Muye said. “I’m only now realizing that I still have a lot to learn.”
“Aren’t you being too fussy?” Lin Xiyin said, “My colleague said that her husband only does three things at home.”
Pei Muye asked curiously, "Which three things?"
"Eating, looking at my phone, going to the bathroom."
Pei Muye said, "Eating and going to the bathroom are understandable; they are normal human needs. But looking at his phone... does he look at his phone all the time except when he's eating or going to the bathroom?"
"yes."
"No way, that's impossible." Pei Muyi didn't believe it: "Using a mobile phone to handle work?"
Lin Xiyin said, "No normal person uses their phone for work after work. They're either playing games, watching videos, or chatting. It's all about having fun, not working."
"Isn't your colleague his wife? Don't they communicate? Do they have children? Don't they spend time with their children?"
Lin Xiyin said, "Anyway, I heard from my colleague that her husband does nothing when he gets home, saying that he is tired from work all day and just wants to rest when he gets home."
“Your colleague also worked a full day.” Pei Muye was quite puzzled: “Isn’t his viewpoint a bit wrong?”
Lin Xiyin said, "I'm not too sure either, but Xinyue said that it seems like a lot of men are like that."
“I don’t care,” Pei Muye said. “I think what I did was right. A wife is meant to be pampered, otherwise what’s the point of marrying her? We get married because of love and affection.”
“Maybe everyone has different ideas,” Lin Xiyin said. “It’s also possible that many people aren’t as rich as you, and they’re already struggling to make a living.”
"What are you saying? Don't I work hard?" Pei Muye said, "Although I have money, it's not easy for me either. I've put in the corresponding effort to reap the corresponding rewards. You can't deny my efforts just because my family has a business. To put it bluntly, if my dad had taken over the family business, we might be bankrupt by now."
That's the truth.
Actually, when Pei Muyi took over, the family business wasn't doing very well.
In his later years, the old man's health deteriorated, and all sorts of shady characters started causing trouble at the company.
After Pei Muye took office, he made sweeping changes and expanded the company.
Without Pei Muyi, the Pei family's company might have really been swallowed up by the tide of the times, just as he said, becoming a victim of the cutthroat world of business.
What he has experienced and sacrificed over the years is unimaginable to ordinary people.
"That's why my husband is the best!" Lin Xiyin said. "He's not only great at business, but he's also the best husband and father!"
"How can I be worthy of my wife if I don't do my best?"
"Aren't we... a bit boastful?" Lin Xiyin laughed. "Nobody's praising us, so we're praising each other."
“We’re telling the truth,” Pei Muye said. “You’ve raised Youyou so well all by yourself, and you haven’t neglected your work either, and you’ve even brought honor to the country. Compared to you, my achievements are nothing. If I weren’t more outstanding, I really wouldn’t be worthy of you.”
When outstanding people are together, they will always grow together and support each other.
Especially after marriage, if the couple cannot grow and understand each other, they may part ways at some point.
Only when everyone works together to build a home, contributing and making efforts, will the home get better and better.
Lin Xiyin was worried that Qu Jingyou would be easily deceived by Lu Zuofan, so she often shared some things about herself and Pei Muye with her.
The same thing happened this time.
The two had arranged to have lunch together. Qu Jingyou happened to be at the university to deliver something to a friend, and then she came to find Lin Xiyin.
Lin Xiyin chatted with her while taking care of her during her meal.
Qu Jingyou is still like a child, innocent and naive.
A girl like that is genuinely worried about being taken advantage of by a man like Lu Zuofan, who has extensive experience in relationships.
“People like my brother-in-law are very rare,” Qu Jingyou said. “I see this in videos, TV shows, and movies. Men who get married come home from get off work and basically do nothing. Some even don’t want to go home after work, saying they’re mentally exhausted or something.”
Lin Xiyin smiled and said, "If home can't be a haven of rest, then there's a problem."
“Yes, when I look for a boyfriend in the future, I will definitely look for someone like my brother-in-law or my brother.” Qu Jingyou said, “Don’t worry, I don’t like someone like Lu Zuofan.”
Lin Xiyin asked her, "Has he asked you out these past few days? Have you met up?"
"I have met him," Qu Jingyou answered truthfully. "He asks me out every day, but I've only met him once. It was at a friend's birthday party at a bar, and I just happened to run into him there."
Lin Xiyin asked, "He's at the bar too? He wouldn't be with a woman, would he?"
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