Jiang Can quickly returned with the purchases and smiled gently when she saw Lin Yuqing taking meticulous care of Lu Lishan.
She gave Lin Yuqing a few simple instructions, then took Huo Zhixing's hand and left.
She chattered incessantly like a little magpie the whole way, a huge weight finally lifted from her heart. Although Lin Yuqing didn't end up with Shen Xiao as she had hoped, she would definitely support Lin Yuqing's choice!
"Honey," Jiang Can smiled sweetly, "I think you and Lu Lishan will definitely be seeing each other often in the future. You two should put the past behind you and try to get along well!"
"Hmm." Actually, nothing much happened in the past.
Huo Zhixing looked at her with a complicated expression, then suddenly stopped.
She's in a good mood right now, so if I say something to her, she should be able to accept it...
But where should we begin?
Huo Zhixing took a deep breath and met Jiang Can's clear eyes.
"Honey, what's wrong?"
He hesitated for a moment, then slowly uttered a sentence, "I have something I want to tell you."
Jiang Can smiled and intertwined her fingers with his, "What a coincidence, I also have something to tell you!"
"Hmm?" His eyes flickered slightly. "What is it?"
"I had a check-up done at Shen Xiao's place..."
Huo Zhixing was startled. "What's wrong? Are you feeling unwell?"
Jiang Can blushed slightly, lowered her head, pursed her lips, and smiled softly as she told him, "I...I didn't have my period this month."
Huo Zhixing stood there dumbfounded, unable to believe his ears. His lips moved a few times, but he couldn't utter a single sound.
"What...what did you say?" After a long pause, he asked in a trembling voice, "You mean...you're pregnant?!"
"I don't know yet." Jiang Can looked at him with a grin. "The test results aren't out yet! Let's wait a bit longer."
Huo Zhixing momentarily forgot what he was going to say. Overwhelming joy surged through him like a tidal wave. His mind went blank, and he suddenly bent down and swept Jiang Can into his arms in a princess carry!
"Honey, put me down first!"
Jiang Can was overjoyed, but after all, they were outside, and people coming and going were watching!
Huo Zhixing was as happy as a fool, watching her and laughing. Jiang Can asked him repeatedly before he reluctantly put her down. As soon as he put her down, he squatted down, touched her still flat stomach, and then put his ear to her.
"Honey, I think I heard the baby call me 'Daddy'!"
Jiang Can was both amused and exasperated.
Is it a boy or a girl?
"Didn't we say the test results aren't out yet? We still don't know if it's inside!"
"Yes, definitely!"
"..."
"Honey, how many do you think there will be?"
Jiang Can suppressed a laugh, "Isn't one enough?"
"Of course not!" Huo Zhixing said seriously. He had planned that it would be best to have two sons and two daughters, so that they would have each other for company.
But then he frowned, turned to look at Jiang Can, and asked in a low voice, "Wife, childbirth must be very painful, right?"
"Yes, that must be it. They say that women risk their lives to give birth!"
"But I don't think it's that exaggerated." She smiled. "So many women are fine after giving birth!"
Huo Zhixing's expression darkened, and his brows furrowed.
If childbirth is too painful, he can't bear to see Jiang Can suffer like that.
If he really had to choose between his child and Jiang Can, he would rather have no heir than have Jiang Can "trade her life for his own"...
"Honey, what are you thinking about now?"
Huo Zhixing smiled and gently pulled her into his arms.
"I'm wondering... if I've used up all my good luck, that's why I met you."
...
Bai Jingyuan moved closer to Huo Zhixing and examined him carefully.
Huo Zhixing glanced at him but didn't react, continuing to research pregnancy and infant care knowledge on his phone. In the past two days, he had read all the popular pregnancy and infant care posts and registered more than a dozen accounts to frequent various maternal and infant websites.
His diligence was comparable to that of someone who once applied to Wharton Business School.
"Old Ye, is this person... alright here?" Bai Jingyuan gestured with his hand above his head.
Ye Chen gave him a disdainful look.
“Look at his smile,” Bai Jingyuan said again, “all afternoon, the corners of his mouth look like he’s had Botox injections, they’re turned up and won’t come down!”
"What's wrong with someone who's about to become a father researching parenting knowledge?"
"No... the results aren't out yet! Why is he so agitated?"
"Even if the results aren't out yet, it's probably pretty close to the truth," Ye Chen chuckled. "Just prepare a big red envelope!"
"I am a little worried." Bai Jingyuan rubbed his chin. "If Third Brother suddenly takes Jiang Can and the child back, won't the Huo family go crazy?"
Ye Chen's eyes darkened.
“I will take Can Can back,” Huo Zhixing, who had been silent until now, suddenly said in a deep voice, “regardless of whether they accept her or not, she is my wife.”
Bai Jingyuan chuckled twice.
It seems someone once said that there would be no future with that Miss Jiang; they were from two different worlds, and they couldn't fit together...
"What are you laughing at?" Huo Zhixing gave Bai Jingyuan a look, and Bai Jingyuan immediately became obedient.
"The most pressing issue right now is not the Huo family, but Gu Mang." A hint of ruthlessness flashed in his calm eyes. "Gu Mang is still alive, and he's in Huo Zhiyan's hands."
"So I want to change the name on the marriage certificate to mine before they make a move!"
Only in this way can we protect Jiang Can and their child.
"Third Brother, are you sure you want to do this?" Ye Chen was still a little worried. "If you get married so casually, your grandfather will be furious, and then your second uncle will add fuel to the fire..."
“If I choose to give up Jiang Can because I’m afraid of upsetting Grandpa,” he said firmly, enunciating each word clearly, “I wouldn’t deserve to be her man!”
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