Chapter 22

That's right, Wen Jiayu nodded. Whether he was in Xiyuan now or would return to Da Zhou to avenge the Qi family in the future, returning to Lin was the best choice.

Sensing that there was some unspoken gap between the two, Wen Jiayu deliberately changed the subject, "Young Master, after talking for so long, I just realized that I still don't know your name..."

"Ah? Oh, my name is Qi Xinglan, Xing for "xingzhi" and Lan for "lancao." Qi Xinglan held her head and smiled shyly, "I almost forgot to say my name..."

Wen Jiayu glanced at her husband and knew that he was not a very sociable person. It was rare for him to listen quietly. She couldn't bear to watch it any longer and poked him with her elbow.

She didn't even exchange glances with him. On the surface, there was no change, but in her heart she was trying to make up some common words to talk to her cheap "brother" who had been lost and found again.

But he was a poor man who hadn't even read books for a few years, so how could he say something so amazing? He started by saying, "Brother, your name is so nice. I can tell my godfather must have read all the books to come up with it! He is very cultured!"

When Wen Jiayu heard this, her smiling face froze, and Qi Xinglan couldn't help but burst out laughing.

Without waiting for the couple to speak, Qi Xinglan took the initiative to speak, with a sincere tone: "Brother, I like to hear you talk like this, sincere... and not beating around the bush!"

Then he looked at Wen Jiayu, "Sister-in-law likes him because he is honest and upright?"

At this point, everyone has something to say.

"No, my adoptive father brought him to me so that we could get to know each other. Actually, I looked down on him..." Wen Jiayu said, and paused for a moment when he saw the aggrieved and sad look on the face of Wei Wei next to him.

"Who would have thought that he would speak so bluntly, telling me after just one meeting that he just liked me, and asked me if I was willing to try to get along with him and talk about marriage in the future."

"I was actually planning to reject him politely right after the meeting, but he was so sincere that I felt a little embarrassed to say such hurtful words, so we just stayed like this..."

Qi Xinglan listened more and more attentively, and later even started whispering in front of the person concerned. Qi Xinglan even covered his mouth with his hand, trying to cover his ears, thinking that the person sitting not far from him would not hear.

"Sister-in-law, does he know about this?" He pointed with his other hand.

Wen Jiayu smiled and lowered his voice, "He... probably only found out about it now."

Qi Xinglan sat back down and wanted to steal a glance at him, but was caught red-handed. She lowered her head guiltily.

Wen Jiayu saw this and said, "Okay, husband, don't argue with your brother. He is so young...he doesn't understand anything."

Although Bu Wei was not angry at all, he was still reluctant to let Qi Xinglan go. He glanced at his belly and said, "She is still young. The baby will be born soon."

"Ahem, but..."

Qi Xinglan raised her head again, only to hear him say awkwardly: "If that King Xiyuan really bullies you one day, I will rescue you at all costs."

Qi Xinglan felt warm at heart after hearing this, and thought of Hui Lin, the bad guy who could never find this place, so she nodded vigorously and said, "If that day really comes, I will definitely write to you and sister-in-law first!"

Speak of the devil, and here he comes. Outside, the sound of dozens of horses' hooves stampeding on the ground was hard not to hear.

Bu Wei stood up first and said, "I'll go see what's going on first, you guys just stay in the house..."

Qi Xinglan interrupted him leisurely, "Don't worry, he will come in by himself later..."

As he was speaking, someone walked quickly into the room. The sound of boots hitting the wooden floor made him wonder who would be so stupid as to make such a big noise. Wei knew this too, so he kept silent and sat down.

The person who came in looked around anxiously at first, and only when he saw Qi Xinglan sitting there steadily did he seem to be truly relieved.

Then he carefully looked at Wen Jiayu and Bu Yiwei. Perhaps because he saw that they did not look like bad people, another soldier followed Hui Lin and asked him if he wanted to let a few of the people behind him follow in.

Hui Lin raised his hand to refuse and motioned for him to leave as well.

"Lan'er, are you okay?"

Qi Xinglan, however, crossed her arms, turned her head away and ignored him, muttering, "You still remember to come..."

The brother and sister-in-law knew that the young couple was just having a little quarrel, and even someone as not very smart as Lian Buwei kept quiet.

Hui Lin didn't care about whether they were strangers or not. He took two steps and sat down next to Qi Xinglan. "Don't be angry, Lan. I didn't get there in time because there were assassins attacking me. I don't know the details yet. We'll talk about it after we get back."

Qi Xinglan knew that there must be a reason why he didn't arrive in time, but he just felt uncomfortable. He didn't know why and couldn't explain it. Could it be that the pregnant man's emotions got aroused so quickly?

"But...it's true that you almost killed me and that little bastard..."

"Yes, yes, yes...ah?" Hui Lin seemed to have just realized something was wrong with Qi Xinglan's words, "...what little bastard?"

Qi Xinglan then looked at him and said unhappily, "Where else are the little bastards? Except in my belly, are you talking about the horse tied outside?"

"That's not it, that's a horse cub... No!" Hui Lin still remembered to joke at this time, but his eyes suddenly looked at Qi Xinglan's lower abdomen, "My... ours?"

"Otherwise? The pulse was diagnosed by the sister-in-law sitting opposite you. You can ask her."

As for the address of sister-in-law, Hui Lin did not hear anything wrong at the moment, and the first thing he said was: "I'm sorry..."

"Hmm?" This was different from the conversation Qi Xinglan had imagined.

He saw that Hui Lin's face did not show any joy at all. Instead, he was full of self-blame and his expression was very heavy.

"What are you sorry about?"

"If I hadn't been careless and something had gone terribly wrong, you wouldn't be pregnant, Lan'er."

Although Hui Lin had never met him, he always heard Qi Xinglan or Qi Chaoting talk about his past, the high-spirited and unrivaled young master Qi who came to the capital.

Now, with all the wrong circumstances, Hui Lin was already very grateful that such a person could marry him. He couldn't imagine that such a person would be willing to have children for someone else.

Lan'er's various behaviors today, not speaking to him in a nice tone and answering him indifferently, weren't they just expressions of his regret for having a child with two people!

"You...you don't want it..." Qi Xinglan finally understood, but she was puzzled. "But from what you said at the beginning, you said it depends on my wish. If I say yes, I want it. If I say no, I don't want it, right?"

Qi Xinglan was a little doubtful about herself. Wen Jiayu gave Bu Yiwei a look, and the latter followed him obediently. Bu Yiwei actually hadn't heard enough. Bu Yiwei, who was pulled to the opposite room, asked him in confusion, "What's wrong?"

"Let Lan'er and his wife solve their own problems..."

"Wife, can I kiss you?" Bu Wei pulled her onto his lap and put his face close to her, kissing her on the lips. "Yu'er smells so good. I've wanted to kiss you for a long time, but I was restrained because someone was here!"

"Now there is finally no one here hehe..."

Although Wen Jiayu said no, she was actually quite tolerant of him.

"So what you said just now that you didn't like me when you first met me, is that true or false?"

Without waiting for anyone to answer, he kissed again.

"yes..."

As soon as he opened his mouth, he was kissed, leaving him speechless.

"Alright, it's fake, I like you the most!"

......

"You mean you never thought about us having kids?"

"Lan'er, didn't you mean you didn't want to have a baby? I will definitely follow your wishes..."

Lin Yanyu actually felt a little aggrieved, "And now you're blaming me for not wanting it. Do you really want it?"

"I said it so firmly because I thought I would never be able to..."

"What can't you do?" Hui Linxia asked.

"I won't like you..."

"Oh, happy...what?" He had received so many surprises today that Hui Lin felt like he was having trouble breathing.

Qi Xinglan finally managed to reveal a little bit of her true feelings, but after being shouted at by him so loudly, she couldn't say any more.

"Nothing."

"Lan Er is saying that the reason she didn't want to have a baby before was not because she was a man and therefore had a barrier to having a baby, but because she didn't think she would like me in the future?"

Being pushed to the limit, Qi Xinglan had no choice but to nod, "Yeah...but at that time I just had the ability to have children, so I was really reluctant, and this was also part of the reason."

Hui Lin Xing was on top of him, pulling Qi Xinglan up and ready to walk out, but considering his body he didn't dare to use too much force.

After leaving the house, Hui Lin shouted to the closed house opposite: "I'm taking Lan'er away!"

"Hey, that's my brother and sister-in-law!" Qi Xinglan reminded at the right time.

"Ah? When did you have a brother and sister-in-law?" Hui Lin asked him in a low voice.

"Oh, I'll tell you when I get back. It's a long story."

Hui Lin nodded and added: "Thank you, brother and sister-in-law, for rescuing Lan'er!"

As for whether there was any response from inside the house, Qi Xinglan really didn't hear it.

When they got to the horse, they were about to get on and leave. Hui Lin's face was wrinkled, and Qi Xinglan looked puzzled, "What's wrong?"

"Lan'er, how can you ride a horse with that kid in your arms? Why not wait for the carriage to come?"

Qi Xinglan was speechless. She glanced at him and then jumped up easily. "You can't even ride a horse, and you dare to reincarnate as my child? And - you are not allowed to call it cub!"

"Why?"

"I gave birth to it, so I'm the only one who can call it. When you go back, give it a nickname and you can call it by that nickname. You can't call it cub or little bastard or anything like that. Otherwise, when it's born and hears you talking, it'll think its father doesn't like it that much."

Hui Lin had always followed Qi Xinglan's lead in everything, and now it was even more so.

"Yes, yes, I won't call you, I won't call you." He said helplessly, but his eyes were looking at Qi Xinglan, and he was obviously still smiling.