Tonghua continued walking forward, and just as she reached the corner of the room, she heard the voices of two people talking.
"Didn't Butler Li ask you to go to the kitchen and stew a pot of bird's nest and snow frog? Why didn't you go?"
"Anyway, the young master isn't coming back, and I don't think Madam will be in the mood to eat these, so it's better to save some energy."
"Is the young master not coming back tonight? It's been a long time since the young master came home..."
"Hey, tell me, the young master hasn't been home for so long, is it because he has someone else outside... I heard that when a woman is pregnant, many men will cheat outside. You said our young master is so outstanding..."
Caught off guard by these words, Tonghua didn't know whether she should continue to move forward and interrupt their conversation, or step back and pretend she didn't hear anything. Just as she stood there awkwardly, the two people walked around the corner while chatting. The tall maid looked up and saw Tonghua. She was so scared that she immediately panicked and stopped where she was. The other one tilted her head and said with a puzzled look on her face: "Why did you stop so suddenly..."
The tall maid tugged at the clothes of the person next to her in a panic, and tried hard to wink at her, asking her to stop talking. The short maid turned her head and looked forward, and happened to meet Tonghua's gaze, and she took a step back in fright.
"Madam, you, you are awake..."
"I'm free and just taking a walk. You guys go about your business."
Looking at their panicked expressions, Tonghua didn't want to embarrass them, so he replied and left.
When it was time for dinner in the evening, Tonghua sat down obediently at the dining table without Butler Li coming upstairs to call her. She looked at the table full of delicious food but did not pick up her chopsticks immediately. Instead, she stared at one place with a blank look, as if waiting for something.
Li, the butler who was standing by, saw Tonghua and came forward to comfort her: "Madam, the young master is still working overtime and can't come back for the time being. Please eat first and don't starve yourself."
After hearing this, Tonghua came back to her senses, glanced at Butler Li, then looked at the table full of the feast carefully prepared for her, and sighed.
"I have no appetite now. Please take them all away first."
"Are these dishes not to your liking? I'll ask someone to make them again..."
"No, I just can't eat it."
As Tonghua was about to leave, Butler Li stepped forward and earnestly advised her, "Madam, you are pregnant now. For the sake of your child, you should at least eat a few bites."
Tonghua touched her already bulging belly, thought for a moment, and returned to her seat.
Butler Li, who was standing by, was very happy to see Tonghua change her mind and sit down. He immediately handed Tonghua chopsticks. Tonghua took a closer look at the dish, and Butler Li immediately brought the dish to the place closest to Tonghua. With such attentive service, Tonghua couldn't refuse the butler's kindness, and ate a lot without realizing it.
After dinner, Tonghua took a walk in the garden to digest the food, and then went back to her room to sleep. Because of her pregnancy, Tonghua was obviously more sleepy than before.
After waking up, Tonghua was suddenly awakened from his sleep.
Tonghua opened his eyes and subconsciously reached for the pillow next to him, but only felt something cold.
Hasn't he come back yet?
Tonghua felt a little lost. Although they lived together, she hadn't seen Qin Zun for a long time. She couldn't even have dinner or chat with him in the evening. Although she lived in the villa, had no worries about food and clothing, didn't have to cook or work, and had everything she wanted, but for Tonghua, those material things were not important. What was important was the company of her lover, especially now that she was pregnant.
Tonghua stared blankly at the dark ceiling, and the conversation she heard during the day gradually emerged in her mind. Although she occasionally felt a little aggrieved and dissatisfied that Qin Zun was so busy that he had no time to accompany her even when she was pregnant, she never thought that Qin Zun would take advantage of her pregnancy to mess around outside. She believed that Qin Zun was not that kind of person.
But since he is too busy at work and we can't meet, I'll just go meet him myself.
The next day, Tonghua estimated that it was about time, so she came to the kitchen. This villa has many kitchens, but only two are open at present. This kitchen is specially used for cooking for the owner and entertaining guests. It is very large, almost a hundred square meters.
Tonghua walked to the door and began to ask loudly: "Mrs. Liu, are the things ready?"
Mrs. Liu walked quickly to her and said respectfully, "Madam, please wait a moment, we will be there soon."
With that, she walked down the long kitchen corridor to the fire where the soup was simmering.
At this time, Tonghua also followed her steps and walked there. She found that there was a young maid busy in the kitchen.
Tonghua saw that the man was carefully putting the dishes on the plate. His movements were light and soft, and he seemed extremely cautious. It didn't seem like he was putting the dishes on the plate, but rather like he was holding some rare treasure.
Seeing Tonghua's eyes fall on the woman, Mrs. Li, fearing that she would waste time, began to act, urging her: "Hurry up, the madam is waiting for you!"
Maybe it was because of the urging that the maid panicked, but the spoon in her hand became unstable and she spilled half of the freshly cooked soup.
Seeing this, Sister Li carefully looked at Tonghua's expression. Fearing that Tonghua would be angry, she took the initiative, pointed at her head, and shouted, "Look at you! I told you not to do this, but you insisted on doing it. Now, the chicken soup I cooked for several hours has been ruined by you, a dead girl..."
Mrs. Li was about to say something, but was stopped by Tonghua.
"I don't think she did it on purpose, so don't blame her. Just pack up the remaining chicken."
Mrs. Li lowered her head and replied, "Yes, ma'am."
Mrs. Li started to pack all the side dishes into the lunch box.
"Ma'am, I have already packed the three side dishes you requested."
Mrs. Liu walked to the food preparation table in the kitchen and brought the packed food box to Tonghua. Tonghua took the food and left the villa with the food box.
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