Watching Jiang Hua leave, Gu Yiming had no choice but to go to the study by himself. Looking at Xu Mo's expression, he knew that Jiang Hua didn't want to talk to him and was deliberately avoiding the issue.
After arriving at the study, Gu Yiming continued to handle official business. Suddenly, his phone rang on the desk, but he didn't look to see who it was.
"Hello, what's up?" Gu Yiming's tone was full of fatigue. Xia Junxi was puzzled for a moment, and then slowly spoke.
"I'm Xia Junxi. I have something to tell you about Jiang Hua. I've noticed she hasn't been in a good mood lately. If you have time, try to spend more time with her." Xia Junxi hesitated for a moment, but still told Gu Yiming what he wanted to say. Gu Yiming frowned and ignored Xia Junxi.
The two fell silent instantly. Gu Yiming felt inexplicably disgusted by Xia Junxi's relationship with him, but Xia Junxi felt that her words might have angered Gu Yiming.
"Don't overthink it. I just happened to run into Jiang Hua at the hospital for a checkup that day. She didn't look well and seemed tired. I thought it might be because you're busy, so I kindly reminded her," Xia Junxi continued, making sure the call hadn't been disconnected.
Gu Yiming felt inexplicably disgusted when he heard that Xia Junxi was the one who came to care about Jiang Hua, because he had time to spend with her. He suppressed his nameless anger.
“I know about my situation, and I’ve finished my work recently. I’ll be with him, so you don’t need to worry about it. If I remember correctly, you seem to have a business opportunity that you want to explore here. Is your business going well?” Gu Yiming didn’t appreciate Xia Junxi’s kindness and even started asking him how his business was going.
Xia Junxi paused for a moment, not speaking immediately, and then slowly said, "The matter of having children has not been discussed yet because I am sick, but don't worry, there is not much loss."
Gu Yiming suddenly blurted out a sarcastic remark, and although he regretted it later, it was too late to change anything.
“Since your business isn’t even settled yet, you don’t need to worry about anything else. Besides, I’ll ask Jiang Hua myself, so you don’t need to worry.” Gu Yiming’s words made Xia Junxi even more embarrassed. The two fell silent at the same time. After a long while, Xia Junxi finally spoke and hung up the phone.
After hanging up the phone, Xia Junxi's words kept echoing in Gu Yiming's mind. Gu Yiming felt that it was all the nanny's fault. It was because the nanny's cooking was not to his liking that Jiang Hua was in a bad mood.
"Hey, where are you right now? Come over here. I need to talk to you." Gu Yiming's tone left no room for negotiation. Hearing this, the nanny knew she had to go.
"Yes, sir, I'll be right there, in about 20 minutes." The nanny readily agreed, seemingly busy with something, as she walked out while giving her reply.
Gu Yiming gave a brief "hmm" and hung up the phone. The nanny was Li, who lived nearby; she wasn't that far from Gu Yiming.
Soon, the nanny arrived at Gu Yiming's house and went to the study to meet Gu Yiming.
"Sir, what brings you here so late at night? Is she feeling unwell and needs my help?" The nanny asked Gu Yiming with some concern, because she thought it might be because Jiang Hua had recently lost her appetite, which made Gu Yiming angry.
Gu Yiming put down his work, looked up at the nanny with a stern face, and said, "Because I've been quite busy lately, I haven't been able to get any news about Jiang Hua from you. How is she doing?"
"Sir, it's like this. Because he has been experiencing morning sickness throughout his pregnancy, his appetite hasn't been very good." The nanny didn't dare to hide anything and told Gu Yiming the actual situation in detail.
Gu Yiming was a little angry after hearing this. "Then how did you take care of her? I asked you to take care of her, not that she still has a poor appetite under your care. If that's the case, you don't need to work here anymore!"
The nanny kept her head down, not daring to resist in the slightest, because she knew that Gu Yiming and Jiang Hua had been quite busy lately, so they might not be in a good mood. Similarly, we didn't know that this was not something that could be changed by what we said.
"I hired you to take care of her, not to let you be an incompetent idiot in this family, still having a poor appetite. I might as well just find someone else to cook for her!" Seeing the nanny bowing her head and admitting her mistake, Gu Yiming knew that his anger was hopeless. Having vented his emotions, he stopped arguing with the nanny.
Gu Yiming continued, his tone filled with helplessness, "I know that Jiang Hua may have a rather picky appetite, but I still hope you can do your best to make her appetite better."
"Sir, I will be careful. I will definitely improve the nutritional meals next time." The nanny took the initiative to admit her mistake, and Gu Yiming's anger finally dissipated. The nanny then left.
Glancing at the clock on the wall, Gu Yiming realized it was getting late. He returned to his room, where Jiang Hua was already fast asleep. Looking at her, Gu Yiming knew he hadn't cared about her for a long time.
Gu Yiming silently sat down next to Jiang Hua. Looking at Jiang Hua's appearance, Gu Yiming knew that he had neglected her and silently promised, "I know you've been in a bad mood lately, or maybe your health has declined because of the pregnancy. I promise I'll spend more time with you after I'm done with my work."
"Or perhaps one day when you're free and I'm free, I'll set aside a day to have a heart-to-heart talk with you. I know there might be some misunderstanding between us, and I've heard from Jinyu about how you left in anger that day." At this point, Gu Yiming didn't want to continue. He sighed helplessly, as if he had thought of something, and turned to leave.
Sure enough, at this moment Gu Yiming thought of Jiang Kefan. Jiang Kefan had already fallen asleep peacefully, just like Jiang Hua. The only one in the whole family who was still awake was Gu Yiming.
Standing quietly beside Jiang Kefan, Gu Yiming looked at her and felt utterly exhausted. "I don't know what you've been thinking about lately, and I haven't been able to check on you, but I promise you that I'll do what Jiang Hua did and take a day out of my free time to be with you."
Jiang Kefan slept soundly, undisturbed by Gu Yiming's mutterings. Seeing that both of them were sleeping peacefully, Gu Yiming finally breathed a sigh of relief and went back to his room to sleep.
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