Chapter 119 You really will go bald, I guarantee it.
Jiang Qingying slept all the way home. Lu Jinyuan woke her up, but she was still groggy and disoriented. Her waist felt like it had no bones, and she leaned weakly against him. He carried her directly back to the bedroom, placed her on the bed, and sat on the edge of the bed, smiling as he watched her.
"Go take a shower before you go to sleep." Lu Jinyuan shook the person who was about to fall asleep again back to sleep.
Jiang Qingying kept her eyes closed and gave a faint "hmm" in agreement.
Seeing this, Lu Jinyuan carried her to the bathroom to take a bath. While bathing her, he chatted with her to keep her from falling asleep completely.
"How about a barbecue tomorrow?"
Jiang Qingying took a long time to react before answering, "Barbecue?"
"Okay, let's set up a barbecue grill in the yard and have it with Mom and Dad." Lu Jinyuan rinsed her body, keeping his tone steady.
"Haven't you always disapproved of me eating these things?" Jiang Qingying asked.
For a while, her tastes became very strong; she loved salty and spicy food, with hot pot, mala tang, and barbecue being her favorites. Although she would try to control herself from eating too much, Lu Jinyuan's expression was always disapproving whenever he saw these foods.
“It’s okay, I’m in the late stages of pregnancy, I can eat whatever I want,” Lu Jinyuan said. “If you like, I’ll arrange it tomorrow.”
Jiang Qingying exclaimed happily, "Okay, I want to eat chicken wings, grilled squid, and saury, that's a must!"
Lu Jinyuan agreed to everything. While applying shower gel to her, he placed his palm on her pregnant belly and felt the movement inside.
"Qingqing is probably a foodie; she gets so excited when she hears about food."
"Yes, she also said she wants to drink milk tea tomorrow."
Lu Jinyuan looked up at her and asked, "Does she want to drink it, or do you want to drink it?"
Jiang Qingying said seriously, "We all want to drink."
"Okay, I'll learn it tomorrow." Lu Jinyuan rinsed the soap off her body. After the shower, there was no need to keep her engaged in conversation.
They carried the person out, saying, "You go to sleep first."
Jiang Qingying was already sleepy, and she had only managed to stay awake while taking a shower. The heat from the shower made her feel drowsy, and now she was even more sleepy than before.
She simply hummed in response, and as soon as her body touched the bed, she gradually fell asleep. Lu Jinyuan didn't even need to coax her; she was fast asleep within minutes.
Lu Jinyuan sat by her bedside for a while.
With only the dim nightlight on the wall turned on, Jiang Qingying's peaceful sleeping face suddenly changed; her delicate eyebrows furrowed slightly, and a sense of irritation appeared between her brows.
Lu Jinyuan understood the reason at a glance. He pulled up the quilt, reached his hand under the quilt, found her feet, and skillfully massaged her cramped legs.
Jiang Qingying's discomfort gradually subsided, her furrowed brows relaxed, and her breathing became steady again.
Seeing that she was sleeping well, Lu Jinyuan left the bedroom with peace of mind. It was still early, and Jiang Chen and Qin Qing were still watching TV in the living room at this hour, so he thought he would go downstairs to chat with the two elders.
Qin Qing, who was watching a drama, saw Lu Jinyuan coming down the stairs and smiled gently, "Jinyuan."
"Yes, Mom and Dad have something they'd like to talk to you about," Lu Jinyuan said, sitting in a corner of the sofa, facing his parents.
Jiang Chen's attention was drawn, and she turned to look at him. Seeing his serious expression, she instinctively asked, "What's wrong? Is it related to Xiao Ying, right?"
Lu Jinyuan nodded. "Qingying told me today that she feels a lot of pressure."
"Why?" Qin Qing asked with concern. "Is it because she's about to give birth? She doesn't seem like the type to be afraid; in fact, I feel like she's less nervous than I am."
Lu Jinyuan paused for two seconds before saying directly, "She feels that we care about her too much, so she feels a lot of pressure."
Qin Qing was stunned. She exchanged a glance with Jiang Chen, and they looked at each other, unsure of what to say.
Lu Jinyuan said, "Actually, I didn't do well either. I was just like you, paying too much attention to her every move, which made her feel unfree and uncomfortable doing anything. Pregnancy is already hard for her, carrying two lives on her shoulders, so naturally she is nervous. Our excessive worry only makes her more nervous and uneasy."
Jiang Chen fell into deep thought. After a while, he said in a low voice, "So that's how it is. I was wondering why she didn't seem to be in good shape these past two days."
Qin Qing also reflected and sighed, "I thought she was too tired in the late stages of her pregnancy, so I made a lot of food for her to nourish her body and kept nagging her to eat more."
“Mom and Dad, you don’t need to blame yourselves too much. Qingying knows you’re both doing this for her own good. She’s felt much better after talking about it today.” Lu Jinyuan comforted the two elders and suggested a family barbecue tomorrow. “I asked a friend of mine who studies psychology, and he suggested that we treat her like a normal person during this time, hold some warm family activities, or take her out for a walk so she can have fun. It will also help with the delivery.”
Jiang Chen: "You're right. We've been too protective of our daughter, afraid that she might be unwell, and we've neglected her feelings."
Qin Qing leaned against her husband's chest and said, "Xiaoying likes to play mahjong. Let's play with her at home tomorrow."
"Didn't you have an appointment to fight tomorrow?" Jiang Chen reminded her.
"It doesn't matter who we fight with. Besides, who is more important than our daughter?" Qin Qing scolded playfully. "Don't go to the company tomorrow either. If you go one less day, you'll have one less meeting. The company won't go bankrupt, will it?"
Jiang Chen quickly agreed and tried to appease his wife.
Lu Jinyuan stood up. "Then I'll go back to my bedroom first. Mom and Dad, go to sleep early. Good night."
Qin Qing said gently, "Go ahead, you should go to sleep early too."
Lu Jinyuan returned to the bedroom but didn't rest. Instead, he sat on the sofa by the bed, working on his laptop. He spent his days with Jiang Qingying, and he didn't want to be distracted by work while with his wife, so he worked on his tasks while she was resting and asleep.
He has a heavy workload and usually works until midnight.
Jiang Qingying woke up in the middle of the night and saw a man sitting on the sofa not far away, with a glowing computer in his hand. She called his name in a hoarse voice.
Lu Jinyuan put away his laptop and walked to the bedside. "Did I wake you up?"
"No." Jiang Qingying propped herself up to sit up. "I need to use the restroom."
Lu Jinyuan helped her down and carefully escorted her to the bathroom. Of course, he couldn't be completely attentive; he waited for her outside the bathroom door.
Jiang Qingying's voice came through the glass door, "What time is it? Why are you still working?"
She knew that Lu Jinyuan spent his days with her and worked at night, but she never tried to persuade him otherwise because she knew she couldn't change his mind. Anyway, Lu Jinyuan didn't sleep much, and even when he kept her up until midnight, he would still be refreshed the next day.
"It's almost two o'clock," Lu Jinyuan replied truthfully.
Jiang Qingying flushed the toilet, washed her hands at the sink, and teased him, "You stay up all night every day, won't you go bald soon?"
Lu Jinyuan: "..."
Jiang Qingying smiled at him, "You'd better be careful. After all, I'm a looks-obsessed person, and I love your appearance too much."
"You're so honest." Lu Jinyuan handed her a tissue to wipe her hands.
Jiang Qingying lazily ignored the tissue he offered, instead presenting him with her damp hands and saying in a commanding tone, "Lower your head and let me check your hair part."
Lu Jinyuan wiped her hands, speechless at her words, but still did as she said, lowering his head so that the top of his head faced her.
"I won't go bald."
Jiang Qingying examined it seriously, muttering, "Who can say for sure?"
"..." Lu Jinyuan didn't know what the point of discussing hair partings in the middle of the night was. To avoid the absurdities that were about to happen, he urged, "Alright, let's go back to sleep."
Jiang Qingying asked, "And you?"
Lu Jinyuan put his arm around her shoulder. "I still have some things to take care of. I'll have at most half an hour."
Jiang Qingying frowned and glanced at him sideways, "You really will go bald, I guarantee it."
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