Chapter 81 He has a natural way of touching people's hearts.
Zhou Jinbai's life experience has always been a mystery. No one knows what his past was like, and even fewer people know that he was abused in an orphanage as a child. They only know that he is an orphan.
Su Li had only heard the story of him and Zhou Xuejuan from him. All the children in the orphanage took the director's surname, Zhou. Zhou Xuejuan was Zhou Zexi's biological mother and the forever sister in Zhou Jinbai's heart.
Zhou Jinbai's past should have been buried with the imprisonment of Dean Zhou Changming, but for some reason, some marketing accounts began to dig deep into Zhou Jinbai's past.
At first, only a few online press releases mentioned the orphanage that had previously taken in Zhou Jinbai, intentionally or unintentionally, but it didn't cause any stir, so no one paid much attention.
In order to take care of Su Li during her pregnancy, Yu Luo asked Su Li to go back to her parents' home. Because there were elderly people at home, Yu Luo and Su Quan hired a nanny to make it more convenient for Su Li to go back to her parents' home.
Although Zhou Jinbai is good to Su Li, he is a man after all, and he is often in the company. Su Li is now in the second half of her pregnancy and there are many things that need to be paid attention to. For her safety, Yu Luo took her back.
Zhou Jinbai received an interview invitation from the TV station's financial channel that day. The reporter had been inviting him for several days, and he didn't want to go, but Qin Yu asked him to go because everyone was paying attention to him. The reporter had been to the company several times but hadn't seen him.
Zhou Jinbai thought about it and decided to go.
The way he dresses now is different from before. The clothes he wears now are more youthful. Even the suits he wears to work are much more modern than the old-fashioned ones before.
This is all thanks to having a young wife.
The interview with the financial channel undoubtedly asked him how he saved a company on the verge of bankruptcy, and five out of ten sentences he said were true.
You must never reveal your cards to others.
During the interview, the female host asked him about his opinion on Zhou Zexi's drug use, and Zhou Jinbai answered the question with a breath of anger.
Even though he was angry, he remained calm and expressed his true thoughts.
"I was his adoptive father. I did my best to raise him. He received the highest education since he was young, and I never treated him unfairly. But he did what he did. He's sorry for my upbringing, sorry for society, and sorry for all the police officers who carry this heavy burden. There's nothing more to say about me severing ties with him. Let alone the fact that he's just an adopted son, even if he were my biological son, I would still sacrifice my own blood for the greater good."
The female host nodded. "Your decision is correct. It's just that everyone is curious about your attitude towards this matter, so I asked about it. Now that we know your attitude is firm, we are relieved."
Zhou Jinbai hummed, "I understand."
The host smiled and asked, "I've noticed you've looked a lot younger in the past two years. Your appearance is very different from before, and even your attire is youthful. You look in great shape. Zhou's company ran into such a big problem this time, and yet you were able to turn the tide. You're truly a strong person."
Zhou Jinbai smiled and faced the camera, "I didn't care much about my image before. After all, as a bachelor, I didn't care that much about appearance. But now I'm married, and it's all thanks to my wife."
The female host was obviously a little surprised when she heard this. "You are married? I remember you said you don't believe in marriage."
Zhou Jinbai still smiled indifferently. "There's no such thing as not marrying. I used to say I wasn't going to get married because I hadn't met my wife. Ever since I met her, I've wanted to marry her and be with her forever. My friends scolded me, saying I became love-brained after having a wife, but that's not the case. I just love her too much."
The female host's eyes were filled with envy. "She must be a very charming woman to be able to make a big shot like you bow down and show your love."
Zhou Jinbai laughed and retorted, "No, I didn't bow my head to express my love, she took pity on me. I'm very grateful to her for giving me this opportunity. She is really good. When I was at my lowest point, she gave me hope again and again. I think I was born for her in this life. I love her very much."
An interview on a financial channel turned into a confession by Zhou Jinbai. The audience couldn't stop laughing. They were all curious about what Zhou Jinbai's wife looked like that made him so unrestrained.
This is different from the Zhou Jinbai before. Men really change after getting married.
It's two different things when you have a woman and when you don't.
Not long after the interview, the news of Zhou Jinbai's high-profile love declaration on the financial channel appeared in the Kyoto Evening News.
Netizens are also curious about what the person looks like who can make the great entrepreneur Zhou Jinbai express his love so publicly.
Why didn't you have a wedding?
Everyone is making wild guesses.
Although he nearly went bankrupt a while ago, a lean camel is still bigger than a horse. His comeback shows that he still has someone to support him.
"Rich people have connections. Do you think they're all like us? Zhou Jinbai's philanthropy is so extensive, and the number of people he's helped is at least ten thousand, if not a hundred thousand. How could he go bankrupt so easily?"
So I'm really curious about who his wife is. She must be from a famous family, right?
[Wealthy families often marry for profit. I think he must have married into a wealthy family.]
[This makes sense. It's not uncommon for people to express their affection on financial interview shows for profit.]
[He must have married someone younger.]
[Who knows, but his smile doesn't look fake. I guess he really found a young one.]
[Don't be envious. First of all, he's a first-generation rich man. He's estimated to be able to recoup his hundreds of billions of yuan in debt within two years. Zhou's stock has been rising ever since then.]
[Zhou Zexi is really asking for trouble. If I had a father this rich, I'd just do nothing and wait for him to retire and become the richest man.]
Zhou Zexi has done him a great disservice. Facts have proven that if a child isn't your own, you shouldn't raise it. Who knows what inferior genes it might carry.
[Bad genes are truly terrifying; they are inherited from birth and cannot be corrected no matter how you try.]
[Mr. Zhou finally has his happy ending after all the hardship. I recently discovered someone is digging up his background. Everyone knows he's an orphan, so I don't know what's so interesting about it.]
Now that he has a wife and a biological child, his assets have nothing to do with Zhou Zexi anymore. Zhou Zexi has truly brought disaster upon himself.
Perhaps before Zhou Zexi's downfall, he hadn't planned to get married. Now that his downfall is hopeless, he needs an heir, so he's getting married? Planning to have children?
[Mom and Dad, look at me! Is it too late for me to reincarnate now?]
[It's probably too late, you should reserve his second child. ]
【……】
Zhou Jinbai is not a star, but he is a relatively well-known entrepreneur, so people on the Internet know him to some extent.
Although his high-profile display of love was not as popular, it also attracted a lot of attention.
Zhou Jinbai just mentioned his wife and didn't expect it to attract widespread attention.
Su Li never watches the financial channel, so she didn't know about Zhou Jinbai's interview.
But those big guys were watching it. They got the news about the Beijing economic circle through the financial channel, and as a result, they saw Zhou Jinbai's love confession.
Miao Lan also saw it. For some reason, she started crying after watching it. She wiped her tears and went back to her room. Hou Jiangyong still didn't know what was wrong with her.
Su Li was not at home, and Zhou Jinbai couldn't stay alone, so he went home, packed two sets of clothes, and drove back to Su's house to find his wife.
Su Quan's house was not big to begin with, with three bedrooms, a living room, a kitchen and two bathrooms. Two of them were bedrooms, one for Su Li and one for the couple, and the remaining one was Su Quan's study.
Since bringing the two elders in, Su Quan cleared out the study and added a bed for the two elders to live in.
Su Li's room is not very big, but it is enough for her to live in. She originally thought it would be nice to live at home where her grandparents would be often around and she wouldn't be bored.
But she didn't expect Zhou Jinbai to come along. Their family of five was having dinner when Zhou Jinbai came with two of his clothes. Yu Luo had to add another set of bowls and chopsticks for him.
As she walked towards the kitchen, she asked Zhou Jinbai, "Are you coming over here soon?"
Zhou Jinbai put his clothes in Su Li's room and replied to her, "Lizhi is not at home. I feel anxious staying alone, so I came here. I may come here often."
Yu Luo brought him the dishes and chopsticks and went to the restaurant next door. "But there aren't enough rooms at home. Lizhi is in her second trimester now, so it's better for her to sleep alone."
Zhou Jinbai asked, "How about moving to another house?"
Su Quan said, "No, you're close to work here, and your mom and I need to go home often to take care of you. The other houses are too far away."
Zhou Jinbai said, "The large flat that Lizhi and I live in now is not far from here, only a ten-minute drive. If all else fails, you should all move there. There's a second floor there, and it's a bit more spacious."
After all, men all want to save face. Although Su Li found a rich son-in-law, in Su Quan's eyes, Zhou Jinbai's family is Zhou Jinbai's family, and his family is his family. There is no reason for them to mix together.
Yu Luo sighed, "This is the downside of not having a mother-in-law. There's no one to take care of you when you're pregnant. Who will help you take care of the baby after it's born? I still have to go to work."
Zhou Jinbai said, "It's okay, I can take him. I'm usually free at the company, so if there's nothing important, I can basically go home anytime."
Su Li retorted while eating, "It's not good to have a mother-in-law. No one gives me trouble. I don't know how comfortable it is. But you can consider Lao Zhou's suggestion. The house is mine. It's okay if you live together."
Yu Luo asked, "Yours? Did you buy it yourself?"
Su Li said proudly, "My husband bought it for me. If it's not mine, then whose is it? If it really doesn't work out, you all should move over. This place is really too small. I've lived here for so many years, it's time to move somewhere else."
Grandpa said, "But that's Xiao Zhou's family. Wouldn't it be bad if we all moved in there?"
Grandma agreed, "Let's live here. It's a little small, but it's convenient."
Seeing that they were unwilling to live there, Su Li didn't say anything.
I have to say that a home is more lively when there are more people.
As soon as Zhou Jinbai came home, Su Quan would definitely drag him out for a drink.
Zhou Jinbai was afraid of affecting Su Li, so he declined.
Seeing Su Quan dragging Zhou Jinbai to drink, Su Li finally couldn't help but say, "Dad, you can drink as much as you want, but don't drag him along. He's already old, and he doesn't pay attention to his health. Do you want him to look as old as you?"
Su Quan said with a cold face and an unhappy tone, "What are you talking about? Am I old? I still have a few years before I retire."
Su Li was speechless. "Yeah, I'm over fifty years old. I'm not old, but I am."
Su Quan, “…”
Zhou Jinbai escaped the disaster and sat down to talk with Su Quan for a while, talking about this and that, and then they talked about Zhou Zexi.
Su Quan asked him, "I saw online that he was released from prison. Didn't he contact you?"
Zhou Jinbai said, "I've already severed ties with him. It's no use for him to come after me. Besides, my bankruptcy a while ago was a big deal. I guess he believed it and doesn't want to come after me anymore."
Su Quan sighed, "Please don't come to find you. I hope he can go find his biological parents and stop causing trouble for you."
Zhou Jinbai said nothing more.
It was almost nine o'clock when Su Quan let Zhou Jinbai go and let him rest early.
My grandparents can’t stay up late now, so they basically go to bed around eight o’clock.
Zhou Jinbai pushed open Su Li's door and found that she was applying pregnancy oil on her belly.
Zhou Jinbai closed the door, walked over, took the pregnancy oil from her hand, and asked her if she had been feeling unwell recently.
Su Li's face looked grim. "I feel uncomfortable everywhere. The pain starts on the left side and then on the right side. I feel like my internal organs may have been squeezed and deformed."
Zhou Jinbai touched the oil with his hands and gently rubbed it on her bulging belly. "Thank you for your hard work, Litchi."
Su Li leaned against the headboard and looked at him, "Is it because I'm not at home that you can't sleep well? Can't you wait for a whole day?"
Zhou Jinbai sat on the edge of the bed with his eyelashes drooping, massaging the skin on her belly carefully. Her skin was fair to begin with, and she looked like she was pregnant; only her belly was a little bulging, but her skin didn't change at all.
He spoke frankly, "I'm used to having you around. I feel anxious when I go home and can't see you, so I have no choice but to come to find you."
He used to live alone, and no matter how lonely it was, he adapted to it.
But since he got together with Su Li, he could no longer adapt to that kind of loneliness. When he returned home and didn't see Su Li, he felt like there was a void in his heart.
Su Li deliberately angered him, "If I wasn't here, you would have time to attend the dinner party organized by Lao Hou. There are many beautiful women waiting for you to choose. If I were you, I would go out and have fun while my wife is away."
Zhou Jinbai looked up at her. "Which beautiful woman can be as pretty as you? When I wasn't around, why didn't you go out and fool around with some handsome guys instead of picking on me?"
Su Li snorted, "Who caused you any trouble? I didn't. Don't frame me."
Zhou Jinbai smiled and said, "Okay, you didn't. I wronged you. Since you want me to find someone else so badly, I won't come tomorrow."
Su Li said with a pout, "If you don't want to come, then don't come. Who wants to see you? I can sleep more peacefully if you don't come."
Zhou Jinbai shook his head helplessly, "You're always arguing with me when we disagree. So, are you happy or unhappy when I come to your house?"
Su Li picked up her phone and ignored him.
Zhou Jinbai rubbed the oil evenly on her skin until it was absorbed by her skin, then he pulled down her nightgown to cover her and covered her with the quilt.
"I'm going to take a shower."
Su Li hummed, "Wash it clean."
Zhou Jinbai asked, "Isn't my usual washing clean?"
Su Li looked at him and smiled meaningfully.
Su Li felt relieved that Zhou Jinbai came to see her. It would be great if Zhou Jinbai put her at the center of his attention.
She really likes Zhou Jinbai to be around her.
In fact, apart from work, Zhou Jinbai spent all his time thinking about Su Li.
After I got a wife, I realized that going home is really a good thing.
Before I got married, it didn’t matter whether I went home or not.
But now he has a wife at home, and his mood is different every time he gets off work.
After taking a shower, he blew his hair dry.
Su Li hasn't blow-dried her hair since she became pregnant. She just lets it dry naturally, for fear that something might happen.
She saw online that hair dryers produce radiation.
Zhou Jinbai took a hair dryer and wanted to blow dry her hair, but Su Li stopped him, "No, Uncle Zhou."
Zhou Jinbai said, "Why are there so many problems? Holding a mobile phone all day long doesn't produce any radiation that affects children. How can blow-drying your hair cause radiation?"
Su Li was stunned. "You know that too?"
Zhou Jinbai pulled her closer to the bed and said, "How could I not know what you were thinking? You usually take a shower early and are dry by bedtime, so I won't tell you. But it's too late today. If you don't dry your hair, you might get sick and suffer."
Su Li said nothing more and obediently let Zhou Jinbai blow her hair.
She felt her long hair entangled between his fingers, and her heart was filled with an inexplicable tenderness.
After drying her hair, he put the hair dryer back in its place before going to bed.
He even wore Suli bath slippers, which were obviously too small.
Su Li moved back a little, and Zhou Jinbai asked her to turn off her cell phone and go to sleep.
Su Li said she would watch for a while longer, and Zhou Jinbai stood up, took her cell phone and put it on the bedside table, forcing her to go to sleep.
Su Li had no choice but to lie down. He crawled over and put his ear to her belly, asking Su Li, "Is the baby moving?"
Su Li shook her head. "I haven't felt it yet. It will probably take some time."
Zhou Jinbai kissed her belly through her pajamas, "My little lychee."
Su Li asked him, "Uncle Zhou, do you like boys or girls?"
Zhou Jinbai said, "I like them all. As long as they are yours, I like them even if they are not mine."
Su Li hit his shoulder and asked, "If it's not yours, then whose is it?"
Zhou Jinbai smiled and lay down beside her, looking at her sideways. "Lizhi, I've wronged you again. I'm the only one in my family, and there's no one to take care of you. This makes me feel very uncomfortable. I wanted to find a nanny for you, but you didn't want one."
Su Li slowly turned over, her belly pressed against the mattress. She reached out and touched Zhou Jinbai's cheek. "It's okay. I'm the same here with my mother. I have a nanny at home. My whole family only cares about me. Don't worry."
Zhou Jinbai felt guilty and leaned forward to rest his forehead on her chest. "I will come to accompany you every day."
Su Li stroked his smooth hair and said, "Okay, then you can stay here temporarily and not go back."
Zhou Jinbai responded, "Okay, it's good to live here. It's more lively with more people."
Su Li kissed his forehead and said, "We are all family. You are also a part of our family."
Zhou Jinbai raised his head and asked for a kiss. "I don't think I have any regrets in this life. It's so good to live with you like this. I like this kind of plain life."
Su Li's fingertips brushed across his thin lips, caressing the corners of his lips for a while, then lowered her head and kissed him, "This is life. There are no such things as grandeur and excitement. Even the most passionate love will eventually return to the ordinary. Ordinary is the truth."
He raised his head and responded to her kiss. Her lips and tongue were still so soft. When Su Li was gentle, even kisses felt like jelly.
She didn't feel that way when she was angry.
After hugging her and kissing her for a while, he reached out and turned off the light, "Go to sleep."
Su Li felt aroused by his kiss and put her long legs on him. His hand touched her smooth skin.
He whispered, "Litchi, you need to calm down. Your grandparents are next door."
Su Li kissed his thin lips again, "Three minutes, okay?"
Zhou Jinbai took a deep breath and exhaled, "You. What other pregnant woman is like you, thinking about this every day?"
Su Li retorted softly, "I saw people online saying that they had sex from pregnancy to childbirth."
Zhou Jinbai found a method that was more convenient for her and slowly rubbed it twice. "Everyone's physique is different. I'm afraid that my poor quality will make you suffer."
Su Li pressed herself against him, "Your pregnancy is very good. Others had severe morning sickness in early pregnancy, but I didn't even vomit. Uncle Zhou, you are clean and healthy."
Zhou Jinbai slowly buried himself in her, not daring to move for a moment, waiting for her to adapt.
Su Li felt two contractions and felt a little uncomfortable.
She and Zhou Jinbai were both lying on their sides.
He kissed her again in the dark, "It's only yours. The first kiss is yours, the first time is yours, and it will only be yours for the rest of my life."
Su Li especially liked his sweet talk in bed. When Zhou Jinbai was in bed, he seemed to have a natural way of stirring people's hearts.
Because she was pregnant, something happened during her last vacation, which made her feel uncomfortable. Later, Zhou Jinbai gained experience and didn't dare to go too crazy.
His biggest breakthrough is to serve his wife comfortably without hurting her.
I can also hear the faint snoring of my grandparents next door.
Su Li stood on the bed with her hands on the wall. Zhou Jinbai hugged her from behind and asked her if this method would be better.
Su Li was stuck on the wallpaper, and the shouting from next door became clearer and clearer.
She gritted her teeth and said nothing.
Zhou Jinbai's tall figure enveloped her, and after slowly rushing dozens of times, he bit her ear.
"Wife, it's done."
Su Li breathed a sigh of relief. He took out the paper he had prepared in advance and put it under her when he pulled out to prevent the water from dripping onto the quilt.
He went to wipe her and came back with some pure water wet wipes to wipe her again, and asked her if she felt any discomfort.
Su Li shook his head. He was not uncomfortable at all. He was very good at controlling his strength now.
After it was over, Su Li felt sleepy and fell asleep soon after lying down.
Zhou Jinbai lay beside her and hugged her from behind again.
After a good night's sleep, it was already dawn outside, but Su Li still didn't seem to be awake.
But she didn't know how long it had been before she felt uncomfortable. When she opened her eyes, she found that Zhou Jinbai had started again.
Grandpa and grandma were already drinking tea in the living room, and she could hear the nanny had come to work.
Zhou Jinbai kept humming in her ear, which sounded particularly pleasant.
Su Li asked in a low voice, "What are you doing so early in the morning?"
Zhou Jinbai breathed softly, "Wife, I dreamed that you didn't want me anymore."
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