Chapter 81: Natural Makeup
"vomit--"
Li Ji covered his lips and suddenly lowered his head to suppress the nausea surging in his throat. He held his breath, gasped a few times, and then came to his senses.
He looked at himself in the mirror—
The man's handsome face was haggard and tired due to pregnancy, his skin as white as jade had become dull, and his body was bloated and bulky after many months of pregnancy, with no trace of his sexy and slender figure as a top supermodel.
...so ugly.
Li Ji pursed his lips, not wanting to read any further.
He lowered his head and washed his face, but the nausea in his throat still surged. The cold water droplets slightly wet the hair on his forehead, slid down his haggard face, and finally disappeared into his neck.
He covered his mouth and retched a few times, but his other hand was clenched into a fist, with veins faintly bulging.
So disgusting.
It's not just the physiological disgust, it's also the disgust towards myself.
I’m so ugly. How can I win Sheng Zhao’s favor like this?
She stopped working because of her pregnancy, became ugly because of her pregnancy, and even couldn't have sex/live with Sheng Zhao because of her pregnancy...
No matter how you look at it, Li Ji is now just an ugly waste.
Li Ji took a deep breath and looked at his face in the mirror, hiding the disgust and complexity in his eyes.
He was waiting obediently for Sheng Zhao to come home.
At this moment, he was no longer the Li Ji known as the King of Rolls who could work alongside Sheng Zhao, but just a loving husband who was waiting for his wife to come home with fear and expectation.
Chen Shuoxing must have seduced her again.
He once said proudly and chuckled that he was the person in the world who understood Sheng Zhao's heart best. With this identity, except that he could not make love and kiss, he was no different from the closest person.
...Damn cousin.
Li Ji couldn't help but swear, and his face became gloomy. His mood during pregnancy was really not right. Even his expectation for the child turned into a mixture of disgust and expectation day after day.
What about Duan Jingrui?
Since Li Ji no longer had any announcements to attend, he lost his job and happily spent time dressing up every day. Duan Jingrui, who had grown taller and become a man, had a figure very similar to Li Ji and even learned to dress like Li Ji.
...Is he also preparing to seduce Sheng Zhao during Li Ji's pregnancy?
There is also Brother Sheng, who stubbornly believes that Li Ji is unable to give birth to an excellent heir. He has made the absurd suggestion of getting pregnant himself countless times. Even after marriage, his attitude towards Li Ji is extremely cold, and the so-called "father-in-law and son-in-law" relationship has dropped to freezing point.
No matter who it is, it's annoying.
Li Ji took a deep breath to calm the increasingly turbulent emotions in his chest, and finally lowered his eyes in a trance, his thick eyelashes trembling slightly, covering all the emotions in his eyes.
The noise at the door reminded him that the person he was thinking about was coming back. Li Ji's breath was held, and he quickly applied the BB cream to adjust his face and put on his expression.
The men outside began to seduce her relentlessly, and Li Ji could only secretly put on fake makeup when Sheng Zhao came back.
...It's really embarrassing.
Sheng Zhao looked at Li Ji who was greeting him at the door.
The hair on his forehead was still stained with water, sticking wetly to his forehead, making him look a little gloomy. His beautiful eyes were dim and without light because of his bad mood. The corners of the man's lips, which were always slightly pursed, were forced into a slightly inappropriate smile.
...Li Ji has been acting more and more strangely these days.
Sheng Zhao paused, reached out and gently touched his hair, and said softly, "Your hair is still wet, it's not good for your health."
Then Li Ji suddenly hugged her.
The man's pregnant body was a little heavy, and his strength was so great that it almost made Sheng Zhao, a woman, stumble.
She was a little surprised, but still let him hold her. Then she asked softly, "What's wrong? Do you miss me now?"
But the only response she got was the man's slightly heavy breathing.
…He’s smelling.
Was there an unfamiliar scent? Which man had approached her today? Was it Chen Shuoxing, or Duan Jingrui...
His nose was slightly sore from his rapid, heavy breathing, but he stopped when Sheng Zhao was about to get suspicious. He pulled away as if nothing had happened, then smiled and said, "It's okay, I just wanted to hug you."
Li Ji paused slightly, put his hand over his lower abdomen, and explained.
"It's just that the child misses you."
Speaking of children, Sheng Zhao's eyes lit up. She didn't have much love for the baby that was parasitic in Li Ji's body, but she couldn't help but hope that it was a girl who could grow up quickly and share her work.
After all, she was tired of managing the huge Sheng Group by herself.
Sheng Zhao was originally a very lazy person.
In the past, she could put down her burdens, leave all the chores to Sheng Cehan and live a carefree life, but now she can't do that anymore——
As Sheng Cehan gets older, his personality becomes incredibly dark and sticky.
If he were given a little bit of power, he would probably secretly use this power to do only one thing - to make Sheng Zhao belong only to him.
It's too scary to be coveted like this.
We are now living in a society ruled by law. Having missed the previous opportunity, it would be difficult to marry him off and kick him out of the Sheng family's old house.
Sheng Zhao lowered his eyes with a slight regret.
She touched Li Ji's belly with great interest and kept mumbling, "At the age of eight, no, at the age of seven, you should learn to manage Sheng Corporation with me. Little thing, your life is planned by me——"
"...Isn't it too early?"
Li Ji's tense mood was relaxed by her slightly cheerful and relaxed words, so much so that she began to worry that the baby in her belly would have to bear a heavy burden at the age of seven.
"Too early? I started learning how to manage Sheng's when I was eight years old."
Sheng Zhao lowered his head and muttered, "My parents started giving me an elite education as soon as I could speak. Seven languages were the basics, followed by all kinds of tutoring. I never had a break as a child, and I hardly saw them. They flew all over the world for work, so I wasn't that sad when they died because I never got to see them. Even Sheng Cehan, who came to the Sheng family later in life, mastered five languages and was proficient in piano—is seven years old still too early?"
Li Ji paused.
Sheng Zhao was much more outstanding than he had ever seen.
And he had hardly ever heard Sheng Zhao talk about her mother and father.
Now it seems that this kind of upbringing may have caused Sheng Zhao to be somewhat emotionally indifferent and casual.
He pursed his lips and gently rubbed his belly, "...I will accompany her well."
"Accompany her?" Sheng Zhao was slightly puzzled, then paused, "You're dreaming too much. Her life won't be much easier than mine, and the person you need to accompany the most is me."
"It's me."
Sheng Zhao looked into Li Ji's eyes and repeated it again.
Li Ji's expression was calm, but the tips of his ears were a little red.
Her possessiveness has always been straightforward, and at this moment her eyes were slightly dimmed with a kind of stubbornness as if she wanted to tear him apart.
Then he suddenly looked away, sighed with regret and said, "I forgot you are pregnant now."
She frowned unhappily, slumped down on the sofa, and announced, "Okay, six years old now."
"...You are so bad." Li Ji said in a hoarse voice with a slight smile on his lips.
But he leaned forward slightly and gently kissed the corner of Sheng Zhao's lips. Perhaps he also wanted to hold his wife's heart tightly and not let her be seduced away by others. His voice was slightly dry and he spoke softly.
"Then can I use my mouth?"
Sheng Zhao paused and did not answer.
Instead, she reached out and gently rubbed the tip of Li Ji's ear. The already red tip of the ear became even redder due to the strength of her fingertips. The man groaned because of the slight pain in the tip of his ear and looked at her as if complaining.
“…So good.”
She reached out and patted Li Ji's head again, and whispered softly as if rewarding a puppy. She was obviously in a very happy mood, and her eyes narrowed slightly with ease.
At this time, Li Ji was excited and happy because he had found another use for himself.
He buried his head in Sheng Zhao's neck, his tall nose rubbing against her shoulder, but still couldn't smell the scent of another man. Then, he rarely let out his emotions and whispered softly.
"I like you."
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Li Ji felt that he was getting uglier and uglier.
Because of the hormones during pregnancy, a few dark pimples appeared on her usually smooth face. This discovery almost made Li Ji collapse.
Even the BB cream I used to use to cover up dull skin is no longer effective.
So ugly, so ugly.
He even began to avoid Sheng Zhao's gaze.
Sheng Zhao discovered something was wrong when Li Ji turned his back to her when he slept at night, instead of hugging her tightly like a clingy cat would usually do.
He just had his back to her, his thin back curled up, revealing his fragile and protruding spine, making him look thin and sexy.
Sheng Zhao traced the lines of his spine with his fingertips, and raised them up teasingly.
Li Ji remained unmoved.
She paused, but still moved closer to Li Ji's face and asked softly, "What's wrong?"
"Woo——" Sheng Zhao was at a loss when he heard the man's suppressed sobs.
He cried.
Sheng Zhao forcefully turned the man over, looked at his evasive and tearful red eyes, and asked, "Why are you crying?"
The man's eyes were very red, and his usually cold eyes were now fragile and sensitive. He pursed his lips and refused to cry or say a word. He was extremely stubborn.
It was probably because of Sheng Zhao’s burning gaze.
After a moment, he spoke in a hoarse and choked voice.
“…Don’t look at me.”
"Why?"
Instead, Sheng Zhao began to look at him carefully.
Li Ji suddenly turned his head away to avoid her sight. His hair covered his dark eyebrows and eyes, leaving Sheng Zhao with only a clear profile and a delicate jawline.
He was silent for a long time, and Sheng Zhao waited for a long time for him to speak.
Li Ji sorted out his thoughts. Tears wet his hair, making him look sticky and uncomfortable.
He said.
"What did you look like when you looked at me just now?"
Sheng Zhao recalled the story carefully. In order to appease the emotionally unstable man, she put 200% of her energy into recalling the story. Her voice was clear and crisp.
"Just now, your eyes were very red, and they were full of sparkling tears. You were so cute, and I really wanted to bully you. Your hair was wet, just like when you were orgasming, so I really wanted to kiss you..."
The woman's words were gentle, and anyone could hear the fondness in them.
Li Ji's ears suddenly opened, probably because his heart was softened and soothed by these words full of love. His eyes were no longer sore, and the sadness that had just surged was gone.
Sheng Zhao continued to recall.
"My skin is yellow, my face is covered in tears, and I have two pimples on the side of my face, but..."
Li Ji suddenly stopped.
He was about to turn over and bury his face in Sheng Zhao's arms and act coquettishly, but he suddenly stopped and tears welled up in his eyes again. He spoke with gritted teeth and choked sobs.
"...You just think I'm ugly."
"Just go find Chen Shuoxing. Isn't he better looking than me?"
His words were filled with coldness and bitterness.
Sheng Zhao sighed, she reached out to wipe away the tears from the corners of Li Ji's eyes, and then forcefully pushed the man, who was now as strong as an ox, over, and continued to add to what she had not finished saying.
"——But these are all normal reactions during pregnancy. You are still very cute, and I still want to kiss you."
The man was slightly stunned.
He looked at Sheng Zhao's eyes, which were sparkling under the light, and slightly avoided her sight.
But he couldn't help but look at her.
My heart feels so sour and soft that I want to squeeze water out of it.
He pursed his lips, probably because he was coaxed into it, and buried his face in Sheng Zhao's chest, speaking in a hoarse voice.
"Actually, I'm afraid you'll think I'm ugly."
"I know, but I don't think you're ugly."
Li Ji lowered his eyes slightly and continued speaking.
"Actually, I hug you as soon as I open the door these days because I want to make sure you don't have any other man's perfume on you."
"I know, your actions are too obvious. Although you are a good actor, your small actions as a man are still not up to standard."
Sheng Zhao's voice was slightly hazy, as if he was about to fall asleep, and there was a sneer in his voice as if he had noticed his little action.
Li Ji rubbed her affectionately and continued speaking.
"Actually, I kind of hate this child. I used to look forward to his arrival to validate your love, but I find that there's no need for that anymore."
"I know... you can't hide your feelings like a puppy."
Sheng Zhao murmured, closing his eyes and falling slightly into sleep.
"You are the puppy." Li Ji said softly, and then continued, "Actually, since I became pregnant until now, I was afraid that you would think I was ugly, so I put on fake natural makeup every day."
“……?”
Sheng Zhao paused, his sleepiness dissipating a little before he suddenly opened his eyes, thinking and recalling, "I really don't know about this."
After a moment, she seemed to be unable to think of any words to answer, and reluctantly uttered, "...Then you are quite perseverant."
Li Ji lowered his head and bit her shoulder, speaking incoherently.
"You should have said that I still like you even though you're ugly without makeup, instead of saying you don't know... jerk."
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