In the living room, Zhu Weidong was reading a book. He put the book away when he heard the noise. When he stood up, he asked, "Are you asleep? Wash your face and have dinner. I made your favorite steamed meat with eggs and fried two vegetarian dishes. Mom called just now. She knew you were not awake, so she didn't let me call you. You can rest more."

Ji Ling patted her head, "We have to go back to the old house for dinner today, right? The whole family is here, what time is it now?"

"It's a little past one o'clock. You eat first. If you want to go back, I'll call mom and we'll go back in the evening." Zhu Weidong said.

Ji Ling nodded, washed her face and sat at the dining table. A glass of milk was handed to her, "Drink this first."

"It's such a big cup, I can't eat much after drinking it, so you should wait until I finish eating before drinking it."

"Drink it first. Milk is a good source of calcium." Zhu Weidong advised, without giving in at all.

Ji Ling was hungry and didn't want to waste any more time, so she took the cup and drank it in one gulp. After putting the cup down, she realized that he was holding a guide book for pregnant women.

The corners of her mouth twitched, "Did you buy this book?"

"Last time when I bought you clothes, I asked a friend to help me look for books on taking care of pregnant women, and my friend brought back a few books." Zhu Weidong turned to one of the pages and pointed it to Ji Ling, "Look here, pregnant women must always keep a happy mood, otherwise the baby will be born with anger."

Ji Ling glanced at him and said, "You are obviously implying something."

Ji Ling would naturally not forget what happened last night so quickly. She turned her eyes away from the book, leaned back in her chair, and folded her hands in front of her chest, "Zhu Weidong, let's talk about what happened last night."

"Don't dwell on the past, live in the present."

Ji Ling: "Stop talking nonsense. We are talking about what you hinted at me, which is what is happening right now."

"Okay, I was wrong."

Ji Ling: This man is great. He admitted his mistake directly. This action made her less angry.

Zhu Weidong held her hand and said, "Wife, let's eat."

Zhu Weidong called "wife" very gently. He remembered that the book said that to make a pregnant woman happy, one should say more sweet words. However, he didn't know that his voice was originally low, and what he thought was gentleness was just a lowered voice. This voice seemed to come from the abyss.

Ji Ling shuddered. She shook off Zhu Weidong's hand and snatched the book from his hand. "This book is not suitable for you. Change it to another one."

If I continue learning, I’m afraid I’ll become a fool.

After finishing the meal, Ji Ling realized that it was getting late. She couldn't rush to the restaurant to go there, so she told Zhu Weidong to go to the compound early.

Zhu Weidong said, "Okay, I'll move all my stuff over there and bring it with me when I return to work tomorrow."

Having said this, he hesitated for a moment, looking at Ji Ling as if he wanted to say something but stopped. After hearing what the other person said, Ji Ling remained silent. She turned around and saw him looking at her with a heavy heart.

She asked, "What happened?"

"My employer wants me to rush to the southwest. I may leave in the next few days."

"What about the wedding in January? Should we postpone it?" Ji Ling had no objection. The country was currently in a period of large-scale construction. It was said that the way to achieve prosperity was to build roads first. She didn't want to delay him because of herself. Besides, she was also fighting for her future and understood that feeling better.

"Let's see. If the company says I have to leave in the next few days, I will try to settle down there, hand over the work in hand, and then rush back. If that's not possible, I can only postpone it."

"Okay, you can make the arrangements. Actually, we've already held a wedding at my house, so it doesn't matter if we hold one here or not. I'm busy as well as you are. Plus, I'm still in the early stages of my pregnancy, so even though I don't have to do anything, I feel bad seeing my family running around." Ji Ling was afraid that he would think she was lying, so she said, "I don't really care about these things. Let's just live our lives well. Those external things are really not important."

Zhu Weidong hugged her into his arms and kissed Ji Ling on the forehead again, "Thank you, wife."

Ji Ling shuddered.

Ji Ling said, "You froze me. Don't call me your wife anymore."

Zhu Weidong frowned, "Why?"

"I get cold feet if you yell at me. You can yell if you want, but just yell nicely."

Zhu Weidong chuckled, the light in his eyes like pink peach blossoms, "It turns out that my voice is too gentle."

Ji Ling: Man, you are so bold.

Seeing that the man was so narcissistic and confident, Ji Ling decided to ignore him. If he really dared to call her like that when they returned to the old house, he would be the one who would be embarrassed.

As a result, the two returned to the old house, and when Zhu Weidong called out "wife" during dinner, everyone at the table was petrified.

Zhu Weidong was unmoved and continued to put pickled radish into Ji Ling's bowl. "Wife, try this. Mom specially asked Auntie to make it for you."

Ji Ling looked at her nose, her nose at her mouth, and her mouth at her heart. She didn't even have the courage to look outside. Her face became hot with embarrassment, but she couldn't help wanting to laugh.

"Let's eat." In the end, it was Zhu's father who made the family put away their dropped jaws. He called everyone, looked at Zhu Weidong again, and said nothing.

In addition to the Zhu family, Miao Shaozhen was also present.

She arrived last night. Although the Zhu family prepared a place for her to stay, they couldn't just send her there today.

After dinner, Kong Siya called Ji Ling and Miao Shaozhen, together with Old Lady Zhu, and the four women sat in the living room to talk, while Zhu's father called all the men in the family into the study.

Zhu Chuang was sitting, while Zhu Weidong and his five younger brothers were standing.

"Dad, tell me."

Zhu's father said, "He's your own son, you should take care of him yourself."

Zhu Chuang touched his nose and looked at his eldest son, "Weidong, it's not a big deal, it's just that when you call your wife, you can change your tone."

"Gentleness is good for prenatal education." Zhu Weidong looked confused.

Everyone: "Being too gentle and lacking in masculinity is not good either." Zhu Chuang was still persuading gently.

Zhu's father said, "Just tell me, don't you know what kind of character your own son has?"

Zhu Chuang responded gently. He did not seem angry even when his father yelled at him, and he was also kind to his son. "Your voice is not suitable for gentle speaking."

Zhu Weidong was still confused, and the bewilderment on his face let everyone present know that he didn't understand.

Zhu Yaowu couldn't help it, "Brother, your gentleness seems to come from hell. Ouch, I'm telling the truth, why are you hitting my head?"

Zhu Weidong saw his other three brothers nodding in unison. He then looked at his father and grandfather who were sitting above him. Seeing that neither of them objected, he thought for a while and said, "It should be because of lack of practice."

Everyone: I think so.

(End of this chapter)