Destined with You

Gu Qingxin finished cooking the noodles, then served them into a bowl and brought them to the dining room, "You can eat now."

Huangfu Ye immediately got up, thought for a moment, then squatted down to plant a kiss on Baobei’s little cheek. In just ten minutes of being together, he had fallen in love with this adorably explosive little Baobei.

"Qingxin, Baobei is just too cute! If she were my big brother’s daughter, that would be perfectly... perfect!" Huangfu Ye looked at Gu Qingxin, who was angrily glaring at him, and awkwardly smiled, "Pretend I didn’t say anything!"

He looked at the noodles on the table and asked, "Do you have an insulated container?"

"An insulated container? Why do you want that?" Gu Qingxin gave him a wary look.

"I just don’t feel hungry right now and want to take it back to eat later tonight." Huangfu Ye forced himself to continue lying, telling the lie so convincingly even he almost believed it.

"Is your stomach problem that severe now?" Gu Qingxin, though a bit skeptical, still went to the kitchen to find an insulated container.

"Sigh... you have no idea how miserable I am! Look at my elder brothers, what they go through isn’t miserable; what I go through is! I’m now a married man, married to a woman I don’t love at all!" Huangfu Ye said, looking bitter.

"You’re married? To whom?" Gu Qingxin listened intently to him.

"Who else could it be, Shen Yundai. Because of this matter, I’ve had a fallout with my family, and I’ve been eating poorly and sleeping poorly for years, so my stomach got messed up." Huangfu Ye spoke convincingly. The marriage was true, but the stomach issue was definitely a lie.

"..."

Gu Qingxin didn’t know how to respond, and after coming out, she packed the noodles for him and said, "You should eat it as soon as possible; it won’t taste good if it sits too long."

"Alright, I know, thanks!" Huangfu Ye took it and said, "If I can’t eat at home, I’ll have to come bother you; would that be a problem?"

"Of course, it’ll be a problem! I have to take care of Baobei every day and cook for you too!" Gu Qingxin frowned at him.

Huangfu Ye, "..."

He was just being polite.

"Even if it’s troublesome, I still have to cook for you. Can’t just let you starve to death." Gu Qingxin turned to wash the pot.

"I knew you were the kindest. I’ll leave now and come back to bother you another day." Huangfu Ye said goodbye to Baobei and left quickly.

He needed to quickly deliver the bowl of noodles to his big brother.

Huangfu Ye rushed back to Sheng Ming Corporation without stopping. As soon as Bai Jingqing saw him coming, he stood up, "Qingxin made it?"

"Yes, where’s big brother?" Huangfu Ye walked quickly inside.

"Inside." Bai Jingqing followed him in.

Beiming Han was working, but his complexion was unusually pale, clearly showing he was unwell.

"Big brother, I went to find Qingxin to make you a bowl of noodles. You should eat it now." Huangfu Ye quickly opened the lid of the insulated container and pushed the noodles in front of Beiming Han.

The insulated container steamed with warmth, sending a familiar aroma wafting over. Beiming Han paused his work, his gaze falling on the insulated container in front of him.

It was a pink insulated container with cartoon illustrations on it, appearing to be something meant for children.

He thought, this should be for Baobei, right? Since Baobei’s not in good health, she must have frequent hospital stays too.

"Big brother?" Huangfu Ye, seeing him neither eating nor speaking, was about to explain the origin of the noodles when Bai Jingqing tugged him, saying, "Let’s go out first."

Huangfu Ye looked at Beiming Han with heartache, then followed Bai Jingqing out.