Chapter 1291: To the Death
Yan Xinrou still has that carefree personality, her expression when she laughs is quite intriguing, and those beautiful eyes seem like they see right through everything. Her way of speaking hasn’t changed, still so shockingly straightforward.
Liou Qingcheng knows that continuing to chat with this biological mom will inevitably lead to another lecture on the benefits of having children early. Leaving a quick "Good night, Mom," she pulls Lin Tian’s arm and runs into the room.
Yan Xinrou is momentarily stunned, then starts laughing, "This young couple, they’re quite impatient."
...
Inside Liou Qingcheng’s room, Lin Tian’s gaze remains on her, teasingly saying, "Just now it wasn’t okay, but now it’s okay, right?"
"No way." Liou Qingcheng hugs the baby’s breath in her arms, her rosy complexion still hasn’t faded.
Lin Tian looks at her adorable and charming look and immediately hugs her waist, asking, "Just now it wasn’t okay, why isn’t it okay now?"
"I’ve got my period!"
"Trying to fool me?"
"For real! Think about what day it is today?"
Lin Tian furrows his brow slightly, tilts his head in thought, as if... it really is that time.
Looking over at the table, well, there’s a cup of steaming brown sugar water.
Liou Qingcheng looks at his aggrieved expression and can’t help but laugh, "Remember now?"
Lin Tian pouts slightly and nods.
Liou Qingcheng, holding the baby’s breath in one hand, pinches Lin Tian’s nose with the other, shaking it twice and laughing, "So now you have to take good care of me, you can’t bully me."
"Just tell me, how do you want me to take care of you?"
Liou Qingcheng thinks for a while, finally saying with a smile, "First, carry me to bed."
"That’s easy."
Lin Tian agrees readily, not only carrying Liou Qingcheng to the bed but also helping her take off ’extra’ clothes, playfully saying, "It’s uncomfortable to sleep in clothes."
Suddenly, Liou Qingcheng coquettishly says, "Your hand is misbehaving!"
"It’s not misbehaving, look at you reading so late, you must be tired. I’m giving you a massage, be good, don’t move."
Liou Qingcheng feels annoyed yet helpless against this rascal, ultimately letting him do as he pleases.
"Lin Tian..."
"Hmm?"
"Check my pulse."
"Feeling unwell?"
"No, I feel like I might... be pregnant."
Lin Tian is amused and laughs, saying, "Pregnant and still having a period? All those medical books you’ve read are wasted?"
"Oh, come on, just feel it."
Lin Tian places his hand on her pulse, suddenly his expression changes, raising his eyebrows and says, "It’s really there! I feel like it’s twins!"
"Really?" Liou Qingcheng looks at Lin Tian like an innocent girl, both surprised and incredulous.
Lin Tian can’t help but laugh softly, "Silly, of course it’s fake. But if you really want kids, wait until your period is over, then we’ll have some! I feel certain poses are pretty much guaranteed success. Shall we try?"
"Hmph! I don’t want to, go try with Ru Yan, she’d surely cooperate with you!"
"Don’t worry, none of you can escape."
The two keep chatting about random topics late into the night, but Liou Qingcheng is feeling quite energetic, and it takes Lin Tian a long time to coax her to sleep.
But when Lin Tian closes his eyes, almost asleep, Liou Qingcheng suddenly, like a little cat, kisses his face twice, causing the sleepiness to instantly disappear.
"You can’t tease me when you’re on your period!"
"Hehehe~ I just won’t listen!"
"..."
"Still feeling uncomfortable?"
"Of course I’m uncomfortable, I’ve been uncomfortable all night."
Liou Qingcheng presses her hand on Lin Tian’s stomach and slides down, speaking softly, "Seeing you miserable, let me help you."
...
Early the next morning, Liou Qingcheng is reluctant to get out of bed because she stayed up too late yesterday, but she has to get up because there’s a Zhao Xuefeng class in the morning. Lin Tian suggests getting Liou Qingcheng a leave, but surprisingly, she gets up with dark circles under her eyes, muttering, "No worries, I’ll just sleep earlier tonight."
Seeing that she insists, Lin Tian doesn’t continue persuading her. After finishing their morning routine and going downstairs, they find Liou Zhengming and Yan Xinrou drinking millet porridge. Seeing the two coming downstairs, their gazes both gather on them, seemingly never getting enough of them.
Yan Xinrou looks at her daughter’s dark circles with a pang of concern, then glares at Lin Tian, asking, "What time did you two sleep last night?"
Lin Tian is really caught off guard by this question because he doesn’t even know what time they slept. He stutters a couple of times, unable to come up with a reasonable answer.
Yan Xinrou says, "Forget it, I won’t ask. I know you’ve been apart for a while and it’s like a honeymoon again, but I still have to say, hurry up and give me a grandson!"
Liou Qingcheng acts as if she didn’t hear, gently pulling out a chair for Lin Tian, wrapping his arm to seat him, and personally serves him a bowl of millet porridge.
Liou Zhengming, seeing this, feels pangs of heartache, smacking his lips and saying, "Your daughter, pulling chairs and serving porridge, has never been this good to her parents."
"Dad, you can’t say that, I’m pretty considerate."
"Hmph, used to be considerate, now you have a husband and forget about mom and dad."
"Shall I serve you a bowl now?"
Liou Zhengming waves his hand repeatedly, "No need, I’m almost full."
"See, you didn’t give me a chance to show off."
Liou Zhengming gives his daughter a plaintive look, feeling a bit bitter inside.
At this moment, Yan Xinrou suddenly says, "Lin Tian, do you remember the Zhou guy we met when we went to Five Pure Mountains? About your age."
Lin Tian has a better memory than most, and from Yan Xinrou’s mention, he immediately recalls, especially since Zhou Chenghang is Wang Sijing’s fiancé, he wouldn’t forget.
"Of course, his name is Zhou Chenghang. What’s up with him?"
Yan Xinrou says, "He’s getting married on the 10th next month, I received the invitation yesterday. I remember he invited you and Shishi back then too, shall we go together?"
Lin Tian is momentarily surprised, then smiles, "Sure, we’ll go together then."
Back then, Zhou Chenghang mentioned inviting him to the wedding casually, not to be taken seriously. With his relationship with the Wang Family now, seeing them would be conflictual, even less likely to receive an invitation.
But... the more it’s like this, the more Lin Tian feels he must go!
He’s been anticipating this wedding for a long time, planning to ’congratulate’ them properly.
Yan Xinrou places her chopsticks on the bowl lightly, saying softly, "Lin Tian, I know you might have some grudges with them. But there’s no such hatred in this world that can’t be resolved; with enough benefit, enemies can turn into friends. Besides, both the Zhou Family and the Wang Family are tough to deal with; it’s better to make peace than enmity. Do you understand what I mean?"
Lin Tian smiles and nods, "I understand."
He silently adds in his heart: ’Unfortunately, I and they are at the point of no return.’