allonlinenovel Chapter 351 Shui Sheng is finally going to be a father
Chapter 351 Shui Sheng is finally going to be a father
Shuisheng breathed a sigh of relief, but still looked at his sleeping wife with some unease.
"Did the doctor say when your aunt will wake up?"
Lin Xiaotang comforted her, "She didn't say. She should wake up after a good night's sleep. Uncle, don't worry. It's good that Aunt is alright."
Shui Sheng nodded, finally feeling relieved.
"Uncle knows, thank you all so much for today. You go ahead and get busy, I'll look after things here."
Lin Xiaotang smiled and said, "We're all family, Uncle, don't be so polite. You stay with Aunt, I'll go out first."
After Lin Xiaotang left, Shuisheng moved a round stool and sat down by the bed to keep his wife company. He gently touched his wife's belly, being careful not to scare the baby inside her if he touched it too hard.
He muttered to himself, "Cai'er, we're having a baby! I'm finally going to be a father! Wake up! I want to thank you properly. You're a great contributor to our family. From now on, you'll be in charge of everything in our family. I'll listen to you..."
He rambled on for a while, but his wife didn't wake up. He must have been too tired, because he unknowingly fell asleep by the bedside.
When Liu Cai'er woke up, she found Shui Sheng holding her hand and fast asleep beside her. She couldn't bear to wake him, so she slowly pulled her hand away and tried to get up.
Unexpectedly, Shui Sheng sensed something and suddenly woke up, sitting up straight.
"Cai Cai... Cai'er, you're awake! How are you feeling? Is anything bothering you?"
Liu Cai'er shook her head and asked in confusion, "What's wrong with me? Why am I in bed? Weren't I just washing clothes by the well?"
Shui Sheng grinned and said, "Cai'er, you're pregnant! I'm going to be a dad! We're having a baby! Hahaha..."
He was so happy and excited that he couldn't express it. He hugged his wife tightly.
"Cough cough cough..."
Liu Cai'er couldn't help but cough and immediately protested, "Shuisheng, you're holding me too tight, I can hardly breathe, please loosen your grip... let go of me, don't squeeze the baby in your belly."
"Oh dear, I was so happy I completely forgot." Shuisheng immediately let go of his wife, touched her belly anxiously, and asked, "Is the baby alright? Is it getting squeezed?"
Having given birth to two children, Liu Cai'er naturally knew that such a strong hug wouldn't squeeze the baby. Besides, she was only recently pregnant, her belly was flat and not showing, so it wouldn't cause any problems.
She chuckled, reached out and touched Shui Sheng's face, and said gently, "You silly boy, if something happened to you, would I still be sitting on the bed perfectly fine?"
Shuisheng then realized that he had been overly nervous.
He scratched his head and said, "This is my first time being a father, so I was naturally a little excited and happy. When I suddenly heard that you had fainted, I was very worried, afraid that something bad might have happened to you. I'm relieved that you're alright."
"From now on, you don't need to worry about the restaurant and milk tea shop. The woman you rescued today can be put to work in the kitchen, and you can transfer the cooks from the kitchen to your milk tea shop. That'll be just the right number of people."
"Okay, I'll follow your arrangements. I won't do any work anymore; I'll just be a freeloader."
Shui Sheng grinned and said happily, "With everyone here at the restaurant, you should focus on being a good cook and give birth to the child. Later, let the child learn business from Xiao Tang. If the child is half as smart as Xiao Tang, I will be satisfied."
Liu Cai'er pouted and laughed at him, "Being healthy is enough. You want to be half as smart as Xiao Tang? A genius girl like Xiao Tang is one of a kind in the world."
However, Xiaotang is kind-hearted and will surely be willing to let our children do business with her. Our family being able to do business with them is definitely a blessing from our past life.”
The couple whispered something to each other when Shuisheng suddenly remembered that he needed to brew medicine for his wife. He looked around for the medicine and found that Liu was already carrying the medicine bowl up the stairs toward their room.
Liu asked, "Brother-in-law, I just heard my sister's voice. I thought she must have woken up, so I brewed the medicine. Please feed it to her quickly."
Shuisheng was deeply moved to find that Liu Feng'er had already prepared the medicine. The two sisters were alike, not only diligent but also meticulous and kind to others.
He hurriedly took the medicine bowl and thanked her, "Feng'er, thank you so much."
"Oh, we're all family, no need to be so polite."
Knowing that everyone had just learned that her sister was pregnant, and that it was such a joyous occasion, she knew that the couple must have a lot to say to each other, so she didn't want to disturb them.
She said, "Brother-in-law, I still have work to finish, so I won't go up to visit my sister. Please take good care of her. If you don't understand anything, just ask me. I'll talk to my sister again tomorrow."
"Okay, you go ahead and do your work. I'll feed this medicine to your sister first."
Shuisheng returned to the room with the medicine bowl, sat on the edge of the bed, and tried to feed his wife with a spoon, but Liu Cai'er refused.
"Give me a spoon, I can do it myself."
“You’ve fainted, how can you let yourself do it? I’ll feed you.”
In the end, Liu Cai'er couldn't resist Shui Sheng's insistence and could only let him feed her. She drank the somewhat bitter medicine sip by sip, but her heart was filled with sweetness.
While the couple were enjoying their time together, Liu and her husband were also reminiscing about her sister's pregnancy.
Liu had just put her son to sleep and covered him with a blanket when her husband brought her a basin of water to wash his feet, and a smile appeared on her face.
“I told you not to wash my feet anymore. I can wash them myself. If Aunt Xiangqin sees this, I'm afraid my sister and brother-in-law will follow suit and feel uncomfortable.”
Lin Qingchuan said, "If she sees it, she won't bring you water to wash your feet. There are many things you can't do in the future. You should call Shuisheng 'brother-in-law' like I do. I'm older than Shuisheng. Besides, we're the ones who led me and Shuisheng to do business together. I won't call him 'brother-in-law.' Another day, in front of Aunt Xiangqin, I'll make Shuisheng follow my example and have him bring me water to wash my feet too."
Liu laughed and pushed her husband, scolding, "Why are you so unserious? You're deliberately making Aunt Xiangqin uncomfortable. Given your husband's personality, he would naturally be willing to bring me water to wash my feet, but Aunt Xiangqin is a widow who raised her son alone, which wasn't easy. She cherishes her son and has old-fashioned ideas. She can't stand seeing men serving women."
Having lived together for two years, they all got to know each other, and Lin Qingchuan naturally understood Aunt Xiangqin.
He said, “I was just joking. Aunt Xiangqin is old. If there’s nothing wrong, who would go around making things difficult for her? Besides, we’ve been busy with our business for the past year or so. We’ve been so grateful to her for taking care of Ziheng. Otherwise, how could we concentrate on our business? To be honest, she’s like our own mother. We, Shuisheng and my sister and her husband, will take good care of her.”
Liu Cai'er paused and said, "She is closer than my own mother. My mother-in-law passed away early, and my mother has that kind of temper. Although Aunt Xiangqin is old-fashioned and sometimes short-sighted, she is sincere to us and genuinely helps our whole family."
"Now that you mention it, it really makes sense. She's definitely closer than your own mother!"
In the room at the end of the corridor, Shui Sheng quietly brought a basin of water for Liu Cai'er to wash her feet.
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Gu Minghuai lay in the unfamiliar room, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.
He couldn't understand why Xiao Tang's room was next to Xiao Jiu's room. Wasn't it supposed to be that boys and girls shouldn't sit together after the age of three, and that there should be strict separation between them? Their rooms were only separated by a wall, so why didn't they have to worry about that?
He was indignant that his room was the furthest from Xiaotang's.
So, he had a sudden inspiration, and immediately grabbed his blanket and pillow and ran to Lin Xiaotang's door, banging on it.
Lin Xiaotang was sitting at her desk, checking the account books, when she heard someone knocking on the door. She got up to open it and was quite surprised to see Gu Minghuai standing outside with a blanket and a pillow.
"Why aren't you sleeping? What are you planning to do?"
Gu Minghuai pretended to be scared and said, "Xiaotang, probably because the room that Auntie cleaned for me has been unoccupied for a long time, there are rats in it. I just lay down and was about to fall asleep when one of them suddenly ran out and crawled over my head. It scared me to death. I...I don't dare to sleep in that room anymore."
It was just a mouse!
Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but roll her eyes and said, "Aren't you a martial artist? How can you be afraid of mice? I think it's more like the mice are afraid of you. I thought something terrible had happened. It's just a mouse. My dad can catch it and kill it tomorrow. You should go back to sleep. It's getting late."
Gu Minghuai hadn't achieved his goal yet, so how could he possibly want to go back to sleep?
So he insisted, "I'm not going back. There are rats there, and I'm terrified of furry creatures. It has nothing to do with whether I practice martial arts or not. If you're not afraid, then let's switch rooms."
Lin Xiaotang squinted and said, "Dream on! This is a young lady's room. How can I just let you stay here? If you're really afraid of mice, then I'll talk to Ninth Brother and you can squeeze into his room with him."
He already disliked Xiao Jiu and considered him a rival, so how could he be willing to share a room with Xiao Jiu? Therefore, he immediately refused.
"No, I'm used to sleeping alone, and I tend to kick off the covers in the middle of the night. What if I kick his frail little body off the bed?"
Lin Xiaotang was speechless.
"Your fourth uncle and Uncle Wu Yu are both big men who do heavy work. You definitely can't kick them. Why don't you choose one of them and I'll go talk to them and ask them who you want to sleep with?"
Gu Minghuai said aggrievedly, "I don't want to choose anyone. I'm new here, and I don't know anyone in your family except you. You want me to sleep with them? I'll feel awkward and uncomfortable all over. Xiaotang, how can you be so heartless and just abandon me like this?"
Lin Xiaotang looked incredulous and asked, "You said you were afraid of mice and refused to go back to sleep alone. I kindly arranged accommodation for you and thought of a bunch of people for you to choose from, but you didn't like this one or that one. And you blamed me for being heartless. It's just ridiculous."
Seeing that Xiao Tang was about to get angry, Gu Minghuai immediately put on a pitiful look and whispered, "Don't be angry. I didn't mean to make things difficult for you. How about this, we won't bother everyone. I'll just make do and sleep on the floor in your room."
What the hell?
Is this guy going to sleep on the floor in her room?
She immediately retorted, "Are you kidding me? This is a woman's private room. How can a young master like you sleep on the floor in my room? If word gets out, what will become of my reputation?"
Gu Minghuai immediately said, "You're so young, and your figure is like a bean sprout. I'm still a minor, so what's there to gossip about? If you don't say anything and I don't say anything, the people living in this backyard are all our own family. What kind of gossip could possibly spread?"
Lin Xiaotang's eyes widened as she looked herself up and down, pointed at herself, and asked in surprise, "You actually called me a bean sprout?"
Gu Minghuai couldn't help but chuckle, "Isn't that right? You're only nine years old, you don't have any of the things you should have. Nobody even turns to look at you when you walk through the market. Haven't you noticed?"
Lin Xiaotang flicked her sleeve and immediately stepped forward to stomp hard on Gu Minghuai's foot. She said angrily, "Hmph, whether I'm a bean sprout or not is none of your business. Get out of here and don't disturb my sleep."
"what……"
Gu Minghuai groaned, realizing that his voice might be heard by people in the nearby rooms. He forced himself to endure the pain in his foot and didn't cry out.
Lin Xiaotang felt a little better after seeing how hard Gu Minghuai was enduring the pain.
Seeing Lin Xiaotang looking like a cat with its fur standing on end, all huff and puff, he couldn't help but laugh.
"Alright, I'm not teasing you anymore. Don't worry, you're still young. I won't have those kinds of feelings for you. If you grow up to be a beautiful young woman, I will fall in love with you and definitely come to propose marriage."
Lin Xiaotang glared at Gu Minghuai, so angry she was practically fuming. She gritted her teeth and said, "You still dare to talk?"
"I won't say it, I won't say it anymore!"
Before Lin Xiaotang could chase him away again, Gu Minghuai quickly set up a makeshift bed on the floor next to her bed.
Seeing Gu Minghuai's actions, Lin Xiaotang immediately rushed forward to urge him on. However, the more she urged him, the faster Gu Minghuai moved. In a few moments, he had made up the bedding, lay down on the quilt, closed his eyes, and seemed to be really asleep.
She was a little angry and pushed Gu Minghuai hard, "Hey, get up, you're not allowed in my room, or I'll call for help."
Just then, someone knocked on the door, and Xiao Jiu's voice came through.
"Xiao Tang, what's wrong? What happened? I heard some noise coming from your room. Do you need my help?"
Lin Xiaotang's breath hitched, and she glanced coldly at Gu Minghuai, threatening him with her eyes to keep quiet.
She replied, "I'm fine. I just noticed the desk was a bit messy, so I tidied it up and accidentally knocked over a few account books. I've already cleaned it up. You should go back and rest."
Xiao Jiu was skeptical. He had just clearly heard another person's voice, which sounded like Gu Minghuai, who had just arrived at the restaurant. However, Xiao Tang only knew him, but they were not familiar with each other. It was the right time of day, so why were the two of them talking together?
He must be overthinking things and hallucinating!
So Xiao Jiu replied, "Okay, remember to call me if anything happens."
"Okay, I understand." Lin Xiaotang secretly breathed a sigh of relief when she heard Xiao Jiu's footsteps leaving outside the door.
Gu Minghuai's face broke into a big smile. Xiao Tang actually lied to Xiao Jiu for him. Does that prove that in Xiao Tang's heart, he is more important than Xiao Jiu?
Haha, who said that being near the water tower gives you an advantage?
Lin Xiaotang turned her head and saw Gu Minghuai's smug smile. She glared at him fiercely and started to shoo him away.
"You, get out of here right now!"