"You... Qin Mu, the foolish one I’m talking about isn’t you, it’s my brother!"
Mu Qingxin sat back down, nonchalantly continuing to lean on the cushion as she explained to her.
Helian Hao couldn’t help but laugh, "If Mu Yichen hears what you’re saying, there really will be trouble."
Qin Mu didn’t speak, just slowly sat up, seemingly with some effort.
Helian Hao quickly soothed her, leaning on the headboard, "Are you feeling better?"
Qin Mu agreed, but because she had been pregnant for so long she was naturally weary, and with the added low fever, she actually didn’t have much strength at all; she could only say she no longer felt as cold as to shiver like before.
At lunchtime, Mu Yichen came back, so the four of them had lunch together, and in the afternoon, when Helian Hao left, Mu Qingxin went out with her.
Actually, she just didn’t want to bring the kids and took the chance to slip out to meet old friends.
Qin Mu and Mu Yichen were sitting on the sofa in the living room, Qin Mu, lacking the strength to do much else, leaned on his shoulder and sighed, "I’m really just fattening up at home!"
She looked at her belly, looked at her legs, and then sighed sadly.
"What silly thing are you saying?"
Mu Yichen asked, his long lashes fluttering as he lowered his gaze, those incredibly beautiful eyelashes.
"I’m not talking nonsense, I’m telling the truth. Haven’t you noticed I’ve gained a lot of weight recently?"
Qin Mu said, lifting her arms in front of them; Mu Yichen reached out to hold one and then asked, "Where have you gained weight?"
She was still as slender as ever.
The only place she had gained weight during her pregnancy was her belly.
She had put on a bit of weight a while ago, but recently as her belly grew, she seemed to have slimmed back down.
"Haven’t I? I think I’ve put on a lot!"
Qin Mu grumbled a bit vexed.
In this sweltering summer, her mood was far from stifled, just a bit worried about getting fat.
"Silly! Were you also constantly afraid of getting fat when you were pregnant with Huanhuan?"
Mu Yichen lowered his head to ask her.
"No way! Back then, I was too busy working to support her, so I didn’t have time to worry about getting fat, and I was very svelte."
Qin Mu said, a bit proudly.
It seemed like when she was twenty, no matter what she ate, she wouldn’t gain weight, no matter how much she ate.
But suddenly, Mu Yichen stopped talking and just watched her as she reminisced about the time she was pregnant with Huanhuan.
They had mentioned that time more than once, but every time it came up, his feelings were always a different kind of desolation.
Back then, she probably didn’t realize how hard and tiresome it truly was; she was just focused on forging ahead.
His arm draped behind her shoulder, he gently pulled her into his embrace, his sexy voice reminding her, "After we have this child, let’s not have any more kids."
Qin Mu looked up at him, wondering why he would suddenly say that.
Actually, she hadn’t planned on having more children, or perhaps she had never thought about it at all; it seemed best to just go with the flow.
But when he said it, as she looked into his eyes, she suddenly felt a bit oppressed.
"In the years to come, let’s spend them together and make up for the decade and more we weren’t with each other," Mu Yichen told her, holding her hands and speaking earnestly.
Qin Mu was expressionless for a few seconds, but then she leaned against his shoulder and whispered, "Why are you getting so sentimental all of a sudden? We’ve been together all these years."
"But back then, we weren’t seriously together," he said softly, his voice heavy.
He regretted it deeply, wondering why he hadn’t said those words to her when he was fifteen.
He regretted his stubborn nature from before, always wanting her to make the first move.
But she was never the type to take the initiative.
"Sigh! To be honest, I’m already very content," Qin Mu leaned into his embrace and sighed before contentedly saying to him.
She had never known hardship before, and now she was always content.
Being able to put everything aside and be with him was something she wouldn’t have dared dream of after she was eight.
Mu Yichen spoiled her so, and as Qin Mu rested in his arms looking at the hand that held hers, she thought that now, was the most beautiful time of her life since she was eight.
In the afternoon, Mu Qingxin didn’t come back until after four, and before she returned, Mu Yichen had even made a bottle of formula milk for the child.
Seeing her return with loads of luxury goods, Mu Yichen frowned and looked at her from the sofa, "Did you just go shopping this afternoon?"
"What else would it be? But I did it to give you two some private space! It’s not easy to find a sister as understanding as me; you should cherish it!"