Update 14
After Xiao Qing left, Xiao Anze’s furrowed brow looked like that of a sixty or seventy-year-old man. She was speechless, "Xiao Anze, can you stop overreacting?"
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"What made you think I was crying?"
Xiao Anze shook his head. He didn’t see her cry, but he did see that her eyes were red. If she wasn’t crying, how would her eyes get red?
Yang Qiao didn’t want to continue this topic with him, so she asked, "What did Lu Jinyang just tell you?"
"Oh, nothing, he just wanted to ask about things over at the Emperor." Even though he said that, that wasn’t what he was actually thinking.
Lu Jinyang had explained the situation over there very clearly. Only then did he suddenly realize that after so many years at the Emperor, he hadn’t discovered that earth-shaking secret, and he didn’t even know that Old Master Xiao’s sternness and affection for Dabao and Xiaobao were all just an act.
Yang Qiao didn’t know what he was thinking and earnestly said to him, "Xiao Anze, in a couple of days, pack up and head back to the Emperor. Wait until you can guarantee my and the child’s safety, then come back for us."
"What?" Xiao Anze was so deep in thought that he hadn’t heard clearly.
Yang Qiao repeated, "I said, hurry up and leave, stop getting in my and the baby’s way at home."
Xiao Anze: "..." So all the things he’s done during this time were just getting in her way? Feeling cold, he said, "Qiaoqiao, I know you have complaints about me, but I’m already trying to make it up to you. Please don’t be angry anymore, okay?"
Seeing that Xiao Anze hadn’t even understood her, Yang Qiao rolled her eyes several times, "They say pregnancy makes you stupid for three years, but I don’t feel dumb at all. Could it all have infected you?"
After she finished speaking, she heard Xiao Anze coughing, and Ran Rang looked overly shocked.
She didn’t say anything more, walked over, picked up the child, and returned to the room.
"Qiaoqiao, why are you carrying the baby?"
"Feeding time~"
Xiao Anze: "..."
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That night, after Lu Jinyang finished his shower and came out, he saw Xiao Qing staring blankly at her belly. He walked over and asked, "What are you looking at?"
Without lifting her head, she said, "The baby was moving a lot just now. I wanted to see if there was a bump on my belly, but as soon as I lifted my clothes, he stopped moving."
"Oh?" Lu Jinyang leaned closer to her belly, stared at the round bulge for a while, then nodded and said, "Indeed, it’s not moving anymore. I think this one will be even naughtier than Xinyun."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qing gasped, scaring Lu Jinyang into nervously looking at her, "What’s wrong?"
"He... he kicked me..."
Xiao Qing said with a laugh and a cry, "Why don’t you try talking to him again, see if he’ll move?"
Lu Jinyang looked at her skeptically, watched for a bit, then tried speaking in the same tone as before, "Little mischief, time to sleep."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Qing’s belly suddenly deformed, accompanied by her exclamation, "Lu Jinyang, look quickly, he’s kicking me." More accurately, he was kicking towards Lu Jinyang.
Because her belly was leaning towards Lu Jinyang’s direction, it looked bizarre with a bulging bump.
Lu Jinyang was speechless, gently patted the bump, and said, "Sleep well, mommy needs to sleep too, you must be good."
After a while, Xiao Qing’s belly finally returned to normal. She quickly pulled her clothes down and then lay down.
"Let’s sleep, we have a prenatal check-up tomorrow."