Now pregnant, her stomach got hungry quickly; what used to be 70% full became 30% full in no time.
"Does it taste good?" Gu Yixuan watched her eating and licking her fingers, his eyes shining as he asked.
"Delicious! Another skewer, please!" Gu Yixuan’s cooking skills were truly excellent. It was hard to tell that he was a man of many talents.
"You can only have one skewer. I’ve prepared chicken soup for you to drink in a bit. Too much barbecue isn’t good for your health."
Mo Ran was somewhat dumbfounded, "Just let me have one more skewer! The cravings in my belly have all been stirred up."
"No," Gu Yixuan adamantly refused her with an air of finality.
"You’re mean! You purposely made me hungry for chicken wings, and now you only let me have one skewer! Even if you don’t let me eat, you should let the baby eat, right?"
As soon as she mentioned the child, Gu Yixuan’s eyes immediately softened a lot.
"Does the baby really want to eat chicken wings?" he asked with raised eyebrows.
"Yes, he tells me that he really wants to eat," Mo Ran nodded without blushing or skipping a beat.
"Well, alright, I’ll give you another skewer," Gu Yixuan said as he handed her the no longer hot chicken wing.
Mo Ran happily accepted it and ate with her mouth full of grease. Gu Yixuan leaned in with a napkin to clean the corners of her mouth, doting on her, "You and the baby are the same, both like children, making a mess while eating."
Mo Ran’s gaze froze for a moment, and she stopped in her actions.
Her heartbeat suddenly quickened, a sensation she had not felt for a long time. She realized that whenever Gu Yixuan doted on her, her heart would uncontrollably beat faster.
She quickly regained her composure and gave him a faint smile, continuing to eat her chicken wing.
After all, it was only for a month; perhaps after a month, she might be able to leave him.
"Woof woof— woof woof—" As she was eating, Mo Ran heard the barking of a puppy.
She laughed and said, "Is your chicken wing too fragrant? It seems to have attracted the little dog over."
Gu Yixuan frowned but did not speak.
"What’s wrong?" Mo Ran listened more carefully and realized that the puppy’s barking was intermittent, as if it was coming from the sea. Follow current novᴇls on novel·fiɾe·net
She ran to the shore and, aided by the lighthouse’s glow, indeed saw a white dot in the sea, which was a small dog.
It was trying to swim to shore, but the waves that crashed upon it kept rolling it back.
"Gu Yixuan, think of a way to save it quickly!" Mo Ran, grasping the approaching Gu Yixuan, said anxiously.
The man glanced indifferently at the puppy in the sea and advised her, "The sea is too deep; it can’t be saved. It looks like it’s dead, so let’s just leave it."