Teacher, spare me, have you had enough?

  "It's too late, it's too late! Can't you see what time it is? Who has time for breakfast?"

  She pulled him and didn't let him go that way, Lu Zhou raised his wrist to look at the time, it was indeed too late, he had left a bit late this morning, but as the boss who was he afraid of?

  Looking at her anxious appearance, he found it somewhat amusing.

  "The company is mine, which means it's yours too, must you be so proactive and serious about it?"

  It's better he didn't say that, now Xu Liuqi is getting angry.

  "Didn't you say last time that if I'm late, you'll deduct my salary without mercy!"

  Qin sister watched the two of them arguing back and forth over there, smiling as she walked up to hand Xu Liu a lunchbox.

  "Madam, I've packed some breakfast for you, eat it on the way!"

  Xu Liuqin excitedly accepted it and thanked Qin Jie.

  "Thank you, Sister Qin!"

  Then she glared at him again and turned around to walk out, with Lu Zhou smiling and following her out.

  After getting on the car, Xu Liu opened the lunch box given by Qin Jie and took a look at it. She then put it away because there was porridge inside which would be inconvenient to eat in the car. She thought she'd wait until she got to the office to eat.

  But for some reason, this morning, sitting in his air-conditioned and luxurious car, she suddenly felt a wave of nausea, which had never happened to her before when she was packed into the crowded and polluted public bus every morning. She involuntarily raised her hand to cover her stomach, feeling uncomfortable.

  He caught sight of her discomfort, slowed down and turned around to ask her,

  "What's wrong? Your face suddenly looks so terrible?"

  The car suddenly slowed down, and she felt a wave of acid rising up in her stomach. The feeling of wanting to vomit became more pronounced, but since she hadn't eaten breakfast, there was nothing in her stomach to throw up, making the discomfort even worse. She leaned weakly against the car window.

  "I... I feel a bit nauseous..."

  Lu Zhou's expression, which had been calm and collected until then, suddenly changed dramatically. He slammed on the brakes, bringing the car to a stop at the side of the road, and looked at her with a complex expression as she clutched her stomach again due to his sudden braking. It wasn't until half a day later that he finally found his voice, asking her in an uncertain tone

  "Liuyi, you... aren't... are you?"

  She thought about it carefully, but it was impossible. He had always taken good safety measures because she didn't want children, even though he was so eager. Although he rarely used condoms, except during the safe period, he wouldn't dare to ejaculate inside her. Had he miscalculated that one time?

  "It's impossible!"

  Xu Liuwen was so startled by his words that he almost jumped up from his seat, and immediately changed his previous lack of spirit to retort back at him.

  His eyes suddenly dimmed.

  "I'm just guessing, maybe it's because you didn't eat breakfast that's why you got carsick, let me take you to the hospital first—"

  "It's okay!"

  He hadn't finished speaking when she interrupted him. She threw this sentence at him and hastily opened the car door to escape.

  After passing the intersection in front, it was Shenyuan. He didn't force her anymore, but quietly watched her somewhat flustered back, and turned around to go to the pharmacy. In case of any unexpected situation, she'd better take a test just in case.

  Xu Liang hurriedly opened her computer and went online to search after rushing into the office with the lunchbox, looking up some symptoms of pregnancy and calculating her menstrual cycle again, feeling that it shouldn't be what he said, but still unsure in her heart, she kept searching on the computer screen to confirm once more.

  Lin Shanni knocked on the door and walked in.

  "Did you send that business plan to Lu Zong for the meeting?"

  She was startled and quickly closed the webpage with her hand.

  "Sunny sister thank you for reminding me, I'll send it in right away!"

  She was so busy investigating that she almost forgot about the main thing. She got up and went to the file cabinet, grabbed a document, and rushed to his office. What made her wonder was that he hadn't arrived yet, wasn't he driving? He should have arrived earlier than her on foot, right?

  She didn't have the mood to care about him, so she turned around and went back to her own office, only to find Lin Shanni leaning against the door with a faint smile on her face.

  "Liuyang, if it's really as you've investigated, then congratulations to you!"

  She had just taken the file and left in a hurry, she also wanted to turn around and leave, when she turned back, she accidentally glanced at her computer, and was shocked by the content on it. She had opened too many web pages and only managed to close one of them, so she saw all the content without reservation.

  Her heart has become numb and no longer knows what pain is. She came to her senses, sighing self-deprecatingly. Yeah, he likes her so much, now that she's finally got him, he must be loving her every night... Getting pregnant... is only a matter of time. Why is she still here, adding sorrow for herself?

  Xu Liu'ou heard her say congratulations but was depressed and flustered, irritably circling around there.

  "Oh no, Shanni sister, please don't say that, I really don't want any kids right now..."

  It's really maddening, now things are already unclear with him, if there is another child, it will be even more unclear.

  Lin Shanni's expression was serious.

  "But General Lu is at that age..."

  He was thirty, she twenty-three, and the age difference between them had destined her to bear him children at a young age.

  "Crystal"

  "Sister Ni, never mind for now, I'll go busy myself first!"

  Xu Liu was anxious and annoyed, and didn't want to continue this topic anymore.

  Lin Shanni called out to her,

  "Wait a minute, I suddenly realized that you shouldn't be calling me 'sister', in terms of age, I should be calling you 'aunt'!"

  Xu Liu was about to scream.

  "Sunny sister, let's stop calling him that, we'll just call each other sisters from now on!"

  She finished speaking and hastily retreated into her own office. What's wrong with Sister Xiang today, she's so intimidating.

  She didn't know that Lin Shanni was doing this just to force her to face reality: she was already his wife, and there was no way out, no escape, except to confront and accept.

  Xu Liu had been in the office for a while, feeling restless and preoccupied with whether or not to go to the pharmacy to buy a pregnancy test. The internal phone suddenly rang, startling her, it was his exclusive line, she took a deep breath and answered, before she could even speak, she heard him say

  "Come in!"

  "I..."

  She hesitated, now she was so annoyed that she didn't want to see him at all.

  "You brought in the wrong materials!"

  He hung up the phone after saying that, and she quickly got up to open the file cabinet. She couldn't help but feel embarrassed when she saw it, realizing that she had mistakenly given him someone else's information because her mind was preoccupied.

  She took out the correct documents and entered his office, feeling very embarrassed as she placed them on his desk saying:

  "Sorry, I won't make this mistake again in the future!"

  Although there is such a relationship between them, official business is official business.

  "Take this and test it!"

  He didn't say anything, looked at her and pulled out a drawer to hand her something. She lowered her eyes and saw that it was a pregnancy test stick, and couldn't help but look at him with gratitude, saying...

  "Thank you!"

  He hastily ran into the bathroom in his office.

  During this time, Lu Zhou's mood was extremely contradictory and painful. He yearned for her to be really pregnant, but at the same time, he took into account her repulsive emotions. Under the torture, he could only get up and walk to the window, take out a cigarette and light it, taking one puff after another fiercely.

  Before long, the bathroom door was pushed open and she walked out with a relieved expression on her face, patting her chest.

  "It's okay, it's okay, I'm not pregnant, scared me to death..."

  His heart stung sharply, then he lowered his eyes and extinguished the cigarette butt in the ashtray. He walked towards her, and when he stood before her, his eyes had already become calm and peaceful, without any signs of displeasure. He raised his hand and gently stroked her cheek.

  "Maybe it's because you didn't eat breakfast this morning before getting on the bus, hurry up and eat the breakfast Qin sister prepared for you!"

  Xu Liu'ni suppressed the joy on her face that was born out of not being pregnant, and quietly looked up at him. Although he concealed it very well, she could still sense the gloom in his expression. She knew what he was gloomy about, but she didn't want to think about it.

  She was only twenty-three years old, and her life had just begun. She didn't want to have children too early. Later on, she realized that her reluctance was because she wasn't deeply in love. If she truly loved someone, many women would be willing to have children for the one they love at the age of twenty. Many times, once you're willing and content, things will become much simpler.

  She wanted to apologize to him, but she felt that it would only be rubbing salt in his wounds, so she could only slightly avert her eyes and turn around to leave his office, leaving Lu Zhou alone, watching her back as she walked away without looking back, clenching his fists tightly, with pain spreading across his face.

  And there's one more thing.