Chapter 44: The Great Man's Small Boy's Determined Love

  Dazzling sunlight spills into every corner of the house, especially on a bed where a pair of sweethearts sleep tightly entwined together.

  Duan Ruiqi felt the warm sunlight on her eyelids, and reluctantly opened her eyes to take a glance at An Qi'er who was sleeping on her chest, then hugged him tighter with a sweet smile.

  Looking at An Qi'er's face with a radiant and charming expression, Duan Ruiqi felt his lower abdomen tighten again, a surge of heat swirling inside him, just as he was about to kiss her. However, a small, delicate hand suddenly appeared, and Duan Ruiqi found it somewhat amusing, so he opened his mouth and lightly nipped at it. The owner of the small hand scolded in dissatisfaction: "I'm a man, you also want to touch me, that's really indecent."

  Duan Ruiqi was startled by the sudden shout and quickly sat up to see a little boy, An Qi'er, standing in front of her with a cold gaze. An Qi'er had also been disturbed by Duan Ruiqi's movement after hearing the noise, and although he opened his eyes, his head was still a bit dizzy, and he muttered: "Is it time for dinner?"

  An Jinbei and Duan Ruiqi were both amused by An Qier's absurd question, and they couldn't stop laughing. Hearing the loud laughter, An Qier felt a chill run down her spine, and only then did she realize that she was not wearing a single stitch of clothing. What made her even more embarrassed was that her son An Jinbei was standing right next to her, while Duan Ruiqi was sleeping beside her.

  "Ah——" An Qi'er felt like she had never been so embarrassed

  "Both of you get out!" An Qi'er slammed the door shut, her back against it as she faced the chaotic scene before her. The tender moments from last night were still vivid in her mind, and a happy blush rose to her cheeks once again.

  When Liu Lianhua heard An Qi'er's roar, she hurried over with a shovel, thinking that someone was bullying An Qi'er. But when she saw An Jinbei laughing and Duan Ruiqi wrapping himself in a quilt, Liu Lianhua thought of the previous night's conversation and looked at Duan Ruiqi's red face again. She couldn't help but feel excited inside, holding up the shovel like a microphone and asking Duan Ruiqi, "Excuse me, Mr. Duan, do you have a part-time job as a stripper? What are your thoughts on this huge career change?"

  Duan Ruiqi was struck by Liu Lianhua's question, but he suppressed the feeling of powerlessness and maintained his usual gentlemanly demeanor. Despite being a naked gentleman, his noble quality was innate. "Miss, may I borrow a bathrobe from you?"

  As soon as he finished asking, An Qi'er suddenly opened the door and walked out neatly dressed, shouting at Duan Ruiqi in a harsh tone: "Hurry up and go get dressed!"

  Duan Ruiqi obediently entered the house like a young daughter-in-law who had just married into the family.

  Duan Ruiqi finished dressing and everyone was waiting for him at the dinner table. An Jinbei deliberately sat between Duan Ruiqi and An Qier, who had been keeping her head down since she came out. She felt guilty towards An Jinbei and looked like a daughter who had done something wrong, afraid of being criticized by An Jinbei.

  "Duanzong, have a bowl of soup first" Liu Lianhua first served Duan Ruiqi a bowl of dried tangerine peel and pig's trotters soup.

  "Thank you," Duanyuqi took the soup and drank it down, instantly feeling warm and comfortable in her stomach, sincerely praising: "Your craftsmanship is great."

  Liu Lianhua kindly refilled Duan Ruiqi's bowl, "It's delicious, you should drink more. This soup is specially made to supplement your energy." She then instructed An Qi'er like an old mother, "Qi'er, you should also drink more. Look at you, you didn't get up until after noon, you must have been exhausted last night, and you need to eat more too."

  An Qi'er was drinking fine, but Liu Lianhua's kind intentions almost made her spit out the soup, while Duan Ruiqi had been laughing so hard that his hands holding the bowl were shaking.

  "Hey, don't spill soup on me!" An Jinbei said coldly

  Duan Ruiqi just noticed the little guy beside him and curiously asked: "Hey kid, what's your name?"

  Mentioning An Jinbei, An Qier still had some confusion in her heart, but she decided to tell Duan Ruoqi about having a son. Just as she was about to introduce An Jinbei, An Jinbei preempted her and said: "My name is An Jinbei, An Qier is my adopted daughter."

  "Golden Treasure", An Qi'er exclaimed

  An Jinbei gave a warning glance at An Qier and Liu Lianhua, signaling them to shut up.

  Duan Ruiqi heard the three words "tong yang xi", furrowed her brow but couldn't help bursting out laughing, "What era is this, your parents are still arranging a child bride for you?" Then thinking about how An Qi'er always rejected herself, as if afraid of something, it turned out to be because she had a young husband. She took a deep look at An Qi'er, thinking in her heart that she would pamper and love the poor girl well.

  An Jinbei disagreed, with a deliberately solemn expression on his face, "Anyway, An Qi'er is my big wife. If you want to be with An Qi'er, you have to get my approval."

  Duan Ruiqi thoughtfully pondered An Jinbei's words, "But now is the era of free love, Qier has the right to pursue happiness and besides, you also saw that I can bring Qier true happiness."

  "Duan Ruiqi, aren't you ashamed of what you're saying?" He actually said such a thing in front of his own son. An Qi'er really wanted to find a hole to crawl into, how could she bear this?

  Liu Lianhua added, "That's also true, Jin Bei, you're still too young"

  "Yú Lián Huā" ān qǐ ér xiàn zài cái fā xiàn zì jǐ zhè biǎo jiě de biǎo dá néng lì hū cháng rén

  An Jinbei glared at Duan Ruiqi, smiling and asking: "I've been engaged to An Qier since birth, and An Qier is destined to be my wife for life. Can your feelings over the past few days compare to the eternal bond between me and Qier?"

  "You little devil, you've been saying that for ages. Why don't you just grow up and say it to girls your own age? I'll give birth to a daughter and marry her off to you, how's that?" For some reason, Duan Rui Qi suddenly started liking An Jinbei, who loved dressing up as a big man, especially his smile.

  "Duan Ruiqi, speak properly in front of the child." This Duan Ruiqi is really something, not knowing any shame at all.

  "Shut up!" two men, one big and one small, simultaneously ordered An Qi'er

  An Jinbei stood up straight and tall, looking at Duan Ruiqi on an equal level, thinking to himself "I may not be as tall as you, but I can stand up just the same". He seemed to say to An Qi'er: "This is a matter between men, don't interfere with your woman's mouth"

  "Jinbei, you're so cool!" Liu Lianhua waved her chopsticks to cheer on Jinbei.

  Duan Ruiqi looked up at An Jinbei, understanding that this little guy just wanted him to look up to him. Still in a seated position without standing up, but with an equally strong momentum that did not allow for contempt, "If you're a man, be fair to me, I formally declare war on you, An Qi'er is mine, she can only be my woman."

  "An Qi'er's heart was filled with beauty, her eyes dazedly staring at Duan Ruiqi, who looked the most handsome at this moment."

  "Alright, I'd like to see how you're going to take An Qi'er away from me." An Jinbei started to have an inexplicable good impression of Duan Ruiqi, anyway, he liked the man's arrogant gaze that looked down on everything.

  "Ai'er, are you adapting well to working here these past few days?" Li Feifei made a special trip on Sunday to visit Lin Aier, but Lin Aier didn't even bother to acknowledge her arrival.

  Li Fei saw Lin Aier moving a box of goods and quickly offered to help, "Aier, it's so heavy, let's move it together."

  Ke Lin Ai'er not only didn't take the goods, but also angrily threw them all at Li FeiFei, causing Li FeiFei to fall to the ground along with the goods. She clutched her hurt hand and abdomen, unable to straighten up, and said with a pained expression: "Ai'er, what's wrong with you? Weren't we always good sisters? Why are you treating me like this?"

  Lin Aier saw Li Feifei being knocked to the ground, and her heart was somewhat unbearable. However, she still turned her head away with a cold hum, venting her dissatisfaction, "You'd better not pretend to be kind here. Now that you see me fallen to become a makeup lady, while you've become the deputy general secretary, you must be overjoyed in your heart. Because no matter in terms of looks or work, you're not as good as me. Now you're riding on my head, why don't you hurry up and come mock me?"

  "Ai'er, you really think of me like that?" Li Feifei didn't expect her own promotion to cause Lin Aier such great resentment.

  Lin Ai'er didn't dare to look into Li Fei-fei's sorrowful eyes, and remained with her back turned towards her. "It's not that I want to think this way, but you're making me think this way. From today on, we are no longer good sisters. Don't come looking for me again in the future." Tears streamed down from the corners of her eyes, but she stubbornly held up her head and refused to let Li Fei-fei see them.

  Li Fei struggled to stand up, her eyes suddenly filled with anger, and she poured out all the dissatisfaction that had been accumulating for a long time. "Lin Ai'er, don't think too highly of yourself just because you call me your good sister. You've always been flirting with the man I like, and Wu Zhenxing is just someone who chats with me a few more times. You suspect me of secretly flirting with him? Let me tell you, my vision is much stronger than yours. The Wu Ke that I have set my sights on is a hundred times better than your useless Wu Zhenxing! Moreover, I don't do as many despicable things as you do, so heaven has mercy on me and allows me to be by Wu Ke's side. You try every means to flirt with him but always fail, instead letting you stay here with Wu Zhenxing every day to sell...?"

  "Li Fei, you finally show your true face! You really aren't a good person!" Lin Ai'er turned back angrily, her tears smudging her makeup. She had suspected that Li Fei would betray her all along, and it was actually true.

  Li Feifei saw Lin Aier crying and felt a little unbearable. She said in alarm: "Aier, I was just talking angrily earlier."

  "Never mind, just disappear from my sight. Since we have such great resentment towards each other, we're destined to not be good sisters in this lifetime. Let's just go our separate ways." Lin Aier had no energy left to argue with Li Feifei anymore, and she continued to arrange the goods in front of her, treating Li Feifei as if she were invisible.

  Similarly, Li Feifei looked at Lin Aier again with a weak and sorrowful expression, her heart also in pain as to why two people who had once sworn to be good sisters for life had evolved into enemies who hated each other.

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