Giving what again?
Yu Se could not help but chuckle, feigning that he hadn’t heard Feng Yinchen’s demonic whisper. “Apologies, I seemed to hear the broadcasting system looking for a lost little girl just now. What did you say, Family Head Feng?”
Giving birth to a snake?
Giving birth to slippery little baby snakes? Giving birth to bunnies or doggies, would giving birth to a little baby snake be too startling and terrifying?
Yu Se did recall the matter of Feng Zhile being able to get pregnant; this trait should be easily inherited.
Could it be that Feng Yinchen really could give birth?
Thinking along these lines, Yu Se instead felt a sudden surge of clarity. Coupled with Feng Yinchen’s various inconsistent attitudes toward him, he couldn’t help leaping to a certain conclusion.
Is he fishing for me?
A flash of a mature man’s shrewdness crossed Yu Se’s eyes, and the corners of his mouth curled up slightly, as if he had already determined the tone for this sudden flirtation deep in his heart.
Pondering to himself, no wonder Feng Yinchen always seemed somewhat eccentric, though he failed to reflect on whether he himself, someone with zero romantic experience, could truly understand what a master angler’s spot-feeding was all about.
Yu Se felt an itch of anticipation in his heart, only to see Feng Yinchen completely change his expression and say, “Enough. You don’t care about me at all.”
Yu Se’s smile froze on his face; he hadn’t expected Feng Yinchen’s reaction to be this intense.
The little girl watched the two of them exchange questions and answers, utterly failing to understand why these two kept playing at changing faces, one second like affectionate friends, the next second completely falling out.
The broadcasting station was indeed broadcasting the notice about the lost child on a loop.
Before Yu Se and Feng Yinchen could even get close, a figure scanning anxiously at the doorway cried out to the little girl in his arms, “Xuanxuan! Where on earth did you run off to? You scared me half to death!”
Hearing this, Yu Se hastily set the little girl down on the ground.
The toddler immediately started running with toddler steps, and just as she was about to tumble, she plunged right into the man’s arms, tears welling as she used her tiny hands to gesture the adventure she had just experienced.
Only then did Feng Yinchen realize that the little girl hadn’t uttered a single syllable from her mouth from start to finish.
Could it be that the child was actually mute?
While stroking the little girl’s head, the man looked at Yu Se and Feng Yinchen with a gaze full of gratitude, thanking them repeatedly.
Naturally, Yu Se had also noticed the issue of the little girl’s inability to speak. It was just that when the man opposite them stood up from a half-squatting posture, his abdomen could be clearly seen bulging out like half a football stuffed inside his clothes.
He was likely pregnant again.
Feng Yinchen mostly didn’t want to discuss how merciless and apathetic his previous indifference toward the little girl had been, instead stating airily, “How is the child’s father anything like me?”
Yu Se didn’t want to pay attention to him.
Instead, the man proactively limped over, took Xuanxuan’s little hand, and said, “Hurry up and bow to thank the two uncles! Thanks to the kind uncles for bringing you back.”
Although the little girl was mute, she had good upbringing. Hearing what her dad said, she executed a full 180-degree bowing motion, her little head nearly knocking against the floor.
Yu Se hurried to squat down and embrace the little girl, smiling as he rubbed Xuanxuan’s little face and used baby talk to say, “Never run around randomly again in the future, you must hold tightly onto Daddy’s hand, okay?”
Xuanxuan clearly understood and nodded hard.
The more Yu Se looked at this child, the more adorable she became. Parents capable of giving birth to such a beautiful and innocent child must also possess exceptionally high aesthetic features.
Indeed.
The man opposite him had clear-cut facial contours and deep-set features, though his complexion was slightly pale, revealing a hint of sickly exhaustion. Despite his simple and somewhat shabby attire, it failed to conceal the cultured and refined air emanating from his very bones.
Especially since his build wasn’t short, yet his movements revealed an almost imperceptible clumsiness, likely due to pregnancy discomfort, which made his movements less flexible than ordinary people’s.
Could this be another male capable of giving birth?
Yu Se kept his silence, taking care to prevent his gaze from agitating the other party.
The man wore a sickly smile, thanked them once more for their warm-hearted assistance, and pulled the little girl’s hand, preparing to leave.
Yet he heard the broadcasting room shout outward, “Lin Liangyu! You’ve been away from your post for over an hour now, Manager Wang is telling you to go move cargo quickly! Stop dawdling!”
Lin Liangyu held Xuanxuan’s hand, passing right in front of the broadcasting room door as he spoke with an exceptionally apologetic voice, “I know. Can you use the internal line to tell Manager Wang that I need to place the child somewhere first?”
“You’re so annoying!” What kind of person was sitting inside the broadcasting room was unknown, but the voice leaking out sounded exceptionally impatient, carrying quite a bit of sharp and biting malice, seeming to feel extreme dissatisfaction with Lin Liangyu’s delay.
“Can’t you just buy a phone? Manager Wang told me to pass on a message: if you bring your kid to work again next time, you don’t need to come in tomorrow!”
Lin Liangyu’s slightly sickly complexion instantly turned ashen, as if he had been cowed by the voice coming from the broadcast. He paused slightly, a bitter smile surfacing on his face, yet he gently patted Xuanxuan’s head and lowered his voice to comfort her: “It’s fine, Xuanxuan, Daddy will handle it very soon, don’t be afraid.”
If it were an ordinary man, the moment he encountered difficulties, Yu Se would inevitably sprout the urge to lend a helping hand.
Let alone the fact that the other party was also a male pregnant spouse.
With this shape of a belly, did he look like someone capable of carrying cargo?
Without needing to seek Feng Yinchen’s consent, Yu Se proactively walked over and said, “My name is Yu Se, here is my phone number.”
Oh right, this Lin Liangyu didn’t even have a phone.
“I can help watch the child for a while. If you’re worried, you can designate a spot, and Xuanxuan and I will sit there and wait for you.”
Rolling his eyes, Feng Yinchen strode directly past them and tossed his own phone to Lin Liangyu.
“His name is Yu Se, he’s a doctor at Cankang Private Hospital. You can use my phone; there’s no power-on password set, you can turn it on and use it directly.”
Feng Yinchen owned dozens of phones; this one was basically given away for free to an important secondary male character.
Moreover, anything someone else had touched was something he would never want back anyway.
As a result, whether due to some specific word he heard that deeply pierced his sensitive nerves, Lin Liangyu hurriedly pushed the phone back to Feng Yinchen, scooped up Xuanxuan, and said, “I know you’re good people, but the child can’t be away from me. I won’t trouble you after all, thank you.”
Lin Liangyu left in a hurry, as if he had laid eyes on some rampaging flood dragon or wild beast.
Yu Se felt that his fleeing, flustered silhouette bore an extreme resemblance to a certain type of person.
Isn’t that the exact epitome of the thousands of run-away pregnant little delicate wives?
In truth, Doctor Yu’s sixth sense was strong and remarkably accurate.
Feng Yinchen had originally planned to bring him along for supermarket shopping and accidentally run into another male secondary character, yet they had unexpectedly bumped into Lin Liangyu instead.
This Lin Liangyu was no simple matter.
If Yu Se was the protagonist of this book, and Feng Yinchen was the villain of this book.
Then the opposing character who drove Feng Yinchen to become a villain was precisely Du Jingheng, who shared a profound connection with this very Lin Liangyu.
The Du family had always maintained an adversarial, competitive relationship with the Feng family; both families held decisive positions in traffic engineering construction.
As the heir of the Du family, Du Jingheng had forged an indissoluble bond with Feng Yinchen since childhood. The two had fought openly and covertly, competing for first place in childhood, and competing for projects and networking connections in adulthood.
It was precisely because Feng Yinchen’s personality was downright terrible, ultimately resulting in a complete scattering of public support, otherwise how would it ever have come to this surname Du running amok in the business world and ultimately becoming the traffic engineering titan revered by all?
Could this be the first surprise instantly gifted to him by the book after he changed his strategy?
Handing over his head on a platter?
One must know, this Lin Liangyu was back then the private tutor hired by the Du family to tutor Du Jingheng.
Du Jingheng had graduated from college and integrated into society for several years already, yet judging by the daughter’s age, he had actually been carrying on an illicit relationship with his tutor over these past few years.
No wonder he disliked the child the moment he laid eyes on her.
The aversion toward his mortal enemy had been transferred.
Feng Yinchen had originally planned to keep this leverage in hand to deal Du Jingheng a fatal blow at a critical moment.
The book stated that Lin Liangyu died young, and his daughter, who was a mute, wasn’t discovered by people in the orphanage until she was eight years old.
Upon learning of Lin Liangyu’s death and discovering that his daughter had been abused in the orphanage, Du Jingheng reacted as if a hundred bolts of thunder had split his skull, almost sending himself straight to the underworld.
Feng Yinchen quite wanted to witness with his own eyes how his arch-nemesis would collapse upon learning the truth.
He frequently imagined the face of Du Jingheng, which was always held high in arrogance, becoming distorted by pain and despair, while those eyes, which always radiated the light of justice, filled with tears due to losing his dearest kin.
It was bound to be a breathtakingly brilliant show!
The reason Feng Yinchen had handed out his phone at the very first moment was actually to win Lin Liangyu’s trust.
If he could latch onto this thread, once Lin Liangyu died, he could conveniently take control of his arch-nemesis’s daughter and cultivate the child into his own confidante.
When Du Jingheng launched a full-scale attack against him, pulling out this trump card would deal the other party a fatal blow!
The more Feng Yinchen thought about it, the more excited he grew, until Yu Se noticed that his dual pupils were actually emitting a greenish, sinister glow.
Looking very much unlike a good person.
Unable to help interrupting his grand scheme, Yu Se asked, “Family Head Feng, do you still want to eat the meal I cook?”
Feng Yinchen instantly recalled his gradually warping evil intentions and urged, “Of course, I am waiting with bated breath.”
Fine then.
Feng Yinchen figured he should probably trick Yu Se into his grasp first; his arch-nemesis’s kid was already old enough to buy soy sauce, yet he hadn’t even properly entered the rhythm with Doctor Yu yet.
Where on earth did things go wrong?
Yu Se’s culinary skills were exceptional. The moment the two of them returned to the Feng family estate, they locked themselves in and whipped up four fragrant dishes and a soup.
Feng Yinchen hadn’t consumed any carbohydrates for five consecutive years; thus, instead of taking rice from Yu Se’s hands, he first requested a small bowl of stewed chicken with mushrooms.
Before drinking, he even used oil-blotting paper to gently skim away the surface oil slicks to avoid the grease increasing his calorie intake, before sipping a shallow mouthful like testing for poison.
Instantly, a wave of warmth spread from the tip of his tongue straight to the bottom of his heart.
That was Se-se’s unique flavor, warm and familiar.
Then, there was no then.
Yu Se felt that he truly shouldn’t expect the other person to make any reaction, nor did he possess the habit of praising anyone.
He merely possessed a pretty face, a pretty face, so you absolutely shouldn’t harbor any improper thoughts!
Yu Se still needed to eat. He quickly consumed two bowls of rice and half a bowl of chicken soup.
Standing up to bid farewell politely to Feng Yinchen, he said, “Family Head Feng, please enjoy at your leisure. I still have work to attend to, so I’ll excuse myself from your company.”
Feng Yinchen waved a hand. “Go ahead.”
The moment Yu Se left through the front door, Feng Yinchen immediately instructed Butler Jin to bring Elman over.
Without missing a beat, Butler Jin held the small black snake high with both hands, delivering it to Feng Yinchen at lightning speed and placing it inside the snake’s favorite flower basket.
Then turned and left.
Using a knife and fork, Feng Yinchen immediately picked out the shredded meat from the four stir-fried dishes, chopped them into smaller cubes, and arranged them on a clean plate.
Calling out, “Elman, come quick and taste your mother’s flavor. It’s so fragrant, right? We finally both got to taste it!”
How touching!