Su Yanxi was mortified, but she remembered something she’d heard: If you don’t feel embarrassed, then everyone else will.
She lifted her head and pretended nothing had happened. “Hi, Brother Linchen. I didn’t expect to run into you here. What a coincidence.”
The corners of Young Master Fu’s lips lifted in a faint smile. “Isn’t it? What a coincidence. I didn’t expect to catch you badmouthing me to my face, either.”
Su Yanxi: ……QAQ
His gaze shifted to the little child in her arms. “And you’re badmouthing me to a toddler still in diapers. Su Yanxi, the flower of our motherland is going to be ruined into a broken flower just by staying with you.”
Su Yanxi: ……@_@|||||……
What did he mean, ruined? How had she ruined the child? He made it sound like she spent all day doing nothing but ruining this or that. That was too much.
“Brother Linchen, if you’re busy, you can go ahead. I wouldn’t want to take up your precious time.”
Young Master Fu said, “Don’t worry. I’m not busy at all right now.”
“……” Su Yanxi wanted the floor to swallow her whole.
The child clung tightly to Su Yanxi, his little chubby hands gripping her clothes. His round, pudgy arms were segmented like lotus roots.
Young Master Fu murmured four words: “Meat grenade.”
Maybe because he was hungry, the baby kept burrowing his little head against Su Yanxi’s chest, mouth open as he rubbed against her.
Young Master Fu furrowed his brows. “Is this little brat a boy or a girl?”
Su Yanxi gently stroked the child’s back with her palm. “He’s a baby boy.”
Young Master Fu: “No wonder he keeps burrowing into your arms. Such a little pervert at that age.”
“……What does a baby know about being a pervert? He’s hungry and wants milk. Don’t judge a child by your own adult standards. You’re the real pervert.”
Young Master Fu raised an eyebrow. His words were flirtatious, his lazy tone full of amusement.
“When it comes to being a pervert, how could I compare to you, Little Sister? Four nights ago, you forced me to sleep with you. You were so passionate, even slipping your hand into my camouflage pants and feeling me up.”
“…………”
Su Yanxi’s face turned bright red, as if blood might drip from it.
That night was too mortifying to think about!
“I have something to do. I’m leaving. Goodbye.” And good riddance.
Su Yanxi hurried off with the baby in her arms.
Young Master Fu chuckled and grabbed her by the collar, pulling her back.
“How are you planning to repay what you owe me? With your body, Little Sister?”
Su Yanxi glanced down the hallway, afraid her coworkers might discover that she had taken Young Master Fu’s body for a ride.
“Brother Linchen, keep your voice down.”
Young Master Fu’s usual languid, careless tone was unchanged. “Little Sister, be nice to your creditor. Who knows? One day you might provoke me into having an animalistic episode, and I might accidentally let slip what you did to me.”
Accidentally.
Su Yanxi truly regretted sleeping with him.
Of all people, why had she picked the one most impossible to mess with?
Somehow, she’d wound up buried in debt.
Just as Su Yanxi was quietly mourning her “tragic fate,” the baby suddenly started crying again, louder than before. His cries rang through the entire hallway.
He was also burrowing against her chest with even greater enthusiasm.
Young Master Fu gave the baby a chilly sidelong glance. This little brat sure knew where to burrow.
He grabbed the baby by the clothes and lifted him into the air.
Su Yanxi tensed. “Brother Linchen, don’t hurt the baby!”
“I’m not that low.” Young Master Fu took the baby into his arms.
He was tall and muscular, and the chubby little bundle looked even smaller and cuter against him.
Watching him hold the baby, Su Yanxi found the sight unexpectedly heartwarming—a charming contrast.
Her heart melted, and she smiled.
Young Master Fu’s gaze passed over her red, enticing lips. “What are you grinning at? Lead the way. Let’s go feed the little brat.”
The two of them carried the baby to the hospital lounge.
At that moment, the hospital director, vice director, and the others came around the stairwell corner.
The vice director said, “That thoracic surgeon actually knows Fu Linchen, and they seem quite close. This is wonderful news.”
Hospital Director Sun Limin said, “Put together this doctor’s personal file and send it to me. She might be able to help our hospital a great deal in the future.”
Su Yanxi and Fu Linchen arrived at the lounge.
When the nurses saw Su Yanxi return with a tall, handsome man of noble bearing behind her, their gossiping spirits burst into flame. They’d been about to take a nap during their lunch break, but now they weren’t sleepy at all.
Unlike Gu Yanze’s sunny, handsome, approachable looks, Fu Linchen had a high nose, thin lips, and deep-set eyes. His strikingly handsome appearance kept people at a distance, making them wary of approaching him casually.
As he entered, he lifted his eyes and glanced around the room. It was the simplest of gestures, but the nurses felt a wave of pressure wash over them.
Curious and bashful, they stole glances at Fu Linchen from the corners of their eyes.
“Doctor Su, is this your boyfriend?”
Fu Linchen said nothing. His cool gaze settled on Su Yanxi.
“No. He’s just an older brother I know.”
Just an older brother… Fu Linchen’s gaze shifted slightly.
Su Yanxi redirected everyone’s attention. “The baby’s hungry and wants milk.”
The nurses dispersed to prepare some formula for the baby.
Su Yanxi took the bottle, while Fu Linchen carried the baby, and the two went to the office.
“Do you know how to feed a baby?” Su Yanxi asked.
“Just put the nipple in his mouth, right?”
“Not at all.” Su Yanxi took the baby from him. “You can’t feed a baby too quickly. Be careful he doesn’t choke. Choking can have very serious consequences for a baby—it could even be fatal.”
She sat in a chair, cradled the baby, and fed him with careful concentration.
Fu Linchen folded his arms and leaned his tall frame against the desk, quietly watching her.
Sunlight streamed through the window and fell on Su Yanxi, making her already fair, delicate skin look even more luminous.
Bathed in the sunlight, she lowered her head. A strand of hair fell against her lovely, fair cheek, giving her a gentle, serene beauty.
Fu Linchen had always known that Su Yanxi gave her full attention to whatever she did—including when she liked someone…
After she finished feeding the baby, Su Yanxi looked up and met Fu Linchen’s direct gaze. Her heart gave a hard thump.
He still hadn’t left. Was he really that free?
Su Yanxi held the baby upright and patted his back to burp him.
A little while later, she changed his diaper.
After taking off the child’s soggy diaper, Su Yanxi said, “Brother Linchen, could you pass me a tissue? I need to wipe the baby.”
“Don’t you know men and women shouldn’t touch? You’re wiping another man’s butt.”
“……He’s only two months old. He’s not a man yet.”
“If he’s not a man, what is he? Can’t you see he’s got a dick?”
“………………….”
The tissues and diapers were in the lounge. When she saw he wasn’t moving, Su Yanxi decided to get them herself and placed the naked-bottomed bundle in Fu Linchen’s arms.
“Hold him for me.”
Like Li Jing, the Pagoda-Bearing Heavenly King, Fu Linchen balanced the chubby baby’s bottom on his palm, supported his back with his other hand, and held him high in the air.
“Meat grenade, I’m warning you to behave. I don’t have as much patience as that big sister did.”
“If you pee on me, I’ll spank your butt raw.”
The little bundle kicked his feet wildly, his chubby legs swinging back and forth in the air.
Suddenly, the baby grinned. A warm stream shot out and splattered Fu Linchen right in the face.
Fu Linchen exploded on the spot!
His hand shot up, ready to slap the baby.
When Su Yanxi returned from the lounge, Fu Linchen’s handsome face was dark as charcoal.
“Brother Linchen, what happened?”
The dignified Beijing Circle Heir Fu said nothing. There was no way he could admit that a little brat had peed all over his face. It was too humiliating.
This grievance was like a mute eating bitter herbs: he had no way to complain, and could only swallow it down.
Fu Linchen forced two words through clenched teeth. “Nothing.”
The baby was lying on the desk, wailing as if he’d suffered some terrible injustice.
The little brat had peed in his face and then started crying, too. Furious, Fu Linchen pressed his tongue against his back teeth.
Su Yanxi went to the desk and picked up the baby. “Brother Linchen, did you bully the baby?”
“I didn’t bully him,” Fu Linchen said through gritted teeth. “He abused me.”
A two-month-old baby had abused a man who was six foot two?
What a joke.
No normal person would believe it. Su Yanxi didn’t either; she assumed Fu Linchen had lost his mind and was talking nonsense.
She checked the baby all over and found him completely unharmed. There weren’t even any handprints on his springy little bottom.
Phew. What a relief.
The little brat had peed all over him and gotten not a shred of sympathy from her. Meanwhile, she doted on the culprit, hugging and kissing him. Anyone who didn’t know better would think she’d given birth to the chubby little thing herself.
Fu Linchen left with a dark look on his face.