“We see each other every day anyway, not like we aren’t…”
Jiang Nan Fang playfully hit him, “Besides extraordinary circumstances, dare you say it’s not every day?”
He began to whine in a low voice, acting spoiled.
“Hmm? Are you tired of me? You just got back for a day and already don’t want to be touched. Have you changed your mind?”
“…I didn’t mean that. We have to consider our health, right?”
“But my health is fine, perfectly well. I lived like a monk for the first thirty years, it’s time to make up for it.”
“You…”
“Enough nonsense, just answer me one question, do you want to have another child with me?”
Although they already had four children, which was a lot compared to others, they had never experienced pregnancy and raising a baby together.
This was a significant regret for both of them.
No woman, when faced with the man she loves, wouldn’t want to have a child for him, and Jiang Nan Fang was no exception.
However…
“Does your family have a gene for multiple births? What if…”
“No. If we can have another four, that would be best, I’ll never have too many.”
Seeing her agree, Zhan Bei Jue became wild with desire.
“It seems you’ve agreed, so let’s not waste any more words and get some sleep.”
The blankets covered both their heads.
The next morning, as they were lying in, enjoying a leisurely sleep, Ge’er and Tian Tian ran into the room in their pajamas.
Without a word, they flipped open the blankets and snuggled into their arms.
This casual and comfortable family time was truly wonderful, and Jiang Nan Fang wished she could just lie there forever.
But reality wouldn’t allow it.
After Zhan Bei Jue’s accident, she was invited by Hu Jia Sheng to work as a product development engineer in Ge Rui’s technology department.
Before taking the children out to play, she had just handed over the design drawings for the new product to the mold department for mold development.
So much time had passed, the molds must have been developed by now.
She could play all day, but others couldn’t be idle.
She had to go to the company today.
As Jiang Nan Fang got up, Zhan Bei Jue followed suit.
“Then I’ll go to the company too.”
Indeed, he hadn’t been to the company in a long time.
Although people didn’t say anything to his face, they had already started gossiping.
What was the relationship between this new president and President Zhan?
Why did President Zhan leave so abruptly?
He hadn’t returned for so long, had he handed over all company power to him?
Was Zhan’s company going to be renamed Hu’s? Why so suddenly?
Could it be that the century-old foundation of Zhan’s company was changing hands?
He didn’t even need to go to the company to guess some of the rumors. Since everything was fine now, Zhan Bei Jue should go and stabilize the morale.
The two children went to their rooms to change, and Jiang Nan Fang went to the walk-in closet, he followed her.
“Wear this.”
He picked out a silk doll-collared white shirt for her.
Jiang Nan Fang refused to wear it.
“This outfit is too cute. I’m going to the company today, not out to play, so it’s not suitable.”
“But I like it. Are you wearing it for me to see or for others to see?”
Jiang Nan Fang agreed, “Okay, okay, I’ll listen to you.”
She was about to get dark blue professional slacks when Zhan Bei Jue pushed her hand away and chose a black A-line skirt next to it.
“This one.”
After Jiang Nan Fang was dressed, he found a pair of white sports shoes for her.
Standing in front of the mirror,
How could she look like a formidable female engineer? She looked like a university student!
She looked so delicate and cute, like an 18-year-old girl!
“I might have to go down to the workshop today. Wearing white is already not very suitable, and wearing such a long skirt, aren’t you asking for people to find fault with me?”
“Worst case scenario, I can come back and change later.”
Zhan Bei Jue, also wearing a white shirt and black pants, pulled her downstairs.
Basking in the bright morning sun, the two of them looked just like a couple.
The children hadn’t come down yet, and breakfast wasn’t ready. The nanny saw them dressed and ready to go out.
She quickly came out to explain, “Breakfast will be ready soon.”
“No rush, take your time. Let the children eat first, we’re going out for a bit.”
“Going out? So early in the morning…”
“Don’t worry about it, we’ll be back soon.”
Zhan Bei Jue pulled Jiang Nan Fang into the car.
“What are you doing? You look so sneaky.”
“Something good. You’ll know in a moment.”
Zhan Bei Jue sped to the city center and actually took her to the previous apartment, now downstairs from Zhou Jin Bei.
Jiang Nan Fang really couldn’t understand why he would come to find Zhou Jin Bei so early in the morning.
Zhan Bei Jue didn’t explain and called Zhou Jin Bei to ask her to come down.
Soon, she came running over with her hands behind her back, a sly smile on her face.
Zhan Bei Jue lowered the car window, “Where’s the item?”
“You have to trade it with candy for me. Such a big deal, don’t I deserve a couple of candies to sweeten my mouth?”
“Do I look like someone who carries candy? I’ll send you a red envelope, hurry up and give it to me.”
Zhan Bei Jue transferred a thousand yuan to her.
Zhou Jin Bei immediately handed a delicate small bag from behind her.
Bowing and scraping, “Thank you, second brother. Second brother always dotes on me!”
Zhan Bei Jue waved his hand perfunctorily at her, closed the car window, and sped away again.
Seeing that they were heading back, Jiang Nan Fang understood. They had come all this way just to pick up something from Zhou Jin Bei.
“What are you two being so secretive about? What’s so important that you had to pick it up yourself? Let me see.”
“Can I not look now? I promise you’ll know in an hour.”
This statement made the implication quite clear.
Could the bag contain a surprise for her?
What was he going to do? Propose? Did he ask Zhou Jin Bei to help buy a ring?
Even though their children were several years old, the thought made Jiang Nan Fang’s heart skip a beat.
The first marriage was too perfunctory, no proposal, no wedding, and they didn’t even go to get the marriage certificate themselves.
They got married and divorced in a muddled state.
She had seen many romantic proposals on phones, televisions, and in movies. Could it be her turn today?
Would he also arrange many flowers and balloons, and invite a crowd of friends to witness?
No wonder he asked her to wear clothes he liked today.
Would he kneel on one knee? Would he say a lot of romantic vows?
No, no! I haven’t even put on makeup, and I’ve been staying up for several nights, my complexion isn’t good, I need to go back and touch up my makeup!
Jiang Nan Fang was so nervous she didn’t dare to look at Zhan Bei Jue, sitting alone in the passenger seat, experiencing an intense inner monologue.
As a result, when they returned to the Zhan residence, he didn’t take the bag out.
The two of them went to the dining room, and he spent the whole time coaxing their two daughters to eat. There were no balloons in the room, and no one else.
It seemed he had no intention of proposing at all.
As they say, if you have no expectations, you won’t be disappointed.
But once you have expectations, and they fall through, it’s inevitable that you’ll feel a sense of loss.
Watching him leave the dining table hand-in-hand with his two daughters, Jiang Nan Fang couldn’t help but blush inwardly.
At her age, with children so grown up, she was still fantasizing about all sorts of silly things.
How childish you are!
The father and daughters disappeared for a while, and soon, Zhan Bei Jue reappeared.
“Let’s go.”
She was sure they were going to the company together, so she composed herself and walked over, taking his hand.
As a result, after a series of turns, Zhan Bei Jue parked the car in front of the municipal service center.
“This is…”
“Getting the license.”