Susu pouted like Tiantian and said, "Honey, my mouth is so bland. I want spicy hot pot and grilled skewers..."
"No," Tianyi said sternly and dominantly. "You can only eat bland and nutritious food before you're discharged."
"Oh. Then why did you ask me?" Susu said disappointedly. "I'll eat whatever you buy. I'll sleep for a while longer."
After watching her close her eyes and fall asleep, Tianyi went out to buy food.
Susu didn't know how long she had slept. When she woke up again, she found Tianyi asleep in the chair beside her.
Seeing him sleeping like that without anything to cover him, she wanted to help him cover himself, but found she was still on an IV drip and couldn't move at all.
"Tianyi, Tianyi, wake up! You can't sleep like this, you'll catch a cold." She could only shout to wake him up.
Tianyi woke up, thinking she was hungry after waking up. He quickly took out the nutritional porridge from the insulated bag and said, "You're finally awake. Eat something. Relying on IV drips for nutrition isn't enough."
Susu hummed and reminded him, "Put on a jacket. After I finish eating, you go home and rest. I'm much better, don't keep staying at the hospital."
Tianyi didn't respond. He set up a small table on her hospital bed, raised the head of the bed, and prepared a spoon for her.
Susu picked up the spoon with her non-drip hand and tasted it, frowning. "It's so bland, it's hard to swallow."
Tianyi chuckled, tiptoed to the microwave in the ward, took out a skewer of grilled meat, and dangled it in front of her eyes. "See what this is?"
"Didn't you say I couldn't eat it? And you deliberately bought it to tease me." Susu's mouth was watering at the sight of the grilled meat in his hand.
Tianyi was about to put the grilled meat into his own mouth and said, "Who said it was for you? I bought it for myself."
"Qin Tianyi! Try eating one bite in front of me, give it to me!" Susu wished she could pull out the IV needle and snatch it.
Seeing her anxious look, Tianyi burst into laughter. He stopped teasing her and handed it to her, saying, "You can only eat this one skewer to satisfy your craving. After you finish the skewer, you have to eat this whole bowl of porridge."
Susu nodded repeatedly, took the grilled skewer, and felt it tasted better than any delicacy.
...
In the morning, Wu Xiufang received a call from Shi Yingchang at home. She hadn't expected that after capturing Qin Tianyi's daughter, they would find the place and rescue their daughter.
She angrily said to Shi Yingchang, "Assistant Shi, I think you're getting old. How can the people you arranged be so useless."
"Miss, I'm sorry. The woman I found is actually quite capable. Perhaps I still underestimated Qin Tianyi." Shi Yingchang could only admit his bad luck and apologize to Wu Xiufang.
Wu Xiufang was even angrier and said, "I told you long ago not to underestimate Qin Tianyi. He is the most powerful enemy we have ever encountered, and he is not easy to deal with."
"I understand. I'll send other people to handle this matter."
"No need. We've already alerted the enemy. Qin Tianyi will definitely find people to strengthen the protection for his wife and daughter. We no longer have a chance." Wu Xiufang said irritably, "I'll think of another way."
After speaking, she hung up.
She didn't believe she couldn't defeat Qin Tianyi.
Despite her annoyance, Wu Xiufang remembered there was a charity event today. She dressed up and, before leaving, instructed the servants on what tonics to prepare for Mengyao.
Mengyao had also been resting at home for almost a month and felt completely recovered. She felt sore and stiff from lying in bed all the time while pregnant, so she wanted to move around the house.
She went to the kitchen idly. The servants looked at her with surprise and said, "Third Miss, this is not a place you should be. Go back to your room and rest."
"It's fine. I want to make a few pastries myself. Please prepare flour, eggs, brown sugar, lard, and baking soda for me." Mengyao had watched some pastry-making videos online when she was bored and wanted to try making them herself.
The two servants in the kitchen had no choice but to obey her and prepare the ingredients for her.
They watched Mengyao knead the flour and knew she wasn't very good at this. They wanted to help her, but she refused.
After a while, the servants cleaning outside called them out, asking them to help trim the lawn.
Seeing no one in the kitchen, Mengyao set up her phone and followed the online videos as she made the pastries, so she wouldn't make mistakes due to inexperience.
As she was carefully adding eggs to the flour, she suddenly felt someone embrace her from behind.
Mengyao was so startled that she quickly picked up the stainless steel basin in her hands to smash it. Jiaxi immediately shouted, "Don't smash it, it's me."
She recognized Jiaxi's voice, put down the basin, broke free from him, and turned to ask, "How did you get in? Didn't Eldest Sister tell everyone in the household, including the servants, not to let you step into our house?"
"Mengyao, you can't listen to Mengqi. We are already married. I am your husband. How can she listen to an outsider and not even listen to my explanation?" Jiaxi wanted to confess to her and immediately knelt on one knee.
Mengyao quickly grabbed him, trying to pull him up and said, "Jiaxi, don't be like this, get up quickly!"
"I am the father of the child. You can't let the child be born without a father. Just give me another chance, the last one, okay?" Jiaxi begged her, putting aside his pride.
"Get up first, then we'll talk." Mengyao couldn't stand seeing a grown man groveling.
Jiaxi insisted on kneeling and said, "I'll get up only if you promise to give me one last chance."
Mengyao had no choice but to say, "Okay. Actually, I'm not that angry with you anymore, I just want to stay at home for a few more days."
"You're really not angry with me anymore?" Jiaxi slowly stood up, wanting to embrace her.
Mengyao quickly pushed him away and said, "There are many servants at home, they'll see. Don't be like this."
"Okay, okay, as long as you're not angry with me anymore, I'll listen to you, I'll listen to everything you say." Jiaxi happily let go of her.
Mengyao didn't know what was wrong with her. She was very repulsed by Jiaxi touching her now and had no feelings for him. But thinking that the child in her womb couldn't be born without a father.
She still had to forgive him. In fact, he had begged her like this before, always saying it was the last time. She hoped this would truly be the last time.
Mengyao turned to continue making pastries and said, "You should go back first. I'll let you know when I've stayed a few more days to pick me up."
Jiaxi seemed not to have heard her. He looked at the video on her phone and asked, "Are you making brown sugar cake? I've made it with my mom, I know how to do it. I'll help you."
Saying that, he quickly washed his hands and then diligently kneaded the dough for her, saying that eggs couldn't be added yet, as the dough hadn't fermented to the right extent.
Mengyao saw that he spoke with such confidence, it seemed he had really made brown sugar cake before, so she started making it with him.
Mengqi had been busy at the group all morning. She returned home during her lunch break to visit Mengyao, only to find Jiaxi and Mengyao chatting and laughing while eating the freshly baked cake.