Be in low spirits

"You have to meet her... right?" He hadn't figured out how to tell his mother about this.

"It's okay if you don't meet me. This is my own business. I can handle it myself."

"How is this your own business? Shen Zeqing doesn't care?" He had never heard of a child being left to the mother alone. Isn't this irresponsible?

"Zeqing? What does it have to do with him?"

The two of them must have been really hungry as they had finished all the food on the table.

"Isn't he the father of the child? How come it has nothing to do with him?" He was a little disappointed and slammed his chopsticks on the table.

Gu Jinluo looked at the chopsticks that fell on the table, then looked at the man in front of him and laughed. "If he is the father of the child, then who are you?"

This question left him speechless. How did he know what he was? A lover?

"What do you think that is?" He lowered his head, feeling disappointed.

After she had eaten her fill, she took out a handkerchief to wipe her mouth. "Where's my mother's pocket watch? Didn't she say she would return it to me?"

"I'll return it to you when I get back to Anjiang." Ye Fan was not sure whether he could really go to Anjiang. If he really couldn't go, at least he would keep a thought in mind.

"Why are you like this? You said you were wrong, but you still don't give me back my things?"

Ye Fan didn't reply to her and went back to his desk to write the application.

"You write yours, I'm going back to the hotel." Speaking of children, she also thought of the two children she brought with her. She hadn't played with them for a long time.

"Didn't you say you would stay with me for the whole day? You didn't stay with me this morning, and now you want to leave again?" Is it that he doesn't keep his word, or is it that she doesn't keep her promise?

"The department store employees went on strike this morning, and I had to rush over to deal with it early in the morning. Didn't you just mention the children? I should go back to the hotel to check on the two children now."

She talked about the child again, which meant that even if she returned to Anjiang, she would not be able to accompany him because of the child and Shen Zeqing.

Seeing his pitiful look, Gu Jinluo walked up to him, sat on his lap, put her arms around his neck and said, "The child is from an orphanage, and Zeqing and I are innocent."

"But Ji Huai said...you have been married for many years and have children, I..."

"We have no children. We had a fake marriage because we had just taken over our father's business and there were many people who wanted to share the property, so we spread the news."

Ye Fan didn't reply, she just felt distressed. She had worked really hard these years. Her father passed away, and she had to change from an innocent little girl to a businessman who weighed the pros and cons of everything.

"Don't believe it? Forget it." She was about to get up and leave again, but Ye Fan quickly pulled her back to sit and said, "My wife, how could I not believe it? I'm just happy to know that you have me in your heart." As he said that, he held the back of her head and kissed her.

Gu Jinluo broke free and said, "Hey, please submit the application to the chairman first, and then give me the pocket watch in the evening. Then I will wait for you in Anjiang."

"Won't you wait for me?" He felt that this was inappropriate. If something unexpected happened again, they might never see each other again.

"An Jiang has a lot of things to deal with. You won't be back until at least next week, and I have to finish my business with Ze Qing first."

"But I'm afraid." Ye Fan didn't want to miss it again like last time, and unconsciously hugged the person in his arms tightly.

"Didn't you say you would return the pocket watch to me tonight? Submit the application and I'll ask someone for information."

"I don't want to have only one night." Ye Fan didn't want to lose her again, he just wanted to look at her for a long time.

Gu Jinluo held his face and kissed him, saying, "No, I will only be Mrs. Ye in the future."

"Then hug her for a while."

"Tsk, it's hot, and, that thing... you're having a reaction." She quickly broke free and stood up with a blushing face.

Ye Fan also knew that he had a reaction, but he was still reluctant in his heart. Even if he just held her and did nothing, he felt it was better than before.

"It's not like you haven't seen it before, why are you shy?" He stood up and took her hand to continue sitting down, saying, "Wait for me to finish writing the application and hand it in to the chairman's secretary's office, then I'll take you back to the hotel. I'll return the pocket watch to you when we get back to Anjiang."

After he submitted the application to the secretary's office of the chairman, the two of them went to Yang Lin's home to pick up the two children and took them back to the hotel for dinner.

When Aunt Liu saw General Ye, she said to Gu Jinluo, "Miss, is General Ye's illness cured?"

"Sick? When did he get sick?" Gu Jinluo saw that he could actually play with the two children, which was something she didn't expect.

"Oh, the last time I saw him, he was still wearing a hospital gown. His eyes were dark and his face was a little pale. It was obvious that he hadn't recovered from his illness. Yet he looks so energetic in just one day and one night. The hospital must have some capabilities." Aunt Liu kept muttering while embroidering something in her hands.

"Auntie Liu, what are you embroidering? It seems like you've been embroidering for several days." She was sitting at the desk, and every time she saw Auntie Liu, she was embroidering something.

"Miss, I'm embroidering pillowcases for the young master, and I've also embroidered a few pieces of clothes for him. If I were older, I'm afraid my eyesight would not be good enough, so I'd better hurry up and embroider a few more pieces now." Aunt Liu smiled at her embarrassedly as she said this.

"Young Master? Didn't your sister-in-law just get pregnant? Do you know whether it's a boy or a girl now?"

"Oh, Young Master Lang has his Third Madam to take care of him. This is embroidered for you and your son-in-law."

Gu Jinluo was startled by these words. She didn't know when her child would be born, but she was already making clothes? She looked at Ye Fan who was playing with the children, and said to Aunt Liu, "Aunt Liu, what do you think about me and General Ye having a child?"

Aunt Liu was obviously shocked by this. The needle in her hand almost pierced her hand. She asked tremblingly, "Son-in-law...can't have children?"

She smiled and explained, "Ze Qing and I have not yet married. That was just to stop those people who came to propose marriage from spreading false news. That's why we haven't slept in the same room for so many years."

"Then the son-in-law... doesn't like you at all, young lady?" Aunt Liu still found it unbelievable. After so many years of marriage, how is it possible that they have never slept together?

"Zeqing has his own business. He married me and I gave him money to support his business. We are just partners, not lovers."

"But General Ye..."

"Xingzhi and I are in love with each other."

"That's also a little master, Miss. You can give birth to a few more, little masters and little ladies, to make a good family. With the addition of Young Master Lang's, the Gu family will be prosperous." Aunt Liu began to look forward to the scene of a group of children in the Gu family garden. As long as her young lady is willing, she can have children with anyone.

"Then you'll have to embroider a lot of things."

Ye Fan coaxed the two children to sleep, walked into the room, and saw Aunt Liu was there too, so he asked, "What are you talking about?"

Aunt Liu quickly made an excuse and said that it was time to go back to sleep. Ye Fan raised his eyebrows at Gu Jinluo and asked with a questioning look: Aunt Liu is leaving now?

Gu Jinluo closed the account book, pulled him to sit on the bed and said, "Since you like taking care of children so much, why don't you take care of the children from now on?"

"You can only take care of the baby after it is born." He rubbed her hands, not knowing whether to take the next step.

Gu Jinluo asked expectantly: "Then let's have one child?"

"Now?" Ye Fan originally thought that these things would only be mentioned after the marriage.

"When do you want?" Seeing that he was not in a hurry, she felt a little uncomfortable.

"I...have always been thinking about it, but I was afraid you wouldn't agree."

"Always thinking about it? Have you always wanted someone to give birth to your child or have you always wanted to have a child with someone else?"

"...I have always wanted to have a child with you. What do you mean by always wanting to have a child with someone else?"

Gu Jinluo lowered her head and smiled. Why had she never thought about having a child before?

"You... want to give birth now?" Ye Fan hadn't showered yet. If he wanted to give birth now, should he take a shower first?

"It's okay. If you don't want to, you can go back." She felt a little embarrassed, as this made her seem overly anxious.

"No, no, you... wait for me to take a shower, it will be quick." He rushed to the bathroom and took the time to take a shower.

Gu Jinluo suddenly started to get nervous. They hadn't seen each other for so many years, and suddenly they were going to be naked with each other. She walked around the room, wondering if she should drink some wine or play some music on the phonograph, but she felt that this would be too deliberate.

Looking at the wine in the wine cabinet, she was hesitating whether to open it, when Ye Fan came out of the bathroom, scaring her.

"You... finished washing... so quickly? I was wondering whether I should open a bottle of wine." Seeing him wearing a bathrobe with a scar faintly visible on his chest, she turned her eyes away embarrassedly.

Ye Fan dried his hair and threw the towel on the stool, "I... am afraid you will regret it."