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Quan Shaoqing’s face immediately darkened upon hearing her words. He wrapped his arm around Gu Xiaoxi’s waist and pressed her against the luxury car beside them, his gaze tightening on her as he angrily said, "I forbid you to get too close to him. I really hate him!"

"Why do you hate him? He doesn’t owe you money, does he?" Gu Xiaoxi gave a forced smile and asked, neck shrinking.

Quan Shaoqing snorted coldly and lowered his head until his nose was touching hers.

It was only then that he said in a serious tone, "He gives me a bad feeling! You are not allowed to contact her."

His domineering tone sounded like an order.

Gu Xiaoxi felt goosebumps all over due to his stare, and especially, his icy words made her back break out in a cold sweat.

"So, if he has something I want, I can still speak to him at least, right?" Gu Xiaoxi felt that Quan Shaoqing was becoming increasingly overbearing.

"That’s all!" With those words, Quan Shaoqing bit her red lips.

As a sign of punishment!

Gu Xiaoxi felt wronged. Why did these two men have such hostility at every encounter?

Quan Shaoqing stuffed Gu Xiaoxi into the car and took the driver’s seat, saying, "We’ll go back now! In one hour, I’ll take you to see Lingling."

"Really?" Gu Xiaoxi immediately brightened up and settled down before asking, puzzled, "Didn’t you say that it wasn’t time to see him yet?"

"I’ll take you, and no one will find out," Quan Shaoqing said.

Gu Xiaoxi nodded, feeling reassured by his words.

They didn’t need to take a plane or appear in public, so they could still maintain their secrecy.

The two quickly returned to Fragrant Honey Residence. (The place where Gu Xiaoxi had first stayed, which she named Fragrant Honey Residence)

Upon parking the car, Quan Shaoqing sent all the household servants away.

The two of them were then ready to set off for D State.

It only took a few seconds.

From the evening in Imperial Capital, they arrived at the morning in D State.

At Lu Xi’s farm.

The flowering grapevines had withered away, and clusters of grapes had grown to the size of rice grains, crystal clear like little gems.

The early morning sun shone down on the earth while a few birds chirped away on the little trees outside the villa.

A child’s wailing broke the quiet of the morning.

Immediately followed by an urgent comforting voice from a woman.

Gu Xiaoxi instantly released Quan Shaoqing’s hand and ran towards the large villa.

Dressed in sportswear, Lu Xi was preparing to go for a run. After seeing Gu Xiaoxi, he was surprised for a good while before he said, "How did you get here?"

"Where’s Lingling? I want to see him!" Gu Xiaoxi quickly passed through the hall and headed upstairs.

"He is in the second room upstairs. That kid is normally so good. No wonder he suddenly started crying; he must have sensed his mother’s presence," Lu Xi said as he saw Quan Shaoqing coming in.

He hurried forward to greet him.

Gu Xiaoxi quickly reached the door of the children’s room. Lin Shu was standing by the window, holding a three-month-old baby in her arms, trying to soothe him.

The little boy in his lightweight clothes was chubby, with a round face and large eyes rolling about, looking exceptionally adorable.

Especially when, in the moment Gu Xiaoxi pushed open the door, he turned his gaze towards the entrance.

His little mouth puckered in distress, and he immediately cried heart-wrenchingly.

Heart softening at the sight, Gu Xiaoxi strode forward.

Seeing her, Lin Shu quickly handed the baby over to her.

As soon as Gu Xiaoxi held him, his crying stopped, and his small hands scrambled randomly over her arm. Finally, grabbing her clothes, he wouldn’t let go.

Gu Xiaoxi felt her heart breaking and immediately nestled the baby close, gently coaxing him.

"I knew you missed mommy. As long as Lingling is good, mommy will come to see you often," Gu Xiaoxi, touching his little cheek, felt love for her own child no matter what, thinking he was so beautiful.

Lin Shu tidied up the room a bit and, seeing that the child perked up immediately upon seeing his mother, couldn’t help but exclaim, "This little guy has been clever since he was little. He’ll definitely be a genius when he grows up."

Gu Xiaoxi chuckled, stroking Quan Jinling’s little hand, and asked with a smile, "Tell mommy, will you be a genius?"

"Wah wah!" The little one opened his mouth wide and yelled out loud.

As if to declare that he would absolutely be a genius.

Gu Xiaoxi was amused by him.

"Let’s go, we’ll take a walk outside. I’ll take you to see daddy, okay?" Gu Xiaoxi carried the little baby down the stairs.

Quan Shaoqing was sitting on the sofa, seeing the mother and child.

He immediately moved forward excitedly, wiping the sweat from his palms as he looked at his plump white son, then turned to Gu Xiaoxi and said, "Let me hold him!"

He had held the child so little since he was born.

Because of a busy work schedule, and also because the child’s body was too tender in his early years.

He was a rough man, afraid that he might accidentally hurt him.

Now that the child is three or four months old, his body has become a lot stronger, especially his eyes, which would roll around and look everywhere.

He felt that his son was becoming increasingly adorable.

Quan Shaoqing stretched out his hand cautiously, and held his son in his arms.

"Wah wah wah...!" The little guy flailed his arms and legs in delight, even drooling in the process.

Quan Shaoqing felt that this little one was like a treasure in the palm of his hand.

For the first time, he experienced the awkwardness of not knowing how to interact with a child.

It didn’t stop them, father and son, from using a language that nobody else understood, communicating with each other.

Gu Xiaoxi looked on, finding it amusing.

It was a rare visit.

She had given Lin Shu half a day off.

Gu Xiaoxi and Quan Shaoqing, each holding a child, prepared to take a walk near the estate, to accompany the child on a stroll.

Under the grape trellis.

The breeze swayed, with large green leaves and bunches of grapes just taking shape, swaying their lush forms in the sunlight.

In the midst of rows of grape trellises, a man and a woman, holding a child, strolled slowly.

"Shaoqing, are you tired?" Gu Xiaoxi, holding the child, turned her head to ask.

"Tired of what?" Quan Shaoqing wrapped his arm around Gu Xiaoxi’s waist and turned his head to counter-question.

"Every day there’s so much to do, and you still have to worry about the child and me." Gu Xiaoxi gazed at his deep features. His eyes, full of tenderness, made her feel very happy.

"Work is essential. But you and the child are my everything. With you both, I have no regrets in this life." Quan Shaoqing said, tightening his arm around Gu Xiaoxi’s waist.

Instinctively leaning into his body, Gu Xiaoxi looked at the still confused child in her arms.

This world has too many causes and effects, even if one day, they can’t provide him with a complete family.

But she and Quan Shaoqing have both tried.

The one thing life should not leave behind is regret!

If she were to bear him a child, have a little darling to care for together, she would have no regrets as well.

Even if in the future, they can’t be together, she would feel that her life was without regret!

Gu Xiaoxi clasped Quan Shaoqing’s hand in return.

Just then, Quan Jinling suddenly reached out and grabbed Gu Xiaoxi’s hair.

The little guy tightly clutched her long hair in his little hand, not forgetting to giggle foolishly.

Gu Xiaoxi pinched his little nose, her tone full of indulgence as she said, "Naughty!"

"Come to me for a hug! Little Pudding, you even dare to bully my woman." Quan Shaoqing reached out to take him, gradually getting used to the light weight of his precious one, and was able to hold him more comfortably in his arms.

"Yiya!" Quan Jinling widened his eyes and grabbed onto Quan Shaoqing’s shoulder epaulet.

"Good boy! That’s not for you to play with, let go quickly!" Quan Shaoqing held his little hand, yet didn’t dare to force it open. Their posture looked particularly odd.

Gu Xiaoxi stood aside, amused by the father and son struggling over the epaulet, bursting into laughter.

But moments later, Gu Xiaoxi furrowed her brows and suddenly asked, "Shaoqing! Do you think he might also like to be a soldier? If in the future, he wants to be one too, dad will surely be exasperated to death."

Quan Shaoqing looked at the little guy’s hand that refused to let go, furrowed his brow, and evaluating Gu Xiaoxi, he inquired tentatively, "How about we have another one?"

"Have another one?" Gu Xiaoxi opened her mouth in astonishment!

That request...

Gu Xiaoxi rolled her eyes in exasperation, "Being greedy will never be enough, and besides, do we have the time now?"

It had been over a year since Nascent Soul’s return, who knows what kind of atrocities he might have committed in the shadows, unknown to everyone.

In such dangerous times, she dared not have another.

This child was born amidst constant fear, as she was terrified of any accidents occurring.

They didn’t mind, but they feared the child couldn’t withstand such turmoil.

Quan Shaoqing’s eyebrows knotted in thought for a moment, "Xiaoxi, how about when Lingling can take over my position, I go manage my father’s business?"

Being a soldier really doesn’t pay much, and with Gu Xiaoxi’s spending habits, he truly couldn’t afford it.

For his wife, he was willing to make a sacrifice.

Gu Xiaoxi glanced at him, saying wordlessly, "With your brains, you can be a soldier. But in business, your dad will outwit you to the ground."

"Wife! Your words are so harsh! Am I really that bad?"