Chapter 1069 - 1111: Investigation Results

Chapter 1069: Chapter 1111: Investigation Results

"...!" Huo Jiantian didn’t answer, just lowered his head and kept staring at Ling Yueyue’s still flat belly!

Ling Yueyue didn’t push him away, letting him look as much as he wanted!

After quite a while, Huo Jiantian finally tentatively stretched out his hand, wanting to touch Ling Yueyue’s belly. His hand was halfway there when it suddenly stopped.

Picking up on his intention, Ling Yueyue pressed her lips into a smile, took his small hand and pressed it onto her belly, then asked with a grin, "Well? Do you feel anything?"

"No!" Huo Jiantian shook his head and asked in puzzlement, "Is there really a little sister in there?"

Ling Yueyue nodded and said, "Yep! It’s just that it’s still early, I only just got pregnant, so my stomach isn’t big yet! Give it some time and it’ll slowly start to grow!"

Huo Jiantian blinked his big, watery eyes and asked innocently, "Then how much longer do we have to wait?"

Ling Yueyue shook her head and told the truth, "That’s hard to say! Some people are seven or eight months pregnant and their belly is still really small, looks more like they just ate too much than like they’re pregnant! Some people’s belly is as big as a watermelon at five or six months! So you really can’t predict it!"

"Oh." Huo Jiantian answered faintly. Whether it was Ling Yueyue’s reassurance working, or the fact that he could feel a tiny life growing in Ling Yueyue’s belly, his expression was much better than before, his face not only softer but even carrying a trace of anticipation.

Seeing every subtle change in Huo Jiantian’s expression, Ling Yueyue asked full of expectation, "Tiantian, do you want a little brother or a little sister?"

Huo Jiantian tilted his head and seriously thought it over for a while before answering, "I want a little brother!"

"Why?" Ling Yueyue raised her brows and looked at him in puzzlement.

Huo Jiantian answered very earnestly, "If it’s a little brother, we’ll have common hobbies and a common language! Women are so troublesome, all they do every day is cry, they like watching cartoons and playing with dolls! How are we supposed to have common hobbies and a common language like that? So I still want a little brother!"

After hearing what he said, Ling Yueyue refused to accept it, "Who told you women like to cry? What’s so troublesome about women?"

Huo Jiantian’s face went stern as he said dead serious, "They’re just troublesome! The little girls in my class cry at the drop of a hat, and over tiny things they fuss and make a big scene and never let it go, I’m sick of them! And you and my aunt, you’re troublesome women too!"

Hearing that, Ling Yueyue angrily slapped away the hand Huo Jiantian had on her belly. She planted her hands on her hips and erupted, "Huo Jiantian, who told you to compare me to your aunt? Can she even compare to me? How am I troublesome? I treat you so well, and just to take you out for food yesterday I ended up in the hospital at night. You little ingrate, and now you talk about me like this! Seriously, you’re heartless and ungrateful!"

Hearing her, Nan Jinning wouldn’t have it either. "Hey, Ling Yueyue, what did you just say? In what way am I not as good as you? Why can’t I be compared to you? If anyone’s looking down on anyone, it should be me looking down on you. What right do you have to look down on me? If you hadn’t married my brother-in-law, you’d be nothing! Talking family background, status, education, depth, which of those are you better than me at? I don’t look down on you, and you actually have the nerve to look down on me!"

Ling Yueyue snorted coldly, ran her eyes over Nan Jinning from head to toe with disdain, then sneered, "Tch... First, family background and status were given to you by the Nan Family, they’re not something you fought for yourself! If you weren’t a Nan, you’d be nothing! Second, education—you’re in university, I’m in university too. The only difference is, I’m a sophomore and you’re a senior. Is that really a big difference? Third, depth? Anyone with real depth wouldn’t covet her own brother-in-law, wouldn’t know full well her brother-in-law is already married and still run over to be the other woman! I honestly don’t see where your so-called depth is!"

"You...!" Nan Jinning was struck speechless by Ling Yueyue’s sharp words. She was so angry every organ from heart to kidneys hurt, yet she couldn’t find a single sentence to refute her.

"And you still say women aren’t troublesome! All you do is fight over men and get jealous, and squabble and squabble!" Huo Jiantian pursed his lips, giving the two of them a contemptuous once-over.

Ling Yueyue: "...!"

Nan Jinning: "...!"

Just then, the butler walked over and said respectfully, "Sir, Madam, Young Master, Miss, dinner is ready. You may eat now!"

"Dad, let’s go eat and ignore these two women! Their bickering is giving me a headache!" Huo Jiantian shot to his feet, grabbed Huo Junmo’s hand and headed for the dining room.

"Hmph...!" Ling Yueyue snorted disdainfully, rolled her eyes at Nan Jinning, then got up and followed them.

Nan Jinning was so angry her face flushed and neck stiffened, her fists creaking as she clenched them. Forcing down the fury in her chest, she also headed for the dining room.

.........

Ever since Ling Yueyue got pregnant, the atmosphere at home had quietly started to change!

The day after he found out Ling Yueyue was pregnant, Huo Junmo had someone invite a professional nutritionist to specially design her three meals a day!

Normally, aside from going to school, Ling Yueyue had to stay home and wasn’t allowed to go anywhere! If she really wanted to go out, she had to wait until Huo Junmo finished his work and went with her!

In other words, Ling Yueyue had now become a little canary who couldn’t fly, locked up in a cage!

Even though she was pretty unhappy about Huo Junmo’s behavior, when she thought about how he was doing it all for the child in her belly, all for her sake, she swallowed it down!

Luckily, even if she couldn’t go out, she could still go to school, so her studies wouldn’t be affected.

.........

President’s office, Huo Tian Group.

Huo Junmo was buried in a mountain of paperwork! Suddenly, a knock sounded on the office door.

Without lifting his head, Huo Junmo said, "Come in."

Right after, the office door was pushed open from the outside. Meng Bo walked in and handed over a blue folder in his hand to Huo Junmo. "President, this is the matter you asked me to investigate. The results are out."

At those words, Huo Junmo finally lifted his head from the documents, glanced at the folder Meng Bo had passed him, his eyes flickering slightly. After a brief silence, he reached out and took the folder.

With the folder in hand, Huo Junmo didn’t rush to open it. Instead, he stared at it, momentarily lost in thought.

Seeing the look on Huo Junmo’s face, Meng Bo rubbed his nose and said, "If there’s nothing else, I’ll head out first."

"Mm." Huo Junmo nodded, not even sparing him a glance.

Meng Bo gave Huo Junmo a complicated look, then turned and left the president’s office.

Only after Meng Bo left and the office door closed did Huo Junmo still make no move to open the folder in his hand. His gaze, however, never left it.

Time slipped by quietly. After quite a while, Huo Junmo finally opened the folder slowly and looked at the contents inside!