Chapter 976: Chapter 983: Extra (Final)
In all these years, he seems to have never cooked for anyone.
Or rather, he seems to have never touched these things.
With a cigarette in his mouth, he picked up his phone and googled some breakfast recipes.
Fortunately, making some porridge and frying a couple of eggs wasn’t too hard. While flipping through the instructions, he cooked the breakfast.
He had to admit, even when returning home last night, he was still a bit bewildered.
The thought that there was a mini version of himself inside her belly made him marvel at the miracle of life.
He tossed and turned all night, unable to sleep, just wanting to rush over to hug her and make sure it wasn’t a dream.
...
When Xie Qinghuan woke up, the room was filled with the aroma of food.
Feeling a bit suspicious, she walked into the kitchen and saw the man in casual suit with a cigarette dangling from his mouth, slicing a cucumber, wearing a floral apron, exuding an inexplicable sense of harmony.
Hearing her movement, he looked up.
He stubbed out the cigarette and promptly ushered her out, "Go to wash up, it’s smoky here."
"You can cook?"
"I can do a lot of things. I’ll tell you in bed tonight."
"You scoundrel!"
Locked outside the bathroom door, Yan Yiheng chuckled softly.
He had slight suspicion whether he had a tendency for self-abuse now. In the past, no woman dared to treat him this way, but somehow, as long as he got to see this woman every day, he felt happy.
After breakfast, he picked out clothes for her.
"What for?"
"To update the household registration." His face darkened, slightly annoyed.
"What’s the hurry?" Xie Qinghuan dawdled reluctantly, also frustrating Yan Yiheng. Grabbing her, he started to tug at her clothes: "Today you’re going, like it or not!"
"I didn’t say I wouldn’t go! What are you rushing for!" Xie Qinghuan clutched her torn clothing, feeling exasperated.
"Would have been easier if you obeyed in the first place."
Yan Yiheng let go. Xie Qinghuan picked up a pillow and hurled it at him: "I’m changing, get out!"
"We’re an old married couple... still..."
"You get out right now!" Xie Qinghuan was seething.
Standing outside with a pillow, Yan Yiheng turned away.
Fuming inside, Xie Qinghuan realized that after over two years of entanglement, she had never gotten the better of him, which was infuriating!
One day, she vowed to be on top, pinning him beneath her!
Outside the room, Yan Yiheng too resolved inwardly that after getting their marriage certificate, there would be plenty of time to tame this rebellious woman!
Both swore silently in their hearts, unaware that in the long years to come, she never managed to pin him beneath her as she had wished, while he not only failed to tame her into an obedient, charming woman but even ended up falling into the role of a henpecked husband.
...
Six months later, Yan Jiu walked out of the Civil Affairs Bureau with a broad smile.
Xie Qinghuan, with her large belly, shot him a sidelong glance but couldn’t suppress a slight smile.
After half a year, with cajoling and relentless effort, he had finally tricked her into marrying him.
And she had finally been swayed by his earnestness, half-heartedly agreeing to get the marriage certificate.
"Hey... little Jiujio..."
Yan Yiheng twitched his eye: "You call me that outside again, watch how I deal with you at home!"
Xie Qinghuan held her belly, looking pale, tightly gripping his arm, with cold sweat appearing on her forehead: "Little Jiujio... I... I think I’m about to give birth..."
Yan Yiheng froze, his mind blank, seemingly not processing what was happening.
Xie Qinghuan, impatient, slapped him again: "Call the ambulance!"
Finally coming to his senses, Yan Yiheng scooped her up and headed straight for his car: "There’s a hospital ten-minute drive away, I’ll take you there right now!"
His voice slightly trembled, driving fast, constantly glancing towards the back seat worriedly.
Finally, an hour later.
Yan Yiheng, along with Qiao Mo, Fu Nancheng, Qin Zhaoran, and the Yan family’s elders, were all gathered at the entrance of the operating room.
"Why isn’t she out yet... it’s been an hour already."
"Don’t worry don’t worry, it’ll be soon."
Half an hour later, the doors to the operating room opened, and a doctor carrying a cute child came out, handing the child to Yan Yiheng: "Congratulations, it’s a son."
"Where’s my wife!" Not seeing Xie Qinghuan, he had no time to attend to the ugly yelling little brat in front of him.
"Why are you shouting, your voice is the loudest from afar." Xie Qinghuan was pushed out from the operating room, her face pale but with a satisfied smile.
Yan Yiheng quickly approached, gently kissing her face, excitedly saying: "You did a great job."
She smiled lightly, softly saying: "You’re a father now."
"I love you, Qinghuan." he said softly.
The child, apparently displeased by the parental neglect, started crying loudly, but fortunately, the grandparents were considerate, taking good care of him.
In the afternoon, sunlight streamed through the windows, flooding the hospital corridors.
The faces of young and old alike beamed with smiles.
Perhaps, this is what happiness looks like.
