After the meal, Xu Youning was about to help Aunt Zhou do the dishes.

Aunt Zhou hurriedly stopped her and said, “No, no, no. You take a rest! You don’t know how fragile pregnant women are, especially when it is their first baby, so you have to be more careful! Listen to me; you can either sit down or lie down. Anyway, take a rest. Don’t move!”

Xu Youning smiled helplessly and walked out of the kitchen. At that moment, she heard the doorbell ring.

She walked over and opened the door. The person outside handed her a parcel and said, “Boss Lu’s people sent it here and told us to hand it over to Mr. Mu.”

Xu Youning asked casually, “What is it?”

The staff of the club hesitated for a moment and said, “We’ve checked it. It’s safe.” He did not answer what it was.

Xu Youning weighed it in her hand and then felt it. It seemed to be… books?

Why didn’t she remember that Mu Sijue had the hobby of reading books?

The staff of the club could not help saying, “We also think it’s weird.” Obviously, they also noticed that there were books inside, but they were not sure and also thought that it was unbelievable, so they hadn’t said so just now.

“I’ll hand it over to Mu Sijue.” Xu Youning smiled. “Thank you for your hard work.”

She closed the door and went to find Mu Sijue with the parcel.

Mu Sijue was in the study, sitting at the computer table and staring at the laptop screen, lost in thought. It was unknown what he was looking at, and he did not notice Xu Youning coming in.

Xu Youning trod lightly, and with a clap, she slammed the parcel on the table.

The moment Mu Sijue found that it was Xu Youning, he closed his laptop almost reflexively. He looked at her unhappily and asked, “Why didn’t you make a sound when you came in?”

“Didn’t I make a loud noise just now?” Xu Youning stared at Mu Sijue and asked, “Are you feeling guilty? What were you looking at just now?”

Mu Sijue stood up and approached Xu Youning step by step. “Who do you think is feeling guilty?”

Only then did Xu Youning realize that she had actually questioned Mu Sijue. She swallowed and pointed at herself. “I said I was feeling guilty…”

Mu Sijue patted on Xu Youning’s head like he was patting Mu Fifth, to show his satisfaction.

Xu Youning pushed the parcel to Mu Sijue and said, “The staff of the club said that Lu Boyan sent it to you.”

Mu Sijue looked at the parcel and said, “Okay.”

Xu Youning suddenly asked curiously, “What’s inside?”

Mu Sijue pushed the parcel back and looked at Xu Youning leisurely. “Do you want to know? If you amuse me, I’ll let you open it.”

The corner of Xu Youning’s mouth twitched. “Mu Sijue, are you a three-year-old child? Do you need someone to amuse you?”

“I don’t need anyone else,” Mu Sijue looked at Xu Youning and said, “but you.”

In other words, he only wanted Xu Youning to amuse him.

His gaze was fixed on her, so he did not seem to be joking at all. His sexy voice was like a hammer, hitting Xu Youning’s heart, faster and faster, harder and harder.

Xu Youning’s heartbeat was out of control.

She took a lot of effort to control her breathing. She looked at Mu Sijue and said, “I would amuse children with candies. Do you like candies?”

Mu Sijue smiled and said, “I prefer you to candies.”

Just when Xu Youning reacted, Mu Sijue had already pulled her into his arms.

She raised her head, looked at Mu Sijue, and said with little strength. “Mu Sijue!”

Mu Sijue stroked Xu Youning’s lips with his slender fingers. “I’ll teach you how to amuse me.”

He lowered his head and kissed Xu Youning’s lips deeply.

He seemed to be fascinated by Xu Youning’s lips, kissing her so passionately that Xu Youning had no strength to resist.

Xu Youning could only obediently open her mouth and bear his mighty kisses.

Mu Sijue sucked Xu Youning’s lips over and over again as if he would never get tired of it.

However, after a while, he was no longer satisfied with kissing her.

Leaving Xu Youning’s waist, his hand reached into her clothes to feel her curves, and finally stopped at his favorite place and squeezed it playfully.

Every squeeze would take away a little strength of Xu Youning.

Xu Youning soon became powerless to resist. Her breathing became short and heavy, and she unconsciously called out Mu Sijue’s name. “Mu Sijue…”

Mu Sijue missed her this appearance. She was now as docile as a lazy kitten, completely submissive to him.

He tightened his grip and said, “Yea.” He kissed Xu Youning while coaxing her. “Say you miss me.”

Xu Youning’s reason had been smashed into powder by Mu Sijue’s movements, and she became extremely obedient. “Mu Sijue, I…”

She missed him. She missed him all these days.

However, before she finished her words, Aunt Zhou had given an exclamation outside the door, breaking the increasingly ambiguous atmosphere in the room and also rousing Xu Youning’s reason.

Xu Youning opened her eyes and looked at Mu Sijue in panic.

Mu Sijue reacted quickly. He turned around with Xu Youning in his arms to block the view of Aunt Zhou at her. “Why didn’t you close the door when you came in?” He said so without a hint of reproach.

“I…” Xu Youning looked at Mu Sijue with a grimace. “Is it my fault?”

“Of course it’s your fault. Think about how to make it up to me.”

Mu Sijue let go of Xu Youning, stepped out, and closed the door of the study.

Xu Youning could not see Mu Sijue, but she heard him call Aunt Zhou. Aunt Zhou said angrily and anxiously, “You, come downstairs with me!”

When they got downstairs, Aunt Zhou still looked anxious. Mu Sijue took the initiative to say, “Aunt Zhou, don’t worry. I know what I’m doing.”

“You know what you’re doing? If you had known it, you would have not done it in the study.” Aunt Zhou took a sip of water and pulled Mu Sijue to sit down. “You young people have no experience. Let me tell you, during the first three months of pregnancy…”

Mu Sijue smiled and interrupted Aunt Zhou. “I know.”

“You know?” Aunt Zhou asked in surprise, “How do you know?”

Mu Sijue said frankly, “I found it on the Internet.”

“Since you already know, I won’t repeat it.” Aunt Zhou breathed a sigh of relief and told Mu Sijue, “Remember, you have to think more about the child. I have been looking forward to helping your parents bring up their grandchildren for so many years. Nothing can go wrong!”

Mu Sijue nodded and agreed to Aunt Zhou’s request. At this moment, Ah Guang called him, and he went away to answer the call with the excuse of dealing with his business.

Xu Youning was still in the study on the second floor.

After Mu Sijue went out, Xu Youning had wanted to go back to her room, but her gaze somehow fell on the computer on the table.

Just now, Mu Sijue was obviously stunned to see her come in, and he had quickly closed the computer.

What was he looking at?

Was it something unsuitable for children?

Xu Youning could not help being curious and walked over to turn on the computer.

The screen automatically lit up, showing the page that Mu Sijue had just browsed.

Mu Sijue was not looking at something unsuitable for children at that time. Instead, he was searching for answers to questions related to her—

“Are pregnant women really moody?”

“How to take care of pregnant women?”

“Dos and don’ts during pregnancy.”

Brother Mu Qi, who was influential and powerful in City G, actually searched for these things on the Internet.

Xu Youning could not help laughing, but then her eyes turned red.

If she hadn’t seen it with her own eyes, she would never imagine that Mu Sijue would search for those things on the Internet and be afraid that she would know it.

However, did he know that all those things were in vain?

Xu Youning closed the computer and ran back to her room. Suddenly, she felt a sharp pain in her head.

She fell on the bed and bit the quilt hard, not letting herself make any sound. She just hoped that Mu Sijue would not come back until the pain receded.

She remembered the professor’s words:

“Since you can’t hold on anymore, you’d better have your things done as soon as possible. Otherwise, the blood clot will worsen, and your situation will increasingly deteriorate…”

Xu Youning inserted her hands into her hair and pressed hard on the painful part.

After a while, the pain finally subsided. Xu Youning released the quilt, and a few drops of tears slid out of her eyes and seeped into the pillow, leaving noticeable watermarks.

She did not care about that, turned over, lay in bed, and waited for herself to rejuvenate.

It had to be fast, for she could not let Mu Sijue find anything wrong with her.

After lying for a long time, Mu Sijue pushed the door open and came in. Hearing the noise, Xu Youning quickly closed her eyes.

Mu Sijue guessed that Xu Youning was in the room. Seeing her lying on the bed, he walked over softly. “Xu Youning, are you asleep?”

Xu Youning opened her eyes slightly, looked at him, and got up. “Not yet.”

Mu Sijue stared at Xu Youning and suddenly reached out to touch her forehead. “Are you not feeling well?”

Xu Youning froze for half a second, then she removed Mu Sijue’s hand and tried to look calm. “No, why do you ask that?”

Mu Sijue frowned and said, “You don’t look well.”

Xu Youning coughed and said unnaturally, “Pregnant women… will be like this sometimes. Never mind. I’m going to take a shower.”

She took the clothes and almost fled to the bathroom.

Mu Sijue went to the study next door and unwrapped the parcel that Lu Boyan had sent over.

They were a few books about pregnancy and child-rearing. One of them was a book that Lu Boyan had read when Su Jian’an was pregnant.

Mu Sijue quickly scanned all the catalogs of those books. No one mentioned pregnant women would look bad. Finally, he simply called Lu Boyan.

“What’s wrong with Xu Youning again?” Before Mu Sijue spoke, Lu Boyan had already guessed why he had called.

Mu Sijue said, “She doesn’t look well.”

“Did she vomit?” Lu Boyan said, “Jian’an vomited heavily after she got pregnant, and her face was always pale.”

“Is there anything wrong?” Mu Sijue’s tone was full of worry.

“If you’re worried, why don’t you take her for a checkup?” Before Mu Sijue answered, Lu Boyan had continued, “Xiangyi is crying. I’m hanging up.”

Very few people directly hung up Mu Sijue’s phone, so he was very unhappy. When he returned to the room, he still looked gloomy.

When Xu Youning came out of the bathroom, she saw Mu Sijue go back to the room with a sullen face. She could not help asking, “What’s wrong with you?”

Looking at Xu Youning, Mu Sijue thought of something and finally felt better.

Lu Boyan had a son and a daughter now. He would have a child soon too!

When seeing Mu Sijue turn to wear a happy look like magic, Xu Youning suddenly wanted to take pictures of Mu Sijue, then show them to him and to let him consider if he was still the terrifying Brother Mu Qi…

Before Xu Youning took actions, Mu Sijue had fixed his eyes on her again.

She panicked but pretended to look fearless and gazed into Mu Sijue’s eyes. “Why are you looking at me?”