Because of the accidental kick that injured her, Zhan Bei Jue felt guilty and didn't retort when Jiang Nan Fang teased him like a fool.
The two chatted for a while longer, then held each other and went back to sleep.
They slept until dark.
Ah Cheng brought the children back. They ran to their room to find them, and only then did the couple get up.
After dinner, they read to the children for a while, played games, and then coaxed them to sleep.
Lying on the bed, the two stared at the ceiling, no longer sleepy.
Jiang Nan Fang also started to worry about the children.
"What should we do? Their biological clocks are messed up. It's not good for their development."
"You lie down and count sheep, I'll pat you to sleep."
Jiang Nan Fang felt like she wasn't a pregnant woman anymore, but had suddenly turned into a big baby in one day.
If this continued, she would be completely spoiled by Zhan Bei Jue.
"You pamper me like this every day, and when the child is born and doesn't get this treatment, I won't be able to handle the psychological gap."
Zhan Bei Jue: "That's easy. To please me, continue living like this, keep getting pregnant, keep giving birth. I'll always pamper you."
"So I only get this treatment when I'm pregnant?"
"If I treated you like this when you weren't pregnant, you wouldn't be able to handle it."
"You really are something, Zhan Bei Jue!"
Jiang Nan Fang threw a punch at him, "I don't want to sleep with you anymore! Get out!"
Zhan Bei Jue took two hits and smiled, grasping her fist.
"How could that be? You are my darling baby. If I want to pamper you, I'll pamper you all the time. How could I pamper you for two days and then stop?"
"If you truly like it, we can live like this every day for the rest of our lives. I absolutely won't let you have any disappointment."
Jiang Nan Fang stared at him, looking him up and down as if she didn't believe him.
"No, I have to take you to the hospital tomorrow. Your mouth is so oily, are you really Zhan Bei Jue?"
Zhan Bei Jue looked wronged and buried his head in her hair.
"Look at you. If I'm serious, you say I'm fierce and a scumbag, that I'm not good to you. If I'm gentle, you say I'm glib. It's so hard to be your man."
As they were joking around, Zhan Bei Jue's phone rang.
He grabbed it and saw it was Lu Ming Zhe.
It was so late, it couldn't be good news.
But Zhan Bei Jue still answered.
He placed the phone between them and turned on the speakerphone. Lu Ming Zhe's smug voice came through.
"Old Zhan, what are you doing?"
"It's so late, what else can I do besides sleep?"
"There are many things you can do during sleeping hours, don't pretend to be a decent person. What is your wife doing?"
This was said because the person wasn't present. If Lu Ming Zhe dared to tease Jiang Nan Fang like this in person, Zhan Bei Jue would have kicked him.
"Where did you go to drink cat urine? You've had too much and can't find your way, daring to joke about my wife? What do you want?"
"Who's joking about your wife? Although she is indeed beautiful, only you treat her like a darling baby. I'm not interested in her!"
Jiang Nan Fang frowned and opened her mouth to retort.
Zhan Bei Jue covered her mouth.
"If you dare to be interested in her, I'll gouge your eyes out. Speak, what is it? I won't accompany you if you're just drunk and acting crazy."
"Who's acting crazy with you? I didn't drink much today, I have good news to tell you."
Zhan Bei Jue couldn't help but chuckle.
"What good news could you have for me? The best news I heard from you was that you married Chen Jiao Jiao, and what was the result?"
Lu Ming Zhe tutted.
"Can you not mention Chen Jiao Jiao? Why bring up a sore spot? There are so many women in the world, so many excellent women, could I not live without her?"
"Fine. What do you want to say? Get to the point, I don't have time to chat with you."
"We've only said a few words, and you're already anxious, pretending to be sleeping properly... After so many years as a married couple, you're still eager to be intimate, don't you find it sickening?"
Not a single serious word was spoken. Zhan Bei Jue was too lazy to argue with him.
"If you don't say it, I'll hang up."
Lu Ming Zhe quickly called him back.
"Hey, hey, hey, don't hang up, I really have something serious to tell you."
"I'll give you one last chance."
He said meaningfully on the phone.
"Old Zhan, do you know how envious I was of you before? Such a beautiful son and daughter, so lovable."
"But from today onwards, I'm not envious of you anymore, I have my own now."
It was rare for Zhan Bei Jue to catch a whiff of gossip.
"Listening to you, what's up? Did Chen Jiao Jiao get pregnant?"
"Tsk! I told you not to mention Chen Jiao Jiao, are you doing this on purpose?"
"Then where did it come from? Your wife isn't pregnant, and you say you have a child? Did you keep a mistress?"
"Don't use those words, they sound unpleasant. Ours is called mutual love, a natural progression."
"You kept it well hidden. You never told me you had someone else. You even acted like a devoted lover in front of me while suffering with Chen Jiao Jiao, you really are something."
Jiang Nan Fang couldn't help but interject from the side.
"As expected, no man is any good."
Zhan Bei Jue's smile faded, "If you're talking about Lu Ming Zhe, fine, but why are you scolding me?"
"You're not any good either."
Lu Ming Zhe heard the sound of them showing off their affection on the other end.
"Stop, stop, stop. Don't flirt in front of me. I haven't finished speaking, I didn't call to hear you two being lovey-dovey. Let me speak!"
He forcibly pulled the conversation back.
"It's like this, you all know that Chen Jiao Jiao's father just had some trouble and is in a bad mood, plus my parents..."
"In short, the divorce hasn't happened yet, but I have a child."
"I'm serious this time, I will definitely divorce Chen Jiao Jiao..."
Zhan Bei Jue couldn't help but interrupt him again.
"Get to the point. What does this have to do with me?"
"Can you let me finish speaking?"
"Brother, get to the point."
Lu Ming Zhe thought for a moment and sighed.
"She's very sensible, and I feel like I've wronged her in this matter. So, even though the divorce hasn't happened, I want to give her a title in advance."
"Chen Jiao Jiao and I have agreed to finalize the procedures in a month. She just got pregnant, and I want to make her happy."
"How about this, tomorrow I'll arrange a gathering, and all of you come. Introduce her to my circle, which is also a form of recognition. Give me some face."
In their circle, when they went out for socializing or entertainment, there were no shortage of women around.
But to formally bring them to brothers and friends, and introduce them seriously, there were very few.
Zhan Bei Jue had known Lu Ming Zhe for so many years, and he only knew that he had one during his school days.
It seemed he was serious this time.
From a man's perspective, Zhan Bei Jue immediately agreed.
"Does Chen Jiao Jiao know about this?"
"Does it matter if she knows? She didn't care about me when she was with Hu Jia Sheng! Anyway, from now on, my affairs have nothing to do with her, you just need to come."
As a woman, especially Chen Jiao Jiao's friend, Jiang Nan Fang, however, offered a different opinion.
"No matter what, Chen Jiao Jiao is his lawfully wedded wife. Before the divorce, he got someone pregnant outside, and now he wants us to meet Ah San and give her a title?"
"What's the difference between this and betraying Chen Jiao Jiao? If you want to go, you go, I'm not going!"