"The family is all here, let's go to another room. What will I do if we're discovered?" Guo Xuyang said.
"You still have the nerve to talk about being discovered? You were making so much noise earlier, everyone in the east courtyard could hear you." Ye Zi was relentless.
"You can't blame me for that. I can't just shut her up, can I?"
"It's your fault. If you hadn't come, they wouldn't have made those noises."
"Fine. Just don't you yell later."
Guo Xuyang didn't bother to get dressed and simply swept Ye Zi into his arms in a princess carry, taking her to another room.
"Who's afraid of whom? You can try not to sleep all night if you dare," Ye Zi taunted him.
"If I don't sleep, I don't sleep. We don't have anything to do tomorrow anyway, and we're not leaving until the day after."
"You say that like I'm not going too." Ye Zi directly pulled off her nightgown and pushed Guo Xuyang onto the bed...
The next day, Guo Xuyang slept until the sun was high in the sky, only to be woken by the ringing of his phone.
He had been thoroughly exhausted by Ye Zi last night. In the end, he couldn't go on any longer and had no choice but to let Ye Zi have her way.
"Yangzi, tomorrow I plan to take Xu Lili and Hou Li to Shanghai with my sister to take a look. Can you arrange for someone to receive them?"
"Let Xiao Yun take you all tomorrow. You've met Xu Liping before; she came to the baby shower."
"Speaking of the baby shower, do you know my sister is pregnant?"
"Zixuan is pregnant? Since when?"
"You're asking me? Who should I ask? She hasn't been eating right these past few days, and she's been especially sleepy. Didn't you notice when you went to her room that day?"
"She didn't tell me. I even asked her if she was pregnant, and she said it was impossible."
"She just found out this morning after a check-up at the hospital.
You disturbed us so much last night. Are you planning to let these people listen to your commotion until midnight every day?"
"How could that happen? It was a special circumstance yesterday."
"What special circumstance? One person calling out louder than the next. Aren't you afraid of dying from exhaustion? You were at it until past five in the morning."
"I really didn't expect to disturb you. Is there anything else? If not, I'm hanging up. I need to sleep some more."
"How can there be nothing else? My sister can't go to Shanghai anymore since she's pregnant. Are you still arranging for others to go?"
"No need. The three of you are enough. Zixuan should rest well at home since she's pregnant.
Let Xiao Yun take the three of you to see it. It's also a good opportunity to send over a batch of jade."
"Alright then. Come to my room tonight. I'll be clean and waiting for you."
"We'll see. I need to sleep first."
"What do you mean 'we'll see'? You're going away, and who knows when you'll be back. I've made a reservation for tonight. You can't refuse."
"Alright, I'll come to your place tonight. Is that all? I need to rest up so I can be with you."
Guo Xuyang yawned and hung up the phone.
He now truly understood that not everyone could enjoy the blessings of having multiple women.
Just as he was about to fall asleep, Li Minxi came and woke him up.
"I knew you'd be here. Did you sleep well last night?"
"Not well. Leave me alone, let me sleep a bit longer."
"Not well? With so many beautiful women accompanying you, and you're not sleeping well? You almost brought the roof down." Li Minxi sneered.
"My dear young lady, please spare me. Let me sleep a little longer," Guo Xuyang said, pulling the blanket over his head.
"Why shouldn't you be tired? Do you really think you're a stud pig, only pouncing when someone lifts their butt?
I won't disturb you anymore. Don't push yourself too hard tonight. I'll be waiting for you tonight."
Li Minxi's words sent a shiver down his spine.
Lin Ziqi had just called to make a reservation, and now Li Minxi had come over to do the same. Were they letting him live?
"I need to conserve my energy tonight so I can depart tomorrow. Next time, okay? Next time I come back, I'll visit you first."
"No, if I don't drain you, you'll start thinking about others when you're out there. Who knows who you'll bring back next time."
"Alright, alright, I promise I'll come to your place tonight. You go out now, I need to sleep a bit more, just a little longer."
"Sleep then. Sleep well. I'll be waiting for you tonight."
Li Minxi said as she walked out.
She had deliberately come over to say that. After being woken up last night, she hadn't slept much.
She knew Guo Xuyang would be exhausted like a dog today and deliberately came to provoke him.
"Xiao Hong, let's go, I'll take you shopping for clothes."
When Li Minxi returned, she saw Xiao Hong chatting with Wu Shangqing in the living room and said,
"Xiao Xi jie, I have clothes, I don't need to buy any."
"Your clothes are too big. I'll pick out a few for you. Call Yangzi, and let's go out together."
"Xiao Hong, go ahead. Go out with Xiao Xi and Yangzi.
Don't stay home all day. After shopping, think about doing prenatal education with them," Wu Shangqing said.
"Okay then. Do you need anything? We can bring it back for you."
"No need. I bought quite a few outfits not long ago.
This girl has picked out so many clothes for me, my wardrobe is bursting."
"Alright then. Auntie, I'm going."
"Go ahead, be careful on the road."
Li Minxi took Guo Yiyang and Wang Lihong out for the whole day, and they didn't return for lunch.
"Xiao Hong, how did you meet Yangzi?" Li Minxi asked.
"I met him at a hotel. He saved me."
"He saved you? What happened? Tell me in detail."
Xiao Hong recounted how she was tricked into the Anran Grand Hotel, how she met Guo Xuyang, and how she returned to Pengcheng.
Li Minxi did not expect Wang Lihong to have such a tragic experience.
"Those damned human traffickers should be cut into a thousand pieces," she said hatefully.
"How could you be so foolish, to just go with the traffickers like that?"
"I was drugged. Who would have thought that person would drug me when I wasn't paying attention?"
"When you're out, you must protect yourself.
Never eat anything offered by strangers, and your own water bottle should never leave your sight."
"I was very naive when I first went to college. Who would have thought there were such scum in society?"
"Don't harbor ill intentions, but always be on guard. Remember the old sayings.
Let's go, let's sit at a teahouse for a while. I'm a bit tired."
"Xiao Xi jie, should we go back? It's getting late."
"We'll go back after dinner. I'm tired of bird's nest and sea cucumber porridge every day.
You don't know how much Mom loves children. She watched that little one herself every night and didn't need our help.
She took care of him every night. Yesterday afternoon, I deliberately teased Yangzi, so don't take it too seriously."
"It's okay, Xiao Xi jie. Yangzi is also a bit much, isn't he?"
"He's a scumbag. If you want to say it, just say it."
Xiao Hong's lips moved, but she didn't say anything.
"Don't listen to Xiao Xi. Only Xiao Xi dares to treat Yangzi like that in the family. Everyone else is very good to him.
Although he's a bit of a scumbag, he's a good person," Guo Yiyang said from the side.
"Why are you defending him so much? He is a scumbag, and that's the truth," Li Minxi said.
"Xiao Hong just arrived, don't lead her astray. She's still young."
"Young what? At her age, I had already invested in several movies."
"Who can compare to you? Your resources are where they are."
"Let's not talk about this anymore, let's go for tea."