297 That Was I (1/2)

”Of course.” Xia Ruoxin smiled faintly, gently taking her daughter's hands and holding them tight. ”You will be as beautiful as me when you are an adult.”

”So, I will be as beautiful as you?” Her eyes curved into a pair of crescents. She wanted to be as beautiful as her mother.

Xia Ruoxin pinched her daughter's nose hard. ”Little imp, aren't you beautiful now? Look around you. In the whole hospital, which child has your looks that can seduce these uncles and aunties' souls away?”

”Mommy, it hurts. You are such a fierce mother.” Rainy pouted her mouth. However, she liked it like this.

”Mommy, I want to listen to a story—the one about Snow White.” She lay down quietly using her mother's thigh as a pillow. The IV (Intravenous Therapy) drip was still attached to her little hand so she couldn't move around much.

Xia Ruoxin patted her daughter's tiny body gently as she started to tell the story. Actually, she had told her countless fairy tales. However, her daughter was weird. If she liked something, she would love it wholeheartedly. For the things that she hated, it was the same.

She never grew tired of listening to that same fairy tale and her favorite doll.

At this time, no one knew that Chu Lui's body had started to feel weak after he hung up the telephone. Another body stood plastered at his back. It was soft and warm. Instinctively, he reached out and held tight onto the woman's hands at his waist.

”Lui, do you think we will have a boy or a girl?” Li Manni asked sweetly. She heard that telephone conversation. Ha, that bastard was finally dying. There's also the possibility that Xia Ruoxin might not survive the ordeal.

She wanted to see who would dare to vie with her for Chu Lui, her husband. He belonged to her, now and forever. She was the only one to deserve such a perfect marriage even if he did not love her as much as she had imagined.

However, they would live together as husband and wife. In this lifetime, they would live together as husband and wife.

”I'm fine with both, whether it's a boy or a girl.” Chu Lui turned around, took Li Manni into his arms, and sat her on his lap. Then, he laid his hand on her stomach. There was a child inside. A child of his own.

He did not know why, but it didn't feel real to him.

”Lui, I'm really happy because I have you and the baby with me.” Li Manni's smile was filled with joy even more so when she was sleeping.

Chu Lui remained silent. She was happy. Was he?

Unwilling to dwell further on this matter, he embraced the woman tightly and told himself that he was already a husband and a father. He had a successful career, affluent, and he had a lovely wife as well as an unborn child.

What more could he have asked for? What else was he unsatisfied about?

He put his chin atop Li Manni's head.

His hand remained on her stomach, caressing gently.

Was it a boy or a girl?

In fact, he had wanted a girl, a baby girl who looked like that little girl. She would grow up to be a pretty girl with big eyes, long eyelashes, and a little red mouth. She would call him 'Daddy', let him carry her, and be his little princess.