Chapter 353 - 353: We Should Cuddle Some More (2/2)
”Hm.”
”Is it about our baby?”
”For most part, yes.” He caressed her the back of her hand, drawing circles on it with his thumb ”I was trying to picture our future.”
”Is it...what you're hoping for?”
”It is exactly what I was hoping for.”
Lillie felt his lips stretching into a smile against her head, and that completely verified his answer.
”Our family needs to hear about this soon. I wonder how they would react.”
”Probably already expecting for this to happen—especially our mothers.” Ethan can already see the mountain of shopping bags piling up filled with baby clothes and stuffs.
Then, the scene in his mind changed into three elder men holding a weapon of their choice. ”Your father and grandfather would kill me. They'll probably pull Grandmaster Wei to join the fun.”
Ethan cringed, imagining his motionless body lying on the pool of his own blood while the three elder men towered over him with frightening, cheshire-cat grins glowing in the dark.
”That's...a bit exaggerated, isn't it?”
”Let's hope that's the case...for our sake.”
***
After a relaxing, warm shower, Lillie and Ethan put on some comfortable clothes and went downstairs. The servants prepared them a fresh plate of sliced, red persimmons to snack on.
The fruits were sweet and crunchy, a great snack in autumn as they were pretty abundant.
Back when she lived at the Bai estate, she and her family would personally pick a lot of persimmons directly from the orchard they own.
It's like a family tradition. They would peel the skin, then tie and hung them all up to air dry. When dried, they'll keep them inside a sealed container and wait until the fruits are coated in white, crytalized sugar.
The dried persimmons are then eaten as snacks during winter.
Remember those sweet treats, Lillie suddenly craved to eat some. Despite already eating the fresh fruit, dried persimmons are still the sweetest and most enjoyable to eat.
She can't wait to go persimmon picking soon. Especially since this time, Ethan would join them.
Speaking of Ethan, he's at the backyard porch over the phone with his father.
Fortunately, their respective morning schedules wasn't urgently asking for their presence.
[You have my permission, son. Luckily, there's nothing much you needed to do here—except for a few pile of doc.u.ments that needs evaluation. But you still have a week before they're due, so no rush.]
”Alright, thanks dad.”
Ethan's father, Li Yefeng, had grown concern of his son's frequent requests of not going to the office.
[You know, son, I noticed that your absence always had something to do with Lillie. Tell me honestly, what's going on this time? Are you two planning to go out on a date again? Although there's nothing wrong with that, and I completely understand how short-lived your leisure time with her is because of work, but please bear in mind how your actions would affect many people. You can't be like that all the time, son, you're Hong Long's CEO and future president.]
”Dad, I know well enough the consequences of my actions. But the situation we have this time is serious, and it requires my full attention.”
[Why? What happened? Did something happened to Lillie?]
”I...we'll tell you soon, don't worry.”
[If you say so.] Li Yifeng stopped probing. He trust that his son will eventually explain everything soon, just as he said. [Look after Lillie, alright? I pray for you two the best of health.]
”Always. Thanks, dad, see you later.”