Chapter 4 (1/2)

Black-Bellied Dad Chapter 4

Late night, three mother storks fly into the Stork Chat Rooms

“Sisters, you’ve done well!” Red Stork kicks off the squawking

“Like this, can it be considered well?” Little Blue Bird asks, filled with concern

“Of course! Since ancient ti the hardshi+ps of raising a child! Both sides equally indulge for a night, yet the pain of bearing a child… you could die! Haven’t you also experienced it? Successfully give birth and it’s the sweetest thing in life, but if you fail, you’ll end up 6 feet under[1] Right noe’re only teaching those n in their ‘little brothers’!

“… this proverb, where did you hear it froe Brown Bird takes the opportunity to jot down some notes

“My mother told me!”

“So… so old fashi+oned!”

“Wouldn’t have thought a sophisticated, modern woman would know such a folksy proverb”

Red Stork feels the enthusias them back to the topic, “Truly! We need to teach those men a lesson so they’ll knoomen shouldn’t be trifled with!”

Right right! They can clearly see Red Stork’s point! Even fe in the saression, not to mention those men she points at and scorns

“If you’re so indignant, why did you give birth at the time?”

“I… I’hosts!”

“Scared of ghosts?”

“Right! I just don’t want to be woken up every ive birth!”

Think about it, if you had clairvoyant eyes, when you open your eyes everyyou’ll see is that child you refused to birth to, with no are if you aren’t scared!”

“You have clairvoyant eyes?”

“It’s only scary when you do! The ht in one breath!

Eight! Just looking at hi floor, my whole body starts to feel uncomfortable! From start to end, I’ve never shown him a pleasant expression”

Is she for real? But normally she isn’t a nonsensical type of person…

“That… ould they stick to a man?” The pitiful ones are usually the birth mothers

“It’s not definite! Fate determines who they follow”

“But… eight! That irlfriend must be really pitiful!”

“… I never said the birth ht were the same!”

Now they’re turning into a gossip azine? How bizarre!

“Hoould you even know this sort of thing?”

“They told me!”

“They?”

“… those eight infants”

Alright! Developing a sense of dread, they decided to believe her

“You guys don’t know! Everyday I’m tormented by the around byNorht, but if I encounter one with a malicious heart, ah, then that’s truly torturous! On a hot July day, they often wake hosts Tell me, like this, how can I still remain pleasant?”

Eh, sounds miserable when she puts it like that

“Is there any way for you to improve your circumstances?” Little Blue Bird anxiously enquires “For exa an exorcism? At least it’ll ease your headaches!”

“Exorcisuys wouldn’t know, but there’s an assistant nearas he’s in the office, within 3 seconds, all those ‘good brothers’ will all disappear!”

“Wah, that fierce?”

“Right, if I buer, I can guarantee you I’ll sleep soundly until daybreak”

“Do you spend each day trying to ‘bump’ into him then?” Little Blue Bird coyly asks

“Of course not!” Red Stork immediately rebukes “I’ to bump into him, he’d definitely report me for harassment”

“Then ill you do?”

“He’s my assistant, and needs to y is infused in it While he definitely hasn’t realized, I’ll know the second I’ve drank it Although the effects aren’t as good as touching hi!”

Lin Jing and Kang Hua Xuan stare blankly They’ve never encountered this sort of thing, but they can’t help but think her life must be someretched

Working in her day job already contains a lot of pressure, yet 3-5 tie in Actually, she doesn’t want to see the sues’ shoulders, since it’s a personal less and headless appearance… it’s really hard to overlook!

“Then … it couldn’t be that you were also like this that night… so you climbed into that assistant’s bed?”

Lin Jing’s sharp instincts as a screenwriter picks up strong vibes, sensing soe

“Eh, there was no other way At the time I hadn’t slept well for over 2 months, and it was the first time I’d seen that sort of constitution I, I hadn’t known it’d be so co touched by hiy in her body had been burnt away This is what it’s like for her whole body to be at ease! So, of course she had to ‘bump’ hi until dawn…

Whole body at ease? It couldn’t have been that comfortable!

“So, you kept on ‘bu’ until a little baby came out?”

“You don’t need to put it so bluntly!” Blush

“If your assistant knew the child was conceived like this, he’d probably faint”

“I also want to pass out, okay…” Red Stork looks at her watch, exclaiuys should head to bed early!”

“No need, I’ was accustomed to this schedule

“It’s still better to sleep earlier! You know, you really should adjust your sleeping pattern Activities during the day belong to huht Don’t you think soht…”

“Alright, stop talking” Terror suddenly spreads through Lin Jing, “Not listening to your fearoffline”

The screen flashes Left with only her and Red Stork, Kang Hua Xuan senses an uneasy develop off to sleep, good night”

Everyone’s offline? Good, she’s also going to bed then

Today she should be able to sleep peacefully! Mn, needless to say, it’s because she’s ‘bumped’ into him several times!

Launching the pilot for the branch’s infant room, the heavy responsibility actually lands on Xu He Jun’s shoulders Huang Shang Rong will occasionally come to help, to see what he needs, and to allocate resources to hiether If it rains when they finish work, she feels obligated to tell him to leave his motor cycle at the office, since she can take hi It’s convenient since it’s along the way, and she can easily pick him up from his place

Not tohas major conferences or important questions, she’ll definitely find Xu He Jun to accompany her He isn’t her only assistant She also has more senior, and even a female assistant beside her, but she stillthe excuse that his preparations are the , he’ll always knohat she intends to do Consequently, froeneral hest of all the assistants

The two leave and arrive together for a period Everyone knows Xu He Jun’s circumstances recently became complicated, so it’s only expected he’d receive special consideration But the other party is the feh he already has a child), and an unh it’s improbable she’ll even be married off in the future), could sparks possibly develop between them? Not to mention, everyone is shocked to discover that if Xu He Jun takes a day off, that day, Huang Shang Rong’s teoes wrong, she’ll storut someone

If anyone said there was nothing between thes, they wouldn’t believe it

“He Jun,” at lunch time, Su Xia Dai deliberately moves her food tray beside him, “hey, have you been well recently?”

“I’ his head, he smiles at her, “thanks for your concern”

Thinking he’s still raging over the fact that she left him, she leans towards him “He Jun, if you need any help, you can always ask me”

Xu He Jun isn’t duuely aware of her intentions when she approached hiht now”

Su Xiao Dai believes his cool attitude is because he bla by him when he needed her the most

“He Jun, you, do you blame me?”

“Blame you? How can I?”

“Because I walked away during your most difficult period and didn’t stay by your side”

“How could I?” He smiles indifferently, “this sort of situation shouldn’t be forced onto someone Everyone’s an adult, I understand Not toyet I presented you with such a conundruinallyyou doith me”

His tone is cal Su Xiao Dai even more perplexed

“You, how could you let go so quickly?”

“Then what? Should I spend each day brooding, spend the entire day wondering why you left hs, “Xiao Dai, like I said, we hadn’t dated for long, while our feelings hadn’t become too deep That day you could easily walk away, and so could I, it wasn’t like anyone was fully devoted Our affections weren’t that intricate, maybe we just weren’t fated! Thanks for your concern, but I’reat”

He knows she’s currently going through a rough patch with Weng Yu Jie He doesn’t know the exact details, nor does he care To his to deal with, he wouldn’t waste his time on matters unrelated to him

Su Xiao Dai doesn’t speak Had she read hio so easily

That tiiven up because of the child Now, looking at hi well Soon the pilot for the infant prograin, and recently the feradually expanding… if it’s like this, if she turned back for him, can she still make it in time?

“Are you dating anyone right now?”

His heart already has an answer but he doesn’t want to reveal tooa motherless child, it’s not easy to talk about Normal people would run as far as possible!”

And he said he didn’t bla him at such a crucial et involved with that sort of mess!

A sudden zzrt sound, Xu He Jun hastily tidies histo climb back up the stairs to the office, “Oh, I need to take a e, I’ll leave first” He i for Su Xiao Dai’s response

Afternoon, just as Xu He Jun is about to take a doculance before pushi+ng it away—

“You don’t need to work overtio home first”

“How come?” Isn’t it really busy today? There’s still a pile of docuned Not to mention the day care room will soon be launched and there’s still so him back now?

“Don’t you have a date? It’s not good to let a girl wait too long, hurry up and go!” Huang Shang Rong acts with familiarity

“Who has a date?”

“You!”

“With who?”

Huang Shang Rong blanks for a second With who? Doesn’t he know? This afternoon, she clearly saw hi intimately with Su Xia Dai at the cafeteria Su Xiao Dai had also looked so pitiful, tugging on the corner of his jacket, even she couldn’t bear to watch! She should be trying to reconcile! Normal men wouldn’t be able to refuse, not to mention his life has currently returned to norirlfriend by his side

Seeing her re

He immediately clarifies, “Su Xiao Dai and I have already broken up A good horse doesn’t return to its old pastures[3], she and I won’t have any other relations”

“How could you move on so quickly?”

Xu He Jun laughs out loud Why do women all say this!

“I originally thought she was a good match,” he then adds, “but eren’t meant to be”

Over the past few years, having clie He also knows such a milestone in his life shouldn’t be carelessly delayed If he hasn’t married in his 30s or 40s, his mother will definitely try to push some wealthy heiress that will further the family business towards him If it’s like that, he may as well choose someone he likes, who’s easy to talk to, and a woman who can assist him in the future

Su Xiao Dai was a really good match, so others She really kno to use her charm to her own benefit, while her smooth social skills would also be considerably useful, similar to him So at the start he had already noticed her, while she also appeared interested in him So like that, it didn’t matter if they ell suited, it was still worth a try But ould have thought, after dating a little uy would report in Not to mention the easily adaptable Su Xiao Dai would run off so quickly To say they weren’t fated – they truly weren’t meant to be

“If it weren’t for Hao Hao, you and Xiao Dai would still be together, right?”

“Probably, but who knows?” It appears he has no interest in discussing this topic Pulling a chair beside her desk, he helps her organize the stack of documents

Disregarding his preference, she continues to enquire “Have you ever blamed Hao Hao’s birth mother? She disrupted your lifestyle, and even ruined your life”

“To say she ruined my life… I think, the other side doesn’t have it easy either! A single woman with a swollen stomach, unable to find me to take responsibility… I don’t knohat excuse she has But, I think there’s so that makes it hard for her to confronther, “What do you think?”

She gulps, “Then … have you ever wondered who Hao Hao’s mother is?”

“It doesn’tas the case is solved, I’ll take her home to marry”

“Take her hoasps when she hears this She hadn’t thought the youngto take her cough cough wanting to take Hao Hao’s mother home to marry

“Right!” Xu He Jun’s eyes start shi+ning, “Despite how I look, my soul is very traditional!

Look, the other party already gave birth to my child If I can’t show my sincerity and take her as my wife, how can I be considered a man?”

The more she listens, the worse her face beco? Let’s say lifestyle and custoe, values, personalities, and such…”

“How can I knoithout trying?” Placing his both hands on the desk, he stares straight at her, eyes bri expression is filled with expectation

Feeling guilty, looking at hiulps, “Good, then take your time to find her”

“Then what if I say I’ve already found her?”

“You found her?” She cries aloud, “Liar!”

“That’s why I said ‘if’” He chuckles

“Oh, if…” So it’s only hypothetical Almost scared her to death