450 The Secret About the Past 68 (1/2)
”Don't see her if you hate it then. We're not in need of money anyway. Besides, I don't want you to tire yourself out. What's the point of going toe to toe against her in the office? You two are biological sisters after all. Although you may not get along well with each other, there's no need to make things worse. Besides, you still have me,” said Gu Beicheng.
Lin Mingxi nodded in agreement. ”I'll heed your advice then.”
”What would you like to eat? Let's go together.”
”I don't have any special cravings, I'm fine with eating anywhere.”
Gu Beicheng brought her to a restaurant. ”Xiaoning and I dined here before. The food's pretty delectable. Here's the menu.”
Lin Mingxi took the menu from his hands and ordered a few dishes before handing the menu back to the waiter. Scanning her surroundings, she said, ”What an artistic restaurant.”
”Yeah, the food is tasty too. I'm going on an overseas business trip tomorrow to discuss a major deal. I'll only be back a month later.”
”Do you have to be away for so long? Since it's for business, go ahead, but come back as soon as possible,” said Lin Mingxi, sounding rather reluctant to let him leave.
”Will you miss me?” he asked with raised brows.
”Of course I will, you're my Hubby,” Lin Mingxi answered, blushing slightly.
”I'll be going together with Xiaoning, though. Our companies are cooperating to clinch a deal with an overseas client,” Gu Beicheng told her truthfully.
”Is that so?” Lin Mingxi asked, sounding extremely disgruntled. She was not exactly thrilled about the idea, especially since she knew that Gu Beicheng loved An Xiaoning deeply. She also knew that it would be impossible to make him forget about An Xiaoning within a short period of time.
Noticing that she had gotten upset, Gu Beicheng looked down and asked, ”Are you overthinking again?”
”No,” she denied.
”You are. Xiaoning is forever my closest kin. She has been and always will be,” he said slowly.
”I understand. However, I can't help but get reminded of the fact that she's more important to you than I am, which upsets me every time,” Lin Mingxi lamented in a mellow voice.
”I know, I'll try to adjust slowly. Trust me, alright?” said Gu Beicheng, who was apprehensive toward his own promise.
Lin Mingxi nodded in agreement. She had the patience to wait for the day that she would finally conquer his heart.
It was only a matter of time.
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An Xiaoning and Jin Qingyan drove home in the evening. Upon arriving at the entrance, they both turned in sync to look out of the window at the wall lamp, only to see that there were caricatures of them drawn on the wall.
After driving into the courtyard, Jin Qingyan asked, ”Who drew those on the wall?”
”Little Sir did.”
”That imp… wash the drawings off immediately. They're hideous,” Jin Qingyan instructed.
”Yes, Young Sir.” Fan Shixin burst into laughter and immediately instructed the servants to get rid of the drawings.
”This silly child must be angry at me. It's tough being a man, a husband, and a father. I'll go try cajoling him,” Jin Qingyan lamented with a sigh.
An Xiaoning smiled and headed inside together with him.
Upon arriving at the door of Jin Yiheng's bedroom, Jin Qingyan stuck his head inside to take a peek. He realized that his son was lying in bed with the bed lamp on.
He walked in stealthily and said, ”Son, Daddy's home.”
Jin Yiheng continued to lie in bed and remained still.
”Son?” Jin Qingyan inched forward to take a closer look, only to find that his son was crying.