Chapter 093: Mr. Xiao Misses His Wife Very Much!

Shi Runrun hid in the bedroom for a long time.

Only after she had secretly stood by the window and watched him get into the car and leave did she finally breathe a sigh of relief—only for him to realize that she had been spying on him!

Mortified, she immediately darted back to bed, pulled the covers over herself, and suddenly thought that maybe she really did not need to go to class today after all.

Every so often, just thinking about what happened yesterday made her face flush, and with all those red marks on her neck, how was she supposed to explain herself at school?!

She hesitated and dawdled until the clock nearly reached half past eight.

Her first class was at ten in the morning. If she still did not go downstairs for breakfast and head out, she would be late.

It was exam week, too. The teacher might go over the key points for the final exam. She could not skip class.

With that in mind, she got out of bed and let out a long sigh.

Then, dragging her feet, she went downstairs.

Down below, Aunt Li saw her come down and immediately brought up the breakfast that had been kept warm.

Shi Runrun ate with unease, head lowered, afraid that Aunt Li would tease her.

But Aunt Li, having already been instructed by Xiao Xuezheng, did not make fun of Shi Runrun this time. She only helped warm the milk and ladle out a second bowl of millet porridge.

When breakfast was done, Shi Runrun pulled out a tissue and wiped the corners of her mouth. At that moment, the quick-handed Aunt Li immediately served up a steaming bowl of old black-bone chicken soup with red dates.

Shi Runrun: "..."

She looked at her helplessly and asked, "Aunt Li, do I really have to drink it?"

She was already full!

Aunt Li smiled and nodded. "Be good, Madam. Listen to me and drink it. It will nourish your body, and it also helps with conception! You’ll be more likely to give birth to a little heir sooner!"

Shi Runrun: "..."

In the end, she had no choice but to force herself to finish the bowl of chicken soup.

Mm, her stomach felt so full.

Seeing her finish, Aunt Li took the bowl and chopsticks away in satisfaction.

Shi Runrun stood up and went to get the medicine she had previously been prescribed at the hospital. But when she picked up the bag and poured out the pills, she realized that one of the white bottles seemed to be missing.

She clearly remembered there had been a small white bottle of pills, but now it was gone. Had she simply been careless and put it somewhere without remembering?

She did not think much of it and took the medicine from the hospital with warm water.

Because she did not think much of it this time, she had no idea that three tiny lives were quietly taking root and beginning to grow inside her...

Three of them, to be exact...

...

After packing her schoolbag, she got into the driver arranged by the family and headed to school.

By nine-thirty, when they were still about five kilometers from the campus, the phone in her pocket rang.

Shi Runrun answered it, and from the receiver came a pleasant male voice, warm with amusement.

"Is this Mrs. Xiao? Mr. Xiao has left you a message and asked me to pass it on. Please say ‘beep’ to confirm your identity before listening!"

"Beep!"

"Mr. Xiao wants to know, after last night, how are you feeling? Did you feel..."

Startled, Shi Runrun, who still had the speaker on, immediately silenced the phone!

But even with that lightning-fast reaction, the driver in front had still heard it.

A low chuckle drifted back from the driver’s seat, making Shi Runrun’s face burn red and hot.

Covering the phone, she lowered her voice and said, "Xiao Xuezheng! Are you crazy? It’s morning, and people heard that..."

With that, she immediately hung up.

He... he was truly awful!

How could he make her answer such a question in the car?!

The driver was still right there!

Hmph!

Bastard!

A minute later, her phone rang again.

Shi Runrun glanced at the caller ID, rolled her eyes, and cut the call off at once.

But the next second, he called again!

She hung up, and he called right back!

It was as if he were determined to force her to answer!

With no other choice, Shi Runrun picked up and said expressionlessly, "I’m sorry, Mr. Xiao, you have the wrong number. Your wife is very angry right now, and she does not want to talk to you!"

The man on the other end curved his lips. "Then what should I do? Mr. Xiao misses his wife very much. What should he do?"

"It doesn’t matter. You can keep thinking about her, but your wife does not miss you! If there’s nothing else, I’m hanging up!"

Click!

Shi Runrun immediately pressed the end button again.

How could he have so much free time to sit there chatting like this?!

In those little drama serials, weren’t all the powerful CEOs supposed to be swamped from dawn till dusk, with no time to clone themselves?

How was he acting like he had nothing to do, using every spare moment just to tease her?!

But angry as she was, this feeling of being repeatedly called and "harassed" by him—well, she had to admit there was still a faint sweetness to it in her heart...

Still, he could not be that wicked!

Couldn’t he talk about something else?!

And so, at ten minutes to ten, Shi Runrun arrived at school.

Covering her neck and sneaking in furtively, she sat down beside Cen Huan, head lowered, scarcely daring to breathe. She was terrified that her classmates would notice the marks on her neck, and she silently prayed that the teacher would not call her name.

Seeing how awkward she looked, Cen Huan noticed her and asked what was wrong.

Shi Runrun only kept her head down and said nothing. When Cen Huan saw her clutching her neck, she thought Shi Runrun must have hurt it, so she reached out at once to pull her hand away.

Shi Runrun was caught off guard, and her hand was pulled aside.

The next second, when Cen Huan saw the red marks covering her neck, she almost screamed—but fortunately, Shi Runrun clamped a hand over her mouth in time!

"Runrun... your neck..."

Shi Runrun: "..."

Cen Huan looked at her, and her expression shifted from shock to a wicked grin. In a low voice, she teased, "My goodness, just how intense were you and that great male idol of yours last night? This record... tsk tsk tsk..."

Hearing that, Shi Runrun’s face turned crimson, and she lowered her head even further.

She tugged at Cen Huan’s skirt and said quietly, "Stop laughing, Huanhuan. If the classmates find out, wouldn’t I end up as the top headline on our school’s forum? Hurry up—help me think of a way!"

Cen Huan really was clever. Her eyes flicked to the side, and from nowhere she produced a thin pink silk scarf, then tied it around Shi Runrun’s neck for her.

"Even though wearing a scarf in this weather may be a bit hot, it’s still better than letting people see the marks on your neck. Bear with it. When you get home, put some ointment on it. The marks should fade in a couple of days!"

Hearing that, Shi Runrun was so moved she nearly wanted to kneel and bow three times in gratitude!

This really was the best possible solution!

Wait, hold on...

Suddenly, Shi Runrun thought of something and looked at Cen Huan suspiciously. "Huanhuan, how do you know so much about this? Could it be that you’ve also gone through something like..."

Cen Huan: "..."

Her own face immediately flushed red as well.

In her mind, Cen Huan could not help recalling how, before, she had been tormented by that bastard Ji Yunan...

Ahem... off-topic!

Forget that bastard!

Meanwhile, over at his own company, where he was sitting idly with nothing to do, Young Master Ji suddenly sneezed hard. He cursed inwardly, wondering which bastard was cursing him behind his back.