Chapter 6: Huo Shiyuan's Childhood Sweetheart

Ice Raspberry's Panamera sped along the elevated road, the streetlights shimmering like stars.

After entering Ruohu Mansion, Huo Shiyuan turned his head to Yuan Xi, "This car isn't suitable for a pregnant woman. Do you have time this weekend to go with me to pick out a new one?"

Indeed, the comfort of Yuan Xi's new car wasn't great, especially with Huo Shiyuan's tall stature of 1.9 meters. It definitely wouldn't be suitable for her to drive in her late pregnancy. She really needed to change the car.

"President Huo, I don't have any days off this weekend."

Huo Shiyuan replied, "Then wait until after you resign and we'll buy a new car. In the meantime, I'll have a driver take you around."

Huo Shiyuan parked the car, opened the door for Yuan Xi, and together they walked into the house.

Reaching the spiraling staircase, Yuan Xi hesitated slightly. Owing to work, she had visited Ruohu Mansion several times but had never stepped above the second floor.

There was a shoe-changing area at the foot of the stairs, containing a pair of flat, blue women's slippers.

Huo Shiyuan handed the slippers to Yuan Xi, "I picked these out especially for you."

Yuan Xi changed into the slippers presented by Huo Shiyuan, and followed him up to the master bedroom on the third floor. Inside the living area, and further in was the bedroom, its color scheme of gray, white, and black suited Huo Shiyuan.

"This is the master bedroom, the master bathroom is over there, the study room is in the room next door, and here is the dressing room and makeup room I just prepared for you. The cosmetics are all selected to be suitable for pregnant women. I don't know if they are your usual brands..."

Yuan Xi entered the dressing room and the makeup room to find various types of clothing, some with the tags still on. The majority of the clothes were shades of blue.

Yuan Xi glanced at her own pale blue outfit, "President Huo, you didn't think I like blue just because I'm wearing it today, did you?"

Huo Shiyuan asked, "You don't like blue?"

Yuan Xi smiled, "It's not that I have a particular favorite. I usually wear professional clothing like suits and shirts, so I like all kinds of colors in my clothes to avoid monotony. Actually, I do like blue."

Huo Shiyuan must have bought every blue series from the major brands in the mall.

Yuan Xi glanced at a cupboard beside her, again full of blue...

Huo Shiyuan breathed a sigh of relief, "As long as you like them. The pajama section is here."

Yuan Xi opened the pajama section and saw silk camisole nightgowns hanging inside. Thankfully, they weren't all blue. However, she had never worn such mature-style camisole nightgowns before.

Yuan Xi blushed instantly when she saw the undergarments in the drawer beneath the nightgowns.

"President Huo, I'm going to take a shower."

Huo Shiyuan responded solemnly.

Yuan Xi went to the bathroom, but Huo Shiyuan's bathroom was bigger than her small bedroom at home.

After quickly finishing her bath, Yuan Xi dried her long hair, looking in the mirror at herself wearing the silk camisole nightgown.

The whiteness beneath her collarbones, Yuan Xi tried to cover it with her dried hair as much as possible...

She already had a child, there was nothing to be nervous about.

Yuan Xi took a deep breath, casually tying her hair into a messy bun.

Inside the bedroom, Huo Shiyuan had also finished his bath. He was wearing a set of gray-and-black silk pajamas, conservatively not revealing any skin.

Huo Shiyuan heard movement, put down his mobile phone, and looked at Yuan Xi, his Adam's apple moving involuntarily.

From the two-meter-wide bed, there was a distance of about one and a half meters between Yuan Xi and Huo Shiyuan. She stayed as close to the edge of the bed as possible, picking up her mobile phone to see it was low on battery, "President Huo, do you have a charging cable?"

"Yes."

Huo Shiyuan unplugged the charger from the bedside and handed it to Yuan Xi. After she plugged in her phone, she forcefully suppressed her nervous heartbeat.

Yuan Xi opened WeChat and sent a message to her group of girlfriends.

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: I got married.

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: ???

Sui Sui: ???

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: I quit my job.

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: Did you finally decide to leave Gu Hanchen?

Sui Sui: Secretary Yuan, you've been saying you would quit every year for the last five years, but you never actually did.

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: Her WeChat name is still Mi Chen Game, believing she would quit is like believing I'm the Daughter of the Richest Man in Jiang City.

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: Sorry, I'm the one who's the Daughter of the Richest Man in Jiang City.

Sui Sui: Fine, fine, if you two are the Daughters of the Richest Man in Jiang City, then I'm the Daughter of the Richest Man in A City.

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: The Daughter of the Richest Man in A City is my daughter, I'm pregnant.

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: You're so busy every day we barely even see you, which dynasty was it last time we had a meal together? And you still have time to get pregnant?

Sui Sui: Believing you're pregnant is harder than believing I'm the daughter of the richest man in A City.

Seeing her two best friends in disbelief, Yuan Xi sent them a photo of her marriage certificate with the identification number blurred out.

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: I really did get married, and I've been pregnant for five weeks now.

Sui Sui: I've gotten married too.

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Yuan Xi clicked on the marriage certificate photo sent by Liang Suisui. The groom in the photo against a red backdrop was a very handsome face.

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: Liang Suisui, when did you get married?

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: Liang Suisui, we have the same husband, Lin Mu is my husband!

Yuan Xi: "..."

Yuan Xi checked her old pal Lin Mu's name; he was a popular young idol at the time, obviously, Liang Suisui's wedding photo was photoshopped.

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: Yuan Xi, where did you find such a hot guy to Photoshop into a wedding photo? Is he a web celebrity? How have I never come across such a handsome man?

Mi Chen Game Yuan Xi: Because he really is my husband.

Yuanyuan Yuanyuan: I won't believe it unless he's right in front of me.

Yuan Xi glanced at Huo Shiyuan, and upon meeting her gaze, Huo Shiyuan asked, "What's up?"

Yuan Xi said, "My friend wants to meet President Huo."

Huo Shiyuan responded, "Okay, you arrange a meeting."

"Also, we're married now, I hope you won't call me President Huo anymore, you can call me Shiyan, or…husband."

Huo Shiyuan moved closer to Yuan Xi.

Yuan Xi felt her ears heat up but suddenly rushed out of bed and into the bathroom to throw up.

Huo Shiyuan followed her; seeing the vomit, he didn't flinch but patted Yuan Xi's back, asking, "What's wrong? Do you need to go to the hospital?"

After rinsing her mouth, Yuan Xi said, "Morning sickness, it's okay; I've been vomiting badly these days. Eating some sour and sweet fruit will help."

Huo Shiyuan looked at Yuan Xi's flat belly and called his assistant, "Buy some sour and sweet fruits."

Yuan Xi said, "No need, it's too much trouble."

Huo Shiyuan replied, "It's fine, not a bother."

Yuan Xi insisted, "Really, no need, I don't want to be like Gu Hanchen, making my secretary's assistant buy food for him in the middle of the night."

Gu Hanchen had made her buy supper for him after she had already bathed, not just once or twice.

Huo Shiyuan said, "Then I'll go buy it for you."

While Yuan Xi was still dazed, Huo Shiyuan had already left.

Yuan Xi heard the sound of the car starting; she touched her belly, thinking Huo Shiyuan would make a good father.

Yuan Xi looked at a photo frame by Huo Shiyuan's bedside. Moving closer, she saw it contained a photo of a girl around twelve years old.

The girl wore a blue Dior princess dress, holding a Balabala little magical fairy's magic wand in her hand.

Looking at the girl's eyes and brows in the photo, Yuan Xi paused; the little girl looked a lot like her.

Was this little girl in the photo the childhood friend Huo Shiyuan had mentioned?

So the Huo Shiyuan, who was supposedly indifferent to women as per Gu Hanchen, had a wild night with her after getting drunk because she resembled his childhood friend?