Xiao Linye saw she wasn’t speaking and glanced at her. "What are you thinking about?"
Ye Yuning replied, "No, nothing. Why are you suddenly interested in our boss?"
She forced herself to remain calm as she asked.
But inwardly, her emotions were in complete turmoil; she felt like she was about to explode!
Xiao Linye said, "It’s nothing. It’s just that today Xia Andai’s father, Fifth Master Xia, ca to the Xiao Corporation and asked for my opinion on the Ye family’s adopted daughter."
"As a manager in the business departnt, what opinion could I possibly have about your boss? Don’t you find his question strange?"
Ye Yuning stamred, "Wha-what?"
Xia Andai’s father went to ask Xiao Linye? No, this can’t be...! What on earth is Xia Andai up to?
Ye Yuning was montarily dumbfounded.
And Xiao Linye calling himself ’a manager in the business departnt’—he actually had the nerve to say that. My heart felt empty, yet at the sa ti, I harbored so resentnt! This man... he was still deceiving ... But then again, he said he was taking to the birthday banquet. Maybe he planned to tell then? But I... I hadn’t dared to accept his candor.
"Do you know Xia Andai?"
"Ye-yes, we know each other. We were classmates!" Ye Yuning nodded, feeling a little guilty.
Co to think of it, Tang Xi, Ling Yan, Xia Andai... weren’t they all prominent figures? Hopefully, this wouldn’t arouse Xiao Linye’s suspicion...!
Ye Yuning prayed fervently in her heart, terrified of arousing Xiao Linye’s suspicion right now.
Fortunately, he didn’t seem to be overthinking it. Ye Yuning’s head throbbed painfully. She felt as if her entire skull had gone completely numb.
「By the ti they arrived at Shanyu Pavilion, the housekeeper had already prepared dinner.」
The food, which usually looked so appetizing, now made Ye Yuning feel bloated and unwell just by looking at it.
"I had the housekeeper make lamb legs for you today."
"All these dishes are made from lamb legs?" Ye Yuning was shocked.
The housekeeper smiled and nodded. "Yes, one whole lamb leg made into six dishes."
Ye Yuning was amazed by the housekeeper’s culinary skills. She was soone who couldn’t even cook rice, so what the housekeeper had achieved seed like a massive undertaking to her.
She turned to Xiao Linye beside her. "You really should give the housekeeper a raise."
Xiao Linye chuckled. "Cheeky~!"
Ye Yuning stuck out her tongue.
There was roasted lamb and stewed lamb. Xiao Linye served her a bowl of warming lamb soup; she actually used to quite like lamb soup.
But now...
Just slling it made her feel terribly uncomfortable.
She ate a piece of the quickly roasted lamb bone. It was probably heavily seasoned, so Ye Yuning didn’t feel any discomfort from it.
"This roasted lamb bone is delicious."
"You like it?" Xiao Linye glanced at her, taking a sip of soup from his bowl.
Ye Yuning nodded. "Everything the housekeeper makes is always delicious."
Xiao Linye humd in agreent.
The Xiao family’s cooks naturally possessed extraordinary skills.
The housekeeper cleaned up the kitchen and left.
Ye Yuning and Xiao Linye sat at the dining table. The picture they made was one of serene, peaceful tis.
Ye Yuning wished they could stay frozen in this mont forever.
Xiao Linye looked at her. "Why aren’t you drinking the soup? The flavor gets stronger if it cools down."
Ye Yuning said, "I’ll drink it, I’ll drink it."
Probably due to her guilty conscience, she didn’t dare contradict a single word Xiao Linye said.
The lamb soup actually tasted excellent. But now, for so unknown reason, Ye Yuning could always detect another sll beneath the soup’s aroma. She was very sensitive to it, and the sll was deeply unsettling to her.
Xiao Linye noticed her frown. "What’s wrong?"
"This soup... I don’t want to drink it."
"The housekeeper stewed it for several hours today. I tasted it, and it’s quite good. You should try so."
Ye Yuning remained silent. But she really didn’t want to try it! The re sll made her want to vomit. She had read online that every pregnant woman experiences different reactions: so crave bland food, so spicy, and others sour. Of course, there were even so who craved bitter things! But based on her own recent cravings, she seed to prefer strongly flavored foods. Like spicy or numbing flavors! For example, those roasted lamb noodles—she had found them incredibly tasty.
"You don’t want to drink the soup?" Xiao Linye raised an eyebrow.
Ye Yuning nodded. "Yes, I don’t want to drink the soup."
"Then don’t. But you should eat less of these heavily seasoned dishes; they’re not good for you."
Ye Yuning was speechless.
When he made strongly flavored food for before, he never said anything about it being unhealthy. So why now, when the housekeeper made it, was he telling to eat less?
"Your condition... you should probably get it checked, right?" Xiao Linye suddenly asked.
Ye Yuning replied, "Huh?"
"Your period. It was light—only one day!"
That... that... Ye Yuning instantly realized what he was referring to. Before, her period always lasted at least four days! She hadn’t expected him to rember such a detail so clearly.
A sudden pang of sorrow welled up in Ye Yuning’s heart.
This fool... he didn’t even know she had almost miscarried! Pregnancy should be a joyous occasion, and a woman’s first instinct is usually to share the news with her husband. Yet here I am, too afraid to even ntion it.
The thought made Ye Yuning feel incredibly frustrated and suffocated.
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