After Transmigrating into a Scum Gong, the Rich Young Master Got Pregnant with My Child - Chapter 5

Chapter 5

Seeing how cautious he was, Lu Zhaoyi couldn’t help but laugh: “Li Xiao.”

“President Lu, what’s wrong?” Panic was written in Li Xiao’s fox eyes.

“Thank you,” Lu Zhaoyi said.

Li Xiao lowered his head to eat and didn’t say anything more, but his slightly red ears betrayed him. Lu Zhaoyi knew he was shy, but he wouldn’t deliberately call it out to embarrass Li Xiao.

He had to admit that Li Xiao was genuinely thoughtful. He clearly preferred Western food himself, but because the Scum Gong liked Chinese food, he usually made Chinese cuisine.

However, the Scum Gong is probably dead and gone somewhere, so isn’t this great cooking just cheap luck for me to enjoy?

Thinking this, Lu Zhaoyi felt a little smug.

In the past, Lu Zhaoyi rarely ate at home, but when faced with empty bowls and plates, he knew he should clean up. Before Li Xiao could prepare to do the dishes, he preemptively said, “I’ll do it.”

Li Xiao’s eyes were filled with worry. Lu Zhaoyi thought: Can’t I even wash dishes? Young Master, you don’t need to look at me like that!

“Please don’t come over to help me, and don’t teach me,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “Let me do it.”

Li Xiao looked at him, then nodded seriously.

Lu Zhaoyi genuinely didn’t know how to wash dishes, but he didn’t want Li Xiao to look down on him. He stacked a few plates together and took them to the sink, followed by the bowls and chopsticks.

Li Xiao tried to speak several times but held back. Lu Zhaoyi naturally noticed his expressions, but since Li Xiao didn’t speak, he just pretended not to see.

What else could he be trying to say? Probably just something about my lack of skills. I’m going to wash these dishes myself today! Otherwise, how embarrassing!

The apartment in Xizhou was fully furnished and equipped with everything, including all necessary kitchen items.

But the problem was, Lu Zhaoyi was not used to this chore. Li Xiao saw him only paying attention to the inside of the plates and not the outside, but seeing Lu Zhaoyi’s confident look, he felt it would be inappropriate to speak up. So, Li Xiao chose not to say anything, merely watching him quietly from the side.

A ringing phone broke the tension. Lu Zhaoyi glanced outside, then looked at Li Xiao: “Li Xiao, go get that call.”

Li Xiao hesitated but went out to pick up his phone.

Lu Zhaoyi thought: Don’t think I didn’t see that look of relief in your eyes when the phone rang! I won’t give you a chance to escape.

Lu Zhaoyi saw him enter with the phone. He seemed eager for Lu Zhaoyi to take it. Lu Zhaoyi said: “Put it on speaker. I haven’t finished the dishes yet.”

Li Xiao looked at him, then at the phone, and asked: “President Lu, would it be too presumptuous for me to stay here?”

Lu Zhaoyi shook his head: “No.”

Presumptuous my ass. This call isn’t even for me; it’s for your Scum Gong.

The voice from the other end of the phone came through: “Young President Lu, what are you busy with? Which little beauty’s bed are you in now?”

As soon as that voice spoke, Lu Zhaoyi felt embarrassed. He looked at Li Xiao, then spoke into the phone: “What nonsense are you spouting?”

“Oh, when did Young President Lu start playing the pure and innocent role?”

Lu Zhaoyi cleared his throat, reminding him: “Li Xiao is next to me.”

“So what if he is? Since when do you care about a pure young boy? Isn’t he just a…”

“Shut up,” Lu Zhaoyi snapped. “If ‘idiots’ formed a gang, you would definitely be the leader, the Grand Idiot Cult Master.”

“Hey, Young…”

“Young ass,” Lu Zhaoyi frowned, clearly impatient. He didn’t care if the other end could hear him; he looked at Li Xiao and ordered: “Hang up quickly.”

Li Xiao was a bit confused by the situation, but he still obeyed and hung up the phone.

“Peace at last,” Lu Zhaoyi looked at him with gratitude: “Thank you.”

“President Lu…” Li Xiao said, “Maybe I should just do it…”

“Are you looking down on me?”

“No,” Li Xiao said seriously. “I took your money. These things are what I should be doing.”

“Cut that out,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “You should be painting and writing. Stop worrying about me.”

Li Xiao looked to his right, then spoke: “President Lu, there is a dishwasher right there.”

“I ni…” Lu Zhaoyi caught himself mid-curse. He thought about who was in front of him, Li Xiao, and decided swearing was inappropriate, so he swallowed the rest of the word.

“Forget it. You don’t need to blame yourself. It was me who told you not to speak,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “But the dishwasher can be used just by turning it on, right? It won’t…”

Li Xiao held back a laugh: “President Lu, let me do it.”

Lu Zhaoyi realized he was completely losing face today, so he gave up struggling and let Li Xiao take over.

Watching Li Xiao work skillfully, Lu Zhaoyi began to rationalize: He must have specifically learned this for the Scum Gong. We’re both young masters; it’s not possible that he’s naturally better at chores than me, right?

Lu Zhaoyi dried his hands and picked up his phone, seeing the caller ID: Tang Yurong.

Lu Zhaoyi quickly matched the name to the person: the Scum Gong’s best, and equally rotten, friend.

A bit annoying. Li Xiao had heard everything he said.

Li Xiao didn’t know he wasn’t the original owner, and since he liked the original owner, he probably felt upset hearing those comments. Should he go and comfort him?

Lu Zhaoyi secretly watched Li Xiao, who was putting the clean dishes into the cabinet, seemingly unaffected by Tang Yurong’s words.

When he finished everything, he turned to Lu Zhaoyi and smiled: “President Lu.”

“Thank you for your hard work,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “I’ll have Chu Siyu arrange staff for you tomorrow.”

“No need, President Lu,” Li Xiao said. “I can handle these small tasks myself.”

“Then do as you wish,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “I’m going to the study.”

“I’ll go wash up and wait for you.”

“Mhm.”

Lu Zhaoyi casually replied, then realized that Li Xiao had said wait for you.

Wait, what are you waiting for me for?

Am I supposed to read my novel until 3 AM and then come find you to sleep?

That’s crazy!

But Li Xiao had already gone into the second bedroom. If he spoke up now, it would sound like he wanted to wash up with him. Forget it.

However, he still hadn’t explained the Tang Yurong situation, and Lu Zhaoyi felt inexplicably blocked up inside.

Putting himself in Li Xiao’s shoes, if he knew the person he liked was fooling around with others, he would probably be furious. Li Xiao was just too good-tempered to say anything.

Thinking he still had to go find Li Xiao later, Lu Zhaoyi quickly finished up the urgent company matters and then went to the master bedroom to wash up.

After Lu Zhaoyi used the shower, he realized the body wash smelled like Li Xiao—it was probably sent over by Chu Siyu.

The scent is nice. Li Xiao probably won’t overthink this, right?

After showering, Lu Zhaoyi, wearing a bathrobe, knocked on Li Xiao’s bedroom door. Lu Zhaoyi didn’t have any ulterior motive; he just figured since Li Xiao said he’d wait, Li Xiao probably wanted to sleep with him.

“Does President Lu want to sleep with me?” Li Xiao said. “You don’t need to go to the trouble of coming over; I’ll prepare.”

“Li Xiao,” Lu Zhaoyi’s tone was somewhat stern, “How old are you?”

“Twenty-two.”

Before Li Xiao could express confusion, Lu Zhaoyi asked: “And me?”

Li Xiao looked at him and replied: “Twenty-three.”

“Am I old?”

Li Xiao shook his head.

“Am I ugly?”

Li Xiao still shook his head.

Lu Zhaoyi finally asked what he wanted to know: “Then why are you so afraid of me?”

As if I’m going to eat you! I’m not the Scum Gong!

Li Xiao looked up at him, his fox eyes full of innocence: “I took your money, and you haven’t done anything. I feel uneasy.”

“Do you want to do something?”

Logically, these three words should sound seductive, but Lu Zhaoyi was not an ordinary person. When he asked these words, he exuded a stern authority that was intimidating. Far from being flirtatious, Li Xiao’s body trembled slightly.

Lu Zhaoyi saw this and immediately realized that his tone was no different from how he spoke during business negotiations; Li Xiao must be frightened.

This is bad.

“I didn’t mean anything by that, Li Xiao.” Lu Zhaoyi genuinely didn’t know what to say, so he just opened his arms: “Come here.”

He pulled Li Xiao into his embrace: “I apologize.”

But while he was silent, things were fine. The moment he apologized, Li Xiao started crying.

Lu Zhaoyi, Lu Zhaoyi, this is all your fault for insisting on discussing age and fear. Now he’s crying again! What is wrong with you? Did transmigrating break your brain? Did the original owner’s brain problems infect you?

Cursing himself internally solved nothing. Moreover, Li Xiao was still worried and didn’t dare to cry loudly. He pulled away from Lu Zhaoyi’s embrace: “President Lu, are you annoyed with me? I’m sorry.”

“Li Xiao, maybe we should just end things. The money I gave you…”

Li Xiao didn’t give him a chance to finish. He leaned toward Lu Zhaoyi and gently placed a kiss on his lips, then quickly pulled away. After kissing him, he immediately said: “I’m sorry, President Lu.”

Li Xiao was always so cautious around him. Lu Zhaoyi didn’t know how much courage it took for him to initiate that kiss. But he didn’t care about his own first kiss status; he just felt that Li Xiao shouldn’t have to be like this.

The Scum Gong would never have allowed him to take the initiative like that.

Given the Scum Gong’s impulsive nature, the young master would probably be crying in bed already.

It wasn’t unreasonable for Lu Zhaoyi to think this way. The original novel described exactly that. The original author’s smut scenes were met with a torrent of comments, and Lu Zhaoyi felt the Scum Gong’s actions bordered on assault.

“Li Xiao, let me think about it some more,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “You should go to sleep early. I’ll sleep in the next room.”

After saying that, Lu Zhaoyi thought Li Xiao might cry again. He looked at Li Xiao’s tear-stained red eyes and felt his words were too cold. He had already turned around, but now he turned back to look at Li Xiao.

It was a good thing he looked. Li Xiao instantly lost his footing and began to collapse. Lu Zhaoyi quickly rushed to support him, and Li Xiao fell into his arms.

Oh no! Lu Zhaoyi, what the hell are you doing?! That’s Li Xiao! He’s delicate and pampered! Why did you make him cry so much? He fainted! What are you going to do now?

“Li Xiao, Xiao Xiao, Young Master, wake up!”

Since Li Xiao had fainted, he naturally couldn’t hear him.

Lu Zhaoyi carried the person to the bed and forced himself to calm down. The Billionaire’s Spoiled Wife Runs Away With the Ball followed most generic web novel tropes. The Scum Gong had a doctor friend named He Shuoyan.

Lu Zhaoyi, who desperately wanted to distance himself from the Scum Gong’s friends and disliked that annoying doctor, simply called Chu Siyu instead.

Chu Siyu had arranged the Xizhou apartment, so she naturally knew Li Xiao lived there. She didn’t ask any unnecessary questions and immediately called a doctor for Lu Zhaoyi.

Lu Zhaoyi felt incredibly wronged. He remembered the original novel writing that Li Xiao fainted the first time the Scum Gong slept with him. The problem was, he hadn’t done anything! But since he called Chu Siyu, she was bound to think the worst of him.

Lu Zhaoyi looked at Li Xiao lying on the bed. He had always known Li Xiao was handsome and was afraid to look into those eyes that held the world’s charms, but now that he was lying there, Lu Zhaoyi only felt his fragility.

He suddenly recalled two lines from a poem by Bai Juyi:

“I fear he is a celestial being banished to the human world.” “Colorful clouds scatter easily, and colored glass is fragile.”

Li Xiao was indeed like the fragile, flawless, pure glass of the colorful clouds.

Just looking at him lying there, Lu Zhaoyi thought about the kiss.

Damn it! My first kiss, which I guarded for twenty-three years, is gone just like that!

Forget it. At least it was Li Xiao’s first kiss too, so it’s not a complete loss.