After Transmigrating into a Scum Gong, the Rich Young Master Got Pregnant with My Child - Chapter 57

Chapter 57

When Lu Mingze was four years old, he was already very intelligent, and he realized one thing: Lu Zhaoyi didn’t seem to like him very much.

He decided to observe his father further to figure out his true feelings.

“Xiaoxiao,” Lu Zhaoyi said, “Is Lu Mingze not going to school tomorrow?”

“Mm.”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “How annoying.”

Lu Mingze, who had heard everything his father said, promptly asked: “Dad, do you not like me?”

Lu Zhaoyi was immediately surprised: “You figured that out? Truly my son.”

Li Xiao: “…”

Lu Mingze: “…”

Li Xiao pulled him onto his lap and rubbed Lu Mingze’s hair: “Mingze, how could he not like you? Dad only has one son, you.”

Lu Mingze said earnestly: “But he also only has one Xiaoxiao and one Yuehe. And he only hates one face. Xiaoxiao, don’t make excuses for him.”

Li Xiao was a bit speechless. Lu Zhaoyi laughed: “That’s well said. That’s a bit like my son.”

“Lu Zhaoyi,” Li Xiao called out his name.

“What is it, Xiaoxiao?” Lu Zhaoyi said seriously, “I only have one Xiaoxiao. Lu Mingze just taught me that.”

“Be serious,” Li Xiao said. “It’s because you don’t spend time with your son; he’s complaining now.”

Lu Zhaoyi pondered for a moment: “He’s this old and still doesn’t speak seven languages, and still can’t inherit the company. I haven’t complained, so how dare he complain? He’s only tolerable because his small face is handsome and shows a resemblance to both of us. Otherwise, I wouldn’t tolerate him.”

“Do I look more like Xiaoxiao or Lu Zhaoyi?” Lu Mingze asked.

“Both,” Li Xiao said. “Mingze, you are our darling.”

Lu Mingze shook his head: “You are Lu Zhaoyi’s darling, and Lu Zhaoyi is your darling. I am not your darling.”

“Oh?” Lu Zhaoyi asked him, “Then whose darling are you?”

“My future wife’s darling,” Lu Mingze said.

Li Xiao and Lu Zhaoyi both laughed: “Mingze, aren’t you thinking a bit far ahead?”

“If I had a wife now, I could be with her almost forever,” Lu Mingze said earnestly. “I’ve thought this through carefully.”

“You’re right,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “Remember to find a pretty one. Don’t let me and my Xiaoxiao be embarrassed.”

Li Xiao asked: “What does Mingze’s choice of partner have to do with us? How would it embarrass us?”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “If she’s ugly, it will be upsetting to look at. I won’t stand for it!”

Li Xiao shot him a side-eye: “How are you teaching your son?”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “Teaching my son to have good taste from an early age. What’s wrong with that, Xiaoxiao? Why are you blaming me?”

“I wouldn’t dare blame CEO Lu,” Li Xiao said. “The weather is getting cold; I wonder whose family you plan to bankrupt next.”

Lu Zhaoyi pondered for a moment: “If the little brat likes someone ugly, don’t we have a target?”

Li Xiao said to Lu Mingze: “Mingze, you heard that, right?”

“I heard it,” Lu Mingze said. “Lu Zhaoyi not only dislikes me, but he also dislikes his future daughter-in-law.”

“Kids know so much nowadays,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “It seems I taught him well.”

Li Xiao muttered quietly: “If you really taught him well, that would be something else entirely.”

Lu Zhaoyi blinked: “Xiaoxiao, shall we go out?”

Li Xiao said: “Let’s take our son.”

“Xiaoxiao Dad is the best,” Lu Mingze said. “This drama queen Dad is such a meanie.”

“Lu Mingze!”

After Lu Zhaoyi yelled his name, Lu Mingze immediately ran into the bedroom. Lu Zhaoyi sat down, pulled Li Xiao into his lap again, and then placed a kiss on his forehead.

“Xiaoxiao, where should we go?” Lu Zhaoyi said. “It’s been a long time since we took the little brat out.”

Li Xiao said: “Your son thinks you don’t like him. How are you going to salvage your image as his father?”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “I won’t bother. I prefer being uncool.”

Li Xiao smiled: “Don’t you dare! Lu Zhaoyi, if you like your son, why don’t you tell him?”

“I just won’t tell him. It saves the little brat from getting spoiled,” Lu Zhaoyi said.

Li Xiao said: “Your son is so smart. Can he really not see that you actually love him?”

“Who cares about him,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “As long as my wife sees that I love him, that’s enough.”

Li Xiao laughed: “I definitely know that.”

…

They eventually went to the largest children’s amusement park in the city. There were many activities, but some of them Lu Zhaoyi wouldn’t let Li Xiao touch.

Li Xiao complained: “Lu Mingze is four, not Li Xiao. Why can’t Li Xiao play?”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “Li Xiao just can’t play. It has nothing to do with age. Xiaoxiao, if you want to play, we’ll find some other activities.”

“Lu Zhaoyi!” Li Xiao said. “There are so many people here. Be careful. Our son might come out any second.”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “If our son comes out, he comes out. I’m not stopping him.”

“Then why did you say that?” Li Xiao said.

“I’m talking to my wife. If Lu Mingze is eavesdropping, then Lu Mingze is in the wrong.”

Li Xiao laughed: “What a robber’s logic.”

“It’s not robber’s logic; I’m right,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “Lu Mingze shouldn’t eavesdrop on us talking.”

“Okay, even Lu Mingze shouldn’t!” Li Xiao said. “Your opinion is important.”

Lu Zhaoyi put his arm around him and leaned him against his shoulder, pretending to be casual: “Why isn’t that unlucky brat coming over yet? Did he decide he doesn’t like me?”

“Dad?” Lu Mingze asked, “Are you looking for me?”

“I changed my mind,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “Not looking for you now. Go back and play.”

“I don’t want to play anymore,” Lu Mingze said. “Save me a seat.”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “Go sit on the floor.”

He only said that, of course. He and Li Xiao both moved over, allowing Lu Mingze room to sit down.

Lu Mingze said: “Shall we take a picture?”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “To appease your teacher?”

“I want to take one,” Lu Mingze said. “Xiaoxiao is so handsome.”

Lu Zhaoyi asked: “What about me?”

“So-so.”

“That’s too much, you little brat. I really might not like you,” Lu Zhaoyi said.

“Does Dad like me now?” Lu Mingze said. “It sounds like it.”

“A little bit,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “If you bully Xiaoxiao, then not at all.”

“You’re the one bullying Xiaoxiao!” Lu Mingze said. “I know Xiaoxiao was even crying because of you!”

“What are you talking about?” Lu Zhaoyi said. “Lu Mingze, what nonsense are you sprouting?”

“Just last time, when you told me to change clothes for school, when I came out of my room, I saw Xiaoxiao’s tears,” Lu Mingze said. “You were definitely bullying Xiaoxiao!”

Li Xiao and Lu Zhaoyi exchanged glances, both reading embarrassment in the other’s eyes.

Lu Zhaoyi said bluntly: “You don’t have a wife, you wouldn’t understand. I wasn’t bullying Xiaoxiao.”

Lu Mingze asked Li Xiao: “Xiaoxiao Dad, did Lu Zhaoyi bully you?”

Li Xiao shook his head: “He loves me.”

“He loves you and still makes you cry?” Lu Mingze said. “I would never make my wife cry.”

Lu Zhaoyi laughed unrestrainedly: “That’s what people without a wife always say.”

Just as Lu Mingze was about to retort, he heard Lu Zhaoyi ask: “Lu Mingze, other kids learn to say ‘Mom’ and ‘Dad’ first. How come the first word you spoke was ‘Xiaoxiao’?”

Lu Mingze replied without hesitation: “Because the first word you spoke was ‘Xiaoxiao.’ I must have learned it from you.”

“That’s true,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “Anyway, Xiaoxiao is my wife.”

Li Xiao nodded and said: “You’re right.”

“You both bully me,” Lu Mingze mumbled, pouting, and ran towards the other playground equipment.

Lu Zhaoyi laughed: “Kids are so easy to fool; they don’t hold grudges at all.”

Li Xiao said: “I hold a grudge. Look at what he’s learning.”

“I bully you?” Lu Zhaoyi said. “How can you call what happens between a couple ‘bullying’? I was clearly showing affection for my darling.”

“He doesn’t know that,” Li Xiao said. “Next time… let’s be more careful.”

“Hmph,” Lu Zhaoyi said. “I was already being very careful, and he still saw it. It’s his fault for being careless. It’s all Lu Mingze’s fault.”

Li Xiao laughed: “You’re even blaming your own son?”

“Of course,” Lu Zhaoyi said very seriously. “He can’t use his young age to make me forgive him, can he? He’s completely interfering with us.”

Li Xiao smiled: “It looks like someone is getting angry out of shame again.”

Lu Zhaoyi said: “I’m not angry out of shame. I was just making a point.”

“Mm,” Li Xiao squeezed his hand. “I know all about it.”

…

Lu Zhaoyi’s birthday this year was grand, not for any particular reason, but because his friends always wanted to gather and see them. However, Lu Zhaoyi preferred to stay at home with Li Xiao playing games than go out to meet people.

In his words: “Whether I go out or not depends on my wife, so it’s more convenient to just stay at home.”

Li Xiao laughed at him, but he didn’t care. Lu Zhaoyi said: “I’m not wrong.”

Both of them valued ritual in their lives, and this was evident in every aspect. Even on traditional holidays, they would find an excuse to express their love for each other.

The word “love” shouldn’t just be spoken; more importantly, it should be expressed through action. Both of them knew this well, so they naturally tried their best to do more for each other, fearing that their affection wasn’t evident enough.

Lu Mingze was already four years old, and the time they had been together was increasing. Initial attraction is easy to get, but the journey they had taken required more than just initial passion.

Fortunately, they had always been in sync, and even small quarrels were just a bit of fun in their life.

Having Lu Mingze was also a very happy part of their life. Although Lu Zhaoyi always spoke about not liking him, Lu Mingze was his flesh and blood. How could he not like him? Saying such things was merely due to his personality, but if you paid close attention, you could always feel his affection.

The birthday banquet was extremely lively, and the three of them looked like a truly enviable family.

The guests’ reactions had long become calm, but attending Lu Zhaoyi’s birthday banquet this time, everyone still had many different feelings.

After all, time waits for no one, and everyone changes as time goes by. You don’t notice it when you’re always together, but you always feel something different after a long absence.

That’s how they viewed this family of three.

Lu Zhaoyi and Li Xiao were definitely not high-profile, but they didn’t intentionally hide anything either. They just didn’t often attend social gatherings, but that didn’t mean they never saw anyone.

Lu Zhaoyi heard many phrases like “Happy Birthday, CEO Lu,” and “Your relationship is so good,” and “Your family of three is so happy.”

Lu Zhaoyi gave very appropriate responses. Lu Mingze was like him: at home, he called him by his full name, but in public, he knew to call him “Dad.” To anyone watching, they looked like an example of a loving father and filial son.

Li Xiao secretly told Lu Zhaoyi: “In this respect, he really looks exactly like your son.”

“You’re insulting me, Xiaoxiao,” Lu Zhaoyi said.

“I was wrong,” Li Xiao said. “Husband can punish me however he likes when we get back.”

Lu Zhaoyi’s eyes flashed: “Xiaoxiao, you’re the best.”

“Happy birthday, Lu Zhaoyi,” Li Xiao said. “I love you.”

Just those few words completely disoriented Lu Zhaoyi. Li Xiao was too good at flirting. Although he hadn’t drunk much, he was currently slightly tipsy, and he couldn’t handle this kind of provocation.

Wine glasses clinked at the birthday banquet, but Lu Zhaoyi’s mind was completely elsewhere.

He couldn’t wait to go back, eager for Li Xiao’s “apology.”

The birthday banquet was extremely lively, and Li Xiao had prepared everything meticulously. This was his show of affection for Lu Zhaoyi. Neither of them was ever stingy, and the guests who came and went weren’t stingy with their gifts either.

It was all for the atmosphere and the social exchange.

“Happy Birthday, Hubby,” Li Xiao said seriously. “The other gifts have already been given to you, and I’m sure you’ll like them. As for the final gift, you know it’s me.”

Lu Zhaoyi knew what he meant. He picked Li Xiao up and slowly walked towards the bedroom: “Xiaoxiao, I’m ready to inspect my gift.”

Li Xiao told him: “Lu Zhaoyi, you can use the rest of our lives to inspect it.”