Accidentally Married to the Big Shot

Chapter 226: Chapter 226: Meeting Li Zhen Chapter 226: Chapter 226: Meeting Li Zhen Feng City.

Today, Zhou Yuan and Gu Cheng went for a prenatal checkup.

Gu Cheng accompanied her throughout the process, and while watching the ultrasound, he saw a little baby moving inside on the screen.

“What is it doing?” Gu Cheng asked the doctor.

The doctor smiled and said, “It’s playing with the umbilical cord. This child seems very lively; I’m afraid you’ll have a little rascal on your hands in the future.”

“Is it a boy or a girl?” Gu Cheng asked again.

The doctor shook his head with a smile, “The hospital has regulations; we’re not allowed to reveal the gender. In any case, whether it’s a boy or girl, it will be the apple of Mr. Gu’s eye. You’ll have to spoil them well.”

Gu Cheng kept staring at the ultrasound image.

When he first found out Zhou Yuan was pregnant, he was primarily focused on taking care of her, and he hadn’t paid much attention to the gender of the child. But now, seeing the image, he truly felt the existence of the child.

And sometimes, when he pressed his ear against Zhou Yuan’s belly, he would feel the baby respond to him from inside, occasionally even kicking him.

He was becoming more and more excited for the child’s arrival.

So, it didn’t matter to him even if he stayed at the Zhou Family’s home, as long as Zhou Yuan was in a good mood. Besides, wouldn’t it be better to have more people caring for Zhou Yuan?

After the prenatal checkup, Zhou Yuan seemed to soften a bit, and she said to Gu Cheng, “Brother Cheng, shall we move back?”

She no longer called him Gu Cheng directly but “Brother Cheng.”

“Move back? Aren’t you staying at your parents’ home?” Gu Cheng asked.

Zhou Yuan said, “I haven’t stayed there for a long time. I wonder how the dog is doing? Fatty Aunt must be missing me too.”

Although the Husky was left to Gu Cheng by Li Zhen, it was also the matchmaker for Zhou Yuan and Gu Cheng, and the dog was closer to Zhou Yuan; it didn’t even recognize Li Zhen.

Seeing that Zhou Yuan was willing to move back, Gu Cheng naturally couldn’t ask for more. He immediately asked the driver to drive them home.

As for their clothes, they could have the driver go back and get them later.

…

The two returned to Gu Cheng’s home.

Zhou Yuan remembered that, when she first came back to Feng City, Gu Cheng had mentioned that the house was being renovated.

Now, as soon as she stepped through the door, she sensed the changes.

The yard used to be full of greenery with just a few potted flowers as embellishments, but now there were noticeably more flowers.

Walking into the living room, she remembered how she had complained about its décor being too cold and not cozy enough. But now, warm-colored wallpaper adorned the walls, and some delicate and cute crafts were hung up, very much aligned with Zhou Yuan’s taste.

She excitedly went upstairs, and Gu Cheng was a nervous wreck, following her and saying, “Yuanyuan, slow down, you’re pregnant now!”

Zhou Yuan didn’t care about that.

She first returned to the master bedroom.

Before, because Gu Cheng didn’t pay much attention to her, they had continued to use the big red sheets from their wedding night; he thought any sheets would do.

But now the sheets had been changed, and even the curtains were different, no longer the same dark gray cloth.

Furthermore, the master bedroom had been expanded to include a spacious walk-in closet, filled with maternity clothes.

Zhou Yuan remembered complaining about how ugly maternity clothes were, so Gu Cheng must have bought these especially for her, with outfits for the sixth month, seventh month, eighth, ninth, and even postpartum wear.

She was moved.

Gu Cheng then told her, “There’s also a baby room, do you want to go see it?”

At the mention of the baby room, Zhou Yuan couldn’t help but run over.

Every time she got excited, she would run while clutching her belly, always causing Gu Cheng to be on tenterhooks, genuinely worried she would run the belly off.

So, he could only follow her as she ran.

Originally, the second floor had four rooms, but now two had been combined to make the baby room, which was equipped with a crib, baby toys, and baby clothes, among other things.

Zhou Yuan felt like crying.

She couldn’t help but turn around and hug Gu Cheng.

“Silly, what are you crying for?”

“I feel like my baby is going to have a good father,” Zhou Yuan said through tears.

“That’s nothing, I haven’t done much yet.”

She wrapped her arms around Zhou Yuan and said, “Brother Cheng, promise me, we’ll raise our child well together.”

“That’s for sure, I’ll love you dearly, and I’ll love our child just as much. After all, at my age, it’s not easy to get a wife,” Gu Cheng said.

Zhou Yuan snickered, then playfully punched his chest, “Stop it!”

…

Monday.

Gu Cheng, who normally wouldn’t get off work until after 10 PM, had finished by eight that evening.

With a delicate wife at home, he would delegate work that wasn’t urgent or could be done by his subordinates.

Taking the president’s private elevator to the ground floor, his driver would bring the car around to pick him up.

“Gu Cheng!” someone called out to him in the lobby.

He glanced over and saw it was Li Zhen.

It was early winter, and after yesterday’s rain, Li Zhen seemed even more frail beneath her coat, perhaps cold.

Gu Cheng stood still, watching her.

Perhaps it was because he had been through a tumultuous quest to win his wife back, but now when he saw Li Zhen, he felt a hint of aversion.

When he was married before, he still had feelings for Li Zhen, but now, seeing her, his mind was full of Zhou Yuan.

Gu Cheng admitted he was a bit of a mess; he needed Zhou Yuan to put him firmly in his place.

“What are you doing here? Didn’t we agree to not see each other again?” He had deleted her from WeChat to prevent Zhou Yuan from getting the wrong idea again.

Li Zhen came closer to him and gave a faint smile, “I heard from Godmother that you’re going to be a father; congratulations.”

“Yes, thank you.”

“Do you care for her out of responsibility, or is it love?” Li Zhen asked.

“Both.”

Li Zhen smiled bitterly again, “I can’t believe you’d fall for such a young girl. Do you have anything in common with her? Don’t you think of me when you’re doing certain things with her?”

When they were in love, they did nearly everything a couple would do together, like watching the stars in the countryside, or turning off the lights to watch movies in a room…

Gu Cheng said, “When you truly love someone, you realize there are so many things left to do in life. Even if it’s the same activities, they’re not completely the same. Just like when we first started dating; we were using the first generation smartphones, but look, it’s already the 15th generation now.”

Li Zhen’s eyes reddened.

“Is there really no going back?”

“We’ve been unable to go back for a long time,” Gu Cheng said. “Sorry, I need to go home now, Yuanyuan is waiting for me at home.”

Li Zhen cried again.

…

When Gu Cheng got home, he saw Zhou Yuan and Fatty Sister busy in the kitchen.

As he arrived, Zhou Yuan was excited, “Brother Cheng, come have some snow fungus soup.”

Gu Cheng wasn’t used to having supper late, but now he’d occasionally indulge.

“Brother Cheng, you’re 15 minutes late tonight,” Zhou Yuan said.

Gu Cheng asked Fatty Aunt to leave so he could explain, “Li Zhen came looking for me just now.”

It was better to confess proactively than for Zhou Yuan to hear about it from someone else and make a big deal of it.

Zhou Yuan immediately stiffened, “What did she want?”

“She said some nonsense, asking if I love you and such. I told her of course I do.”

“Is that all?”

“That’s all.”

Zhou Yuan didn’t look at him and went to serve herself some snow fungus soup.

Gu Cheng sat down in front of her, and after a while she said, “Brother Cheng, I want to eat durian. Go buy one for me.”

“Are you sure?”

“I’m certain.”

“Can Fatty Aunt go buy it?”

“No, you must go!” Zhou Yuan issued an ultimatum.

Gu Cheng had no choice but to go out and buy the durian.