Chapter 598: 598: Shen Chi, My Baby Is Yours

All that lies ahead is unknown, even with endless tender affection and love.

Seeing her somewhat distracted, Shen Chi knew she was letting her thoughts run wild again.

They say that pregnant women are the most suspicious and sensitive, and it really is true.

He pulled the invitation from her hands, his voice deep, “We will be together forever.”

Xu Chaomu still seemed lost in thought. Is that so?

For some reason, at this moment, her mind was filled with images of Shen Cexian and Zhou Ran. Especially Zhou Ran, the aunt she once liked so much.

It was precisely because she had liked her that when she found out it was Zhou Ran who had killed her mother, Xu Mengxi, she lost control.

If five years ago, she had died, or had a mental breakdown, that would be it, but… she had not.

Shen Chi laid the invitation aside and his large hand gently stroked her long hair.

His clean, long fingers picked up the wisps of hair by her ears and gently tucked them behind.

“Mumu, don’t think too much. Maybe Li Beiting and Mi Fei will be good together too,” he said softly.

“Yes, just like if I had ended up with Nie Chenglang in the beginning, there wouldn’t have been anything wrong with that,” Xu Chaomu retorted.

“That’s different!” Shen Chi said sternly.

“Oh.” Xu Chaomu responded indifferently.

The only difference was that there was no thing called “love” between her and Nie Chenglang.

To this day, she had only ever loved Shen Chi, and that was all.

Xu Chaomu absently flipped through the materials on Shen Chi’s desk, sometimes her fingers would pause and she’d slip into a daze, a look of disappointment fleetingly crossing her eyes.

“Shen Chi.” After a long while, she called his name again.

“Hmm?”

“What would you do if, one day, I sent your mother to prison, or treated her like she treated my mother?”

Her sweet voice was a bit hoarse, her eyes full of emptiness.

Shen Chi didn’t know why she had brought this up again, but her words truly startled him.

“Mumu, let’s not talk about these things, okay?” Shen Chi stroked her head.

He was evading for the first time, because he didn’t want to answer this question.

Many years ago, when he discovered this truth, his first reaction was to keep it hidden, because Zhou Ran was his biological mother.

He hadn’t expected Xu Chaomu to ask him such a question at this time.

Suddenly, the office fell into silence.

It took a long while before Xu Chaomu spoke up, “Take me for a walk around your office.”

She didn’t press him any further and simply stood up.

Shen Chi hooked her small hand, holding it tightly, “Okay.”

His office was spacious, decorated with many beautiful ornaments, including a large fish tank filled with many beautiful fish that Xu Chaomu had never seen before.

“This yellow fish is very pretty.”

Xu Chaomu pressed against the fish tank, tapping the glass at a small yellow fish swimming to and fro.

The little yellow fish would blow out a few strings of bubbles now and then, wriggling around the water plants.

Xu Chaomu’s eyes followed the fish, and she took a liking to it at first sight.

“Even with fish, you like yellow,” Shen Chi said lightly.

“You’re teasing me,” Xu Chaomu glared at him, “If you dare, then don’t buy yellow fish.”

What did he mean, even fish are yellow? This fish was naturally pretty, and it… just happened to be yellow.

“You’re pretty, so whatever you say is right,” Shen Chi chuckled.

“That’s more like it.” Xu Chaomu’s lips curled into a sweet smile.

“I’ll have you know, that fish is its son,” Shen Chi pointed at another little yellow fish.

This yellow fish was clearly much smaller than the one before, but the pattern and fins looked very similar.

Xu Chaomu joked, “Then that big one is me, and this little one is my baby.”

“Then where am I? Where do I fit in?”

“Hmm, this one!”

Xu Chaomu pointed out a very lazy black fish to Shen Chi, that fish was lying at the bottom of the tank, staying motionless, occasionally flipping over or blowing a bubble.

She glanced at the fish and then at Shen Chi wearing a dark-colored shirt, huh, quite similar.

Except this fish was too lazy, nothing like the workaholic Shen Chi, but it was much cuter than Shen Chi.

Shen Chi tousled Xu Chaomu’s hair, a doting smile spreading at the corner of his mouth.

“Fine, that one’s me then. Do you want to take it home to raise?” Shen Chi said.

“If the little black fish leaves, what would happen to these two little yellow fish…” Xu Chaomu leaned against the tank, her face expressionless.

But as soon as she spoke, Shen Chi hugged her shoulders even tighter. He wouldn’t leave her.

He knew that even though Xu Chaomu couldn’t accept his mother Zhou Ran, she still couldn’t let go of him in her heart.

Of course, he couldn’t leave her either.

Xu Chaomu leaned against the fish tank, silently watching the fish swim freely, happily blowing bubbles.

A sudden surge of emotion struck her heart, her eyes full of captivating light.

With her finger against the fish tank, she pointed at the little yellow fish and said nonchalantly, “Shen Chi, the baby is yours.”

Shen Chi was also watching the fish tank, not thinking too much, and nodded, “Yes, your baby is my baby.”

Xu Chaomu moved her lips. Did this man understand what she meant?

It seemed not.

He had already found out Jian Sisi’s child wasn’t his, could it be that he still thought the person he slept with in Paris was Jian Sisi?

Stupid, incurably stupid man.

But she couldn’t blame him; such a coincidence was something he probably wouldn’t dare to believe.

Even herself, to this day, still doubted it. How could such a coincidence happen? Could it be that some force had arranged it?

In this world, there were those who disapproved of her being with Shen Chi, but who else would actively bring them together?

Rather than coincidence, she preferred to believe it was fate.

But all this was beyond her knowledge.

However, President Shen, is it really okay for you to be so clueless?

She had mustered up the courage to tell him, and yet he failed to grasp any of it.

“Shen Chi, after my baby is born, you can boil these fish to make soup for me,” Xu Chaomu abruptly changed the subject.

Shen Chi was immediately exasperated, “These are ornamental fish. If you want to eat fish, I’ll go catch some in the river for you.”

Hearing his words, Xu Chaomu burst into laughter. She simply couldn’t picture Shen Chi fishing in a river.

“What if I want the stars?”

“I’ll pick them for you.”

“What if I want a lot of handsome young men?”

“I’ll go to the butcher’s shop for you.”

“…” Xu Chaomu’s mouth twitched, that’s not what she meant at all!

“Mumu, I have something to tell you,” Shen Chi said.

“Hmm?”

“The wedding is soon after Li Beiting’s engagement ceremony.”

“And then what…”

As Shen Chi mentioned Li Beiting’s engagement, her heart still felt very lost. Li Beiting and Yu Weiwei, was that really the end of their story?