It fell from his fingertips

Back in China, they stayed at Zhou Jinbai's manor. That evening, Zhou Jinbai personally cooked a table full of dishes.

Tang Luoqing sat at the dining table, looking at all the dishes she liked, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "Is there something to celebrate, Mr. Zhou?"

"Celebrating...our tenth wedding day, Mrs. Zhou."

Zhou Jinbai raised his glass seriously, his handsome face showing an indescribable seriousness, while his eyes were full of barely suppressed laughter.

Tang Luoqing was slightly taken aback.

Celebrating ten days of marriage?

Is this some kind of new way of celebrating?

It's not like it's been a year.

Nevertheless, Tang Luoqing still cooperated by raising her glass and happily clinking glasses with Zhou Jinbai.

Then, she brought the glass to her lips and took a sip of the wine.

But they discovered that it wasn't alcohol, but a beverage.

"Isn't this supposed to be alcohol? Why is it a beverage?"

Tang Luoqing glanced at a bottle of red wine on the wine rack not far away, then looked at the liquid in her own wine glass with a puzzled expression, and looked at Zhou Jinbai with a puzzled look.

"It's a beverage, because... if my wife is going to have a baby, neither of us can drink alcohol from now on."

Zhou Jinbai picked up his wine glass and handed it to Tang Luoqing.

Tang Luoqing took the glass without understanding why. When the other party asked her to try it, she tried drinking the liquid in Zhou Jin's glass as well, only to find that his liquor was also a beverage.

"So that bottle of wine..."

Grape juice.

Tang Luoqing: "..."

"Okay, but what if I want to drink now?"

Celebrating ten days of marriage is definitely more enjoyable with drinks.

Tang Luoqing looked at the exquisite and delicious Western food in front of her, then looked at the man opposite her with a pitiful expression: "Such a nice atmosphere, it's a pity there's no red wine."

"Indeed, but not only is there no red wine now, but from now until after the baby is born, my wife, she can't drink any alcohol. Also, she can't eat raw or cold foods like crab, can't smell any smoke, can't eat any raw food like sashimi, and so on..."

"stop,"

Tang Luoqing couldn't listen anymore: "Zhou Jinbai, are you serious? How come you can't do this or that just because you're pregnant?"

"Um."

Zhou Jinbai handed over his phone.

Tang Luoqing took the phone, looked at the various pregnancy precautions on it, gasped, and couldn't help but complain, "Is pregnancy really this troublesome?"

"Not only that, but there are things to keep in mind if you want to breastfeed after giving birth. Please continue reading on the next page."

Tang Luoqing frowned deeply, stared at Zhou Jinbai for a while, and then lowered her head to continue looking at the contents of his phone.

This time, she couldn't continue watching after only reading half of it.

Only then did I realize how much pregnancy and childbirth restrict women.

In particular, the various pregnancy reactions that may occur after becoming pregnant, including but not limited to vomiting for several months or even the entire pregnancy, and not being able to lift any heavy objects or engage in strenuous exercise during the first three months, made Tang Luoqing dizzy and confused.

"What should we do then?"

Tang Luoqing somewhat regretted deciding to have a child so early.

She's only 25 years old. Can she really overcome so many obstacles to have a child?

Tang Luoqing was a little flustered and also a little insecure.

She was reminded of another question: if having and raising children is so tiring, is it really appropriate for Zhou Jinbai to never go back to his parents' home for her sake? She couldn't be so selfish as to make Zhou's mother sad and upset, could she?

"So, how about we consider having children in another two years?"

Zhou Jinbai appeared in front of Tang Luoqing at some point, bent down, looked at her, and said, "Let's have another one when you're ready to be a mother, okay?"

Tang Luoqing nodded, sighed, and looked at Zhou Jinbai, saying, "How about we go see Mom and Dad in a couple of days?"

Zhou Jinbai was taken aback.

Catching the determination in Tang Luoqing's eyes, he nodded: "Okay, I'll do as you say, I'll make the arrangements."

The so-called arrangements were nothing more than informing the parents in advance.

Having had experience before, Zhou Jinbai wasn't too worried that his parents would give Tang Luoqing a hard time.

However, it will be difficult to get them to treat her as their daughter-in-law with the same sincerity they once had, at least in the short term.

Three days later, Tang Luoqing and Zhou Jinbai returned to the Zhou family's old residence.

Unlike last time, this time, she and Zhou Jinbai obtained their marriage certificate and openly walked into the Zhou family villa hand in hand.

"Dad, Mom."

Tang Luoqing served tea to Zhou's parents, feeling a little uneasy.

Fortunately, just like last time, Mr. and Mrs. Zhou politely accepted Tang Luoqing's tea and each took out a large red envelope as a blessing for the newlyweds.

"I heard it was you who suggested that Jin Bai bring you back?"

While Zhou Jinbai went upstairs to handle an urgent task, Zhou's mother pulled Tang Luoqing to sit on the swing in the back garden.

From this position, Zhou Jinbai could see them perfectly well, but he couldn't hear what they were saying.

"Yes, it wasn't easy for my parents to raise Jin Bai. I can't be so selfish as to let him stay only by my side."

Tang Luoqing lowered her head, feeling embarrassed to face Zhou's mother.

"What's wrong with that?"

Zhou's mother, however, was quite philosophical about it: "Children grow up and will eventually have their own families. After your father and I got married, we didn't go back to see him every day. Even now, we only go back about once a month. If we went back every day, he would complain that we were bothering him. You don't need to come back often either. It's enough if you come back to see us occasionally. Besides..."

At this point, Zhou's mother's tone softened: "Actually, we feel quite sorry for Jin Bai. If it weren't for him, the Zhou family would have ceased to exist long ago, and we wouldn't have had a good life. That child must have been very sad to give up his beloved art, but he never told us. So, all these years, we owe him something, and that's... the main reason why we're willing to accept you. Luo Qing, treat him well. He really likes you. I've never seen Jin Bai care so much about anyone. Without you, I think neither his father and I nor the Zhou Group would mean anything to him."

Upon hearing these words, Tang Luoqing was deeply shocked.

She knew she was important to Zhou Jinbai, but she never imagined she would be this important.

So, when he said he wanted two more years of just the two of them, did he really mean he wanted to spend time alone with her and didn't want to have a child so soon to share her attention with him?

Thinking this, Tang Luoqing couldn't help but raise her eyes and look towards the study on the second floor, where she met the eyes of the man in the French windows.

Tang Luoqing smiled and then mouthed,

"Zhou Jinbai, I love you."