My Sloppy Husband Is Actually a Handsome Bigshot!-Chapter 299 - 282 Silly Dog 1
Gulping down more than half of the bottle, she finally caught her breath.
Although it was He Bainian’s apartment, it wasn’t his only residence in New York.
Apart from the interior design, the whole villa didn’t carry much of his presence.
It was already nearing two in the morning, yet through the entire glass wall, Manhattan’s late night was still brightly lit.
Through the floor-to-ceiling windows, He Zhenxin could clearly see her own reflection.
In a daze, she suddenly thought of Daddy Tuantuan.
She recalled at the hospital, how she could clearly see him sketching her silhouette through the wall’s reflection.
The man’s hands were slender and long, each finger distinct, even the joints were exceptionally beautiful.
Such a pair of hands that even women would envy had touched her cheek tonight, and his lips...
He Zhenxin abruptly shook her head violently, forcefully opened the bottle cap of the mineral water once more, and gulped down more water.
Trying to erase those alluring images from her mind.
"He Zhenxin, he has a wife!"
The next morning, He Zhenxin woke up feeling the squeeze.
Bleary-eyed, she glanced at the clock on the bedside table; it was only five-thirty in the morning, and she hadn’t even slept for three hours.
Reaching out her hand, she found a cat squeezing above her head, Lin Tuantuan snuggled in her arms, and Oscar at her feet.
"..." When did this little dumpling come to her side?
"Mommy, you smell so nice."
Lin Tuantuan had already woken up at some unknown time, his large dark eyes wide open, shyly covering half his face with the thin quilt.
His ear tips, pink and white, were flushed red.
Despite his shyness, Lin Tuantuan kept burrowing into He Zhenxin’s embrace, his hands reaching for her neck.
As if reminded of something, He Zhenxin’s body stiffened for a moment.
There were large burn scars stretching from her back to her neck, unsightly and ugly.
Usually concealed by her long hair, few people outside a select group knew about them.
Lin Tuantuan obviously felt it.
His expression was puzzled initially, while He Zhenxin sighed, turning to expose the scar.
Soon, small sobs could be heard.
He Zhenxin’s body stiffened, as if anticipating that Lin Tuantuan would be scared to tears, unable to hide the disappointment in her heart.
"Mommy doesn’t hurt, pain fly away... pain fly away... whoo whoo..."
Lin Tuantuan blew gently on her back scar with his chubby little fingers, his cool breath sending tickling sensations...
Blowing straight into He Zhenxin’s heart.
"What do you want for breakfast?" He Zhenxin pulled Lin Tuantuan into her arms.
She didn’t know why, having only met this little radish yesterday, she already felt a deep fondness for him.
"Mmm, Oscar says he wants to eat drumsticks."
Lin Tuantuan’s big eyes were still moist, but children being children, quickly got sidetracked by the topic.
He Zhenxin couldn’t help but laugh; what does it mean Oscar wants to eat, clearly it’s he who wants to eat.
But soon, Lin Tuantuan seemed to remember something, furrowing his brows like a little adult.
"Mommy, Tuantuan doesn’t want drumsticks anymore, Tuantuan wants to see Daddy..."
Lin Tuantuan had grown up with Li Yanan; although happy to see his Mommy, he still misses his Daddy.
"I wonder if Daddy had breakfast yet..."
He Zhenxin pursed her lips, her throat feeling dry.
Last night, she had a dream.
The dream’s content was truly too embarrassing to speak of.
She had never, in all her life, had such a vivid... spring dream!
So real that when the man in the dream touched her, it felt like it actually happened, her body unable to stop heating up in response.
He Zhenxin truly felt she was crazy.
How could she dream about rolling around with a man she’d only met once?
"Mommy, why is your face red?" Lin Tuantuan asked, confused, before excitedly raising his hand.
"Hungry!" He Zhenxin spoke weakly.
Thinking about having to go to the hospital, she couldn’t help but get a headache again...
He Zhenxin and Lin Tuantuan stood inside the bathroom.
Lin Tuantuan stood on a small stool, outside the door Oscar continued to face off against the cat named Xinxin, trembling now and then.
He Zhenxin first squeezed toothpaste for Lin Tuantuan, then squeezed a pea-sized amount for herself.
Then almost simultaneously stuck their toothbrushes into their mouths.
The mirror reflected the image of the two silhouettes, using the same hand, even brushing at the same pace.
In the gap between brushing, Lin Tuantuan couldn’t help but tell the funny story of why Oscar feared cats.
It turned out that Oscar wasn’t initially afraid of cats.
He was most afraid of a cat’s natural enemy, mice!
Even seeing a mouse on TV or hearing the squeaking sound would make Oscar leap up three tiers.
But one fateful day...
When Aunt Xu was leading Oscar downstairs, he happened to see a cat passing by carrying a mouse in its mouth.
Much like yesterday, Oscar jumped straight onto Aunt Xu, almost causing her to sprain her back.
From then on, Oscar’s fear of mice was cured, but he developed a fear of...
Cats.
He Zhenxin nearly laughed until she was out of breath listening to this.
Meanwhile, Oscar at the doorway seemed to understand that his little master was talking about him, pawing at the door, persistently peeking inside.
With only a dog head visible at the door, occasionally letting out a howl.
In contrast, the plump cat continued to stare with its big dark pupils.
Hmph, idiot!
He Zhenxin originally planned to buy some breakfast from the road.
But unexpectedly, as soon as it was six-thirty, a helper arrived at the door, and only then she learned that this week, He Bainian had arranged for a cook for her.
With breakfast sorted, He Zhenxin wasn’t in a rush to leave.
The helper, upon arriving, also filled the empty fridge, mostly with items that He Zhenxin liked.
"Does your dad not like to eat?"
He Zhenxin originally wanted to ask Lin Tuantuan what his dad liked to eat, but when the words reached her lips, it didn’t feel right, so she casually changed the topic.
"Hmm, sometimes Daddy Tuantuan only eats half a meal a day!"
Lin Tuantuan was eating his fragrant bacon and sunny-side-up eggs, his little red mouth shiny with oil.
"Eating is eating, what do you mean by half a meal?"
He Zhenxin looked at Lin Tuantuan, genuinely puzzled.
"Uh, I don’t know, Grandma Xu always says that about Daddy, so I remembered it."
Lin Tuantuan tilted his head, secretly giving Oscar a piece of bacon.
"I guess it means not eating properly!"
He Zhenxin thought about it, and agreed; if someone ate properly, how could they end up with gastritis?
With this in mind, He Zhenxin asked the helper to make some congee, and also prepared some light side dishes, putting them all into a thermal lunch box.
"I’ll drive you to the hospital, and you deliver these to your dad."
He Zhenxin felt that last night’s dream was a complete warning for herself.
"Why can’t you deliver them yourself, Mommy?" Lin Tuantuan pouted, clearly not understanding the thoughts of adults.
He Zhenxin was at a loss for words, for the first time in her life finding a five-year-old difficult.
She couldn’t exactly tell Lin Tuantuan that she needed to maintain distance from a married man, could she?
He Zhenxin parked the car in the parking lot and handed the thermal lunch box to Lin Tuantuan.
"Remember what I taught you?" He Zhenxin looked at Lin Tuantuan, sitting obediently in the passenger seat.
"Remembered it!" Lin Tuantuan nodded while sucking his thumb, innocently mumbling, um...
What exactly did Mommy say earlier?
Something about telling Daddy to eat more?
In truth, He Zhenxin had instructed Lin Tuantuan not to mention her in his conversation.
Saying this, He Zhenxin unbuckled Lin Tuantuan’s seatbelt.
She also unlocked the central lock, letting Oscar out from the back seat with him.
Without the cat, Oscar regained his usual brave and regal manner, no trace of his trembling from the night before.
With the lunch box clamped in his mouth, helping his little master.
"Go on," He Zhenxin waved to Lin Tuantuan, watching the pair walk towards the hospital.
Only when one person and one dog disappeared from view, did He Zhenxin sit back into the car.
Her fingers drummed rhythmically on the steering wheel, pondering something unknown.
Her phone ringtone persistently rang.
He Zhenxin glanced down, her brows furrowing.
It was a call from Susan He.
Seeing her not answering, the calls kept coming incessantly, bothering He Zhenxin so much that she simply hung up.
Holding the darkened phone in hand, He Zhenxin couldn’t help but reminisce about the time five years ago when she first woke up.
Everyone had told her she was in an accident that injured her brain, making it normal to forget past events.
But she just felt something was off.
Especially when it came to Susan He.
Even without memories, every time she saw her, a deep-rooted aversion inexplicably arose.
Not to mention being touched by her.
Later, when she recovered and was discharged, she was bombarded with social events arranged by her.
Meeting this person and that person at every occasion.
Pretty soon, she’d had enough of living like this.
Their arguments became increasingly frequent.
Especially Susan He’s overpowering control, always managing to ignite He Zhenxin’s anger.
Unlike other mother-daughter pairs, they had never been like them.
Leaning against the leather seat, eyes closed, He Zhenxin had never felt so exhausted.
Bang bang bang...
Just as these thoughts crossed her mind, a knocking sound came from outside the window.
He Zhenxin opened her eyes, instinctively widening them...
The person knocking at her car window was actually Li Yanan?
After quite some time in shock, it was only when Li Yanan knocked on the car window again that He Zhenxin snapped back to reality.
She unlocked the central lock and got out of the car.
"Are you trying to kill yourself? Who told you to come down here?" He Zhenxin looked at him still wearing the patient gown, pressing his palm against his stomach.
Her clear big eyes were widely open, just like that, staring at him.
Li Yanan’s chin was newly adorned with recently grown stubble, yet his sharply handsome face remained unaffected.
"Why didn’t you come up?"
Li Yanan looked down at the woman whose height only reached his shoulder.
