Chapter 572: Chapter 572: Loved You Briefly for a Few Seconds

The atmosphere was so wonderful that Yu Xia couldn’t help but post a Weibo afterward, marveling at the first snowfall she encountered this winter.

The accompanying picture was of Xie Qingci’s hand catching snow.

The fans who rushed to comment below went off-topic.

[This snow is so beautiful, the clear and slender bones are really nice... Oh, what am I saying? I meant the snow indeed looks good]

[At first glance, I thought Xiaxia’s hand was distorted in the photo, but it turns out it’s not showing off the snow, it’s showing off a man]

[Did sister go visit the set? This snow is really timely, creating some romance for you two]

[Xie Qingci’s finger length is not bad]

[I see your loving figures reflected in the melting snow, surely you’re leaning against each other, you’re holding me]

[Why don’t the fans go help with the relationship, you seem to be very good at it]

[The snow is falling heavily, the couple is cuddling, have you kissed?]

[Everyone here is a lurker, unlike me, I’m purely here to appreciate the snow]

[No one would believe that]

[...]

Yu Xia didn’t really look at the comments; she was busy dealing with Xie Qingci.

The result of kissing in the snow was that Xie Qingci insisted on keeping her in the crew for a few more days.

He was quite skillful in his persuasion, and Yu Xia almost agreed. Fortunately, she remembered her brother’s twisted, dark face and immediately sobered up, insisting on leaving the next day.

"My sister-in-law might give birth tomorrow, I definitely have to go back. You stay here and focus on filming. I’ll send you pictures when the baby arrives."

Xie Qingci looked at her like a little abandoned puppy, gazing at her wistfully.

"One video call a day."

"...Alright, alright."

He pointed to his lips again: "Kiss me one more time."

Yu Xia did as told, pouncing over to give him a smooch.

That passionate scene stunned Mei, who was watching from around the corner.

Wow, that’s passionate! She knew it; her sister Xia wasn’t as calm as she appeared on the surface. She just had a silent, intense love!

After the farewell ceremony, Xie Qingci was pinned to the corner, unable to move, his lips a bright red.

Yu Xia looked at him: "Is this enough for you? You could play a patient with fever right now."

Xie Qingci rubbed the corner of his mouth and kissed her forehead.

"Alright, off you go now."

...

Yue Ling’s due date was these last few days of the year, and Yu Heng had already arranged for her to be taken to the hospital for rest.

Little Yu Yue was running between the hospital, school, and home with his dad every day.

When Yu Xia arrived, one person was standing while eating fruit, another was leaning over to do homework, and a third was sitting to have an online meeting. If it weren’t for the fact that this place was indeed a hospital ward, she would have thought she’d entered the wrong place and walked into their home. It was practically a one-to-one replica of their family setting.

Of course, to call it a hospital ward might not be entirely accurate.

It should be described as a luxurious suite, spacious and opulent, with not much difference from home except that it wasn’t a three-bedroom apartment.

When Yue Ling turned and saw her, she smiled and waved: "Xiaxia is here, want some fruit?"

Only then did Yu Heng and little Yu Yue turn their heads towards the door.

"What are you standing there for?"

"Auntie!"

Yue Ling was already walking over, waddling with her big belly as if the watermelon-sized bump could drop at any moment.

Yu Xia watched, heart pounding, and hurried in to support her.

"Don’t, don’t, if I want fruit, I’ll have Yu Yue get it for me. Sister-in-law, you should rest. This belly is so scary; it wasn’t this big during our last video call, was it?"

Yu Heng, from the vantage point of experience, laughed at her: "Don’t you have any common sense? A nine-month belly is exactly like this."

"Acting as if you’re the one who got pregnant, brother, where’s your sense of superiority coming from?" She rolled her eyes, carefully helping Yue Ling to sit by the bedside.

Little Yu Yue was already running over with a bowl of washed fruit—apples, grapes, strawberries, all sorts.

She picked a grape to eat and affectionately patted his cheek: "Our little Yue is really considerate, such a warm boy."

Yu Heng gave another snort, saying to Yu Yue: "How come I’ve never seen you wash some fruit for your dad?"

Yu Yue looked confused: "Didn’t you say all the fruit is for mom?"

Yu Heng: "...Then why do you give it to your aunt?"

"Isn’t half of everything at home for Auntie? You said that too, Dad."

Yu Yue showed a "Dad, you really can be unreasonable" expression.

Yu Heng was so upset that he didn’t even want to continue his meeting, shutting his laptop with a snap: "You remember these words clearly, but the idioms I teach you, you forget instantly! I want to eat fruit now, get me some."

Yu Yue pouted, looked at Yu Xia.

Yu Xia popped a strawberry into his mouth and then placed an apple in front of her brother.

"Eat, eat, eat, it’s all yours. Aren’t you too old to still argue about this?"

Yue Ling found it amusing, as that was a phrase Yu Heng often used. Sometimes, these siblings were too much alike.

Yu Heng, reluctantly consoled with an apple, continued on with his online business.

Yu Xia sat next to Yue Ling, eating fruit while staring at her belly.

"It’s really huge, it’s like carrying a 30-pound sandbag, right? Isn’t it exhausting?"

Yue Ling: "It is tiring. After a few steps, I need to stop and rest."

"Sleeping must be difficult too, right? Who could sleep well with such a sensitive watermelon?"

Yue Ling also nodded: "I can’t sleep well at all."

But as she lowered her head to gently stroke her belly, only softness and maternal glow remained.

Yu Xia said to Yu Heng: "Brother, it looks like sister-in-law really loves you."

To go through so much and still have a second child, her brother must have done a great deed in his past life.

Yu Heng looked up from his computer: "Do you need to say that?"

The tone did not lack a sense of boasting.

This smug look of knowing his beloved was head over heels for him felt all too familiar.

She rolled her eyes, choosing not to look at his smug face, and turned back to continue staring at Yue Ling’s belly, carefully poking it with her finger.

"Does she still move? I’m the aunt; hello, Yue Yue."

Yue Yue was a name that Yu Heng had pondered over for months for his soon-to-be-born daughter, Yu Yue, pronounced the same as Yu Yue.

Yue Ling said there was still fetal movement, but her hand grew tired before she felt it.

"Sister-in-law, did you two ask the doctor about the gender?"

Yue Ling shook her head: "No. Anyway, your brother is convinced this is a girl."

Then she gently asked: "Xiaxia, do you like little girls?"

Yu Xia picked a grape, saying with a mouthful: "Yeah, I do. But only other people’s, like the one in your belly."

"How about little boys?"

"Like them too, but also only other people’s. I know how hard you guys worked to raise Yu Yue. It was a very painstaking process, which is why my brother turned from a son fanatic to always with a stern face like this."

Yu Yue now understood quite a bit of Internet slang, and he was very astonished to hear his dad was a ’son fanatic.’

"Dad, you used to really like me?" 𝗳𝗿𝐞𝕖𝘄𝗲𝕓𝗻𝚘𝚟𝕖𝐥.𝚌𝕠𝕞

Yu Heng glanced at him: "Yeah, before you cried out for the first time."

So that was just a few brief seconds.

This answer was not nice to the child, so Yu Xia chimed in: "Little Yue, don’t listen to your dad. Actually, your dad loves you a lot even now, he just has a sharp tongue but a soft heart and doesn’t like showing it."

Yu Yue: "Oh, but mom says Auntie, you are just like Dad, so are you also sharp-tongued but soft-hearted?"

"...I’ll use a block of tofu to smash your heart."