He frowned slightly and clicked his tongue impatiently. “I like… this annoying woman…”

Xu Qingzhi froze and stared at Li Mo for a long time.

She opened and closed her mouth, not knowing what to say.

She repeated his words dozens of times in her heart, but she couldn’t figure out the answer.

So… did Limo like her or dislike her?

“I hate you, but you still want to fantasize about her?!”

Men were indeed all the same!

Li Mo was no exception.

“Honey… show off… seduce…”

In the end, she blurted out a few words. Xu Qingzhi seemed to be able to connect these words together, but…

She was… openly… seducing him?

Her current state was probably the crudest she had ever been.

She was pregnant and her stomach was bulging. She had no curves and judging from her face, she wouldn’t go overboard unless she put on some makeup at work.

Recently, she had been bare-faced and did whatever she wanted.

She couldn’t even be compared to when she was in school.

How could she show off and seduce him now?

However…

The wife he mentioned still bothered her.

Pursing her lips, she buried her head back into his embrace.

Seeing that he still knew that she was his wife, she decided not to argue with him today.

There was nothing she could do.

He was in a daze and had no idea what he had just said.

She regretted not recording it. She would let him hear it the next day and see his expression.

Sleepiness overwhelmed her. She yawned and snuggled in his embrace before closing her eyes.

The best skill she had developed during her pregnancy was how to control her emotions and adjust her mentality as much as possible so that she would not be affected by anything.

Li Mo hated her, but he also said that he liked her…

She would just pretend that he liked her.

That would make her happier.

—

The next morning, Xu Qingzhi woke up early.

Li Mo was still asleep.

She tiptoed out of his embrace, but the next second, she was hugged from behind.

“Go back to sleep.”

Xu Qingzhi’s body stiffened. “I’m going home. You have to have breakfast. I’ll make some porridge for you…”

Li Mo frowned, his eyes still closed. “Call the assistant to send it over…”

“No, you can’t eat the porridge I bought… Sleep for a while more…”

Li Mo refused to let go.

“Limo…”

Xu Qingzhi urged him helplessly.

After a long while, Li Mo suddenly lifted the blanket.

“What are you doing?” Xu Qingzhi hurriedly covered him with a blanket.

Li Mo looked at her and paused. His face gradually became dispirited, revealing a kind of sickness, but his hand did not let go of her.

“Xu Qingzhi…” Her voice sounded weaker than before.

“Do you know why I’m lying in the hospital now?”

Xu Qingzhi pursed her lips. “Acute gastritis.”

Li Mo gasped. “Who caused this?”

Xu Qingzhi replied without hesitation, “You.”

Taking a deep breath, Li Mo suddenly covered his stomach and said angrily, “You caused this!”

Xu Qingzhi asked expressionlessly, “Why?”

“Didn’t you cook those dishes?!”

“I cooked what you liked, but you insisted on snatching those dishes from me last night… If you can’t eat spicy food, why are you still pretending? Who else could it be if not you?”

Li Mo didn’t expect that the caring and lovable woman from last night seemed to have changed into another person!

She had to argue with him.

Couldn’t she make some concessions on account of him being a patient?

Her face darkened. “Xu Qingzhi, do you know what you’re saying? I’m a patient now. Are you trying to anger me to death?”

“The patient has to be reasonable.”

“…” Li Mo glared at her fiercely. “If you didn’t act first and report later, would I have become like this?!”

Xu Qingzhi took a deep breath and said, “Okay, okay, okay. It’s my fault. I was wrong. I shouldn’t have invited Chu Yi to my house for dinner. I shouldn’t have cooked so many dishes. I caused you to be hospitalized. Can you allow me to go home and cook for you?”

“Xu Qingzhi, your attitude is too perfunctory!”

Xu Qingzhi pursed her lips with a solemn expression. “I was wrong.”

Li Mo snorted and held her hand. His expression became even more dispirited. “It’s good that you know. So in order to prevent me from being hospitalized again, you know what to do, right?”

Xu Qingzhi nodded and said, “I will never add chili to your dishes again.”

Li Mo gritted his teeth. “You’re not allowed to interact with Chu Yi privately anymore!”

Xu Qingzhi gave him a strange look before her lips twitched.

“Why? Are you jealous?”

Li Mo narrowed his eyes and stared at her. “Aren’t you feeling too good about yourself?”

Xu Qingzhi’s smile faded and her expression turned serious.

“It’s impossible for me not to date Chu Yi. He’s my spokesperson and the company needs him. Moreover, we’re friends. If he comes to look for me, I can’t avoid him.”

“Xu Qingzhi.” Li Mo’s voice turned cold. “You want to kill me!”

Xu Qingzhi said, “I’m in contact with Chu Yi. Why would I want to kill you? You’re not the pancake seller!”

She suspected that Limo had overheard the doctor’s conversation with her last night.

Did she really think she was Wu Dalang?

Li Mo looked at her for a long time. Suddenly, he frowned and his expression became pained.

Xu Qingzhi’s expression changed slightly and she leaned over to look at him. “What’s wrong? Are you alright?”

“My stomach hurts!”

“You… wait for me. I’ll call the doctor…”

Xu Qingzhi didn’t give Li Mo a chance to speak. She frantically flung his hand away and ran out of the ward.

The doctor was almost pushed in by Xu Qingzhi. After a round of questioning, the doctor looked at Limo suspiciously. “It’s not a big deal…”

Halfway through his sentence, Li Mo’s cold gaze shot towards him. Hence, the doctor changed the topic and said, “Stomach diseases are one of the most difficult diseases to treat in the hospital. There are many sources of illnesses. Staying up late, drinking, cold and spicy food, and even temper. This completely requires the patient’s cooperation and self-restraint. If the patient doesn’t cooperate, the hospital will be helpless. Therefore, I strongly suggest that you recuperate well and pay attention to all aspects. Otherwise, any factors can cause your condition to worsen and turn into other irreversible consequences…”

After saying that, he glanced at Li Mo, who nodded and agreed.

“Yes… I suddenly had a stomachache because I was angry.”

The doctor coughed lightly and looked at Xu Qingzhi with a forced seriousness. “Madam, I hope you can take care of the patient’s emotions. Patients are usually very sensitive. At the very least, don’t agitate him too much during his hospitalization…”

Beside him, Li Mo coughed weakly. His brows were furrowed and his face was filled with pain.

Who had provoked him?

Xu Qingzhi felt indignant, but she was also frightened by the doctor’s words.

Especially when she heard that it was easy for the gastric illness to worsen, she broke out in cold sweat.

Looking at Li Mo’s pained expression, she felt even more worried.

“I understand… I’ll take note in the future…”

The doctor nodded and glanced at the man on the bed. The corners of his lips twitched.

How… childish.

Although the stomachache was really uncomfortable, he had… cleaned him up and treated his pain yesterday. There was also anesthesia during the checkup. Logically speaking, the effects of the drug had not subsided. Why was he feeling so uncomfortable?

“Okay, take care of yourself. If the patient doesn’t discipline herself, she will need someone to supervise her… Thank you for your hard work!”

Xu Qingzhi said, “Sorry to trouble you, doctor.”

The doctor replied calmly and left the ward.

“Did you hear that, Xu Qingzhi? It’s all your fault…”

“Okay, I’m sorry…”

“What’s the use of being sorry? You have to be obedient, understand?”

“Yes?”

Li Mo was so angered by Xu Qingzhi that his stomach really twitched twice.

“You… Chu Yi! Do you know that my stomach hurts whenever I see Chu Yi? Stay away from him.”

Xu Qingzhi frowned and said, “Alright, I’ll try my best not to let you see him!”

Li Mo’s expression softened. “Stay away from him!”

Xu Qingzhi could vaguely sense that he was pestering her because of her illness. She knew that there would be no end to it if she continued to pester him, so she could only nod.

“Yes, yes, I understand… So, can I go back and cook for you now?”

Li Mo paused for a moment before he lifted the blanket and sat up.

Xu Qingzhi was stunned. “What are you doing?!”

Li Mo didn’t say anything. He took off his hospital gown and found his own clothes on the rack.

“Limo!” Xu Qingzhi shouted angrily.

“I’ll go back with you!”

Xu Qingzhi walked around the bed and stopped beside him. “No! You still have an IV today!”

“I’m not fighting anymore!” There was no response from Li Mo. He looked up and saw her glaring at him angrily.

He pursed his lips and softened his voice. “…I don’t want to stay in the hospital alone… I can invite the family doctor back…”

Xu Qingzhi blinked and didn’t say anything, but her expression improved.

Li Mo got dressed and grabbed her hand. “I’ll call the family doctor when I get back. That way, I won’t have to stay in the hospital and you won’t have to run back and forth, right?”

“But your current body…”

“I won’t die yet. Let’s go…”

Xu Qingzhi couldn’t dissuade him at all and was dragged along by him.

Li Mo made a phone call to his assistant.

—

When she reached home, the kitchen was still in a mess.

Without taking a shower, Limo went upstairs.

Xu Qingzhi washed up downstairs and went into the kitchen to cook some porridge before coming out to clean up the leftovers.

She had indeed cooked a lot last night. There were more than ten dishes.

Most of the plates on Li Mo’s seat were empty.

Her face turned cold again. Even if she was unwilling to lower her head in front of Chu Yi, there was no need to finish all these.

With a straight face, she started to clear the table. Seeing that there were still a lot of dishes in front of her, she was used to stir-frying the leftovers with rice at home. After thinking for a while, she cleared a clean plate. She picked the dishes she liked and piled them together. When she saw the remaining dishes on Limo’s plate, she picked them up without thinking.

There was a full plate of rice left from last night. She would cook porridge for Limo later. This was all she needed.

Li Mo’s porridge took a long time to brew. During the process, she crushed the rice with a spoon. When the porridge was almost cooked, she scooped it out and placed it on the dining table for Li Mo to dry.

Then, she cooked the rice herself.

It was a simple task. In less than five minutes, it was done.

She prepared two more dishes. Just as she was about to serve the porridge to Li Mo, he appeared in the dining room.

She studied him for a while. “Have you called the family doctor?”

“I did. Come back at nine.”

“Okay, let’s eat first.”

Li Mo sat opposite her. Xu Qingzhi had a lot of fried rice on her plate.

It seemed like she had not forgotten how to gain weight.

Without thinking much, she picked up the spoon and pursed her lips as she looked at the porridge in front of her.

“If I didn’t know, I would have thought that I was being abused by you!”

Xu Qingzhi glanced at him and said, “I didn’t have the chance in the past. Now, I can take revenge.”

Li Mo took a sip of the porridge and said, “It seems like you have a problem with me.”

“You used to be quite nice, didn’t you?”

Li Mo was speechless.

Xu Qingzhi pursed her lips and scooped a mouthful of rice into her mouth.

After chewing for a while, Xu Qingzhi suddenly froze. Her expression froze and she frowned.

In the end, she spat out the food in her mouth.

Li Mo frowned at her. “What’s wrong?”

Xu Qingzhi took a sip of water and pointed at the food on the plate. “Is this the dish I made last night? What… is this smell?!”

Li Mo’s gaze shifted to her plate and his expression darkened.

“You ate the leftovers from last night?!”

His voice was cold and angry, and his aura was a little scary.

Xu Qingzhi was stunned. “What… what’s wrong?”

Li Mo threw the spoon in his hand into the bowl. “Are you so poor that you can’t eat? You even ate dinner last night?!”

Xu Qingzhi’s face turned cold. “Why can’t I have dinner last night? I used to eat like this!”

“You…”

The muscles on Li Mo’s face twitched and his heart was about to explode.

She was simply ungrateful.

In the past…

How would he have known…

Xu Qingzhi pushed the plate in front of her away. “Why does it taste so bad? Is it spicy, sweet, salty, sour…”

Before she could finish speaking, she suddenly thought of something. She paused and looked at Li Mo.

“Did you…”

Li Mo glanced at the plate of fried rice and quickly retracted his gaze.

“Xu Qingzhi.”

“How?”

Li Mo suddenly stood up and grabbed her wrist.

“You really need to be taught a lesson!”

[Ah, awkward ~ How should I treat him? Come, brainstorm ~]

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