Help! The Frosty Noble's Son Is in Love With Me!-Chapter 404

But this giving up is merely giving up on brazenly intruding into private homes. With his Qinggong skills, he could enter quietly to see her.

Xiao Shiqing indeed did so, arriving at her window with just a few leaps, watching her write something inside.

Li Hua actually heard a slight sound, looked up towards the window, but it was pitch black, and she couldn’t see anything. She just thought it was a gust of wind, so she continued writing her plan.

If Li Hua deliberately hides some of her habits in front of others, then when she’s alone, she completely relaxes and doesn’t have to worry so much.

Thus, her every move fell into Xiao Shiqing’s eyes.

Although the face wasn’t hers, her every movement, even the way she writes, were uniquely hers. Even without seeing her face, it felt like it was her.

The hand beside Xiao Shiqing gradually clenched, his heart burning hot and excited.

Li Hua wrote for a long time, got tired towards the end, rubbed her eyes, extinguished the lights, and went to sleep.

Xiao Shiqing continued standing on the tree outside her window, for a very long time.

Finally, he quietly took some of her notes, then disappeared bit by bit into the night with a few leaps.

He had endured for so long, no need to rush in this short time.

Even if he was anxious, he had to suppress the restlessness in his heart, otherwise, he would scare her.

Anyway, there’s always tomorrow.

That night, Li Hua had a nightmare.

Unexpectedly, it wasn’t a nightmare related to the Xiao Family, but in her dream, she was chased continuously by someone whose face she couldn’t see, and she didn’t know the reason for the chase; she only felt panic, continuously running forward.

She ran the whole night, and when morning came, she felt exceptionally tired, unable to get up.

On the other side, Qu Fulan was restless due to the small bean inside her belly causing disturbances, which made her unable to wake up the next day.

After vomiting, she would need to eat something, right? But once she ate, she felt uncomfortable. Although the cook had prepared the food very well, she still felt there was some flavor that made her extremely uncomfortable, yet for her health, she forced herself to eat.

But after barely finishing, she vomited again soon after.

Not every time she vomited entirely; at least she retained some, so after eating again and vomiting again, there wouldn’t be nothing left in her stomach after all.

Just like this, she was tormented until late at night, worn out, and Pei Ji’an was worn out too, but he couldn’t focus on himself, devoting all his attention to her.

When she finally fell asleep, he lay down to close his eyes, thinking he would only have this one in his lifetime, no second child to cause her to suffer.

Honestly, if it hadn’t been for that dream, Pei Ji’an wouldn’t have been this urgent in wanting a child.

If initially Pei Ji’an didn’t understand the meaning of that dream, having the same dream repeatedly, even if he were dull, he should know something was wrong.

He saw in the dream that the source of all tragedy was the child, the one she couldn’t give birth to, leading to all subsequent tragedies.

So he thought, could having a child solve those ill fortunes?

If in the past, Pei Ji’an certainly wouldn’t make such a reckless decision just because of a dream, but after going through so many things, especially concerning him and her, he chose to believe in its existence rather than its non-existence.

Both she and her unborn child, he would protect them well, ensuring the dream’s events wouldn’t repeat.

Qu Fulan’s pregnancy was a significant event, at least in the eyes of those who cared about her, like Pei Ji’an, and even the Emperor.

Upon hearing about his daughter’s laborious pregnancy, the Emperor felt both heartache and concern, along with a slight grievance towards Pei Ji’an for making his daughter suffer, but he couldn’t punish him and had to give him more leave to accompany his daughter, otherwise wouldn’t it be worse if his pregnant daughter were suffering without her husband by her side?

The Heir Pei needed to take a leave, so his tasks had to be passed on to others, but few could handle them, and only Xiao Shiqing could do them to satisfy the Emperor.

It’s always the capable who do more work, after all.

Early in the morning, Xiao Shiqing was about to go find Li Hua, but ended up being urgently summoned to the palace by the Emperor.

The Emperor patted Xiao Shiqing on the shoulder with heartfelt words, "Xiao, there’s a time when your wife will be pregnant, and your tasks will then be handled by Heir Pei. Now, it’s his wife who’s pregnant first, so you’ll have to bear the burden for now. This is fair, as the wheel of fortune turns, and I never favor anyone, rest assured."

Xiao Shiqing timely reminded, "...Your Majesty, I haven’t gotten married yet."

The Emperor replied, "Soon or later, it’s not important."

Xiao Shiqing asked, "...Your Majesty wishes me to handle Heir Pei’s tasks for a few days?"

As the saying goes, when an Emperor commands a minister to die, the minister cannot refuse death. Since the Emperor asked him to do these tasks, being a subject, he couldn’t reject them.

The Emperor stroked his nose, "Hmm... just one or two years, it’s not too long."

A woman’s pregnancy lasts ten months; as a husband, he must accompany her through it, right? After the child is born, there needs to be confinement, and with the infant being small, various aspects need attention, requiring both the husband and wife to watch over it, right? It’s impossible to let only his daughter suffer!

At this moment, the Emperor long forgot that his daughter was not married to an ordinary family; her household not only has numerous maids and servants but also the child can have several wet nurses, naturally sparing the couple from worries.

Even setting aside that, even if his daughter did marry into an ordinary family, as a father who’s an Emperor, how far could she suffer?

So-called being concerned beyond reason, the old Emperor, for the love of his daughter, disregards many things.

He’d say even three or four years wouldn’t be excessive; by that time the child would grow up and wouldn’t require too much attention. But the Emperor also knows one can’t be so shameless, so one or two years is his bottom line.

Xiao Shiqing: Is it still possible to defect now? As long as one is not an Emperor and subject, there is nothing one cannot refuse.

Lastly, when Xiao Shiqing left the palace, his hands were holding a pile of official documents high, all tasks originally meant for Pei Ji’an, but now all of them were his responsibility.

If the Young Lady Pei were Li Jirou, he might willingly do it, just for her. But now...

It still seems wrong. If she were her, would he willingly do things for that man if she bore someone else’s child? That seems even more absurd.

All these unrelated matters!

Xiao Shiqing left the palace with a face devoid of hope.

Still, anything urgent needs time, and people must finish their meals before anything urgent, always able to find some time to address other matters.

Now, the top priority in Xiao Shiqing’s heart has not been resolved, and these tasks aren’t that urgent, naturally being set aside temporarily.

Then he went to look for Li Hua.

Meanwhile, from getting up in the morning to now, Li Hua’s right eyelid kept twitching; they say left eyelid twitching brings wealth, right eyelid twitching brings disaster. Was a calamity about to befall her?

Luckily, by noon, the twitching finally stopped, and nothing happened before then, proving such sayings were false.

But while going out for a meal, just as she entered her private room, and the two maids were about to follow, the door was shut; Li Hua got startled, looking towards the hand that closed the door.

Who else could it be but Xiao Shiqing?