The Reborn Sidekick Rejected The Male Lead-Chapter 370 - 359: Husband Is Back

Early the next morning, Shen Mu left the house, and Yiyi also went out to work.

Lu Jingqiu was left at home alone, about to finish the last illustration for the picture book.

She spent the morning drawing at home.

Around ten o’clock, while stretching on the terrace, she suddenly spotted a streak of green on the alleyway below.

Aside from their own, no other family in the alley had anyone who wore such clothes, and Lu Jingqiu’s heart leapt at the sight.

Taking a few steps forward to get a better look and, upon recognizing that familiar face, she felt both shock and joy, and called out from the terrace: "Husband."

Jiang Nanzhou, hearing her voice, looked in her direction and saw his wife bounding down to meet him, which made him instinctively stretch out his arms and quickly move forward, calling out: "Be careful."

Unsure if his wife heard the warning and worried she might trip, he hastened his steps home.

She opened the door just as he reached the entrance, and with a smile brimming across his face, Jiang Nanzhou wanted to lift his wife into his arms for a joyous spin.

But as he came closer, he noticed just how big her belly had gotten.

"Qiuqiu, I’ve missed you so much."

"Nanzhou, it’s so good you’re back."

The couple embraced at the door, lingering for nearly five minutes before reluctantly pulling apart.

For some reason, Lu Jingqiu felt a wave of emotion and the urge to cry upon seeing her husband.

Jiang Nanzhou closed the door, one arm encircling his wife and the other carrying the luggage, as they moved inside the house: "Were you surprised?"

"Yeah, how did you come back?"

"By plane."

"...?"

"Don’t believe me?"

"Yeah."

"The team from Capital City has a plane, they were coming here for two days. Dad called and asked if I was coming back, so of course I did."

"Really? That’s such a coincidence, it’s so good you could come back."

Jiang Nanzhou set down his luggage and pinched her nose, tilting his head to give his wife a kiss, but paused just before their lips met: "Is there..."

"No one’s home, Ah Mu has gone out and won’t be back for a couple of days, and Yiyi won’t return until the evening."

A smile lit up Jiang Nanzhou’s eyes, and he swept his wife up into a princess carry: "That’s wonderful."

Lu Jingqiu, startled, quickly wrapped her arms around his neck: "Have I gotten heavier?"

"You’re a bit heavier, but it wouldn’t be normal if you weren’t."

Saying so, he carried Lu Jingqiu upstairs.

It wasn’t until past noon that someone emerged from the bedroom, contentedly dressed in pajamas, and went down to the kitchen to cook for his wife.

In the kitchen hung a pound of pork, which Jiang Nanzhou used to make two bowls of shredded pork noodles.

Once ready, he carried them straight up to the second floor.

At that moment, Lu Jingqiu was sitting on the bed with her hair down, a sleepy expression on her face as she waited for her husband to feed her.

"Mmm, delicious."

"If it tastes good, eat more, I’ll take you out shopping this afternoon."

Lu Jingqiu shook her head: "I don’t want to go anywhere, I just want you to stay with me."

"These friends of yours have been a great help lately, we ought to treat them to a meal."

"Well, bad timing. Shang Ze and Ah Mu have both gone to the towns, not returning until Sunday afternoon. My second cousin has gone to Yangcheng City and hasn’t come back yet... Niannian is busy with her farm lately, and Xinyue is at her mother-in-law’s place right now. I can treat Niannian and Xinyue some other day. Since you’re rarely back, let’s go see your uncle this afternoon."

"I saw uncle when I got off the plane, he said I should spend some quality time with you."

"Oh, then just stay with me, I have to go for a prenatal check-up tomorrow, we can go out tomorrow. When are you leaving?"

"The plane is tomorrow afternoon."

"Oh." So fleeting.

Jiang Nanzhou knew she felt disappointed, but there was nothing he could do, coming back was better than not at all.

"Qiuqiu, this time I’ve come back, I want to talk to you about something."

"Hmm? What is it?"

"Grandpa wants to bring Aunt Zhang over."

"Hmm?"

"Grandpa heard that your aunt is not around, and there are no older female relatives by your side, he’s worried about what you would do when the time comes. After Aunt Zhang came back for the New Year, her son took all her money. Not only did he take the money, but he also purposely sent her back, knowing where she was, and he would come once a month, each time just to ask for money.

Aunt Zhang was heartbroken and cut off ties with him."

"Ah, is her son an idiot?"

Jiang Nanzhou just smiled without confirming or denying.

Lu Jingqiu said, "If Grandpa is worried about me and wants to come over, that’s fine, but we don’t have any orderly soldiers here, and he won’t be able to go fishing with his old comrades either."

While feeding her a mouthful, Jiang Nanzhou laughed, "Compared to fishing, he’s more fond of his great-grandson."

Lu Jingqiu smiled; they had already found out the sex of the baby last month when she and Luo Xinyue went to see Aunt Wei together.

When Aunt Wei was at the hospital, she was all serious, huh, only after they left the hospital did she tell them.

Both she and Xinyue were expecting boys, and she told Nanzhou right away.

"There’s no need for a long discussion about this matter, if Grandpa wants to come over, he can just come... oh, it seems like our place isn’t quite big enough."

"I’ve thought about this already. We can rent a nearby house, and my husband will pay for it."

"Nearby? There’s nothing available for rent nearby recently."

"No worries, there are two to three more months to go, if we really can’t find anything, we can temporarily live in the apartment buildings in the compound, and have Aunt Zhang stay here."

"If Grandpa stays there, Ah Mu probably won’t feel comfortable staying here. Don’t worry, I’ve been paying attention to it recently, asking around nearby, hopefully, we can find a place close by. Also, my aunt introduced me to a maid, I’ve already seen her and think she’s quite good. I’ll let her know when it’s almost time to give birth."

"Okay, good, I’ll listen to you. Our family isn’t short on money, it’s fine to hire two."

"Let’s not, people would gossip if they knew. Besides, we have Aunt Zhang, don’t we."

Since Grandpa was coming, she couldn’t just stay at home anymore.

After having lunch, around two in the afternoon, Lu Jingqiu put on her clothes and stepped out with Jiang Nanzhou.

They first asked around the alley; the little Western-style houses on their left were all occupied, none had the intention to rent out.

The family on the right side, with six members, young and old, had no possibility of renting either.

But they asked anyway, and the lady from that house was surprised when they mentioned looking to rent, exclaiming, "Isn’t your two-story house spacious enough?"

Lu Jingqiu smiled and said, "My grandpa is bringing my aunt to live with us, we do have a small townhouse, but it only has four rooms. My brother and sister each occupy one, and the rest aren’t enough. I’m looking for something close by. Auntie, you know this area the best, do you know if anyone wants to rent out their house?"

"Oh dear, I don’t think there’s anything available in such short notice, but I can keep an eye out for you."

"That would be great, even if it’s not in our alley, the ones in front or behind could work too."

"Sure, that’s not a problem, how much rent are you willing to pay?"

"Eight yuan." After Lu Jingqiu said it, she added with a smile, "If Auntie finds one for me, I’ll give you an extra two yuan."

"Oh, that’s good, I’ll look for you."

Two yuan, that’s enough for a month’s worth of groceries, it’s quite an attractive offer.

After leaving the neighbor’s house, Jiang Nanzhou quietly gave Lu Jingqiu a thumbs-up, "My wife sure knows what to do."

"As long as you don’t say I’m wasting money, that’s fine."

"When has my wife ever wasted money?" He was actually shocked after seeing those bills today.