Chapter 180: Li Beijue Wants to Give a Gift?

Li Beijue waited in the car alone for a while longer before getting out.

Then, just as he entered the door, he saw the three little ones who had come in earlier and Jiang Baobao, who were currently cleaning the water stains off themselves.

Apart from some rainwater on their pant legs, the three little ones were basically not wet anywhere else on their bodies.

By comparison, Jiang Baobao looked rather disheveled.

"Mommy, you have to use an umbrella for yourself next time too! We are young! Our bodies are very healthy! We won't get sick even if we get rained on!"

Tiantian said in her crisp, sweet little voice with a serious expression, looking at Jiang Baobao with some heartache.

Upon hearing this, Jiang Baobao was instantly caught between laughter and tears: "So you mean Mommy is old and has a bad body?"

"That's not it..."

Tiantian hurriedly waved her hands, but halfway through her sentence, her peripheral vision suddenly caught Li Beijue walking in, and her tone suddenly paused.

Mobai and Yanbao also noticed Li Beijue and looked over subconsciously.

The living room was quiet for a moment.

Seeing that Mobai and Tiantian had no intention of greeting him, Yanbao hurriedly spoke up: "Daddy, you're back. Did you get rained on?"

Upon hearing this, Li Beijue felt a bit comforted and replied in a deep voice: "No."

As he spoke, his gaze fell involuntarily onto Jiang Baobao.

Jiang Baobao was wiping her wet hair, and seeing him looking at her, she couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Mobai and Yanbao said that Li Beijue had already apologized to them...

So, him looking at her like this, it shouldn't be that he wants to argue, right?

Jiang Baobao habitually pondered the behavioral patterns of the person in front of her and ultimately chose to remain silent.

Unexpectedly, she immediately heard Li Beijue suddenly say: "I'll go have Zheng Bo boil some ginger soup."

Jiang Baobao was slightly stunned and subconsciously raised her eyes, just in time to meet Li Beijue's deep gaze, feeling somewhat surprised in her heart.

He... was he talking to her?

She must be overthinking it...

Just as Jiang Baobao was pondering this, she heard Yanbao ask loudly: "Daddy, are you worried that Mommy will catch a cold?"

The little one's tone carried some excitement, and with that one sentence, the expressions of both adults changed slightly.

"Ahem..." Li Beijue coughed lightly, his expression remaining as serious as before, yet he did not deny it.

After a two-second pause, he said in a low voice: "The rain is quite heavy today; everyone should drink some ginger soup to avoid catching a cold."

His tone was steady, but as he spoke, he deliberately shifted his gaze away from Jiang Baobao's direction.

Then, without waiting for the three little ones to reply, he continued: "I still have some work to handle. Yanbao, have Grandpa Zheng send the ginger soup to my study in a while."

Li Beijue dropped the sentence and immediately turned to walk toward the stairs.

His expression was hurried, looking quite like he was fleeing in a panic.

Behind him, Mobai and Yanbao exchanged a meaningful look.

Daddy must be concerned about Mommy but is too embarrassed to say it!

It seems... the two of them have made up again!

Upstairs—

Li Beijue returned to the study alone.

With a bang, the study door was slammed shut.

Li Beijue stood at the doorway, his expression somewhat subtle.

Had he gone crazy just now?

Seeing that woman get soaked by the rain, he had actually subconsciously said to have the kitchen boil ginger soup...

Li Beijue stood where he was, his mind suddenly going blank.

It seemed that ever since he mistook her for the girl from sixteen years ago, everything had been a bit off...

But that had only been a few short days!

Li Beijue took a deep breath, the images in his mind playing like a movie.

He suddenly discovered that he actually remembered everything that happened during those few days with perfect clarity.

Jiang Baobao sitting in his car with a nervous and uneasy expression.

The expression on Jiang Baobao's face when she smiled at him.

The way Jiang Baobao picked food for him.

And the scene of the two of them taking the three little ones out for an outing...

Ever since she returned, the two of them had been in a state of constant confrontation.

It was rare to have those few days of peace.

And... and that day he ran into her on a blind date with another man...

He had thought at the time...

Recalling his feelings at that moment, Li Beijue suddenly felt uncomfortable in his heart again.

Then, not knowing what else he thought of, he suddenly clenched his fists tightly.

No.

These emotions were entirely because he had misunderstood during that period...

Li Beijue suddenly raised his eyes, his gaze filled with suppressed, struggling emotions.

Right, it was just a misunderstanding!

In the living room—

Jiang Baobao took a quick hot shower and was then pulled downstairs by the three little ones to drink hot ginger soup together.

Zheng Bo had specifically set aside a bowl for Li Beijue, preparing to take it upstairs.

Just at this moment—

"Grandpa Zheng! Let Mommy deliver the ginger soup!"

Yanbao said suddenly with a smile.

Zheng Bo was stunned upon hearing this, and Jiang Baobao also asked with a wry smile: "Didn't Daddy just say he wanted Grandpa Zheng to deliver it? Why change it to Mommy all of a sudden?"

What kind of mischief was this little one trying to pull now!

He really couldn't sit still for even a single day!

Jiang Baobao thought to herself, but then heard Yanbao answer with a straight face: "Because Daddy only had Grandpa Zheng make the ginger soup because he saw that Mommy got caught in the rain. Mommy, just go help Daddy deliver it, okay?"

Yanbao blinked his eyes at Jiang Baobao in a well-behaved manner, launching a "cuteness" attack.

Jiang Baobao's heart instantly melted, and she couldn't bear to refuse any longer.

She had no choice but to helplessly poke the little one's forehead and mutter: "Fine... you little rascal! You've really been hanging out with Mobai for too long! You used to be so introverted, and now you've learned to act cute with Mommy!"

These words instantly made Mobai, who was to the side, pout his little mouth and retort loudly in protest: "It's not from learning from me! Mommy, don't blame everything on me!"

Jiang Baobao was left speechless, shook her head with a laugh, and had no choice but to helplessly take the tray and walk toward the direction of the upstairs.

She arrived at the study door with familiar ease and directly raised her hand to knock.

Yet, she couldn't help but mutter to herself in her heart.

She was only coming here for Yanbao's sake!

Li Beijue had better not say anything later about her throwing herself at him again!

Just as Jiang Baobao was thinking this, she suddenly saw the door in front of her being pulled open.

She was stunned for a moment, not expecting Li Beijue to come over and open the door himself.

She then hurriedly shoved the tray in her hand into Li Beijue's hands and said at a rapid pace: "Your ginger soup, drink it while it's hot."

Jiang Baobao did not want to stay, dropped the sentence, and turned to leave.

She had just moved when she suddenly stopped her steps and quickly added: "Yanbao told me to bring this up to you, don't overthink it!"

Jiang Baobao's cautious appearance suddenly made Li Beijue feel a bit amused.

Was he really that much of a threat to her?

Did she even need to specifically explain herself just for delivering soup?

Li Beijue suddenly felt that most of his irritable mood from earlier had vanished.

He raised an eyebrow, and seeing that she was about to leave, he suddenly spoke up: "Jiang Baobao, wait a moment."

"What for?" Jiang Baobao stopped as expected, looking at him with a guarded expression again.

Li Beijue did not speak; his gaze slowly swept over her bare neck, and he suddenly thought of that necklace from today.

If that necklace were worn on her neck...

Li Beijue's eyes flickered for an instant, and suddenly, as if possessed, he asked in a deep voice: "Is there anything you want?"

"Huh? What do you mean?"

Jiang Baobao was a bit bewildered by his question.

What did Li Beijue mean by asking her that?

Was he going to give her something?