Daily life of working as a substitute bride for a wealthy family

Xiang Ran answered the phone.

Since Su Yue was there too, I simply turned on the hands-free mode.

"Why did you think of going back to the Su family villa? Why didn't you ask Xiao Chen to send you off?" Sheng Yang asked on the phone.

You can tell that his tone is not very happy and is restrained.

Xiang Ran: "You can go back if you want. Is there any problem?"

"Will you come home for dinner tonight?"

"what happened?"

"I'm free today and can come back to have dinner with you."

"talk later."

"I'll pick you up straight after get off work?"

"No need. I have something else to do, so leave it at that for now." Xiang Ran was upset and hung up the phone.

Su Yue was stunned for a moment: "Miss Xiang... do you usually talk to Mr. Sheng like this?"

Xiang Ran sighed: "Not really."

As he was speaking, Su Yue's cell phone rang.

"It's President Sheng calling!" He looked at Xiang Ran and pressed the answer button.

Su Yue: "Hello, Mr. Sheng! Yes, the young lady came back today and brought me some blue crabs."

Sheng Yang: "Oh, yes, she doesn't eat crabs recently. Can you send a car to take her back to Jinxiu Villa later? It's getting dark now, let her go home early for dinner."

Sheng Yang's tone was neither hurried nor slow, but it was full of oppression.

Su Yue glanced at Xiang Ran and said, "The young lady...will be back soon. I will drive her back to Jinxiu Villa myself, don't worry."

"Then please." Sheng Yang hung up the phone.

"Who said I have to go back right away? I still want to go out for a walk and get some fresh air." Xiang Ran asked Su Yue with her arms folded.

Su Yue: "Miss Xiang, since President Sheng has spoken, you'd better go back early. I think the method I just proposed is the best for everyone. If you have any other requests, you can also bring them up for discussion later."

Xiang Ran: “Really?”

Su Yue frowned: "You are pregnant with the Sheng family's child. For ordinary families, one more or one less child may not be a big deal. But the Sheng family is not prosperous now, and Sheng Yang's flesh and blood is extraordinary. Miss Xiang, you must not act rashly!"

Xiang Ran snorted and said nothing.

She just didn't want to agree so quickly.

Why?

If it weren't for that glass of wine from the Su family...

-

Su Yue did drive Xiang Ran home personally.

Xiang Ran looked at the pointer at 60 mph and couldn't help asking, "Does Butler Su always drive so steadily?"

Su Yue said: "I used to be a driver in the army. It was because of my steady driving that the master took a fancy to me and kept me here."

"Oh, what is Aunt Zeng busy with? Isn't she going back to Jinxiu today?" Xiang Ran was a little suspicious.

Su Yue: "She... has something else to do, she might be back tomorrow or the day after tomorrow."

"What's going on with your lady now?"

"Everyone has their own troubles. It's enough for Miss Xiang to deal with her own troubles now. As for our lady's affairs... I will find a way." He knocked on the steering wheel.

Xiang Ran snorted: "That's right! Since no one helps me, I'll just make the decision on my own."

"Ms. Xiang, could you please not be so aggressive? I just think that dealing with President Sheng is already a headache for you. He's not someone you can easily talk to."

Xiang Ran: "Oh. How do you know what kind of person he is in private?"

"Listen to what he said just now. Wasn't he using both soft and hard tactics? Now that he can sit in the position of chairman and hold it firmly, can he still be a simple person? Don't forget, Yixing Group is not a small store or workshop where anyone can come out and inherit his father's business. Besides, the previous chairman was not his father, but his uncle." Su Yue glanced at her sideways.

"Then how dare you set up this scheme and treat him like your grandson?"

The car braked suddenly and almost hit a stray cat that ran out on the road.

Xiang Ran chanted "Amitabha."

Su Yue was also shocked.

"Miss Xiang, I! This is the first time I've almost been rear-ended while driving. You..." Su Yue calmed down and released his foot on the brake. "Don't say such things next time. Things are indeed not as simple as we originally imagined, but we are still in the same boat. Let's think about how to help each other."

"Yeah." Xiang Ran answered.

But I was thinking in my heart, that’s right.

If the boat is about to capsize...it will depend on who escapes faster.

-

Just as he reached the door, the phone in Su Yue's arms rang again.

"Butler Su, why don't you answer the phone?"

He took out his phone and looked at it, then said to Xiang Ran, "I have something urgent to do, so I won't take you in. Please say hello to everyone for me."

"Oh. Go ahead and do your work."

Just as Xiang Ran closed the car door, she saw the Audi tailswivel and speed away.

Oh? So urgent?

Didn’t you say you were a safe driver?

-

The sweet-scented osmanthus trees in the garden are fragrant.

The weather in the south of the Yangtze River was abnormal this year, and the sweet-scented osmanthus flowers that had been slow to bloom finally bloomed in late October.

Xiang Ran sat on the swing for a long time, watching Master Zhu mow the lawn and then cut the grass with a lawn mower.

The air was filled with a strange grass fragrance.

The more you smell it, the more addictive it becomes.

-

When Sheng Yang got off work, he came back and saw his wife sitting on the swing.

The swing swings and the long hair flutters.

A picture of peace and beauty.

He breathed a sigh of relief.

It has been a long time since he got off work before dark.

original,

The sunset in my own autumn flower garden is so beautiful.

Is it beautiful because there are flowers and grass here?

No,

It’s because of her.

-

He stood at a distance and watched her.

She also saw him out of the corner of her eye.

The two of them were in a stalemate for a while, and Sheng Yang took the initiative to walk over.

He gently hugged her from behind: "Why...are you so cold?"

"Sheng Yang, do you like me?"

This was the first time she had asked him this question directly.

Sheng Yang said without hesitation: "It's not just like, it's love."

"But giving birth to a child is a very risky thing for a woman, you know?" Xiang Ran spoke out the "lines" that she had been thinking about and brewing for an entire afternoon.

"I...I know." Sheng Yang agreed.

"No, you've only heard about it, but you don't know. If you haven't seen it with your own eyes, haven't experienced it firsthand, you can't truly know. From the moment you become pregnant, a woman needs to control her weight, can't perm or dye her hair, and has to restrict her diet. She'll experience various reactions, her belly will gradually grow, and she won't be able to fulfill her wifely duties and have sex with her husband... And pregnancy is often the peak period for husbands to cheat."

Sheng Yang said firmly, "I'm not that kind of person."

Xiang Ran: "Yes, maybe you can control yourself at this time, but I haven't finished speaking...When giving birth, both caesarean section and natural birth are life-threatening."

"A caesarean section is a major operation, but a natural birth is not easy either."

"Normal births carry the risk of episiotomy and perineal tears, which means you might need stitches down there. Long labors can cause pelvic floor muscle relaxation, and sneezing can lead to urinary incontinence... After giving birth, most women will have stretch marks, and many husbands will dislike them from then on. After giving birth, many people will also experience postpartum depression..." Xiang Ran got off the swing, turned around, and looked Sheng Yang straight in the eye. "Do you really know? Do you truly understand these hardships that women avoid talking about?"

Sheng Yang didn't say anything.

Because there are some things... he really doesn't understand,

Or maybe as a man he doesn't need to understand.

He is not a compassionate person.

Sexual resources are not a scarce resource for men of his class, and they seem to have no need to understand the suffering of women.

But if... this is the suffering that "she" he loves... has to face at this moment, he seems unable to ignore it anymore.

He was speechless.

Because any words would seem pale.