Chapter 576. Zhang Shaoqing
Ning Chu was awakened by the incessant ringing of the doorbell outside.
She opened her eyes with some confusion and instinctively looked beside her, only to find no sign of Wen Yang, just a cold breakfast left on the nightstand.
Her body felt a bit sore, yet she energetically sat up and quickly slipped into her sleepwear.
Finally free from that sleepiness and fatigue that had persisted for months!
It really does pay to nourish oneself more as a Succubus.
The doorbell kept ringing, and Ning Chu hurried out of bed, but her legs wobbled, and she flopped back onto the bed.
“Ugh~ I said to be gentle…”
She took a small breath, slowly got back up, and clung to the wall as she made her way out of the bedroom.
Maybe it was because she hadn’t experienced it for so long. Even though Wen Yang had restrained himself, ultimately, it was she who had to finish the battle with her own hands, and the soreness beneath her was still particularly intense, leaving her legs weak.
Ning Chu slowly made her way to the front door, checked the person outside through the visual doorbell, and then opened the door.
“Sis~ Why so slow!”
Hei Dou dashed into the house with an unhappy expression.
“I was just sleeping, okay?”
“It’s almost ten o’clock!” She rushed past Ning Chu, but suddenly halted, turned around with a frown, and asked, “Sis, why were you messing around with your husband while pregnant?”
“The doctor said it was fine.” Ning Chu gave her cat head a light tap, “Are you really worried about me?”
“Aren’t I afraid something might happen to the baby?”
Hei Dou took a curious glance at her sister, noticing her messy sleepwear barely covering her skin, revealing faint bruises scattered over her fair skin. Ning Chu seemed awkward walking, limping over to the sofa.
Though she looked a bit disheveled, her spirits were evidently high, her complexion rosy and her eyes sparkling.
She leaned in indignantly, “Your husband is way out of line!”
“Mind your own business!”
Ning Chu rolled her eyes, her cheeks flushing slightly as she nervously adjusted her sleepwear.
“How could you guys have barbecue last night and not call me! That’s just too much!”
“There’s still ungrilled meat in the fridge.”
“Great~ Can I make some barbecue for lunch?”
“Sure.”
Hei Dou glanced at the time and jumped up from the sofa with a burst of energy. “Then I’m going to cook! What’s in the fridge? Sis, what do you want for lunch?!”
During the summer break, since she, as a vocational student, had no homework, she had been coming over to handle Ning Chu’s lunch, and afterwards, they could play games together.
Ning Chu followed her to the kitchen and opened the fridge. “Just bought some veggies last night… Let’s do scrambled eggs with garlic chives, and sautéed peppers with meat sounds good too…”
“Sis, you’re pregnant; you can’t eat anything too spicy!”
Hei Dou crossed her arms in objection.
“The doctor said I’m fine to eat, so stop acting like you’re my mom.”
“Is that for real? Mom said to make you something light.”
“If it were fake, would Wen Yang have made me barbecue last night?”
Hei Dou was taken aback but quickly was won over by Ning Chu, mumbling as she pulled ingredients out of the fridge. “Oh, I see…”
Though Hei Dou claimed to be around sixteen or seventeen years old, she still looked like a middle school kid with her youthful appearance, standing a few centimeters taller than Ning Chu, with hardly any curves, and you couldn’t tell much change even in a short-sleeve shirt. Her eyes were exceptionally clear, making her seem like an innocent girl, naive to the ways of the world.
Yet, in reality, this cat knew everything and had a more vulgar side online, with a pretty wild imagination.
Her academic performance was poor; otherwise, she wouldn’t be stuck in a vocational school, but her cooking skills were quite good, inheriting her mother’s talent.
In the kitchen, the sound of water for rinsing rice filled the air. Ning Chu didn’t worry about Hei Dou messing up lunch and turned towards the bathroom.
“I’m going to take a shower.”
“Okay~”
Three months pregnant, Ning Chu’s belly was still flat enough that no signs of pregnancy were visible.
With the wedding approaching, she didn’t have to worry about the fitted fish-tail wedding dress not fitting or her belly being too conspicuous when she wore it.
The house now had the atmosphere of a wedding, with “double happiness” pasted outside the door, and a crib for the baby in the living room, filled with decorations for the wedding.
After her shower, Ning Chu wrapped her hair in a towel and entered the living room, where Hei Dou was sitting cross-legged on the sofa, blowing up balloons.
“Aren’t you supposed to be cooking?”
“The rice is cooking, and the veggies are ready; I’ll just stir-fry them closer to mealtime.”
Hei Dou looked up at Ning Chu and asked, “Sis, Mom asked me to check if you have taken wedding photos yet.”
“We can just use old ones; taking wedding photos is too tiring.”
“Oh really~ So how do you plan to decorate? This is the wedding room after all~”
Ning Chu leaned back on the sofa, her legs instinctively curled up in front of her as she thought it over. “Just some balloons, and stick up some couplets, right? We can also change the bedding to red?”
“That sounds so half-hearted~”
She shot a glance at Hei Dou. “Then why don’t you use your little brain to think of a good decoration idea?”
“How about covering the bed with petals? That sounds so romantic!”
“Imagine lying on a bed of petals with your husband on your wedding night~”
Ning Chu imagined the scene for a moment, and it did seem quite beautiful, but the problem was: would it be easy to sleep on a pile of petals?
Hei Dou blew up a red balloon and looked towards the living room ceiling. “Sis, wouldn’t it be great to have a bunch of balloons forming a love heart on the ceiling?”
“Maybe?”
Ning Chu’s heart skipped a beat, and she instinctively touched the silver lines on her belly; as a Succubus, she often associated hearts with something steamy, whereas Hei Dou only seemed to relate them to love.
The wedding was just a few days away~
Leaning back on the sofa, images of Yan Xinya’s wedding flashed through her mind.
She would wear a wedding gown and officially declare her union with Wen Yang in front of family and friends, becoming the most beautiful woman in the world…
“Mom has already decorated the house; you’ve only stuck a few characters here.”
Hei Dou seemed to worry more about this wedding than even Ning Chu, heavily blowing up balloons, her little head pondering how to arrange the room.
Balloon after balloon was inflated and piled up on the sofa, filling the area quickly. Her cheeks were sore from blowing, and as she rubbed her face, she heard her sister’s casual voice.
“There’s a pump.”
“Why didn’t you say that sooner!”
“You didn’t ask either~ I thought you were just blowing for fun.”
Ning Chu playfully teased the little cat when the phone on the coffee table suddenly vibrated violently. She looked down, noticing an unfamiliar caller.
“Hello?”
“Ning Chu?”
Although the number was unfamiliar, that flirty tone sounded oddly familiar.
“Shao Qing? Did you change your number?” She paused for a second, “Why are you calling me? It’s almost time for lunch; are you gaming until the afternoon?”
“Since you’re getting married, don’t I have to come early to help? Where’s your house? I’ll drive over.”
“Wow~ So generous of you~ You didn’t come to the gatherings last year or the year before, but now you want to attend my wedding~”
Ning Chu sarcastically responded.
“Cut the nonsense!”
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