The Billionaire's Hidden Affection

Chapter 819 - 816: Pregnant 5

Yan Xixi was stunned.

In the apartment in Dun City, there was already a personal butler with an annual salary as high as seventy thousand, that middle‑aged woman in charge of handling all the miscellaneous affairs in South Country. Now they were arranging another person to accompany her full‑time and moonlight as a bodyguard—how much money would that cost?

She said cautiously, "I really can manage on my own. Now that you’re assigning two people just to wait on me, doesn’t that seem way too wasteful and extravagant? I actually don’t need that..."

Liu Daqing dismissed it. "Xixi, just stop turning it down. You stayed behind to keep me company, and in the end you’ll be rushing off to South Country University all by yourself. Never mind Donglin being worried, even I wouldn’t be at ease."

She muttered, "But... I really don’t think this kind of waste is good..."

Even if you didn’t really know, just look at the gossip pages in newspapers and magazines: even those young madams who married into rich families can’t just do whatever they want. In fact, the more powerful the family, the more rules they have. Not only are you not allowed to squander wantonly, you’re also required to learn some basic household management and so on. No one actually lets you just sit back and enjoy everything.

Liu Daqing burst out laughing. "Didn’t you hear what the boss lady at that dumpling shop said yesterday? We make money to live, we don’t live just to make money. That’s right—if it were before, I’d definitely send you off on your own, at least to train you, temper you, make you work hard. But now, I suddenly figured it out—what’s the point of working ourselves to death? Instead of slaving away all day, worrying about this and that, why not take it a bit easier and be happier? We’re not training a female secret agent; there’s no need for you to master all seventy‑two martial arts skills..."

Wan Donglin picked up the thread. "Her Majesty the Empress Dowager is right. A person’s energy is limited. Two years seems long, but it’s actually very tight. If you really want to achieve something, you’ll find your time is nowhere near enough. If you waste such precious time on trivial chores, wouldn’t that be a crime? Besides, I can’t go with you during this period. If there’s no one looking after you, how could I feel at ease? Xixi, this isn’t for you—it’s purely so I can feel reassured myself..."

Yan Xixi could only sigh inwardly.

In fact, she knew very well that Wan Donglin’s arrangements weren’t mainly because he was afraid she’d get lost or couldn’t be independent, but for another reason: he had to protect her properly, to prevent awful situations like when Wang Xiaohao and the others threatened her from happening again.

"Donglin will work hard at his job, you’ll study hard at school. It’s just two years. Once you graduate, you won’t be apart anymore, and things won’t be this troublesome."

Wan Donglin grinned as well. "You still aren’t going to obey the Empress Dowager’s orders?"

Yan Xixi also started laughing, winking at the Empress Dowager Liu. "Then I’ll thank Your Majesty. Hey, with this setup, I won’t be scared even if I end up going to Harvard on the very last day."

When Xu Xiaoya saw Yan Xixi again, it was like a lifetime had passed; she was so excited she almost couldn’t contain herself.

"Xixi, how come you’re back?"

Yan Xixi smiled with squinting eyes. "Being away too long, I’m not used to it."

"When are you heading out again? That day I was worried sick."

"What’s the big deal? Just treat it like a trip to another province, it’s nothing."

Xu Xiaoya’s jaw dropped in disbelief. After a long moment, she muttered, a bit deflated, "So Third Young Master really just stopped caring about you?"

Yan Xixi only smiled.

Xu Xiaoya knew there had to be some sort of twist, but since Yan Xixi didn’t bring it up, she naturally didn’t press. The two of them chatted and joked, and time flew by. Yan Xixi took a look around the shop—everything was business as usual. She was about to head back to the office when she saw Zhou Xiaoxuan walk in.