I Became the Mother of His Child

Was Ye Hua offering a pillow to a sleepy Xu Xiuxiu? Upon hearing Ye Hua's words, Xu Xiuxiu's eyes sparkled as she smiled at him, "Honestly, I came here to take a look at this land and, incidentally, to buy it." Ye Hua's sincerity made Xu Xiuxiu also not conceal her intentions.

Since they both had the idea of cooperating, from the start, Xu Xiuxiu did not want to mix suspicions and schemes into it. She thought well of Ye Hua as a person, which was why she let Song Chengguang consider him as a godfather.

"You also want to buy this land? Xu Xiuxiu, are you joking?" Ye Hua was genuinely unsettled this time, a flicker of caution flashed in his eyes—it was a typical trait of businessmen—but Ye Hua quickly hid it. If Xu Xiuxiu hadn't been watching Ye Hua, she wouldn't have noticed this slight change.

"I want to build a holiday villa on the land, but I don't have enough funds. What about you? What do you want to do with this land?" Xu Xiuxiu expressed her thoughts and then asked, without any inhibition, about the purpose for which Ye Hua wanted to buy the wasteland.

A holiday villa? Ye Hua's pupils contracted sharply as he stared at Xu Xiuxiu for a long while. He clearly had not expected that Xu Xiuxiu would have the exact same idea as him! Was it a coincidence, or had someone leaked his business secrets? If it was a coincidence, Ye Hua felt strangely excited. Sharing a vision with a woman he held in high regard was certainly romantic, but if it was an orchestrated coincidence, that would be rather ugly.

Ye Hua pondered; his sharp aura did not subside.

"I was thinking the same thing," Ye Hua replied to Xu Xiuxiu, but his tone was not as relaxed as before. He was cautious, observing Xu Xiuxiu with penetrating eyes that seemed to dissect her true thoughts and intentions.

"Xiuxiu." Song Yuanhuan was playing in the water with Song Chengguang, chasing fish in a small lake with a stick, but when he inadvertently looked up, he spotted a man who seemed threatening standing beside Xu Xiuxiu. Despite the presence of a few men around him, he immediately picked up Song Chengguang from the water and approached Xu Xiuxiu.

"Godfather." Song Chengguang was pouting, protesting against Song Yuanhuan's unceremonious handling, but when the little guy saw Ye Hua, he immediately called out in excitement.

Song Chengguang's timely shout broke the somewhat awkward atmosphere between Xu Xiuxiu and Ye Hua.

"Chengguang." Ye Hua called out with a smile and then saw Song Chengguang wriggle out of Song Yuanhuan's arms and dive into Ye Hua's embrace.

Now, with an empty embrace, Song Yuanhuan's brow furrowed tightly; he subtly let out a breath to calm the restlessness in his heart. Then, Song Yuanhuan approached Xu Xiuxiu with a protective demeanor.

"Godfather hasn't seen Chengguang in a long time. Has Chengguang been behaving?" Ye Hua, holding Song Chengguang, tested his weight with his hands. "Wow, our Chengguang has gained quite a bit!" Ye Hua laughed heartily, his heart softening because of Song Chengguang's closeness.

To be honest, he hadn't seen Song Chengguang for some days. Before the new year, after Xu Xiuxiu got pregnant, she didn't take Song Chengguang out much. After the new year, he was busy with work, and aside from sitting the month with Xu Xiuxiu at home in Z city, Song Chengguang had been sent to the nursery. They hadn't seen each other for more than half a year; yet, Song Chengguang still remembered him and his affection seemed unchanged.

"Chengguang is very well-behaved, and now he is a big brother, naturally he will grow up," Song Chengguang explained with a grin, laughing foolishly as he spoke.

"Little smartie," Ye Hua teased as he lightly touched Song Chengguang's nose with amusement.

Because of Song Chengguang's interruption, the strange tension between Xu Xiuxiu and Ye Hua was also broken. Having finally met, it was about to become evening, Xu Xiuxiu then invited Ye Hua to have dinner at Sichuan Pavilion. Ye Hua hadn't been to Sichuan Pavilion for a while, and his ventures had expanded considerably since the new year, not just in import and export trade as Xu Xiuxiu might think. His business interests were quite extensive, and when really busy, there never seemed to be an end.

Xu Xiuxiu had mentioned wanting to buy him dinner when they met on the train after the new year; now that they had coincidentally met, they decided to have dinner together.

"Xu Xiuxiu, business is business, I am a businessman, so let me speak frankly," at the dinner table, Xu Xiuxiu revealed her intention to cooperate, and Ye Hua straightforwardly gave Xu Xiuxiu his response.

Despite his special fondness for Xu Xiuxiu, and even having to admit that Xu Xiuxiu was quite attractive to him, as a businessman, he could not irresponsibly hand over interests, that was not Ye Hua's style of doing things.

"Ye Hua, since I have mentioned the intent to collaborate, then I surely won't just offer some capital investment. I know you don't lack money and have the capability to develop that plot in the suburbs of Z city on your own. But I am confident that I can secure that land from the government. Even if I don't develop it, I want to acquire that land. The only thing that I lack is strong financial backing, and also, I am aware of the true value of that land. If we could partner, my stake would only be thirty percent of the profits to your seventy percent, Ye Hua, this is a win-win situation. Otherwise, if I acquire that land, you'll get nothing out of it, and if you want to develop the holiday villa, you would still have to come to me. You wouldn't want it to come to that, right?"

Xu Xiuxiu laid out her thoughts but had to admit that she was being somewhat manipulative. She was covertly threatening Ye Hua, letting him know that if he didn't agree to the mutually beneficial cooperation, she could interfere. She knew that Ye Hua, with his background and capabilities, shouldn't be underestimated, but she also clearly understood the future value of that plot of land. That would be the future's most flourishing and valuable holiday villa in Z city! In the next ten years, the prices of villa districts in that area would skyrocket to the level of the courtyard houses in the Capital B city, and that was something significant.

Xu Xiuxiu couldn't even fathom it, but knowing full well it was a major opportunity dripping with benefits, could she really just watch Ye Hua consume it alone? Xu Xiuxiu asked herself and knew she couldn't.

"Xu Xiuxiu, are you threatening me?" Ye Hua frowned, setting down his chopsticks, and then stared at Xu Xiuxiu seriously. His expression was somewhat intimidating.

It must be said, the imposing Ye Hua at this moment was completely different from what Xu Xiuxiu had previously known, but Xu Xiuxiu met his gaze unwaveringly without retreating an inch.

"Xiuxiu, come on, have some dishes," compared to the tense standoff between Xu Xiuxiu and Ye Hua, Song Yuanhuan behaved like a man teaching family values, gently offering his beloved woman some food.