My Lovely Wife is a Forensic Doctor - Chapter 208

Chapter 208 Making Things Difficult for the CEO

“What is it?” Qin Xiaozhi anxiously glanced at Mu Yu once he realized the sudden change in her expression. “Uh… It’s nothing.” Mu Yu kept her legs pressed together as she forced a smile onto her face. “I just feel like going to the toilet all of a sudden. I’ll head there now, Grandpa.”

“Go on. Take your time and don’t run there!” he uttered.

“Alright! I’m fine, Grandpa.” Mu Yu answered him while she speedily walked toward the toilet. After she shut the door, she quickly opened the cupboard beneath the sink—she usually kept her sanitary pads there. What?! Why aren’t there any sanitary pads here?! She had just bought tons of boxes of pads during the last Black Friday sale; the entire cupboard had been stuffed with it! Wan Mingxiu—and occasionally, Li Xianglan too—usually cleaned her room up. Could they have taken all my sanitary pads away because they thought I was pregnant and wouldn’t be needing it for a while? Oh my God!

Mu Yu pressed her legs together as she felt a warm liquid gushing out from her. With a glum expression, she headed over to pull some tissues—she couldn’t just go out and get changed while Qin Xiaozhi was still outside.

“It’s time to eat, Yu. I’ll wait for you at the dining area,” Qin Xiaozhi shouted from outside.

“Oh! Okay!” She was secretly pleased as she pressed her ear against the door to hear the sounds they made. Once they left the room, she rushed out to her bedside with her legs still squeezed together. She hurriedly picked her phone up and gave Qin Jinhuan a call for help.

“Yu?” Shocked by the voice that came from behind her, Mu Yu’s hands jolted so hard that her phone fell onto the bed. “What is it?” the voice asked. She heaved a sigh of relief when she turned around to see that it was Qin Jinhuan standing behind her. Without picking her phone up, she quickly rushed toward him. “Huan, h-hurry up and go… g-go buy…” She stuttered as she was speaking too quickly.

“Don’t get all worked up. Tell me about it slowly.” Qin Jinhuan quickly attempted to comfort her when he saw that she was extremely anxious. He said, “What do you need me to buy? I’ll get Zijun to go buy it for you.”

“No! You can’t ask him to do it!” Mu Yu’s face was blushing as she shook her head frantically. “I-I need to buy sanitary pads!”

“Sanitary pads?!” he exclaimed.

“Yes. My period is here.” Her face twisted into a bitter expression as she spoke. “I bought a lot of sanitary pads and kept them in the toilet, but all of them are gone now. Perhaps Mingxiu or Xianglan took them away. Hurry up and go get me some,” she urged.

Qin Jinhuan was a little stunned to hear this. “Perhaps I can go over to Xianglan’s room and get you one for now,” he suggested.

“No! She’ll realize that I’m not pregnant then! If she mentions it by accident, Grandpa would find out about it!” she cried.

“In that case, I can go over to her room and steal one.”

“Steal?” Mu Yu was amused by his choice of words, but she didn’t have the time to crack jokes with him right then. “You don’t even know where Xianglan usually keeps these things; how are you going to steal it?” she asked in return.

“Uhh…” He gave her an awkward smile.

My God! He’s really thinking of stealing the pads! She shoved him out of the room. “Hurry up and go get it for me. I’ll use the tissues as a substitute for now.”

“Wait!” He turned around and stopped in his tracks. “You can use the tissues first, and we’ll go buy some sanitary pads together in a while.”

She felt a little displeased to hear this. “Do you think buying sanitary pads is something embarrassing to do?”

“No, not at all. I… Uhh…” Qin Jinhuan stuttered.

She then interrupted him with a look of disdain and said, “Although you’re a CEO, you’re totally different from the CEOs that I like to read about in romance novels!”

“It’s not like that, Yu…” he explained.

“The CEOs I read about love to pamper their wives. They’d be glad to do anything for their wives—even purchasing sanitary pads!” she said.

“Yu, you…” He tried to speak again.

“You can forget it if you don’t want to buy them. I’ll do it myself later.”

“Yu…”

“Go away.” Mu Yu, who had already gotten herself a clean set of clothes, shoved Qin Jinhuan away while rolling her eyes at him after she had interrupted the latter.

“Yu!” He persisted. She ignored him as she continued walking toward the toilet.

“Don’t you have extra pads in your handbag?” he finally said.

Hm? That’s true! She quickly turned around. Before she could walk over, Qin Jinhuan had already bolted to the couch—her handbag was thrown at a corner of the seat. Soon enough, he produced a pink little bag from the side compartment of her handbag and pulled the buttons open to take a sanitary pad out of it. He then did a victory dance in front of her.

“Hurry up and bring it over!” she hissed.

“Coming! I’m coming!” He jogged over before politely handing the pad to her with both hands. “Please accept this gift, my darling…” Before he could finish his sentence, she snatched it over and ran to the toilet with her clothes in the other hand. Soon enough, the sound of water running came from the toilet.

Qin Jinhuan beamed as he stood by the glass partition in front of the toilet while he glanced into it—he couldn’t actually see anything as Mu Yu had already lowered the transparency of the glass. He had been completely misunderstood when she got angry at him for not wanting to buy pads for her. He didn’t actually come to her room to call her for dinner; he had come over because he wanted to bring her out for a surprise that he had prepared. His plan was to buy some pads on the way before heading to the place so that they wouldn’t waste any time, but he hadn’t expected Mu Yu to lose her temper. She even scolded me for being completely different from the loving CEOs that she reads about in her novels! I wonder what sort of romance novels she’s referring to. Perhaps I should go through them and reflect on my own actions so that I can do my best to become the perfect husband for her.

“I didn’t punish you by ordering you to face the wall. What are you doing there?” she asked.

She’s still angry, huh? Zeyu’s right, women are indeed a little moodier when they’re on their period.

“Let’s go get you some sanitary pads, Yu.” Qin Jinhuan flashed her a grin.

“I’ll go get it myself after we have dinner.” She ignored his attempts to please her and walked straight past him.

“I’ll go with you.” He reached out and tugged on her arm.

“I don’t need you to go with me.” She shook her hand in an attempt to fling his hand off. However, he gripped onto her tightly with a complacent look on his face. “You can’t get rid of me,” he said.

“Aren’t you a cool and emotionless CEO? Please go ahead and continue with your cool and emotionless act then,” she mumbled.

“I can be cool and emotionless in front of other women, but I want to be warm and loving in front of you,” he replied sweetly.

“It’s really hot right now. I don’t need your warmth,” she replied.

“You’ll need it when…” Before he finished his sentence, Li Xianglan happened to walk by the stairs and saw the two of them stepping out of the room. “Young Master, Young Mistress—it’s time for dinner,” she informed them.

“Alright, Xianglan…” Mu Yu began.

“We’re going out for dinner.” Qin Jinhuan interrupted her words and informed Li Xianglan of their plans.

“Oh. In that case, I’ll let the Old Master know about this. He’s still waiting for you guys in the dining area.” With that said, Li Xianglan swiftly turned around and went down the stairs with a loud thump.

“Come on.” Qin Jinhuan slipped his hand into Mu Yu’s.

“Oh no! I forgot to prepare a gift!” she exclaimed.

“A gift for who?” he asked puzzledly.

“Qiqi! Aren’t we going to her birthday party?”

“No. I’ve already sent your gift over to her.”

“Where are we going then?” she asked curiously.

“You’ll know when you arrive.” He smiled.

“Are we going for dinner with your business partners? I should go grab a coat, then.”

“Here, I’m already holding it for you.” Mu Yu realized that he had been holding one of her puffer coats in his other arm. “Is this suitable for meeting your business partners?” She was a little hesitant.

“Why does it even matter? Regardless of the event, others would be glad as long as you’re willing to attend it; it has nothing to do with what you wear.” Qin Jinhuan didn’t seem too bothered by this. He continued, “It’s getting late. Let’s go—we still have to grab some sanitary pads on the way.”

Seeing that he didn’t seem to care about what she was wearing, Mu Yu let the topic go as well. Instead, she then expressed her concern over something else and said, “Madam Feng and Chief Rong won’t be going for Qiqi’s birthday party today; she’s going to be disappointed if we don’t go as well. She’s going to think that we’re liars who don’t stick to our promises!”

“Don’t worry about that. Ying has invited a bunch of nurses over to celebrate her birthday. She’s probably enjoying herself,” he replied.

“Really?”

“Of course.”

The two of them were talking while heading downstairs, and Qin Xiaozhi’s voice interrupted their conversation suddenly. “Huan, Yu is pregnant. You shouldn’t bring her out to meet your business partners.” When Mu Yu saw her grandpa standing at the bottom of the stairs, she quickly slipped her hand out of Qin Jinhuan’s and rushed down.

“Hey! Slow down! Slow down!” Qin Xiaozhi anxiously charged forward.

“You slow down, Grandpa!” Qin Chengxi rushed forward to help the old man while Mu Yu rushed over to them.

“How many times have I told you to slow down when you’re walking? Why can’t you remember what I say? What happens if you accidentally fall down? Why are you so irresponsible toward my grandchild?” Qin Xiaozhi grabbed onto Mu Yu’s arm as he lectured her in a rather harsh tone.

Mu Yu quickly flashed her teeth to give him an apologetic grin. “Don’t worry, Grandpa. I’ll take good care of your grandchild. You should be a little more careful yourself.”

“I’m fine. My body is well and… Ouch!” he cried.

“Grandpa!”

“Boss!”

“Old Master!”

Qin Xiaozhi had been trying to reach his arms up to show how healthy and strong he was, but he let out a painful cry the minute he straightened himself to do so; everyone was shocked by this. “Hurry up and give Lei Zhi a call.” Qin Jinhuan was the first to hold onto Qin Xiaozhi before giving out the orders.

“No, no! I’m fine.” Qin Xiaozhi forced himself to endure the pain as he shoved Qin Jinhuan away. “Go meet your business partners alone. Don’t bring Yu along.”

“You should get Lei Zhi to give you a checkup.” Qin Jinhuan insisted.

“I said that I’m fine—why are you nagging me?” Qin Xiaozhi snapped at him before turning around. He beamed at Mu Yu and said, “You must be hungry. Come on, I’ll have dinner with you.” He pulled her along and held Qin Chengxi in his other hand before heading toward the dining area. Qin Jinhuan felt a little more relieved after seeing that his old man was really fine. “Grandpa, there’s something I need to tell you about,” he uttered.

“What is it?” Qin Xiaozhi turned around with a rather confused expression as he let go of the two girls. Qin Jinhuan brought him over to a corner where they spoke in whispers. Qin Chengxi chuckled when she saw how Mu Yu was staring at them with great curiosity. “It’s all because of you, Yu,” she said.

“What?” Mu Yu turned toward her puzzledly.

“The relationship between Jinhuan and Grandpa! Ever since you’ve entered the household, the two of them have been getting closer to one another. This is my first time witnessing them whispering into each other’s ears—how interesting.” Qin Chengxi explained. Mu Yu found herself amused by the sight of the two men whispering to one another as well, and she let out a light laugh.

“Yu, how have you been feeling recently?” Qin Chengxi asked.

Mu Yu shook her head when she understood what the other person meant. “I’m feeling fine.”

“No signs of the usual pregnancy issues?”

“No. Your nephew is taking really good care of me; he’s not making a fuss at all,” Mu Yu replied.

“Woah! What a good nephew. He’s going to be a really warm and loving man in the future then. It seems like this kid is going to be extremely different from my brother,” said Qin Chengxi teasingly.

“How could it be possible for my son to not resemble me?” Qin Jinhuan’s voice interrupted their conversation, and Qin Chengxi quickly shrunk backward like a little bunny who had been frightened. “Jinhuan, I’m not saying that my nephew’s not going to resemble you—I’m just saying that his warm and loving personality is a little different from yours,” she quickly explained. Although Qin Jinhuan was good to her, she still felt afraid of him deep down.

“I’m a warm and loving guy too.” Clearly in a good mood, Qin Jinhuan held Mu Yu’s hand and beamed at her. “Isn’t that so?” he looked over and asked his wife. Mu Yu wanted to roll her eyes at him, but she stopped herself as there were too many other people around. Instead, she simply smiled without saying anything. Qin Jinhuan squeezed her hand tightly when he saw what she was trying to do. He then led her out of the house.

“Drive safe, and don’t come back too late.” Mu Yu was surprised to hear her grandpa’s orders, and she wondered what Qin Jinhuan had told the old man. However, Qin Jinhuan simply mimicked her expression from before, and he smiled without saying anything.

Qin Jinhuan stared out the window as the car traveled a distance away from their housing community. He then ordered Huang Bo to stop the car by the side of the road before he went down himself. Soon enough, he came back with a plastic bag and handed it over to Mu Yu as he whispered, “I bought all these sanitary pads myself. Am I considered a warm and loving man now?”

Mu Yu giggled as she pushed his face away while shoving the sanitary pads into her own bag. “Where are we going for dinner?” she asked. She had initially wanted to stay mad at him for a little longer, but she could no longer bring herself to do so after he bought her the pads, so she gave up on that thought.

“You’ll know when we get there,” he replied. Since he was being so mysterious, Mu Yu pretended to be uninterested as she shut her eyes and rested in the car. She felt him holding onto her hand, but she didn’t continue asking him as he didn’t provide her with any explanation. She rested her head against his shoulder and continued to take a nap.

A while later, she was dazed and confused when she woke up from her nap. She didn’t even know how long it took to get them there. Soon, the car came to a halt. “We’re here,” Qin Jinhuan said with a smile before leading her out of the car.

She was extremely confused. “What? Isn’t this… Why would you bring me here at a time like this?”

“Look there.”

She turned to where his finger was pointed at. She got the greatest surprise of her life as she screamed excitedly and ran over with joy.