CHAPTER 115: CHAPTER 115: BOWLS AND BOWLS OF DOG FOOD

Xiao Li was taken aback for a moment upon hearing this, then she smiled and shook her head. She somewhat understood Qin Tan’s aversion to having a younger brother.

In her shoes, she wouldn’t want a bullying brother like Qin Xiao either.

Suddenly, Xiao Li felt a bit sorry for her own Mianmian, even though she didn’t know how many children she would have...

But Mianmian being an elder sister was for sure, and if the next one turned out to be a sibling who bullied the elder, what would Mianmian do?

Thinking about children, Mianmian was almost a year and a half old now. After a C-section, she could conceive again in two years, so it seemed time to start preparing for pregnancy.

Prepare for six months, and in half a year, having a baby would be just right...

As Xiao Li thought about this, she said to Qin Xiao, "Uncle, let’s start preparing for pregnancy!"

Qin Xiao was left dumbfounded upon hearing this. When Mianmian noticed Qin Xiao hadn’t moved, she called out, "Daddy..."

Qin Xiao was brought back to his senses by Mianmian’s voice, squatted down and picked her up, then reached out with his other hand to hold Xiao Li’s, saying to her, "Okay."

Xiao Li smiled softly at his words, and the three of them headed home as a family.

At Qin’s parents’ house, after everyone left, Qin’s mother spoke to Qin’s father, "Just now, Xiao Li seemed in good spirits, those things shouldn’t affect their lives too much."

Qin’s father took a sip of his tea, "As long as Xiao is there, you don’t need to worry."

The next day, Xiao Li returned to the hospital for work, and Qin Xiao also resumed his work in the lab; everything was back to normal.

The only unusual thing was that Xiao Li started showing off her affection.

She who rarely posted on social media to share her life, now frequently did so, showing things like Uncle’s loving breakfast, flowers given by Uncle, and how comfortable it felt to lean against Uncle’s back...

Each post left the single folks in her social circle feeling envious repeatedly...

After returning to normal work at the hospital, and spending more time with colleagues, Xiao Li added quite a few of them as WeChat friends.

There were quite a few single people in the department, and Xiao Li’s display of affection online always drew many envious looks whenever she showed up at the hospital for work...

However, Xiao Li didn’t take these envious looks seriously; they were signs of others’ envy and jealousy. The more they envied, the happier she felt about her own happiness.

During lunch, Xiao Li took pictures of her food with her phone, sent them to Qin Xiao, and then sent him a message...

Baby: [Uncle, this is the eleventh place from the list, tastes pretty good, it’s a flavor you like. Next time you’re working at the hospital, you can try ordering it...

What did you eat today?]

Qin Xiao only needed to order takeout when working at the hospital; he didn’t need to when teaching at the school or at the lab.

Because the cafeterias at both places served good food, there was no need to order takeout.

Over in the lab, Qin Xiao was just about to have lunch with his colleagues when he saw the message, so he took a picture of his meal and sent it to Xiao Li...

Xiao Li, seeing the photo sent by Qin Xiao, was instantly envious, thinking the meal looked amazing!

Baby: [Envy, jealousy, hate! Your meal looks way too good!

Ah...my meal just doesn’t taste as good now.]

Qin Xiao, seeing the message, chuckled and replied with...

Uncle: [Not as tasty as yours; without you, nothing tastes good.]

Xiao Li looked at the message, covered her mouth to suppress a laugh, and then happily continued eating...

Next to her, Dai Zihan could hardly bear it, exclaiming, "Xiao Li, that’s enough!

Do you really need to be so lovey-dovey with your Uncle every lunchtime when you see each other every day?

It’s shameless to flaunt your affection!"

Xiao Li put down her phone, responding nonchalantly, "Ah...the ancients said a day without seeing each other feels like three years.

Not seeing my Uncle since the morning feels like a year.

How could I not miss him?

Missing him, sending a message, what’s the problem?

How did it become lovey-dovey in your mouth?

Sigh...

Single people truly can’t understand what it’s like to have a husband."

Dai Zihan, feeling aggrieved, bit into a ball, which turned out to be a fish ball, and immediately got burned by the hot soup inside.

Wuwuwu...

Poor baby heart!

After the burning sensation in her mouth subsided a little, Dai Zihan continued, "Xiao Li, you weren’t like this before.

You’re not just newly in love with your Uncle, nor are you newlyweds, and you already have a child. Why suddenly the lovey-dovey act now?"

Xiao Li glanced at her and said, "Because I realized I was too cold towards my Uncle before.

From now on, I’m going to be as passionate as fire.

Besides, who says you can only show affection during the honeymoon phase or newlywed period?

Every day with my Uncle is like being in love all over again!"

Feeling like she’s been overexposed to too much saccharine sweetness, Dai Zihan fell silent and focused on her meal.

In the lab, Qin Xiao’s junior, Zhang Yang, was also feeling restless...

The lab folk had always known Qin Xiao was married. Some who had previously worked with him even attended his wedding, like Zhang Yang.

However, when Qin Xiao first returned to the lab, they felt he was no different from the single guys — the only difference was he consistently got off work on time to pick up his wife.

But that was after work, which they didn’t see, so they had no perception of it.

But recently, they had been experiencing things differently.

During work hours was fine, but come lunchtime, Qin Xiao would always use it to show affection.

Watching Qin Xiao browse his phone with a face full of springtime joy, his eyes radiating deep affection, with notification pings coming from his phone and watching him reply with a loving expression — their teeth were aching from the sweetness.

Though they never saw Qin Xiao’s chat content, his gleeful expression was enough to tell it was a big dish of dog food.

Since they knew it was dog food, why ask for more torture?

Initially, five people used to sit around Qin Xiao for lunch, but recently, four of them had relocated, leaving only Zhang Yang sitting with him — but now, Zhang Yang felt he might also move the next day.

While Zhang Yang was still contemplating relocating at tomorrow’s lunch, someone else joined their table. Both Qin Xiao and Zhang Yang looked up and found it was Professor Zhou, and both exclaimed in surprise, "Professor..."

Professor Zhou grinned and said, "Surprised to see me? It’s been a while since I’ve been to the cafeteria, and I notice there are more types of dishes now..."

Professor Zhou had stomach issues, and his meals were usually prepared and brought by his family, hence it had indeed been a long time since he last ate at the cafeteria.

Qin Xiao frowned and said, "Professor, your stomach isn’t well, and the cafeteria food is a bit too hard, it’ll make you uncomfortable later."