B5SB -Chapter 134 Settling in Peacefully

After returning to the living room, Lu Huailin saw his wife chatting and laughing with the elderly lady.

Grandma Gu’s smile became a little restrained when she noticed Lu Huailin entering.

“Back already?”

Seeing the man who hadn’t had time to shave yet, his beard stubbly, her mood instantly became complicated.

He had gone on a mission right after they got married, and now he was back, only for her to have just discovered she was pregnant before he left again.

Perhaps because of the pregnancy, Gu Yihan had become a bit sensitive, constantly feeling wronged.

If it weren’t for Grandma Gu keeping her company during this time, she didn’t know how lonely and upset she would have felt.

Thinking of this, she glanced at Grandma Gu and noticed the woman looked a little uneasy.

Gu Yihan quickly smiled, stood up, and held Grandma Gu’s hand, introducing her: “Grandma, this is your grandson-in-law.”

Lu Huailin was momentarily stunned by his wife’s words, then stepped forward and smiled: “Grandma, I’m Lu Huailin.”

Grandma Gu quickly responded: “Good! Xiaohan has such good taste, finding such a fine young man. Wonderful!”

Lu Huailin knew this was Gu Yihan’s grandmother, so he lowered his posture intentionally, softening his demeanor.

The two of them chatted happily, leaving Gu Yihan aside.

Holding Grandma Gu’s hand, Lu Huailin gratefully said, “Grandma, I’m really glad you’re here.”

“Now that Xiaohan is pregnant and I’m away on a mission, I was worried about her being at home alone.”

Grandma Gu’s smiling face stiffened for a moment.

She turned to Gu Yihan: “Xiaohan, you’re pregnant—why didn’t you tell me?”

Gu Yihan was startled by her grandmother’s sudden question. She replied, confused: “I didn’t tell you?”

Seeing the puzzled look in his wife’s eyes, Lu Huailin chuckled in his low, deep voice.

Gu Yihan rolled her eyes at him and clung to her grandmother’s arm, swaying from side to side in a playful manner: “Grandma, you came to visit, and I got so happy I completely forgot! Don’t be upset with your granddaughter, okay?”

Seeing her little granddaughter still acting coquettishly like when she was a child, Grandma Gu couldn’t remember anything else and smiled happily.

Lu Huailin’s dark eyes watched Gu Yihan acting all cute, feeling a little unsettled—his wife had never acted this way with him.

Hmph, preferential treatment.

That night, Gu Yihan sat at the dressing table, applying snow cream.

After shaving, Lu Huailin returned to the bedroom and looked at his wife’s back.

He walked behind her, pulling her tightly into his arms, lowering his head to pepper her neck with countless kisses, relieving the longing he’d felt.

Gu Yihan turned and hugged Lu Huailin, kissing his lips as she said, “Husband, I missed you too.”

Lu Huailin, overwhelmed with emotion, lifted his wife onto the bed, gently kissing her.

In a husky voice, he said, almost plaintively: “Wife, you’re pregnant. The doctor said no intimacy for the first three months.”

Gu Yihan laughed softly, blowing into his ear and whispering something.

Lu Huailin’s eyes lit up, and he slowly kissed his wife.

Soon, her coquettish breaths mingled with the creaking of the wooden bed and his rough breathing, echoing through the bedroom.

The next morning, Half-asleep, Gu Yihan reached out and touched the man’s broad chest, softly calling: “Husband…”

Lu Huailin turned his head, noticing her adorable expression, and struggled to control his morning impulses.

He gently kissed the corner of her lips and swiftly got out of bed.

Walking through the living room, he saw the spotless courtyard and the chicken troughs now filled to the brim.

He strolled into the kitchen, taking over the chores from Grandma Gu.

“Grandma, you don’t have to get up so early. Our unit has a cafeteria; you can go have breakfast there.”

Grandma Gu looked at Lu Huailin with a kindly expression and smiled: “Won’t that cost money? Besides, you can’t just sit idle. Helping with meals is useful. If you don’t let me cook, I’d get sick!”

Seeing Grandma Gu insisted on doing some chores, Lu Huailin thought she was right. At her age, keeping busy was better than overthinking.

Time always passed quickly.

Since Lu Huailin had shown such gratitude toward Grandma Gu, she felt reassured and settled in the family quarters.

By now, it was January 1971 on the Gregorian calendar.

Half a month remained before the Lunar New Year.

Gu Yihan was three months pregnant.

Each month she ate a fruit from the space she had access to, and she instinctively felt they were even more effective now that she was pregnant.

Since eating the fruit, she had experienced no discomfort during her pregnancy. Her belly had barely changed, and apart from those who already knew, no one in the textile factory’s accounting office could tell she was pregnant.

Grandma Gu looked at Gu Yihan’s skin in amazement: “Tsk tsk, your skin really is getting better with this pregnancy.”

Gu Yihan touched her face and smiled at Grandma Gu: “Grandma, you think I’m getting prettier too, right?”

Pushing open the courtyard door, Lu Huailin overheard his wife praising herself.

He went to the washbasin, washing his hands while complimenting: “My wife has never been ugly, not once!”

Gu Yihan looked at him proudly and said: “That’s better.”

Lu Huailin walked over and draped his arm around her shoulders: “Come on, let’s go inside. I have something to discuss with you.”

Grandma Gu shook her head, muttering as she watched them: “Young people these days, always wanting to stick together.”

Lu Huailin sat Gu Yihan on the wooden sofa, handed her a cup of milk, and patiently spoke: “Wife, while you’re still early in your pregnancy, shall we go back to Beijing for the New Year this year? After the baby is born next year, we’ll spend two years before returning to Beijing.”

Gu Yihan blew on the hot milk and looked at Lu Huailin with a questioning gaze: “Of course! Why do you have to be so careful?”

Lu Huailin happily pulled his wife into his arms, kissing her shy forehead: “I’m just worried about you being uncomfortable traveling while pregnant, so I wanted to discuss it in advance.”

“Gurgle gurgle.”

Gu Yihan’s stomach rumbled. She pouted at Lu Huailin: “Ever since I got pregnant, I get hungry so fast.”

Lu Huailin chuckled, and seeing her about to sulk, he quickly said: “Hungry? I’ll make you a bowl of egg noodles.”

Grandma Gu lounged in the rocking chair that Gu Yihan had prepared for her.

Seeing Lu Huailin head to the kitchen, she called out: “Little Lu, what are you doing?”

He replied: “Grandma, Xiaohan is hungry. I’m going to make her a bowl of noodles.”

Grandma Gu immediately stood: “Hungry? I’ll make it. You’ve been training all day, go rest.”

Without waiting for Lu Huailin to react, she gently pushed him out of the kitchen and busied herself inside.