Evil Love Appears chapter 147
Extra Pregnancy 12
Night fell.
Fu Xiaoyu sat gloomily at the dining table, eating the dumplings he had made himself slowly. To describe them as unappetizing would be an understatement; to say they were extremely unappetizing would be more accurate.
After being spoiled by Xu Jiale during the mid-pregnancy, it was challenging for him to accept such unpalatable food. But, stubbornly, he intended to finish it himself.
“Uncle,” Nanyi sat across from him, “actually, it’s okay if you don’t know how to cook. Daddy is good at it.”
“I…” More heartbreaking than the unappetizing dumplings was the sympathy from the child.
Fu Xiaoyu intended to defend himself, saying he wasn’t completely clueless about cooking. He used to be able to prepare some simple meals. But, because he was with Xu Jiale, all those minimal cooking skills regressed—
Blame it on Xu Jiale.
Thinking like this, he found himself losing confidence. “I don’t cook often,” Fu Xiaoyu eventually changed the subject softly. “By the way, can Jin Chu cook?”
He didn’t know why this question crossed his mind.
“Aiden?” Nanyi said, “Aiden can cook a little, but sometimes I’d rather he didn’t.”
“Why?”
“Because he always makes weird things,” Nanyi frowned, seemingly recalling something dreadful. “I remember one time he insisted on improvising celery and cheese soup, forgot to cut the celery strings, and ended up making a pot of pink celery soup. It was so terrible that I secretly poured it out when he wasn’t around.”
So, Aiden wasn’t the most devilish one.
Fu Xiaoyu breathed a sigh of relief quietly.
But perhaps because cooking led him to think about more family-related topics, he rarely asked another question, “Does Aiden really not care whether you do your homework or not?”
“Uh,”
Nanyi scratched his head, then whispered, “Uncle Fu, Aiden has never made the schedule you asked me to follow.”
“…” The one furrowing his brow this time was Fu Xiaoyu.
He might not have realized it himself, but parenting was very important to him, very important indeed.
Could Jin Chu, who was so disorganized and chaotic, really handle raising a child?
This completely exceeded Fu Xiaoyu’s comprehension.
However, after a moment of hesitation, he quickly reaffirmed his thoughts.
No, his son absolutely could not be raised like this.
He must raise his child with method, planning, calmly, scientifically, and responsibly.
This was the naive idea of 27-year-old Fu Xiaoyu in the middle of his pregnancy.
Thinking about being 27…
After finishing dinner, Fu Xiaoyu couldn’t help but lower his head to glance at the phone screen, and his WeChat conversation with Xu Jiale stopped at a message sent around 8 o’clock.
0.0: I had dumplings for dinner, made them myself, and got McDonald’s for Nanyi.
But the Alpha had not replied until now.
He was about to turn 28.
Xu Jiale hadn’t returned.
No messages, no coming home.
Damn Xu Jiale.
Unable to endure, Fu Xiaoyu sent another message: When are you coming back?
After pressing the send button, he leaned back.
He didn’t even want to go back to the bedroom; he just lay on the sofa listlessly.
…
Late at night, when Xu Jiale opened the door, the living room was completely dark. The curtains were drawn down as he had arranged, and the only source of light was the TV, broadcasting the sounds of a talk show.
Fu Xiaoyu was sleeping in the living room—this information was told to him by little Nanyi.
But when he saw the scene in front of him, Xu Jiale couldn’t help but smile secretly.
He quietly approached and squatted down beside the sofa, pulling away the pillow—
The Omega’s slender brows slightly furrowed, with an expression that seemed both impatient and aggrieved.
Even though Fu Xiaoyu was asleep, he could still discern the bad-tempered face, as expected of the grumpy fatty.
Xu Jiale couldn’t help but chuckle.
He lowered his head to glance at the WeChat messages sent by the Omega. Although they had been together for a long time, Fu Xiaoyu’s habit of sending messages was still mostly straightforward, rarely accompanied by any emojis.
However, he had learned to self-interpret the implied messages in Fu Xiaoyu’s short words.
O.O: I had dumplings for dinner, made them myself, and got McDonald’s for Nanyi.
Key takeaway: Made them myself.
Xu Jiale’s interpretation: Cooked it himself, but not delicious, feeling wronged.
O.O: When are you coming back?
Xu Jiale’s interpretation: Miss you. If you don’t come back soon, I’ll get angry.
Damn, he also wanted to come back quickly.
Xu Jiale sighed in relief: Fortunately, I made it in time.
He reached out, cupping the Omega’s cheeks—
At this moment, the temperature of his hands was slightly warmer than usual.
…
Fu Xiaoyu was awakened by the warmth of Xu Jiale’s palms.
Opening his eyes, he was met with Xu Jiale’s long, slightly curved eyes behind the lenses.
“You, just got back?” His voice had a nasal tone.
As he spoke, his nose couldn’t help but twitch, feeling like he smelled something delicious coming from Xu Jiale’s palm.
Almost subconsciously, he wanted to bring his nose closer to Xu Jiale’s fingers, forgetting momentarily about holding Xu Jiale accountable.
“Just got back.”
Xu Jiale whispered. He retracted his hand and took out two cards from his pocket, “Here, pick one.”
Fu Xiaoyu gradually became more aware of his surroundings.
He stretched out his hand to draw one, but immediately hesitated, asking with excitement, “What is this?”
“Childhood Paradise ticket and adult amusement park ticket. Where we go depends on which one you draw,” Xu Jiale looked a bit tired, with a few beads of sweat on his forehead, but at this moment, he was mysteriously winking at Fu Xiaoyu.
In the dark living room, Fu Xiaoyu, who had just woken up, suddenly brightened his eyes.
“No hints?” He sat up, repeatedly looking at the two seemingly ordinary cards. His eyes, seemingly rounder than usual, were busy picking, forgetting which one was better.
He was genuinely torn about which one to choose.
“None,” Xu Jiale almost couldn’t help but smile while watching this Omega.
Even though he was already a pregnant Omega, about to turn 28, and had been married to him for so long, Fu Xiaoyu still treated each of his clumsy or cunning tricks with such seriousness.
“So…” After intense contemplation, Fu Xiaoyu bit his teeth and finally pulled out the one on the left.
Upon flipping the card, a pink arrow was drawn, and below it were two lines of text:
“Set sail, Fu Xiaoyu. Although the plumper 28 is approaching, tonight you will embark, becoming the happiest little tomcat in the world.”
With each word read, Fu Xiaoyu felt his heart quicken with excitement.
He knew he would have a wonderful birthday.
Of course, he knew.
But at that moment when everything truly began, he was still so happy, even though the only tiny regret was – he actually preferred to draw the adult card.
He looked at Xu Jiale, but before he could speak, he was already being pulled by the Alpha.
At the moment of pushing open the door, Fu Xiaoyu widened his eyes.
The lawn and walls were filled with the small colored lights from his childhood memories, and the pitch-black night in the yard was completely illuminated, with a sweet fragrance in the air.
Fu Xiaoyu looked at it in astonishment, seeing several small tables near the swimming pool that looked like small stalls, displaying cotton candy, jelly noodles, and even skewers.
Fu Xiaoyu suddenly understood where the fragrance on Xu Jiale’s hands had come from.
Their yard had turned into an amusement park on this night.
“When did you…” Fu Xiaoyu asked in a whisper.
“Prepared in the neighbor’s yard, and moved here in the evening,” Xu Jiale replied.
Fu Xiaoyu froze midway through his question.
In the spacious lawn’s center, a small pirate ship had sprung up overnight.
The spray paint on the pirate ship clearly revealed the work of a completely non-professional. It depicted a cat wearing a pirate hat, resembling both a pig and a dog. The base was painted blue, and on top, in bright yellow, was a line of writing. However, due to the distance, it was a bit unclear what was written.
Fu Xiaoyu’s lips trembled slightly, and he walked over step by step.
With each step, it seemed like every conversation he and Xu Jiale had at the abandoned amusement park in Shuncheng, sitting on the rusty pirate ship, was vividly appearing in his mind.
“At that time, in the summer, there would be a night market at the entrance of the amusement park, selling popsicles, liangfen, marshmallows, and skewers. Many middle school and high school students would come to play in the evening.”
“Do you often come too?”
“No. I… during that time, I was taking Olympiad math classes at the Youth Palace.”
“Because of math, you missed the pirate ship, missed the skewers. It’s not worth it, Fu Xiaoyu.”
In that moment, it seemed like a sparkler shot up from Fu Xiaoyu’s heart, rushed to the sky with a “whoosh,” and then illuminated the night.
He walked to the side of the pirate ship, touched the bright but somewhat crude spray paint with his fingers, and turned his head to look at Xu Jiale. He felt a softness and a bit of sourness in his nose. He wanted to speak but couldn’t find the words.
“Xu Jiale…”
“I had professional friends help me with it, but it’s not electric, so it looks like a pirate ship, but it’s actually a swing. It doesn’t swing very high due to the lack of technical expertise. There’s nothing I can do.”
Xu Jiale shrugged, looking carefree with a self-deprecating smile.
But seeing the redness in the Omega’s eyes and the tenderness in his eyes, he laughed softly and said, “But I sprayed the paint myself. It’s ugly—Fu Xiaoyu, take a look.”
Fu Xiaoyu sniffed, walked into the pirate ship, and finally saw the words spray-painted on it:
“Pudgy Cat No. 818, setting sail tonight.”
At that moment, like an immature child, unable to hold back anymore, he leaped into Xu Jiale’s arms.
Xu Jiale gently embraced him, softly saying in his ear, “My baby, happy 28th birthday.”
Fu Xiaoyu had never been to an amusement park, never eaten skewers, never ridden a pirate ship.
Until the age of 26, Xu Jiale, wearing a black leather jacket, smiled and told him: “It’s not worth it, Fu Xiaoyu.”
So on his 28th birthday, Xu Jiale helped him find the pirate ship he had lost in childhood.
The name of that pirate ship turned out to be “Pudgy Cat No. 818.”