Entertainment: I just want to be the boss behind the scenes

Chapter 557 Extra: Five Diamond Rings
Meng Bai never expected that after listening to his "little undercover agent's" report, he would come over to check on his girlfriend, only to suddenly discover that he was going to be a father.

He looked at the two clear lines on the test strip in his hand, then stared at Li Qin's flat stomach for a long time without saying a word.

Standing to the side, Li Qin frowned as she watched the man remain silent and asked, "What are you doing there? What, don't you want it?"

"what?"

Meng Bai was startled awake by the sound and came to his senses. Seeing his girlfriend's tightly pursed lips, he knew she was unhappy with his attitude, so he quickly put on a smile and sat down next to her.

"How could that be? Who said we didn't want her anymore?" He hugged Li Qin. "I was just thinking, I talked to Lao Zhang about arranging a marriage between our children. But his daughter's zodiac sign is Rat, and ours is Dragon, so it doesn't seem like a good match."

"You're thinking way too far ahead..."

Li Qin said helplessly, "Besides, we don't even know if it's a boy or a girl yet."

After saying that, a thought struck her, and she casually asked, "Do you prefer a boy or a girl?"

"It doesn't matter, let it be, just don't let it turn into a pumpkin."

"Pah! You're the one who gave birth to pumpkins! You're the one who gave birth to pumpkins..."

Although early pregnancy test strips are now highly accurate, to avoid any surprises, Meng Bai still had a professional doctor come over the next day for a formal test.

Of course, the blunder didn't happen like in the TV series; Li Qin was indeed pregnant, and had been pregnant for over a month.

Meng Bai calculated the time and realized that he had spent one night with this girl in Beijing last month, and he didn't expect to get pregnant.

Such a big news as pregnancy couldn't be kept secret from their families. After discussing it, the couple told their respective parents the news.

Upon receiving the news, Mr. and Mrs. Li rushed from Kunshan to Shanghai that afternoon without hesitation.

As for Meng's father and mother, after hearing the news on the phone, they were overjoyed for a long time, and then hurriedly bought plane tickets and flew over from Landao that night.

The two elderly couples met, and both felt a little awkward.

Mr. and Mrs. Li were worried that their daughter, who had no official status, would suddenly have a child, and people might think that they were trying to "force her into marriage" by having a child.

Mr. and Mrs. Meng knew about their son's various messy romantic entanglements and always felt that the girl had been wronged, fearing that their future in-laws would be unhappy.

Fortunately, with Li Qin mediating, both sets of parents could sense each other's feelings, and they could also scold Meng Bai together, so the atmosphere was relatively harmonious.

The next step, naturally, is to discuss how to handle this matter.

First, all four elders unanimously agreed to let Li Qin stop all her work and schedules and focus on her pregnancy.

Li Qin herself disagreed. Although she wasn't particularly career-driven, she was now a boss and couldn't just abandon everything without a care in the world.

After much reasoning and persuasion, and with Meng Bai's support, the four parents finally agreed to extend the time by a few months, allowing her to handle her current affairs before preparing to have the baby.

Besides this biggest controversy, there are many smaller debates. For example, where to raise them, what to prepare in advance, and who will take care of them, etc.

For ordinary families, these things would naturally require careful consideration. But for Meng Bai, there was no need to worry about them at all.

Compared to northern Beijing, Li Qin is more suited to the environment in Shanghai, so she will stay in Shanghai.

The luxury mansions along the river were inconvenient to access and could not accommodate both sets of parents, so Meng Bai made a grand gesture and bought a new manor villa in Jing'an.
If you're unsure how to care for a pregnant woman, hire a team of professional nutritionists, physical therapists, and nurses to provide 24-hour care.

Concerned about the health of both mother and fetus, a professional medical team conducts weekly checkups to detect any problems promptly.

For Meng Bai now, anything that can be solved with money is not a problem.

However, there are always some things that money can't solve.

For example, Li Qin's parents have been subtly asking her lately whether she should consider getting married now that she has a child.

Meng Bai knew he couldn't easily agree to this question, but directly refusing wouldn't be appropriate either, so he always brushed it off with a laugh.

Fortunately, Li Qin stood by him and helped him appease his parents, saying there was no rush. Seeing their daughter's attitude, Li's parents were somewhat disappointed in her, but they couldn't say anything more.

……

Nighttime, in the newly purchased manor villa.

On the spacious backyard lawn, a swing creaked. Li Qin leaned against the swing ropes, gazing blankly at the stars in the night sky.

"I thought you were inside. I've been looking for you for ages."

Meng Bai walked up behind her and draped a thick coat over her shoulders: "It's autumn now, and the nights are windy. Wear more clothes so you don't catch a cold."

Feeling the warmth envelop her body, Li Qin looked up and smiled at him, then shifted her body, gesturing for the man to sit next to her.

The swing seats weren't very big; two people had to huddle together to squeeze in.

“This swing looks familiar,” Li Qin said, touching the rope in her hand. “It reminds me of the one at my home in Beijing.”

“You’ll definitely recognize this one; it’s the one from home,” Meng Bai said with a smile.

"what?"

Li Qin's eyes widened, and she carefully looked it over again. Sure enough, even the texture on the shelf was exactly the same. It really was the one from Beijing.

"Why did you move it over here if you had nothing better to do?"

“The doctor said that a familiar atmosphere is conducive to the emotional stability of pregnant women, so I had someone dismantle and move it here,” Meng Bai said. “If those flowers hadn’t died if moved, you should still be able to see that flower bed now.” “…Why don’t you just buy a new one that looks similar to that one? Why go through all that trouble?”

"How can they be the same? If you're talking about wanting a familiar atmosphere, then the old one is definitely better."

Hearing the man's words, Li Qin's lips curled up slightly, but she immediately glanced at him sideways: "Old things are better, but what about people?"

"Of course, the old ones are always better."

Meng Bai wrapped his arms around his girlfriend and whispered in her ear, "I hope that ten, twenty, or even seventy or eighty years from now, we can still watch the stars together like this."

"Tch, by then our Teacher Meng will probably be holding some twenty-year-old girl, why would she care about an old woman like me?"

"I just love you, you old woman."

Li Qin gave a haughty snort, but the expression on her face proved that she was quite pleased.

"hiss--"

Suddenly, Meng Bai took a deep breath, then frowned and clutched his chest with a strange expression.

Hearing the voice, Li Qin turned around and, seeing his strange expression, quickly asked, "What's wrong?"

"I don't know, it feels like something's poking me here." Meng Bai pointed to his chest. "Can you feel it for me?"

Li Qin, unsuspecting, quickly turned around and reached into his clothes. After touching him around, she suddenly felt a hard, ring-shaped object and exclaimed with delight, "Hey, I found it!"

She rummaged through the inside and outside of her clothes pockets and finally grabbed the "ring" from the inside, then excitedly pulled her hand out.

"What is this...?"

Li Qin stopped abruptly halfway through her sentence. Then she felt a lump in her throat and her eyes instantly welled up with tears.

What she held in her hand was a dazzling diamond ring.

Meng Bai's expression returned to normal. He took the ring from the woman's hand, smiled at her, and said, "Let's not talk about marriage for now. I think we should at least have a formal declaration of love."

As he spoke, he stood up, then knelt on one knee in front of Li Qin, holding up a diamond ring in his hand, and said, "Miss Li Qin, are you willing to spend your life with the man before you, grow old together, walk hand in hand, and never leave each other?"

Li Qin was already in tears, her face full of happiness. She covered her mouth and nodded repeatedly, choking out, "I...I do!"

Meng Bai had been waiting for these words. After she finished speaking, he took her left hand and put the diamond ring on her ring finger.

Li Qin looked at the diamond ring on her finger, its dazzling light shimmering on her slender fingers. Unable to contain her emotions any longer, she threw herself into the man's arms, tears streaming down her face.

Meng Bai gently patted her head and waited for a long time before softly comforting her, "Alright, alright, crying for too long is bad for your health."

These words had an effect; Li Qin stopped crying and sat back down on the swing.

"Actually, I've wanted to give it to you for a long time, but I just haven't found the right opportunity."

"It's okay, I like it very much now that I've received it."

With an irrepressible smile on her lips, Li Qin stared at the diamond ring on her hand with delight, finding it more and more beautiful the more she looked at it.

"That's fine, girl. I'm giving it to you, I won't take it back. You can wear it every day and look at it slowly."

"No, I need to carefully store it in the cabinet, otherwise what if it gets lost!"

"Whatever you want, I have no objection even if you worship it."

Li Qin snorted softly, ignoring Meng Bai's teasing, and simply looked at the diamond ring again and again.

The two sat on the swing for a while longer until they felt the night breeze picking up, then they prepared to return to the villa.

"Wait a minute, I just thought of something!"

Li Qin blinked and asked, "Why didn't you say 'yes' or 'no' during that marriage proposal?"

Meng Bai shrugged: "But you didn't ask either?"

"Then let me ask you now! Mr. Meng Bai, are you willing to stop flirting with women and stop trying to seduce young girls?"

“Yes, I’m willing!” Meng Bai said without hesitation.

Li Qin was both surprised and delighted: "Really?"

"Of course. But let's make this clear first, you were asking about the future, so the past doesn't count."

"what?"

Li Qin was stunned, then seeing the man's smug look, she quickly said, "That doesn't count, I'll ask again..."

"Hey, this kind of thing is only asked once, there's no going back and forth to change it." Meng Bai looked innocent. "You only get one chance, so don't blame me if you don't seize it."

After saying that, he leisurely walked into the house.

Li Qin wrinkled her nose and quickly raised her little fist to chase after him.

"When did you say it could only happen once? You're the one who's bothering me. Stop right there, you liar!"

(End of this chapter)