Five years without pregnancy means you're too weak; I remarried a powerful man and had triplets

At nine o'clock in the evening, the night breeze was slightly cool, and Shen Zhiyi and Lu Zichuan got up to say goodbye.

Lu Ziyang and Bai Qinghua held Lu Han, who was so sleepy that his eyelids were drooping but he still insisted on coming out to see people off, and waved to them from the doorway.

The little girl nestled in Bai Qinghua's arms, her head bobbing up and down like a sleepy chick.

Bai Qinghua held Shen Zhiyi's hand reluctantly, her fingers tightening slightly: "Zhiyi, come visit your sister-in-law whenever you have time. I don't have many friends, so we can go shopping together or something."

After two meetings, Shen Zhiyi grew very fond of her sister-in-law, who was gentle, well-mannered, and had no airs of a wealthy lady.

She squeezed Bai Qinghua's hand back and nodded: "I know, sister-in-law, I'll come visit you when I have time."

Lu Ziyang nodded slightly to her: "You're welcome anytime. Hanhan has probably been dreaming about you these past few days."

Lu Han forced a yawn, her eyes narrowing into slits, but she still mumbled, "Aunt Zhizhi, you have to come and play with Hanhan often..."

The ending sound was already indistinct.

Shen Zhiyi's heart melted completely. She reached out and gently ruffled the top of her soft hair. "Okay, little darling, go back to sleep now! Your eyes are practically glued shut."

After another round of instructions and farewells, Shen Zhiyi finally got into Lu Zichuan's passenger seat.

The car door closed, and the engine began to hum softly.

After the car had driven a distance, Shen Zhiyi could still see Lu Ziyang and his family of three standing at the door in the rearview mirror. The light cast long shadows on them, creating a warm and reassuring scene.

For some reason, a bittersweet feeling suddenly welled up in her heart.

The Lu family is really nice.

pity……

She sighed softly, forcefully shaking those chaotic thoughts out of her mind.

The difference in social status, the failed marriage, the ongoing cooling-off period for divorce... none of these are things she should be thinking about right now.

Lu Zichuan, who was driving, heard the sigh and glanced at her. Only the overhead light was on in the car, and the dim yellow light fell on her profile, casting a small shadow on her eyelashes.

"What's wrong?"

Shen Zhiyi shook her head, her gaze falling on the streetlights flashing past the window: "It's nothing, I just think your brother and sister-in-law are really nice people."

Lu Zichuan's lips curled slightly. Perhaps it was because the whole day had gone too smoothly, but the emotions that had been weighing on his heart for many years suddenly loosened a crack.

He held the steering wheel with one hand and casually rested the other on the gearshift, his tone indifferent: "So, how about you really become my girlfriend and get along with them?"

"certainly......"

Shen Zhiyi opened her mouth almost reflexively, the two words already on the tip of her tongue.

But it took her brain a while to process the meaning of his words.

The sound was as if it were being choked by an invisible hand, instantly stuck in the throat, and not a single word could be squeezed out.

She turned her head sharply and stared at him with wide eyes.

His expression was one of disbelief, as if he had heard the most impossible thing in the world.

"Wh-what?" she stammered, her fingers unconsciously tightening around the seatbelt.

The carriage was silent for two seconds.

Looking at her expression, as if she'd been struck by lightning, Lu Zichuan's eyes flashed with a faint smile. Then, as if he'd amused her enough, he returned to normal and casually added, "Just kidding."

Shen Zhiyi took a deep breath, and her heart, which was about to burst out of her chest, fell back into place with a "thud," causing a slight pain in her heart.

"Mr. Lu... this joke is not funny at all."

She turned her face away, her voice muffled, her fingers still gripping the seatbelt tightly.

"Really?" Lu Zichuan looked ahead, turned the steering wheel with one hand, and the car smoothly turned onto the main road.

The dim overhead light inside the car outlined a soft profile of his face. His Adam's apple bobbed slightly as he swallowed, and his tone carried a barely perceptible hint of probing. "I thought you would say 'Of course'."

"That was just now..." Shen Zhiyi's voice suddenly rose, then fell back down. She bit her lip. "It was a conditioned reflex. When you suddenly spoke, I thought you were going to ask if we should have any more contact with your brother and sister-in-law..."

"Hmm," Lu Zichuan responded calmly, but his next question was like a pebble thrown into a still lake, creating ripples: "So, if I really asked you that, how would you answer?"

"Thump"

"Thump"

"Thump"

The car was so quiet that only the sound of heartbeats could be heard, rising and falling, and was particularly clear in the small space.

It was unclear whether it belonged to Shen Zhiyi or Lu Zichuan.

But Shen Zhiyi knew that her heart was pounding so hard it felt like it was going to burst out of her chest.

She instinctively raised her hand and pressed it to her chest, as if that could suppress the inner turmoil that was about to betray her.

"And what about you? Would you really ask that?" she asked, biting her lower lip.

Lu Zichuan tightened his grip on the steering wheel. "What if? What would you say?"

The two seemed to be playing a game of tai chi, neither willing nor daring to give an answer.

Silence spread through the car. Shen Zhiyi could even smell Lu Zichuan's cool scent, mixed with the smell of the leather seats, which made her even more flustered.

She didn't know where to look, so she glanced at the neon lights outside the car window, only to find that the lights and shadows were blurry and swaying.

Just then, the cell phone rang abruptly.

On the screen, the two characters "谭姯" flashed.

Shen Zhiyi had never felt that her best friend's call was so timely.

She smiled sheepishly at Lu Zichuan and pressed the call button.

"Zhizhi, where are you?" Tan Gui's voice sounded a little urgent.

"I...I'm outside, what's wrong?" She felt inexplicably guilty and didn't dare tell Tan Yi that she was with Lu Zichuan.

"Did President Lu arrange for someone to conduct an examination at your house today? I haven't received the report yet!" Tan asked.

Shen Zhiyi then realized that she had been quite busy today and had forgotten to send the message to Tan Gui. Knowing that the other person was worried about her, she felt a warmth in her heart and quickly opened her phone to send the message to her: "It's been checked, there are no problems, you can stay here without worry."

Upon seeing the inspection report, Tan Gui breathed a sigh of relief, then added, "Remember to buy a security camera online and install it at your front door these next few days. I'm still worried that some bad guys might have malicious intentions..."

Tan Gui didn't say it explicitly, but Shen Zhiyi clearly sensed that she was hiding something from her.

She straightened her expression and asked, "Yingying, what happened?"

"It's nothing..." When Tan Gui lies, her speech speeds up unconsciously: "What could possibly happen? I'm just worried about you."

Now, she speaks very fast.

Shen Zhiyi tightened her grip on her phone: "What exactly happened? What if I'm in danger if you don't tell me?"

Tan Gui was silent for a moment, then slowly said, "Just now... I ran into Xu Zhesheng downstairs."