In This Life, I Will Extremely Pamper My Short-Lived Husband-Chapter 230 Are You Free Lately?

"Can I help you with anything?" Xie Yanchuan didn’t know how to make desserts, but he couldn’t possibly let Xu Jinzhi busily work alone in the kitchen.

Xu Jinzhi wasn’t trying to rush Xie Yanchuan out either; it was just that she too was only half-learned, having viewed the tutorial over and over again but still feeling a bit clueless on how to proceed.

It took her a while before she assigned Xie Yanchuan a task.

Xie Yanchuan didn’t care whether Xu Jinzhi’s arrangement was proper or not; he simply followed her instructions.

The two synchronized very well in the kitchen.

The family’s housemaid was somewhat worried they would make a mess, so halfway through she sneaked a peek, saw the warm atmosphere in the kitchen, and left with a motherly smile.

In fact, it didn’t matter how the cake turned out or whether dinner would be tasty; for this couple, what was important was the time they spent together now.

When Tuantuan woke up from his nap, he found both his parents in the kitchen and walked in.

Seeing them both busy, Tuantuan assertively said, "I want to help too."

Even though he wasn’t sure what he could help with, Tuantuan just wanted to be involved.

Xu Jinzhi and Xie Yanchuan glanced at each other and didn’t refuse Tuantuan’s request; they handed him some garlic to peel.

Tuantuan promptly squatted on the floor and began wrestling with the half of garlic in his hand.

With the help of Xie Yanchuan and Tuantuan, Xu Jinzhi’s cake turned out a success.

Later, when Xie Yanchuan was preparing dinner, Xu Jinzhi really couldn’t help much and only did some prep work like Tuantuan.

Midway through, Sui Sui woke up crying, wanting to feed with her mother, and that was when Xu Jinzhi left the kitchen.

By the time it was dinner, everything was quite ordinary, no different from their usual dinners after Xu Jinzhi returned from work.

But today was indeed different.

Xu Jinzhi was still breastfeeding and naturally couldn’t drink alcohol, so the three of them had juice in their cups.

Xu Jinzhi raised her cup and looked at Tuantuan beside her, "Tuantuan, today is Dad’s birthday. Let’s wish Dad a happy birthday and toast to him together."

Tuantuan immediately picked up his cup but realized his arms were too short as he reached out, so he quickly put down his cup, got off the chair, then holding the juice, he ran to Xie Yanchuan’s side.

"Dad, happy birthday," Tuantuan said sweetly, and after finishing, he quickly clinked Xie Yanchuan’s cup, making a crisp sound.

"Thank you, Tuantuan." Xie Yanchuan smiled.

"And me, me too!" Xu Jinzhi, not wanting to be left out, quickly said, "Xie Yanchuan, happy birthday!"

Xie Yanchuan then looked towards Xu Jinzhi, his eyes also smiling, but the emotion in his eyes was even deeper when looking at her.

"Thank you," Xie Yanchuan replied.

"And Sui Sui too, considering she can’t speak yet, let me wish on her behalf, happy birthday to Sui Sui’s Dad!" freēwēbnovel.com

Indulgent love filled Xie Yanchuan’s eyes, "Then please tell Sui Sui that her wishes are received, thank you, Sui Sui."

After they finished dinner, the maid cleaned up the dining table and brought up the cake.

Xu Jinzhi lit the candles and, holding Tuantuan’s hand, they sang the birthday song together while Xie Yanchuan cooperatively made a wish.

Later, Xu Jinzhi asked Xie Yanchuan, "What wish did you make?"

Tuantuan quickly said, "You can’t say it, if you say it, it won’t come true!"

Tuantuan, almost four years old now, had also made a wish during his birthday.

Xie Yanchuan nodded earnestly, "Yes, you can’t speak it out."

Xu Jinzhi, speechless, finally decided to end the topic and began to eat the birthday cake.

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Xie Yanchuan’s birthday passed, and everything seemed to return to normal.

However, Xu Jinzhi keenly sensed something was amiss. One evening after work, as she arrived home and saw Xie Yanchuan playing with Sui Sui, she couldn’t help but ask, "You seem quite free lately, don’t you?"

Actually, Xie Yanchuan’s course load at school wasn’t heavy, as his focus had always been at the lab.

Combining the two, Xie Yanchuan naturally wasn’t idle, especially during times when he needed to monitor experiments.

Yet Xu Jinzhi belatedly noticed that in this past week, Xie Yanchuan seemed to have a lot of free time. When she left the house, he hadn’t yet, and when she returned, he was definitely already home.

Holding Sui Sui, Xie Yanchuan softly replied, "The last experiment just ended, and I won’t have new research in my hands for a while, so I’ll be free for some time."

Xu Jinzhi raised her eyebrows slightly, a bit surprised, "So you’re finally willing to take a break?"

Xie Yanchuan smiled, "It’s not about being willing to rest or not, it’s just that I currently lack clues, and I probably need some time to think."

Xu Jinzhi nodded, "That’s true, one can’t always keep spinning like a top."

Seeing that Xu Jinzhi understood, Xie Yanchuan didn’t say much more.

Xu Jinzhi went to play with Sui Sui, and then Sui Sui just looked at her with a silly grin, making Xu Jinzhi’s heart melt.

Suddenly, the weekend arrived.

The four of them visited the Xie family’s old mansion again, but today, the atmosphere inside the villa was noticeably tense, except for a clueless Xie Yihang and a carefree Xie Xingchuan; everyone else looked serious.

Xu Jinzhi and her family didn’t know what had happened and could only ask, "What happened?"

No one answered.

As the atmosphere grew increasingly awkward, Xie Linchuan said, "Dad, it’s just some baseless rumors; those media just love to make a mountain out of a molehill."

Xie Suian’s face remained stern, "Yet it’s these baseless reports that are enough to cause the company’s stock price to plummet!"

Though Xu Jinzhi didn’t know what exactly had occurred, those two statements gave her a clue.

It might be related to Liang Shiyu.

After all, in their family, the only one constantly watched by paparazzi was Liang Shiyu.

Xie Linchuan couldn’t retort since Xie Suian was stating a fact, but he still defiantly said, "Even so, that doesn’t mean this issue is Shiyu’s fault."

Liang Shiyu, head bowed, her emotions already complicated, knew she had caused trouble again.

She had just started to recover a bit of her feel, and now might be forced back again.

However, she had not expected Xie Linchuan to defend her like this, insistent that despite the gossip affecting the company, this wasn’t her fault.

Liang Shiyu’s nose tingled, and tears welled up in her eyes, struggling to hold back, wanting to rush up and embrace Xie Linchuan.

But the setting wasn’t right, and she couldn’t do that.