After the official establishment of the research lab, Xu Zixi's life became fulfilling and busy.
On days when she had classes, she would get up early and rush to school on time to earn credits as soon as possible to pursue her doctoral degree. On days without classes, she would go to the lab to continue her experiments. The time she left the lab depended on when Yan Yincheng got off work and came to pick her up.
If Yan Yincheng had inescapable social engagements, she would stay in the lab a bit longer.
If Yan Yincheng came early while her experiment was still in progress, he would quietly sit beside her and accompany her.
At first, when people came into contact with Yan Yincheng, they were intimidated by his cold and serious appearance. They didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.
But as time went by, seeing the various rascal acts of the legendary Mr. Yan to make his wife happy, people's fear of him disappeared, and they gradually started to joke with him.
Except for one person.
Whenever Yan Yincheng appeared in the research lab, Bai Xuanhe would be “coincidentally” absent. He would only return to the lab after Yan Yincheng left.
Since everyone was very busy, no one had ever noticed this phenomenon.
But who was Yan Yincheng? He was very perceptive and noticed this right away.
One day, when he came to pick up Xu Zixi, he frowned and asked, “Occasionally when you talk about the situation in the lab, you mention a professor named He Xuan. But it seems that every time I go to the lab to pick you up, I never meet this person.”
Xu Zixi was stunned for a moment. “Really? Maybe he was just busy at that time.”
But Yan Yincheng didn't think so. If it was just once or twice that he was “coincidentally” busy, it would be okay. But every time it was so “coincidental”. Wasn't there something fishy about it?
Knowing that the person was a man and only thirty - six years old, in the prime of his life, a speculation popped up uncontrollably in his mind.
“Does this He Xuan like you?” Lord Yan couldn't keep things to himself. He immediately said to Xu Zixi.
Xu Zixi burst out laughing. “Husband, there's really no reason for you to be jealous. Just because you haven't met the person, you think he likes me?”
Yan Yincheng snorted. “Don't I know my wife's charm? Especially for mature men, she has a very fatal attraction. You must stay away from him in the future. Do you understand?”
Xu Zixi was overjoyed by his words. She leaned forward, hooked his neck, and kissed his cheek. “So in my husband's heart, I'm such a perfect and popular woman? Alright, stop being jealous. Apart from academic issues, I have no other communication with him. He doesn't even care about my personal affairs. Do you think this is the way someone who likes another person behaves?”
“Who knows?” Yan Yincheng mumbled. He kissed her on the lips and touched her finger. Finding that the wedding ring wasn't there, he got unhappy again. “Why aren't you wearing our wedding ring?”
Xu Zixi grabbed his hand and placed it on her neck. “I need to operate precision instruments during experiments, so it's not convenient to wear it. But I always keep it with me.”
Yan Yincheng felt a bit more relieved. Then he hugged her and kissed her affectionately for a while.
For some reason, the never - met He Xuan gave him a strange feeling.
At night, after finishing teaching Xuxu, Yan Yincheng still couldn't let this matter go. He called Wei Shu. As soon as the call was connected, he asked,
“When you went to find Dai Sha, did you see a professor named 'He Xuan' in Madam's research lab?”
Wei Shu said, “Yes, I did, Third Lord.”
Humph, even Wei Shu had seen him, but every time he was around, this He Xuan avoided him. There must be something wrong!
“In your opinion, what does this 'Professor He' look like?”
Wei Shu recalled and said, “He looks quite good. Dai Sha told me that he's the gloomy and handsome type.”
Lord Yan snorted. “Then who is more handsome, me or him?”
Wei Shu said matter - of - factly, “Of course, you are more handsome, Third Lord.”
Yan Yincheng hung up the phone satisfactorily. But at night when he went to bed, he hugged the fragrant Xu Zixi beside him and showed his charm to her to the fullest. Xu Zixi knew that he was actually extremely insecure inside, so he always tried to get her recognition.
She cooperated with him. Her fingers ran through his medium - length hair, and she passionately called out his pet name in the unruly rhythm.
“Brother Cheng...”
“Brother Cheng...”
The next day was a weekend, and there were no classes at school, so Xu Zixi got up a bit later. When she woke up, recalling what had happened yesterday, she blushed like a young girl and smiled.
After washing up, she first went to check on Little Anning. The little girl had woken up early and wasn't in the nursery. When she came to the courtyard, she found that Little Anning was sitting in a baby chair, and Yin Shulan was painting with her as the model.
On the other side of the courtyard, Xuanxuan was playing frisbee with Nuomi.
“Nuomi, go and catch the frisbee!” Xuanxuan threw the frisbee hard. Nuomi was extremely excited. It stuck out its tongue, ran over quickly, jumped up, caught the frisbee, and brought it back to Xuanxuan.
Xuanxuan was very happy. He stroked Nuomi's head and fed it a small piece of ham.
More than three months had passed, and Nuomi had grown out of its puppy stage. It was now as tall as Xu Zixi's knees. As it grew bigger, it looked more and more like the golden retriever from her past life.
Nuomi was an extremely smart and obedient dog. It liked the kids very much and would control its strength when playing with them so as not to hurt them.
Because of this, the three kids in the family all liked Nuomi very much.
But noticing that one of the kids was missing, Xu Zixi asked, “Where's Xuxu?”
Xuanxuan turned around and rushed towards her. “Mummy~ Good morning~”
Hearing her voice, Little Anning also cooed and reached out her hands towards her.
Nuomi dropped the frisbee in its mouth and wagged its tail wildly, circling around her and Xuanxuan.
Yin Shulan smiled. “Acheng said that there's an exhibition about children held by the Technology R & D Department today. Xuxu is very interested in it, so he went with Acheng.”
So that's why only Xuanxuan was left. He wasn't interested in those things.
Thinking that she had to go to the lab to work after breakfast, she looked down into Xuanxuan's big eyes, suddenly smiled, pinched his chubby cheeks, and asked,
“Xuanxuan, do you want to go to Mummy's research lab with me?”
Xuanxuan's eyes lit up immediately. “Yes!”
He had wanted to go to Mummy's research lab for a long time, but he never found a suitable opportunity. He didn't expect that Mummy would think of taking him there today. It was so great!
She took Little Anning into the house, fed her something, and played with her for a while. Then Xu Zixi took Xuanxuan out and headed for the research lab.