Although Liang Yi was usually unreliable, he was trustworthy when it came to serious matters.
In his own words, since he was going to follow Tan Linyuan to do great things, he had to be well - equipped.
So, a month passed in peace.
During this period, Qu Jiaran visited Nan Yu on her own initiative. Not only did she come herself, but she also asked Qi Zhu to carry a lot of things.
Nan Yu glanced at them. All were baby stuff.
"I don't know if the baby is a boy or a girl, so I bought two sets." Qu Jiaran said cheerfully, "I bought both blue and pink ones. Just in case."
Nan Yu looked at the paper bags piled in the living room. She was a bit speechless. "Don't bring so many things next time."
Qu Jiaran understood what she meant. "Are you jealous? Do you think I care more about the baby than you? Nonono~"
She snapped her fingers, and Qi Zhu carried in another pile of things. "The latest bags from various brands, as well as jewelry and necklaces. I've prepared them for you too."
"Our Yu Yu is going to be the most beautiful and noble mommy!" Qu Jiaran was so excited that she was dancing with joy and couldn't wait to unpack the presents with Nan Yu.
Nan Yu silently glanced at Qi Zhu.
Qi Zhu still had a poker - face and was very willing to be a porter.
She kind of understood why Qu Jiaran could keep Qi Zhu by her side.
No one else could serve this young lady.
Qu Jiaran showed off each present to Nan Yu. In Nan Yu's eyes, it seemed that she had just wholesale them from the counters.
But she insisted on telling the ingenuity of each item, so Nan Yu had to listen patiently.
All this came to an end when Tan Linyuan came back.
As soon as he entered the door, he saw the gift bags piled up like a mountain. He couldn't help frowning. "Throw them out."
"Are you crazy?"
Qu Jiaran suddenly stood up from the sofa, angry. "The things I bought for Yu Yu and the baby, why do you want to throw them away?"
Tan Linyuan sneered, and his words were full of sarcasm. "Are your things safe?"
"Of course they are safe!" Qu Jiaran said proudly. "How could there be any problems with the things I give?"
Tan Linyuan remained expressionless and made a phone call.
A few minutes later, two capable - looking men came and rummaged through all the things Qu Jiaran had brought in.
They even checked the diamonds on the necklaces.
Finally, they reported the result: there was a bug on a necklace and a tracker on a ring.
Facing this inspection result, Qu Jiaran was stunned and deflated.
She had carefully selected these things from the counters, and each one was pre - ordered. How could someone have tampered with them?
"Yu Yu, I..." Qu Jiaran was extremely anxious and turned to explain to Nan Yu. "I didn't set this up."
"I believe you." Nan Yu nodded.
Actually, the moment they found out there were problems with the jewelry, her first reaction was not to suspect Qu Jiaran.
The things were directly picked up from the counters, and there must have been more than just Qu Jiaran handling them.
Even though Nan Yu didn't suspect Qu Jiaran, she still felt extremely guilty and said she wouldn't bring gifts next time.
"Not only the gifts, it's better if you don't come either."
Tan Linyuan's voice was cold. "Who knows if you'll bring something dirty next time."
Being given a permanent ban, Qu Jiaran's face almost immediately fell. "… Okay, I got it."
She looked so aggrieved and sad.
Nan Yu couldn't bear it and couldn't help saying, "Just have someone check them before you come next time. Then it'll be okay."
Qu Jiaran immediately beamed with joy. "I knew Yu Yu would miss me!"
Nan Yu secretly glanced at Tan Linyuan.
Tan Linyuan still had a somewhat cold look in his eyes, but he didn't object anymore.
For now, everything was prioritized according to Nan Yu's needs.
Since Nan Yu allowed her to come and visit, they could only be more careful in the future to prevent today's incident from happening again.
...
After Qu Jiaran left, Nan Yu walked over and sat down beside Tan Linyuan.
Knowing that he was still angry, Nan Yu reached out and tugged at his sleeve. "Don't be angry. Qu Jiaran didn't have any bad intentions."
Tan Linyuan turned to look at her. "Then who do you think had bad intentions?"
"It's hard to say. I think you had bad intentions."
Nan Yu wanted to lighten the atmosphere. "Look, you made me pregnant first, and then promised me a wedding. Aren't you calculating to make me marry you?"
"You're right." Tan Linyuan lowered his head, and the last trace of anger dissipated. "I've always been scheming against you step by step."
"You make it sound like a palace - intrigue drama."
She murmured in a low voice and then said, "It's really not easy to be pregnant with the child of the great Buddha Tan. It's like carrying a dragon fetus. I have to worry about someone harming 'me' everywhere."
Tan Linyuan looked at her, his eyes deep. "You've suffered."
It was his imperfection that made her live in fear with him.
There had been no other movement from the Tan family recently, but Tan Linyuan still didn't dare to relax for a moment.
He also had his own informants in the Tan family and learned that the Tan family was still not giving up and still wanted to send Nan Yu away.
He could roughly guess the reason why they didn't accept Nan Yu: He, Tan Linyuan, was a descendant of the Tan family, so he should naturally follow the family's arrangements.
Nan Yu was an orphan with no parents and had once been engaged to the Shen family. It was hard for them to accept her both emotionally and rationally.
If Nan Yu wasn't pregnant, they might even bring up the so - called curse of the Celestial Master Wen Jing from back then.
They would say that he would be alone for life, with no wife or children, and would never have the joy of family.
Thinking of this, a trace of coldness welled up in his eyes.
"Tan Linyuan, I'm hungry." Nan Yu's voice pulled him back to reality from his thoughts.
He squeezed her finger and asked softly, "What do you want to eat?"
Nan Yu wasn't polite to him. "I've finished the chestnut pastries."
The implication was that she wanted him to make some new ones.
Tan Linyuan paused slightly. Looking at her greedy eyes, he couldn't help laughing. "Aren't you tired of them?"
Since she got pregnant, she had never stopped eating chestnut pastries.
The doctor said she should eat less sweet food, so Tan Linyuan deliberately reduced the frequency of making them and also halved the sugar content.
But even so, it didn't dampen Nan Yu's enthusiasm for chestnut pastries.
"None of the ones others make taste as good as yours." Nan Yu was especially willing to flatter him on this matter.
She couldn't help wondering why Tan Linyuan learned to make chestnut pastries since he didn't like sweet food.
He explained that back then, he needed to offer tributes to the Buddha statue. It took a lot of time to go down the mountain to buy them, so he learned to make them himself.
This way, it saved time and was also convenient.
"If they were tributes for the Buddha statue, why did you let me eat them back then?" Nan Yu blinked. She couldn't remember much about her childhood.
Tan Linyuan glanced at her. "Apart from the chestnut pastries, you really don't remember anything else?"
Nan Yu stuck out her tongue shyly. "Then could Brother Tan help me recall it again?"
Her soft call of "Brother Tan" made Tan Linyuan involuntarily press his lips tightly. Her voice made his bones go soft and his breathing go a bit chaotic.
He looked up at her. There was a sly look on her face, with the corners of her lips curving upwards and a provocative look in her eyes.
Who said she always lost to him?
Sometimes, she always knew how to handle him.