Due to someone's diligent "efforts", Miaomiao, like a fertile field, couldn't take it anymore. To avoid his persistent pestering, Ning Anmiao hardly stayed alone with him except for the necessary rest time.
The two originally planned a honeymoon trip. However, Ning Anmiao preferred a quiet life rather than an active one. Moreover, Xinghe Capital had a lot of business at the beginning of the year, so the honeymoon plan was temporarily put on hold.
In the new year, Xinghe was developing very well. The design department under it had received quite a few cooperation projects.
Ning Anmiao was naturally not idle. She spent all day drawing at her workstation. Xiao Li beside her couldn't help but click her tongue in admiration: "You're already the boss's wife, yet you're still so hard - working? President Lu is really squeezing people. He doesn't even spare his own wife."
Hearing this, Ning Anmiao looked up and gave an embarrassed smile.
She was too shy to say that she now owned half of the company's shares and assets. It was only natural for her to work hard for her own company.
Previously, Lu Yan had also suggested that Ning Anmiao have a separate office. But she liked to sit with her colleagues because design work always required the collision of ideas, so Lu Yan didn't force her.
During lunchtime, Ning Anmiao and Xiao Li went to the company cafeteria to get their meals together. Their relationship was still the same as before.
After getting their meals, Xiao Li still couldn't help but sigh: "I'm so lucky to have lunch with the president's wife every day. And it's always such simple two meat and two vegetable dishes. I haven't seen such a low - key boss's wife for a long time."
Hearing this, Ning Anmiao smiled and nudged her: "Work is work, and life is life. The two don't affect each other. Just be down - to - earth. You've been doing a great job recently. I'll ask Lu Yan to give you a raise next month."
"Long live the boss's wife!" Xiao Li's eyes lit up, and she couldn't help but give her a thumbs up.
Ning Anmiao felt her vanity swelling a bit. She happily finished her meal. However, somehow, she still felt a bit hungry, as if her stomach was empty.
"Are you full? Do we want to go to the dessert shop next to the cafeteria?" Ning Anmiao asked Xiao Li after seeing her finish the meal.
Xiao Li stared at her clean plate in surprise. "Miaomiao, you just ate two big bowls of rice and a bowl of soup. Aren't you full yet?"
... It did seem like a lot when put that way.
Ning Anmiao just gave a perfunctory reply: "I've had a good appetite recently. Maybe it's because I've been working too hard."
She didn't feel anything unusual. But Xiao Li stroked her chin and made a bold guess: "Miaomiao, you used to have a small appetite. Now you can't get full even after eating so much. Could it be... that you're pregnant?"
Hearing this, Ning Anmiao was stunned for a few seconds.
It seemed... her period had indeed been delayed for a few days this month. But her menstrual cycle had always been irregular, so she hadn't paid much attention to it.
Now being reminded by Xiao Li, she suddenly had a faint expectation in her heart.
Thinking of this, her heart fluttered. She didn't even care about going to the dessert shop with Xiao Li for snacks. She quickly returned to the office and then went to Lu Yan's office.
Lu Yan rarely took a lunch break. After lunch, he would continue to be busy with work and didn't have much time to rest.
This was his habit.
At this moment, hearing someone knocking on the door, he said in a deep voice, "Come in."
He looked up and saw that it was Ning Anmiao. His originally indifferent expression softened a bit, and his eyes were filled with tenderness. "Why are you here?"
Saying that, he got up to hug her.
Ning Anmiao was still a bit nervous. She couldn't help but bite her lips and didn't know how to start. "Um, I..."
Lu Yan didn't know what she was thinking. He pinched her little hand. "Are you tired and want to come here to rest?"
After Ning Anmiao fell asleep in the room last time, he had replaced the sofa. He put a small single - bed in the corner, with a small blanket on it and a curtain to separate it, specifically for her to take a break.
"No." Ning Anmiao shook her head and was silent for a moment. "My period didn't come this month."
Hearing this, Lu Yan immediately looked serious and said in a solemn voice, "I'll cook some sweet red bean dumplings for you when we get home."
Ning Anmiao not only had an irregular menstrual cycle but also suffered from dysmenorrhea. She always had to drink something hot to relieve the pain. So his first reaction upon hearing this news was to prepare for her dysmenorrhea.
This little girl usually looked healthy, but when she had dysmenorrhea, it was a torture worse than death.
Don't ask why. Just say that he had experienced it firsthand.
Seeing that he had misunderstood her meaning, Ning Anmiao had an indescribable feeling in her heart. Her face turned red. "Lu Yan, I feel... you're going to be a father."
Going to be a father? It took him half a minute to come to his senses.
Lu Yan's expression was quite comical. First, he looked confused, then he tried to understand the meaning of her words, and finally, he looked incredulous. His eyes became extremely hot as he stared intently at the little woman in front of him.
"Are you sure?" When he opened his mouth, he suddenly felt his throat tighten, and his voice became hoarse.
Seeing his reaction, Ning Anmiao felt like laughing. "Not yet. Just now, Xiao Li said I've been eating a bit too much recently. And my period hasn't come, so I..."
"We're not working this afternoon. I'll take you to the hospital."
Lu Yan hardly hesitated at all. His tone was very forceful.
He immediately shut down the running computer, sent a message to Song Qin on his phone, then got up to get the coat hanging on the hanger. Before Ning Anmiao could say anything, he dragged her out.
It was exactly two o'clock in the afternoon, when everyone was about to start work after the lunch break. They watched as President Lu and Ning Anmiao rushed out of the company in a hurry. Everyone stared at each other in disbelief.
President Lu, this workaholic, was leaving his post without permission during working hours?
Everyone found it incredible, but only Xiao Li covered her mouth and snickered.
She watched Ning Anmiao enter the president's office with a worried look. Not long after, President Lu took her and left in a hurry. What else could it be if not for a prenatal check - up?
On the way, Lu Yan drove the car fast and steadily. His face was serious and tense, as if facing a great enemy.
Ning Anmiao was also nervous. Seeing that he was even more flustered than herself, she couldn't help but want to laugh. But seeing his serious expression, she held it back.
When they arrived at the hospital, Lu Yan asked her to sit and wait while he busied himself with registering, finding the department, and taking her for the examination. He couldn't have been more attentive.
They waited until the results came out. Then they sat upright in front of the doctor.
This time, it was the same doctor who had done their physical examination last time. The doctor smiled and said, "Congratulations to you two. The baby is already over a month old."
Hearing this, Ning Anmiao felt as if she was in a dream and couldn't believe this fact.
She was really pregnant. She and Lu Yan were going to have a baby.