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After Luo Heqiang left, Luo Mingjing collected himself and began cleaning the room.
Fiona picked up the scattered money, one bill at a time. Shi Min asked her, “How much flew out?”
Fiona: “...I don’t know.”
Luo Mingjing righted the table, saw the two boxes on the floor, and estimated the amount, shocked: “Where did you get so much cash?”
Fiona: “...It’s not much, just one box, not even full. I couldn’t carry more anyway.”
“Then what about this box?” Luo Mingjing pointed to the unopened box.
Fiona: “...It’s empty.”
She then gave an impromptu performance of how she managed to carry the empty box as if it were full of money. Her acting was superb, easily outperforming most of the popular young actresses on the market.
Shi Min smiled slightly: “Fiona, you don’t need to put the money back in the box. Keep it. It’s for your performance.”
Fiona’s eyes nearly popped out. The hundred-yuan bills in her hand probably amounted to thirty or forty. So, Fiona stuffed the money into her pocket, bowed ninety degrees, and said in a booming voice, “Thank you, Sis!! Sis, I won’t bother you anymore! I’m leaving!”
With that, the girl darted away.
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Luo Mingjing cooked a nourishing soup for Shi Min during her pregnancy. While Shi Min drank the soup, he quietly cleaned the entire art studio.
His face showed no visible change, and his eyes were calm, but the air around him was heavy.
Shi Min knew he was in a bad mood, so she didn’t disturb him. She curled up on the sofa and quickly read a pregnancy health guide.
Not until Luo Mingjing had put away the dishes, washed them clean, and sat back on the sofa, lost in thought with his knees hugged, did he glance at her. Shi Min instinctively opened her arms and said, “Come, let me recharge you.”
Luo Mingjing sniffled and leaned gently against her.
Shi Min looked down and said, “Close your eyes.”
“What are you doing?”
“I want to touch your eyelashes,” Shi Min said genuinely. “They’re tempting me.”
Luo Mingjing closed his eyes but chuckled: “Before it was flirting with people, now even eyelashes aren’t spared. That’s too much.”
Shi Min hooked her finger, lightly brushing his eyelashes. After that, her restless fingers gently ruffled his hair.
Luo Mingjing suddenly froze, sat up, and opened his eyes wide to look at Shi Min: “Did you feel that?”
Shi Min chuckled softly: “Of course, it’s in my belly.”
“Did it just move?” Luo Mingjing almost jumped up.
He felt that gentle flutter. This was the first time he truly experienced the existence of a small life.
“It’s mostly your imagination,” Shi Min said calmly. “But it’s very healthy.”
Luo Mingjing’s movements were gentle as he caressed her, as if responding. Beneath the skin his hand lingered on, there was movement again. Of course, perhaps Shi Min was just hungry.
“Do you feel anything?” Luo Mingjing asked. “Does it hurt?”
Shi Min raised an eyebrow, teasing him: “It’s mostly like carrying a restless stone inside.”
Luo Mingjing laughed: “You’re comparing my child to a stone?”
“Do you want a boy or a girl?”
Luo Mingjing was even more exasperated: “Do we even get a say now? Besides, discussing it in front of the child, what if we say the wrong thing and the child gets depressed?”
“Are you feeling better now?” Shi Min suddenly asked him.
Luo Mingjing paused, then smiled and nodded: “I’m sorry, I scared you today. I flipped the table. I was even more... agitated than that person. I was very worried just now, worried you’d think I can’t control my temper.”
Shi Min: “You can’t hold yourself to the standards of a saint. Everyone has a temper. If you encounter unforgivable people and still try to be pleasant, you’ll only hurt yourself. You need to vent...”
Just as Luo Mingjing was starting to feel a little touched, Shi Min continued: “And your tears look quite good.”
Seeing the tear glinting on his eyelashes, shimmering under the light, Shi Min just wanted to kiss away his tears and help him hide his sorrow.
“Delete that part,” Luo Mingjing gently pressed her head, and kissed her forehead. “Remember this kiss, and delete the memory of me crying.”
Shi Min finished laughing and, with great experience, cooperated with him: “Hmm? When did you cry? Why didn’t I know?”
Luo Mingjing hugged her, resting his chin on her shoulder. He closed his eyes and deeply inhaled her scent, a faint fragrance, a comforting scent of home.
He said, “Shi Min, I like you so much...”
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Ever since he thought he felt the baby move, Luo Mingjing had lost all reason. In just a few days, the art studio was filled with all sorts of toys.
At the most extreme, Shi Min was soaking in the bathtub, and Luo Mingjing secretly sneaked in and put a few rubber ducks in the tub.
Shi Min opened her eyes, her face expressionless: “Take them away. I’m not playing.”
Luo Mingjing: “For the baby to play with.”
Shi Min smacked him on the forehead: “Tell me, where is the baby? Can it play?”
“I can feel that our baby is very smart.”
Shi Min’s mouth twitched: “Where do you get that confidence?”
“I’m smart, you’re smart, the baby must be smart,” Luo Mingjing said.
Fiona was a smart one. After receiving her ‘bonus’ for bravely throwing money, it wasn’t long before she sent over a baby crib.
“I researched it; it’s the best!” Fiona said. However, Shi Min pointed to the inner room and said, “He made one too.”
“...Ah?” Fiona was stunned for a moment, then patted her chest and said, “Brother-in-law’s hands are truly made of gold...”
Luo Mingjing spent three days driving, pulling back a truckload of good wood from a nearby city. He made a crib for the upcoming baby, mimicking the old-fashioned crib he slept in as a child. He told Shi Min, “This crib, made by a good dad, will definitely ensure peaceful sleep.”
He grew up in an environment where fatherly love was absent. Therefore, upon becoming an expectant father, he was driven by a strong desire to give his child the best care from a father.
Around that time, Luo Mingjing was busy with various affairs: the Twenty-Four Solar Terms series winning awards, his new comic book being released, summer new product launches, and the rehearsal for the Clear Sky Crane graduation exhibition...
Yet, he still squeezed out time to make the baby crib, bought countless parenting guides, diligently took notes, took charge of Shi Min’s three meals a day, and even personally bought a batch of good cotton to make clothes for the baby.
Later, even a pragmatist like Shi Min was shocked by his efficiency. He could even find time to make wedding dresses! Three sets! Plus his own groom’s suit.
Shi Min said admiringly, “Luo Mingjing... is truly amazing.”
Luo Mingjing nodded with a smile: “Happiness is the primary productive force.”
Of course, he didn’t forget to livestream.
Fans noticed that the art studio looked different in each livestream, and once, they even saw a baby crib.
“Is the Fairy in a situation?!”
“Fairy, did you give birth?”
“Scared me so much I quickly looked for news, but no one reported it.”
“I’m looking at Second Young Master Shi’s recent photos. I have a feeling... At East Shi Tech’s big movie premiere in March, she was there. There’s a photo; everyone, go take a look.”
“Emmmm... I feel like she might be.”
“Fairy, Fairy, Fairy, do you have a little Fairy?!”
Luo Mingjing looked at the camera, noticed the baby crib in the corner of the shot, and admitted with a wide smile: “Yes, in four months, I’ll be a dad.”
Instantly, the livestream comments flooded the screen: “Congratulations, congratulations!”
“Wow, so sudden!”
“Why do I, a single dog, often have tears in my eyes...”
“Because your maiden heart is shattered everywhere.”
“Looking forward to the Fairy’s little Fairy wearing little dresses made by the Fairy, with little braids styled by the Fairy.”
“Hahahaha, is the one above doing a tongue twister?”
“Place your bets, place your bets! Are we betting on a little padded jacket (girl) or padded pants (boy)? Bets are final!”
“Pants! Master of women’s wear and little master of women’s wear! (wipes nosebleed)”
“Padded jacket! Imagine the Fairy with a beautiful, soft, gentle little padded jacket, everyone!”
“...The one above, have you considered it could also be a padded jacket like Second Young Master Shi?”
“Holy cow, a little padded jacket like Second Young Master Shi would be a loli-faced CEO with a heart of a little top, so exciting! (Fairy, let’s be in-laws!)”
“Have you picked a name?!”
Luo Mingjing looked up at the comments and said, “The name’s chosen, but I can’t tell you.”
Shi Min had already chosen the child’s name, but its origin was a bit embarrassing, so Luo Mingjing couldn’t tell his fans.
Actually, the name itself was fine, quite normal to say: Yue Ming (月明 - bright moon).
It’s just that if he told his fans the child’s name was Yue Ming, they would inevitably ask why that name was chosen.
And that ‘why’ would be hard to explain to them.
The CEO once said that during their first spiritual and physical connection, she saw the moon outside the car window, bright and trembling along with them, as if scattering moonlight into their tightly entwined bodies, warming them in that winter.
Shi Min also said that was the first time she felt he truly loved her; bodies couldn’t lie. So, the bright moon and white snow outside the window that day were witnesses to their hearts tilting towards each other.
Therefore, naturally, their child, the fruit of their love, was named after the witness of that day’s love.
Luo Mingjing remembered these things and chuckled, looking down.
The wind chimes softly rang. This familiar sound of movement meant Shi Min was back.
Luo Mingjing turned his head and asked, “Are you hungry? I cooked some porridge for you.”
Shi Min: “Mingjing, I’m taking you somewhere.”
“To eat?”
“Home.”
Luo Mingjing told his livestream audience, “Sorry everyone, I’m going home with the CEO.”
“To her parents’ house?”
“Hahahahahaha, first reaction to ‘parents’ house’ is the Fairy’s house.”
“Go, go, seeing elders is important.”
Luo Mingjing quickly tidied up, took off his apron, and got in the car: “Did Mom and Dad ask us to go back for dinner?”
“No, I’m taking you back to our home.”
“Where?”
“My home,” Shi Min pointed to herself, then to him, “Your home, our home.”
The car stopped in a quiet high-rise residential complex. Luo Mingjing looked up at the building and asked Shi Min, “Your new house?”
“No, it’s my home, where I lived when I first returned to the country. The one I bought for you is the one next door to my parents, it hasn’t been renovated yet.”
“Why more dowry?”
“The other way around,” Shi Min corrected. “It’s the bride price. You said it, you’re marrying me.”
“However, we’ll mostly live here from now on,” Shi Min said. “I really like the art studio, but it’s too small, and going up and down stairs will be inconvenient once we have a child.”
“Oh, I know.”
“You can just consider that your little inspiration workshop,” Shi Min smiled slightly. “Here’s what I’m planning: once the child is a little older, we can take them to the art studio to play. Normally, we’ll live here. How does that sound?”
“No objections!”
“Now, come inside and see the house,” Shi Min took his hand and gave him the key. “There’s also a surprise for you.”
The elevator door opened. Luo Mingjing’s hands trembled as he opened the door. As soon as he stepped inside, he was startled by the mural on the wall in front of him.
It was his painting, The Upright Art Studio. It was a wall-sized mural of The Upright Art Studio.
Blue sky and white clouds, afternoon sun, peaceful years.
And his painting, The Upright Art Studio, was hung right in the center of the wall.
“I painted it,” Shi Min said. “Ever since I bought that painting, The Upright Art Studio, I started learning to paint this scene. With every stroke, the desire to have you live in my home, to lie beside me, grew stronger.”
“When did you... finish painting it?” Luo Mingjing walked forward, touching the wall. He closed his eyes, as if seeing Shi Min, little by little, holding a paintbrush, putting colors, putting his The Upright Art Studio onto the wall of her home.
“Last week. See, The Upright Art Studio is on the wall, and the upright Fairy from The Upright Art Studio is in my home,” Shi Min said, smiling. “Luo Mingjing, my dream came true.”
She walked over, hugged Luo Mingjing from behind, and whispered, “Thank you for letting me realize my wish. I love you.”
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