His Rui

Li Rui looked at Xi Ling's face that was full of anticipation and then she glanced at Xi Ying whose face didn't have any emotion.

She knew what Xi Ying's answer was to Xi Ling's request and she could really not blame him for that.

Last time when she had gone out of Xi Manor with Xi Ling, the attack must have made him scared to take Xi Ling out of the manor again. She would have said that since Xi Ying was also here so they should take Xi Ling out now.

However, she clearly saw last night that now the enemy didn't even care if Xi Ying was with them or not.

She herself didn't want to put Xi Ling in any such dangerous situation so she didn't agree to his wish.

But she didn't want to see his sad face also.

Xi Ying's thoughts were no different from Li Rui's.

Only he knew that after seeing everything that had transpired in his past life, he wished to give Li Rui and Xi Ling every joy of this life. However, the time was not right for now.   

Xi Ling and Li Rui were still in danger. He glanced at Li Rui who also had stopped eating seeing Xi Ling's sad face.

This was not something he wanted.

He wouldn't feel any peace if his pregnant wife and only son were not happy. 

A moment later, Xi Ying's eyes suddenly flickered and he looked at his son again.

"Xi Ling, Father will complete your wish."

Li Rui and Xi Lin, both of them had their eyes wide when they heard Xi Ying's words. Both of them swiftly turned their heads to look at him with eyes full of shock.

Xi Ying chuckled heartily seeing their silly faces.

Li Rui felt embarrassed when she heard him chuckle and hurriedly composed herself, however, Xi Ling was still very shocked.

"Father, did Xi Ling hear right? Did Father just say that he will complete Xi Ling's wish?"

Xi Ying was about to nod his head when he felt a hand holding his hand under the table. Feeling the soft touch on his hand, he was surprised and looked at his wife.   

With one glance, Xi Ying understood what Li Rui was thinking. He held her hand firmly and then blinked his eyes in assurance.

Looking back at Xi Ying while holding Li Rui's hand, he said to his son with a serious face.

"But Father needs some time as Father needs to make some arrangements for that." 

Xi Ling's face fell as he started to think that his father was just consoling him with his words. However, his father never lies to him.

Xi Ling didn't know if he should believe his father's promise or not and Xi Ying who noticed his son's pout obviously understood what he was thinking. 

He stood up and walked around the round table to go in front of Xi Ling who was sitting very close to his mother.

He frowned remembering very clearly that when he had stepped inside the dining room, then the chairs were kept at an equal distance to each other.

It must be this brat who dragged his chair close to Li Rui. 

Xi Ying suddenly wondered why the idea of dragging his chair close to Li Rui didn't come to his mind when something like this come to Xi Ling's mind. 

He didn't know whether he should feel threatened or he should feel proud of his son's intelligence.

Putting aside this thought, Xi Ying tried to awaken the feelings of a loving father and picked his son from the chair.

He made Xi Ling sit on his lap and then glanced at his wife whom he could now see more closely. Even her faint and sweet scent invaded his personal space as he sat on Xi Ling's chair.

"We can't go out for the next few months because your mother needs rest."

Xi Ling frowned as he looked at his mother with a face that had a little panic.

"Is Mother alright, Father?"

Li Rui smiled softly feeling his son's worry for her.

Xi Ying also smiled deeply and said

"Yes, your mother is alright but she needs to be protected and taken care of for the next few months."

Xi Ying said this because the physician had told him that the first three months of the pregnancy always prove to be very crucial for a woman. At this time, they need to be more careful than the last few months of pregnancy. 

That's why he didn't want Li Rui to go out of Xi Manor during these three months … or at least until he could do something to ensure that there would be no attack on his wife for some time.

Only by having such assurance, he will take Li Rui and Xi Ling out of Xi Manor. This was something he had decided when he was fighting with those shadow guards last night.

"Father, tell Xi Ling. Is Mother not alright?"

Xi Ling was very worried after hearing his father's words and he kept asking him to tell if there was anything wrong with his mother.

In the end, Xi Ying sighed and told him.

"Well…you are going to have a brother or a sister very soon."

Xi Ling's eyes went wide and he looked at his mother's stomach. However, a moment later, his small face was squeezed to make a confused face as he said

"No Father, you are lying. Mother's stomach is not large like that of Chunxiu's mother."

Xi Ying looked confused hearing this Chunxiu name as he didn't know this Chunxiu's mother and Chunxiu. He was also surprised at the same time that Xi Ling knew about such a thing.

Before he could ask his son about this Chunxiu, he heard Li Rui saying to Xi Ling.

"Xiao Ling is very intelligent. Mother's stomach will also become large in the next few months."

Li Rui didn't feel any need to not tell such things to his son. It was not an embarrassing thing. She remembered how she had been so curious and excited when her first aunt was pregnant with Li Chen. She used to go to her aunt's courtyard every day to talk with her aunt's large stomach.

Everyone used to laugh at her but she used to say stubbornly

'My younger brother must not feel alone. So what if he can't speak yet, he can hear me inside the aunt's stomach.'

And she had been the happiest person in Li Manor when on finishing her words, she had felt a movement under her hand.

It was the child kicking inside the belly. Her mother had told her.

The child was happy to hear her voice and he agreed with whatever she said.

Her younger brother wanted to hear her voice.

What more could have made her five-year-old self happy!