Ten Years of Yearning. My Love, Let Me Protect You.

Time passed by like a flowing river. 

After their marriage, Sheng Ruming took several months as his honeymoon and cared less about his company. He also found Zhao Yichen and gave Luo Lixi's company and subsidiaries to manage. 

"..." At first, Zhao Yichen was numb and felt something was wrong but then… "Aren't you her sworn brother? No need to feel burdened. We believe you…" 

Sheng Ruming personally called Zhao Yichen and told him that Luo Lixi needed free time for 'mental health' and thus, a brother like Zhao Yichen naturally agreed and took everything to manage. 

At first, Luo Qintian was reluctant and dissatisfied that his granddaughter 'ran' away and threw everything on another family's child but after knowing about his great-grandchild, he couldn't even close his arced mouth!

Even though many people were worried about the Luo and Sheng companies as their CEOs left abruptly, both Zhao Yichen and Sheng Ruming lived up to their names as a workaholic. 

Sheng Ruming managed both his marriage life and the company life altogether. He was reluctant to let Luo Lixi work during her pregnancy as he was worried that their child would be affected because of her work and turn out to be a weakling again…

Luo Lixi was against the idea of not working but the man took care of everything, relieving her of her pressure.

For her sake, he even paid a large amount to bring Ji Yanli so that when she would get bored with his presence, she could go to Ji Yanli and chat!

As an uncertified boyfriend of Ji Yanli, Wang Haixiao naturally followed her and settled down in the resort.

Sheng Ruming was very pleased with the arrangement. Even though he was reluctant to go back to the country, he knew that he would get scolded day and night by his wife, his mother, and his mother-in-law if he dared to execute it in reality!

On one hand, Sheng Ruming spent all his time with Luo Lixi, on the other hand, he would work on a laptop from time to time. He was even grateful that the technology had become so advanced that he could work from anywhere in the world!

He would bring Luo Lixi to many shopping malls and buy whatever he liked for her. The woman would silently drink her energy boost drink and watch him run from here to there.

Many sales women's faces had turned green from envy as they tried to measure Luo Lixi's worth against Sheng Ruming. Looking at the soft woman who was in a simple loose white dress with her loose hair bound in a simple hair band, they would think that the rich man likes these kinds of women.

Looking at Luo Lixi who had a small baby bump and most of the time drinking something with hollow eyes while staring intensely at Sheng Ruming, they would speculate all kinds of things… until she would take out her black card which was in her own name!

Those people had the urge to vomit blood whenever she showed them a smile full of pride and arrogance.

Sheng Ruming was done with her antics and he didn't even bother teaching those saleswomen mini-lessons after watching her flaunting her money for a few days. Rather, it had become normal for them, him choosing and her paying~

But the thing that would always bother Luo Lixi was that whenever he would go to the children's section, he would buy all sorts of cute things, particularly things for baby girls. 

From pink to all sparkling things and mini cute jewellery... as if he knew that the baby would be a girl when they had yet to know the gender. 

While watching the ocean, Luo Lixi was lost in her thoughts. She was reminded of the girl she had once seen in her dream and couldn't help but stare at the man sharply. 

"Say, Ruming, why are you buying only girl's clothes?!" Luo Lixi hid her uneasiness and asked him sharply, "What if my baby is a boy? Then won't all these things be wasted?" 

Sheng Ruming, who was only in his boxers and working on the long sand chair, turned back stiffly and saw Luo Lixi in her conservative swimming suit. As their eyes met, he put away the laptop and motioned Luo Lixi to go to him. 

Luo Lixi pursed her lips and went beside him. She gently sat on Sheng Ruming after making sure the chair was sturdy enough to hold themselves. 

The man chuckled at her vigilance and hugged her from behind and whispered, "If it's a boy, so what?! When it's a child, it won't know the difference between girl's or boy's things. We will make him wear everything we bought or… we will try hard for another one and see if it's a cute girl like you?"

At his words, the woman blushed and nodded her head softly. He also lovingly rubbed her protruding belly as she looked down on it. 

She was so happy during this month that she couldn't believe that it was reality. Sometimes, she would even wake up from the dreams and wonder if all of the things of yesterday were all her dreams. 

But then she would see the man beside her, hugging her in a protective stance… only then she would believe that it was reality. She got married to him and finally had her own baby.

Luo Lixi made circles on his exposed chest and whispered shyly, "Even then, you shouldn't buy baby clothes so early…" 

"Then… should we buy after we check its gender?" Sheng Ruming, who had already experienced the future and knew that it would be a cute baby girl who would look like Luo Lixi 90%, couldn't suppress the itch in his heart to tell her the truth.

But then he was scared that she would question him and he would have to tell her about the things that happened in that lifetime. 

The man couldn't bear to let her know that their baby had died at that time. Rather he preferred that she would stay oblivious to all of that and live this life with all her heart. 

But the man also didn't know that she knew about that woman who had been hidden by him and was pregnant. 

Both of them had their fair share of misunderstandings and were reluctant to open up to each other for fear of the unknown.

"Ruming, let's not know about our child's gender before it's born. Buying clothes and other necessities, it can be done later…" Luo Lixi told him in a whisper. 

Rather than knowing the gender beforehand, she would rather know it after it would come into this world and see with her own eyes.

"Fine…" Sheng Ruming replied dotingly as he rubbed her waist. Luo Lixi hugged his neck and nestled in his embrace. The gentle breeze of the beach was soothing for everyone. 

Here, people could forget about their worries and be themselves for some moments… but even in that period, someone would be in trouble or be in a terrible state.

"Tho! My eyes! Why did I even come here to accompany them?! Only to get dog food every day?!" Ji Yanli, who was far away from the couple, spat on the sand as she cursed under her breath. Even then, she avoided others eyes and maintained her graceful bearings~

Wang Haixiao, who bought four coconuts, halted in his footsteps and contemplated whether he should go-ahead to give them two coconuts or not. He was rather reluctant to move after watching his woman getting annoyed.

"Why are you standing there?! Go and give them the coconuts!" Ji Yanli harrumphed at Wang Haixiao and then hid her face with a magazine but even then she couldn't hide her beautiful figure from vultures' eyes. 

Wang Haixiao glared at the men who were peeping at Ji Yanli. Despite not wanting, Wang Haixiao went to Sheng Ruming who was cuddling Luo Lixi, and coughed slightly to announce his arrival. 

At that, Luo Lixi's soft look disappeared a little and turned to him. Sheng Ruming, whose quality time was disturbed by his friend, threw daggers at Wang Haixiao. 

Nonetheless, because his wife was beside him, he put on a forced smile and asked despite noticing the coconuts in his hands.

"What is it, Haixiao?" Sheng Ruming asked with his gentlest voice which gave Wang Haixiao invisible shivers. 

"Want some coconuts?" Wang Haixiao didn't look at him and asked Luo Lixi instead. 

"No…" Before Sheng Ruming could finish, Wang Haixiao spoke again.

"Coconut water is good for the baby and it's quite hot. Sister-in-law, aren't you thirsty?" Wang Haixiao said with a huge smile. 

He would never admit that he didn't want to go back with the coconuts. Or he would be ridiculed by Ji Yanli for no reason.

At Wang Haixiao's words, Sheng Ruming turned to Luo Lixi and asked with gentle eyes, "Lixi, are you thirsty?" 

Luo Lixi took a long time to ponder on it and then nodded even though it wasn't a thing to think about!