The Scheming Ex-Husband's Courtship-Chapter 497 - 443: Mistress Takes Over

Chapter 497: Chapter 443: Mistress Takes Over
In the evening, when Zhuo Yuqing arrived at Xiangshan Club, she found out that all of Bai Chengxi’s close friends were there. It was supposed to be a dinner, but it was actually a celebration of Bai Chengxi officially ending his bachelorhood. In Aus City, although the marriage certificate is legally recognized, people still value the actual ceremony. It is generally after the ceremony that the couple is acknowledged by everyone as husband and wife.
Leng Shaoqing contributed several bottles of fine wine, and everyone was eating and drinking merrily.
Zhuo Yuqing wasn’t much of a drinker. She held her own drink and watched the lively scene from the side. However, she found it strange that Bai Chengxi was indifferent to those urging him to drink, constantly keeping his head down eating, and when thirsty, he would just grab her glass and take a sip of juice.
In Zhuo Yuqing’s memory, Bai Chengxi was never without a cigarette or alcohol, smoked fiercely, and drank plenty. The last time he got drunk at dinner with some producers, it was she who had to pick him up.
"Old Bai, it’s no fun if you behave like this," Leng Shaoqing complained while holding his wine glass, "You’re the main character today, it’s so dull if you don’t drink."
Nan Zhan also chimed in, "Aren’t you known as the man who can drink a thousand cups without getting drunk? Why are you putting on an act in front of Yuqing? Come on, stop pretending, Yuqing has long seen through your true nature."
Zhuo Yanbei also joined in the teasing, bustling about trying to pour him a drink, while only Mu Shuoqian sat quietly, savoring his wine, and watching the scene as a spectator.
Faced with everyone’s enthusiastic urging, Bai Chengxi remained indifferent, and eventually, getting annoyed, he put down his chopsticks and said seriously: "I’ve quit drinking."
Pfft!
Someone couldn’t help but laugh inappropriately.
"Old Bai, if you quit drinking, I’ll quit eating. You’ve always been the biggest drinker among us, how could you give it up?"
Bai Chengxi took a serious sip of Zhuo Yuqing’s drink: "Seriously, I’ve really quit. And you old guys should be calling me ’young Bai.’
Leng Shaoqing tutted twice: "You wish. In front of Yuqing, it’s you who’s the old one, isn’t it, Yuqing?"
Zhuo Yuqing, when asked, blinked and just smiled without a word. Bai Chengxi was nearly ten years older than her, which indeed was a significant age gap. However, during the days they spent together, she never felt any communication barrier between them. On the contrary, Bai Chengxi’s maturity and steadiness compensated for her immaturity and playfulness. He was a husband, yet also like a brother, caring for her meticulously and making her feel cherished at all times.
"Yuqing, do you think Old Bai has really quit drinking? Or is he secretly drinking at home and just pretending when he’s out?"
It was then that Zhuo Yuqing remembered, it had indeed been a long time since Bai Chengxi drank. When they were in City A, Qiao San offered him alcohol, but he didn’t drink it and switched to the same drink as hers instead. For someone obsessed with wine to give it up for a drink, she was surprised at that moment, but thought he just didn’t feel like drinking that day.
She realized now that when he said he quit drinking, that was the day he was a bit tipsy, and she had come to pick him up. She casually mentioned that he should quit drinking and become her personal driver instead. He had agreed immediately, mentioning he would quit drinking – though at the time, it was said in jest, she hadn’t expected him to take it seriously.
Not only had he stopped drinking, but his smoking had also decreased recently. Today, she even found a pack of imported chewing gum in his car, reputed to be highly effective in quitting smoking.
Zhuo Yuqing started to feel like she didn’t understand Bai Chengxi anymore; his sudden quitting smoking and drinking seemed strange to her.
Seeing that they couldn’t persuade him, everyone eventually gave up. As Bai Chengxi didn’t drink, the others just drank on their own. Mu Shuoqian didn’t stay long, having only two drinks before leaving.
After leaving Xiangshan Club, Bai Chengxi walked briskly to drive the car, while the other guys called their drivers for rides. He stood by making teasing remarks,
Zhuo Yuqing laughed as she watched the grown men fooling around—heatedly and happily. It was an understanding outsiders couldn’t grasp. They had grown up together, inseparable over the years. Now, as they aged and settled down one by one, the opportunities to stir up trouble together like this would likely diminish.
After fooling around enough, the drivers brought over the cars, and after greeting them, Zhuo Yuqing got into Bai Chengxi’s Bentley.
He hadn’t drunk, so he drove very fast.
Zhuo Yuqing had held off all evening, but finally found an opportunity to ask him, "Why suddenly quit smoking and drinking?"
Bai Chengxi was focused on driving, and didn’t respond quickly upon hearing her question.
Zhuo Yuqing stared at him for a while, feeling as though he seemed somewhat embarrassed, his ears turning red. He had a thick skin, and normally wouldn’t blush, but occasionally when embarrassed, his ears would redden.
Zhuo Yuqing got even more curious, half-leaning over his shoulder, taking advantage of the sparse traffic to shake his arm vigorously: "Bai Chengxi, are you hiding something from me?"
Bai Chengxi was completely innocent, and finally spoke the truth under her persistent coaxing and pestering: "I heard from others that you have to quit smoking and drinking before having kids, only then the children will be healthy."
Zhuo Yuqing was stunned for a while, then her face turned even redder than his ears, "When did I say I wanted to have kids?"
Bai Chengxi looked at her, "Sooner or later, we will have them. Grandma said, you are young now, and you will recover quickly after having children, and the risks are smaller too."
Zhuo Yuqing knew that the elderly lady was eagerly waiting for a great-grandson, but she didn’t expect that Bai Chengxi also wanted children so badly. He previously hadn’t shown such intentions, and she thought he didn’t like children.
"And, I’m not getting any younger, am I?"
"You talk as if you are very old," Zhuo Yuqing suddenly felt a bit heartache and leaned her head on his shoulder, saying, "Unless you can’t move anymore, otherwise, I will accompany you to jog every day, and we’ll keep running until neither of us can anymore, okay?"
"Okay." His agreement was very straightforward, "If we can’t move, let the children push us."
"Children? How many do you want?"
"The more the merrier." He chuckled softly, kissed him on the face, "As long as you give birth to them, no matter how many, we can afford to raise them."
"Still, let’s not have too many. I’m afraid they will fight and I can’t manage."
"Whoever dares to fight, I will spank them."
Zhuo Yuqing immediately waved her hands, "That won’t do, we have to win by virtue, and be excellent parents who don’t hit their children."
Bai Chengxi suddenly lowered his voice, a hint of suggestiveness on his face, "All talk and no action, let’s go home and have children now."
Saying so, he drove the car really fast, quickly disappearing into the night.
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Although both had the willingness to have children, they let nature take its course without too much insistence.
Bai Chengxi quitting smoking and drinking truly touched Zhuo Yuqing, this man, whether being romantic or practical, always managed to pleasantly surprise her.
After making love all night, Zhuo Yuqing was so exhausted that she slept till dawn. She was expecting Bai Chengxi to wake her up for jogging, but instead, she was woken up by Liu Lian’s frantic consecutive calls.
Zhuo Yuqing, hearing this familiar ringtone, was too lazy to even open her eyes. When the ringtone persisted into the third time, she finally dragged herself up.
Bai Chengxi was not in the room, the place where he had lain down last night still had some wrinkles, probably went downstairs for some water.
"Yuqing," Liu Lian’s voice was shrill, as if she was at a fire scene, this shout jolted Zhuo Yuqing awake by a big margin, "There’s serious trouble."
"What happened?" Zhuo Yuqing yawned, "Did another celebrity make headlines?"
"Not a celebrity." Liu Lian’s voice trembled, "Hurry and check the internet, and let your husband know too, tell him to handle it quickly."
Feeling the ominous tone from Liu Lian’s voice, Zhuo Yuqing hung up the phone quickly and opened the internet browser on her phone, only to have her head nearly explode from the headline news—Su Yingluo’s love history exposed, confirmed to involve the president of Xingdong.
Zhuo Yuqing rubbed her eyes fiercely, hurriedly opened the web link, the first photo that popped up made her heart feel like the blood was flowing backward. It was a photo of Bai Chengxi and Su Yingluo together, Su Yingluo nestling in Bai Chengxi’s arms in a blissful, clingy posture, while Bai Chengxi wrapped his arm around Su Yingluo’s shoulder, smiling at the camera.
Zhuo Yuqing knew Bai Chengxi had an ex-girlfriend he knew for twenty years, but she never expected that it would be the famous Su Yingluo.
This news came too suddenly, Zhuo Yuqing felt her heart racing, unable to process the news for a moment, holding her phone, her mind went blank.