Chapter 221 - When did you recognize me?

When she finally calmed down and stopped crying, she felt both tired and hungry.

Han Ye had been under her for some time now, and he was starting to feel slightly uncomfortable, especially when her bottom moved dangerously to his crotch. 

"Ugly man! Scary man! President Du!" Han Ye kept trying to think of images, and of course, nothing worked better than the image of President Du glaring at him. 

He gulped and looked at Xiao Lei, who was still sitting on him and was wiping her flushed, tear-filled face with her shirt. "Xiao Lei?"

"What?" she mumbled, looking away from him. 

"Erm... Can we talk in a more appropriate position?" 

Xiao Lei blinked. She then realized that she had been sitting on him for at least 20 minutes. In his bedroom. In a hotel. 

Embarrassed, she quickly stood up and looked away from him. 

Han Ye stood up and frowned as he rubbed the back of his waist, which was a little sore from his fall earlier. He glanced at Xiao Lei's back as he said, "Are you hungry? I've ordered some food. They are on the dining table."

Seeing that Xiao Lei did not respond, Han Ye sighed out of exasperation. He did not know what else he could say or do at the moment. And so, he mumbled, "I'll be back."

He then went out of the room to pick up his phone. Earlier, when Xiao Lei was chasing him, he had dropped it on the couch. 

When he was about to walk back to his room, he saw her sitting at the dining table. By the looks of it, she was obviously starving. After all, he doubted that she ate anything at the party earlier. He saw her staring at the food on the buffet table, but somehow she did not eat anything there. 

He figured that she was probably afraid of eating anything prepared by Fan Family. 

"Stop!" Han Ye said when Xiao Lei was about to pick up a piece of fried wanton. 

When Xiao Lei looked at him with a frown, he added, "They are cold now. Give me 10 minutes, I will heat them up." 

Han Ye quickly heated up the food. Once everything was heated up and placed back on the table, they sat opposite each other while actively averting each other's glances. 

After a while, Han Ye picked up his chopsticks. He took a piece of braised pork and placed it in her empty bowl before saying, "I didn't know what you feel like eating right now, so I ordered a little of everything."

His only experience with pregnant women was mostly with Kai Xin, and that woman had a lot of cravings when she was pregnant with Little Monkey and baby Wyatt.    

Xiao Lei's face was still flushed from her crying session earlier, and her eyes were a little sore as well. Even though she splashed some water on her face earlier, it was still warm to the touch, and she looked extremely vulnerable at the moment. 

She picked up the piece of pork that was placed in her bowl and put it into her mouth. Seeing that she was willing to eat, Han Ye smiled and scooped a small amount of rice into his bowl before picking up a piece of fried wanton.

For a long time, neither of them was talking, and the only sound was of them chewing their food. 

After a while, Xiao Lei mumbled, "I didn't tell you because I don't think you can help."

When he heard her words, Han Ye's eyebrows twitched. However, instead of being offended, Han Ye asked curiously, "When did you recognize me?" 

She thought for a while before saying, "Almost immediately, really. You didn't change much."

"I'm a lot hotter now," Han Ye thought shamelessly. He did not think that it was appropriate to say it out loud, at least not at the moment, so he cleared his throat and asked, "Knowing what you know now, would you have said anything if I didn't find out by myself?"

She thought for a while before shaking her head. She then sighed and answered honestly, "I... didn't want to put you in trouble. You have had enough problems as it is..."

"I can help you, you know. I'm not afraid of Fan Chuan."

"I know... But it's not your business, and I don't want to put you in danger."

Han Ye laughed. "Danger? As if he could hurt me."

Xiao Lei thought for a while before saying, "I saw you."

"What? When?" 

"A few months after I ran away from them... I went to find you and Ye Xue." 

"What?" He frowned. "Why didn't you come and talk to us?"

"I was going to..." She picked up a piece of stir fry prawn and said, "But then, I saw that there were men near you and Ye Xue. I recognized some of them. They were Fan Chuan's people. If he's willing to hire someone to kidnap and get rid of me, then he'd definitely not hesitate to get rid of you guys as well. I can't let that happen."

Xiao Lei sighed when she thought back to that day. She was so hungry, and she waited outside Han Ye and Yuexue's high school. When she saw them walking out, she wanted to run to them, but when she saw those men, she hesitated for a moment before turning around.

"You could have called us... Me or Yuexue." 

"I don't think he's dumb enough not to bug you guys..."

She went back to take a look at them with Xiao Yunjie, but at that time, Han Ye's mother was sick, so she did not want to bother him, and Wu Yuexue was on an exchange program in the USA then. 

Han Ye sighed.  

She shrugged. "I'm not afraid of him just so you know... but I'm afraid of what he would do to Zhihao if he finds out about my identity."

"Then why did you oppose him earlier?"

"I did not."

Han Ye placed a braised drumstick on her bowl as he scoffed, "You did. For those who did not know you, they wouldn't think much, but I know who you are, and I could hear the disdain in your voice."

She frowned upon hearing him. After a while, she said, "I can't back down... When I saw him earlier and how he was living such a nice life, I remembered how much I hate him, and I just wanted him dead. But I also know that I can't act out, not now. Not yet. Besides..."

"Besides?"

Xiao Lei glanced at her belly for a few seconds before looking up again. She then said, "The ones inside me would have Callum and Guangying as their fathers. They would be well protected... But Zhihao... I don't know where my husband is or when would he be back..."

There was a hint of loneliness in her eyes when she mentioned her husband. Han Ye did not know what to say at the moment, so he merely nodded and waited for her to continue.

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