Chapter 256 - 8 more months to go

Luo Guangying then explained what happened before to Xiao Lei, and when he was done, he added while feeding some water to Little Monkey, "Because he saved Jack and Kai Xin's lives, as well as this little one here indirectly, Kai Xin wanted to repay him. But no one knew who he was or where he came from. The only thing we knew was that he used to work for my stepmother's family a long time ago before he was recruited by her again. We managed to get a very old photo, which we got from my stepmother's father."

Luo Guangying wasn't even sure if the photo was the right one. It was an extremely old photo, where the man stood with a few others. After zooming in and blowing it up, it was hard to make out the details of the man's face, but Luo Guangying could tell that the man in the photo looked like he was seventeen or eighteen years old.

At that time, DX was shot and Kai Xin went into early labor from stress before falling into a coma after a shock. Little Monkey was extremely premature, and she barely escaped a terrible fate. It was the most horrible time in their lives, and everyone was too worried about Kai Xin and Little Monkey to focus on other matters. 

Thus, the tending of the man's body and cleaning up of the scene was left to Callum's cousin, Shenlong Yuan, as well as the rest of the Shenlong Family.

"Originally," Luo Guangying looked at the grave and said, "the man was buried in the soil of one of the Shenlong Family's many lands. When Kai Xin woke up from her coma and got better, on her request, they exhumed his body and moved him here."  

Xiao Lei looked toward the grave that Luo Guangying pointed and noticed that it was quite new compared to the other graves. "Why didn't President Du and Madam President Du cremate him? Wouldn't it be easier?"

"Of course it would, but Kai Xin did not agree to cremation because she was worried that he might have family members out there. She wanted him to be buried somewhere where she could pay her respects to him. She felt that it was the least that she could do for him. So, for her safety and convenience, Du XiAn allowed him to be buried here," Luo Guangying continued as he took out a small pack of cookies before giving it to Little Monkey, who was now trying to open the pack of cookies to no avail.

Xiao Lei looked at the grave, and for some unknown reason, she felt an urge to go over and pay her respects. "He must have been a brave man if he saved them knowing that he would lose his own life..." she thought as she wondered what the man would look like. She felt that the man was the same like her husband. Her husband might not always do what was legal, but he would not sit by and do nothing when a defenseless, pregnant woman and a child were in danger. 

"Xiao Lei, do you want some cookies?" Luo Guangying asked as he looked at her.

When Xiao Lei did not answer him, Luo Guangying reached out to gently nudge her before calling again, "Xiao Lei, are you alright?" 

Xiao Lei blinked a couple of times before tearing her gaze away from the grave. She looked at Luo Guangying and Little Monkey who were both staring at her with worried expressions. She shook her head a couple of times before smiling at him wryly. "Sorry, I don't know why but... Anyway, did you ask me something?" 

"Do you want some cookies?" Luo Guangying asked as he lifted a small bag of Ch.i.p.smore. "You're pregnant now, so don't let yourself go hungry." 

"Oh..." When Xiao Lei took the small bag of Ch.i.p.smore from him, she realized that she was indeed slightly hungry. She hadn't eaten anything since before the drive over this morning. With a smile, she nodded. "Thanks."

"Are you sure you're fine?" 

"Yeah, I don't know what went over me earlier." She glanced at the grave earlier and said, "I just felt... something. Anyway, it's probably just the heat." 

Luo Guangying frowned and took out a small bottle of mineral water, which he stuffed into Little Monkey's bag earlier. "Here, drink some water before you pass out." 

Xiao Lei smiled and took it before thanking him again. After taking a few mouthfuls of water, she looked at Luo Guangying, who was gently wiping the sweat from Little Monkey's face. He then cleaned Little Monkey's dirty hands before opening up the pack of cookies for her. 

"Here," he said softly as he passed the opened pack of cookies to her. "Eat slowly..."

Little Monkey glanced up at him and smiled brightly. "Thank you."

"You'll be a good father," Xiao Lei said in a teasing manner as she watched their interaction. She chuckled and joked, "At least, I won't have to worry about the babies running loose and eating dirt."

Luo Guangying blushed slightly. "I won't let Callum take care of them by himself until he learns all the rules." 

Both of them had a feeling that Callum would be a typical playful father who might not hesitate to tape the babies to the wall for fun or bury them at the beach up until their necks before hiding from the babies' views... like what some fathers might do when their wives weren't looking. 

Luo Guangying and Xiao Lei exchanged glances and smiled. 

"8 more months to go," Luo Guangying said as he looked at Xiao Lei's flat stomach. "I can't wait to hold them in my hands."

Xiao Lei laughed softly. "Ah, look at you. You're going to be more excited about them than anyone else, aren't you?"

Luo Guangying smiled softly, and his love for his unborn babies was evident in his eyes. A few years ago, he was so busy with planning for his revenge that he had never thought about having any babies. And when he ended up with Callum, he thought that it was a good thing since he did not want his line to continue. 

But when there was a possibility that he might have fathered one of the babies in Xiao Lei's stomach, he could not help but feel excited about it. However, he knew that even if both of the babies were Callum, he was still very excited about it because they would also be his.  

While Little Monkey ate, Xiao Lei suddenly asked, "Are you alright?"

"Huh?" Luo Guangying looked at her with a confused expression. "Me?"

"Yeah, you seem to be burdened by something."

Realizing what she was asking, Luo Guangying shook his head. "I'm fine."

"Callum is worried about you, and before we came out earlier, he asked me to talk to you," Xiao Lei said honestly as she popped a piece of Ch.i.p.smore into her mouth. 

Luo Guangying looked at her, and he wanted to tell her that he was not interested in talking about it, but before he could say anything, she said, "But if you don't want to talk about it, then it's fine. You're an a.d.u.l.t who is about to become a father, so you should know what's best for you. However, if you need to talk to someone, I'm always here. You know..."

She grinned as she continued, "I'm pretty friendly with my boss, so if I take a few hours for my lunch break, he probably wouldn't be mad at me." 

Luo Guangying smiled softly and nodded. "Thank you." 

He really did not want to talk about the thing that was bothering him right now. It was nothing major anyway. 

When he and Callum went back to Shenlong Mansion to gather more information about Xiao Yunjie, Luo Guangying had walked into a room, which he thought to be the bathroom. In hindsight, he should have known better and trust his own guts when he talked to the butler. At that time, he had thought that it was weird that the young butler directed him to a room that was off-limits to outsiders, especially after considering how much Old Master Shenlong hated him for his action in bringing "the stupid little b*stard to his ruins"

However, because of his urgent need to use the toilet, Luo Guangying had decided to ignore his gut feelings and went into the room as per the butler's direction.

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