The Substitute Bride: Indulged by the Obsessive CEO

Chapter 456: You’ll Snuggle In My Arms

Translator: Nyoi-Bo Studio , Editor: Nyoi-Bo Studio

“Don’t call me Dad!”

Ruan Quan shouted as he glared at his daughter. How dare she side with an outsider instead of her own father?

Ruan Qi didn’t want to leave with Ruan Quan, so she could only play her trump

card.

“Dad, I’m pregnant!”

Ruan Quan was shocked. He stared blankly at Ruan Qi’s abdomen. It took him a

while to regain his senses.

“You, you married him because you are pregnant? Is he the father?”

Song Zhou looked blankly at his father-in-law.

If the child wasn’t his, whose could it be?

Ruan Qi nodded. “Yes, Dad. You’ll be a grandfather soon.”

Ruan Quan lowered his head in defeat. “You’re pregnant before you even have your wedding ceremony. Ruan Qi, you have no self-respect. You…”

He had words he couldn’t bring himself to say, so he turned and left gloomily.

“Dad…”

Ruan Qi wanted to stop him, but his strides were big, and he quickly left the

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Ruan Qi cried sadly as she watched her father leave.

Her father was the man who doted on her the most in this world, but she

seemed to have angered him.

Song Zhou quickly patted her back to comfort her. “We’ll find an opportunity to

see Father again. Don’t be too sad.”

The baby would be affected by her bad mood.

Ruan Qi was still in the first trimester, during which miscarriage was still likely.

Tang Beibei saw the whole thing just now and tried to comfort Ruan Qi. “You didn’t inform your elders when you got married. It’s understandable that they are a little upset. Give them time before you explain yourself again. You can call your father later.”

Ruan Qi wiped away her tears and sobbed, “My father is very pitiful. Ruan Xue wanted to marry Ruan Hao and to protect her own reputation, she spread all kinds of rumors about my father. She said all kinds of bad things about him, ruined his reputation among our neighbors and soured his relationship with his parents.”

“In order not to burden others, my father moved away from his parents to live alone and never remarried after so many years.”

“He dotes on me very much. He sends me money almost every month and calls me. He’s always worried that I’m not eating well or dressing warm enough. I’ve asked him to find a life companion but he always kept quiet.

The other three frowned when they heard Ruan Quan’s story.

Ruan Xue betrayed her husband and even slandered him. That woman was too much!

“I care about my dad’s opinion,” Ruan Qi said. “If he doesn’t give me his blessings, I won’t be able to get over it.

Song Zhou’s heart ached when he saw her red eyes.

“I’m sorry. It’s all my fault. I’ll go apologize to your father. I’ll beg for his

forgiveness.”

Song Zhou could also see that Ruan Quan genuinely cared about his daughter.

“But marrying you isn’t your fault alone. I was the one who wanted to marry you.” Ruan Qi said as she wiped her tears.

Tang Beibei stood helplessly at the side.

Because she didn’t know what to say when it came to family problems. She wanted to comfort Ruan Qi, but she couldn’t find the words.

She had never been loved so much by a family member before. Therefore, she felt an unprecedented panic when Ruan Qi’s father got so upset with her.

Suddenly, she felt someone hold her hand. She looked at the man beside her in confusion.

-Obedient Beibei, this is Ruan Qi’s family matter. You don’t have to worry too much. Song Zhou will be able to resolve the problem.”

Tang Beibei nodded and looked at Song Zhou, who was holding Ruan Qi. She lowered her head and went back to eating dinner.

But she didn’t have much of an appetite.

Ruan Qi and Song Zhou didn’t go back to the dining table. Ruan Qi cried for a while before she got tired and fell asleep in Song Zhou’s arms.

However, Song Zhou was still worried. She called Tang Beibei over to examine

Ruan Qi.

He was afraid that her mood swings would affect the baby.

Tang Beibei walked over to take Ruan Qi’s pulse. “Her pulse is fine. She’ll feel better after a good night’s sleep.”

Only then did Song Zhou relax. He was about to carry her back to bedroom when the doorbell rang again.

Jiang Jingchen got the tablet and checked the digital peephole viewer.

“It’s Ruan Qi’s father again,” he said.

Tang Beibei was worried. “Should we wake Ruan Qi up?

Ruan Qi wasn’t sleeping soundly and immediately woke up when she heard someone mention her father.

“Where is my father?”

“Outside the door.” Song Zhou said.

Ruan Qi quickly stood up and opened the door nervously. When she saw her father again, her eyes reddened and tears fell as soon as she blinked.

She grabbed her father’s arm aggrievedly and said, “Dad, please don’t be angry with me. I’ll listen to whatever you say.”

Ruan Quan felt bad when he saw his daughter crying so miserably.

“Dad is not angry with you. I just went to get something for my grandchild.”

Ruan Quan lifted the bag he was carrying. “I don’t know if it’s a boy or a girl, so I bought a lot of little things for babies. Qiqi, Dad was useless in the past. I didn’t make enough money and couldn’t even buy you a toy. I have some savings now so I can buy my grandchild things.”

Ruan Qi looked at the big bag in his hand and hugged him.

“Dad, I didn’t like to play with these little things when I was young either.”

Ruan Quan knew that his daughter was comforting him.

Which child didn’t like to play with toys? It was his incompetence as a father that deprived her of such things.

Song Zhou was very surprised that Ruan Quan would return and even buy things for the baby.

He quickly took the big bag and said respectfully, “Father, you and Ruan Qi please come inside and chat.”

Ruan Quan quickly held Ruan Qi and said carefully, “Qiqi, it’s cold outside. Don’t stay outside. Go in. You’re pregnant and a grown up. You can’t throw a tantrum like a child.”

“I won’t, Dad.”

When Ruan Qi brought him into the house again, she introduced Tang Beibei and Jiang Jingchen to him.

When Ruan Quan heard that Song Zhou was working for Jiang Jingchen, he was very respectful and called him Young Master as Song Zhou did.

Jiang Jingchen said, “Uncle, please call me Xiaojiang. Song Zhou has been calling me Young Master out of habit but he’s like a senior to me. I’d be punished by the heavens if I let you call me Young Master.”

Ruan Quan waved his hand and said, “You have a brotherly relationship with him because you two are close. But rules are rules. Song Zhou is your butler, and you pay him a salary. We have to be more respectful to you.”

It could be seen that Ruan Quan was a person who respected rules. He was a conscientious and honest man.

Since Ruan Quan said so, Jiang Jingchen didn’t want to argue. He took Tang Beibei upstairs and let Ruan Qi reunite with her family.

Tang Beibei also knew that the family of three might be more reserved if they stayed downstairs but she kept looking back at them as she went upstairs. She wanted to see their happy reunion.

Jiang Jingchen covered her eyes and took her to the dance studio.

“I’m your family. You don’t have to envy them.”

“Okay.”

Tang Beibei lowered her head and clasped her hands.

Jiang Jingchen frowned helplessly.

Although they were close, their husband-and-wife relationship was still different from a parent-child relationship.

Everyone longed for parental love.

“Beibei, I will help you find your parents, whether they are alive or dead.¹ Tang Beibei was stunned. “They haven’t met me yet. They can’t be dead, right?” “Obedient Beibei, I can’t answer your question, but I will do my best to find them.”

■You see, being someone’s child is fated. Ruan Qi’s baby came now because it’s fated. It could just be that your fate with your parents was superficial.

Tang Beibei nodded. She understood the logic, but she couldn’t accept it emotionally.

Her mother carried her for nine months before giving birth to her. If that kind of bond was considered superficial, what did profound fate look like then?

She could find countless reasons for her parents to abandon her but she still felt sad. Why couldn’t they raise her for a few days more and let her meet them instead of giving her up right after birth?

Suddenly, she felt a little cold. She hugged the man and whispered, “I think maybe I was too ugly when I was young, so they abandoned me.”

Jiang Jingchen rubbed her head. “That’s how I picked you up. In my eyes, my Obedient Beibei not ugly at all.”

Tang Beibei snuggled in his arms and didn’t talk anymore.

Jiang Jingchen hugged her tightly and whispered in her ear, “Obedient Beibei, I’ll shelter you from the wind and rain. You’ll snuggle in my arms.

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