She was a bit speechless, it was the first time she had met someone so eager to talk about how many relationships they had been in. In her view, this belonged to one’s private affairs, even if it was a partner, she wouldn’t mention it much. At certain times, her sense of propriety was very strong.

However, she still patiently looked at Li Zhenguan.

When he met her gaze, he became a bit embarrassed, couldn’t help but touch his nose, and said softly: “Wang Zhao, how come you’re not curious at all.”

In fact, Li Zhenguan felt a bit disappointed.

Then, some not-so-good thoughts emerged from the bottom of his heart, various dark ideas popped up. He now deeply hated the man who had Wang Zhao’s first love, that person named Chen Fangli. Sometimes when thinking about him, Li Zhenguan couldn’t help but want to destroy him.

Why did that person have what he couldn’t have, yet didn’t cherish it?

Regarding Chen Fangli, Li Zhenguan invested most of his jealousy and dark thoughts without any hesitation. In his view, when Chen Fangli made the decision to study abroad back then, it was equivalent to giving up on Wang Zhao. Most long-distance relationships end in breakups, let alone international ones.

Li Zhenguan believed that Chen Fangli was just a pragmatic man who didn’t really love Wang Zhao.

He had waited so long for these two to break up, but when he and Wang Zhao were about to get married, Chen Fangli suddenly returned to the country, got drunk and had a gastric hemorrhage, luring Wang Zhao over. It was clearly ill-intentioned, a persistent thief, using a trick to try and reconcile with Wang Zhao.

After all, as the saying goes, it’s not the thief who steals that you fear, but the thief who keeps eyeing your property.

If Chen Fangli were to contact Wang Zhao privately again, Li Zhenguan would really resort to underhanded means.

Wang Zhao helplessly pressed her temple and rolled down the car window, saying, “Zhenguan, the past doesn’t matter. Isn’t it good to live our own lives well in the future?”

Li Zhenguan’s eyes darkened for a moment.

He didn’t quite agree with Wang Zhao’s words in his heart. How could it not be important? He thought it was extremely important.

If he were given a chance to go back to the past now, he would definitely become Wang Zhao’s neighbor, grow up with her, not let anyone else appear. He would nip Chen Fangli in the bud, prevent Wang Zhao from going to Jiangcheng University, make Wang Zhao’s life only have him in it, and only have him as a person.

He just came too late, born a few years too late, which allowed Chen Fangli to get ahead of him.

Although he didn’t quite agree in his heart, Li Zhenguan’s face wore a smile as he nodded obediently.

He sent Wang Zhao home, just in time for dinner. Inevitably, Zhang Ke, who knew about it, invited him back home for dinner. He also took the opportunity to visit Wang Zhao’s room before taking a car back home.

In the following month, Wang Zhao focused on reading at home, occasionally going to the library a few times. Li Zhenguan, on the other hand, stayed at home to nurture the pregnancy. The wedding was mainly arranged by the elders of both families, only occasionally seeking the opinions of the two of them. To be precise, they were seeking Li Zhenguan’s opinion, because Wang Zhao’s view on wedding arrangements was only three words – “anything is fine”.

So later, Zhang Ke didn’t bother to ask her anymore, directly calling Li Zhenguan to ask if he had any ideas. The two of them actually got along very well, without any of the typical tension between in-laws.

They had already tried on the wedding clothes several times. The studio gave them three design proposals, and Li Zhenguan finally chose a design style that was more restrained. Within a month, they worked overtime to finally make all three sets of formal wear. Just recently, Wang Zhao had tried on all three sets of clothes. Except for one set that had some size issues, the other two sets fit well.

Today, Wang Zhao accompanied Li Zhenguan to the hospital again. He was showing slightly during this period, and they could already distinguish the gender. Moreover, at this stage, the early pregnancy reactions had ended, Li Zhenguan’s appetite had improved a lot, so his overall complexion had also improved a lot. His originally fair skin even showed a hint of pink.

After leaving the hospital, Li Zhenguan received a phone call from some of his old friends. Since being with Wang Zhao, Li Zhenguan rarely went out, so he had less contact with friends.

Now that they had heard about his upcoming marriage in the next few days and received invitations, they were preparing to take Li Zhenguan out to play, to indulge a bit before the wedding, reminiscing about the last few pre-wedding bachelor parties.

However, when they heard that Wang Zhao was also by Li Zhenguan’s side, they wanted Li Zhenguan to bring Wang Zhao along for a meal together, to get to know each other.

After all, since Li Zhenguan announced his marriage, his never-before-seen fiancée had been very mysterious, making them very curious about what kind of extraordinary person could make Li Zhenguan decide to get married even before graduating from university.

Li Zhenguan hesitated for a moment, then asked Wang Zhao and got her consent before taking her to a restaurant.

This group of people always ate at high-end restaurants, with per capita consumption over a thousand. Three or four people came at once, and today they would probably spend several thousand together.

She and Li Zhenguan were led by the waiter into a private room, where three young men were already seated. They were all dressed fashionably, wearing trendy clothes, all brand-name, clearly from wealthy families.

As soon as Wang Zhao entered, she immediately felt three pairs of eyes fixed on her, first on her face, then scanning her from top to bottom.

This kind of gaze was extremely offensive, but Wang Zhao was used to it. Since she had been with Li Zhenguan, she had experienced such gazes quite often.

Wang Zhao sat down behind Li Zhenguan, met the gazes of the others, smiled and nodded, saying, “Hello, I’m Wang Zhao.”

The gazes of the few men lingered on her face for a long time, only moving away somewhat embarrassedly when they met her eyes. One of the men secretly sent Li Zhenguan a message.

TwoCC: [A total catch!!!]

TwoCC: [This woman is amazing!]

She’s too perfect!

In CC’s eyes, he had never seen such a perfect woman before. This appearance and temperament would probably be hard to find even one or two in the entertainment industry, after all, some celebrities and actors look uneducated, with only a good-looking face.

In their circle, they still valued educational background very much. Otherwise, there wouldn’t be so many rich businessmen sending their lovers abroad for a layer of gold before coming back. Even when keeping a male lover, they would require the other party to have a certain educational background.

Li Zhenguan glanced at his phone out of the corner of his eye, then pursed his lips and frowned slightly.

This was why he didn’t want to bring Wang Zhao out. He knew all of these friends of his, they were absolute face-chasers. When they had money, they easily played with women, especially beautiful women. But the people they found were all from some places, some were in serious relationships, but most were not from this circle. Otherwise, breaking up would be difficult to handle, which resulted in their girlfriends always breaking up for various reasons.

When people are too rich, it’s easy to ignore certain rules and indulge themselves.

Wang Zhao didn’t know Li Zhenguan’s thoughts. She actually secretly saw the actions of one of the men, and Li Zhenguan’s phone next to her vibrated twice. She heard it too, but still pretended not to notice, talked with the people at the table, and remembered their names.

After all, they were Li Zhenguan’s friends, and she would have to deal with them in the future.

The meal was eaten very slowly, lasting about two or three hours, but Wang Zhao ate until she was full. There were several dishes that she didn’t let the restaurant serve.

After the meal, Li Zhenguan’s friends wanted to take him out to play, under the pretext of a pre-wedding bachelor party. As a woman, she wasn’t suitable to participate, so they only planned to take Li Zhenguan out to play.

In this situation, Wang Zhao wouldn’t join in the fun either, she just gave a few instructions to the group.

Li Zhenguan was pregnant now, there were many things he couldn’t eat or drink, especially alcohol, which was bad for the pregnant man’s body. Also, noisy places like bars and nightclubs weren’t very suitable for Li Zhenguan. Wang Zhao told everyone these points to pay attention to twice, just in case they got carried away while playing and didn’t pay attention.

Li Zhenguan looked at Wang Zhao with some hesitation.

She smiled and said, “Go have fun. If anything happens, just call me. But be careful about what you eat and drink. If it gets late, remember to have the driver pick you up. After you get back, remember to send me a message to let me know you’re safe, or I can come pick you up too.”

After she said these words, Li Zhenguan was finally pulled away by the three men, looking back every few steps like a kindergarten child leaving their parent, and was teased by the other three.

“Come on, it’s just three or four hours away, is it necessary?” one of the men said, “If you’re like this, be careful about being under her thumb after marriage. You need to be loose and tight with women, learn to push and pull.”

Li Zhenguan remained silent, expressionless. Believing this person’s words would be the end of it. He hadn’t forgotten that several of this person’s girlfriends had gotten together with other men during this “looseness”, without any awareness of being kept.

However, another man, CC, spoke up. He was a face-chaser, only looking at appearance and not personality when finding girlfriends. Wang Zhao’s looks basically fit his aesthetics, hitting every point of his heart: “The way you say it, you wouldn’t even know if a woman cheated on you. Besides, Wang Zhao is so good-looking, it’s understandable if Zhenguan is willing to be inseparable from her.”

Hearing this, it’s clear he’s a hopeless face-chaser, beyond saving.

They talked while walking to the underground parking lot. On Wang Zhao’s side, coincidentally, just after Li Zhenguan left, she received a call from Xu Yingchun.

“Are you free today?” The voice on the other end was noisy, sounding like there were many people.

Wang Zhao rubbed her ear: “Should be free. Zhenguan went out with his friends, said they were going to a pre-wedding bachelor party, probably won’t be back until tonight.”

Xu Yingchun’s voice suddenly became louder: “That’s perfect timing! The sisters have prepared some activities too, come over and play. There’s something exciting, heard it’s from England. We finally got the application and are holding the first event here in our Jiangcheng.”

Wang Zhao frowned, not understanding: “What thing?”

Xu Yingchun acted mysterious: “Something you can’t see in China. Are you coming or not? The sisters spent a fortune on tickets, just to make you happy. After you get married, you’ll be a good wife, have to support the family in the future, chances to come out and play like this will be rare.”

“Guaranteed to open your eyes,” Xu Yingchun added mysteriously.

Wang Zhao thought of something and finally agreed to Xu Yingchun’s invitation: “Give me the address, I’ll drive over.”