Mr. Bo, Madam Is Pregnant!
Chapter 301: Stranger

Chapter 301: Chapter 301: Stranger

"This isn’t something you need to worry about right now." Su Lu was not appreciative.

She understood all the reasoning and was completely clear-headed about it—no matter what happened between her and him, their feelings towards Xiao Le should be the same, genuinely filled with love and concern.

Honestly, Su Lu hadn’t been sure about this before. It was only when Xiao Le had the accident and she saw Bo Jingshen’s reactions, along with what Xiao Le mentioned about the times she hadn’t seen, that Su Lu deduced he must care about Zhao Xiaole as much as she did.

And the reason why Su Lu only confirmed this now would turn into a long story.

"Alright, let’s go then." Bo Jingshen nodded gently, and they headed out of the hospital together.

Su Lu remained silent throughout the walk, choosing to fiddle with her phone because she didn’t want to speak.

This seemed to be an unspoken mutual understanding in social interactions—pulling out a phone and messing with it as if silently stating: "I don’t wish to interact with you, I don’t want to talk, leave me alone."

Bo Jingshen seemed willing to respect this social etiquette too.

Su Lu, with her phone in hand, couldn’t quite define her feelings. There was really nothing important to fiddle with on the phone, but she just did not want to speak to him.

Su Lu had never imagined there would come a day when she and this man would have nothing to say to each other like this.

Previously, she had so many things she wanted to talk to him about, like during their youthful separation when she left him mercilessly, and later when they met again. Even though she was scared and overwhelmingly guilty, she still had countless things she yearned to tell him.

Since their youth, there had always been countless topics she could discuss with him—things she wouldn’t discuss with others but willingly shared with him.

Back then, Su Lu liked to see the smile on his face, liked to see how he was desperately rushing his thesis while she babbled on beside him, him growing impatient as he said, "Su Xiaolu, stop talking to me, I really can’t finish this in time."

Su Lu would smile and say, "I’ll talk, you work, just don’t listen to me, okay?"

But clearly overwhelmed with work, he still couldn’t help but listen to everything she said, paying close attention to every word.

Then, he would stay up late into the night to finish his thesis while she slept.

How wonderful they were back then, how much they had to talk about.

And now, despite having been intimate with him and even having a child together, they had reached a state of having nothing to say to each other.

Su Lu held her phone, somewhat distracted, her fingers motionless as she watched the screen about to go dark, which would have been embarrassing if it switched to black then and there.

Just then, fortunately, her phone vibrated in her palm. She looked down and saw a WeChat message from Qiao Li.

She opened their chat, and several new messages popped up.

"Lulu, where are you?"

"Are you at the hospital?"

"How’s Xiao Le?"

"Is Xiao Le okay? Tell me the room number."

"Is it okay if I call? Will it disturb Xiao Le’s sleep?"

"I’ll be at the hospital in five minutes."

Qiao Li was a particularly calm person, but from his flooding messages, it was evident he couldn’t keep his composure this time.

Su Lu was somewhat surprised—how did he know about Xiao Le’s accident?

Could it be that local news had erupted?

After all, there were actually many onlookers at Food City at the time. If someone had taken a photo and posted it online, it wouldn’t have been impossible.

Su Lu replied, "Hmmm... How did you find out?"

Qiao Li replied very quickly, "Lei Yang told me! I asked him not to tell Su Zhe first, thankfully he is a closer friend of mine."

"How is Xiaolu? Are you okay?"

Su Lu responded, "I’m fine. Xiaolu is also fine now."

"That’s good, that’s good. Aunt Zhao is coming to Feng City; what should we do? Should we inform her beforehand? Will she be angry if she only finds out after arriving?"

This indeed posed a problem, reminding Su Lu.

Su Lu pursed her lips, "I will find an opportunity to tell her, just don’t make it sound too serious for now."

Qiao Li, "How did this allergy happen? Xiaolu is only allergic to mangoes and taro; we’ll have to be even more careful when eating out in the future. Don’t worry too much, we just need to be more careful from now on."

"Hmm." Su Lu typed a single word, thought for a moment, then sent another line, "The ward is pediatric V10, the child is asleep. If you arrive first, go in; I’ll step out briefly but will be back soon."

It was probably from what Su Lu said, deducing that she wasn’t in the ward, that Qiao Li immediately called her.

Looking at Qiao Li’s name on the screen, she could feel a deep gaze consistently on her face, clearly also seeing Qiao Li’s name on her phone screen.

Su Lu hesitated only for two seconds before answering.

"Hmm." Su Lu responded softly.

Qiao Li’s voice was gentle, obviously a bit anxious, but he suppressed it well, "Where are you going? If you need to buy something, just tell me and I’ll get it for you. You must be tired, don’t stress yourself."

"No, it’s not for buying anything; I just have to go out for a bit," Su Lu gently bit her lip and after a pause, said, "There’s something I need to discuss."

"Oh... I see, well, just take care of yourself. Is the place far? It’s getting late, do you need me to pick you up?" Qiao Li seemed to have guessed something but also not; yet his voice remained tender and accommodating.

"It’s okay, just across from the hospital, not far. No need to pick me up," said Su Lu, "You go accompany Xiaolu first; I’ll bring some late-night snacks for you."

Qiao Li, gently and with a smile in his voice, "Okay then. Should I talk to Aunt Zhao first? I reckon it might be steadier if I speak to her than if you do. With you, she might get more emotional than with me. If I talk to her, maybe she’ll remain rational and calm?"

Su Lu thought for a moment and found his point sensible, "Okay, thanks, Brother Qiao."

"Why the formalities? Go on with your stuff." Qiao Li thought for a moment, didn’t hang up immediately but just softly added, "I want to eat Tiramisu."

"Tiramisu? Why are you craving sweets so late... alright, I’ll remember that."

The two then ended their call.

By the time the call ended, she had already reached the door of a coffee shop.

Pushing the door open, the bell on it tinkled.

Hearing this sound of the bell, Su Lu was somewhat dazed, unable to resist recalling when she herself, with her child, had just walked into that coffee shop, saw Bo Jingshen’s silhouette from the back, and immediately took her child to flee to Food City next door.

That led to a series of subsequent events, and the child ended up suffering.

If only she had known, she should not have run away back then.