After Being Reborn, Her Only Mission Is to Love Him-Chapter 703 - 701 What’s on Your Mind?

"???"

Xia Wenqing hadn’t expected their pleasant atmosphere to collapse so suddenly due to Xu Zhenzhen’s words.

He was startled for a moment, and then he couldn’t help but smile wryly.

"What on earth are you thinking about?" Xia Wenqing rubbed her head with a hint of helplessness in his tone.

His touch was gentle, as if he were petting a little cat.

Xu Zhenzhen was quite pleased and smiled radiantly as if nothing had happened between them before.

Xia Wenqing quietly looked into Xu Zhenzhen’s eyes, as though he had just thought of something, "I heard from Zhaozhao that you’re pregnant..."

"Um." Xu Zhenzhen nodded, "It’s true."

A flicker of self-reproach crossed Xia Wenqing’s eyes as he gently crouched down, embracing Xu Zhenzhen and resting his face against her belly, "I failed to protect you both. I should have tried harder."

Xu Zhenzhen ruffled Xia Wenqing’s hair with her hand. His somewhat prickly short hair felt sharp against her palm, "Are you being silly? No matter how much you protect me, that won’t change the fact that I’m Pavel’s daughter."

She had once thought that escaping E Country would sever her ties with everything here.

Unfortunately, fate had other plans. All of Pavel’s children, except for her, had died in the power struggles.

She wondered if this was Heaven’s punishment for Pavel.

But shouldn’t such punishment be inflicted upon him alone?

Why must it entail others?

Xu Zhenzhen couldn’t help but sigh. Her mother too had been a victim, a mere foreign student who caught the eye of Pavel, the leader.

At first, he beguiled her with sweet words, then cast her aside once she was pregnant.

Truly the scum of the earth!

Just thinking of Pavel made Xu Zhenzhen feel sick.

Xia Wenqing looked up at Xu Zhenzhen, noting her uneasy expression, and his brows furrowed, "Shall I take you to the hospital for a check-up? You’re pregnant, after all."

He was now somewhat regretful that he hadn’t brought his second elder brother who could have examined Zhenzhen’s condition.

After all, she had been away from him for several days, surely fraught with worry for the child.

Xu Zhenzhen gently shook her head, "I’m fine, and besides, if we go to a hospital, Pavel will probably find out soon."

She couldn’t risk it.

She couldn’t let Pavel know she was pregnant now.

Xia Wenqing, of course, understood Xu Zhenzhen’s concerns. He took a deep breath, pondered for a moment, and then had an idea.

"After you go back, I’ll arrange for a reliable doctor to check on you, okay?"

His hands held Xu Zhenzhen’s tightly, filled with tender concern.

Xu Zhenzhen couldn’t help but curl the corners of her mouth slightly, nodding gently, "Okay, let’s do it your way."

She knew her disappearance had greatly alarmed Xia Wenqing, so she wanted to make it up to him.

Watching her, Xia Wenqing’s heart stirred uncontrollably again.

But recalling what Xu Zhenzhen had just said, Xia Wenqing simply raised his hand to cover her eyes, and then lowered his head and covered her lips with his.

The familiar scent lingered at the tip of her nose, and Xu Zhenzhen’s heart also began to "thump thump" pound wildly.

She wrapped her arms around Xia Wenqing almost instinctively, wanting to keep this familiar scent close by.

Xia Wenqing had the same thought, his large hand clasping the back of her neck, seizing the moment when she barely opened her mouth, his warm breath brazenly making its way inside.

Although the two had not been apart for too long, these heart-stopping days had deepened their feelings for each other.

Xia Wenqing wished he could simply flatten the Pavlov Family, then safely bring Xu Zhenzhen back with him.

But the consequences of such actions were not something they could accept in a moment’s notice.

The entire Pavlov Family wielded significant influence in Country E; replacing a leader of the Pavlov Family was an entirely different matter from eradicating the whole Pavlov Family.

If they were to truly act, there would likely be internal strife within Country E as those with vested interests would join the fray.

The situation would only become more complicated.

So, he could not do that.

Xia Wenqing’s reason was still intact, and naturally, he could not do such a thing.

The two’s breaths intertwined for a long while before slowly coming to a stop.

But Xia Wenqing still couldn’t bear to let go of Xu Zhenzhen, so he simply held her tight, burying his head in her neck.

His breath against her neck, lightly nuzzling her earlobe.

Xu Zhenzhen hugged Xia Wenqing tightly as well, taking a deep breath and especially cherishing his scent.

They had already missed each other for such a long time at the school, both cherishing the days they could spend together more than others, yet they had not expected such a mishap now.

In Xia Wenqing’s heart, besides pain for Xu Zhenzhen, there was only more pain.

He wished that for the rest of his life, he could take good care of her, so she would never have to endure such suffering again.

Xu Zhenzhen took a deep breath, patted Xia Wenqing’s shoulder, and then asked, "How exactly did you become like this? Is there a time limit? Do we need to leave soon?"

Xia Wenqing, looking at the worry in Xu Zhenzhen’s eyes, chuckled lightly and said, "Don’t worry about it. In the eyes of your bodyguard, I’m the person you’re here to have a blind date with. It doesn’t matter how long I stay."

As for how he became like this, they had to thank Pei Huai for his well-informed news; they had heard early on that the Pavlov Family was looking to form an alliance through marriage, so they inquired about the potential marriage partners.

Just so happened, a few of these marriage candidates were illegitimate children from some collateral branches of families.

So with a little planning, they replaced these individuals’ identities and appeared in front of Xu Zhenzhen, legitimate and aboveboard.

Xia Wenqing briefly relayed the process to Xu Zhenzhen, which made him secretly heave a sigh of relief.

It was good that they hadn’t simply knocked these people out and assumed their places; otherwise, things indeed would have become very tricky.

"Zhenzhen, don’t worry. We have pretty much arranged everything outside. As soon as we find the right moment, we’ll be able to rescue you," Xia Wenqing said, his hand gently stroking Xu Zhenzhen’s head, as if to soothe her; yet in truth, compared to Xu Zhenzhen, he was feeling even more anxious.

Every day spent away from Xu Zhenzhen was like a nightmare for him.

He could not bear the days without her for one bit longer.

Xia Wenqing thought that if it hadn’t been for the Pavlov Family wanting to capture Lu Zhaozhao to threaten Xu Zhenzhen, they would have had no clues to find her.

This sense of panic still had him in its clutches, holding Xu Zhenzhen tightly, always feeling as if the person in his arms was illusory, never truly experiencing a sense of reality.

Xu Zhenzhen, feeling the slight trembling of the person in her arms, felt her heart sink halfway, and hugged Xia Wenqing tight, "It’s all my fault for this incident, Brother, I should have come clean earlier..."